The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Any artist in any country may compete
for the annual prize OF $500 left by Rosa
Bonheur, to be awarded the best palntln8
in the Paris salon.
Burne-Jones's portrait OF Rudyard Kip
ling is completed. II Is the FIRST made since
try and represents the author at work in
the study Of his London house.
Aluminium shoppers for bottles are now
being made at the rate OF several thousand
pounds a week. The blanks are cut from
sheet metal. and after shaping rubber
gaskets are forced over them. Such stop
pers have retained the gas Of effervescent
fluids for four years.
The family OF the late d. l.. Moody an
nounces that. in accordance with his ex-
pressed wish. his elder son. William Reveu
Moody, will write biography OF the evan
gelist. Ii Is requested that persons having
letters from Mr.. Moody viii submit them
for use In this work.
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, was once
threatened with arrest for implication in
the assassination of Lincoln. He was at
that time farmer in Dallas county, Ala
bama, and, of course, was quite innocent,
never. even hearing of the murder until
several days afterward.
When Hamlin Garland reached New
York with his bride and registered at a ho-
tel he wrote ''Hamlin Garland on one line
of the book and "Zulime Taft Garland
on the line below IT. This: he explained TO
reporter. was to avoid concealing the
identity OF his wife, who Is q sculptor.
The Russians tell a story of the late Car
Alexander III that upon the rare occasions
when 1t was incumbent upon him to pay a
call he would take a gold coin bearing his
Image and superscription" and twisting II
between thumb and finger leave IL In lieu
of card-the only man I'm Russia who had
strength for the feat.
NJ. Rostand. who is writing q new play.
'TAiglon," for Sarah Bernhardt, appears
to get behind just like other people. When
the great actress returned to Paris the
other day from her tour and learned that
only three acts of the five had been written
she wept and stormed until the author
promised to write the remaining acts as
soon as possible.
Henry Savage Lander has just returned
from a second exploring expedition TO
Thibet and Nepaul but this time did not
expose himself to the torture OF the La
mas. He comes back as the champion
mountain climber, having surmounted n
peak $500 feet high. This is only a mile
short of the highest Himalaya. but that
mile will never be compassed by man.
Prof. Max Muller, who has just entered
on his SEVENTEEN year, was born at Des-
sau, Germany, and has been connected
with Oxford University for well-nigh fifty
years. The venerable professor adds to his
numerous foreign honors that OF member
of the French Institute, and he Is an hon.
orary LIZ ID. of Edinburgh, Cambridge and
Dublin. Music is Prof. Max Muller's prin-
cipal recreation.
When Mr.. Moody was asked to conduct
his first mission in London. in 1874, II was
a comparatively new thing to hold union
meetings, and he was asked to meet a COM
mittee OF ministers TO explain his methods.
Everything went smoothly until a minister
of the Church Of England asked Mr.. Moody
for his creed. Mr.. Moody's reply was that
his creed was already I'm print. A number
of the clergymen seized pencil and paper,
asking where 1t could be found. I'm the
| ffty-third chapter of Isaiah" Mr.. Moody
answered.
In rage his pen he throws
Down, though full well he knows
Twas he who Numbered;
For, on the topmost line
He wrote. in figures fine.
1899
For 1900.
Baltimore American.
Workmen OF God, oh, lose not heart
But learn what God Is likei
And, in the darkest battlefield.
Thou shalt know where TO strike.
Oh blest is he TO whom Is given
The instinct that can tell
That God is on the field. when He
Is most invisible.
IF. W. Faber.