The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

GEN. WADE HAMPTON denounces tho
South Carolina State saloon law as On
outrageous piece of folly and stupidity.
THE widow of Richard Burton has COM
pleted her biography Of her husband. but
no publisher hos yet announced ii. 1t is
known that Burton was All agn0stio but
Lady Burton. 1t is said. has portrayed him
in her book as Q devout churchmaD.
RALPH j. DE MAYNE. the English hunter
of big game 10 Africa. when in San Fran
cisco recently on his way homo from India
said that he thought the American grizzly
and an Infatuated elephant were moro
dangerous than lion. but that the charge
or rhln0oeroS was the most dangerous OF
all.
THAT was q touching tribute paid by
Prince Bismark To his wife when he as
sured the throDg who came to congratulate
her on her birthday that 6is green old
age aud happy family life" were Que to her.
No doubt the Princess appreciated this
compliment more than all the court honors
she ever received.
In an address last week Prof. Charles
Eliot Norton, of Harvard. speaking of
James Russell Lowell. said: He and
were friends for moro than forty years.
We used TO see each other almost every
day, and do not remember ever hearing
any other human bong"
The ladies of Paris are about to found q
female Masonic lodge. The organizers of
this project have already obtained the CON-
sent of the government and an executive
committee of eight have been appointed.
with Nine. Marie Deraismes as the first
grand mistress or venerable OF the lodge,
which already includes over one hundred
members.
TIE all-important question Of the hour in
fashionable male society in London is.
Ought man to wear spatsf' tSpats are
overgsitersl There appears to be q per.
picking difference of opinion on the 81 bject.
and though some weli-Gressed men persist
in wearing them. and though old army
officers could not be induced to dispense
with them, the objection Is made that they
have descended sadly In the aOcial scale.
Mr.. GLADSTONE applied In vain for sc: t
for his own son for one of the galleries OF
the House of Commons last week. says the
New York Tribune. This experience Of the
Prime Minister and leader of the House of
Commons is probably unique. As rule.
Cabinet ministers do not experience great
difficulty IN getting q single order for one
of the galleries. but the rush for seats OF
late has been almost without precedent.
IL the Medical Magazine Or. Blackman
says that the effect of music is transmitted
by the reflex action Of the nerves which
govern the blood supply; that il directly
affects the circulation of the blood. the
blood pressure sometimes rising and some
times falling aud that the action of music
| OF animals and man ex presses itself for the
most part by increased frequency of the
| beats OF the heart Hence. that music 10
needed for the invalid, and becomes an
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| invalid to health.
| PERHAPS the most considerate man out
| of Jail was one who broke out at Hopkins.
vile. KY. the other day. He sawed his
way to liberty. first leaving In his cell.
| whore il would be- readily found. long
| letter. in which he laooriously expressed his
| feelings of his jailer by escaping. He con-
| cluded his remarkable eplstle bv saying TO
| the jailer: cit mortiiies my feelinas to doc
such q thing, but i am dutey bound TO
stand to my famiey. Hay oil OF my down
| fall at my last stepmother's door,"
Miss MARY L. WILKINs's gentle consid-
GRAFTON for others is q marked trait of her
character. IF possess such . virtue"
che remarks. lit is the result Of contrition
over my juvenile manners. 1 had party
when was q little girl" she narrstes with
much gusto, land. having no sash wore
o blue ribbon round my waist Another
| little girl came in resplendent with sash
| and such was my envy that l at once took
| occasion To tell her that sashes were all out
| of fashion. My penitence over that piece
| of fem n ne cattIsbness ought to have done
me good. and hope it has,"
| Mrs. JENNEss MILLER made some state
ments to Kansas City reporter for which
her sex may feel inclined TO take her TO
dress-rcform enthusiast. that q woman
can be better reached through her looks
| than through her intelligence Don't You
! know that the average woman in eooietv
| cares more for her appearance than or her
| sours alvations Why, have known hun
dreds of women who would rather commit
suicide than become passee. ! know this.
| for have made women study." Even the
| cynical Schopenhnuer said nothing severer
| aDout the tair sex than that.