The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Instead of using haircloth an enterpris-
ing Partisan dressmaker has stiffened tho
skirt of a ball gown with aluminium.
London has gone wild over a new pianist
from Austria. His name is Weiss and his
hair is longer than Paderewski's. He is
the most striking hirSute chrysanthemum
now before the public.
A new process of rain-making was re-
Gently brought before the Academy des
Sciences. Paris. by NJ. Baudoin. His theory
is that electricity maintains the water in
clouds in a state of small drops, and that
If the electricity be discharged the water
will come down.
Collectors of rare stamps are very much
interested in the Afghanistan stamps. The
Abdur Rahman has only had three
issues of stamps since he came to the
throne. TIL first was a round red stamp,
the second an oblong black one, and the
last a red oblong stamp bearing the figure
of a mosque.
A Greek. engineer who pursued his stud
les in this country has prepared a plan for
the electric lighting of the Bosphorus from
Kanak to San Stefano. on the sea of
Marmora. He proposes to accomplish this
by building three machines, or engines, at
Armout Koei. Kanduli and Perai-Barum,
where the current is unusually strong.
Chemists have analysed the alleged Holy
Coat" of Argenteuil, France. One chemist
has said that the stains on the coat are
of blood, while the Gobelin tapestry man.
u~factory reports that the garment is of
the same material and color as that which
might have been worn by Christ. This is
the second Holy Coat" that is held in
France.
Harriet Hosmer, the celebrated American
sculptress, it is said, can wear as many
medals as an hereditary grand duke. Miss
Hosmer has remained in Europe almost
continuously for twenty years. In a recent
interview in Chicago she stated that If she
had her life to live over again she would
keep more in touch with her own country
and countrymen.
A full length portrait Of Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison has just been painted for the
Daughters of the American Revolution TO
be placed in the White House. The paint
er is Daniel Huntington, late president of
the National Academy, and the portrait
will hang near the full length painting OF
Mrs. Rutherford b. Hayes, also by the
same artist. 1t is valued at about $1,000.
Senator Perkins, of California, was a
sailor before the mast at the age of six
teen. and a few years later he was a Dor
ter in the general store of which he after
ward became proprietor. He accomplished
this rise in life by rare self-denial. Re-
ceiving a salary of 500 a month, he saved
so a month from ii by doing his own cook
ing, making his own clothing and living
in n way hat a fastidiOus tramp would
have scorned. But the end seems to have
JuS(llieu lile mednS III MS case.
The ideal orator Of all Spanish speaking
people is Castelar,, who was once president
of their short-lived republic. Before speak
ing he is restless, and cannot keep quiet.
He enters the chamber, leaves il, goes into
the library and turns over the leaves of
d book. rushes into the cafe. takes a glass
of water. is seized with a fever and fancies
that he has lost his power of speech. that
he will be laughed at and Kissed; not a
single lucid idea of his speech remains i'm
his head; he has confused and forgotten
everything.
1t is q great many years since Terence
V. Powderly fulfilled i'm outward appear
ance the popular notion of a workingman.
His neat dark clothes, bald head. eyeglasses,
and soft white hands gave him somewhat
the appearance OF a parson, and at gath
erings of men who work with their hands
he would never have been taken bv a
stranger for a leading trades unionist.
Powderiy's speech and manner. as well as
fhis dress and appearance, were other than
those or a workingman, and if he shall
come to practice the profession OF the law
which he has found time to study, there
Is nothing in the outward man to dis
tinguish him from other members of the