The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
Lord Kitchener when a boy was so lazy
that his father sent him to a girls school
I'm the hope Of arousing his pride
The English papers state that the last
wcrd on the lips of Queen Victoria was the
rame of her husband, which she repeated
thrice.
Senator Cockrell. of Missouri. orders
every day in the Senate restaurant "a
steak done just as 1 like it." The other
day he found 1t necessary to add, And,
Tom, remember not to have any OF that
darned grass on IL.
Queen Victoria once conducted Bible
class. Long ago. when she Was staying IN
London, she would call together the chill
oren of her married servants IL ere OF the
private rooms Of Buckingham Palace and
read the Bible 10 them. At the close OF the
reading she would explain the chapter. ana
chtldren's hymns were sung.
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind but no
longer dumb student, who is now in her
freshman year at Radcliffe College, has
been promoted iu the English composition
class on account of ner extraordinary
progress. In her class there were forty
students. and above the work of all these
that of the deaf. dumb and blind girl has
stood pre-eminent
Dr. S Weir Mitchell and others have re-
marked the unhattering fact that in
America a large assembly room can be
filled to OVERLOOKING by the announcement
that poet is t. read his verses; they will
applaud him 10 the echo and they will de-
mand encores. yet they Will not buy Ills
poems. Dr. Mitchell bears witness that in
England people buy and read poetry.
For the accomn odatio of a large num-
Der of cyclists who contemplate touring to
Buffalo, the Pan-American exposition and
Niagara Falls next summer, series of
'.trunk line" cycling routes starting from
different sections of the country and con-
verging to that city, is being complied
Other arrangements will also be made for
the comfort and convenience of cyclists at
tending the exposition.
sister of Henry w. Longfellow decided
to the Maine Historical Society the old
LongfeIow house in Portland on condition
that the society maintain the house just as
Il is for fifty years and erect in its rear a
building for the of the society to cost
$4,000. The expense seems to prohibit the
society from accepting the gift, and 1t Is
feared that the house must be surrendered
the SISTERS heirs, she having recently
died.
Somebody once asked Mr.. Lincoln how
many men the rebels had in the field. He
replied: Twelve hundred thousand. ac-
cording to the best authority" The inter-
rogator calculated. MY God!' Eyes, sir,
twelve hundred thousand-no doubt of it,
You see. our generals, when they get
whipped say the enemy outnumbered them
three or five TO one. We have 100000 men in
the field, and three times four makes
Twelve
A story IS told of the children of the
Scotch minister at Balmoral. who received
an invitation from Queen Victoria to yea.
Before proceeding TO the castle they de-
cided among themselves that they ought
20 address the Queen in the most approved
Piblical fashion. When ushered into the
royal presence they accordingly astounded
her Majesty by falling fiat on their faces
and excfaiming in unison, "Oh, Queen, live
forever
The story is told that some months ago.
when the war was at its worst. Queen Vic
toria sitting with some Of her great
grandchildren, as she loved TO do. The
children were playing about. when two of
them began TO quarrel over their toys, as
them for q while. Then she said to them,
softly: do not quarrel, my children; there
Is too much quarreling in The world al
ready" and burst into tears.
Mrs Mckinley has confided to her close
friends that her gown for the inaugural
ball is to be the richest which can be pur-
chased and designed in TINS country. She
desires to honor the fete given to mark her
husbands second Inauguration by appear
ing in a costly and appropriate toilet. This
ball will be the first given in twenty mine
years to mark the second inauguration of
an executive. General u. 5. Grant was the
recipient of the honor in 1872.
Thou who hast given so much to me
Give one thing more. a grateful heart:
Not thankful when IL pleaseth me,
As II Thy blessings had spare days;
But such heart whose pulse may be Thy
praise
II youth be thine,
Spare not to drink its wine;
If youth be fed.
Hold up
The golden cup
Gods grapes always red
IT. E. Brown.