The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE N THINGS.
The CARROTS were originally grocers.
and their Baltimore house was founded in
lSi9. Their first connection with the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad was by an investment
In It's bonds, which were offered at low
prices.
The name of China's great man is prop
erly written Iii Hung-chang." as by Chi
nese custom the surnane, which in this
case is Ii, comes first. The syllabies
Hung and Chang belong together and
constitute the given name.
The Prince of Wales has two sorts of
visiting cards. On one. for home use, is
written ALBERT Edward" on the other,
for continental use. lie Prince de GALES"
The German Emperor and the Emperor OF
Austria print on their cards a part of their
numerous titles.
An important Shakspearean revival to be
undertaken in London in September is Sir
Henry Irving's production of "Cymbeline.'
a beautiful play, which is by no means
so well known to the general reader as the
general reader Dretends. and is still more
unfamiliar TO theater-goers.
A prominent New York dentist says that
the mouth should never be rinsed after US
ing tooth powder. The chalk in the powder
is a slow antacid; bicarbonate of soda is a
quick antacid. The object of the powder,
tSiu tltat VI SCOuIlns, IL u HIlu Z ID
into cavities between the teeth, and, by
killing the acids, prevent the decomposition
of food, which destroys the tooth tissues.
Three hundred bicycle riders recently at
tended an Anglican church in the diocese
of Toronto, Canada. the rector preaching
a special sermon TO them. A silver-plated
bicycle covered with flowers was one of the
a church paper denounces as "a most mon
strous. irreverent and distracting intrusion
into the house of Gods presence"
While Ii Hung Chang was in Berlin he
occupied a suite of thirty-four rooms in
one of the large hotels. They had been
sumptuously decorated with special refer
ence to the Viceroy's taste. In one room
his portrait. was hung side by side with Bis
marckS and each OF the rooms occupied
by him personally was supplied with a
canary. a bird of which he is very fond.
Some one recently presented to the Pope
"a typewriter inlaid with silver and ivory
and decorated with the Papal arms. "On
receiving it." says a correspondent of a
London paper, his Holiness examined it
with interest, but remarked, with a sly
smile, that although he would have it used
by somebody who understood it's mechan-
ism, he thought he was himself too old to
learn. Among the Pope's scientific toys
none amuses him.. il seems. more than his
photograph. which contains a rare collec-
ton of voice plates, including several Of
those of his deceased friends. BY means
OF this elaborate photograph the Pope has
heard Nine. Patti sing Home, Sweet
Home and likewise the voices of MIR. Glad
stone and of two Presidents of the United
States"
A Catholic priest of Boston tells this story
at his own expense: Il was coming out of
church a week or two ago. he says "and
directly in front of me were two old women
who did not know that | was within ear
shot. And did we know. Mrs. Mulligan.
that Father Blank was goin' to Europe?'
said one to TIE other: .Indade, l did not.
there?' was the immediate query. My 10
cints and your 10 cints, Mrs. Mulligan. and
that's what's takin' him aboord "a Coonard-
en- replied the dame with a
significant toss of her gray head"
Henry Irving. jr. who was married last
week to Miss Dorothea Baird. the London
Trilby, is the distinguished actors eldest
son. Sir Henry Irving has two sons. The
others name is Lawrence Lawrence Ir-
wing is generally conceded to be the more
talented of the brothers. Both are tall and
slender. with clean-cut features. long. dark
hair, and intellectual foreheads. Lawrence
is Said to give promise of becoming a wor-
thy. successor to his father. He has AL
rea iy shown his versatility as a playwright.
a manager and an actor. His appearance
as Svengali was greeted with much APP
piduSe IN LONDON. he mas written enc play,
''Godefroi and Yolande." played i'm this
country last season. Sir Henry Irving once
said that his eldest son could act. and re-
fused TO. while his younger son could not
act, and was determined to stick to the
stage.
That day i'm June, July OF August
OF which they ask, ''What Is so rare 90
Must be the day. alas infrequent.
When raw winds agitate the air.
Detroit Tribune.
o summer day beside the joyous sea.
o summer day SO wonderful and white.
So full of gladness and so full OF pain,
| Forever and forever shalt thou be
To some the gravestone of a new delight
To some the landmark of a new domain.
-Longfellow.