The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-13
ABOUT people AND THINGS.

millionaire of Boston, and a Harvard grad
uate, is an enthusiastic anarchist.
Boston doesn't say "coal hod' any longer.
but "a coal vase" pronounced vawse.
The leading physicians of the New York
Board of Health admit that an epidemic
of grip is raging in the city. They say
it Is of a very severe kind, too.
Countess Giannotti, who is mentioned as
one of the favorites among the ladies in
waiting to the Queen of Italy, is ar Ameri-
Newark, Il. j.
Mr.. Frank Stouch, of Reading, Pa, al
though. in his eighty-seventh year, still
teaches dancing, and is said to be as active
as a vigorous man of fifty. During his long
600 pupils.
Israel Putnam. the sturdy old general OF
the revolution, was a tavern keeper. cour-
ageous but unusually illiterate. He was
ffty-seven when the war broke out, and his
fame rested on personal prowess rather
than skill as a commander.
Ira D.. Sankey, the singing evangelist,
prefers to accompany his own songs, and
always takes his melodeon with him On
his tours. In his music he gives the prefer
ence to melody over harmony as having
greater effect on the masses.
Miss Sterling has a model farm at Ayles-
ford, Nova Scotia, to which she brings des-
titute children from Scotland and educates
them to trades. She has a grist mill. saw
mill and various workshops on the place,
and generally has about one hundred little
waits In training for useful lives.
A young woman of Sherbrooke, Quebec,
made love and proposed to a butcher,
named Herbert. He rejected her, but
when a woman says she will, she will,
you may depend ont" and so she tried
again, broke down the icy barrier of re-
lection, won him to say "yes"B and mar
ried him offhand.
In Germany most of the inland waters
which are well stocked with fish are held
by proprietors whose tenure is exclusive.
One such lake, at Tegensee. in Bavaria,
person may fish in this lake upon the pay
ment of a license fee and so much a pound
for the fish taken.
Says the Philadelphia Ledger: ANDREW
Carnegies daily mail of begging epistles
would be large enough to give business
activity to a rural postofice. 1t is said his
secretary carefully considers all appeals. If
the requests are granted in every case, a
| wear or so would see Mr.. Carnegie's name
removed from the list of millionaires.
Pad and lead pencil are to replace states
in the schools of Boston, as the line made
on the slate as a background is thought to
be very trying to the eyes. The squeak
and scratch of slate pencils, which are
also trying to the nerves of some persons,
and the dropping Of the slate upon the
banished.
King Humbert of Italy is reported to
spend more in charity than any other Eu-
ropean monarch. He gave the poor $500
at Christmas. and abandoned the second
ball at the Quirinal to save expense. For a
year and a half he has not touched the In
come of the crown. Possibly as a reward
| for such virtue Humbert killed seventy wild
boars during a recent hunting expedition.
Within a few years a new form Of
amusement has arisen which has given to
those who follow it much of the pleasure
afforded by the sports of the field without
inf1icting pain or injury upon the objects
of their pursuit This is the pursuit Of
those amateur photographers who,
equipped with a camera. have developed
all the skill of the hunter in tracking to
the depths of the woods, in the open or
upon the mountain. large and small game.
and have secured the most accurate records
of their form and movements.
He entered the editors sanctum
And vented his views unsought,
And next day was hanged as a bandit
For wrecking a train of thought.
Augusta Chronicle.
o. would 1 were a boy again,
For then I'd have the right
To thrash those youngsters who pelt me
With snowballs every night.
Boston Courier.
Mans life Is but a working day
Whose tasks are set Alright
A time to work, a time to pray,
And then a quiet night.
And then, please God, a quiet night
Where palms are green and robes are
white,
A long-drawn breath, a balm for sorrow
And all things lovely on the morrow.
Christina Rossett.