The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Frank Lawton the American whistler
has made a hit in London. What the man
ayers think of his drawing powers is shown
| by the fact that he has engagements COW
| ering two years after his present contract
| expires.
General Gomez stands about five feet
seven inches in his shoes, weighs about $50
| pounds and, though seventy years of age
| has been from 1895 to 1898 often in the sad
| die for thirty-six hours without sleep In
| deed, he Iound his health better in Il tent
than in a house.
Mrs. Fish. mother of Hamilton Fish, who
was killed in the charge Of the Rough Rid
ers at Santiago. has had manufactured a.
| large number of beautiful pearl-handled
| penknives, one of which she has sent to each
member of her sons regiment as a little
token of remembrance.
The Hawaiian school authorities finding
that a certain new history of the Hawaiian
islands published in New York contained a
chapter on the recent revolution, written
in sympathy with President Cleveland's or
der to haul down the flag, the authorities
| have thrown out the book until a new chap
ter can be written.
Perhaps by the time another year shall
| have rolled around stationers will take a
hint from the Atchison Globe man and sup
ply neatly engraved cards for use after
Christmas. inscribed something like this:
Your lovely gift a -, received. 1t was
just what 1 wanted. Ali my life l have
happy at last"
In making bags or cases for silverware an
| unbleached material should be employed
Sulphur is generally used in the bleaching
processes, and it tends to blacken and tar
nish silver Rubber in any form is another
thing that should never be kept near silver
ware: Silver Is best wrapped IN blue, white
or pink soft tissue paper and unbleached
cotton or flannel bags.
The oldest Christian structure in Ireland
is a remarkable building, evidently very
ancient, but wonderfully we'll preserved, at
Dingle, in County Kerry. 1t is popularity
known as the "Oratory of Gallerus' Who
Gallerus was history does not say, but as
the oratory has stood practically uninjured
tor more than 1000 years he was probably
| one of the converts of st. Patrick.
Lyman Abbott says: II have tried to in
terpret my own conviction that religion con-
sists not in believing something about God
or thinking about God but in trying to live
the divine life. Religion is simply the art
of living, not even the art of right living, for
living that is not right living is the Begin
ming of death. Religion means for the mer-
chant honesty, for the journalist truthful
ness for the soldier heroism, for the minister
sincerity and candor."
Positive proof has been brought forward
to clear Miss Georgia Cayvan's name from
the late attack made upon it, The negro
valet, who alone was responsible for the
story, invented the tale as Miss Cayvan
was in Europe at the time he declares she
was implicated in the affair in question in
| New York. The wife in the case and her
| lawyer have made public and explicit
| declaration of their belief in Miss CayVan's
| innocence and of their own innocence in
| the matter of the charges against her. The
! stand taken by her women friends in her
| defense has practically forced her vindica-
| ton, and is in the nature of a triumph for
| her.
Wives of great men oft remind us
| That the man we think sublime
May, when he's at home, be made to
Tend the furnace all the time
Chicago News.
1.-THE worlds my oyster!" in the play
| Doth ever sound quite natty;
But Cederstrom can truly say