The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


able example by placing clocks in all the
electric street cars.
1.-The worst of being an Emperor" the
Kaiser is reported TO have said once to
Lord Lonsdale. lis that one has TO hear
such lot of humbug.r
The entire value of the estate left by
Mrs. L. s. Grant is placed at about s2oo'oo.
The estate left by Thomas B. Reed is
placed at about the same valuation Inc
value of the estate left by Thomas MAST Is
$4,000.
The most valuable handkerchief In the
world belongs to Queen Margherita OF
Italy. 1t is made of the purest Of Venetian
lace, and IL Is in perfect condiuon, IN spite
of the fact that Ii was made in the ntteenlh
century. 1t is probably worth 5000 or sS,ooo
How much do you weigh?" friend once
asked the late Thomas B. Reed. II weigh
200 pounds said Mr.. Reed. "Oh. you weigh
more than that was the surprised reply
You must weigh nearly 800 pounds.
No. said tn, speaker. with an air OF nna al
ity. NO gentleman weighs more than 1oo
pounds"
Mr. Ware, commissioner of pensions, was
not much inclined TO accept the position
when 1t was first offered him. He told Pres
ident Roosevelt so. saying: "I don't like
that job" The President frankly answered:
Il assure you, Mr.. Ware, that the longer
you nave the place the less you Will IKE lt
but still i urge you 10 accept.
A rather unusual method of gift-giving
was practiced in Atchison on Christmas
day. The word was passed around that
something should be done for the street.
car conductors. So, during the day, people
riding on the cars told the conductors that
they might keep the change" The Globe
says the conductors received an average
of IS apiece.
of he
lean authoress, wrote the following about
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, now King
Edward of England: He is a yellow haired
ladde, very like his mother. Fanny and L
waved and nodded to him as he passed by
and he openly winked his boyish eye at US,
for Fanny, with her yellow curls and wild
waving, looked rather rowdy, and the poor
little prince wanted some fun.
Harry De Windt the Arctic explorer, lee
turing in London, told a curious story of a
Russian Croesus whom he met during his
overland journey from Paris to New York.
1t was at Irkutsk, in far-distant Siberia,
and the man of millions, who lived In a fine
house and employed French chef. proved
an excellent host. AS for the millionaire
himself, he took his nightly rest upon a
couch formed of three chairs placed side by
side, and never troubled to undress.
1t is remarkable fact that there are
certain kinds of noises which attract
snakes. For instance, the whirr of the
moving machine, instead of soaring these
reptiles, as might be supposed, seems both
to allure them and enrage them, and they
almost invariably dart toward il. rearing
themselves in front of the machine. which.
Of course, promptly chops of their heads.
| In six months as many as 120 cobras alone
have thus been slaughtered on a farm in
| India.
| Senator Burrows. of Michigan. tells of a
;, \; ,No a
girl in neighboring town. He was not at
| all sure of his ground. and, fearing he
might be refused he tried to avoid an awk-
ward situation by sending her this message
| by wire: "Will you marry me? Twenty
word answer paid for. In due time he re-
ceived this reply; You are too extrava-
CANT Why pay for twenty words when the
| single word No is quite enough for my
purpose?
Maria Christina of Spain is one of the
| most unconventional of royal ladies. She is
pleased to give audiences to any OF her
sons subjects. however humble. The other
| day visitor asked her for a rose out of a
| big bowl which stood on the table, saying
| that she desired to keep it a memento
The Queen was about to hand her one
when, glancing round the room, she crossed
| over to where another vase stood filled
| with beautiful flowers Taking three deli,
cate Niphetos roses she handed them tc
| her delighted visitor, saying: These came
| from my own garden"
1t il interesting to know that the ground
| floor of John Knox's house in High street
| Edinburgh, has been transformed into q
quaint haunt of old books. 1t has been In
| turn a hairdresser's, public house, greer
| grocer's, restaurant and tobacconist' s
"Ye house of John Knox," which Is one oil
the most picturesaUe of Edinburgh relics
STUDIES till 1859, II was then rented by thu
| Town Council of Edinburgh for the ''lodg
| ing of John Knox, when they called him
to be minister of st. Giles in 1853. From the
west window he frequently preached, anC
here. in November, 1872. he died