The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
ct length so much as refers to the bounty
land sy stem of recognizing the services of
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

GIRL In Norway must be able TO Oake
bread before she can have beau.
IL London there is certain Miss Scott
on the Sanitary Board. AS an expert she
lectures weekly to the people.
The Prince of Wales has begun to sign
himself Edward" instead of ALBERT Ed
ward" indicating that when king he will
be Edward VII.
IN Vienna there is q club of rich men
pledged to marry poor girls. If q member
marries rich girl he is fined $4,000. the
money being presented to some worthy i'm
pecunious couple engaged to be married.
THE handwriting of the late General
Meigs was SO illexible that General Sher-
man once wrote under one of his official
papers: II heartily concur In the indorse-
ment of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES but
don't know what he says"
AN English physician says. allow the
teaspoon OF tea for the pot and one for
each cup and use fresh water boiling
rapidly. Five minutes for sleeping 10 the
greatest limit of time. More" he says,
makes the tea wicked instead of good"
JUST before Senator Hill left Albany for
Washington an Elmira friend sent him
word of the birth of little girl in the lat
ter gentleman's family. To this message
the Senator replied by telegraph: "Congrst-
ulat,ons; but you're not in it What We
need are voters"
THE London City Council has decided
that the wedding gift to be presented by
that body to the Duke of Clarence and his
bride shall be diamond necklace valued
at 1000 guineas for the Princess. and q
magnificent silver dinner service valued at
800 guineas for the Duke.
HEUBERT HERKOMER tells, in an English
h. H. ,scf1
when a lad, to wreck the family financially
By losing the last gold piece in the house.
His father was then led to become vege-
influence of the old gentleman's newly ao-
quired habit upon his son the latter now re-
CARDS as great blessing.
Col. JOHN s. MosBY the confedera ate
raider, says that the saber of cavalrymen is
nowadays merely an ornament of warfare.
1t looks we'll. and is entirely in keeping on
dress parade. but as q weapon of defence in
actual combat it long ago lost It's usefulness
According to Colonel Mosby. only seven men
were killed with sabers during the Franco
Prussian war, and hardly more during our
own civil war. HIS own command gave up
the use of the saber at very early period
of the rebellion.
Mr.. LABOUCHERE has shown that he can
not keep q secret any better than q woman
can. In great confidence he was told the
amount of the Queens private furtune,
and now he openly admits that it is O very
much smaller sum than is generally sup
posed. This has led to discussions concern
ing the fortunes of other royal families,
and little investigation shows that the
accounts which are given of such fortunes
are greatly overdrawn, and that they are
really comparatively small when one con-
siders them alongside the fortunes of some
OF our American milllOnalres.
THE Archbishop of Canterbury. whose
power in England. even in temporal mat
ters, is inferior only to that of royalty. is
very enthusiastic horseman. He rides to
avoid the increase of corpulence. and rides
we'll, though his attire when on horseb back
seems rather incongruous for with knee
boots he wears his shovel hat and apron.
and frequently IN the slums of West
minister. where he goes to adm mister
charity to the poor. His father was a poor
country clergyman. aud his rise in the
church has been q matter of phenomen al
good fortune.
ANDREW CARNEGIE was messenger. boy
in Pittsburg telegraph office forty-three
years ago. His first step upward was taken
when he gained practical knowledge of
teleRraphy. an accomplishment that meant {
more in those days than it does now. The
transition was easy to the service of the
Pennsylvania railroad, and Thomas A,
Scott, who was then at the head of the
great corporation. saw his worth and
pushed him forward. bfr. Carnegie says
that in those days his great ambition was
to be q newspaper writer. an ambition tina
also possessed Thomas A. Edison just after
he learned telegraphy. But though Mr..
Carnegie was disappointed in this desire.
he lived to try his hand at literary work in
book that gave great comfort to his ene-
mics.