The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Portuguese have a proverb that no
man can be a good husband who does not
eat good breakfast
The Rochester Herald credits Patrick
Henry with originating this phrase: 1.-THE
race is not to the swift
1t has been reserved to j. ]. Van Allen.
the gentleman who purchased the Italian
mission from Mr.. Cleveland, as the acme OF
his humiliation to be sued by a string band
for services rendered.
Il went to the fair on Chicago day."
writes absent Bostonian. land there
were either 10000, or 100000. or 100000
people there; l forget which, / saw
japanese god and the jam.
The statue of Gen. George B. Mcclellan.
which is to be erected in the northwest cor
ner of the grounds of the Philadelphia City
Hall is nearly finished, and will be placed
in position some time next month.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid has been entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Bailey Aldrich and
General and Mrs. Lew Wallace at his coun-
try seat, Ophir farm, in Westchester coun-
~. His visitors were frequently seen at the
county fair horse show.
Attorney-general Olney's sole exercise In
Washington is tennis. For an hour two
every afternoon he may be seen playing a
game that would do credit to the skill and
agility of a much younger man. His courts
are said TO be the smoothest and best Kept
in the city.
Two interesting souvenirs of the Paris
stage have been offered the directors of the
Coincide Francaise-one fragment of Tai
mas heart and the other the mummified
hand of Mile. Duchenois an actress who
shared in Talma's triumphs. pair Of
slippers that Rachel wore have also been
sent to NJ. Claretie for preservation in the
theater's museum.
1t is mentioned on excellent authority that
an attraction quite between the lines" is
part of a striking episode in the course Of
Gen. Lew Wallace's new religious romance,
THE Prince Of India" The imprisoned
sermon upon outline creed for all hui
Imanity,. which the young monk Sergius de
nvers from the pulpit of Saint Sophia is
said to be General Wallace's own confess
sion of faith.
During his recent visit to Schonbrunn
the German Emperor went to church in a
costume which attracted great attention. as
well it might. He wore gray tunic with
green facings and broad epaulettes, green
knife, the handle adorned with an imperial
gold crown, high lvarnished boots and
spurs and Syrian hat with an enormous
plume that shook at every step.
Cousin Ben Folsom, having taken a
wife, will probably settle down in Omaha,
where he is said to own considerable real
estate. Cousin Ben has not visited the
Sular position at Sheffield, and his rela-
tons with the President have been badly
strained since last March, when he asked
for better place and was refused. From
that moment political life lost its charm.
Poor Mary Hoff, widow of a soldier, has
been saving a little money every month
from her meager income for many years
She put it all in drawer, and a month ago
when she counted it she found $780, She
did not examine it again until Tuesday
and then she found mice and some scraps
of green paper. The pieces left are so
small that her loss is practically complete.
She lives at Railway, N j., and has no
income but her pension of S12 month.
An interesting question is raised in Paris
by two men who have started the business
of polishing up old playing cards so that
they may be used again. They charged S
cents for cleaning, and a pack could be
cleaned three times. The government has
stepped in and seized the plant of the three
factories, on the ground that the reno
waited cards should pay the usual excise
tax imposed upon new cards. The card
cleaners are resolved to fight the in
the courts, as the business was very profit
able.
ooh tell me not that talk is cheap"
The statesman sang with glee;
ut may be true with some of you,
But 'tisn't true with me-
WASHINGTON Star,