The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MISS ANNE Whitney has finished a por-
trait bust of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
which will be exhibited by the women of
Connecticut in the library of the Women's
building at the Columbian exposition.
The bust Will finally be placed in the pub
lie library at Hartford.
NJ. EMILE lola. who Is in indifferent
health. due to hard work on his novel. ID
Pascal" is leaving Paris for his summer
quarters ct Medan. where he will take q
short rest preparatory to q fresh journey
to Lonrdes. to collect further material for
MS WORK on modern miracles.
Mrs. GLADsToNE's friends give an inter-
estins illustration of her faith in her hus-
band. Three months before the general
election she said: when we go to Down.
ing street We shall want q new cook"
Forthwith she set about finding "a suitable
person, and as soon as she discovered her
engaged her in advance.
Mrs. ORMIsToN CHANT occupies q pulpit
every alternate Sunday. She has preached
In the churches Of all denominations. with
the exception of the Church of England
and Roman Catholic Church. As o rule.
her sermons occupy .three-quarters of an
hour in delivery, but on one or two ocoa-
slons she has preached for two hours.
Lady Henry Somerset speaks of having
invited q number of the poorer people in
London TO her country home for q few
days outing amid all that Is most beauti-
full in field and forest. One of the women,
about to return. thanked Lady Henry and
added IN the kindest spirit: but 1 pity
you, living out here where everything is so
uninterestlng"
THE only surviving Off oeholder under
Jackson's administration is said to be
Judge BENJAMIN Patton, who was at that
time United States district attorney. He
was present at Cleveland's inauguration.
though be is eighty-fOur years old. He
lives quietly on his great estate of nearly
two thousand acres, known as Fontiand,
near Hicksville, u.
THE mother of Goethe Is described as o
woman of great Imagination and the high
est animal spirits. In the education of her
wonderful son these gifts. with hat of
narrative, exercised q large influence. She
was married at the age of seventeen. Late
in life she said: Il and my Wolfgang have
always held fast to each other because We
were both young together"
An Italian In New York got so mad just
because he was ~blnckballed by q benev-
client society. that when 1t paraded he tried
to snatch the American flag from the color
bearer. He CID not succeed. Every one OF
the sons of Italy fell on him. including the
band. which thumped him with tubas.
cuffed him with comets and beat him with
bassoons. The flag was torn in the struggle
and the vandal has been held for the grand
Jury for malicious destruction of property
valued at more than sos. When O man In.
suits the American flag, there can always
be found law enough 10 meet tho case.
EXTRACT rom oFFICE.sEEKER's GUIDE.
G. Glow like a dog that little cloud appears.
o. S.-A dog, a dog. from tip of tail to ears.
q. C.-But stop; a goat 1t seemeth now to me.
o. s.-You're right, a goat it is, we now can
plainly see.
G. C.-Tm no reformer If it's not a COW.
O. s. 1t is, it Is, We truly do avow.
G. C.-But no, It is q lion, 1 was wrong before.
o. $50 true a lion. we can almost hear him
roar.
G. Cts like a donkey, once for all I do declare,
Aud lie who says it's not let him beware.
o. 6. tasidel-What a pity
That our Rruff
Old friend does not
Indulge in snuff,
That we might show him with what ease
We'd respond IN q hearty sneeze.
PERU. IMP.