The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

r I. Miller. of Covington. Ky, a trustees
OF the Woman's College in Baltimore. has
presented 20 the college museum about 10
articles OF Mexican po. tery-
Mr.. Theodore Schrader. OF Madison, has
loaned TO the Wisconsin State Historical
Society a collection % $500 books. pamph-
lets n newspapers relating TO Mormonism
which he gathered while a resident OF Salt
Lake City, Utah. A separate room has
been set aside for the collection.
Andrew Carnegie. when he next visits
Hoboken, will come in contact with a novel
banquet designed for him. The ice cream
will be nodded in the shape OF IT" rails,
fried oysters will be taken from the fire box
of a small locomotive, and a miniature
blast furnace viii pour the punch.
A w%ell-known patron Of art in Denmark.
DR.. Carl Jacobsen. who is the owner OF a
successful brewery, has just decided to
devote two-thirds OF the income from his
business TO the encouragement OF art In
his native land. The amount which Will
be available annually is said to be about
$4,000.
In a preface to the new edition OF the
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Pope Leo
XIII explains that, in Difference 20 the
wishes OF French. German and Italian
bishops, some books hat have always been
under the ban have now been liberated.
- NAAEN 1A0 AtAAN = DAAANnA'o AAL
DE Revolutionibus' and Dahte's DE
Monarchia."
Some interesting quotations OF the price
of autographs were made at an auction
sale at Bangs's yesterday. tO-wit: George
Washington, $3.50; Nathaniel Hawthorne.
$10.50; Bret Hartc, SO; Alfred T~cnnyson,
$3.50; Francis y. Parkman, $3.50: Oliver
Wendell Holmes, $3.50: Joh G. Whittier,
1897; Il. w. Longfeilow. S-25: Thomas JET
ferson, SIS; Walt Whitman, SIS; Mrs. III.
b. Stowe, $LSI.
A physician, writing to the London Times
recently, said: Everything we eat and
drink and wear runs the gauntlet Of germs
TO an extent which nervous people had bet
ter not contemplate. Far too much fuss Is
made Of them. IL we listened TO all these
scares there would be nothing left 10 do
but get into a bath OF carbolic acid and
stop there until starvation freed US from
the dangers OF life
To familiarize the people Of India with
| the features Of King Edward. and TO i'm
press upon them that all authority is ex-
ercised in his name. the government OF
India has decided to have portraits OF the
King, three-quarters length, in oils, cost
ing from $50 to $50 each, placed In the Of
fetal residences of the heads Of govern
ments and local administrations the chief
courts of justice Of the different prov
inces and all large buildings in which
durbars are held.
In Denmark the sorting Of eggs is as
signed TO girls, and they are said 10 become
expert in the process. Danish producers
deliver their eggs at special depots on a
cooperative plan, md the eggs must all be
subjected TO examination FOR defects, then
classified and stamped with the owners
name. The force ordinarily employed at
one OF these depots consists OF four girls
and an examiner. and with the help Of the
apparatus specially prepared for the pur-
pose they are able TO pack and classify
LAO eggs in ten minutes.
A copy Of the will Of George Charles,
late Duke Of Marlborough. and father OF
the present duke, has been filed with the
register of wills in Philadelphia for the
purpose OF transferring American securi-
ties, principally Pennsylvania Railroad
stock. The personal property OF the estate
Is valued at S1.728.335. a clause In the VIII
reads: ~ dislike particularly the exclusive
ness OF family pride. and / wish not 10 De
buried in the family vault In Blenhelm
Chapel. but in any suitable place that may
be convenient I'm which others OF my own
generation and surroundings are equally
able with myself TO find a resting place.
It's the church bell in the stseple
That 20 worship calls the people.
lis the church belle in the choir
Calls the young men 70 admire.
Harlem Life.