The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

over a blacksmiths shop in certain
New England village is. the sign Horses
Shoed Free Tomorrow.
The beauty of the foreign princesses in
London jubilee week was the Crown Prin-
cess of Naples, according to the news
papers.
The first horseless delivery wagon will
be introduced into ST. Louis about the last
of this month and several others Will follow
soon after.
At the New Hospital for Women in Lon
don, England all the doctors are women.
Out of ninety major operations there have
been but two deaths; this would seem to
indicate that women may be competent in
surgery as in medicine and nursing.
Miss Susan St. John, portrait painter,
has been awarded $25, 900 damages for in
juries sustained while dismounting from a
Chicago electric car. The motorman
started the car before she reached the
ground, injuring Miss St. John in such a
manner as to cause continual tremor
which makes it impossible for her to make
use of her brush.
Five of the eight Sunday preachers at
Westminster Abbey during the present
month will be American bishops. Those
selected are Bishop Potter of New York
Bishop Walker, of western New York;
Bishop Thompson of Mississippi; Bishop
Whipple, of Minnesota, and Bishop Sey-
mour, of Springfield, III.
Lord Wolseley is not likely to retain for
any length of time his position COM
mander-in-chief of the British army. He
is afflicted with cancer of the stomach
which is in a very advanced state. The
doctors declare that his life may be pro-
ionged until the end of the year He will
doubtless be succeeded by Lord Roberts,
Familiarity known as Little Bobs" by
Tommy Atkins, whose idol he is
Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale told this
in his Fourth of July grafton in Boston,
Il was talking once of education with a
Japanese prince. He said to me, in that
systematically good English in which they
speak We do not give so much time to
arithemetic in our schools you do we
think arithmetic makes men sordld.' So do
l.. AND l asked nttie PerFo !IT3 70
them morals and history. "
DR.. Kandt, a German explorer, has
started out to find the ultimate source of
the Nile. Having the promise of assistance
from the Congo authorities when he reaches
their territory, he has set out from German
East Africa intending TO make his way to
Urundu, Uhha, and Ruanda. There he Will
ascertain the size Of Lake AkenJaru, and
measure the volume of water in the Rivers
Kagera Ruvuru Nyakirongo, and AIKEN
jaru in the dry and wet seasons. He Will
trace that having the greatest volume to
its source
The Emperor Francis Joseph, for eco
nomical reasons, it is said, has just abol-
ished a custom of long standing with re-
gard to the liveries of the staff servants
of the court. These liveries are no longer
to be considered the property Of those who
wear them, but are to remain at the dis
posal of his Majesty. In addition to this
the servants of the kitchen have been pro-
hibited from disposing of the food from
the imperial table as heretofore. The gra-
fuitous supply OF flreWOod wine and three
wax candles has also been stopped. These
! retrenchments and reforms have occasioned
considerable commotion in the imperial