The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

scrap.DOOk OF newspaper clippings regard
ing himself.
A PERMANENT library. composed solely of
books written by women, is to be estab-
ished in Paris.
THIRTY years ago the Empress of Russia,
the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of
Cumberland had to get along with So a
month each pin money.
THAT venerable old Chinese pirate, Luh-
Vinh-Phuoc, who gave so much trouble to
the French troops in Tonquin, is dead He
was very popular in China on accOut of his
atrocities.
ALL the adjutants and aids-de-camp of
the late Emperor i of Germany are now
obliged to wear a special order, a medal in
scribed with the name of William and with
laurel wreath.
EVANS BROWN, for twenty years MEM
Der of the New Zealand Parliament, is in
Philadelphia for the winter, accompanied
by his wife and daughter. Mr.. Brown is a
native of LewistOwn,l Pa, and has been in
New Zealand since 1852.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, the English
journalist, makes an annual income of e.
600 from his newspaper work. He has f1.0O0
year, probably for life, from the London
Telegraph, for editOria al matter, and, besides
this, writes essays for score of London
periodicals.
MEDICAL missionaries in China find that
regard them as prisoners. When any of the
ers, some one is sure to dissuade them by
asking them the question: do YOU want to
be poisoned by the Jesus dOctOrsp
THE Russian Empress thinks little of
court etiquette. Recently, at some func-
ton at the Danish court, where properly
she had precedence of the Princess of
Wales, she laughingly invited the Princess
to go ahead of her, saying: when am
here am only my mothers second daugh-
ter"
AT the unwilling of the Wellington
statue the other day the Prince of Wales
wore a dark overcoat with broad velvet
collar and cuffs, fawn-colored trousers and
seamless boots without tOe-capS. He was
looking well and in capital spirits, but it
was observed that his beard is turning
very gray.
FRIENDS in the engineer corps of the
navy have given Congressman Boutelle of
Maine, cane made from one of the oak
timbers Of Farragut's Hartford. The metal
of the head, fashioned to represent a cap
stan, cOrdage, and a cannon shot graSped
in an eagles claw, is from the HARTFORD
!. old wartime propeller
ly said: II once made statue of a man of
whom had no picture or bust whatever.
That was John Harvard and all that is
known of him is that he was just man
and a gOdly, and was full of learning
The most diligent search failed to bring to
light any picture of him."
THE Rev. DR.. Mark Trafton still treasures
the manuscript of the sermon that he
preached in the Chestnut-street Bf. L.
Church of Portland, Me-, On the death of
President Harrison: on April II, 1s4l. He
says that when he began his discourse half
dozen old Methodist Democrats got up
and started out of the house.
JOHN WANAMAKER of Philadelphia, is a
Woodworking merchant. He is at his desk
from in the morning till 6 or at night.
Speaking of his business, Mr.. Wanamaker
said recently: During the ten days pre-
viOus to Christmas our sales lowered about
500, 200 day. The grand total for the ten
days falls only a few dollars under 81 ,0O0,-
OOO." All this is due to his liberal method
of newspaper advertising.
EX-UNITED STATES SENATOR CONOvER
will soon leave Philadelphia for Florida,
where he will resume the practice of his
profession. He is graduate of Jefferson
College and studied medicine under the late
Professor Gross. When the war broke out
he entered the army, and at its close settled
in Florida, which State he represented in
the United States Senate for some years.
More recently he has made his home in
Philadelphia.
The Duchess of Galliero, who just died in
Paris, was rich that. she was enabled to
give S, 900, 900 to endOw the port of Genoa;
100000 to endow the most magnificent
hospital in Europe, to enlarge five streets
and restore a dozen churches She also
gave her native city her celebrated palace
and collection of Vandyke paintings, and in
age and other institutions. Her only son is
a rabid Socialist, and refuses the title of
duke.
A VALUABLE man, to Partisan society, is
Count Melchoir de Vogue, the new Acade-
mician. He is sort of father cOnfessor of
the fashionable world. He is the arbiter of
conduct in hundred delicate predica-
ments. If household has laid itself open
to scandal, if some family dilemma requires
sound advice, NJ de Vogue is at once called
into council. Every one relies on his good
sense and perfect tact. He is the chief de-
positary Of the rare joys and freuqent griefs
of the society he moves In by right of birth,
and which respects him all the more be-
cause he has succeeded in casting off it's
idle habits and in winning fame by hard
work.
W. hoto COutl tHC tulCO
ors-William /, Frederick III and William
U-are "Gang und Gabe," in Berlin at
present. The three EmperOrs are distin-
guished as-William /, Der Greise Kaiser''
1.-THE aged Emperor); Frederick III. der
Weise Kaiser" the wise Emperor); William
III, Der Reise-Kaiser," 1.-THE travelling En-
peror.l Again. William i, Der HOchselige,"
the illustrious sainted): Frederick Ill,
Der Leutselige," flor which the dictiOn-
airy gives ''affable, engaging, cOndescend-
ing. amiable;" literally, "happy with peo-
ple;" William III, der Redselige,n ''the
talkative." or rather "having the gift IF
the gab."
ONE of the bestdressed women in Europe
is Maria Pia, Queen of Portugal, as she is
also the possessor of some of the most beau
tiful jewels, her parures of rubies and dia-
monds being famous Although her man.
ner is is somewhat reserved and cold as
compared with that of the King, who is
most sincerely loved by his subjects, she
has earned for herself the popular title of
"Angel of Pity" on account of the prOmi-
nent part she takes in the principal chart
ties in the country. The working of some
of these charitable enterprises is personally
superintendent by her Majesty, who devotes
| a certain portion of her leisure to studying
| the reports, and thus becomes acquainted
with every detail of the various organiZa-
tiOns.
THERE now lives at. Brighton, England
Mr.. Edward PanOrmo, the last representa-
| tive of family well known in the