The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-25

wear dress of white and silver brocade,
with veil of Honiton lace, and diamonds
and pearls presented by the Queen.
CHARLES NJ. REED. of Erie, offers to pay
of the debt of that city, amounting to ST.
10000, if it will give him the water-works.
Inc revenue from the water-works service
last year amounted to S74,0O0.
PRACTICAL Christianity is illustrated by
the Bishop of Durham. He has just fin
ished a church at cost of $4,000, as "a
thank Offering for the blessings vouch-
safed during an episcopate of ten years.
LADY COLIN CAMPBELL. is writing a
novel, which is to appear shortly, entitled
Darrell Blake" 1t is thought that several
persons prominent in social and literary
circles will be more or less faithfully re-
produced.
EDWARD BELLAMY, the author of Look
ing Backward" thinks that the cause of
compulsory education in the United States
demahdsa school year of not less than
thIrty-five weeks, and continued tuition
until the age of seventeen.
Ir is an Ohio man who now makes a curl
Gus discovery. He says if you 60 out to
feed flock of chickens and keep them
waiting they will first flock about you, and
then begin circuit around you from right
to left, and that no amount of interruption
In another direction.
AT recent royal ball in London the
young Duchess of Portland wore q beauti-
full white and silver brocade gown, trimmed
with silver thistles; a necklace of pearls
and sapphires. and diamond and sapphire
tiara. 1t was really amusing to see the
Duke watch her dance with Prince Albert
Victor, so proud was he of the admiration
she commanded.
CAMPING out is capable of much luxury.
A large camp at the kdirOndacks contains
about forty acres. The sleeping-apartment
are all in separate tents. the drawing
room and dining-rOom being in a very
pretty lOg-cabin Overhanging the lake. In
one place Is an artistic childrens' play
house, and in another a perfectly-rOlled
tennis court, shaded by lofty birches. The
stables are near
EDWARD EGGLEsTON, the novelist, talks
remarkably we'll, in deep, rich voice, and
is likewise good listener. Mr. Eggleston
is a somewhat ponderOus man, physically,
being more than six feet tall, and broad In
proportion. His head is almost leonine, by
reason OF his abundant gray hair, great
beard and heavy eyebrows. He Is a Vlr-
ginian, broadened by contact with men
both East and West.
THE death of Alexander Johnston, pro-
fessor of political economy at Princeton
College. deprives the country of a most en-
pertaining and powerful writer on politico-
historic and politico-econOmic topics. Pro-
fessOr JOhnStons knowledge of the history
OF political parties in this country was deep
and accurate, and he had the faculty of
presenting topics not entertaining of them
selves in way which rendered them ex-
tremely interesting.
No one is likely to believe that John
Mackay has been spending large sums OF
money in the interests of the Boulanger
party. Count Dillon, who has taken such
an active part in the Boulanger movement,
was at one time connected with the man
agement of the Mackay cable, and there
may have been some financial favor ac-
corded to him, and used for the benefit of
the BRAY General. But any particular par
schems is highly improbable. He is the
tenth or twelfth person who has been called
'BOulanger's hacker"
PROF. w. II. HARPER, the Hebraist of
Yale, who has broken in on the methods of
the old-style students of Scripture, is max
ing little sensation among the brethren
at Chau tauqua, where his views are under
discussion. AprOpOs of his methods, DIR.
Lyman Abbott, Beecher's successor in
Plymouth Church, now at Chautauqua,
and who agrees with Harper, says: The
OTlSln Ol Tic IcutdttucQ, l. Juluk, IS 10 Do
decided by precisely the same canons as the
origin of the Homeric ballads; and it is
precisely that sort of intelligent study of
the Bible which will lead to it's intelligent
appreciation"
= THE business of the Eiffel tower turns
out to be immense NJ. Eiffel calculated
that when everything was in working order
the gate money would be $1,000 day.
Since the lifts have been in operation he is
thought to have averaged more than this.
1t costs a franc to enter the tower. two
francs to get up in the lift to the second
floor, and four francs to the top. On any
one of the ordinary full-price days more
than 10000 people have paid admission. and.
with the increased prices for those using
the elevator, the entire receipts exceed
$1,000. The original cost of the Eiffel
tower. all included, was little less than
$1,000 The proprietor has to keep it in
repair and hand over One-fourth of his gate
money to the exhibition. 1t is estimated
that it will be half paid for when the exhi-
bition closes, and then it will remain GER
tainly three years more, and perhaps ten.