The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Five million dollars worth of bananas
were consumed in the United States last
year.
The three popular pictures in the London
shop windows just now. it is said, are those
OF the queen, Mr.. Rhodes and DR.. Nansen.
A colony of Shakers will probably buy
thirty or forty thousand acres of land in
Colorado or Wyoming and settle on it.
There is now no Shaker settlement west of
Indiana.
1t appears that every adult male Moham-
medan is liable to military service, except
such as have had the good fortune to be
porn in Constantinople. Having ones ma
tlVity in the turkish capital confers i'm
munlty from CONSUMPTION.
Queen Victoria's ponderous black velvet
bonnet, with its many snowy plumes, does
duty on all state occasions when her Maj
esty rides in a carriage. The shape has
not been changed for twenty-five years, and
one lasts through several seasons.
Prince Bismarck was able the other day
to go out of doors for the first time since
jan, 2. He drove for an hour and a quar-
ter in the Sachsenwald, and is stated to
have experienced little difficulty in enter
ing and leaving his carriage. On his re-
turn he took a short walk in his garden
before re-entering the house.
Miss Alice Holmes, a blind poet and must
clan of Jersey City, has received word that
a fortune of nearly $500, 600 was left her by
her brother, William j. Holmes, who died
recently in California. Miss Holmes is sew
enty-seven years old, and has been blind
since her ninth year. She is the author of
been known as a musician for years.
Mrs. Julia Davies, who died at Clifton,
England, a few days ago, at the great age
of nin6ty-four, was probably the last sur
vivor of the intimate friends of Charles
Lamb. She. was the daughter of Joseph
Hume, of Montpelier House, Noting Hill,
where Lamb, Goodwin and Hazlitt were con-
slant guests. She married Vice Admiral
George Davies; R. =. and was the mother
other daughter is the widow of Isaac Tod
hunter, the mathematician.
Florence Nightingale has come to the de-
Tense of tea in print. She thinks theer is
altogether too much said against tea-drink-
ing, and say she would be very glad if
amy of the tea-abusers would point out
what to give to an English patient after a
s~Ieepless night instead of tea. 1t is the al
most universal testimony Of English men
and Women," she continues, 'Who have I'M
dergone great fatigue, such as riding long
Journeys without stopping or sitting up for
several nights in succession, that they could
do it best on an occasional cup of tea and
nothing else"
Captain Henry Romeyn, who is being
tried by court-martial at Atlanta, Ga, is
one of the few army officers who possess
Il neOal OF nODOr awarded by congress.
Captain Romeyn's medal was awarded for
most distinguished gallantry in action
against hostile Nez Perces Indians at Bear
Paw mountain, Montana, Sept. 80, 1877, in
leading his command into close range of the
enemy, there maintaining his position and
vigorously prosecuting the fight until he
was severely wounded" The medal bears
the following inscription: The Congress
to Captain Romeyn, Fifth United States
Infantry. for g%allantry at Bear Paw Noun
tain Sept. 80, 1877"
Ye wondrous ways of w~omankind!
Ye gentle ladie whom l love
Buyeth galore of gilded hooks,
But useth a hairpin for her glove.
Puck.
OF all the sad surprises
There is nothing that compares
With that one gets on thinking
Tha
he's
got
stairs
When he hasn't!
Cleveland Leader.