The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


Septimus Winner, the composer of the
popular song, Listen to the Mocking
Bird, written in 1855, celebrated his 2olden
wedding the 25th of November.
Miss Minnie Power, of Lockport, N Y,
is eight feet in height lacking one inch. She
is the tallest woman in the United States.
She is handsome in spite of her abnormal
proportions
Prof. George Lincoln Goodale, of Harvard
University, says that there are now about
100000 species of plants. divided into flow
ering and fowerless plants, and although
nearly all of the Towering varieties might
be used for food, only about one thousand
are SO used and only three hundred are fire.
quently.
A large hall named after Paul Revere, has
been dedicated in Boston-by the Charitable
Mechanics Association. Revere was the
founder and first president of the associa-
ton, and the principal address of the dedi-
catory exercise was delivered by Frederick
w. Lincoln, great-grandson of the patriot
and eX-mayor of Boston
A unique and interesting gift is being
prepared for Dr. Nansen by several Rus
sian lady admirers. This consists of car
pet, on which is map of the north polar
regions, handsomely embroidered in silk;
the places visited by the explorer in his re-
cent famous voyage of discovery being en-
broidered in gold and silver thread
Il statement recently made by the Society
of New England Women that there is to be
found no descendant of Priscilla Alden of
Mayfiower fame is proved to be incorrect.
little girl about twelve years of age,
named Priscilla Mullens Alden, who lives
in the old Alden homestead at DuXbury,
Mass, which was built in 1863, is ninth in
descent from Priscilla and John Alden.
A young woman entered a New York book
store the other day and timidly asked for
"the beth book" oh yes" answered the
salesman confidently, not misled by her
lithp. I'VE have them all-Sir John Lub-
books one hundred best books. mo. /
mean the beth book Sarah Grand's." And
with a sudden realization. the man behind
the counter produced a copy or The Beth
Book"
Danton is to have a street named after
him in Paris. in spot replete with bloody
memories. The thoroughfare begins close TO
the place where the leonine trumvir first
set up as barrister, and III a neighboring
house his colleague, Marat, persisted by
Charlotte Corday's dagger. A little further
on is the home of DIR. Guillotin. and rot
hundred yards beyond is the spot where the
worthy doctors invention was tested on
Danton's stout neck.
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife, lives her
own quiet life, among the hills of Brae-
mar. doing her errands like the wife of
crofter. The Duchess of Fife is the wonder
of the district. and many an uppish dame
mas been inclined to Sneer at the modeStly
dressed young lady who enters a village
shop. orders a pound or two of that
few yards of ribbon. ETC., and carries them
off to her carriage. as if she were doing
part of her days work.
NJ. Czernik, the wel-known Russian
chemist. has examined two minerals from
the Caucasus, with very noteworthy results.
One of them is kind of coal. the ashes OF
which contain a considerable quantity Of
the new element helium along with several
rare and precious earths used in the manu-
facture of tncandeScens mantels. The other
is called cerite, and consists mainly of the
new element argon. The most remarkable