The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE widowed Countess Lowenhaupt. ex.
Secretary Bsyard's daughter. is residing in
the Wilmington home provided for her
prior to her marriage. She inherits $4,000
presented to her husband by his father.
COUNTESS AYMERY DE La ROCHEFOU-
CAULD is said to be the most beautiful
woman of this century. Her profile is
strikingly like that of Marie Antoinette,
and her hair is of the real shade possessed
by the martyr Queen.
WALTER HAYNES has lived upon Haynes
Hill, Brimfield, Mass. since he was eight
cen mouths old. He is 1O1 years now. has
q wifd1of nlnety-three and o sister OF
elghty-three. and the horse he yet drives
about confesses to twenty-six years.
OUR esteemed contemporary. the Maurit-
ius Moniteur. has this advertisement: "A
stamp collector, the possessor of a collec-
lady who is an ardent collector and the
possessor of the blue penny stamp Of
Mauritius issued in 1S47."
HOUSE in which Daniel Webster lived
for several years in Washington, but which
of late has been used for lsw-ofices, was
advertised for sale at auction last week for
non-payment of some snail claim. but pro-
ceedings were checked by an injunction.
In the back yard of this place there is still
49, ~ 80
of Marshfeld in 1850.
The Rev. Joseph Kerr, of Chicsgo, willed
his children $4,000. and in q codicil left
them this added gift of good advice: Il
would say to my dear children. l have little
to leave you But the recorded prayer of
your dear departed mother and my own is
that you draw largely upon the treasury of
heaven for those riches tho value Of which
NO human number can teil.ps
AT q meeting of the Reformed Presby-
terians of Boston O resolution was adopted
~denouncing the 1,126 secret societies of
Boston as tending to promote rather than
diminish Irregularities by unreasonable
hours and Improbable associations In their
assemblies, and by diverting time, thought
and means that could be better. employed
in channels of Christian effort"
THE young Chinese Emperor has cele-
brated the completion of his twentieth
year by picking out q new wife. Precedent
allows a man of his rank seven of these
companions, and this acquisition is only
the second. His mother examined the
many candidates for the honor, n Sc
lected ten therefr0m. ont of which number
maiden Is the daughter of q mandarin of
the yellow button. and is said to have the
smallest foot in Pekin. To be an Emperor's
wife in China is not considered q very en-
viable lot, as after marriage she Is never
permitted to see n of her old friends
again.
WHEN Dr.. Phillips Brooks preached his
lenten sermons at old Trinity. in New
York, last year. an enthusiastic country
girl travelled over twenty miles into New
York to hear him. only to be told at the
door hat the sermons were for business
men. She spoke entreatingly to the sexton,
told him how much she had always wished
to hear Dr.. Brooks preach, and assured
him hat she could not go home without
hearing him. when she had come SO far for
the express purpose. So the sexton let her
90 up into q corner of the gallery. and there
was after all one girl who heard DR.. Brooks
preach, when hundreds of others were
turned away.