The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Legislature Of Ohio passed law maxi
ing every Saturday afternoon half holi-
day in municipalities having population of
fifty thousand or more.
One Of the difficulties of keeping the Pope
in good health comes from his habit Of
sometimes rising in the night. when, for in
stance. Latin coup!et comes to him which
he wishes to record.
Russell Sage is very fond of driving and
has scarcely missed. a daily ride in Central
Park in thirty years, except when he is
absent from the city. He generally drives
two horses, but is trying a team of four
which will trot evenly together.
Upward Of sixty ornithologists assembled
recently at the monthly meeting of the
British Ornithologists' Club, held at Fras-
catfs restaurant in Oxford street, London.
The proceedings were of special interest on
account of the splendid series OF more than
800 eggs of the cuckoo which were on view.
Frederick Henning of Youngstown, who
has been a laborer all his life and thought
he was very poor, has Unexpectedly come
into small fortune. His wife died last
week. and this week he ran across little
trunk of which he had often noticed his wife
was very careful. He burst 1t open and
found $4,000.
Queen Victoria sent by the Shahzada of
Afghanistan to his father. the Amer, prks-
ents valued at s25O.O0O. She made paying
investment. She will receive at Windsor
this week an envoy from the Ameer bring
ing her 100000 worth of silk stuffs. gold
ware and jewels The Guelphs seem to be
coming money at present.
1t is said that President Kruger, Of the
Transvaal Republic, has confined his read
ing to the Bible and Pilgrims Progress"
until recently. when somebody gave him
one of Mark Twain's books. The humor of
the American joker happened TO hit the
sl0w-going Boer in the right place and he
has purchased a full set OF Mr. Clemens S
books.
King Otto, the mad monarch of Bavaria.
whose forty-eighth birthday was celebrated
last week, is a pitiable object in his lonely
castle. His glimmerings of reason grow less
frequent constantly. although his physical
health Is robust His strength is tremen-
dous and 1t takes many powerful men to
hold him when he is bent on murder or
suicide.
Letters Of Beethoven and Goethe, which
were sold at auction in Frankfort a few
days ago, among the effects of the Brentano
family, have brought unusually high prices.
Twelve letters of the composer were sod 10
the officers of the Beethoven Haus, in Bonn.
for $3.50 marks, almost $1,000, and twenty
one letters of the poet brought 5.786 marks
or about 81, 400.
Almond and Raymond Forest, the two
foster children of Baron and Baroness De
Hirsch, are respectively eighteen and six
teen years old. They are both Protestants.
and were not legally adopted II is said.
owing TO some technical difficulty. but the
Baron and Baroness regarded them as their
own children. They wiz. of course inherit
a large amount of money.
During some private theatrica.s at the
Saxon court recently the Crown Princess
Frederick took the part of maid servant.
The extremely realistic way in which she
portrayed a vulgar young woman moisten-
ing and polishing a leather shoe brought
her reproof from the King himself. VINO
said: I'VE are among ourselves, IL is true,
but even then royal princess ought not To
clay so exactly the manners OF a maid"
The late Col. John A. Cockeril. was a
great admirer Of good cooking. Shortly be-
fore he went to Japan he said one after
noon. in Room No. l of the Astor House
1.-The time Is coming when mankind will
cease erecting monuments 10 lesalized
butchers OF men. like great generals. but
will build them, Instead. to great cooks and
to great physicians. To the men who make
the good things of life palatable and health.
full, and 10 men who combat disease and
help Us to prolong our lives