The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Dickens's daughter before she died, had
completed a book called my Father as 1
Knew Him. which will be published soon:
Mr.. w. d. Howells is to make his first
appearance as a lecturer this winter His
topic will be the modern novel, and his lee
lures VIII be under the management of
Major Pond.
Sir Edward Clark, the eminent English
barrister. is said to have an income of $780,
600 year from his law practice. His fee
for defending Mrs. Castle, the wealthy
Californian who was accused of shopliftins,
was $1,000
Mrs. Lynn Lynton having asserted in a
London periodical that 1.-The prettiest wom-
an in the world loses all her distinctive
charm when bking,'" the Countess OF
Malmesbury hastens to say that. her sex
looks well on bicycles, and vastly better
than men, because the motive power Is
concealed almost entirely by the skirt ir
the ankle action be good"
Commander Booth Tucker announces
that the Salvation Army has bureau for
tracing lost and missing friends, thousands
of whom are found every year The army
is specially able to deal with these mat
ters. because 1t has agents throughout the
world. No charge is made save for post
age. Letters should be addressed Inquiry
Department" No. 122 West Fourteenth
street. New York.
The discovery that the Duke of Orleans
is not eligible for the decoration of the
Golden Fleece surprised the court of Vien-
ma. A new Knight of the Golden Fleece
must have had Roman Catholic ancestors
on both sides for eight generations and his
pedigree must be without flaw or stain for
the same period 1t appears not only that
the Regent Orleans married an illegitimate
daughter Of Louis XIV mile. De Blois).
Princess Helena NoCof'r - Mecklenburg-
Schwerin) the mother of the Count or
Paris. was all her life a Protestant and
member of the Lutheran Church.
1t pays to be speedy bicycle rider. Less
than four years ago two Welsh lads. the
Linton brothers, worked In a colliery In
northern Wales. earning less than so cents.
a day each. One of them was taken up by
a shrewd cycle trainer and broke all rec
ords for period of two years, at the enc
of which time he died. leaving fortune or
$4,000. His younger brother. Tom LintoI,,
is now the greatest ofong-distance bicycle
rider in the world. He has ridden thirty
one and one-third miles in single hour
traveIed tnas % ovey or p Space This
must have been done, of course, with II
wheel of abnormally high gear. probably
100. He has been riding only about two
years, but his earnings are estimated at
$50 900. .
Little Queen wilheimina of Holland has
been amusing herself at Aux-les-Bains
She rises at o CLOCK and AT once SITS doWI;
to the piano, where she practices for u
couple of hours. She then does some
painting. She is fond of the brush, ana
handles 1t well. Rosa Bonheur is her ra-
vorite model. Her lesson over, she runs
upstairs to her dressing room, and comes
down again in q short blue robe. brandisn-
ing an alpenstock. Accompanied by an old
valet, she scanpers about the mountains
till luncheon time. In the afternoon the lit
tie sovereign and her mother make long
excursions in the suburbs. going far
the eGrande-Chartreuse. A little steamboat
has been placed at their disposal. and the
other day they made voyage to the Alb
hey of Hautecombe. The monks came out
to receive them and showed them over the
picturesque monastery.
He had met Western cyclone,
And escaped without a scratch:
He had played In games of football,
Which you'd think would break his neck;
But twas not till just a day or two
Ago he met his match.
HIS sister took him shopping,
And they brought him home, wreck.
Washington Post.