The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

At Lucon France an ancient inn has for
its sign 1.-The Four Things to be Feared"
which is the legend under a painting rep,
resenting cat, monkey, woman ana
a judge
Governor Hogg denies the statement that
he has children named Ina, IRA and
Shesa. He has daughter who Is named
Ina and three boys named, respectively,
William. Michael and Thomas.
The newspaper men of Philadelphia will
give a complimentary dinner to Col. A. X.
Mcclure, Of the Philadelphia Times. on
Dec. 9. in commemoration of his fifty years
service in Journalism On Dec. y, 1916, COL
Mcclure, then lad of nineteen years, is
sued the first number of the Juniata Sen
tinel, of Miftiintown, Pa
The moral about i'll gotten goods not
prospecting does not seem to apply TO the
case of the conscience-stricken thief in
Oregon who on his death bed handed over
to Louis Davenport the sum of $4,000
which represented the accumulations of
IS 600 worth of gold dust stolen from Day.
export thirty years ago.
Bishop Temple is the eighth Bishop Of
London since the Reformation who has
been translated to Canterbury. The others
were Archbishops Bancroft. Abbot Laud.
Juxon. Sheldon, Howley and TAFT. In pre-
reforma ton times, Archbishops Warham,
Courtenay and Simon of Sudbury all
reached the primacy through the bishopric
of London.
Southern papers say that the new Epis-
copal Church Army will find no favor in
the South. A prominent Louisville church.
man says: 81 cannot approve of this new
movement i'm the church, for do not ap-
prove of making a travesty of religion.
The idea OF representing such sublime
religion the religion of Christ by horns
and broken drums, and young boys picked
up to carry flags. is repellfng, and l am
most firmly opposed to it."
The announcement that ID. L. Moody has
had 100000 left him by the will of j. N.
Harris. a New London bank president, to
use as he thinks best. brings up the not
generally known fact that for twenty-five
years more Mr.. Moody has had similar
large sums given and left to him running
into the millions. to be used in religious
and education projects Large sums have
been given to him and left him even in
foreign countries.
At last the much-discussed Bacchante
fas been put on public exhibition by the
Boston library art commission. but clothed
clothed in an iridescent gown of flowing
water. The lovely image, which has been
placed on a pedestal in the pool In the
court of the building. was viewed Monday
by hundreds of the curious and accord
ing TO report, "Bacchante herself is all
right. but they. ought to turn the water
able. the principal fault being found with
the face, which, as one young woman said
is vixenish, though" she added, the rest
is all right.
A Kansas City medium conjured up the
spirit of Dan Rice few nights ago, and
made the shade of the famous circus man
say all kind of things about himself and
his atmospheric associates. The perform
ance was great success until a scoffer in
the audience calmly informed the medium
that Daniel was at that moment very much
alive, an announcement which, though it
was quite true, the majority of the audi
ence promptly refused to believe because
forsooth. had they not heard his voice from
the spirit world!
The following interesting dispatch was
sent from Portsmouth, o., last Saturday:
I'm flash light photograph taken of the
office of attorney w. b. Grice, of this city,
Mr.. Grice is seen sitting on a chair and
through him is distinctly visible the back
and rounds of the chair, together with a
newspaper that was on the chairs back.
The. clerk was sitting against a safe, the
body. 1t is very similar to an X ray pho
toGraph, and a number of proofs of the
photograph have been taken, to be sent to
scientific papers,.
For many weeks the Italian papers have
been saying pleasant things concerning
Menelek, the Emperor of Abyssnia, with
whom the treaty of peace was signed the
other day. Among them is the following
anecdote: Somebody spoke to the Negus
concerning letter that had been written
by the mother of one of the Italian pris-
oners. in which the coed woman had said
in the most ingenious language: They an
nounced to me your death, but i do not
believe them. Every day l burn my little
taper before the Madonna, who will return
you to my affection. Every day 1 weep in
awaiting your return The Emperor was
very much moved on hearing the words OF
the bereaved mother. and ordered a search
alive and one day, during the Emperor
MONDAY meal. he was brought before his
Majesty. who said: Il don't want your poor
mother TO weep any longer from this mo-
ment you are free. and you shall return to
| Italy and to her with the first caravan tina,
| leaves the city,"