The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The German Emperor is a believer in luck
attending horseshoes, never passes one by.
and was once seen walking home through
the streets of Berlin carrying a huge shoe
in his left hand.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of Wall street. New
York, have given to the widow of a re-
Gently deceased employee a pension of 81. 900
a year, which is the full amount Of the
salary he was paid when alive.
Senator Depew is represented as feeling
much depressed by the realization that his
usefulness and effectiveness in Congress
are greatly curtailed by his reputation as
an after-dinner speaker and a saver of
good things.
Lord Strathcona, the richest man i'm Cam
ada, and the man who equipped a body of
rough riders for South Africa, left England
at the age of twenty as a Hudson Bay
Company clerk. He now owns a controlling
block OF the famous company's stock.
Senator Hoar, in beginning a speech, has
a little series of motions which he uncon-
sciously never fails to go through. First
his hand goes to his throat and tie, then
he pulls down his waistcoat. then he fingers
his watch chain, shakes his cuffs loose,
clears his throat and begins.
Mrs. Blaine has purchased a lot of seven
acres adjoining the city cemetery at Au-
gusta, Me-, overlooking the Kennebec,
iiC was q place. WIFI MI. Blaine.
1t is said that she contemplates having her
husbands remains removed there from Oak
Hill. Washington.
Young Henry Somerset, the son of Lady
Henry Somerset, the temperance advocate,
is among the volunteers that have started
for South Africa. He is well known in this
country, for he was an undergraduate at
Harvard, and has since travelled extensive
ly through the West and Northwest.
General Cronje's property near Potchef-
stroom consists of more than six thousand
acres. The farmhouse is a one-story build
ing and Is furnished with the utmost sim
plicity. It's owner is essentially a sports
man and a lover Of open-air life. He dis
likes city life, and for that reason has per-
sistently declined to become a candidate for
the Transvaal presidency-an office the
holding of which involves the necessity of
living In Pretoria.
Among the interesting things thai have
come into The Woman's Exchange of New
York city recently are some beautiful laces
belonging to Mime. Janauschek. the actress.
which she wishes to sell. They are valu-
able. and If there is no occasion for using
them the money is more satisfactory. The
most valuable pieces in the collection are
a black Spanish lace skirt and fiounce
given to Nine: Jsnauschek by the Baroness
| $1,000. A wide f1ounce of Brussels point lace
is 800. and a fchu TO match is SIS. A Marie
A~ntoinnette fichu Of Valenciennes edging
and insertion Is $50. There are interesting
histories connected with most of the pieces.
The Pan-American exposition which is to
be held in Buffalo. n. V, next year is to
| have many marvels of its own. The electric
lighting will be the most brilliant exhibi-
| ton of the kind ever attempted, according
| to the present plans. The main buildings
will be grouped around a court of foun-
tains. sunken gardens of tropical flowers.
M IN ozn10rodo III nlnEx -
/ So. 600 square feet will be lighted by more
than 100.0O0 incandescent lamps. At one
| end of the court there will be an electrical
tower 300 feet high. and from it's side. at a
the water from il breaking up as il falls
under the play of primatic lights. There
will be a lake and a basin filled with foun-
tains and statuary. which will also be cleo.
trically Illuminated.
"I cannot sing the old songs"
She sang, In mournful chant.
Her hearers rose and loudly cried:
well, we should say you can't"
Baltimore American.
"Your appetite is like a BIRDS"
He said to coy Miss Charmer.
She did not learn till afterward
He was an ostrich farmer.
Philadelphia Press.
Let us believe
That there is hope for all the hearts tina
grieve.
That somewhere night
Drifts to a morning beautiful with light.
And that the wrong
Though now II triumphs-wields no sceptr,
long.
But right will reign,
Throned where the waves of error beat Il
VAIN
Frank L. Stanton.