The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. Avarila Oliveria Cromwell Bush, re-
Gently deceased in England, was of the
eighth generation in direct descent from the
Protector
Miss Stowe, Of Omaha, who wanted to
change her name that she might the more
easily win literary fame, didn't want to
tread on Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Mrs Daniel Lamont has a music box con-
cealed in a chair in her drawing room which
is so arranged that when any one sits on
the chair flood of melody fills the room
and surprises the visitor.
Pope Leo, after having introduced electric
light, the telephone and the monograph
into the Vatican, is now giving still further
evidence of his progressive ideas by having
an elevator constructed to hoist visitors up
into the ball of st. Peters Cathedral.
An old-time house still standing one
of the rural roads leading from the town
of Lexington, Mass, bears upon it an in
scription, reading: 1.-The birthplace OF The
there lin 1862 by j. K. Manley. of Boston,
his friend.
1t is of scarlet fever that Sir Archibald
Orr-Ewing has just died in Scotland. The
late baronet was the head of the greatest
turlSey-red dyeing and printing establish
ment in the world, and under the circum
stances the naady of which he died cam
not be considered altogether inappropriate.
1t is announced that ex-King Milan of
Servia has again come to the end of his
financial tether. Since his abdication he is
alleged to have spent nearly $5,O00,000, ana
it is regarded as probable that he will at
tempt some fresh coup d etat with a view
TO the acquisition of a substantial subsidy
from the Servian government
John w. Mackay leads very retired life
in New York. Rising early each morning
he exercises with dumbbells and Indian
clubs for an hour or more. He takes very
light breakfast and spends the morning
very little interest in the social aspirations
of his wife and daughter. being chiefly oc-
cupied with the progress OF his two sons
at Yale.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
London Standard tells this story: "A
a religious sect called the Skoptzi, or self
mutilators, were sentenced recently to fif-
teen and ten years Imprisonment, respect
lively. The banker tattoOed q cross on his
niece's breast and mutilated himself. Mu-
tilation is a penal offense in Russia only
when IL is prompted by religious motives.
Miss Charlotte w. Eawes, of Boston, is
making an effort to have the church bells
OF that city rung in the interest of the mu-
steal education of the people Perhaps the
most famous chime is in the tower of
Christ Church, Salem street, which was
presented 10 the cnurCn Dy the clt1ZenS OF
London in 17i4 These bells were formerly
rung in the old English fashion, and when
General Lafayette visited Boston in 1924
the city authorities had the bells put in
order, and they rang out a musical welcome
to the great Frenchman.
With the single exception of the Emperor
and Empress of Austria, there is no Euro
pean monarch who does not speak with a
foreign accent the language of the people
over which he or she reigns. Even the
Comte de Paris's speech indicates the fact
that he brought up by u German
mother, while the Comtesse'S accent is
Spanish. That OF the English royal family
Is German, and the same must be said OF
the house of Romanoff, OF Denmark OF
Queen Marguerite of Italy, and of the
reignng houses of Holland and Belgium
The regning family of Sweden speak SWe,i.
ish with French accent, while that of the
present King of Portugal is distinctly
Italian.
Lovely woman, on the go
From morn TO evening without stopping.
Thou mast one JOY without ALLOW
In this tumultuous Christmas shopping.
New York Herald.
hundred fat sparrows
Are in yon tree;
hundred fat sparrows
All noisy and free.
why should mortal hungry be
with hundred fat sparrows
In yonder tree?
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.