The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Emperor of Germany, it is said has
| decided to honor Bismarck by having his
head stamped on future issue of German
coins
of Norfolk. the oldest. -proudest and rich
est peerage in England is deaf dumb.
blind and an imbecile.
Congressman Clark. of Missouri, whose
term expired March 4. is about to start on
lecture tour, one of his subjects being
Congress"
Already more than s11000 has been SUBJ
scribed for the proposed Francis Parkman
memorial The committee plans to make
esteem in which the great historian was
held by his contemporaries"
Achenbach is the real name of Max Al
vary. the tenor. He speaks five languages,
his latest acquisition being Russian. He is
photographer, blacksmith, carpenter, cleo
trician, architect and soldier. having served
a year in the German cavalry.
The widow of General Anderson, who
lives in Washington. treasures as a sacred
relic the famous flag which was on Fort
Sumter when the rebels attacked it. 1t
was draped about the casket for her hus-
band when he was carried to his final rest.
Dr. Lansing, who attacked the President,
is not Methodist. as has been asserted,
but Trintarian Congregationalist and the
pastor of the well-known Park-street
-
irreverently known as Birthstone Corner"
Mr.. Gladstone finally announces that he
cannot undertake to ether read or answer
any letters that may be addressed to him.
Gladstone's trip to the Riviera appears to
have restored him to vigorous health. His
friends say that he has not looked better
in several years.
Roman lamps were of many sizes, but
most of them very closely resembled what
is at present denominated a sauce or gravy
boat. At one end there was ring through
carried: the body of the vessel was
filled with oil, and at the other end there
was small tube through which rag wick
was passed.
1t was said of certain great theologian
that he made it possible for half dozen
small regulations to be made by allowing
few unimportant errors to be discovered
in his works It appears, says the Outlook
furnish the opportunity of bringing to the
knowledge of the public absolutely unknown
men in the New York Presbytery.
Everybody in Florence knows Ouida by
sight. She is small, with scanned and
wrinkled face, overhung with gray ring
let's, and is afflicted with distinctly bad
temper. Her grandfather was a French
man, but her mother was English. and she
was born at Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk.
the childish pronunciation of her real name,
Louisa, by her little niece.
Woman, and other weekly London news
papers print portraits of Miss Mary Lett
er, of Chicago, giving her history and that
of the Hon. George Cursor, M. p. eld-
est son of Baron Scarsdale and late Under
Secretary of State for India, to whom she
is engaged to be married. The weeklies de-
scribe Miss Letter being omnivorous
reader, superbly educated and speaking and
writing in several languages with f1uency.
Tragedies.
It was Paris bonnet,
And the bit of ribbon on it
Was as little as the bill of it was long;
1t was Paris bonnet,
And she who was to don it
Was happy that she hummed the while
song.
1t was a Paris bonnet;
1t was worthy of a sonnet
A lovelier creation ne'er was bought;
1t was Paris bonnet.
And he who sat upon it
Suieided they tell me. on the Snot