The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

KEW. DIR. GUNSAULCS, or chicago, who
has been prominently mentioned as the
president of the new Armour Institute.
is threatened with paralysis of the vocal
cords.
= A BRONZE tablet. in memory of the late
Henry Ward Beecher. has been placed In
the vestibule of Plymouth Church, Brook
Ign. 1t commentaries q passionate of forty
years-1S47-1SS7.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is by no means the old
est member of the Commons, in spite of his
elghty.three years. Carries Villiers is the
father of the body. having completed his
ninetleth year Jan. 2.
AMONG the superstitious natives of Bull
garIa the prophet Elijah is believed to CON-
troll the elements. During heavy thunder.
storms the women fall on their faces and
pray: Dear Lord Elijah. do not drive SO
fast with your fiery horses
GENERAL BOOTH, of the Salvation Army,
has q small income settled upon him by O
personal friend and something from the
sale of his literary works, but he has drawn
nothing for his personal or family expenses
from the Darkest England fund or from the
ordinary income of the army.
Now, my dear wife" said the late Wer-
ner Won Siemens. upon hearing that he had
been raised to the ranks of the hereditary
nobility. Ego ut once to Lepke the Berlin
dealer In paintingsl and buy ancestors"
Werner Won Slemen5 was q great elec-
trician. an ardent Liberal, aud he cared
little for the nObiliary particle before his
name.
TRUMAN HENRY Stafford. profess or of
astronomy at Williams College, is one of
the most remarkable lightning calcuIa-
tors" now living HIS manner Is quick and
n dol, To-
ticult sum In his head" he walks rapidly I'D
and down the class room. ciasping and I'M
clasDiDg his hands or twitchlng his mus
tache
A NEW ZEALAND lady reports on her ex-
perionce and observation of matrimony
that marriage is just this "You have q
beautiful wreath and veil on your wedding
day. The first week passes well. The Sec
Ond week you have your mouth full of
clOthes-pins The third you are tr0tting
two miles with basket looking for cheap
meat And after that you are looking for
cheap meat ali the rest of your life"
MISS WILLARD Gays that few forms of
Hypocrisy are more common on the lips OF
women than this: Il would on no account
have my name In the newspaper" Ii a
women has accomplished something help
full to humanity 1t Is just as desirable TO
have IL known as If a man had accom-
plished the same. Indeed, she adds. Is is
more so. because this knowledge Will en-
courage other women to lift their hands In
some good employment
BISMARCK told an interviewer recently
that all he now cares for is to remain at
home with his family. He rarely visits
Berlin. because he hos no house there. and
he dislikes unfamiliar beds and hotel &C.
commodations. Moreover. be would not be
able to take n single step in Berlin without
being the object of popular demonstrations.
The old man of iron" takes. q novel
view of the Panama affair. He regards
the prosecution as the worst possible so
cIalism."
THE United metropolitan Improved Hot
Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual
Delivery Company" mentioned in "Nicho-
las Nickleby." was not 80 much of a Carl
cature alter all. There is q society now or
ganlZed in London. commonly referred to
as the L. &. p. ID. y. X. l.. T.. the full
name of the organization being The
United Committee for the Prevention of
the Decentralization of the Native Races by
the Liquor Traffic" Englishmen have a
strong penchant for giving societies name
that will epitomize their whole scope and
history.