The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-11

into the FIRE to see them burn. When Mrs
CODE returned to the room there was not trace
Of them left, and now she is wondering why it
didn'r occur to her long ago to put the money in
the bank.
THE Scotch thread-makers are buying vast
quantities of wood for making spools 10 this
country. Bangor, Me-. 10 the chief export point,
one firm alone shipping over 1000, 900 feet Of
spool stock. The lumber, 40 IL is sawed out, Is
called spool bars It il cut in various thick
nesses, four feet long, from the best white birch
timber, and 10 tied up IN bundles, convenient
for handling
Two Democrats were discussing the cause Of
their defeat. on the postofics steps, yesterday,
when one Of them said:
This burned surplus cry did 10 up. jim"
Flows that, Jackl"
"Well. you See, the Republicans kept bowling
that We had large amount Of idle money lying
IN the treasury"
eyes"
"Tben. why in the deuce didn't We pay OF
this Mills bill with the money, and cut of some
OF the Republican ammunition
You've alligators have become numerous near
Eatontown, n. j. In little stream that reaches
sthe ocean through Sandy Hook lay. dalf-dozen
were found during the summer, and now the
town marshal has discovered 3 number of them
crawling through his garden. Il was FIRST
thought they had escaped from . private aqua
rum. but persons who are thoroughly acquainted
with the marshes OF tia State contend, with
some show of reason, that they are simply
example OF what the process OF evolution will
do with the jersey mosquito.
A WOMAN walked into the Pittsburg Board Of
Health Office the other day, with basket con-
tanning four dozen eggs. She claimed that not
single one OF them had been laid By q hen but
had been manufactured in order to deceive the
public and for this reason she desired tho arrest
o. the vender The officers examined them
closely. and were unable to see wherein they
differed from the genuine article until ono was
broken. The yolk was similar in appearance
to the real egg, except that it had browner
tint. but its composition was Of jelly-like sub
stance, principally made up of eslatine syrup
and starch. The white was more natur al-look-
ing and bad the same transparent APPEARANCE OF
the regular product, while the shell was an exact
imitation of the real. The entire egg was well
calculated to deceive. but the officers refused to
order the arrest Of the seller in the absence Of
proof that the eggs were in any way dangerous
to the health. The woman paid 30 cents q
dozen for them.
The Melbourne correspondent OF the San
Francisco Chronicle tells some wonderful things
about the vast resources Of Australia 1t has
been supposed that the country is destitute of
wood suitable for manufacturing purposes, but
il has recently been found that immense forests
Of desirable timber exist that can readily be
worked into furniture and cabinet ware. Trop-
ical and semi-tropical fruits have been intro
duced and grow to perfection unequaled any
whore. Vegetables, cotton. tobacco. cereals maize
and sugar-cane yield enormous crops under
proper cultivation. Wool is the chief product,
and 1t is raised in quantities. to supply the world
ct less per cent per pound than 10 any other
part OF the globe. Another great staple is beef
and mutton. Minerals, gold, silver, tin. dia-
monds, most exquisite opals, and other precious
stones are found in abundance. The native ami
mails are Of the uarsupial order, but there are
one hundred and ten kinds of these curious
beings, the kangaroo opposum, wombat and the
bear being the best known. In bird life there
are six hundred species, including the emu,
black swan, Tyre bird. bush turkey, and . varis-
ty of parrots Snakes of deadly character, liz
ards, crocodiles, mosquitoes and white ants are
among the pests that annoy the citizena