The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Miss BRADDoN Is careless about the style
and material of her garments. but her dia-
m0nds are dazzling
AT ninety-six years of age Mrs Matilda
Sewall, of Augusta, Me-, takes rank among
the best piano-players of her city.
BARON HIRsCH has already given about
$4,000 600 to the Hebrew poor. in addition
to his recent gift of 81, 5OO,OO0 and is still
worth $1O0.000,0OO.
ONE Of the smallest cities in the world is
Seward City. Alaska. The census returns
give it three inhabitants-just enough for
Mayor, chairman of the Board of Aldermen
and president of the Common Council.
The royal standard of Persia. it is said, is
an apron. Stout old Gao, the Persian black
smith, raised a revolt which proved sue
cessful and his leathern apron covered
with Jewels is still borne at the van of Per-
sian armies.
CARMEN SYLVIA" has reatDlliterary
admirer IN the Sultan of Turkey. The
Queen of Roumania recently sent superb
edition of her works to the Ottoman poten-
tate, who has expressed great pleasure in
reading the Queens poems.
EX-QUEEN lsABELLA's daughter, the
Princess of Paz, is happily married to
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria The Prince
is distinguished a medical student, and
his own and his wife's charities hav o made
them noted throughout Germany for their
philanthropy.
ETHEL SPRAGUE. the actress, does not
look much like her famous mother. Her
face is almost colorless and is rather thin.
but her bright gray eyes are eager an0 rest
less and her expression Is pleasing. She Is
said to bear strong resemblance In man
ner and looks to Sara Bernhardt
A ST.. PETERSBURG dispatch gives some
curious information concerning the life
led by the Grand Duke Constantine, the
Cars uncle, at his country residence of
Pavlovsk. For about two years he has
been a confirmed invalid. and requires to
be tended like a child. He has almost en-
tirely lost his memory and altogether for
gotten the German language, W hich former
ly he spoke to perfection. His memory has
so broken down that he does not recollect
the letters of the alphabe
The offer of a weekly salary to persons
willing to take poison Systematically in the
interest of science is made by DR.. Timothy
+. Allen. director of the laboratory of ex-
perimental pharmacology and the dean OF
the New York Homeopathic College and
Hospital. DR.. Allen has engaged all the
applicants he can afford to just now as ex-
perimental provers. Nearly all Of them
are young physicians of either sex. In one
case young doctor and his wife were en-
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weekly to their income.
The rank of admiral of the navy expired
with Admiral Porter. Farragut was the
first admiral of the navy. the rank having
been created shortly after the close of the
war TO do him honor. He had previously
held the rank of vice-admiral and rear ad-
miral. Porter succeeded Farragut as ad-
miral of the navy. Subsequently Congress
enacted that the ranks OF admiral of the
navy and vice admiral should expire with
their possessors' 1t is some years since we
have had vice admiral. and at present the
ranking officer of the navy Is the senior rear
admiral. who is Rear Admiral Kimberly.
The following is Prince Bismarck's ac-
count of his conversion to protection prin-
ciples: up to the seventies l was, by con-
viction. an adherent of free trade. and. so
to speak. born and bred in it. Until the
year 1870 / was SO much occupied by foreign
affairs that was not able To devote myself
with energy to economic questions. After
1870 foreign affairs became quioter. and.
|fwhen IN the course Of time saw one blast