The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Charlotte Fowler Wells was the first
woman publisher She has been in the bust
ness since 1914, and Is still at 1t in New
York.
dou's new play. Madame Sans-Gene."
have already amounted to more than half
a million dollars.
Father Schleyer, of Constance, in Baden.
the discoverer or founder of Voapuk, the
"world-language," has been made Mon
signor by the Pope.
Young lady physicians multiplying
throughout our country, and, a result,
it is said. the young men are becoming
more sicl<ly than they used TO be.
Herbert Spencer said in a recent inter-
view that he makes a point of giving his
digestive organs little to do possible.
and that in this way he has succeeded in
attaining a ripe old age. What is known
good dinner he added, would kill
me outright"
George Wilkinson, one of the most
noted designers of silverware in this coun-
try, dropped dead in Elmwood, r.. l., the
other day. He was to the medal industry
of the United States what Josiah Wedge
wood was to the pottery industry of Eng
land a century earlier
A writer in La Medicine Modern asserts
that sedentary occupations predispose to
tuberculosis more than any others. Italian
and English statistics show, he says, that
there are 459 deaths per 1000 from this
and young clergymen, while farmers, boat
men and mountainers enjoy almost COM
plete immunity from 1t.
In his new biography of Bismarck II.
Jahnke relates what precautions the Chan
cellor used to take to prevent his letters
would so into some small stationery store
on his daily walk, ask for a package of
cheap envelopes, put in his letters, and then
beg the clerk to address them. as it would
be too much bother to take off his gloves.
The Philadelphia Ledger tells of a bache-
lor and spinster of Cape Cod who were en-
gagged to be married for forty-three years
At the end of that time the engagement
corkscrew out of his pocket with his hand
kerchief, a miShap which drew from the
adored one the remark that she was glad
the discovery made, as she had her
suspicious for thirty-five years.
The only child of Lillian Russell-the am
pie and dazzling and much-married-is a
slim young person of nine years, with
swapping black eyes and dark hair She has,
it is said, strong a will and as entertain
ing a character her mother. On one oc-
CASTOR it is said she made cat walk up
and down the piano while she practiced.
into the room and the small nuisance
would have company.
For the fauteuils left vacant in the
French Academy by the demise of NJ.
Dr,lry and Comte Ferdinand de Lesseps
dozen canQ1dateS, 1ncluQlng M. ZOla,
have entered. OF these, NJ. Jules Lemaitre,
it is pretty well understood, will succeed
NJ: Drury, having, among other things,
his predecessors recommendation to back
him; and NJ. Barbour, the barrister who
defended the elder i ,esseps in the Pana-
ma affair, is belle to have the best
chance of filling his clients seat
And now the res Itions
That we'll not keep we know
, Will be used in making pavement
Where they never shovel snow.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
..Out damned spot" he cried
And rallied against his fate;
He had drawn a ten when he needed
| A nine to give him a straight.
Town Topics.
You can Judge mans religion
Nv his walk from day to day;
When he's dead you have to judge him
BY what other people say.
Rams Horn.