The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31
THE 0KNI5US

Tommy Sixyearold-'Tm going to be a
train robber when I get bigger" Tommy's
S.ster-'What are You going 10 sell?
Candy and fruit and books and cigars.
and things Ike that2'-Detroit Free
Press.
The upper third Of the face is altered
in expression. say physiognomists and
doctors, in affections OF the brain; the
middle third in diseases Of the chest and
the lowe third in disease Of the organs
contained in the abdominal cavity
Il has been found that pigeons bred in
a long, low barn fetch a higher prize for
shooting matches. The birds from early
habit. learned i'm their nesting place. when
loosed from the trap start Immediately
on a long. low flight, instead Of wheeling
IN air, as some pigeons do. The habit
makes them more difficult TO hit than
other birds and enhances their value.
The Record society has aroused the ire
Of old-fashioned people who do not like
to have their faith in historical traditions
disturbed by the serious announcement
that King John did not sign magma
charta, that he was in fact unable TO
write his name, and that he did not even
append his royal cross TO that instrument
after the easy style OF "Bill Stumps his
Y mark
When I was recently travelling in
Italy, said a returned traveller, II got
notion Of the relative importance Of Things
American in that part Of the world. For
weeks looked in vain through the italian
newspapers for any news from the United
States and the only thing I struck upon
in all my stay was the announcement that
Mr. Edison had fallen from a five-story
window in his own house"
Oxygen is likely to play an important
part in the submarine boat soon to be
built for the navy. It has been found
THAI a comparatively small quantity OF
oxygen from time to time admitted to a
submarine chamber Will keep the air OF
such a chamber for hours in the condi-
ton to sustain human life. Instead, then,
of carrying large volumes Of compressed
air in many heavy metallic receivers, a
single receiver filled with oxygen may
be carried This makes possible an i'm.
mense economy of weight and space.
Prof. Peal, the ethnologist, recently
| described to the Aslatic society the condi-
/ ton Of the head-hunting Nagas on the
borders Of Assam. The women are to
blame for the continuance Of the practice;
they taunt the young men who are not
| tattooed, and the latter 60 out
! and cut off heads to exhibit
/ 10 them, fully half Of which
are those Of women and children Tbs
area occupied by the tribe is not more
| than twenty miles square, but in it dur
| ing the past forty years more than twelve
! thousand murders have been committed
! for the sake Of these CHASTITY trophies.
The income Of merely the principal char
table institutions having their headquar-
! ters in London amounts 10 over $1,000 900
per annum. or s35.O0O.00O. That represents
a sum equal TO half the whole capital in
| vested I'm the Bank Of England. 1t ex-
] ceeds the total revenues Of all the Brit
! ish colonies together IN 1884. and il Is as
/ much as the present total annual rev.
! enueS Of all the British colonies, eXclud-
| ing New South Wales, Victoria and Cam
! ada. If there is added % this sum the
! income Of the smaller charities the total
| benevolence paid voluntarily in the
/ metropolis does not fall far short Of fl0,-
/ 100000, or $5O,OOO,OOO-
A class of men afflicted by the hard
times in London and Paris is the army OF
| professional promoters. The hotels where
| Americans most do congregate are
| thronged with these men. who in other
| days have been prosperous and cut a
dash socially, politically or in a business
| way. but who now have a difficulty in
| making both ends meet. These men, soma
| bravely keeping up appearances, but
! others reduced 10 the shabby-genteel
| stage, eagerly scan the passenger lists
| OF arriving steamers from America and
| descend upon the acquaintances and as
] soclates Of former days, anxious to offer
I their services in return for anything from
loan of flo TO a good square meal.
English watering places complain bitter
ly Of a bad season this year, and the COM
plant is fully echoed across the channel
/ at Normandy fashionable resorts. Like
the English the French people have less
( money to spend than usual while the bad
weather has kept many families at home.
I The hotels have been only half full until
the races at TrOuVille and Deauville at
/ tracted q. goOdly crowd. Dieppe had its
( turn next besides Cabourg and other well
Z known spots, but the patrons Of the race
I meetings are only profitable guests for q
very short time, as they move on after
their favorite sport calais IS trying 10
/ set UP as an attractive pleasure SojOurn
! as well as a mere station Of passage, 50
a handsome casino on the usual model has
been opened.
a singular phenomenon occurs on the
borders Of the Red sea at a place called
NakOus, where the intermittent under
| ground sounds have been heard for an
unknown number Of centuries. tt IS
I situated at about half a miles distance
from the shore, whence a long reach o.
/ sand ascends rapidly TO hight Of almost
1 SUI IeeJ. 1ulS letCh IL eleItts Nv "loe
/ and resembles an amphitheater, being
/ rallied IN by low rocks. The sounds COM
| ing I'D from the ground at this pace re-
| cur at intervals Of about an hour. They
at first resemble a low murmur. but be-
| fore long there is heard a loud knocking,
| somewhat like the strokes of bell and
| which at the end Of five minutes, becomes
! so strong as to agitate the sand. Tho eX-
| planation of this curious phenomenon
| given by the Arabs is that there is
| convent under the ground, and these are
| the sounds of the bell which the monks
| ring for prayers. So they call II NaNous'
| which means a bell. The Arabs Affirm
| that the noise so frightens their camels
when they hear it as to render them
furious. Scientists attribute the sounds
| TO suppressed volcanic action-pro5abiy
TO the bubbling of gas or vapors under
ground.