The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Lo Bing Nam, a Chinese athlete, says that
his extraordinary strength is due to his diet,
which consists chiefly of boiled rice and
boiled ducks heads. The brains OF the
duck he asserts, are very Strengthening.
Some women in Russia are preparing a
unique gift for DR.. Nansen 1t will be
carpet, with a map of the north pole regions
embroidered in silks. The places visited by
him in his voyage will be worked in silver
and gold thread
One of the historical buildings of which
Owego, N. Y, is proud is the drug store in
which Thomas c. Platt started his career.
He started in politics as political glee club
singer, and the back room of his drug store
soon became the county headquarters OF his
party
Instead Of the sign, do not deface these
seats" seen in some cities, in Glasgow the
benches in the public parks bear the eau
ton: Protect your property" This is sup
posed to put each user on his sense of Dig
nifty as a citizen and therefore part owner
of the public property.
Leo XIII will, according to his personal
doctor, in the ordinary course of events, see
the twentieth century, and that he himself
is convinced of this is proven in his plans
to inaugurate on a large and solemn scale
throughout Christendom a series Of religious
services as thank offerings at the close OF
this century and as welcome to the open
ing of the next.
list of the navy-was acting secretary of the
navy, the commandant of the academy at
Annapolis asked that a .cadet be court
martialed for whipping five touShs ana Two
policemen, although 1t was done IN SELL
defense. "Court-martial that fellow, roared
Jouett. The boy ought TO have medal.
DO you suppose the government hlred you
to raise boys to play checkers?
Walter A. Wyckoff. in the September
Scribners, tells in his narrative THE
Workers." what one of them thought of
Shakespeare: when / go to the theater
l go to laugh. 1 want to see pretty girls
and lots of them, and l want to see them
dance. l want songs as l can understand
the words of, and lots of jokes, and horse
see no show got up by Shakespeare nor any
of them fellows as lived 1900 years ago.
What did they know about US fellows as IS
living now? Pete you mind that Tim Healy
in the union, him that's fun of wind in the
meetings? Onct he gave me DOCK 10 read,
and he says it's a theater piece wrote by
Shakespeare, and the best lhere was. l read
more'n an hour on that piece, and I'm
damned If there was a joke into II, nor any
sense neither.
In his recollections of Robert e. Lee as
college president, a writer in the outlook
tells this story: He was an Episcopalian-
a vestryman of Grace Church. General
Pendleton, his former chief of artillery, was
rector, and General Smith, superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute, was also
a vestryman. The latter was not on agree
able terms with the rector, and complained
to the officers of the church that the cadets,
among them his own son, were deserving the
church Of their fathers, and that no per-
suasion could keep them from attending DR..
PrattS church (Presbyterian.) The doctor
had very beautiful daughter, Grace, and,
while General Smith was pushing his OBJ
jections to the rector, General Lee. with a
twinkle in his eve, said to Smith General,
possibly the magnet which attracts your son
is not so much the doctor eloquence as the
doctors Grace. 1t is said the point silenced
General Smith,