The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Thus far Miss Helen Gould has contrib
uted s127.0O0 in one form or another to the
war fund.
Sir Herbert Kitchener does not seem to be-
leve that Friday is an unucky day, for
twice in the past six months he has upon
II attacked and overcome the soldiers of the
Khalifa
Britains who have found out what the
Akoond of Swat is are now engaged in
investigating the Almanisoluku of Bun
ban, who has put himself at the head of
the Sierra Leone insurgents.
THE chief beauty of the climate of the
East is that a person may survive it for
years. says a Los Angeles writer. East
erners who have not been sunstruck up to
this writing stand an excellent chance to
escape ii until next summer, if they do not
have pneumonia in the winter
September found Miss Natalie Schenck's
famous endless chain still bringing dimes,
postage stamps. and other mediums of ex-
change into Babylon, Long island. The
daily receipts, according 20 Harper's Bazaar,
though much reduced were, at last ac-
counts, still considerable, and the profits
of the chain amounted altogether to more
than $4,000.
Woolrych Perowne in his recent book on
Central Asia gives an interesting description
of the tomb of Daniel at Samarcand. The
Mohammedans believe that Daniel continued
to grow after death, and so year by year
they heightened his tomb till it was sixty
feet long which was apparently regarded
as proportion great enough for even the
most holy of saints.
Lord Ashburnham the English agent of
Don Carlos, manages also the affairs of the
Princess Palaiologo. claimant to the thrones
of Greece and Turkey; Princess Marie of
Bavaria. who contests that of Naples Prin-
cess Ludwig of Baravia, who thinks herself
entitled to that of England, and Queen
Garcia of Saxony. who claims the right to
the crown of Sweden.
Aluminium dishes are light, pleasant to
handle and easily kept clean and bright
Those who have feared to this metal,
comparatively new to the kitchen. will be
interested to know that a sheet of aluminium
Tor three months and then allowed to dry.
After washing and rubbing dry it showed
practically no corroSiOn.
DR.. Tanner has staggered the House of
Commons by the following question, which
he has put to the president of the board of
agriculture: Whether the board of agri-
culture has any evidence to show that the
Solerostomum tetracanthum worm is capa-
Die of causing severe epizootic attacks, and
that the modern and moderate antiseptic
remedy thymol will be of service as a
nematocde."
James j. Hill, the already risen and now
waxing star in the railroad world of the
Northwest. who is in the reported purchase
of the Baltimore & Ohio. began life as a
mud clerk on the Mississippi He man.
aged to keep his road, the Great Northern,
out of the hands of the receiver in the crash
which put all other Northwestern roads
over their heads in trouble, and has per-
formed other feats that railroad men recog-
nize as notable. He is always anxious to
keep his dOings out of the newspapers. and
has record for success in that direction.
This story is told of Sir Walter Scott, who
was far from being a brilliant pupil at
school, After he became famous he one
day dropped into the old school to pay a
visit to the scene of his former woes. The
teacher was anxious TO make a good i'm
preston on the writer and put the pupils
through their lessons so as to show them
to the best advantage After a while Scott
said: but which is the Ounce? You have
one, surely? Show him to me- The teacher
called up poor fellow, who looked the pic
| ture of woe as he bashfully came toward
the distinguished visitor. "Are you the
dunce?" asked Scott. Yves. SIR said the
boy. We'll. my good fellow" said Scott,
here is crown for you for keeping my
place warm"
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