The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS

Some one the other day asked Senator
Simon, of Oregon, what he thought of the
business opportunities of Alaska. Carpet
beating is the best business" he replied.
You can just beat the carpets and keep the
dust"
Apropos of years, old and new Joseph
Cook once made this felicitous characteri-
cation of mans earthly periods: Thought
less teens, teachable SOS, tireless 3Vs,
fighting 40's, forceful eos sober cos, sacred
los, aching SOS, nothing SOS.
The monument erected over the grave of
Sir Humphrey Davy is in a dilapidated con-
dition, and the Royal Society is raising a
fund for its renovation, The original monu-
ment stands in the public cemetery of Ge-
neVa, where Davy was buried in 1929.
1t was noted by Sir Samuel Baker that a
negro had never been known to tame an
elephant or any wild animal. A person
might travel all over Africa and never see
wild creature trained and petted. 1t often
struck Sir Samuel that the little negro chill
dren never had pet animal.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was dining with
Rudyard Kipling when the news of the sign
ing of the peace treaty between Spain and
the United States was announced Aldrich
read the dispatch aloud and added: 'Ah,
KipltnG, what's that you used to say about
the sun never setting on the British flag?"
The late Calvin S. Brice had the reputa-
but in Lima o. his old home he was known
for his generous charity. He was loyal to
his old friends and helped more than one
through the hard times of 1874, and during
that hard winter distributed much as 500
tons of coal in day.
London is at last to have real university,
and scheme is proposed for a grand i'm
perial institution, with headquarters at the
capital and affiliated colleges in the colonies,
with a uniform system Of examinations The
site has not yet been chosen, but one sug-
gestion is to erect new buildings on the
three acres of vacant land owned by the
Imperial Institute.
DR.. d. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, who has
given so much money to colleges and hos
pitfalls in recent years, says: II have la
bored nearly eighty years to make money
have made it, and honestly, too. The state
ment may seem very strange TO you when I
say that l do not pose as a benevolent
man. L have no benevolence in me-not a
particle. l am the most economical, close
listed man you ever put your eyes on. You
can see it in my FACET is there. ] do not
think l ever foolishly spent $40 in my life"
Observation-Disclosures another form of de-
fective memory, produces equally embar-
RAISING contretemps. Pasteur dipped his
cherries in a glass of water before eating
to free them from microbes" then I'M
thinkngly raised his glass and took his
microbes at one Dose A learned Cambridge
professor lOOh LC q COllNdlCSCluS lIlOuQ d
bunch of fine hot~house grapes. In an an
mated conversation with the invalid he
picked and ate one by one all of the grapes,
and departing said to his friend. "those
grapes will do you good" A well-known
archbishop found fault as even churchmen
will with the flavor of his soup, at home.
Next evening, at a large dinner party he
remarked across the table to his wife, This
soup is failure again. my dear"
On Christmas eve Colonel Roosevelt deliv-
cred to his own children and those of his
servants a host of presents and then de-
livered this little speech: Make up your
minds that you are going to have a good
time in life and do something worth while.
You are going to work hard and do the
things you start out to do. Don't let any
one impose on you. Don't be quarrelsome,
but stand UP for your rights. If you've got
to fight, fight, and fight hard and well. To
my mind a coward is the only thing meaner
than a liar. Work hard but have q good
time, too. If in your work you find a chance
for a holiday, take it. But don't think that
you can have holiday all your lives, be-
cause that isn't so. You are going to work
hard you must. Be brave, but be gentle to
little girls and to all dumb animals
They say that blood will tell
1t may, but as things go
1t isn't blood but gall, that serves
A man best here below
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