The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08

site of the castle surrendered to her by the
Sire de Beaudricourr. She Is tn carry the
sword of st. Catherine and be surrounded
by her knights. The plan of Nj. Fabre. "A
colossal statue of Joan on the highest point
of Mount st. Michel, with her face turned
towards England, TO typify the expulsion
of the English from France.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT. IN re-
ply to the charge that she derived Little
Lord Fauntleroy" from Miss Winthrop's
"Wilfred," says: There is one person to
whom / am slavishly indebted for all that
Fauntleroy is; but for that person the book
never would and never could have been
written. When il occurred TO me 10 write
it he was a small man of seven. with the
sunniest, sweetest nature that ever made
brighter a little fellows beauty. There Is
not a speech of Fauntleroy's which is not a
plagiarism of his quaintness. He had an
English mother whom it was his pretty
habit to call Dearest and be had been born
and had lived in America. Every
day he unconsciously wrote Fauntleroy for
me"
GEORGE BANCROFT is now ninety years
old. with his mind unimpaired. He spends
his winters in Washington and his summers
in Newport. He is one of fortunes favor
ties. He was a brilliant boy at school and
college; was sent to Germany; studied di-
vinity; preached: was Greek professor at
Harvard; set mp the Round Hill School at
Northampton: published some translation
from the German: turned politician, first q
Whig. then went over to the Democrats;
published, at long intervals, his History
of the United States" was made collector
of the port of Boston by President Van Bu-
rem. and Secretary Of the Navy by Presi-
dent Polk. minister to England n Ger
many by President Grant.
WuEy fha Omaha tribe of Indiana was
broken up by their own consent to take
land in severalty. Miss Alice Fletcher was
presented with the sacred tent" which
was the very embodiment of all that they
reyered under the old order of things. and
this Is now deposited in the Peabody
Museum. Cambridge, Mass. quite AS sig
nllcant a relic has now been presented To
Miss Fletcher by the Nez Perces. The pipe
of war and council. Which has been used in
all the tribal deliberations for over thirty
years, the one which was grave.y passed
around when the tribe made their last out
break, has now been given TO Miss Fletcher.
with due ceremonial and impressive state
ment that she had destroyed its significance.
because they were no longer a tribe, but
citizens of the United States.
PROFESSOR ANDERSON, lately minister to
Denmark, is remembered by not a few citi-
zens of Milwaukee as a poor boy who made
a living years ago peddling apples about
the banks, Board of Trade and railway
offices. The late Alexander Mitchell took
al extraordinary interest in the young
man and frequently patronized him. One
day he purchased three spitzenbergs from
the lads stock for 5 cents, and to test his
Qualities as a business man, engaged him
in conversation. The great banker under
| took to get four apples for his nickel, and
argued that his profit would then be quite
large enough. The discussion grew quite
lively and interesting, and before Mr.
Mitchell got through he found that the boy
knew a great deal more about financia
matters than he supposed. He never heard
of Anderson again until the latter took his
chair in the State University. Then the
banker and professor became fast friends
and it was not an uncommon sight tn see
Mr.. Mitchell's coachman serving Professor
| Anderson.