The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-27

dated 1888. in which Peter then only six years DID,
describes to his mother the works which he has
seen in progress in the ship-building yards at
Pereislawi.
MISS CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG will start out on q
concert tour in the middle of June, under the
management of Major Pond. She win go through the
Northwest to California The company will be com
posed Of Miss Kellogg Miss Ollie Torbett vioinist
Mr.. Whitney Mockridge tenor; Mr. Ivan f. Moraws-
XII, bass and Mr.. Adolph Close. pianist.
A. @. WHEELER has the following to say about the
charming Mrs Seguin: Have you forgotten Zelda
Seguin9 Has anybody that ever heard of her forgot
ten herl Her sweet face and rich, low tones come
back now, freighted with a thousand memories. OF
all the contraltos tell who had Zelda Seguin's
charm. She June night, star
sprnkled. She looked lilies and spoke poppies.
OF the twenty ''odest Masonsn in the world, so far
anybody knows the three who take the precedence
live in Great Britain and Sir Moses Montefore, GEN.
tenarian though he is, does not come among them.
So far the Masonic Token tell the really oldest
Mason is John Tressider, of Falmouth England, who
was initiated in 1905, on the 9th day of August.
The oldest in American still appears to be Captain
Sylvanus Hatch of Port Lavacca, Texas, initiated in
1909
THE institution of agricultural learning established
by Messrs. Moody and Sankey at Mount Hermon,
Franklin county, Mass, occupies several hundred
of excellent land, and is in successful OPP
Grafton 1t has cost already $250OOO, and much
more is needed to complete it the plan contem-
plated by its founders. building was dedi-
Gated last week, the cost of which so 0OO was de-
frayed entirely by the royalty on Mr.. Sankey's Gospel
Hymns.
COLONEL BR1cE, the Ohio millionaire, has made his
fort of rlv He
began in small railroad specuations. made money and
failed tried again and eliminated with the Nickel
plate enterprise Mr.. Brice now lives in New York
He has residence Murray Hill for which he paid
$3.50 O00 1t is filled with furniture brica brac and
pictures which have cost fortune He has a very
fine library, is fond of literature and is of
siderable culture. lie has strong mind, great spec
ulative ability, and loses his head.
The diversions of the old Kaiser William have
always been manly and in striking contrast to those
OF his Bavaran neighbor which taken in solitude
and in as much gloom as is compatible with their
enjoyment. Perhaps there are few oider figures in
history than that of the strange monarch who may
or strictly speaking, may not--be seen occasionally
in the Munich Opera house having of Wagner's
lyric dramas all to himself. This potentate is the
Jack Horner' of royalty. who takes his Christmas
pie into the corner and eats it by himself.
DURING snow-storm last February London firm
put up for posting among others, letter to Glas
gov firm containing check for sum little short of
$4,000. The check not reaching it's destination in
due course payment was stopped at the bank, and,
notwithstanding that every inquiry made nothing
was heard of the letter at the time Eventually, how
ever, the check brought to the firm who had
drawn it. together with the letter. by police Inspector
who had found the letter adhering block of ice
floating in the Thames off Deptford The suppostion
is that the letter fell in the street. carried off in
the snow to the Thames; and then, after weeks i'm
mersion III the river got affixed to block of ice.
Poor Andre Gill, the great French caricaturst,
who died recently was for some years confined in
lunatic asylum. and while there he contributed to La
Nouvelle Lune two most horrible sketches. One was
portrait of himself in his 1nadaess. The other rep
resented himself in chains, covering the floor of
his cell while above him, if in vision
man and woman carousng and banker offering him
two huge bags of gold These sketches we're master.
pieces of careful and powerful drawing. After time
Gill was discharged from the asylum supposed to be
cured. He Immediately painted terrible picture of
mailman in a cage, which accepted at the Salon
but skyed on seeing which the artist had a relapse
from which he did not His real
Andre Cosset Vicomte de Gunes.
LADY dixie Sir Charles Dlkes wife, who died
while still charming young woman, the subject
of one of the first crematons of modern times. The
CHASTITY descriptions which published of the
gradual co nsuming of her body by the flames did
much to check the practice of disposing of the
dead. Such dissertation is wholly unnecessary in
cremation. The reduction of the relics of mortality
to their primary elements by the application of fire
is secret and decent as, though rapid than,
the process in the silent darkness of the grave.
Two other ladies not deferred by the unfortu-
nate behavior in Lady Dilkes from taking the
same course. naval captain named Hanhan, living
in Devonshre, erected crematory in his
grounds in which to burn according to their wishes
when alive) the bodies of his wife and his mother,
Lady and Mrs. Hanham, who died within a short
time Of each other. This occurred in 1876. Less
than two years ago Captain Hanham himself died,
and was cremated. The other day Mrs. Pickersgil
was cremated Most of the cremations in England
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