The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

There is a report that Miss Vanderbilt,
who is now in Paris with her parents. is
engaged to the eldest son OF an Irish noble
man and diplomat.
The mother of Bret Harte was a hand
some factory girl. Her husband educated
her, and she became one of the most cul-
tured women in Detroit.
OF late years Madame Alboni, the great
contralto. who died in Paris the other day.
had become so fat that she could not walk
without the assistance OF two strong men.
A South American paper says there is a
wide difference of opinion among importers
as to whether it pays better in the long
run 10 bride the officers or pay the duties.
Wellesley girls found skirts much ''in the
way" when boating on the lake, and finally
discarded them altogether in their rowing
shells, their substitute being a very modest
and tasteful adaptation of a gymnasium
suit.
Foster Brooks. of Tennessee, is sixteen
years old, weighs 100 pounds and is six feet
six inches tall. His neck was broken when
less until two years ago, when he began
TO grow: Before mat he could not move his
theirs. Doctors say it is the only case on
record.
Wampy Wuffles. an amateur oculist in
Alpena, Mich, made a glass eye for his
spaniel Comeback. The dog appears 20
derstand his affliction, and never permits
strangers TO see his blind side. He has
learned to drop his artificial eye into
traction of the muscles. The dog is unable
to replace the eye in the morning.
The Kaffirs are great philosophers. If an
OK should die the owner never grieves, but
remarks: NOW / must go to work for
master (all white men who treat them we'll
are called masters), and in six months he
will give me a cow; it will have a calf. If
it is a bull calf, in a year I'll again have a
pair of oxen, but should ii be heifer calf
I'm all the riche'. for the next year I'll
have two calves instead of one
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian author
loves to keep his hair in disorder. This is
said to be his one vanity. He always car
ries little toilet case, says a Danish writ
er, containing a looking glass and a comb
attached to the lining of his gray hat He
often removes his hat to look into the
mirror to see how his hair is lying. If il is
not rough enough to suit his fancy, he uses
the comb to give 1t the requisite tangle
Titan. who spent all his life at court
painted a fine picture at the age of ninety
six. AT ninety-nine he still retained his en-
ergy for work, and undertook a large pic
ture for the FranciScans. Unfortunately,
he died of the plague in his hundreth year,
or there is no knowing what he might not
still have achieved. Michael Angelo, too
the most distinguished sculptor of the
modern world, was working away most en-
ergetically in his eighty-eghth year
The Agricultural Society, of Abb; France
was recently shown and tasted some grapes
and apples that had been preserved in all
their native freshness in powdered quick
lime. They were in a perfect state, round
and plump as the day they were gathered,
and tasted just the same. except. perhaps.
they were a little more saccharine. Mr.
Monclar, who made the experiment de-
clares it a great success. Washing causes
all the lime to disappear and the fruit is as
perfect as the day ii was packed