The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

IT 10 fact Of curious interest that irre-
hgious France sent the Pope more Peters
pence'-S45O. OO0-than any other nation.
COPY of the first edition of Column
bus's letter. in Latin. announcing the
discovery of America, printed at Rome
In l493. sold in London recently for f315.
MRS. LovEJOY ALDRICH, of Seattle,
Wash. 10 q widow Of q soldier of the revo-
lutlonary war. and. by her second marriage,
OF soldier OF the war of 1872. She Is re-
ported to be the only person known TO the
Pension Office who stands In this position.
THE huge boa constructor at the New
York Central Park Zoo has eaten nothing
for six months and still stubbornly refuses
food. In the hope Of preventing it from
dying from starvation hot milk baths have
been provided. and some nutriment is thus
absorbed by the monster.
BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTs, who is said
to be the only woman created q peeress by
reason of her great public services. and the
first if not the last woman to have received
the freedom of the clty of London, has In
her possession the famous tiara of dia-
mOnds that belonged to Marie AntOinette.
THE late DE-. Andrew Peabody. according
to DR.. Edward Everett Hale, was looking
over some accumulated papers one day,
when he discovered that he was S400
richer than he was the year before. There
upon DO wrote to the assessors of Cam
bridge, asking those officials to impose q
tax on his property accordingly. Yet no.
body ever suspected the good Doctor of
insanity.
DIR. JOHN A. BROADUs relates that Ole
Bull once said TO him: IF quit practic-
ing on my violin for day notice the diff
ference; If quit for two days my friends
notice the difference; If quit for a week
every body notices the difference" This Is
only an amplified version of the French
saying that genius is patience long con-
tlnued. 1t Is like Sarah Bernhardt rehears-
ing play a hundred times. MS she is said
to have done. before permitting the curtain
TO rise before an audience.
JUNGLE JERRY" RUsK's official successor
in the Agricultural Department.. Secretary
Morton. who is a practical farmer. declares
that he can husk more corn In q given time
than any man west of the Missouri river.
Il think nothing of husking two hundred
bushels in a day when the weather is pro-
pitious." he says. In q Shocking match"
with ex-senator Van Wyck. OF Nebraska, O
few years ago. Mr.. Morton claims to have
beaten his rival badly in q stretch of six
hours: The prize In that contest was q sor-
rel colt which the Secretary still possesses.
EMIN PACHRs fate still remains a good
deal of q mystery. but the great travellers
little daughter Ferlda, who made her way
from Wadelai to Bagamoyo. two years ago.
nearly starved. still remains at the latter
place. She has quite recovered from the
privations OF that terrible time. and is de-
scribed as being a sprightly. well-grOwn
girl of eleven. Fraulein SchuitZler to give
her the Teutonic patronymic which is her
due, has very fair knowledge of German,
and keeps ND regular correspondence
with her aunt. Frau Schoeler. whose home
- in Saxony.
IL an interview III the London Million
barber explains why hair turns gray.
Gray hair Is now 80 common" said the
barber. that ono wonders what 1t comes
from. Young men have it in profusion, and
young women are very proud when they
have coiffure in which gray has promi.
nent part. 1 attribute tho prevalence of
gray HAIR to frequent oAttinR and soap.
The doctors speak Of inherent tendencies,
and old women gable of early pety; but
soap and the barber do more toward taking
color and strength out of hair than any
thing else. The singeing of hair Is done to
prevent the oils from exudine frOmthe ends
of clipped hairs. and Sin geing Is in this ro-
gard better. But ammonia loaded soaps
are the worst factors"