The Indianapolis journal., 1893-12-31
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs Gladstone owns property at Niagara
Falls Canada-three acres OF land worth
about fl,00e an acre.
Electric gondolas are announced for the
Venetian lagoons and the Italian lakes.
This means the banishment or the plctur-
esque Italian gondolier.
Congressman Grain, OF Texas, says that
the people OF Texas regard the pie family
as Caesar regarded Gaul-divided into three
kinds, the kivered, the unkivered and the
cross-barred"
1t is stated that Emperor William is try
ing TO purchase the new Cape diamond IN
Berlin, said to be the largest in the world,
and more valuable than the Kohinoor. IL
weighs 81 carats.
Miss Helen Nicolay, daughter OF the
Lincoln biographer, is one OF the cleverest
amateur artists, and her delicate little
landscapes are always we'll hung and hon.
ored at picture exhibitions. Miss Nicolay
is also an invaluable assistant to her father
and helped with the seven-timeS read proofs
of the Lincoln biography.
Mr. and Mrs. A Ben -Oliel, of Jerusalem,
are in Chicago in pursuit of a purpose to
build in Jerusalem evangelistic hall
where all English-speaking Christians can
worship. He is a native of Tangiers, Mo-
rocco. and has been Christian minister
forty years, though he was bred rabbi.
His wife is an English woman.
Mr.. Thomas Weldon Stanford, Of Mel
bourne, Australia, was bequeathed 100000
by his brother, the late Senator Leland
Stanford, of California, but has made
known to Mrs Stanford his intention TO
transfer the entire sum to the endowment
fund of the Leland Stanford University. 1t
is also intimated that he Will add a con-
siderable sum to the gift from his own pos
sessions. He possesses large fortune
Senators Frye and Blackburn are warm
friends. Frye delights to mimic the dialect
and the mannerisms of his Southern friend.
He declares that he heard a conversation
between the Kentuckian and visiting
stranger the other day. The stranger asked
Blackburn politely in the lobby whether
Senator Hoar was in the chamber. The
Kentucky Senator replied with equal cour-
tesy and a profound bow: Senator Ho is
not on the fio,,. He went out of that do at
half past fo'.''
Where was Ellen Terry born? Nobody
seems to know exactly. She doesn't even
know herself. but thinks it must have been
some inn or lodging house in Coventry. An
inhsbitant of that town has attempted to
solve the mystery by placing card In his
window. bearing the inscription, This Is
the birthplace of Miss Ellen Terry" The
effort has been made ridiculous by a next
door neighbor. who has startled the world
by displaying a card with this strange de.
vice: This is the original birthplace of
Miss Ellen Terry
One of the wealthiest men In the Argen-
tine Republic is Senor Jose Guazzone. the
wheat king" He owns $1,000 acres Of land,
according to South American papers He
went to Buenos Ayres in 1915. when twenty
years old, with only a few dollars In his
pocket. In the following year he saved
5000. He invested the money in land, and
in 1879 his estate was valued at $4,000. With
the money which he had saved he rented
rowed machines to reap mis- crops. Guaz-
zone is said to be of Hebrew origin.
Sig. Crispi is a man OF robust physique,
He rises early, does not waste a moment of
the day. and puts all his time to the best
possible use. He is most abstemious in
eating and drinking, and for period OF
four years did not once go TO the theater.
bores him, and his politeness and charm
of manner are consequently lost to IL. This,
at least, is the testimony of his secretary,
to whom the statesman is a great deal or a
hero The public at large has not credited
Crispi with the possession of too much of
the milk of human kindness.
The journeys of the Emperor of Germany
cost him a great deal of money According
to an article recently published in Ger
man paper, over 100000 marks, or 100000,
were spent on the trip to Italy and Austria
undertaken soon after he ascended the
throne. heavy trunk, In charge of a
privy councillor on that occasion. contained
of them jeweled; fifty scarf pins. thirty
necklaces, with diamond pendants; six
handsome sabres, three large photographs
of the Emperor and his family, framed i'm
geld: thirty gold watches and 100 gold
The Emperor pays his own expenses when
travelling on German railways.