The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS
THE English governess who has been
selected to teach the King Of Spain will
have q salary of s.. 500. a residence IN the
palace and as many servants as she may
desire.
mersed In the task of writing . book on
hunting in the far West which will occupy
all of his leisure time for the next eighteen
months.
Ir 10 interesting to learn that Oliver
Curtis Perry. the train-robber, was burg
lar at fourteen. Unlike the typical de-
faulter or bank-wrecker, he was never Q
good Sunday schoOl boy.
PRINCE GEORGE of Wales has q much
smaller head than his father; and Lon
don paper suggests the probability of the
crown being reduced in size when it is
passed along to the son of the present
heir apparent.
Mrs. FRANK LESLIE complains that be-
fore her marriage no unkipd word was
ever said of her, and attributes the cold
aud critical position of the press on that
question to the fact that she has united her
fortunes with q foreigner.
The Rev. Dr.. George T. Purves, who re-
signs his charge of the First PresSy terrain
Church in Pittsburg to become Princeton
professor. gives up salary of So. 600 for one
of So. go. This Is brave deeG-a deed that
shines brightly in o mercenary world.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY's daughter, the wife
of q civil engineer. is now living in the City
of Mexico. Among other English people
whom she finds there are Rider Hagcard
and two great-grandsons of the Lord
Chesterfield. who wrote famous letters to
his son.
MILE. SZUMOwsKA, q brilliant pupil of
Paderewski. is soon to make her debut in
London. When quite young she yielded TO
her fathers wishes and studied medicine,
but the love of music was strong in her,
and she left the hospitals and devoted her.
self to music
THE late DE-. George Kingsley was the
last survivor of the distinguished trio of
brothers, of whom Charles Kingsley was
the best known to the outer world. He
was man OF extensive scientific attain
ments, an able physician and q brilliant
wit. He had his reverend brothers insa-
table love of travelling.
BISMARCK sprInkles his conversation.
which Is at all times interesting and some
times epigrammatic. with choice and peril
nent extracts from Shakespeare, of whose
works he is especially fond. His talk,
even on common place subjects, is bright
and entertaining, and he is a man, despite
his reputation. of great personal magnet
ism, which casts a spell over tho visitor.
NJ c. CREEDE. the owner of the Last
Chance and Monarch mines at the new
camp in Colorado that bears his name. is a
native of Illinois. who settled In Colorado
in 1870. He is a an slightly above medium
height, lean and of a sandy complexion.
and Is fifty years of age, although he looks
much younger. After prospecting tor twen-
~ years all over the State, he now finds
himself millionaire. He Is said to be the
most genial and unaffected fellow in the
new diggings.
Lolita" Is undou btedly the richest act
ress in the world. She owns several apart
ment houses in New York city. the Park
Theater in Boston. real estate in nearly all
the large cities. and could. as the men say,
"chase mp" between two and three million.
Her permanent residence is at Lake Hopat-
cong. and her nome 10 most beautiful In
design and furnishing. If she were any
an nearly fifty years old, but the name
Lolita 10 as ever Q synonym for youth, vi
vaclty and merriment. entirely incompati-
bic with the thought of fifty birthdays.
DEMOCRATIC America contains many
people who are proud of their descent from
foreign kings. and perhaps their pride 10
pardonable when so stern . champion Of
popular rights as John Randolph, Of Roam
oke, was accustomed to vaunt his lineage
from an Indian princess. Congressman
Springer has recently made the discovery
that his ancestry extends back to ERbert.
the early English king. and beyond him to
Charlemagne. royal ancestry 10 one of
the valued inheritances of the Maryland
CAROLS the Bonapartee. and of President
Harrison, whose line runs back to Alfred
the Great. Two other long removed de-
scendants OF Alfred are Mrs Hugh MoKit-
trick and Mrs Chester II. Krum. of st.
Louis; and Mrs. Shane. of Chicago, is. from
all accounts granddaughter of George
Ill of England. II is interesting in con-
nection with the pride of pedigree existing
in others to compare the absence of it in
that modest Virginia gentleman who
might be Lord Fairfax If he chose to claim
the title.
THERE is a feeling of unrest
That lies upon my soul;
Earth has no charms for ne at ALL
Life has no flowing bowl.
A sad and melancholy night,
Pm feeling mighty glum;
I'm going TO a ball tonight.
And my collars haven't come.
-Cloth:er and Furnisher.
TIE object that we always would possess
In weather cold or hot.
And right upon the spot
Our longing dream with victory to bless,
Our life TO I'LL with sunny happiness.