The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-27
AnouT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

EX-PreSident Harrison put his autograph
on nearly hundred menu cards at the
Marquette Club banquet in Chicago on Lin
coin day.
John Wesley realized a fortune by his
literary publications. He is saic to have
made by his religious writings $150O0O
Every penny of the money was expended by
Wesley in charity.
In recent address in London George
Bernard Shaw remarked that the English
people possessed no brains, no artistic feel
ing, few ideas ana an enormous capacity
for the assimilation of lies.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes
that when Wendell Phillips was speaking
more tamely than usual the young Adolf
tionists used to slip to the back OF the room
and start hiss 1t never failed TO rouse
him.
The State Historical Society of Kansas
has just acquired a valuable historic relic
in the form of the cavalry sword worn by
General Sumner on July 4, 1856, when he
dispersed the first Free-State Legislature
OF that commonwealth.
William f. Norton, the eccentric Million
aire, who owns the Auditorium Theater in
Louisville. KY. and who manages It under
the name of Daniel Quilp, cleared Z cents
per bushel on 100000 bushels Of wheat dur
ing the last jump in prices.
Anita Charities, the intimate friend Of
Duse, says of the great actress: "She is
During the days when / Was with her we
used to sit at opposite ends OF the table
without exchanging word"
There is no plant which animals so de-
test as the castor oil plant, it being poison
Gus to the whole animal world A goat
will stafve rather than eat it, and those
deStroyers of everything green. the locust
the army worm and the tobacco worm, VIII
not feed upon it.
A woman's office building is to be erected
in st. Louis The offices VIII be rented 10
business women or to people having busi-
ness with women. It will be the aim to at
tract dreSSmakerS, milliners. hair dresSefs,
women manicurists, chiropodists. newspa-
per women, typewriters, as well as women
physicians ana lawyers.
Professor Hamilton King, the new min
lister to Corea, took out his citizenship pa
pers in Detroit OH Monday. His father WAS
naturalized in Maine more than thirty years
ago and so he has been citizen Of the
United States by virtue of that fact since
his majority But as he was unable 10
show his fathers papers ne was Obliged 10
be naturalized before passports could be
issued to him.
The wedding present of the Danish no.
bilty to Prince Christian of Denmark (eld-
est son of the Crown Prince is to be
chateau and forest in Jutland, and a very
large sum has been collected TO purchase
the property by a distinguished and nfiu-
entail committee Count FriJs-F ri1senborg
to whom the Prince and Princess or wales
paid q visit last September, has headed the
list of subscriptions with contribution or
100000 kr.
Dear little boy. whose birthday comes
With Washingtons to-day,
You may4not be the President
although perhaps. you mayl
But each who does the best he can
May be, like him, a noble man.
Youths Companion.
TO every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers.
And the temples of his gods?
-Macaulay