The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-17
An0ur PEoPLE AND THINGS.

Telegraphing without wires is a snaii IN
vention compared to that of telegraphlns
with baggage labels
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew has for some
time past been paying the expenses for a
law education for an old war veteran. Mr..
DepeW recently received a note ANNOUNCING
the old mans death.
The Oldest Catholic priest in the United
States is Father Peter Havermans, of Troy,
NJ V who was ordained sixty-Seven years
ago and has for nearly sixty years laporeu
successfully in that city.
Crown Princess Mary, of the Maori race,
in New Zealand, has advertised for white
husband. Her face is tattooed with choice
lace natterns and fresco designs, but along
with it goes the crown, an income OF $l,OOO-
600 per annum and the royal newspaper,
which is edited by the King and is the only
one in the realm.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, said re-
Gently. in speaking of his Venezuelan ex-
periencee: II liked the dinners in Venezuela
all right but there was this that didn
suit me: In Michigan they give man a
cup of coffee as soon as he sits down 10 eat.
In Venezuela they give 1t 10 you as soon
as you are through.
Cornhill tells a story of an English wom-
an Of high station who bewailed to a friend
the loss by death of a somewhat illbred but
extremely wealthy neighbor, who had been
very liberal in his help to her country char
tiles MIR. X. is dead, said she; he was
so good and kind and helpful to me IN all
sorts of ways he was so vulgar poor, dear
fellow we could not know him in London;
but we shall meet in heaven.
The Philadelphia Record tells story OF a
nervy man who boldly drove a wagon up
to a commission merchants store and
transferred fifty baskets of peaches from
the sidewalk to his rattle-trap vehicle, AFTER
which he drove away without paying Tor
them. Meanwhile, the commission man
stood on the front sidewalk and watched
the operation. thinking that the fruit was
being delivered to a party TO whom IL
had been sold. Two days later the huckster
returned with the fifty empty baskets ana
sold them to their owner at cents apiece
Sir Edmund Harry Elton, the expert in
ceramic recently told an English interview
err how the Sunfower pottery originated.
He was watching one of the men in brick
field pulling clay in a green state and,
picking up some he began to mold 1t MIN
self. He began by modelling figure or SIR
Philip Sidney. ThenceforWard he ola a Mt
tie work every day, and tried several pro-
cesses of glazing before he hit upon one
which suited him. Elton ware is now a
recognized speciality, much of it coming to
America All the finest work is designed and
finished by the baronet's own hand.
1t is now announced that there is no hope
for the recovery of Munkacsy, the painter.
He is in a private asylum at Bonn. His
brain power appears to be absolutely gone.
and the doctors declare him incurable He
has no memory left, and seems not even
to have retained any remembrance of his
art Now and then he will speak hopefully
for a few moments of some, great work
which he hopes to accomplish, but after
ward he will again subside into a state of
dullness and appear TO have completely for
gotten everything he has said. AS is not
unusual in such cases, his general health
remains good and he sleeps well.
If the day is gloomy
Speed it in it's flight;
Other days are coming
With their wealth of light.
If the night is clouded
Stop rot to repine;
Other nights are coming
When the stars will shine.
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrap