The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


shakes hands with the engineer on the rail-
road train on which he rides.
When Johns Hopkins left his great fortune
I'm Baltimore & Ohio stocks for the univer-
sity that bears his name the stock was
worth almost 500 share. 1t afterward
fell TO about Sl5.
Mrs. William Gregory wife of the late
Governor Gregory, OF Rhode Island, has be-
come head Of the mill business which the
Governor conducted for a great many years
In most successful manner.
Henry ]. Croker, a San Francisco capital
fist, has 100 rare stamps that are valued at
$50 900. His rarest stamp is the 2O-cent label
issued in 1S45 by the St. Louis postofhce,
before there were any regular United States
stamps
NJ. Briac, a French professor, has orig
mated plan to make the study of English
compulsory in all French schools without
exception, and the French in all English
schools. thus covering the world with two
languages.
King Edward it is said. has read every
book that has been written on the history
of the Crimean war. and few living men
are better acquainted with the history OF
India and with the characteristics of many
of the native races.
After his retirement, after nearly thirty
years in the public service, from the Of
flee Of attorney general of Massachusetts,.
Hosea M. Knowlton has proposed that the
salary of his successor be increased 10 s. 90
a year. Mr.. KnoWiton returns to the prf-
Yate practice of law.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, a daugh-
ter of the famous novelist, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, is in charge OF the Dosary Hill
Home for Incurable Cancer Patients. near
New York. She was converted TO the
Catholic faith several years ago. and is now
a member OF the Dominican sisterhood.
Paderewsld. the pianist. and his wife. Sir
Wectman Pearson, NJ. p, George Gross
smith. the actor. and Lieutenant General
Sir Henry Geary will be among the pas
sengers on the White Star line steamer
Oceanic, which sailed from Liverpool Jan.
p. via Queenstown Jan. % for New York.
DR.. Conan Doyle was born in 1859. and is
a tall, heavily-built man, whose open air
life is evidenced I'm his face He may, per-
haps, be best described as typically British.
Before devoting himself entirely TO writing
DR.. Doyle had been a ships doctor, a mill
itary doctor, general practitioner I'm both
town and country and Wimpole-street
specialist.
A writer in Catholic periodical notes
the striking effect on religious statistics OF
the acquisition OF Porto Rico and the PHI
ippines by the United States. BY including
the population of the islands as given by
the Bureau Of Statistics he finds that OF
the church-going people under the Amer-
can flag IL 1000. 600, or more than 90 per cent,
are Catholics
In a recent investigation OF murder case
in Ottawa, Kan. one OF the witnesses, q
woman, was asked how long she had known
the accused. Ever since roastin' ear time
she replied And when does roasting ear
time begin?" asked the city-bred lawyer.
LAS soon as they're fifteen TO eat" answered
the witness, and the attorney didn't pursue
that line Of questioning any further.
Mrs. Jennie Benton Fremont wife Of the
Pathfinder, General John c. Fremont. is
still living at the age Of seventy-seven In
the pretty cottage in Los Angeles, the gift
of the women of California. During the
early part OF Queen Victoria's reign she Wis
tied England and was presented 10 the
Queen and Prince Albert, and she has
known personally every President since
Jackson.
The County Council OF London has en-
ployed some eminent meteoroiogist TO devise
some relief from the fogs for which that
capital is noted The idea is not 10 prevent
the fogs, for that would be impossible. but
to devise some means OF foyecasting them.
even few hours so that the gaslight and
the electric light companies may be better
| prepared TO furnish the additional light
needed when the pan hangs over the city.
The engravers Of the Bureau OF Engrav-
ing and Printing have completed Wig
nette Of President Roosevelt that will al
ways be used as the official picture OF the
President After his death II may be used
| on government money or securities. but
\ not until then This vignette was maue
] from what was decided 10 be the best pho
| tograph of the President after every pho
/ tograph he has had taken IN the last ten
/ years had been examined
1t was Sir Henry Irving who gave onslow
] 49, a. I.F.l.
he has met with so much good fortune.
| The sculptor. who from his boyhood had
always much admired Irving's shakspear-
I can performances. has thus told the story:
ct went 70 see his Hamlet again and again.
! and I longed TO do a statue OF him I'm that
! Character But IL was some time before
\ could get an introduction 10 him. and
/ still longer time before / succeeded in OBJ
/ tanning sittings Recognizing that / was a
Young man on the first rung OF the ladder,
/ he agreed 10 give me my chance. and ulti-
mateIy purchased the statue when II was
| finished"
! nress clipping bureau In New York
has just completed a collection Of news
paper clippings for Senator NJ. A Hanna
covering everything printed In the editorial
! columns Of the press of the United Staaes
and England relating 20 the death OF VIII
| lam Mckinley. No king or uncrowned ruler
\ ever received so many tributes OF esteem
/ and love- not only from the press OF his
own country, but from AL over the world
/ This remarkable collection covers twelve
I thousand editorial comments on the death
of the late President, and Is mounted on
! heavy gray cardboard and bound IA four
] volumes IN full morocco. IL forms ap-
/ propriate and pleasing memorial OF the
martyred President.
| To read the drugman's various ads
Doth bring me sorrow deep.
| 4 a my
| When cures sold cheap.