The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

General Booth is planning to send a col
ony of 10000 persons to Canada.
The latest pretender to the throne of
France is Bourbon. He
claims descent from one of the Bourbon
princes who went to Algiers at the time of
Louis XIV. He is a cattle dealer at
Rougie. In Algeria.
DIR. William H. De Puy will, on the list
of May, retire from the assistant editor
ship of the Christian Advocate (Methodist),
a position which he has held for nearly a
quarter of a century, and henceforth devote
himself to literary pursuits on his own ac-
count.
DIR. Clancy, of the Cambridge Mass.)
school board, has succeeded in abolishing
the use of states, sponges and slate pencils
years, probably, the paper pad will have
entirely supplanted states in the public
schools.
The German Emperor's imperial train
cost $780, 900, and took three years to con-
struct. There are altogether twelve cars,
ception saloon contains several pieces of
statuary, and each of the Sleeping cars is
fitted with a bath.
William Morris, the English poet, rejoices
in the possession of a prodigious memory.
Given a fair start in any sentence in Dick
ens's works, he will complete that sem
tence with very little deviation from textu-
raj accuracy; Were every copy OF u uPiek,
Morris could writes the book almost word
for word as it now stands.
Mayor-elect George b. Swift, of Chicago,
was born in Cincinnati, but spent his boy
hood in Galena, Ill. He began his business
career in Chicago, as cashier of the drug
house of Lord & Smith. Then he became a
partner in the firm of Frazer & Smith, man
ufacturers of lubricating oils, and in 1870
BECAME vice president aesssiiden t. OF ,a the conn compa my n He e
elected an alderman. Since then he has
beer a United States treasury agent, COM
missioner of public works and Mayor for
the unexpired portion of Mayor Harrison's
term.
The bishop of London, SO runs the story,
once called in an eminent architect to plan
certain alterations in F'ulham Palace. When
the architect presented the plans the bishop
said: Il shall be glad if you will tell me
for how much I shall draw a check on ac-
count of the trouble you have taken" II
thank your lordship.lD guinsas," was the he;
YES, my lord. that is my fee. but. sir,
many of my curates do not receive SO much
be very true. my lord, but you will remem-
Der that I happen TO be a bishop in my pro-
fession." It Is, perhaps supernuous 10 add
Saws an old Pennsylvania farmer: 81 al
WAYS know when there is to be a wind
storm by watching the turkeys and chick
ems go to roost each night. In calm wealth
er the fowls always roost on their poles
with their heads alternating eacn way; thal
is, one faces east, the next west. and so on;
But when there is going to be a hign wind
they Away roost with their neads towards
the direction from which it is coming.
of roosting, / take it. When there IS no
wind to guard against they can see other
danger more readily If they are headed in
both directions. but when wind is to arise
they face it because they can noiu tnelr
nositions better. But the part / can't I'M
derstand,' he concluded, lis how the crit
ters know that the wind is gong 10 rise
when we mortals lack all intimation OF It,