The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20

Speaker Cannon and his daughter are very
democratic in their social views and have in
augurated in Washington the custom of giving
a dinner in hours time. which they con-
slider long enough for such a function Other
members Of the fashionable set in the capital
are Of similar opinion.
In an auction sale at private house in Eng
land recently there was offered "a very antique
oak table. with history proving it TO have been
the property OF John Bunyan. which he wrote
Pilgrims Progress" AS no one willing
to bid more than two shillings for this piece Of
furiture. it withdrawn from sale.
Oklahoma has enough salt to supply the
kets of the world. The great salt reserve in the
western part of the Territory contains salt that
is of illinitable depth and inexhaustible supply.
Saline deposits are found in various parts OF
western Oklahoma. and the manufacture of salt
is destined to be one OF the great industries OF
that future State
Senator Hoar has completed his thirty-ffth
year of continuous service in Congress. His
record for continuity of service surpasses that
Of any other Massachusetts statesman. Both
John Quincy Adams and Daniel Webster were
in public life many years, but their terms of
legislative service were interrupted by their as
sumption of executive duties.
Prof George Trumbull Laid. professor Of
philosophy in Yale University. will shortly give
a dinner to the Japanese students at Yale ip
honor Of Japan's course in the far East There
twenty-five Japanese students in the uni-
versity. Several years ago Professor ,Iadd lee
tured somewhat extensively in Japan. and was
received by the Mikado. who conferred upon him
a decoration. e..
The peach is commonly supposed 10 have the
mysterious power of driving away evil spirits
or keeping them at a distance In Chinese. as
well as in Japanese. folklore arrows made of
peach tree wood are frequently used for the
purpose Of piercing the otherwise nvulnerable
hearts of devils. Chinese doctors sometimes use
the extract of the peach leaves or kernels for
medicinal purposes
Every year a 500 silver loving cup the gift Of
the Daily Picayune is awarded by a New Orleans
society to some citizen adjudged TO have set an
example of civic spirit and unselfish public
usefulness. This year the cup goes to Miss
| Sophie Wright. cripple, whose life has been
full of good works and whose free evening school
| is one OF the sights of the city. The Picayune
Is delighted that the cup has been bestowed upon
| one so entirely worthy. Long may she live"
it says. Ito enjoy the gratitude she has won
| from so many hearts"
| The German Emperor sent an autograph letter
Of congratulation to Prof Edward Zeller the
teaching at several German universities, ac-
copied call In 1872 to Berlin, where he lectured
on Greek and German philosophy for twenty-five
years Then he retired from active life and re-
| turned 10 Stuttgart, where he is still busy re-
vising his books for new editions His wife,
whom he married ffty-six years ago. is still
with him; their only child is who is a
| physician and professor at Stuttgart.
| For nearly two hours a large audience which
| had assembled at Pittsburg the other evening
| TO hear DR.. II. II. Rusby professor OF botany
| and materia medica in the New York College of
| Pharmacy sat patiently awaiting his arrival
until the announcement made that the lee
| turer had been lost somewhere in Allegheny 1t
| transpired that the professor had got off the
| train at the pententiary. and, attracted by the
| bell of the institution, had announced to the
guard that he was due to deliver lecture there.
| The guard demurred, and the tangle was not
| unraveled until 1t too late for the learned
gentleman to keep his Pittsburg engagement.