The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-05
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
1t Is fifty-four years since Sims Reeves
began to sing in public.
Ex-Governor Mckinley will deliveo an
address at the. quadrennial General Con.
ference of the Methodist Church, which will
be held in Cleveland in May.
The nearest living relative of Professor
Roentgen, the discoverer of the X ray, is
said to be his first cousin, the Rev. DR.. J. H.
Z: Roentgen, pastor OF the First Reformed
Church Of Cleveland.
A Snowman in South Africa says that
not only the Jews in the majority In the
society circles, but that they are so numer-
GUS in every field that the place has got the
nickname Of "Jewhannisberg."
An Italian journal says that in 1889 Luigi
Erba, Of Perugia, chose large number of
wives of all races, and with them went TO
South sea island. He is now happy and
contented and the father of $40 children.
All the money for the beacon in memory Of
Tennyson has been subscribed, the monolith
for the shaft has been successfully quarried
in Cornwall, and the monument will be set
s.. go came from the United States.
William McKinley's mail at present is an
epistolary crazy quilt. He receives hundreds
of letters a day from all parts of the ccun-
try, and the curious nature of some of
the letters would furnish him with much
amusement II he mad time to dwell upon
them. One man in Utah wrote to Mckinley
recently asking for the position of Minister
to England If the latter was elected Presi-
dent.
One Of the most curious of the vest-pocket
states in Europe is Moresnet. which lies near
Aix-la-Chapelle and has 200 citizens. 1t is
claimed by Prussia and Belgium, but gov
erned by neither, though together these ma
tons appoint the Mayor, who rules the lit
tie state. Each mans taxes are only shil-
lings year, his other burdens light and his
sef-respect resulting from his independence
immense.
Charles Goldmarck. composer Of "The
Queen of Sheba," is not celebrated for his
modesty. He met in German railway
wagon. recently. young woman. to whom
he said, with engaging smile: II suppose
piled, indifferentIy: II do not He insisted.
triumphantly: Il am the composer Of The
Queen of Sheba," and she commented,
TRANQUILITY THAT must be good job"
A remarkable tribute to the efficiency Of
Mr. Beerbohm Trees impersonation of
''Svengalr' has been involuntariy paid by
visitor to the Haymarket, London. lady In
the stalls found herself succumb;ng to the
hypnotic influence directed against Miss
dor. If the process had gone little fur
Their probably Mr.. Tree alone would have
been able to release his victim from her
trance.
~.
j. Advertiser, ito assert that Mr.. Edison
invented the Horoscope That interesting
and valuable adjunct to the application of the
Roentgen rays had been invented before
Edison turned to the new phenomena and
one OF the inventors was Prof William F.
Magic, Of Princeton. who hit upon the de-
vice spontaneously with an Italian savant.
What Edison did with his marvellous genius
was to make this invention, as he mas so
many other inventions. of greater practical
use. He changed the form Of it, and he
found a new iiuorescent material, .tungstate
of calcium, that far more effective than
the material used by Professor Magic
The editor Of a backwoods paper in Ken
lucky has lost faith in Second Adventism.
He says: I'VE got fooled on this very thing
once before. Some cranks made US believe
the end of the world was coming in Febru-
airy. 1884, We sold our overcoat and bought
a lot of thin linen stuff and had it made up
into what the prophet called ascension
robes We got ready to 90 up the day set.
minute for the end We even climbed up
on the housetop to be nearer the skies when
it did come. We looked in vain for the end.
earth vet. We were fined So for wearing
such clothes IN daytime in public. We
caught a cold and had case of pneumonia
which cost $50 for Doctors bill: No; Mr.:
world "
feel my Immortality o'ersweep
All pains, all tears, all time, all fears. and
peal
Like the eternal thunders Of the deep
Into my ears this truth: Thou Invest for
ever!'
Byron.
''Spring still makes spring in the mind
When sixty years are told:
Love makes anew this throbbing heart.
And We are never old.
Emerson.
In the spring a fuller crimson comes upon the
robins breast.
In the spring the wanton lapwing gets him
self another crest;
In the spring a livelier iris changes on the
burnish'd dove;
In the spring a young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love.
-Tennyson.