The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

An unknown woman mas PROVIDED kuuo1
with which TO establish a woman's univer-
sity in Berlin. 1t is TO begin with fifty stu
dents who intend to become journalists,
librarians or museum attendants.
Senator Hoar amuses himself by COM
piling old statistics. The other day he
said he had found that IS per cent. of the
present congressman wear frock coats and
silk hats to the session, but that.a majority
Of the senators stick to business suits.
The Kruger statue. projected at Pre-
toria, is famous for two reasons: First, be-
cause the artist was daring enough TO per-
petuate the tall hat; and, secondly. be-
cause the top of the hat is hollow. and 1T
is TO be kept filled with water, so that
The little birds may have a drink" This
is the thoughtful idea Of Mrs. Kruger.
Mr.. Labouchere writes in London Truth:
1.-The Beers. we are told. are terrified at the
bare rumor that bayonets are approaching.
and fly IN dismay. All this Is arrant nom
sense. 1 remember General Grant once
told me that, IL he had TO command again
an army in the field, his soldiers should
have no bayonets. i do not he said,
'recollect one case in which IL was OF any
use.'"
1t was as good as arranged by President
Faure that the German Emperor should be
invited TO visit the 1900 exhibition. The
late President fiattered himself that he
could keep down the League of Patriots,
an organization to which he himself be-
longed, were the Emperor his guest; but
since his death the idea of bringing his inn
perial Majesty into the show as a '.fetch~
ing feature" has been given up.
1t is said that Governor Crane, of Mas
sachusetts. is very popular among the en-
rloyes OF his paper mill in Dalton, owing
10 his liberal treatment of them. There
are several aged men in the town whose
sole duty is to walk TO the Office OF the
mills and draw their pay-a sort of pension
tor services Loyalty rendered in the past.
A strike in the establishment has not been
known in the three generations of family
management
The handsomest man in the Senate Is
Aldrich. of Rhode Island, and he is grow
ing hanisomer all the time, for every year
that adds a touch of gray to his temples
mellows his face and lightens IL. His figure
is as handsome as his face, for ii is 1.-the
and well developed. He is not altogether
unlike Ambassador Draper, for whom he
was often mistaken when General Draper
was member OF the House.
AS early as last July the payment of q
portion of Lieutenant Gillmores pay,
which had been turned over to his wife
while he was in the Philippines, was
stopped by the Navy Department on the
theory that the gallant officer was dead It
took more than three months or fighting
Gilmore. who never doubted that her huG
band was alive, succeeded In having the
payments resumed
A new religion has been invented in
Rochmart Ca, by a Mrs. Roberts. one OF
the tenets of which consists I'm offering
animal sacrifices. Mrs. Roberts is high
priestess and she now has eighteen follow
ers. She formerly a member of the
Baptist Church for thirty years. Converts
to the new faith are made by force and
fear" and the community Is being ter
rorized. One of the beliefs of the faithful
is that all who ride bicycles will be damned.
Philadelphia has a peculiar interest in the
Paris exposition. because 1t is to receive
900 as rent for the house in Paris for
merly owned by the famous American dem
fist, DR.. Evans, who helped the Empress
Eugene TO escape. This fine mansion. at
Bots de Boulogne, now the property or
Philadelphia under Dr. Evanss will. is 10
be used by the French government the
palace of sovereigns and royal personages
visiting the exhibition.
The horse and bicycle have fed
From modern needs they say;
But the father who with cold half dead
Must draw the gleeful youngsters sled
Is on the turf TO stay.
Washington Star.
The company we'd like TO have we often
cannot get;
The company that wants TO come oft
causes us regret:
The company that stays too long destroys
our peace of mind,
But the company we ought to ask-ohs
that's the hardest kind.
philadelphia Evening Post