The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-03
BREAkFAST-TABLE CHAT.

Ex-Gov. NEWTON BooTH, of California,
10 slowly dying at his home in Sacramento,
of the same disease which ended the life of
General Grant.
For the first time in Jewish history the
jews sang the one-huodredth Psalm to the
tune of "O!d Hundred" at the laying of the
cornerstone of the Hampstead Synagogue.
DURING the whole course of his life Mr..
Gladstone has only written three anony-
nous articles. and the authorship Leaked
out in each case o fortnight after the date
of publication.
ALL OF the money which Mr.. Paderewski
has made in his remarkably successful con-
certs In this country is to be invested for
the benefit of his invalid boy. who is the
the fathers idol.
AN irreverent critic is said to have shocked
Mr.. Augustin DAILY greatly by observing of
Baron D'Eynecourt's recent sylvan dra-
ma: "~Tennyson is in no sense a Sardou.
Nor, Tor the matter of that, Is he q sardine."
LABoUCHERE says that when he was an
srtache at Frankfort, accredited to the
Grand Duke of Hesse. he once refused
champagne at q state supper. Take IL"
said o chamberlain next To him. IF you
don't care for 10 1 will take IL. We are
only allowed one glass;"
ONLY forty-four women nave been deco
rated with the blue cross of the Legion of
Honor altogether. One of the youngest
women who have ever received the cross Is
Juliette DOdu. n creole, and the cause was
an act of bravery during the Franco.
Prussian war. She is now an inspector of
primary schools in Paris.
SAID Senator Plat, of Connecticut. to q
New York reporter the other day: mo, 4
haven't anything to say to your ques-
49, n
tell you three things that / particularly
dislike. Ono is to see my name IN print:
another is to have my picture published.
and the third Is TO read in q newspaper
anything / have said.n
GENERAL NEAL Dow celebrated the
eighty-eighth anniversary of his BIRTH
day on March 10. Heis In excellent health
and spirits, and his activity at such an ad-
vanced age 10 something remarkable. He
wac past middle age when he began his
three wears service in the war, and during
the struggle be was wounded twice and
was In . rebel prison for nine months.
MILE. ELISE ST.. OMER, the celebrated
French explorer. travels without any lug
rage. not ever q handbag. All she re-
quires Is slowed away IN her capacious
pockets. Thus equipped, this energetic
lady has travelled through all parts of
Europe. Asia and America; has visited
mOTIQOO6, J6puuo66 anu OiDHhlcSe, TlQQcn
cid by side with Bedouins and climbed the
Himalayas.
THE cornerstone of the Grant monument,
at Riverside Park. will be land on April %.
the anniversary of the dead hero's seven
tieth birthday, with Impressive and appro-
pirate ceremonies. President Harrison Will
be present, and personally su perintend the
important event. He will be assisted by
numerous national. State and civic dIgnI-
0rnna - ~ aus
and national guard. and various political
and social organizations.
HARRIET HosMER, the sculptor. leads o
very retired life in Rome and is not easily
approaohable to visitors. but sometimes
she let's down the bars of her reserve TO an
American compatriot. Mrs Mary Frost
Ormsby, who went to Rome as o delegate
to the international Peace Conference, wa
entertained by Miss Hosmer. who sent by
her a warm message of creating to Sorosis
a message that Mrs. Ormsby delivered
amid great applause to the members of So
rosis at their last meeting.
The p~enny-ln-the-slot machine has been
adopted by the English Postofice Depart
menL A box is put in railway stations and
other public places in London. and a penny
in the slot Will open a drawer containing a
white card and two envelopes. Any ono
can write a message on the card. put it in
one envelope. and put in the other q small
messengers fee, touch q knob. when bell
will be rung at the nearest pOstoi1ice. and
u messenger boy dispatched To take the let-
ter and carry it to it's destination.
Miss BOOTH, the late editor OF Harper's
Bazaar. was particularly retiring in her
disposition. and did not care for newspaper
publicity. Whether Miss Booth would
have liked to have her letters edited and
published is a question which is just now q
subject of conversation in literary circles.
Many of the letters were purely business
communications. others were letters from
friend to friend, and still others were let
tiers relating to private affairs. And now
all are scheduled and offered to the public
at regular rates.
PRINCE KHILKoFF, aRussian "Stundist."
or D~issenter. who distributed his large
estates among Door peasants and led a life
of poverty and toll for ten years in the
government of Kharkoff. has been arrested
and banished to Transcaucasia. without
trial or inquiry. by order of the Minister OF
the Interior. on the suggestion of vi.
Pobiedonestseff. His offense is that during
public discussion between a Russian priest
and some peasant non-confOrmlsts, he took
the part of the latter, replying to the
priests objections by quoting texts from
the gospels.
EXPERIMENTING.
Man wants but little here below;
But as the days 20 by,
He finds with every rising sun