The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
Ex-senator Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia,
has grown so weak that he can scarcely
hold his head up, and is almost blind.
Sir John Gladstone, nephew of the Grand
Old Man. is described as a tall. broad
shouldered young giant, as ardent a Con-
sentative as his uncle is the reverse, and
one of the most extensive whisky distillers
In Scotland.
Waldo Messaros, formerly a sensational
Philadelphia preacher, died in that city the
other day at gold cure institute, after a
protracted spree Messaros was a brilliant
and an eloquent pulpit orator, but women
and wine wrecked mis- usefulness.
One of the many stories about the late
DR.. Jowett of Balliol, is that young man
once observed to him as they started on a
walk: 1T is a fine day, sir" a half an
hour later after the Professor broke his
silence by saying: THAT was q very fool
i3h remark of yours, sir. Good morning"
In the worlds fair Forestry Building not
a single nail was used in its construction.
Lady Henry Somerset sent from Switzer-
land beautiful pin set with diamonds and
other precious stones entwined with white
ribbon, as a gift TO Mrs Stevens president
Of the Woman'S Christian temperance Un-
ion.
Emile lola, who is visiting Londoh does
not appear to have impressed the English
people favorably in the matter of physical
appearance. With the exception of his
graceful manners and pleasant smile he
appears to have been regarded as rather
commonplace. His wife is handsome
woman.
At the Episcopal Church of the Atone
ment in Brooklyn, women members of the
choir now wear berettas and surplices.
The new order was begun a week ago on
Sunday and has been criticised as an inno-
vat Wellman. rector
church. says 1t is merely return to an
Client customs.
Mrs John Brisben Walker, the wife of the
millionaire editor Of the Cosmopolitan, is
Virginian, the daughter of General Strother,
the well-l1nown writer and artist, Porte
Crayon" She is a quiet, retiring woman,
very kindly and gentle, absorbed in family
ties and in her family of nine children, of
whom eight are boys.
Marlowes Tamburlaine meant to cut
channel that men might quickly sail
to India" Niccolo di Cont laid plan for
MERGING the isthmus of Suez before Venitian
rulers at the beginning of the sixteenth CEN
tury. Sesostris began a canal thirteen hun
dred years before the birth OF the Savior.
But it is De Lesseps whose name must ever
be synonymous with Suez.
Miss Mary Garrett, the daughter of the
great railroad king and sister of the present
head of the Baltimore e. Ohio railroad
~.
spends much of her time in New York. She
Is worth 10000 She is rather stout
about five feet five, with pale complexion,
blue eyes and gold-rimmed glasses. She is
thirty-two years of age, and every summer
goes to Europe with her maid, travelling
from one place to another quite independ-
emily.
The makers of a domestic remedy unpro-
tected by a patent have recently discov-
cred the value of a name. The remedy was
o1c he
ufacturers asked their lawyer to suggest for
II a new name. On the spur of the moment
he suggested a commonplace name used q
little aside from its ordinary significance.
The profits on the remedy have since been
between $4,000 and $4,000 year, and the
manufacturers ascribe the improvement
solely to the new name.
Colonel Dodge in his delightful paper in
Harper's Magazine, on the Riders Of
SYRIA" does away with all cherished illu-
sions concerning the Arab steed of ro-
nance He asserts that while the excep-
tional Arabian is fine fellow, he does not
think that the best Arabian aside from a
certain attractiveness) is nearly as good
as the best hunter. the best trotter, the
best racer or the best saddle horse Of Eng
land or America. And L am quite sure"
ADDS this accomplished horseman. that 1
would stake my money on hundred bron-
cos of the American plains against a hun
dred Arabians of the Syrian desert On a
pull OF one or two hundred miles under
conditions fair to EACH" The average
Arabian. he notes. is small as to be
useless for any but light performance.
He was a musical crank to the core;
They say that music was all he lived for.
Operas galore he knew by the score,
And Wagner's great music thrilled him.
The songs of the day affected his brain,
But while Annie Rooney gave him much
pain
And Comrades did nearly drive him in
sane,
II voc ga fter the Fall, that killad him
Chicago Journal.
The silver Senators do not
Shoot oratoric rockets
Just merely for the fun Of it
They're talking through their pockets
Detroit Tribune.