The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

QUEEN MARGARET. of Italy, refused to
accompany King Humbert OH visit TO
Queen Victoria In Florence recently be-
cause Queen Victoria had neglected TO re-
turn her call of five years ago.
MORE than e25O.000 was contributed sew
eral years ago for monument to Bis
marek. but the committee having the mat
ter IN charge has made no move toward
beginning the work. Tho ex-ChanceklGr is
said 70 be much offended at the delay.
IT is likely that a woman will succeed to
the pastorate of DR.. Frederick l.. Hos
msr's church In Cleveland, o. If this
should happen 1t will be o notable ex-
ample of woman's progress in the pulpit.
Tor Dr. Hosnler has long been recognized
az one of the leading lights of the West
ern. and nowadays the most important,
school of Unitarianism.
The appearance in Chicago of the willy
Sioux chief Rain-in- the Face, tho slayer of
Captain Tom Custer, reused considerable
interest IN the worlds fair city. The aged
warrior is now q cripple. hobblIng about on
crutcbes. aud thereis nothing In his looks
10 indicate that he Is superior In any way
TO the most ordinary of unkempt braves.
The fact that the latest useful common
tary on Dante is the work of q woman. Mrs
Russell Quincy. makes pertinent the OBJ
servation that many of the most painstaking
students of the Italian poet Dowaday are
women. What many critics consider the
best translation of the "Convito" is from q
woman's pen. and several very excellent
commentaries on the Divine Comedy"
have been written by members of the
fair sex.
AMONG the students of one of the COL
leges of Buda-Pesth recently received by
the Pope were seven Hebrews. His Holi-
ness. noticing the Hebraic features of one
of the young men. said 10 n priest who &C.
companled him: Est CONFESSIONS Mosai-
calf Receiving an affirmative answer. be-
conversed for some time with the Hebrew
stndents When they left the Vatican he
blessed them. and sent q blessing 10 their
parents in Puda-Pestn.
NJ. JULES SIMON has discovered the
secret of old age. and he has formulated
the recipe in two northumberland W ork.
Nothing, he declares. helps so materially to
conserve physical strength as mental en-
ploymeDt. and In proof OF this theory he
points out the French Institute is perfec Z
congregation of hale and hearty octogena-
rians In the Academy of Moral Sciences
alone there are Barthelemy, Saint-Iiilare.
Vacherot. Franok. Durny. Larombere. RAJ
vaisson and Bouillier. all living their
eighth decade through laborious and pro-
ductive days.
CAPT. FRANCIS s. LAND. for many years
skipper of the Inman and International
Company's vessels. and one of the most
popular and efficient men In the service.
has been spending tho winter at his home.
Ill the West Indies. his health having been
impaired by years of exp osure at sea- Capt.
Watkins succeeded him in the command of
ihe City of Berlin. Thousands OF travel
ers who have crossed the Atlantic with
Captain Land Will unite in the hope that
he ha
he may be returned To his place on the
bridge of one of the company's vessels.
l. Vienna. recently. en- American acrobat
made wager with a local athlete that tho
latter could not endure the falling of q pint
of water on his hand. drop by drop. ID one
spot from n height of only three feet. The
athlete has an en- ormops hand. and all the
spectators pronounced the Americans bet a
foolish one; but when about three hundred