The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-27

of the five justices of the Supreme Court
who sat ON the commission long since
passed away.
In Cyprus peasants are paid e4o for every
ton of locust eggs they destroy. In some
years as many as 6O.OoO tons are destroyed.
which means that some CSC. 900 OF locusts
have been cheated OF their chance OF ex-
istence. But still they come, and recently
the locust swarms were as active as ever
General James Grant Wilson, who is
summering at Norfolk, near Winsted. Conn,
wears a ring which is of unusual interest
and OF priceless value. He secured locks
of hair of Washington. Napoleon, Weiilng-
ton, Lincoln and Grant. year or 50 ago
he took the collection or hair 10 Ilnany
and had it set in a ring which he has since
worn with natural pride.
DR.. Bratz, the celebrated German alienist,
who has been making a special study or the
case OF Leon CzolgosZ, the assassin OF
President Mckinley, has come to the con-
cusion that he was sufferer from pre-
cocious imbecility." Rubbishy DOCKS, ac-
cording to Doctor Bratz, only increased MS
imbecility, and led him to the mad iuea
that he was called to murder the PRESIDENT.
Lord Braye, who is now paying visit
to Canada, is one OF the thirty or forty
Catholic peers of Great Britain. He and
his fellow-noblemen are quietly moving for
a repeal OF the antiquated law that forces
the British sovereign at his accession TO
make theological declarations offensive TO
millions of his subjects. At Quebec LORD
Braye had talk with Archbishop Begin on
Archbishop Bruchesf OF Montreal. and
with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier or tne
Dominion.
Grim old Dom Paul Kruger, tragic wan
dsrer from the Transvaal, is in lonely re-
tirement at Mentone. He wears some
what smart frock coat and black trousers.
and the familiar stove-pipe hat. bound with
heavy black Grape, and walks with a cane.
A policeman disperses the bearers OF
cameras In front of the villa when the
former President enters the house daily,
about noon, after q morning spent In the
garden. The old man is by no means de-
crepit and looks In good health. He prefers
the company of his own thoughts TO In
tercourse with strangers.
Secretary of War Root, on the day he
sailed for England on the Celtic to act as
a member Of the Alaska Boundary Com
mission, told an interesting story of Daniel
Webster's boyhood: Little Dan and his
younger brother" said Mr.. Root, "had each
been given some money. They started out
gleefully, and it was evening before they
got back home. We'll, Dan,' said the
senior Webster, what did you do with your
money! Spent It,, the boy answered
sturdily And how about you? What did
you do with your money! the father asked
the younger brother. i lent it to Dan,
was the reply"
Sir Samuel Lewis, a negro of pure Afri-
can blood, died the other day at Regents
Park, London. He was born in Sierra
Leone, educated in England at the Wesley
College, Sheffield, and London University;
was called to the bar at the Middle Temple,
and returning home, entered on a legal
practice of constant success, and Tor more
than twenty years was a MEMBER OF tne
Legislative Council of Sierra Leone. He
was elected mayor of Freetown, the capi-
tai, eight years ago, and was then knighted
the first man of entirely African descent
most prominent and interesting citizens OF
West Africa.
The New York Outlook tells an amusing
story illustrative of the vigilance of the
Turkish censorship. There is strict super
vision over kilograms. A German engineer
| in the Lebanon placed an order with q
| Paris firm for some sort of a stationary
| engine, to be shipped to him as soon a:
possible The firm telegra phed to inquire
how many revolutions a minute he wanted
| He answered, Five hundred revolutions .
| Brought into court the Judge asked him Il
he lived in the Lebanon. He replied tina
| he did. do you correspond with such and
! such a firm In Paris?' YES" "Ah.
cried the judge: Il know you. You art
| the man who telegraphed to Paris thai
there are five hundred revolutions a minute
| in the lebanon!