The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-05
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Miss Nellie Cushman has become famous
all over Arizona as a mining expert. She
began the business about nine years ago.
and since then has made and lost a fortune
several times
Lord Rosebery, the English Premier, is
great student of the Bible. In the speech
which he made a short time ago he quoted
the Bible seven times, Shakespeare twice
and Aristotle once.
The late Gear of Russia was great
reader of novels, and he and his wife found
in the reading of them one of their chief
sources of enjoyment A package of the
newest English, French and German works
used to arrive regularly at the imperial
residence.
Saint Trudon, Christian village on the
banks of the Congo, colonized by negroes
educated by the missionaries is the prod
uct of postage stamps. Oyer 4o,ooO,oOo used
stamps were collected in Brussels, from the
sales of which the money needed was OBJ
tanned The Congo State gave the land.
The late NJ. Duruy. the French acad-
emician, was Sardoo's schoolmaster, and it
appears that the dramatist-to-be was a
refractory pupil. Once when mis- teacher
chided him for not taking interest in
Egyptian history Sardou answered: LAS a
pupil / think l ought hto know What suits
me best and what does not
Robert Louis Stevenson told Washing
ton writer that his story of DR. Jekyli and
Mr.. Hyde had for IT'S foundation an incl
dent related to him by. London doctor
who made diseases ofSthe brain a speciality.
None of his work was absolute fiction, and
most of it had a basis in actual experience.
L do not believe" he said, that any man
ever evolved really good story from his
inner consciousness unaided by some per-
sonal experience or Incident of life
Archdeacon Denson, of Taunton, Eng
land, who recently entered on his ninetiet tn
year, has been sixty-two years a priest
and thirty-three an ,archdeacon. One of his
brothers was Speaker Of the House of
bishop of Salisbury. During the fifties the
archdeacon was the hero of heresy trial
on account of his views on the real pres
ence, and later he was. chairman of the
committee of convocation which condemned
Colenso. $40
Mrs. Henrietta NJ. King, of Corpus Chris
I'll, Tex, owns SO square miles of land in
Texas or about a million and a quarter of
acres. She inherited this vast domain from
her husband, Richard. King, who was born
in New York State ine1S25. After living an
adventurous life, he bought what was then
known as the Santa Gertrude's ranch in
Texas, and by shrewdness and ability be-
came very wealthy. When he died, in 1883,
all his property went to his wife, a daugh-
ter of Rev. Hiram Chamberlain, who built
the first Presbyterian church on the Rio
Grande. Mrs King - about sixty years of
age, and Is woman of admirable char
acter. She lives very plainly, and does not
spend 1.-THE of her income.
Charles Delmonco has decided that Mad
ison square is too duh for his trade. SO he
is going to transfer his famous establish
ment to Fifth avenue and Fortieth street
and give up his present. quarters at Twen-
ty-sixth street. Delriionieo's has occupied
its present site at Twenty-sixth street for
about twenty years, the building before
them being used as yDodworth's dancing
academy, fashionable dancing place in
those days. To Twenty-sixth street Del
monico's had moved from the southwest
corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth ave-
nue., where the foundation OF. its world
wide reputation had been laid-a reputa-
ton that has lasted to the present day,
Notwithstanding the increase in first-class
restaurants in New York.