The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


Springs. sent to Buckingham Palace. Lon
andra in the form of a beautifully en-
broidered luncheon set. the handiwork Of
the giver.
The Pope is an enthusiastic philatelist.
and the priests OF Cashmere are intending
to present to him next year, on the occa-
sion of his silver papal jubilation. a unique
collection of obsolete stamps of JENNA
and Cashmere.
NJ Dufayel. of Paris. has given the sum
of 10000 to be competed for by designers
OF furniture. wall paper carpets and other
5000; there are ten prizes of H.0o0 each,
and twenty-five prizes of 500 each. Men,
bers of the Academy will act jurors
Every animal is said to have its own kind
of flea, sometimes several different kinds
Many thousand specimens of these fleas
have been gathered In the unique museum
of Charles Rothschild. kept by DIR. Jordan
at Tring Park. the giant of this strange
collection being a mole flea fifth of an
inch long.
Ian Maclaren has come out against what
he calls generalization" In a recent ad-
dress before teachers association in Eng
land the writer said one ought to be
educated beyond his measure and thus rem
dered useless for his natural work. On the
other hand, no one should fail to receive
that education, however advanced or cost
ly. which his talents deserve.
A curious example of the reward of ex-
cessixe virtue Is the case of certain British
pickle manufacturers. who have been max
ing their pint bottle hold a little more
than a pint to be on the safe side Of the
British law. When these pint bottles ar
rived in Canada they found that there was
a law in operation which provides that
any package measuring more than a pint
must pay duty a quart
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt gave
a very happy Christmas to the hundreds Of
House." Biltmore. N. C. Their, Christmas
tree was a king of trees-a great mountain
balsam cedar, lighted not by electricity
but by thousands of candles in true South
ern style There were presents and
speeches and dinner served at nine tables.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt will go to New
York in January. sailing for Europe in
March.
c. T. Yerkes, the American who Is build
ing London's tubes has one rule which
perhaps in a measure explains his sue
cess This is never to take up more than
one thing at a time. He was asked the
other day whether he was going to en-
gage in any new scheT,es. IF a man
came to me with a guarantee that he could
make golden sovereigns out OF scrap IRON"
him. One thing at time has been my
invariable rule"
The chain pump was invented in China
long before the Christian era. This simple
machine, which seems never to have been
improved upon, is in such common use
that every agricultural laborer is In pos
session of one Where irrigation is con-
Quoted on a large scale the chain pump
is made proportionately larger and moved
by a very simple tread wheel, and still
larger ones are operated by yoking a buf-
falo or other animal to a suitable driving
machine.
Jay Cooke, the venerable financier. tells
with great good humor how his father
came to give him the short name Of jay:
MY father, who was Judge and q con-
gresham. was named Eleutheros and sole
ly because many of the simple backwoods-
men couldn't spell that long name on
their written ballots my. father was badly
beaten once in political contest by a man
much less popular than himself. Therefore
he swore that his children should not be
handicapped In life by long and unspeil-
able. names. and he called my older brother
Pitt and me Jay"
Mr.. Kerr Hardie, the British NJ p, ad-
heres for the most part to the small cap
"a cross between the cap known as Scotch
and the kind of tight-fitting cap work.
man wears when he Is starting for work
in the bleak early morning. 1t was this
cap which led to a little incident Mr.
lament, came down to the library to con-
suit some books Are you working here,
mater" queried a friendly policeman at the
Palace Yard Gate. YES" ION the roof?''
which was undergoing repairs at the time.