The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Sims Reeves is renewin his youth with
his marriage, and is contemplating a tour
to Australia. with the possibility of a visit
TO the United States before his return 10
England.
Few people are aware that the Bermuias
consist Of a group of $50 small islands eight
cen or twenty inhabited). situated $50 miles
these islands in 1893 was 1858.
A French suicide, near Lyons. carefully
built a guillotine for himself, using a
Ratchet weighted with a sledge hammer for
a knife. Having adjusted his head TO the
block, ne let go a cord holding the weight,
and was neatly decapitated.
Mr.. John Hays Hammond. the American
mining engineer. who is now under arrest
at Pretoria for taking part in the rebellion.
states that three days after his first arrival
in the Gold Reef City he was fined SIS.
for laughing at a policeman.
Announcement is made in the New Or
leans papers that Mr.. Joseph Jefferson. the
distinguished actor, who is also an artist
and litterateur OF no ordinary attainments.
has finally and definitely adopted the Cres-
cent City as his winter residence.
Joseph Mayer. of Ober-Ammergau. who
recently broke his leg. was the ideal Chris
atus in the Passion Play a quarter of a
century ago. and played it in 1880, but his
place has since been taken by a younger
ia LINZ AAiOot "a LhS
actors, he Is a wood carver by profession.
and must be over sixty years of age.
Tom K. Sob. the new Corean minister to
the United States, is very much Of an
American in his dress and manner. This
is due to his education at Rutgers College.
He says that one of the most momentous
acts of the Kings reign was his decree,
which went into effect the first or the year,
that all his subjects must wear their hair
short as Europeans do. The decree nearly
caused a revolution.
The recent death of Mr.. Hugh Childers
leaves only two political pensioners on the
funds of the colony Of Victoria-Sir Charles
Gavan Duffy and Lieut.-gen. Sir Andrew
Clarke. BY an extraordinary provision of
the original Victorian constitutional act any
gentleman WHO served for two years as a
minister OF the crown became &c tnersDy EN-
Sir c. G.. Duffy was one of three lucky irish
men who succeeded in putting In the pre-
scribed two years before this liberal pro-
vision was repealed.
Walter T. Mills. of Chicago, has started
what ne calls an industrial college in a tent
on a bleak marsh in Pembroke township.
Ill. Two students have been matriculated
and seventeen more are expected soon. From
this humble beginning Mr.. Mills and his as
s~ociates. also of Chicago, hope to build a
large institution. They have Incorporated
themselves under the title Of The Peoples
University and have secured an option on
three thousand acres of land. and have all
the funds which they think necessary. The
plan of the institution Is that the student
must work not only for his education, but
also for his Ing, while attending school.
Each student must pay upon entering 500
four years course. The school will be run
on this cooperative fund, the students
meantime ss1 line s wGrking sD On f. farm fac iands c WbieS If
is proposed to build and operate, All earned
will go into one cooperative or communistic
fund. The students are expected to clear
the grounds for sites, excavate for founda-
lions and burn the brick for the buildings.
They will live in tents until they can con-
struct more substantial dwellings,, which
they hope to do before next September.
Among the initials in our way
The best of us walk blindly;
So. man. be wary. watch and pray,
And judge your brother kindly.
Alice Cary.