The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Rudyard Kipling has again refused TO sell
his Vermont residence.
Since his return from England Mr.. Tod
Sloane refuses TO be interviewed, conse-
quently his friends now call him the Duse
of the saddle.
Cornelius Vanderbilt receives an average
of three hundred letters a day. Most OF
these are answered by his secretary, but
about fifty he must himself attend to.
Isabella Harvey Horton, a fourteen-year-
old colored girl, is conducting revival in
Philadelphia. She says she was converted.
and stopped SHINING in Jersey City, in Feb
ruary of 1896, at II o'clock in the morning.
Professor Roentgen has been made a
baron by the Emperor of Austria. and now
is offered valuable chair in the University
of Leipsic. Professor Roentgen djd not
mako tho blind to see. but he did make the
well to see a great deal more than they had
ever seen before.
Colonel Roosevelt. speaking of the crudity
of Populistic ideas, says: When Bryan first
came to Washington he was a reformer,
and, thinking me one. called on me with
two new Populistic congressman. One of
these declared that no man could honestly
earn $3.50 a year. / never looked to see
whether he drew his salary"
An English paper says that a deputation
of complaining laymen recently waited upon
the Archbishop of Canterbury and laid their
burden before him, one item after another.
the last one being, as expressed by the
spokesman: And, my lord. we regret to OBJ
serve that you fail to treat us as gentle
men," But you are not" replied Dr. Tenn
pie, in his most rasping manner.
The Girls Normal School of Philadelphia
gave a public exhibition a few days ago of
nearly seven thousand specimens of but
terfiies, moths, beetles. reaches, crickets,
and creatures of the insect world. In some
cases the full life history of a species was
illustrated by specimens in various stages
of development The collection has been
made within six weeks by the class in 20
ology, and was reckoned even by experts
to be one of singular value.
AS an example of how story grows, the
Kansas City Journal says that recently
report came TO Ottawa of a petriied snake
sixty feet long and nine inches in diameter,
which had been found by the coal miners
at Ransomville Professor Yates of the
Ottawa College, hurried to Ransomvlle in
fear that some other fossil collector would
get ahead of him, and found that the al
legged snake was bit of petriied root eight
cen inches long and one-half inch in cir
conference.
Speaking of curious things says the Kan
sas City Journal, here is novel correction
and apology published by Geo. w. Braugh-
ton in the Mcpherson Republican: lin the
petition for divorce filed by me in the Court
of Chancery at Springfield ILL.,. have made
assertions concerning my wife which
have since learned are false and were the
work of busybodies in whom l put conf
dence. l hereby make Tetraction of all l
am reported to have said derogatory to her
character. / cheerfuly make this state
ment in order to eXonerate her from all
blame. The petitions for divorce have been
withdrawn by both parties and a settle
ment amicably arranged"
Discern the tragedy, who can
(How sad two hearts must feelD
Here's ''Wanted-Fo exchange q tam
Dem for a single wheel" Puck.
If cold December gave you birth.
The month of snow and ice and mirth,
Place on your hand turquoise blue,
Success will bless whate'er you do.
Notes and Queries.