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

There is to be a model town on the Bel
lamy plan in Niagara county, New York.
DR.. Berilon, a French physician, has in
vented a new name for the habit OF gnaw-
Ing the finger nails-"onchyophage." or. In
English, onchyophagy. He calls 1t nerv-
Gus disease.
In addition to being colonel Of regiment
Queen Victoria is prebendary Of ST. David's.
and her tenure Of the office since 1887 makes
her the senior prebendary Of England. The
Rev. Colonel never oficiates. however
So great is the popularity OF Professor
Mommsen, of the University Of Berlin, that
recently. on the fiftieth anniversary of his
receiving the doctors degree. he was
obliged TO leave the city and so to italy 10
escape the enthusiastic demonstrations or
his friends.
In q French churchyard Is a monument
having an epitaph Of which the following is
a translation: Here lies Jean Pinto, tho
Spanish vocalist. When he reached Heaven
he united his voice with the voices OF the
archangcls. AS soon as He heard him the
Deity cried Keep quiet, all you fellows.
and let us hear alone the illustrious singer
at am somewhat surprised" says a wri-
ter in the New York Recorder. that wri-
ters In our contemporaries speak of Lord
Dunraven as If he were stranger on this
side Of the water. He has been here twice
before. besides touring Westward among
the Rockies, and his book, entitled the
Great Divide was among the most intel
ligent contributions to contemporaneous
photography ever published.
The grave of Phillips Brooks In Mount
Auburn Cemetery is in an old-fashioned lot
surrounded by plain iron fence The only
ornament there is bed of myrtle, by which
the mound is thickly overgrown, and the
flowers which friends supply abundantly
and keep fresh. There are innumerable Wis,
itors to the great churchman's grave, and
the laurel bushes that stand on each side
of the gate have been almost bereft or
their foliage by persons III search o. me
mentoes.
The picturesque old mansion that was the
home Of several generations Of the Lees, of
Virginia, is still standing in an excellent
state of preservation near Fairfax
Courthouse. It Is known Ravensworth,
and with its fine grounds and Its historic
treasures In the way of relics, 1t is, next to
Mount Vernon, probably the most interest
ing old house in the Old Dominion. Early
in the eighteenth century the estate was the
home Of the Fitzhughs, from whom the Lee
family inherited 1t by intermarriage.
1.-The greatest bridge builder in the world
is the spider" says the New York Sun.
There is a point on the Maramec river,
not far ON the Missouri Pacific bridge,
where a arge spider made a bridge clear
across. a. distance of over two hundred
feet He first sent out a flyer, sort of
kite string, which was carried across the
stream by the breeze and lodged in tree
opposite. 1t was then braced by guys to
other branches, and thus fifty feet above the
water was a perfect suspension bridge: In
comparison with this insect work the Mag
ara and Brooklyn bridges are arihing.
He treasured dear the single leaf
She was so kind to send,
And vowed he would not part with IL
Until his days should end.
But when he looked at 1t his heart
For horror almost stopped
That leaf was but symbol mute,
Significant Of dropped"
Spencer Herbert, in Vogue.