The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-19
ABOUT pEoPLE AND THINGS.

1ntercolonial penny postage between
Great Britain and her colonies came in on
Christmas day. and already the Canadian
mails have doubled
The safety of Europe is now assured.
Mark Twain writes to William T. Stead
at London: THE Gar favors peace and so
60 |. We will have no difficulty with the
rest of Europe"
The late General Garcia was man of stu
dious habits and seldom let a day pass by
in which he did not find some time to
read. He always had a few books with
him in the field, one of which was invarl-
ably Caesars Commentaries
Chauncey NJ. Depew says that he was the
other day accosted by beggar, to whom he
gave a dollar. May / ask your name?"
said the mendicant Mr.. Depew laughed.
"Oh, I'm Grover Cleveland, he replied.
who are yOu?" We'll I'm only Chaun-
cey Depew."
Senator Elkins, speaking to Senator Bur-
rows, of Michigan, about the latter's as
sured return to Washington. said the other
day "Pingree made you dig potatoes. didn' t
hep" Yes said Mr.. Burrows, but L
found a great many more potatoes than
Plngree expected.
The French have adopted a new word
smart-and for the last few weeks not a
cafe-concert nor boulevard sheet but has
given it ASYLUM and celebrated ii as the
legitimate successor of chic. of which the
Parsians quickly began to tire when they
learned that it had become part OF the ar
got Of London
Cen John NJ Palmer, who was the gold
Democratic nominee for the presidency III
1896, is eighty-two years old, and has perma-
nently lost the sight of his right eye. HIS
hearing is also affected, and as he is unable
to continue his law practice his friends
have asked senator Cullom 10 secure lne
passage of q bill by Congress which VIII
award him a pension of 800 a month.
Major Theo Sternberg, of Ellsworth,
Kan. who is paymaster in the army in the
Philippines, has this to say in prophecy
of an evolution which may be expected to
take place among the Manila fair sex: II
saw a native woman, whose scanty skirt
barely came to the knee, wearing garterS
No stockings, no Shoes-only carriers. Now
that woman was on the road to civilized
dress. She will have to wear stockings, IN
order to dress up to those garters; and
then shoes will have to come to protect the
stockings, and there you are. notice that
American skirts and shirt waists are worn
more and more.
After General Miles returned from Europe
in 1897, says w. E. Curtis, he designed for
himself a Respondent new uniform after the
pattern of those worn by military officers
abroad, and very much more elaborate than
is common in our army. Among other very
pretty features in the design is a cluster
of laurel leaves upon his collar. The other
evening at a reception given by Secretary
and Mrs. Alger TO the military circle IN the
city, this new uniform was seen for the first
time by the wife of a subordinate officer
who had spent most of her life upon the
frontier and she asked a friend concerning
the significance of the laurels. Il fancy
was the reply, that the laurel wreatns
have slipped over his head.
When Freedom from Eel Morro's height
Unfurled her standard to the air,
The various brass bands in attendance
played "El Captain March" How I
Love My Lu, He's Up Against the
Real Thing Now" several ragtime
melodies, and ''There'n Be d Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight"
And Castellanos tore his hair.