The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MIS-. rioilid oNetldnu f1eTce, grand
daughter of a brother of John Hancock,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
independence. celebrated. last Tuesday,
her one-hundredth birthday at Honeoye
Falls, n. Y.
There will be a great occasion at the
home of Col. Dick Alexander, at Bells
Ford, KY, on the 10Th of next month. en-
which date a three-gallon jug of whisky.
distilled by Colonel Dicks grandfather in
1903, will be opened.
Remarkable success in exterminating the
mosquito is reported from the Soudan.
where i'm the arena on which drainage work
has been Systematically carried out the
proportion of cases of malaria has been
reduced from fifty-two to three.
American women in Berlin pay six
m~arks-about 81. 50-monthly for their street
car ticket. 1t bears their photograph
often a caricature Of one-and must be ex-
hibited on demand. The bearer is entitled
to board any car at any time of day and
as often as she pleases.
The rumor is revived that Lord Mimic
will shortly resign the Lieutenant Cover
norship of the Dominion of Canada. He
confesses that he has been a social failure
at Ottawa, through his inability to COM
prehend the lines Of social demarcation that
obtain among the elite of Ottawa.
Men of science have never been able to
CApldih WHY tIlunutI StOIlu SDOllS mllk,
beer, meat, and other articles of consump-
ton. The latest German theory is that
there is some injurious electric influence.
which also causes headache or depression
In many sensitive persons just before a
storm.
The German Emperor uses as a paper
weight on his writing-desk the summit of
one of the highest mountains in Africa. DR..
Buchner. an African traveller of some
fame, broke the piece of rock from the
highest point of Mount Kilima-Njaro,
which is on African-German ground, and
presented it to the Emperor.
John w. Titcomb, of the Bureau of Fish
cries at Washington, who is going to the
Argentine Republic by way Of England,
says: II was advised to take this round
| about route, and go about 5000 miles out
of my way, because there is no comfort
TO be had on the vessels that leave this
port for South America" Mr.. Titcomb's
trip is at the request of the Argentine
government to introduce trout, salmon and
whitefish into the country. He will remain
away six months and bring back a variety
Of new specimens for this government.
The wonderful antediluvian mammoth
discovered eighteen months ago in Siberia
has at last. after twelve months of labor
and great expenditure, been safely secured
in the museum of the Imperial Academy
in st. Petersburg. 1t was discovered on the
itlL Ddnk Oh the river BeTeSOVkd, In q
region that for ages has been the scene Of
great landslides at the melting of the SHOWS
in spring. The discovery was made by g
Siberian hunter, who secured one of the
size. Scientists estimate that the beast
entombed by q landslide, has been laid ur
for quite two hundred centuries in the ice
which has so preserved it that the hair and
hide are still intact.
The Gear of Russia is said to be very
| superstitious and to have great confidence
in relics. He wears a ring in which he
believes is embedded a piece of the true
cross. 1t was originally one of the treas.
an ancestor OF the Gar for diplomatic
reasons. The value which its owner sets
upon the ring with its embedded relic /.
shown by the following fact: Some year.
ago he was travelling from st. Peters
burg to Moscow when he suddenly dis
covered that he had Forgotten the ring
The train was stopped Immediately and &
special messenger sent back in an ex
press for it, nor would the Car allow tn,
train to move until, eight hours afterward
the messenger returned with the ring.
A funny story is told by the Rev. S. Bar
ing-Gould concerning Catherine of Berain
a Welsh woman, who was known as tn,
mother of Wales, because she founded s,
many families. She was first married t.
John Salisbury, of Lleweni, and becam,
the mother of Sir John Salisbury, who was
born with two thumbs attached to eacl
hand, and was noted for his prodigiou.
strength. At the funeral Of her husband
Sir Richard Clough gave her his arm
Outside the churchyard stood Mauric
Wynn, of Gwydir, awaiting a decent OPP
portunity of proposing to her. Is sh'
issued from the gate he did this. Yer!
sorry replied Catherine, but 1 have jus
accepted Sir Richard ClOugh. Should
survive him, 1 will marry YOU She wa
as good as her word. and married yet
fourth before she died in 1891"