The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mr.. Uhl, the new ambassador to Ger
many. pronounces his name as if it were
spelled "YuleP
At Grenoble. the seat of the glove trade
in France, statue has been erected to the
memory of Xavier Jouvin, who established
the trade there and thereby enriched the
town. .fno9 ff.r sss7
1t is said that there is no hope Of the re-
covery of the heir presumptive to the Aus
TRAN throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand of Este His disease proves to be
cancer of the throat, and of the worst
possible form.
Maitre Pouillet. one of the most eminent
lawyers in Paris. has. begun an original
work of charity. He gives sittings at the
Palais de Justice at which he offers legal
advice. free of charge to persons who can
not afford to employ lawyers.
There are Scotch as well as Irish bulls.
The Pilot finds one in Andrew Carnegies
article in the February North American
Review where he speaks of Canada as
her mother because bursting into man.
hood.
To have saved over 1000 lives is some
what unique experience. This record be-
longs to Captain Weiss. OF the steamship
Belgian King, to whom a presentation was
made in Newcastle, England. recently. 1t
has been his good luck to pick up several
vessels in distress at sea, including the
liner Palmyra, with $50 people on board.
Archduchess Maria Theresa, of Austria,
is emulating Sandow. She practices with
large dumb bells. and can lift man with
one hand. She is said on one occasion,
when heavy iron column fell on man.
to have lifted Ii high enough to enable
him to be drawn from under. She is a
delicate-looking woman of thirtyfour wife
of the Archduke Karl Stephan, and mother
of five children.
Mark Twain told a Bombay reporter that
his memory sometimes completely deserts
him when he is on the platform. He is apt
to forget the point of the story he happens
to be telling, and. to avoid catastrophe,
he dovetails another anecdote into the in
complete one and Sntooths over the break
as best he can. He writes more carefully
nowadays than formerly and gives the
compositor fewer occasions to swear.
The Mikado is the religious head of the
Japanese as well as their ruler. His place
is hereditary. and it has been filled by
members of his family for more than $500
years His is incomparably the most an
cient lineage known. The Mikado Is the
122d of the line, The founder OF 1t, whose
hope of posterity in the widest dreams
could not have equaled the result. was con-
temporary with Nebuchadnezzar, GEO B. c..
Mr.. Austin. an assistant librarian in the
Cornell Library, while cataloguing the fine
Dante collection presented to the university
by Prof. willard Fiske. has found some
live bookworms in an edition of the Divine
Comedy" bearing the date 136. TINS Is
the third time only that these insects have
been found in an American library. Prof.
Comstock, of the chronological depart
ment. has succeeded in raising from the
insects a number of eggs. worms and
beetles for the university museum.
Offers. princely in their nature. are re-
peatedly being made to Mary Anderson de
Navarro to return to the stage. writes Ed
ward w. Box, in March Ladies' Home
Journal, but she turns a deaf ear TO them
ALL Only the past summer overtures came
to her from an American manager which
insured a big fortune II she would consent
to return TO the stage for a brief period.
There were six figures in the amount stipu-
lated, and the first figure was equal TO the
total number of numerals in the whole
amount But IL had no effect upon her.
She turned away from IL easily and with
out an effort. NO" she said. Il am
through with the stage" And that was all.