The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-20
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

When Governor Bradley of Kentucky. Is
out of the State on private business he
pays out of his own pocket the salary of
the acting Governor
M. lola is hardly in need of advertise
ment nowadays The Pope has, however.
just given him good one. His Holiness
mas placed the noveist's book. Rome
Catholic may read the book
Rev. William NJ. Lane, an Episcopal rec
tor OF Alameda, Cal, has resigned because,
as he says, so much gossip was excited in
the cnurch by his wearing q brown suit.
smoking cigars purchased Of a local dealer,
and going to Oakland to attend the theater.
According to the often well-informed Lon
don Truth, Queen Victoria's physical condi-
ton is such that she never stands on her
feet for two minutes together. She is
wheeled from room to room, and at all
court and other functions sits constantly
in a low chair.
Pasteur's tomb, to which his body will
be transferred when the crypt is finished ,
under the entrance TO the institute in Parts
where his labors spent. will bear at
the entrance this inscription in French:
Happy is he who carries within himself
a God. an ideal of Beauty. and obeys it:
an ideal of Science, an ideal of the virtues
of the Gospel"
The Nizam of Hyderabad, in common
with other native princes of India. converts
his cash into gold and precious stones and
stores it in his palace, which is closely
guarded by trusted soldiers. This potentate
IS in possession of a well-stocked strong
room valued at six millions sterling, and
among his heirlooms is one diamond of 45O
caratS worth $4,000 900.
A farmer left his team standing in tho
street all day in Boise, Ia, recently. When
he returned : in the evening they were
Ef onna but oots in sin the wagon he he
Boise women: 1.-Two women unhifched
your horses and let them go, we know not
where or care not, but we know they Will
get water and grass"
Alto JOSH, one of Meneleks secretaries,
has arrived at st. Petersburg by way OF
Odessa, with a variety of presents from the
Negus to the Car, including ivory, Loop
ard and tiger skins, an elephant, and vari-
Gus weapons of war adorned with precious
stones stones among them, It is ayerred the
bore at the battle of Adowa.
The Amir of Afghanistan is a reformer.
He has given orders for the introduction of
calf vaccination in Cabul in order to stem
the annual ravages of smallpox which de-
stroys no less than one-fifth of the infant
cent public ceremony the Amir made a
speech calling upon the people to aid in en-
forcing the universal vaccination of chill
dren
Mrs. Hannah Chard, the famous centen-
arian of Gloucester county New
Jersey, who expects soon to cei-
citrate her 10sth birthday, has been
tobacco smoker for forty years.
But she has become convinced that
the habit is having a tendency to shorten
her life, and she has therefore pledged
herself not to smoke any more, in order
that she may live to a good old age.
Monsignor Nugent, the well-known Liv-
erpool phianthropist and temperance adj
vocate, has just celebrated his sacer-
dotal golden jubilee. The Earl of Derby
is heading movement among the citi-
zens of Liverpool to present the eminent
prelate with some substantial mark Of
their appreciation of his lifelong services
in behalf of the poor and suffering in tho
city. For many years Monsignor Nugent
,gas Cardinal Manning'S henchman in tho
temperance crusade.
Parting is all we know of Heaven,
And all we need of hell.
Emily Dickinson.
The lands are lit
With all the autumns blaze of goldenrods
And everywhere the. purple asterS nod
And bend and wave and fit
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The hand that spanks the baby
So the legend used to run
Is the hand that molds his fortunes.
In this world of woe and fun
IT'S not now the hand of woman
She has other kites to fly
So the father of each infant
Has TO teach him how to cry
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