The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-26
ABOUT pEorLE AND THINGS.

Joseph Jefferson has been elected an hon.
orary member Of the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society. tfW
Thomas Henry Huxley is only seventy
Of good work before him when he RECEIVERS
from the grip.
A Genose journal, the Caffaro, is author
ity for the statement that since the recent
attack on his life Premier Crispi wears
mail of steel, OF double thickness over the
heart.
Grant Aliens "Woman Who Did," a work
that may be said to be in dispraise of mar
riage, is dedicated to his wife, and Lady
Cook CTenny c. Clafin) has been publishing
a new series of pamphlets aimed against
the marriage laws and dedicated ito my
dear husband" \
Whist is a favorite game with Queen
Victoria. and many years practice has rem
dered her an expert in this pastime. No
book on whist Is published that the Queen
does not read carefully, and her opinion as
to it's merits is of value. in the judgment
of experts who know her game.
In a recent trial at Siena the beauty of a
servant girl summoned as. a witness had a
dramatic effect ON judge, jury and counsel.
While undergoing examination she stood
facing the magistrate, who, in a commenda-
beg you, my pretty. girl, to turn also to-
wards the Jury, as | do not wish it to be
said that / alone have the privilege of adj
miring your beauty.
Archbishop Farrar made over $40, 600 out
of his three books. 1.-THE Life of Christ
1.-The Life of St. Paul, and EARLY Days of
Christianity" He was only a comparatively
unknown curate whens one of his sermons
attracted the attention of a publisher, who
Immediately commissioned him to visit Pal
estine in order to write a biography of
Christ. This was how his gift of writing
was first discovered.
The statue to Emma Willard, to be erected
by her old pupils on the grounds of the
seminary that bears her name. in Troy,
will be unveiled May is. The sculptor has
represented Mrs. willard as she was in
1871. when, at the age OF thirty-four. she
founded the celebrated school. ~Singularly
enough, the attire of the figure in the mode
of seventy years ago is not much unlike
the present revived styles of woman's dress.
Sarah A.. Chadwick was surgeon of a vol
unteer cavalry regiment, the Seventh Illi-
nois. in 1851. The regiment was stationed
at Cairo, and Miss Chadwick acted as its
assistant surgeon for several months. The
regiment wanted her regularly appointed
in commission, but the War Department
was unwilling to appoint a woman; For
its last session. Miss Chadwick is a grad
uate of Oberlin College. d
According to q French law the act of
opening a letter addressed to another per-
son and possessing oneself of ma
contained therein is penal only when per-
petrated by an official connected with the
postal service. This restriction has led to
so much abuse that the government has
just submitted to the Chambers a bill pro-
viding severe punishment for everybody,
postal official or not, who is guilty of tam
pering with correspondence addressed to
others.
1t isn't the leaf that has burst on the tree
Which tells us of spring and its glory;
1t isn't the zephyr which speeds DER the lea
Which convincingiy whispers the story.
Nor yet the new bonnet, nor the sonnet
upon it,
Nor song birds whose fresh notes are
,straying;
But the frolicsome boot of the merry galoot
Who roots where the ball game is playing.
Washington Star.