The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Ex-President Cleveland is said to look far
from we'll and has lost a great deal in
weight.
A patriotic Bridgeton IN j. man has
COW to whose horns he constantly keeps
American flags attached.
Joachim, the violinist, was called in as an
expert in a Berlin police court to decide
whether a s125 violin could really be played
on. He said 1t could, and proved IL.
&C. T. Smith is well acquainted with o.
F. Williams, United States consul. formerly
at Manila says the Atchison Globe; then
it frankly adds: This is the best we could
do to-day, owing to the rain
In response to the query of a newspaper
man who asked him how it felt to be again
wearing the blue uniform, Gen. "Joe"
Wheeler, the cX-Confederate officer, who
has taken a command III the United States
army, replied: '' feel as if haG been on
furlough and had just got back"
Mrs. William H Hook, of Oshkosh, has
applied for a widows pension of s12
month. Her husband was mustered in as
private on Friday May 49, became i'll on
Saturday and died on Sunday at Camp Har-
vey, of stomach trouble This is the first
pension application of the present war.
The Rothschilds have made it a rule 70
intermarry, and have defied the doctrine of
the scientists, who have forbidden the mar
riage of relations on the ground that it de-
bilitates race. A Rothschild always looks
among his cousins for a wife; uncles have
married nieces, nephews have married
auntS.
Some old-fashioned churchmen in England
are very much shocked because Bishop
Kennion, of Bath and Wells, makes his
episcopal visitations to the parishes of his
diocese on q bicycle When riding he wears
his CATERS, apron and black coat, but sub
stitutes a soft black hat for the traditional
bishops hat
When Evangelist Martin. opened his meet
ings at Meade, Kan, the other day, he said:
81 have come here to knock the devil out of
your sinful town" According to the local
paper an old deacon sitting well to the front
talk that way, guess I am justified in hop
ing that Sampson will knock HI out OF
Havana!"
A New York woman has written letter
to Secretary Long,~stating that twins in her
family are so peculiarly marked as to create
the suspicion that they are foreboding of
good The mother offers to sell the infants
to the navy, with the suggestion that they
be carried on board battle ships likely to
engage in a fight. The opportunity for SUI
curing such mascots has been declined by
Secretary Long without referring the mat
ter to the naval war board.
Prince Frederick William, the imperial
crown prince, and Prince Eitel Frederick.
second son of Emperor William, received
the sacrament of confirmation Sunday.
Emperor William, Empress Augusta Vic
toria and Empress Frederick were present.
Each prince read in a loud voice confess
sion of faith which he himself had drawn
UP. The crown prince registered a VOW
that he would prove himself living MEM
Der of the Protestant Church. and shed his
last drop of blood in serving his King and
country.
The Buffalo Commercial says that the
phrase BLOOD is thicker than water was
not original with Commodore Tatnall but
with Sir Walter Scott. When Dandie Din
mont once rode up to Edinburgh to see
whether he had profited by WILL but found
that another had been preferred the "shock
he received contained a magnanimouS dec
laratton, which he probably was not con-
scious of having uttered aloud, 'Weel,
bludeS thicker than water; she's welcome
to the cheese and hams just the same "
The American naval officer, at the battle
of the Taku forts, made the expression ia
nous.
A little king, with manners nice,
Bore, as he trudged through Spanish ice
A banner with this strange device,
IT. o. u"
Quoth he: mo matter where I look,
gaze on that. 1t won't be shook.
The first line in my copy book
Was I o. u "
Oh, how can life have many charms
When, in the midst of wars alarms,
The motto on ones coat-of-arms
Is II. o. U.?'
Washington Star.
She says she cannot sing or play,
She SCOTS at art and poetry
She only rides her wheel all day
And guess she's not the girl for me.
Chicago Tribune.