The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

women were hrst permitted to become
employees of the government offices i'm 1862,
when Secretary of the Treasury Salmon p.
SnaSe appointed six women clerks.
Il am still a young man." said Russell
Sage the other day. for man is young
Just as long as he takes an active interest
In his own life and the life of the world at
large"
DIR. Josiah Oldield. author of new book
on '"rhe Death Penalty" says that he
wrots TO all the bishops Of the Church of
England for their opinions on the subject.
anc not one of them favored the abolition
OF capital punishment.
1t is not generally known that Paul Re
we're. the famous revolutionary hero. was
an inventor and was the first in this coun-
try 10 refine and roll copper. The concern
he founded in 1901, the Revere Copper Com
pany, still exists at Canton. Mass.
Two Oklahoma Christian Endeavorers
drove lbs miles to attend their territorial
convention. There is a society in che OAR
lington Indian school, at which one session
of the convention was held. Miss Eagle
feather and Clara Blackbird were named
among those taking part.
Andrew Carnegie's first gift of library
was to his birthplace of Dunfermline, Scot
land $4,000. He said at the time that
it was good place to begin. because 1.-The
first public library the little place ever
had was the collection of three weavers,
one or whom was my father
Henry Savage Lander, artist. linguist,
explorer and writer. is described as short
and fragile. yet why and capable of great
endurance" as indeed; the story of his
Thibetan travels would prove He wears
no underclothing. and even in the most
bitter weather his suit is thin serge.
In many parts of Spain the stove in
general use is made from an empty petro-
leum oil can. by cutting a hole near the bot
tom on one of the sides TO make a draft,
the can being lined with gypsum TO the
pleasure of the constructor. giving fire
space accordingly. The stove thus made.
primitive as ii is in appearance, is effective
In purpose and costs the equivalent OF but
few cents in our money.
Miss Ellen Terry has no fancy for seeing
herself depicted in different characters. Not
one portrait of the kind adorns her walls.
al have friend" she said TO an inter-
viewer. who gets every photo of me pub
lished and puts them in her rooms. 1t made
me quite wretched when / last called. There
l. weeping in her bedroom and mad in
her dining room. while in the front parlor
l was positively dying in three different
positions Little souvenirs of her stage
career. on the other hand, Miss Terry de-
lights to keep.
II is said that on every large ocean liner
carrying passengers there may always be
found from six TO ten cats. They are very
aristocratic Grimalkins indeed. and the
wandering feline minstrels who make melo-
dious and silent watches of the night from
an elevated position on the backyard fence.
might well envy their seagoing relatives
their happier state. The latter appor-
toned TO various parts OF the ship. as we'll
as appearing on the vessels books as re-
CARDS the rations they draw. Some of the
fiTst-class saloon cats have become quite
famous: indeed il is said that large sums
have been offered for one saloon cat on a
great liner. and puss has to he guarded
carefully from acquisiIive admirers.
A Brooklyn woman who is planning TO
interest women in a new branch of work
in the natural history line will start early
next month in the Adirondack country
what she calls bird class" Her pupils
will go with her every day into the woods
species. observe their habits and become
as we'll acquainted possible with the
ways of the songsters. The members of
the class are TO board with the teacher at
a farmhouse. and spend several weeks i'm
daily study of the birds. An early date
was selected for the opening of the class
in order that the members may have
sters before they move farther northward.
You follow me. do you not?
Thus. pausinE. asked the flag
YVES" said the Constitution.
But still II seemed 10 lag.
Chicago Tribune.
One evening a youth named Tom Lee
Put his watch the tove-goodness me,
why % YOU DO that
Asked the big pussy cat.
Cause Ike hot time, sad he.