The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24
THE OMNIBUS.

great humorist, because all great humor-
lists must learn by knowing how 70 laugh
at themselves.
The Chinese emperor dimes alone, and
his repast always consists Of eight dishes.
The japanese emperor Is endeavoring to
add ninth. of crow.
thin parchment called "glassine" has
just come into use as a protection to the
covers OF books. 1t is glossy and trans
parent and very durable.
New York's public schools now teach
nearly $4,000 children. and there is still
a demand for new buildings to hold many
more thousands.
The Medical News says that even sew
age water can be converted into pure
drinking water by sand filtrations IN fl
ter basins at the rate of 100000 gallons
per acre per day.
Great discomfort is shown in Germany
at the large number of pensioned officers
in the army. Since the present emperor
assembled the throne in 1855 1000 have
been forced TO resign.
A Choice of Evils-"You started out to
keep a diary. I believer" Yes" Co
Ing to keep it up?" mo. I've decided
it's easier TO write an autobiography
ahead and then live up to it.''-Truth.
n dEPoSlL OF COIunQuIn mas Deeu AOuAO
near Morgan Station, Delaware county.
Pennsylvania, and a company Of phila-
delphia capitalists seeks TO control it.
Corundum is worth about 5000 per ton.
There are between 300 and 400 women
pharmacists in the United States, and be
1t said TO their credit they are rarely
charged with making mistakes and never
permit winking at their soda fountain.
Three raspberry canes in the gardens OF
the London horticultural society were
grown from seeds found in the stomach OF
man whose skeleton was dug up from
one of the old burial mounds of North
Britain.
An ice locomotive was some years ago
constructed for use in Russia. 1t is en-
ployed to haul freight between St. Peters
burg and CronstRdt. The front part rests
on a sledge and the driving wheels are
studded with spikes.
Andy Palmer of Maine has built mis- new
home on the dividing line of York and
Cumberland counties so exactly that when
he is at one end OF his dining table In
York he is helped TO soup by his fair
vis-a-vis in Cumberland.
An international Journal for African
languages has just been started in Ger
many, aided by a liberal subscription from
the government. The secretary Of the
Colonial society Is editor and six parts
are to appear each year.
Russia's cross of st. George is given
only for bravery on the field OF battle. but
the order has one woman member the ex-
queen Of Naples, who won 1t by her gal
liant defense Of Gaeta. the last strong
hold Of the bourbons in Italy.
Dampness has made the Corinthian cap
fa1C h. - ha a.,
Paris crumble and recently pieces OF
stone have fallen, endangering the pas
sers-by. The capitals are TO be removed
and new ones put I'm their place.
Mercantile business throughout the
southern states is very satisfactory. Sales
are largely and steadily increasing col
lections are fair and the condition OF the
crops encourages the belief that fall and
winter trade vii be unusually good.
A physician has recommended that
cologne water be inhaled through the
nose and mouth for curing slight colds
in the head and chest Fifty drops on a
handkerchief inhaled four or five times
day is said to have good effect
The lines Of no human hands are exact
ly alike. When a traveller to China de-
sires a passport the palm Of the hand is
covered with fine oil paint. and an impress
sion is taken on thin. damp paper. This
paper, officially signed, Is his passport
Nurse enters the door Of professors
study-'T am happy to tell you, professor.
a little boy has just arrived" Professor
docking up abstractedly from his book
Eth? oh. just ask him to wait in the
ante-roOm minute, please.
Eisleben, the birthplace Of Martin Luz
Their, is sinking into the moor upon
49,
taken in recent years to drain the bog,
without avail. and the inhabitants are
seriously thinking OF abandoning the
town.
1t has been proposed that stations be
erected In convenient localities in cities
and large towns where physicians may
go to be thoroughly disinfected immedi-
ately after they have visited a case of in
fictitious disease and before paying any
further visits.
In an old English dictionary a girl
Is described as "a roe-buck Of two years"
A column and a half is given TO the de-
scriptiOn of a crocodile, closing in this
way: 1T will weep over mans head,
after devouring the body, and then de-
your the head also.
In order to hold back water in times
of excessive abundance at the head OF
the mississippi river bpll on actOuhL oA
the damage floods might do and the
value to navigation az supply in dry
weather. a system Of storage reservoirs
was begun about fifteen years ago.
Two women recently accepted invita-
lions TO speak at the kentucky Sunday
school convention. Hearing Of this. two
clergvmen who had also consented to
sneak at the convention, Cancelled their
engagement on the ground that women
are forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak
in public
on the northeast coast OF New Guinea.
the island Of Kitaba, surrounded by
wall of coral, 300 feet high on the outside
and from fifty TO 100 on the inside, MAIN
tains twelve villages Of natives, to whom
war. crime and poverty have been I'M
known since the beginning Of their tradi-
tons.
Raphael Madonnas and Other Great
Pictures is the name Of work which Is
now in preparation in London. This is
the first attempt to give reproductions Of
the whole series of Mandonnas by
Raphael, and 1t will be deliberately gotten
up and should make a most interesting
volume.
John Drew Fisher, the actor who died
at Brooklyn, n. Y, was another example
of how coincident fatality may pursue a
family He was the fifth of the Fishers
who died at a. m. on a Sunday morn
ing his mother brother and two sisters
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