The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

material of historic value which Is to be
found in the archives OF the government:
The work will be done at the expense OF
the Carnegie Institute.
Reports of Herbert Spencer's feeble
health distress his admirers He has been
fully guarded from even the slightest ex-
element.
Though Emperor william is but forty
four years old, he is beginning 10 show
quite bit of age. His hair is fairly well
sprinkled with gray and lines on his face
tell OF strain and worry.
Bishop Satterlee in a recent address said:
THE Jews are preserving the home and
family better than we Christians are do
but do know II to be a fact.
An amusing feature Of the trouble within
the Red Cross Society is the controversy
between two contending sections concerning
the age of Clara Barton. One section de-
clares that Miss Barton Is eighty-two years
cid. while Miss Barton's friends say she is
but seventy-three years old
When Miss Solomon, the daughter of
Lillian Russell. completes her studies in
Paris and returns to New York city. she
will not have to make her home in an
apartment house Miss Russell desires to
give her daughter as much home life as
possible, and has purchased $4,000 dwell
If the Rothschilds had increased and null
tiplied after the manner of many families
there would by this time have been a pro-
digious number of the English branch, let
alone the rest, but after more than hum
dred years the descendants of Nathan
Meyer Rothschild, founder of the English
Rothschilds, only amount to between thirty
and forty persons.
A young Maryland widow has just won a
CO. lax 10 Of
teeth filled with gold. and after the work
was done she said 1t was not satisfactory.
The dentist asked to examine his work.
and while doing so pulled out all the teeth
which he had filled with gold. He said
in court that he could not afford to lose the
gold II he was not to get his money, but
the Judge thought he had been bit hasty
and 1t cost him 5000.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale and some other
distinguished divines are taking active in
terest in weekly paper now being estab-
lished in Boston. 1t is to be printed in
| Syrian and English for the benefit of some
Atlas, a native of Beireut, Syria, widely
known as a scholar and linguist, Is to be its
editor. DR.. Hale and other noted person
ages will contribute to the new paper.
Mr.. Champney, the artist. who was killed
last week by falling down an elevator
| shaft in New York, was an enthusiastic
photographer. and had an interesting form
| Of bookkeeping. He used to keep his ac-
counts In notebook, with each entry
pasting q miniature copy or photograph of
his sold pictures, with pen comments once
| the artist said: THE life OF an artist is
| pleasant II an artist were a millionaire.
| he could only do for pleasure what he now
does as an occupation
Admiral Dewey and General Miles, though
| the best OF friends, like to Josh one an
other. Recently they visited Mount Vernon
together. and the general was much i'm
pressed by the sight Of Washingtons grave.
AS they were leaving the place Miles said:
Il wonder what Washington would say If
he were suddenly to appear here in the
| flesh" Dewey glanced Quizzically at his
| old friend as he answered: 81 really don't
| devil you ever succeeded In getting the job
| he once held"
Divorce is difficult in Russia, both by
reason Of the laws delay and the cost of
1 actions, but the annulment of marriage for
informality il simple and easy. In some
parts Of the empire the marriage service
| is enacted with this contingency in view.
| The certificates may be left undated, or the
| ages of the contracting parties omitted. In
some parts of Little Russia a relative, dur
| ing the ceremony, gives the bride slap
| to prove In case of need that she has mar
| ried under compulsion- Women who sue
| coed in obtaining separation from their hus-
| bands on the ground of informality are
1 received into society," are allowed to marry
again, and may even be separated again
without loss Of position.