The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

There is not man who ever loaned an
umbrella but will rejoice at the fact that
a man in Wilmington Del, who stole an
umbrella received five lashes and was SEN
fenced TO Imprisonment for three months.
few years ago 100000 bronze two-cent
pieces were set afloat. Three million of
these are still outstanding Three million
three-cent nickel pieces are scattered over
the United States, but it is very rarely
that one is seen.
General Benjamin Prentiss, the hero
of Shiloh" who refused TO accept any office
from President Harrison but the postmas-
tership at Bethany, Mo-, a position which
he has filled for many years, is said to be
IN meager circumstances. he was at one
time one of the wealthiest men in Illinois.
John r. Lynch colored of Mississippi
intends moving to Louisiana, where he
thinks there is better chance of success
in politics than in his own State. Lynch
the House of Representatives of Missis-
sippi. chairman of the national Republican
convention in 1883 and fourth auditor of the
treasury under President Harrison.
The citizens of Lubec, Me-, are going to
buy new hearse for the town by popular
subscription. The proposition made is this
Each subscriber agrees to pay 81, with the
proviso that if he should have use for
the same Cthe hearse of courSe) within
two years, he shall be entitled to rebate
that the subscribers who have occasion to
use the hearse will be in it.
Charlemagne Tower, of Philadelphia, who
has been appointed minister to Austria, is
a of very great wealth, his fortune
being estimated at between $40,O0O000 and
$500 900. He inherited a fortune of about
$15000,OO0 from his father, who was one of
the largest owners of anthracite coal fields
in Pennsylvania The new minister to Aus
talents of a high order He Is scholar
in the broadcast acceptance of the term and
fairs.
An English soldier who has commanded
Turks says that the Turkish soldier has
a wonderful faculty for making himself at
home anywhere and subsisting on scanty
rations This is due he thinks, to the
nomadic instinct in them--a heritage from
their forefathers. Encamped any where
near a wood, they will quickly make huts of
branches, and if no cover is possible they
will lie down contentedly on the bare
ground. They will endure all manner of
rough treatment without complaining, and
when the time comes for nghtlng show
lively interest in their business.
The British government now has under
consideration a plan for the greatest sub
marine tunnel which the mind of man ever
conceived. 1t, provides for a passageway
to be lighted by electricity, beneath the
Irish sea or the North channel, as it is
called. from a point in Scotland just north
of Point Patrick to point in Ireland just
west of Carrickfergus and several miles
north of the arm of the sea stretching up
to Belfast, which is known as Belfast lake
The total estimated cost is $780, 600, and
the plan which the government is consid-
cred is that submitted by a syndicate which
agrees to bind itself to bring the project
to successful accomplishment.
..sJe-7E
1 love to hear the music
OF the mower on the lawn,
Awaking sleepy echoes
AT the first faint blush of dawn.
But dearly as | love it,
If / ever had to shove it
The grass would grow forever
Just as sure as You are born.
-PhiIadelphia Inquirer