The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
per cent of that number wi their homes
without lncumbrance.

per cent. of that number own their homes
without incumbrance
THE people of Bridgeport. Conn.,. have
recently dedicated q statue OF the late p.
T. Barnum which is said to be q fine work
OF art. Mr.. Barnum gave the commission
for the statue during bis life. and with his
usual shrewdness be gave il to one of the
foremost of American s"ulptors. Thomas
Ball. thus insurIng what the great show
man always liked. a good job.
THE supervising architect of the Treas
ury, who has charge of all public buildings.
has directed that hereafter all advertise
ments for contracts on government build
ipgs shall contain the words mo con Wet
labor or the product of convict labor shall
be used" This is q practical vic tory Tor
organized labor, which has been trying for
sometime past to have such an order issued.
THE tomato is o vegetable aud not .
fruit. because the Supreme Court OF the
United States has so declared. An i'm.
porter labored under the impression that
the tomato il q fruit. while the custom
house held that 1t is not. The importer
went TO the courts, where Judge Gray de-
clared that IT is u vegetable. because lt 10
which vegetables are served. and not AS q
dessert in> which fruits are served. This
shows that the great jurlst goes outside OF
statutes and precedents for his law.
A son of Belial. In she quiet hamlet of
Jericho. Long Island. has long sought to
MAINTAIN the reputation of Q tough and ter
Tor by in~terrupting the services in the
village church from time to time by pro-
fame speech and ribald song. When Mr..
Hoyt. q young man from q seminary. went
there to preach, he WAS told of this dis
turber and counseled not to mind him.
The other night the disturber appeared
and began his In ptiOns, but no sooner
had he begun than the muscular preacher
was on him. He bounced him out OF the
church and then converted him into q sort
of 8 road.roller, leaving the scoffer In a CON-
ditiOn that will cause him to remem ber the
application of muscular Christianity.
THE manufacture of the Krae-Jorgensen
rifle. with which the regular army is to be
armed, and afterwsrd the National Guard
regiments, will begin at the Sprin gfield.
Mass. ariDory ~st'once. 1t is expected that
this arm will replace the old Springfield
rifle. now In use in the army. In about
eighteen months. The new weapon weighs
only ga pounds, and it's barrel is thirty
inches in length and Is rited with four
grooves. The bullet weighs go grains.
propelled by thirty seven grains Of smoke
less powder. IL 10 of such high velocity
and penetration that when 1t strikes q
bone It passes through without SCATTERING
it. While it kills and dlsables more
effectively than the old weapon. the
chances of recovery from It's cleaner
wounds are far greater. This rifle has
been selec ted. In preference to many others
offered. by an experienced board Of army
officers.
THE Chicago Tribune is frank enough to
doubt that the claim of more than :. ZOO. 900
population for that city on q basis of four
persons to each name in the city directory
is well founded. 1t says:
1t has been claimed on the strength Of the in
crease in names in the Chicago directory for this
year that the city has now over 1000, 600 resi-
last year Is uDquestioned. but 1t is absurd to say
the population is 1000, 600 now. The compilers
OF the directory, estimating three persons 10 each
pame, place the total number of people at l.
56O,O0O. This is about right. and a gain
In three years OF 46O,0Oo is some
thing to exult over. But enthusi-
astic individuals claim that there are four
persons to each name. That may be correct in
other cities. but 1t is not here. where the per-
centage of adult unmarried males is greater
than i'll any Eastern town. Again. In this city
who work is so large. and the names OF so many
of them appear in the directory, that it Ia i'm
possible to use old fashioned ratios which long
have ceased TO be accurate. 1t is foolish to brag
when there is nothing TO be gained by 1t.
The Journal took this ground when the
two million claim was fret made. A
multiple of three inhabitants TO each
name in the directory 10 the highest that is
! justihable under any circumstances, and,
Is previously stated. this city has adopted
the more conservative basis of two and
one-half inhabitants to g name.