The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-11-07
The OMNIBUS.


The law Of Ashantee limits the king to
1888 wives.
Destruction Of forests is modifyi-g the
climate Of Mexico.
Tie heads OF venomous serpen;s were
an ancient cure-an.
Gloves began to be generally worn in
the twelfth century.
viii grow in its place.
The new English bicycle is to be worked
by both hands and feet.
The giant tortoises Of the Galapagos
Islands are almost extinct.
Leaden water pipes were used long he
fore the time Of Henry VIII.
The oldest existing oil well is the Rock
wood, four miles from oil City.
American invention has three times
revolutionized the art of war.
Women have some form Of suffrage in
twenty-eight states and territories
a goose in Harrison county, New York
adopted a brood Of motherless pigs.
The mosquitoes bill is a tool box con-
tanning six distinct surgical implements.
Nearly everything in the animal KING
dom was formerly used in the healing ar,.
Ex-senator Warren's ranch in wyo-
ming is nearly as large as Massachusetts.
The shah of Persia has pony whi,h is
only twelve inches in hight and which he
can carry around with him in his palan-
quin.
Chicago has woman who can take jobs
/ as a working carpenter. and FAN RIVER
Mass. boasts Of another Of the sex wii1 IS
first-class house painter.
Miss Jessie Mack. a pretty Colorado grl
has become a member Of the University
Of Michigan athletic association and pro-
poses to go into active trainus.
The Rev =. H. Spurgeon left = team
load OF sermons on hand when h died
and there are yet as many unpub.sliai as
would take ten years time to get ca.
Westerner-"That man called YOU liar.
VIII YOU take that?" Stranger-"Oh.
yes; I'll take anything. I used To he
New York policeman. Detroit Free
Press
\ boy in Sedalia VINO throws stones al
little girls who won't pay him an app.e
day for protection stoncs-is SAID
by the Gazette 10 have in him the max
ing Of a policeman.
TEDDY wish l hadn't licked Jimmy
Brown this morning" Mamma-"You see
now how wrong i. was. don't you. dcar?"
Teddy-''Ycs, cause I didn't know till
noon that he was going To give a parry
Assis,ant-"Here's a story about
Chinaman proposing To 2 white Sunday
school teacher: what shall 1 head it?''
Editor-"Let me see-Ah, How would
this do: The Yellow Asterr Syracuse
Post.
Frlend-"Why do you send your rus-
bands clothes To a tailor. when all thay
need is a button?" Mrs Maniofem-"WeI,
the fact is my husband married so young
that he never learned how 10 sew on
buttons N. y. Weekly.
Color always appeals to the Italians,
and accordingly a down-town Italian
lawyer. dsregarding the conventions OF
his profession. greets the world wi,h
great red SignbOaTd lettered cCnspicCously
in black. and announcing in both English
and Italian that there is law to be mad
within.
In some Of the German towns. when
man is convicted Of beating his wife ne Is
allowed to go back TO his work as usual.
but his wife gets his wages. and he IS
locked up only on Saturday nights and
remains in prison until tae following
Monday. The punishment usually lasts
for ten weeks.
Let me snow you our new correspond
ence paper for ladies" said the stationer.
I'VE consider this the greatest novelty OF
the season" IT'S very pretty" said Mrs.
Barlow, but why is it specially for la
dies2" ''It has the letters r. S. engraved
at the top of the inner sheet" said the
stationer.-Harper's Bazar.
be taught in all schools in Turkey. A.
iradeh of the government to that effect
was communicated recently to the Greek
and Armenian patriarchs and to the
Jewish chief rabbi The Jews are prepor-
provinces their instruction has in the past
been largely IN Arabic.
When an American meets an acquaint-
ance after dark, no matter what the hour.
he says, Good evening" and when they
separate he says Good night" But N
Canada one often hears the latter pnrFse
in salutltiCl 2s well as in gO0d-by. To
an American il seems odd when, on see
ing a friend, the latter advances wiki,
Good night, sir. How are you%'
Dover, N H. one of the pretiezt OF the
smaller cites Of New England. is one #
the largest consumers of SNUFF amons all
the cities Of the country The population
is something like 10000, and last yea
more than five tons Of this form OF -obaccD
was used there The habit OF snuff Dip
ping is not usual in New England, and 1t
was brought 10 Dover, 50 l. is said, by
soldiers just after the war. and has in
creased to its present proportions
There is a pre:ty story in thu Vaux
family in regard to the late Rich2rl
Vaux's gaIlantries at the court Of s..
James. when he danced with the yong
and yet unmarried Queen Victoria The
family was OF quaker faith. and. accord
ing TO the story, when he news clule
from abroad Of the favor the yOInE man
found with the queen. his mother spoke
of his attentions to the royal lady. and
then added: But 1 nope Richard VIII
not marry oue Of meeting"
Burglars are sometimes philos 1phtrs.
The other night one entered a New York
suburban residence and secured about
81. 600 worth of silverware. In leavir; ne
dipped his hand into an overcost r 'cket
found some race tickets and lef, his
note behind: Il apologize for vIsiung
this house. You didn't get much al the
races did yoI, old boy? The coa- fits
me well. Don't play the races and buy
more spoons. The races have been my
downfall However. the world owes me
a living and I'm getting IT,
One OF the experiments made by those
whose business it is to tes- the strength
of dynamite. gun cotton and other ex-
plcsives is to place fresh plucked leaves
between two plates of panel steel ana ex-