The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Emperor of Germany stands twenty
first in the direct line OF succession to the
British throne.
Mrs. SALLIE JOY WHITE, Of the Boston
Herald. was the first woman in America to
do reportorisl work. This fact shows how
new women are to journalism, for Mrs.
White 10 a comparatively young woman.
LORD TENNYsoN's poem on the death of
the Duke of Clarence was only seventeen
lines in length, but very gushing tor its
size. The criticisms il has been attracting
in the London journals are generally longer
and much more pointed.
AN English method of keeping the dainty
embroidered cover of the toilet table fresh
and clean, is to have q piece of plate-glass
cut to fit the top of the table exactly. This
Is laid over the cover. and while all It's
beauty Is Just as apparent. no dust can
come near it.
EX-SENATOR EDMUNDs is said to accept
no smaller retainer than $4,000 lin cases of
Importance" and to refuse all other kinds
of cases. His ofice-holding left him poor.
however. which is greatly to his credit"
and with his large annual professional in
come he hasn't much of q fortune as fort
unes 70 now
IT is understood that Sir Algernon Borth-
wick. M. p, has consented to bring in q
bill for the extension of the parliamentary
franchise to duly qualified women in Eng
land. The effect would be to enfranchise
women who already vote In county council.
school board. town council, and board OF
guardian elections.
STRANGE as il may seem. the late Duke OF
Clarence was an ardent admirer of Glad
stone. On one occasion at the House of
Commons, when the venerable Premier in
trOduced his home-rule bill. Albert Victor
the Ms' great s1 Ua ORATOR a tnas h by c fne etp6 6is hands Ss
heartily. which was particularly. noticed.
as the etiquette of the house fOrbids such
an outburst of enthusiasm.
MRS. LEW WALLACE says that Florence
Nightingale was q slender woman of grace
full figure and great dignity of manner.
She exhibited remarkable fortitude at ell
times, and especially when present at
surgical operations. Once when the
agonies of a patient in the hands of the
Nightingale turned and rebuked them.
saying, Come back! Shame on you as
Christians! Shame on you as women"
Rev. ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER once said
that when he first heard Spurgeon preach
he was gr%ievously disappointed. The mat
ter OF the sermon seemed to hlm dull, and
at times fippant, and the manner of it's de-
livery dreary when not unpleasantly ag-
gressive. The great preachers prayer es-
pecially seemed Extensively familiar. But
when later on he heard Spurgeon in the
Tabernacle way the minds of seven thou.
sand auditors who listened eagerly to the
convincing logic and irresistible eloquence
OF the preacher. Mr.. Collier was converted
heart and soul to q belief in his genius.
Spurgeon never read his sermons and neve
used even q scrap of paper for notes.
WHEN Cardinal Manning was at Oxford
he wrote IN attack upon popery. which was
so vehement and radical that ever the
sturdiest Protestants were amazed. Al
that time John Newman was in retirement,
preparing for his reception to the Roman
Church. Manning went to see him, but on
Occount of the report of his sermon he was
refused 8dmittance. At the door he was
met by a Young man, n member of the
household, who gave him the message from
Newman, but was so much troubled att and
so anxious to soothe the feelings of the caller
that be walked with him q long distance
bareheaded, on a cold November day. The
young man was Mr.. James Anthony Froude.
s-R-G POEM.
A hint of trees a-swishin'
Der streams where there is fshin',
peepin' violet
With a chilly dewdrop wet;
A bluebird on the wire:
The smell Of woods ATTIRE;
C0wbells in meadows ringin',
A mockin'b bird ~a-singin',
An brown-winged bees arhummin';
The old wOodpecker's ~drummin'-
She's gittin' there-she's comm!
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