The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Sultan of Sulu is a little man, with
a no more striking personality than is given
him by his costume. When standing he
hardly comes above the elbow of the aver
age American.
Among the lucky youngsters who will
inherit great wealth is the three-year-old
Marquis of Blandford. Some day this boy
will be twice a prince, a duke. a marquis.
twice an earl and twice a baron. He will
rule over 23,e00 acres of land, be lord
of Blenheim Palac and inherit a good
share of the Vanderbilt fortune.
Senator Clark, of Montana. owns about
forty gold, copper and silver mines. Gu of
one which he bought three years ago he
has already made $4,000 profit. He also
has large holdings of lead mines. railroad.
sugar plantation, coffee plantations and
rubber plantation property, besides other
huge income bearing investments.
The directors of the Alexander III Mu-
scum in st. Petersburg have defied the Holy
Synod in it's ban against two paintings by
Repin. One is a portrait of Count Tolstoi.
barefooted, in the dress of a peasant. The
other is a symbolical picture called Get
Thee Behind Me Satan" The exhibition of
these paintings was prohibited in Moscow,
yet they have been bought for a national
art gallery.
NJ. Sven Hedin has discovered a second
Dead sea in the highlands of Thibet. a
vast lake so i~mpregnated with salt that in
digenous life is out of the question. 1t
was impossible for him to get his boat
close to the shore, so that he and his COM
panions had to wade out two boats
lengths before she would float, and this
was sufficient TO bring a thick coating of
salt on their legs and clothes. The entire
bed OF the lake appeared to consist of salt,
of course, very high.
A young woman school teacher of Kan
sas on her way to the Philippines, where
she is to teach. writes thus to a friend:
Dear Mazie-Yes, it is true tina | have
signed a contract to teach three years in
the Philippines, and that contract looks
pretty big and horrid to me now, for papa
says the government will hold me to il.
whatever happens. But / don't believe the
government would force a girl TO keep on
teaching If one of those brave, noble
colonies or captains asked it TO let her off
so he could-oh. you sly thing You know
what we talked about. Anyway, | am going
and If 1 come back with a military title to
my name won't you pokey things envy me?
Your own, Cally."
A bold young Englishman. on a visit to
this country, and full of that JOY in life
which made him think those hours wasted
which were not consecrated to pleasures
and amusement. asked Russell Sage what
pleasures he found from his millions.
Pleasures said Sage, thoughtfully; 81
have but one pleasure. and that is to make
money. The pleasure is in the baking: the
oeal-the risk-and then the delight Of win
ming And, ~then-well, | just put the money
In the bank and look forward to the next
deal" He told his visitor that he was at his
office every day and all day. on busy days
sitting on his stool till 10 at night. and hav-
ing his dinner-a steak and a bottle of
lager-brought in by 4 messenger boy. His
splendid town and country houses, the lux
uriOuSly furnished rooms in which be silent
and ate, were but the necessary etceteras
to his office life.