The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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Rev. A. Robins, has just preached his five
thousandth sermon at Windsor.
NJ. Jean de Reszke Will be married in
Poland in October. just before he sails
for America He has finally resolved to
abandon the stage in 1898.
A London postman with his ten sons. five
| of whom are in the postoff1ce service made
one side in a recent cricket match on
Thornton Heath, and beat their opponents
T. Edge has just broken the English one
thousand mile bicycle road record, by
travelling from Lands End TO John O.
Greats and back to Forfar in four days
nine hours and nineteen minutes This is
| fourteen hours better than the previous
record.
A block of granite has recently been
placed on the southern shore of the beau
tiful Lake of Stills. in the Engadine bear
ing the following inscriptions In memory
of the illuStriouS English writer and nat
uralist, Thomas Henry Huxley. who spent
many summers at the Kursaal Hotel, Ma
LOLA.
Most things in the way of ships COM
passes are stamped as the patent of Sir
William Thomson. The very latest make
carry this in brackets underneat tn
that of Lord Kelvin. In spite of his more
is in excellent health, and is still bent upon
the development of beneficent designs for
the safety of those who go down to the
sea.
Dr. S. A. Steel, the editor of the Epworth
Era, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, recently put trial by the
Book Committee for misconduct and in
efficiency, frivolity of spirit. vulgarity of
style, misrepresentation, etc. and for
reaching that THE use of tobacco is a sim
The charges were sustained but DIR. Steel
was continued in his office on his promise
to do better in the future.
AS a rule the dethroned potentates of the
East do not have very good time. Behan-
Yin is moping his days away in the fortress
capital of Martinique, where he was con-
fined by the French. The ex-king of Da-
honey spends his time stretched on mat
brela, while another holds his pipe, and
third catches the ashes. He cannot be
induced to learn French, but he takes
keen interest in the education of his son.
who regularly attends the high school at
St Pierre, and has carried off several
prizes.
The descendants of Roger Williams run
into the thousands in number In 1886 there
was great gathering of them at Provi-
dence every State in the Union being rep
resented. Beginning in 1893 there have been
notably the defendants Of Roge % o ohG
son, Joseph Last week they picncked in
Roger Williams Park Providence and spe-
cial efforts will be taken next year for a
general gathering and an elaborate cele-
b1ation; The e-.,pp1 president Of the association
oldest descendant of Joseph
Miss Clara Sturgis. the editor, business
manager and publisher of Tom Watson's
Peoples Paper. of Atlanta. Ga, is de-
scribed pretty but not new wom-
an. She is opposed to woman suffrage
She writes columns of matter for the pa
per each week, selects the editorials and
articles written in the interest of the Pop
ulist party and brings cut a careful week.
~ resume of the party's fight through
out the country in addition to keeping the
books of the concern. Prior to accepting
the position of general manager of the Our
Publishing Company Miss Sturgis's expert
ences were limited to the management of q
small clearinghouse owned by an invalid
grandmother.
And shall Tom Watson die?
And shall Tom Watson die?
Here's half a million Populists
Will know the reason why.
New York Tribune
Well / wish to remark
And putting it plain
That for keeping things dark.
And for making tricks vain
The travelling Chinee is peculiar
And I've tried all the furrlneer strain
Ii Hung Chang is his name.
Though some papers deny
In regard TO the same.
What that name might imply
Be 1t Chong. Chang or Chung, Tong or
Poker,
1t don't make much difference-he's fly.