The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-28

Tamle DaVld, the Hlndoo convert, VINO is
now in Chicago trying to 'Christianize the
Christians lost his caste in India by enter
ing the liquor business and becoming a
saloon keeper in Ceylon.
Rev. DR.. Clement c. Moore, the author
of THE Night Before Christmas" wrote
his famous poem as a Christmas present
to his children in 1922. when he was forty
Troy Sentinel in the following year.
Major General Bengough, of the Brit
ish army, who died recently, became famous
in India for divisional order commanding
the medical staff to pare the corns and cut
the toenaiS of the men, in order to improve
the marching efficiency of the division.
In a house in Warrenton, Va. is hung
the large mirror before which George Wash
ington made his daily toilet. 1t was bought
at the sale of the personal effects of Lau-
renee Washington, a great-nephew of the
first President, and has hung in its present
place for thirty-hve years.
On one occasion, when Mr.. Huxley had lee
tured on the nervous system, a lady came up
to him and said: II am SO much obliged
for your charming lecture, SO very interest
ing and so clear. But there was one point
l did not quite understand" Thank you,
madam, l shall be very pleased if l can ex-
ticlently expressed - 'FWell, Professor Hux-
ley, what L want to ask is about what you
called the cerebellum. | did not quite gather
whether it is inside the skull or outside"
1t is favorite device of novelists to have
some one put letter in the wrong en-
velope, and an embarrassing instance in En-
glish high life is recalled by the death of
Princess Mary of Teck candid young
lady once wrote to a friend that she could
not play tennis because Fiat Mary" had
invited her to a party. The goOd-natured
princess somehow got the letter, and when
the young laSiy appeared gave her this
wholesome advice My dear girl. know
a m ct h1lf ho1f 81.
be more careful in posting your letters and
never forget that you never know who Will
read what you write. Don't apologize, /
have forgiven yon.'
Another illusion gone" says the St
James Gazette. How many millions of
pilgrims have reverently stood by the pillar
at Chllon and examined the footmarks left
by the immortal prisoner with the chainless
mind? The surveyor to the Cantonal Coun-
Gil or Naud has been going into the matter
ana the footsteps are 10 disappear as being
not authentic but a pious fraud restored
every few years for the benefit of credulouS
tourists. This is how the prying spirit of
the age makes life a desert 1t has abolished
William Tell and made King Arthur a myth
and we expect that in year or two some
body will be proving that there never was
any Downward. that the pillar is modern
and the prison itself an eighteenth century
dwelling house for the lake fishermen"
Rev. Anna Shaw, of Chicago, hopes soon
to be appointed a policeman. Il would
rather be a policeman than be President"
she says. THE one crying reform that is
now needed in New York and Chicago is
two hundred uniformed women policemen to
walk the streets. If Mr.. Van Wyck or
Mayor Harrison had tbs, knowledge of ex-
listing sociological conditions which they
ought to have, and which hope their sue
cessors will have, woman should be an ac-
tive police officer. If these gentlemen want
to know where to find women to fill the
places and fill them we'll / could tell them
From the ranks of the Salvation Army and
the American Volunteers could be obtained
on short notice two hundred women whose
presence on the streets of Chicago in uni
form would do more toward the elimination
of crime than many times that number of
mCn." fi5sA aat
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Their Mechanics.
Some children that know possess
OF nicknames half a score
One is 'Theo '--"'Teddy''-''Ted'
Though christened -.
The next scarcely is called Alright
By any haps chances;
Tbs Fanny - Frankie" - Frank" and
Fan"
Though her real name is go.
Then Larry" Laurie Lanty' comes
CThough he always writes 1T -,
And his sister twin, whom most address
AS Flo" or "Floy'' for r--.
The last is 'Lizzie"- Betty
"Bettina"-and "Elspeth'-
Betsy List -"Beth'-"Bet''-"Lib
And she's -.
JANUARY St. Nicholas.