The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Countess Powder is an old name Tor
quinine. The Countess OF Chinchon. wife or
a Spanish viceroy of Peru. was cured OF
fever by il, and she took specimens OF the
drug to Europe with her In 1853.
In connection with Russell Sage's recent
birthday anniveesary-his eighty-seventh-
some one has dug up the weIl-nigh forgot
ten fact that he wa a Wing alderman in
Troy. N. Y, at one time, and that In 1905
he was elected TO Congress, where he served
two terms.
Capt. Henry Marmaduke. a son Of former
Governor Marmaduke. OF Missouri. is now
a man without a country. He gave up his
United States citizenship to take part in a
recent revolution in South America, which
failed, so now he Is not n citizen OF any
land. He is in business in St. Louis.
A new portrait of the late Henry Ward
Beecher will illustrate his biography by
DR.. Lyman Abbott. 1t is a reproduction
of the last photograph taken by Mr.. Rock
wood. laid aside because of an imperfection
in the corner of the plate, and now found
to be superior TO any existing portraits.
United States Senator Allen O.. Thurman,
of Ohio, did not leave money enough when
he died to pay his debts. and it is deemed
necessary TO sell the old homestead on
which he lived for the last twenty years
of his life, and where his son., Allen w.
Thurman, now resides, to raise funds TO
meet them.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. is being called
to account for saying at the Authors Club
dinner in London that a septuagenarian is
as rare as a black swan. His critics point
TO Herbert Spencer, George Meredith, DR..
Samuel Smiles. Manville Fem, Tolstoi.
1bsen, Sardou and others as proof against
Sir Conan's statement.
A Sunday school teacher told her class
about the cruelty involved in docking
horses. Can any little girl tell me-" she
said, "of any appropriate verse Of Scrip
ture referring to such treatment?' There
was a pause and then a small girl arose
and said solemnly, What God hath Joined
together, let no man put asunder."
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is believed to own
the most costly ring in America. 1t was
made in Paris and has three large emeralds
surrounded by diamonds. The entire ring
Is incrusted with tiny diamonds and the
emeralds are declared to be as nearly per-
feet as any ever seen I'm Amsterdam. A
hawless emerald is the rarest of gems. The
ring is valued at $4,000 by experts.
The second reunion of the John Taylor
family at Hadley, Mass, the other day,
brought out the Information that the Tay-
Tor name runs back to Baron Taillefer, the
Norman hero. who lost his life at the bat
tie of Hastings in 1c66. Like many other
family names, il has passed through a
series of changes from "Taillefer" to "Tay-
lefer," and at last to Taylor. with varia-
tons of Taller" and "Tayler."
King Edward and the Queen show their
affection for their horses I'm a curious way.
When a favorite dies its hoofs are cut of
and polished, and the horses name is in
scribed on each hoof. These are placed in
a row in one of the harness rooms at
Sandringham. On the wall above are
photographs or prints of the owners OF
the hoofs. Their Majesties have favorite
dogs as well as favorite horses. Against
a wall at the back Of their residence at
Sandringham may be seen a stone, ITO
the memory of dear old Rover"
The British Museum has nearly finished
its eccentric annex. away out in the coun-
try at Hendon. where the prodigious ac-
emulation of old files OF provincial news
papers is to be kept If you want to see
one you will have TO send word TO the mu-
scum twenty-four hours In advance, where
upon the museum authorities send out 10
their distant storehouse and get It. As
back files Of provincial newspapers are so
rarely In demand. and as the Or ocess OF
getting them is now so cumbrous, the mu-
scum annex can be expected 20 be the most
restful place in all the restful British Isles.
Children are exchanged In Denmark be-
tween town and country parents during the
summer holidays. Thus, people living i'm
Copenhagen send their little FOLKS 10 be re-
freshed by country air and sights, and -e-
ceive in their place youngsters from tho
villages who are ell the better and brighter
for a little experience of town and the many
wonderful and Interesting things TO be seen
there. At Zurich an agency exists for en-
aiding people living In French and German
months, so that they may learn the differ
emit languages.