The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

William Dean Howells is believer in
the Stole philosophy, and said recently
that the only just conclusion concerning
the question of life and death was to
resolve to meet bravely whatever came.
Professor Eliot of Harvard, is good
horseman and frequently spends part OF
his vacations in riding through New Eng
land. When at such times he passes a
country schoolhouse he never fails to dis
mount and visit 1t II the school IS In SeS-
sion.
A New York paper is authority for the
statement that Thomas B. Reed is grow
ing more portly and that he uses the fact
as the basis for claim of extraordinary
politeness, because he is able to give two
ladies a seat by standing up in crowded
car.
Jules Guerin, recently well known for his
failure to start a revolution in Paris, is
most methodical in his efforts to undo the
evil effects of prison life. Not wishing to
grow stout, he takes regular exercise daily
and is doing a great deal of very solid read
ing.
A friend of William M. Evarts reports
him as being much amused by having read
a recently published account of himself.
This says 1 am gradually fading away
like an old Photograph, he remarked,
but ! fancy you can still make out the
features"
Jules Verne does not care for notoriety
and lion hunters. and that is one reason
why he does not live in Paris but at
Amiens There he has a fine villa. with a
large garden, in the quietest street. He is
seventy-two years DID, and his chief amuse-
ments are going to the theater and taking
an occasional walk.
A product of Japanese patience and skill
in breeding poultry is the Yokohama fowl.
1t is beautiful in appearance, its plumage
being variegated and the tail feathers often
being yard long But 1t is not profitable
bird and is kept merely for it's beauty.
Poultry raisers would not care for the bird
because the demand for them would be linn
tied to fanciers.
The Car of Russia's suite consists of
173 persons, of whom fifteen are members
of the imperial family. seventeen are
princes who are not of imperial. birth,
seventeen are counts, nine are barons, and
the remaining 115 are noblemen of lower
rank Only 12s are Russians, the rest be-
ing Germans, Firms, Poles, Circassians,
Greeks and Roumanians.
A French physician has decided that per-
fumes prevent people from taking certain
diseases. During epidemic his attention
was attracted to the fact that persons who
constantly used perfumes escaped taking
the disease But he found that the more
tar of rose, were more efficacious than
musk and strong, rank essences.
Now that Paris is in the throes of the
woman question. women who write are
under the ban. La Fronde, the newspaper
edited, written, and even printed entirely
by women has been fairly successful
hitherto, but the other day the law stepped
in and announced that 1T was illegal for
women to be employed at night Women
are creatures of resource, but it would tax
even a woman's ingenuity to bring out a
morning paper in the daytime.
A resident of Kimberley vouches for the
following story of Cecil Rhodes:. During
the siege he strolled into the club and sat
down at one Of the tables, when the waiter
brought him a plate of ham and eggs
Hello! what's this?" asked Mr.. Rhodes
Your luncheon, sir" Bring me another
plate and napkin" Yes sir" Mr.. Rhodes
then carefully tied up the toothsome food
in the napkin. and turning to the waiter
said: Now bring me the usual daily ra-
ton" few minutes later Mr. Rhodes
was seen carrying the rejected food to the
hospital, where he delighted the heart of
one of the convalescent patients.