The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
THE OMNIBUS
AlEm.num Is soldered.
Chicago has 1000 Danes.

The Dallss COre) markets are glutted
with bear meat.
Caadhn BANKS have 4 p1.d-u2 capital
Of about $50 0000 COO
D3ctors' prescriptions must not be writ
ten in Latin IN France.
The average life u Amcrican-buiit ships
is about eighteen years
To- bulk II TIE Mormon vote il Utah
this year was democrats.
Bapt,sts in Russia stiu continue to suf-
| fer deep religious prosecutions.
At Norf,Ik. Va. saloons are allowed to
open at a. m. aid mus, close at 10 p. m.
BlrcA bark. tackled on with brass nails,
makes fine wall paper FOR a summer
1clsse.
An instrument has been devised that &C
curat5ly. records the lapse Of one-m!lllonth
+ OF a second.
Chinese merchants % san Francisco have
subscribed $1,000 toward the San Joaquin
valley railroad.
New York City has 522 churches Of all
Examinations. These afford : seating ca
pacity OF 100000.
The law Of Missouri makes the attend
ing physician liable TO indictment WHO fails
to report cause Of death.
Great Britain buys more than hale Of all
our exported farm products. Her purchases
usually exceed $500, 600. 900.
Bulgaria has the smallest money supply
as compared with the population, I76 per
capita, and il is all in silver
On Oct. 81 the number Of NATIONAL banks
in operation was 9765. with an auth3l.zed
capital stock OF 1872 971,355.
A cloth for the head or face was formerly
called a coverchief. just as one for the
hand was called handkerchief
South Crolinl is the only state in the
union that refuses to dissolve the marital
relation for any cause whatever
A hundred tons Of cats tails were sod in
one lot in London recently. 70 be used in
ornam enting ladies' wearing apparel
The total length Of the railways Of the
United States on June 80. 1893 was i75.50O
miles, or including all tracks" 100000
miles.
Black pearls are mostly found in the
black-lippe1 oyster Of Lower California.
and being Sd rare and precious, are eagerly
sought for.
Engineers in the war department report
that it is entirely practicable to build a
sis-track suspension bridge with a span II
$500 feet.
During the first nine months Of 1894 the
United States exported To Great Britain
more taan three hundred th5uslnd head
| Of beef cattle. valued at 29OOO0 900.
The British steamer Marc recently sailed
from New orleans with 1888 bales OF
cotton, which is said to be the largest
cargo ever shipped in a single vessel
A treasury expert declares that there
is enough silver now held by the govern
ment 10 make a column one foot square
and six and three-qulr,ers miles high
South American wheat exports this crop
year, il is sad, may equal I0000,000 bush
els About ffty-seven million bushels have
already gone forward from Argentine.
There ars now 1920 specimens in the
Army Medical museum at Washington.
The number Of specimens received during
the year ending June 30, 1894, was 1853.
A suburb Of Berlin VIII be known as
Tr1deham. 1t is started by workingmen,
who have purchased about eighty acres II
land. which will be built up with shops
and houses.
Out of 1000 workers in the sulphur
mines in Sicily who were examined for the
army not 200 could pass muster which
stamps the occupation as the most IN
J healthful known.
Mrs. Davenport Of Ulster county, New
York. was on her knees saying her pray
ers. but being too near the fire the
flames caught her dress and she
badly burned that she died soon after.
The practica. .esson from this incident is
tha, whether engaged in religious or word
" duties Il is advisable al al times 70
{ take the usual precautions and 70 exercise
a certain degree Of care.
Several associations of ministers in
| Washington and Oregon have protested
gainst the raising OF hops and barley,
because those products are used in the
manufacture Of intoxicating drinks. II is
now stated that a very large acreage in
Washington n present devoted TO hops
VIII most likely be put TO other use next
year. Because Of the success Of expert,
ments tobacco Will be grown on the land
in the future. The ministers have not yet
been heard FROM
According to the New York Press the
'chces," thing in Washington society just
now is the shaving mug fad" When
young lady thinks that a young man IS
dear enough 10 her 20 have her photograph
in his possession she has her miniature
painted on shaving mug. The Press
very wisely concludes that the operation
OF shaving which has hitherto been the
by tlis innovation q positive delight. OF
coarse. there is The danger that becoming
absorbed i'm the face on the mug his razor
might do injury TO his own face. but the
man who would not take this risk is not
a true man.
Names two Indian tribes. the Penob-
scots and the Pass2maquaddys wear the
dress Of the whites and for the most part
have adopted their ways OF living. But
the nomadic spirit is still strong within
them, and the summer finds parties
camped at the various Milne watering
places making ard selling beaded purses
aad woven grass ana basket-work trinkets.
while the sQuaws turn many I silver piece
by telling fortunes. In some wood lot,
where the ash tree that supplies them via
working material is plentiful, they some
times build their camps Of logs and
sapplngs. rooted with bark or shingles
and well climbed with moss. There IS a
feeling among owners Of forest llnds in
Maine that the Indians. as frs, propretors.
wherever they choose and as they are
peaceable and do little damage 10 valuable
forest growth, permission u occupy piece
Of woodland is seldom refused them.
Some idea cf how much money a sue
cessful doctor in England may accumulate
in the course Of long life is shown by
the sworn statements made TO the probate
Office of the personal property they leave.
Gt~e 1-aars af~~rv-nva doctors