The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The total value of the property OF the
Methodist Church is S96000O00
OLIVE TnoKSE MILLER, the authoress.
knows about as much about ORTHODOXY as
q professor.
GLASS in oven-doors is q new contriv-
ance. IL enables cooks TO watch the food
without opening the doors.
Miss LILLY SToREu, of Knoxville. Tenn,
who was reputed to be the last surviving
granddaughter of Andrew johnson. died
on Sunday.
BISHOP PHILLIPS Brooks strongly con-
dennis the holding of secret sessions of re-
ligous conventions as un-American and
unchristianlike.
Mr.. GLADsToNE's physician is putting
still more restraints upon him and insisting
upon his adopting every means of econ0-
miz,ng his failing strength.
THE Queen never drinks more than two
glasses of either champagne or claret, and
after dinner her Majesty is accustomed
to take small glass of Tokay.
The original picture of 'Sheridan's
Ride" painted by T. Buchanan Read. now
hangs in the private office of Thomas L.
James. president of the Lincoln Bank OF
New York city.
MRS. MACBETH. an Englishwoman and
tho wife of q member of the Royal Acade-
my, practices riding after fox hounds
astridc of her horse. clad In nee-breeches,
CATERS and divided skirt
AN essay written by RobespIerre. in
competition for prize in 17S5. Las just
been discovered in manuscript at paper
mill The subject Is crime. and the contest
was invited by the Amiens Academy.
FREDERICK SION, the brave sailor who
u -
of Algeria on Juno IA. 1880, died recently al
the age of eighty-five years. The French
government rewarded and cared for the
old man, and he was loaded with decora-
TONS
The story comes from over the sea that
as the Archduke Joseph of Austria was
promenading in his private park he came
upon an aged peasant who was vainly pur-
suing fugitive chicken. The Archduke
joined in the chase, caught the chicken
ana delivered IL TO its owner. The peasant
rewarded the Arehduke with 60 kreuzers
KossUTH hears the burden OF. his ven.
cradle years impatiently. To many other
observations of like character he added,
recently, in connection with his niDetieth
birthday: 'For me, the pariah without Q
home, the preachers words are full of sig
nificsnce. when he says tn atfor the son Of
man the day of his death Is better than tho
day of his BIRTH
j. L. LIE MAIsTIR, who recently cele-
brated the l0Sth anniversary of his birth &C
Brighton, VT, is one OF the oldest men in
New England. He was born on the Isle Of
Jersey in 1854. When fifteen years old he
came to this contln ent, settling for time
in Quebec. The old gentleman still pos
sesses all his faculties and enjoys life more
than many younger man.
WHILE the German Empress. plainly
I.n..aA al t,no Iona ~ Dotod,v,
Gently, the sentinels at the new palace not
only failed to recognize her, but one of
them presumed TO address her as frau
Iein.D The Kaiser was greatly annoyed
when he heard OF the bluhder. He has
since issued orders to have q portrait of the
Empress hung up in every barrack-room IN
the empire.
LORD TESNYsoH." now means. of course,
another man than the first bearer of the
title. Arthur Hallam Tennyson. the new
peer. Ia said to feel little interest in poetry
apart from his fathers productions and "a
be o good business man. lie 10 credited
with having conducted the negotiations
for the production of THE Foresters.D
and to have suggested that the character
of Maid Marian be drawn for Ada Rehan.
MAJ.-GEN. ALFRED PLEAsoSToN lives q
life of hermlt-like seciusion in Washing
ton hotel. He is distinguished soldier Of
two wars scholarly. we'll bred and popular
with men and women alike. bnt for years
he has preferred the conpanionship of his
own thoughts 10 the society of friends.
For a time, q few years ago. he treated MS
host, the hotel-keeper. with some degree Of
intimacy. but since that persons death he
has Withdrawn into complete solitude. Old
friends call on him occasionally. but he de-
cIipes 10 return their calls or answer their
letters. His only pleasure is reading Gen.
Pleasanton was born In 1924. and was grad
uated from West Point in 1874. in Grants
class.
TIE OCEAN.
Little drops Of water.
Little grains OF sand
Make the mighty ocean,
SO we understand.