The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-16

zibar she was &C very weak and i'll that she
was unable to stand. In her haste TO reach
home she was carried Immediately on
board the steamer without landing at all
Ii isn't much fun to take . trip to darkest
Africa.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has accepted an
invitation to be present at the centennial
celebration in commemoration of Yer
mOnts admission Co the Union TO be held
at Bennington. Aug. 10. He will be the
guest of Secretary Proctor. and may be &C
companied by Secretaries Foster and Rusk
and Attorney general Miller.
Our Old friend of the pinched waist. the
Marquis de- Leuville. the hero whom Gen.
Sickles threatened to pierce with his
crutch. and who was fully expected TO
make marquise out OF eii-known
american lady. Is running an Institute Tor
Herald and Art In PiccadIIly. London.
The Marquis ought to he well up in the
secret of taking ancestral dignities and his
tories.
The Mexican President. Porfirio Diaz. is
astraight. dignifed man of medium height.
who impresses the beholder with his
strength of character. There is nothing os-
tentatiOus about him. He dresses quietly
as plain citizen of the republic. and ex-
hibits a contempt for the gaudy regimen
tails In which many Central American lead
ers array themselves. He has striking
face and figure and Is undoubtedly the
greatest man of modern Mexico.
EDWARD STRAUSS has been giving HE
impressions of our Republic. He thinks
the Almighty has blessed this land. and
that il il q boon TO poor folk; but New
York's summer heat and prohi bition towns
would not please the Viennese. Strauss
has good word for our orchestral concerts.
He thinks GilmOre's Band. for variety of
instruments and for ensemble. has no equal
In Europe. with, perhaps tho exception of
Godfrey's Band IN London.
EX-klNG MILAN lives an easy life in Paris
on the handsome annuity with which his
former subjects bought his absence from
Servia. He divides his time between his
club and the social circles to which he il
admitted, and objects to any reference in
his presence to bis past station: preferring
to be known and treated simply as Count
De TakOvo. There is little that is kingly
In his manners. which are pronounced loud,
while in appearance he 10 rather heshy.
with thin black mustache and q dark
brown skin.
On Chauncey NJ Depew's mantel in the
reception-room of his elegant home there
10 miniature locomotive of FURNISHED steel.
silver and gold, the workmanship on which
is simply marvellous. 1t is perfect in every
detail. and forms the setting for clock and
barometer. Mr.. Depew is particular that
the clock shall be kept wound. and if he
goes into the room to meet guests and finds
that it is not running he will not stay there
to talk with them. but has them pass into
his library OF parlOr, while he sends for q
servant and has the clock set agoing.
ENGLAND's great pulpit orator, Spur
geon. who is now probably on his DEATH
bed. is sturdy. thick-set. bearded man.
who looks more like back country squire
than a metropolitan minister. There is but
little indication of intellectual greatness in
his appearance. His black frock coat is
loose and baggy. the sleeves are so long as
to cover tle cuffs. and he wears nm old FASH
toned black necktie with turn-do col
lar. His beard is tinged with gray. and his
thick hair Is growing white. When III the
pulpit he puts on a pair of steel-rlmmed
spectacles.
AN example of the kindliness and indie
pendence which sometimes chsrscterizes
American girlhood was given recently in q
Brooklyn school for girls. In the gradual
ing class there was one young colored
woman who was greatly embarrassed by
the fear that when the members of the
class should march mp two by two, she
would have to 90 alone. On learning this
fact. Miss Holden. the most popular girl in
the school. promptly selected the cOlored
girl as her companion for the ccasion. and
won general approval by her act of i'm
pulsive yet considerable kindliness.