The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-09-01

There are lots of trees near the base of
Mount Tacoma whose foliage ia 80 far
above the ground that it is impossible to
tell 10 what family they belong. except Ivy
the bark. Very lew people know or dream
of the immensely % our forest growth. /
wish that some of our large trees could be
sent TO the worlds fair at Chicago. We
could send flag pole. for instance. 800 or
400 feet long,
IN promotion of the efficiency of the pos
tai service Mr. Wanamaker SAYS he wants
TO try the experiment of giving the post
master of q town of five hundred 500 n
year If he will cause one delivery day to
be made through the town. Another
scheme of his is TO pay the scbool-teachers
to distribute, through the pupils. daily.
the mail matter that the postmasters shall
send them.
AMONG the veterans who attended the re-
cent Grand Army reunion at Boston was
John +. Chase. of Augusta. Me-, who re-
ceived forty eight wounds by the explosion
of a shell at Gettysburg. His right arm
was blown off, and his left eye torn from
its socket. and he lay on the field two DAYS
before it was discovered that he was alive.
He Is now in comfortable health, and re-
ceives pension of $40 month.
THE Japanese books begin where ours
end. the word fnis coming where we put
the title page; the foot-notes are printed at
the top of the page. and the reader puts in
his marker at the bottom. In Japan men
make themselves merry with wine before
dinner, not after; the sweets precede the
roast Japanese mounts his horse on the
right side instead of on the left. The name
OF the animal hangs on the left side instesd
of the right; the horse stands in the stable
with his head where his tail ought to be.
Boats are hauled upon the beaches stern
first. The Japanese saw and plane toward
them instead of away FROM them. KEYS
turn in instead of out. The best rooms of
Japanese house are always at the back.
and architects. when building. begin with
the roof.
LITTLE KING ALPHoNso, Of Spain, is
spending the summer as usual at San Sc
bastian. the famous seaside resort near the
French frontier. He takes a-baths every
day with his mother, the Queen Regent,
and last week, after his bath. he had his
hair cut short for the first time by French
hairdresser of the town. When the little
Kings curls had been cropped Queen Chris
tina exclaimed: How nice he looks. NV
little lad" and allowed his sisters. his
nurse and his governess, the venerable
Countess Peralta. each TO have one OF his
silky golden locks as a souvenir. The
greatest concern of his Majesty was to
know why his hairdresser was perfectly
bald. and if he had had his hair all pulled
of. Queen Christina had always before
cut the hair of the little King herself.
The spectacle of NJ. lola condemning
Tolstoi as a charlatan is amusing. lola
told reporter the other day that Tour
geneff considered Tolstoi as the greatest of
Russian literary men. He himself thinks
he is a c0nsummate artist but that be is
guilty of charlatanism in declaiming
against married life. If man marries an
unsound woman, or if a woman marries an
unsound man. hell and hatred are engen-
dered. says lola: otherwise marriage is
happy, because it is natural. lola saye he
doesn't believe in literary wives. His wife
is not literary and he is profoundly happy
with her, On tie contrary, Alphonse Dau-
diets wife is literary, and the novelist
lives as happily as possible with her. But
In general, literary women should not
marry literary men, says the pontif of
Medan.