The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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The ex-Empress Eugene has never worn
anything but black since the death Of the
prince imperial.
The Car of Russia scarcely ever looks at
s newspaper. He reads many books. but
papers he cares nothing about.
Don A. Henderson. son of the speaker OF
the House. believes that a young man
should make his start in life without the
aid Of his parents. and has accordingly be-
gun work in San Pedro, Cal. at s. a day.
The Latin races are trying TO recoup
themselves industrially. Even to-day the
English manufacturer and merchant will
oftentimes find himself ousted from a mar
ket by a Frenchman. an Italian, or even a
Portuguese competitor.
The English Duke OF Rutland regrets that
he ever wrote and published verse, but the
other day. when twitted by a political OPP
ponent with sentiments expressed in his
rhymes, he replied: Il would rather be the
foolish child who wrote these lines than the
ungenerOus middle-aged man who quoted
them
In a recently published volume entitled
Dealings with the Dead Lucius NJ. Sar-
gent says that 'in the graveyard at Nor
folk. Va. is a handsome marble monument
sacred 10 the memory of Mrs. Margaret,
etc. wife of. etc. who died. ETC." and that
after the inscription is This: 'Erratum:
For Margaret read Martha.
a printers error has resulted in a queer
state of things in Homer, Mich. At a re-
cent election Samuel WoOlley and w. J..
Webster. both Democrats, ran for school
Inspector and member of the Board of Re
view, respectively. The printer transpOsed
the names. but not the offices. Both candi-
dates were elected. though neither got the
place he sought.
A queer sentence closes the inscription on
a tombstone in a c~hurchyard at Leigh.
England. After announcing the name and
other particulars of the woman there
buried. these words follow: "A virtuous
woman is worth s. TO her husband" The
explanation Is that space prevented IA
crown" being cut in fun. and the stOnecut-
ter argued that a crown equals 5s.
Writing from Wiesbaden. March p. John
+. Russell. of Massachusetts, says: The
heart and nerve sharps OF Germany agree
I'm telling me / cannot live in America.
There is. or ought to be. a medical axiom
that no man can tell what will kill him till
he tries il; acting on this, / intend TO try
my native air this summer. Please let my
friends know that am not doing we'll
I'm q volume of "reminiscences recently
published. of which Mrs. r. ID. Gillespie. an
aged Philadelphia lady, is the author, is
this picture of General Harrison as he ap-
peared before mis- guests at the Inaugural
ton bail: He wore a pair of white silk
gioves with log cabins embroidered on tn
NHNhEs 4 lt ilAA1El0 VI D0 HiVN Nflt II
the length of his own fingers, and hung
limp and useless as he walked with his
hands in front OF him.
A LOndon paper says that half a dozen
men Of education and position there were
recently discussing the comparative cost of
royal and republican Institutions. when
someone suggested Switzerland as a model
Of economy. No one man of the lot could
recall the name of the Swiss President. The
i-9uiry was extended until twenty men had
been Consulted. including a Cabinet minis
ter. a peer and three members of Parlia-
ment. but all were ignorant. An almanac
finally informed them all that Walther
Hauser is the man.
Owing TO the very plain-spoken structures
passed by an eminent brain physician upon
even the small amount of wine drunk by
ordinary folk with their meals. there has
become quite a rage for barley water. says
a London newspaper. 1t is asked for in
the restaurants. and ii is demanded in the
clubs. 1t is drunk as frequently as not out
OF a wine glass, one OF the subterfuges
people play upon themselves now who be-
lteve in the theory that drinking much
while eating Is bad for the digestion and
conducive TO obesity.
Friends of Mr.. Hamilton w. Mabie will
give a dinner in his honor at the University
club. New York. on Monday evening next.
The committee in charge of the dinner.
which consists of w. d. Howells, Andrew
carnegie, Marshall II Mallory, the Rev.
Or. Henry Van Dyke, Francis Lynde Stet-
son and Henry LOOMS Nelson. considers
this a fitting time for the testimonial TO
Mr.. Mabie, owing to the completion and
publication OF his work on Shakespeare and
his appointment 10 the lecture
ship at Johns Hopkins University.
Mrs. Margaret Deland. author and lee
turer. has sent out a letter to the women's
clubs indorsing the mission of Mrs. Glen
dover Evans, who desires to do educational
work among the club women in regard to
the attitude of the United States to-
ward the Philippines. Mrs. Evans make
10 charge and pays her own travelling ex-
penses, her work being really a mission.
Mrs. Deland says: Mrs. Evans is at once a
woman of judicial mind and a speaker who
can hold the attention OF her audience. F"
Clubs desiring 10 consider our far-away
possessions. their possibilities, and whether
The United States government may extend
10 them a prOtectOrate or an absolute SOW
ereignty. may address Mrs. Evans at No
- otis place. Boston.