The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


Verdi, the italian composer, charges So
for an autograph or a. signed photograph;
when the request comes from a wealthy adj
mlrer ne asks double that sum- He does
not Keep the money, but distributes it
among the poor
The discoveries of quinine and strychnine,
NM. Pelletier and Cacentou, are to have
monoment erected to them in Paris. Phar-
macists in. every part of the world are in
Vited TO subscribe The monument will take
the form of two statues to be erected in
front of the High School of Pharmacy.
The petition of Rudolph Evans, only sur
viving brother of the late DR.. Thomas W.
Evans, the American dentist who died in
Paris last November for the appointment
of judicial administrators with a view to
preventing the executors from taking pos
session of the testator's estate, has been
denied by the Court of Probate.
Ouida never shakes hands; she declares
it to be the most vulgar form of sautation.
AS soon as she enters room she goes
straight to a seat Once seated. she will
not bulge until she takes her leave Any
one who wishes to met her must play Ma
monet TO her mountain. No matter who he
is she never rises or changes her position.
A humorous Englishman advertises thus
in the London Athenaeum: Gentleman
Cwenty-four) possessing literary capability,
proved by the publication of many short
poems In the magazines ,yand by the rejec-
ton of two novels enc of which he has
since burned, requires position as conf
Dental secretary, or the like. Address,
ETC." .t5lttt-
Emile lola has had to work his way up
the ladder of fame. One of his first situa-
tons was clerk in Paris publishing firm
at salary of francs a month He is said
to be very rich now, although he insists
that he has not made 50 much money as
money it does not trouble me-" he said on
one occasion.
Part of Zola's sentence was to pay the
costs of the trial. These have been added
up, and amount to 1854 francs. The proper
costs for the fifteen days sessions were So
francs; the doctor employed to verify the
state of Nine. de Boulancys health cost 46
francs; 5000 francs cover the registration
and stamping of documents and $50 francs
were spent iii witnesses.
Napoleon was not a universal genius.
He was dead failure at blowing. An in
scription on a PEASANTS house on the island
of Elbe runs thus: Napoleon the Great,
passing this place in MDCCCIV, took in
the neighboring field plowshare. from the
hands Of peasant and himself tried to
plough; but the oxen, rebellious to those
hands which yet had guided Europe, head
long fled from the furrow.'
The Temple Magazine stellssa story in an
interview with DR.. Whipple, the bishop of
Minnesota. many years ago NSdyS lle
bishop, who is testifying to the honesty of
the red Indian) 1 was holding a service
near an Indian village, camp. My things
were scattered about in a lodge, and when
L was going out L asked the chief if it was
safe to leave them there while 1 went to
the village to hold a service. Yes he said,
perfectly safe There is not white man
within a hundred mileSp
The estate of Phillips Brooks, bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Massa-
chusetts, has been closed up by the, exec
utor's account, filed in the Suffolk Probate
Court 1t was appraised at $45,S56-a small
sum for a lawyer or a doctor of CORE
spending eminence, but worth noting for
minister of the gospel. Among his requests
which have been satisfied are those of 81
to Trinity Church toward the completion
of the front; his books, valued at $4,000, to
the rector's library of the church. and 81, 900
to the Boston Home of Incurabes. Phillips
Brooks did not accumulate a fortune-he
spent his income as he received it for pur-
poses of value.
Dearest, you blush like the roses red"
Said he and he thought that rather neat.
In after years he simply said,
Great Caesar, Jane! you're as red as
EnOuirar