The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-30

cherry. It's evolution in size and sweet
ness Is the result OF l,50O years OF attention
by horticultnrists.
Anthony Trollope'B first novel was writ
ten in twenty-four days In order to obtain
the money To give his wife q change OF air
ordered 10y the doctors.
Cleopatra's Needles were not erected by
that Queen; neither do they commemorate
any event In her history. They were set
up by Rameses the Great.
Magma Charta, the great charter of En-
glishmen's liberties. Is preserved IN the
British Museum. II Is somewh hat stained by
time. hut King Johns seal and name are
still quite legible at the bottom OF It.
Aug. Q Is the appropriate day named fora
grand gathering of Virginians atthe worlds
fair. On thai day the 274th anniversary OF
the assembling at jamestown of the hrst
representative legislative body or Ameri-
cans will occur.
The porcelain pagoda. in China. bad nine
stories of the combined height of 265 feet.
AND the pinnacle was las feet above the
being covered with plates of porcelain. 1t
cost 2.4S5. 4S4 ounces OF silver.
A man whose children died of diphrherla
In a tenement hOuse has brought suit
against the owner in New York to recover
damages. He says the disease was caused
By defective plumbing, for which the
owner Is directly responsible.
A farmer ct Dubois. Ca, has plowed MP
an old copper coin. or check. about the
size of O penny. On one side it bears this In:
scription: Frederick, Duke OF York"
and on the other side. Born Aug. 16. 1903;
died Jan. 5, 1927: the Soldiers Friend"
The peach was originally a poisonous
almond. It's fruIty parts were used to
poison arrows. and for that purpose were
introduced INTO Persia. Transplantation
and cultivation have not only removed It's
poisonous qualities. but turned 1t into the
delicious fruit we now enjoy.
What is reputed TO be the largest lump
of coal ever mined will be in Englands ex-
hibit at the worlds fair. lt Is q monster
specimen of the Lancashire diamond. and
is what the Euglishmen call "a cob of can
mel COAL" The coal weighs eleven En-
giish tons and fourteen hundred weight.
The barkeepers of Chicago have formed
q union. and will ask for an increase of
wages during the Columbian exposition.
The company leasing the restaurant rights
propose TO open eiRbty-hve places on the
fair grounds Tor the sale of liquors. and
have already contracted for fifty thousand
barrels of beer from one brewery.
Murders and suicides by mere children in
France are reported TO be very frequent.
Nine murders of boys and girls under ten
years of age. committed by boys under
fourteen, are noted within the past few
months. Suicides are about as numerous.
Two occurred q compile of weeks ago. one of
q boy. who hanged himself and the other
of o girl, who threw herself into the Seine.
The safe or treasure rooms of the leading
transatlantic steamer are interesting
structures. They are so artfully concealed
and contrived and so strongly built that,
with q single exception. that of q Pacific
liner carrying gold dust on q long vOyage,
We believe they have never been robbed.
In some vessels these safe vaults are placed
amldshipe. in some aft, but they are always
at the bottom of the ship. below everything
else. and practically right on the keel