The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Inc Kew. DAVID Bruner mas retired from
the ministry of the Baptist Church at Bur-
gin. KY, at the age of ninety-three years,
after a service of three-quarters OF a can
fury.
BY the recent death of Mrs. Anne Went
worth, of Lowell, Mass, Dartmouth Col
lege will come into the possession Of an
estate worth about $500 900, bequeathed TO
1t by Tappan Wentworth.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles has just been pre-
sented by the government with two hand
some bay coach horses, TO be kept at army
headquarters in Washington and TO be used
exclusively for carriage work by the gen
eral.
Cecile Morand a seamstress. has been
awarded the 1,Oo0-franc prize OF virtue"
by the French Academy. She is a dwarf
and lame, yet from the age of thirteen she
has supported a paralytic father, sick
mother and ten brothers and sisters.
1t is said that Sarah Bernhard is ex-
ceedingly fastidious about her shoes, and
has a pair to match every dress. She has
120 pairs in all some of them manipulated,
some Of silk and satin. with gold and silver
embroidery, and some of fancy leather.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Of Boston,
was asked by a newspaper to write an ar
ticle on how he keeps at work despite his
age. He wrote the article and said II was
because he had religious faith, and the ar
Ilcl6 was rejected. This rejection was the
subject OF his text last Sunday.
Earl Russell, who has just been released
from his incarceration in Holloway jail,
England, has turned his experiences there
to practical account by delivering q large
ly attended lecture on British prison life.
He said ii was not so bad as might be
supposed except that the chiropodists were
amateurs.
The Board of Health, of Newark. N. j.,
has forbidden all 'rummage sales" The
ground taken is that while the sale is al
ways benevolent in character, it has far
more possibilities of injury than good, be-
cause OF the disease germs that may be
scattered broadcast through the handling
of old clothing and goods
The Welsh language appears to be APP
preaching extinction. At a recent eistedd-
fod at Dolgelly, according to a Cleveland
Leader correspondent, one of the principal
speakers, stated that in 1871 as many as
i,O6, 100 persons spoke Welsh, but in 1891 the
number had fallen to 911, $50, a decrease of
1881, though the population had mean
while increased.
When Para rubber trees are tapped, after
the gum is run into receptacles and stiff
ened, a species of large black ant is accus-
toned to cut out pieces of the rubber and
carry them away: Bees also find uses for
India rubber, and some species in South
America actually cut the bark of trees
that produce resinous substance in order
to cause flow of sap. The gum is en-
ployed by the bees as a ready-made wax
for their nests.
The handsome tablet just placed in Ev-
ersley Parish Church in memory of Miss
Mary Kingsley. the well-known traveller,
who died in Cape Colony last year, is Dor
dered with black marble and inscribed with
a text from the Koran, in Arabic, a trans
lation of which is as follows: I'VE beseech
the Lord of the Daybreak to preserve us
from the perils of the day and the perils
of the night" This is the travellers anu
let" worn on a piece Of parchment by
every Mohammedan when on a journey.
A recent writer on the Cuban situation
tells story of how glibly people catch up
an expression without considering it's ap-
plication. 1.-The economic question" is that
of the hour in Cuba where trade is some
what depressed. General Wood, in an eff
fort to get at the feeling of the working
people, met old negro who was carrying
a piece Of roast pig in one hand and a bag
of potatoes in the other. How are you
people getting along?" asked the general.
"Oh, fust rate" answered the negro.
Were getting along pretty well now, but
it's the economic question that's worrying
u.s.
The house which Thackeray built for
himself in London and is now known as 2
Palace Green, Kensington. was put up for
SAFE a lew Gays ago Dy the son OF lne
auctioneer who sold it-for the first time
thirty-seven years ago. 1t is a red brick
mansion, screened from the road. and the
lease, which has forty-one years to run, is
held direct from the crown. Many persons
thought that Thackeray, when he decided
to build his own house in its own grounds,
was putting too great strain on his pen.
But events have shown that the specula-
ton was sound one, for the house was
sold for $4,000.
An way down here in Houston
TIL world is on boom;
But in amongst boostin
TIL roses bud and bloom;
An oh, tn skies are bluer
Than northern skies. l weeni
An hearts are nobler truer
Where tn Texas fields are green.
Houston Post.