The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

WOMEN do the work of u~shering people to
their places in most Of the theaters in Paris.
RTHERE are 1000 women telegraph operators
in England, and their salaries range from $500
to 81 900 a year.
$50, 900 monument for her late departed, but
when the lawyers got through fighting over the
estate the widow was doing homework at two
dollars a week for the man who designed the
monument.
EVANGELIST MOODY, who has gone to the Pa
cifc coast, will spend the entire winter there.
he has now gone to Portland, Ore, to arrange
for q series of meetings at different points in the
Northwest On Jan. ] he will begin q course Of
meetings in San Francisco.
THE proof.reader for tho Charleston Courier
il q young woman, who leaves for home every
morning at 2 o'clock. She used to be accosGed
by ~loafers. but after killing one and wounding
two they discovered what a typographical error
error she was and let her alone.
SCHOOL attendance is compulsory in Japan,
and there are 3,oOO.o 600 children in the public
schools, Of which 1,0O0.0 900 arc girls. There are
800 students in the Imperial University.
Japan has l42 high schools, 60 normal. 103 tech
meal, which are public, and 1853 schools which
are maintained by private funds.
THE Rev. DR.. David Spurgeon Perry, once
widely known as the ''boy preacher of New Jer
sey,n later q millionaire manufacturer OF chem.
icals in New York city, and subsequently, iden-
titled with Brooklyn through his work il q min
~isterial capacity and endeavor to erect a church
at Coney Island, is now q pauper inmate of the
county almshouse at Flatbush, l.. /. He Is
eighty-nine years old. and his descent from
afiuence to poverty is mainly due to his chari-
table disposition.
SpFsKrSG of the President of Franco. a cor-
respondent says: an. Carnot is weak. A very
strong mantle strongest man in France for
that matter-was needed in Nj. Crews place.
Almost the weakest was chosen. He Is quite
likeable personally, and his wife gives elegant re-
ceptions in admirably draped gowns. They spend
a good deal of money, to the delectation OF the
jewellers of the Rue de lie Paix and the costumiers
Of the Boulevard, but they have made no marx
whatever on public afairs.'
WRITING from London. q correspondent says
of the author OF ''Robert Elsmere:" "Mrs.
Ward is a most delightful woman, simple,
charming and entirely unspoiled by the tremen-
dous success which her work has brought Der.
She is highly gifted in many ways. Her music
is extremely GOOD. She has q most happy and
complete life; a husband who adores her and e
whom she is devoted, three very clever children
and quite a. much social success as she wishes
with money enough 70 crafty oil reason able de
sires.D
THE Car of Russia's Oldest son has been pay
ing . visit 10 the Emperor of Germany, at Der
lin. The Czarewitch 10 described az an ordinary
looking young man, with coarse black hair and
a dark complexion. He il not likely TO set TIT
Don on fire, but, if his mind is not remarkable
be has a kindly heart. Naturally, an spprecia
ton of his own importance 10 not lacking II
him. IL is just possible that his fondness To-
! reading has given him the reputation OF bsinl