The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

IN the Sale OF a certain undertaken in
Augusta there are five envelopes. which
contain full Instructions from paonla
now living as 10 what n do with their
bodies after DEATH
Morocco's Sultan is about 10 take for nj.
second wife the daughter OF one OF hi.
most powerful vassals. AS every one !,
Morocco must contribute a wedding pres
ent, the people are much discontented.
Sarah Bernhardt's niece intends to Omen
a millinery store in New York. She has
played parts in her distinguished aunts
company. but feels certain that She can
accumulate a fortune quicker in the hat-
trimming line.
When Ii Hung Chang met Joseph CHAM
berlain, who affects a monocle, the China.
man noticed the single eyeglass. took It for
granted that the Colonial Secretary had
lost the use Of one eye, and offered him his
sincere coincidence.
Governor Altgeld's big Unity building
one of the finest Of Chicago's "cliff dwell.
ings." is valued by real estate men AZ
Sl,SoO,O0 On the tax list IL figures much
more modestly, for there only 10k per cent
of its estimated worth, or S14I. 500. makes
its appearance.
1t was often said of Mr.. Adrien Leon. WIN
has just died near Bayonne. France. thar
he saved the republic by a single vote. On
Feb. q. 1875, when the remodeling of the
Constitution was debated. he supported ".
Wallon's amendment fixing the conditions
for the election of a President.
Those who know the bulwark and expos
itor of Methodism. Bishop John II. Vincent
will be surprised to hear that he has been
accused OF heresy. Some denominational
papers have quoted him as declaring that
OF Christ TO be saved. The Bishop. how
ever. has made an effective reply 10 tina
charge. ard the matter has been dropped.
a little boy i'm Cincinnati has not only
asserted that he found a lot of ugly white
worms in an orange set before him ar
breakfast. but he has justly enraged the
local scientists by showing them other
oranges with similar tenants This adds a
new terror to life. for everybody had sup
posed. hitherto. that this one fruit could
be safely eaten without any preliminary
investigation.
In Difference to the wishes of Mrs. Logan.
the statue of General Logan in Chicago
Will be in Lake Front Park, instead OF
Jackson Park. At a meeting of the COM
mission. at which Augustus St. Gaudens.
the sculptor, was present. II was decided
structn ~ oa sysn = me feo mo "a a grsniss
rest upon a mound thirty or forty feet high.
with a diameter of 200 feet. On the granite
statue, of heroic size. The model has been
completed. and the sculptor expects to turn
1t over to d casting company within A
month or so. The monument will probably
~ AAAAAlN
Miss Ella Collins. daughter OF a New
York tailor, will be the first woman of the
United States raised to a throne by mar
riage. She will shortly become the wife OF
Col. John +. Hoobs. who. under the name
Of Oumalea- reigns over the semi-barbar-
Gus people Of the Jilka islands. in the New
Hebridcs group. Colonel HOODS was born
in south Carolina. and after "A wandering
life full OF strange adventure settled on
one of the Jilka islands. Since then he
has become the undisputed ruler of the
l.2U or more people who live there. under
the title Of king. BY the edict of the as
main with him and his descendants for
ever.
A retired army officer, quoted in the
Washington Times, says that the fellow
officers Of General Custer used TO tell them
that it was not good for an officer to asso-
ciate with ~privates. Custer, however. per-
sistently disregarded this unwritten law,
and might be seen. day after day. joking
and laughing in the midst of a group OF
men. Finally the officers decided they
would stand it no longer. and appointed a
spokesman TO reason with the general.
This spokesman approached a group where
the plush jacket and yellow curls were
towering above a group which surrounded
the general Calling him aside. the spokes-
man said: General, we officers would like
to know why you associate with the men
instead of us. as you should?" 'Oh. well"
said Custer. turning on his heel. Il can learn
more from them than / can from you"
The silver bug has wings of white.
The Pooocrat the same:
The gold bug has no wings at all.
But he gets there just the same.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribuna