The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

smart woman of Boston had her sanity
examined into and vouched for the other
day before she made her will.
A lock of hair of Agnes Sorel, the mis-
tress of King Charles VII of France, a
tawny blond lock taken from her tomb at
Loches. was sold in Paris recently for l4O
francs.
A North Carolina obituary is said to read
as follows
HE keft ten children and wife.
When Death, the tyranb sought him;
Made moonshine liquor ALI his life,
And the government meyer caught him.
At meeting of the Royal Humane So
ciety in London last week the medal was
awarded to a little girl of twelve for saving
life from drowning. At the meeting before
medals were given to three women, two OF
whom were but fifteen and eighteen, one OF
them swimming with all her clothes on and
rescuing girl from an overturned boat.
Canon Knox-Little. of Liverpool Eng
land. recently told a good story at church
gathering. He said that he remembered a
lych-gate in front of a beautiful church.
which had been restored and made very
nice. There was painted over the door,
This Is the gate of heaven" and under
meath was the large notice, Go round the
other way.
Nansen, the explorer, is at present in st.
Petersburg, and is said to be oganizing a
novel business enterprise. He is forming
an International company with capital OF
so, 600 rubles TO exploit the riches of the
far north. On his last journey he found
on the coast deposits OF iron and nickel
ores that are said to be enormously rich.
Nansen's company is to mine and market
the ores.
Rev. w. T. Creeny, a Church of Eng
land clergyman, who died recently at the
age of seventy-two years, though a poor
man and never holding a living of more
than $500 year, succeeded in acquiring a
high reputation as an archaeologist. On his
slender means he managed to travel all
over Europe and to publish an authorita-
tive work on Monumental Brasses OF the
Continent of Europe with many eXpen-
SiVe illustrations, and later a book on
Monumental Slabs.
The first class graduated from Vassar
College in 1857, and this year three of the
four members, all of whom are living, cele-
brated their thirtieth anniversary. One of
the four is woman of society and a
philanthropist and brought her three sons
to the anniversary another had two daugn-
ters graduated this year She was early
left a widow, and for many years has been
fitting boys and girls for college. A third
town, and the fourth, since losing her nus
band, has been practicing physician:
These four pioneers represent the work or
the college. They have seen Wellesley and
Smith and Bryn Mawr, and the other coll
leges for women, opened since their grad
uation and a great development in their
own college.
John Frederick Deutch, who celebrated
his hundredth birthday last week in Bur-
Lesson county, Texas, says that he was a
soldier in Bluchers army, and saw the
great Napoleon several times. In speaking
of the matter on his birthday. ne said:
was greatly disappointed, for only saw
pale fat man, whose face looked as If it
had been chiselled from marble, whereas, [
suppose l expected to see a great giant,
with many physical attributes wonderfully
different from other men,. In 1913, he
added, Butcher was simply great mill
TOR nm a N
temper, and animated by the most intense
and bitter hatred of Napoleon. In 1914 he
demon on horseback When the campaign
opened he roared as he mounted his war
horse Nothing can stop me from hanging
him this time If / lay my hands on him.
And that very threat is the secret of Napo- =
Icons rapid fight to Paris and his imbectle
conduct after Waterloo. He was afraid OF
Butcher, and we'll might he have BEEN"
The summer sun glared fiercely down
Upon the seashore gay,
And watched the maidens as they pranced
In Neptune's briny spray
"Humph!' said the orb, as up he rose
And took another turn;
"'Tis true that men are lacking here,
But there are girls to burn.
They are coming, they are coming.
You can hear their voices humming,
You can hear their voices humming from
the Yukon to the Ind
They hutter and they furry,
They are all in such hurry
They are all in such hurry that they
travel like the wind
You can hear their heavy tramping,
You can hear their feet a-stamping,
AS they hustle on to- Lunnon at speed
that seemeth rash
They come from hnt and chateau,
They re the widows of Barnato,
They're the widows of Barnato, and they're
hustling for his cash
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