The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05
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Swallowing chewing gum caused the
death OF a young woman at Princess
Anne, Nd. recently.
Vivian Burnett. Little Lord Fountle-
roy" is nineteen years Old and has passed
his examinations FOR Hazard
The celebrated Plymouth England
breakwater contains as much stone as the
great pyramid. viz. 100000 tons.
The people in Harlem, y. Y. say they
! are suffering now from a pest Of fieas.
They say it comes every i've years.
Six years ago China wss annually send
/ ing to this country an average Of 100000
dozen Of eggs and Japan $1,000 dozen.
Congressman Wilson viii sail for
Europe on Sept. and viii be absent for
three weeks. He Is going abroad for rest.
The total number of blind persons IN
the United States and Europe is 252. 745.
or about eighty-one 10 each 100000 OF pop
ulation.
"Cholly pursued a number OF studies at
college, didn't hep" Yes. He pursued
EN-. but I don't think he ever caught up
with any.'-Chicago Record.
The copyright of Uncle Toms Cabin
expired a year ago, but Mrs Harriet
Beecher Stowe is still allowed q bonus
from the sale Of the work by her pub
fishers.
''why don't you feed your pig today.
John?' Because I don't want her 10
be too fat, and by feeding her only every
second day I'm sure to set good streaked
con.'-Fliegende Blaetter.
Another use for aluminium has been
tried in Russia. The mitres Of the
bishops are being made Of the metal. The
Metropolitan Of Kasan has such a mitre,
as has also the one Of Kieff.
The body Of man Weighing 154 pounds
contains lie pounds Of water thirty-eight
pounds Of dry natter" twenty-eight
pounds Of the latter being organic" and
| ten pounds Of various minerals.
Some trades do not go well together.
For example, a New York undertaken
displays in his window beside a gaping
coffin a piacard announcing in great
black letters, apartments to Let"
A pleasant picture Of the domestic life
Of Edwin Booth will be found in the vol
ume Of recollections which the actors
daughter Edwina has written A large
number Of Booths letters are to be in
cluded.
That was a clever hit which the late
Leconte de Isle once made in speaking
of Baudelaire "Boudelaire." ne said,
was a good fellow who used to churn
his brain, as one churns butter. to find
strange ideas"
The Sunday society's object is 10 pro-
vide lectures for the people in London on
Sundays The Lords day observation
society has interferred and succeeded in
putting in force an old law prohibiting
Sunday lectures.
"As to this case Of yours. my friend"
said the lawyer. ''to be perfectly honest
with you" There needn't be any CUFF
OF that sort between you and me-" inter-
rupted the client. I'm a horse jockey"
Chicago Tribune.
An ambitious engineer in Pittsburg
wants to lay a pipe line from that city
| to the nearest point on the Atlantic coast
| FOR the purpose of supplying the people
| Of western Pennsylvania with sea water
| for bathing purposes.
The queen has been pleased to approve
that militia cavalry battalion. OF which
the duke Of York is honorary colonel,
shall be in future designated as ''The
Duke Of YOrk's own Loyal Suffolk Hus-
sars Yeomanry Cavalry"
The Lady Margaret Grosvenor, whose
| engagement is announced to the young
prince Of Teck, a brother Of the duchess
Of York, is a daughter Of the richest
duke in England. The Grosvenors are
also one Of the oldest families in England.
The odd fellows of Missouri have de-
cided to build a home for the helpless
ones Of that order. Several enterprising
towns are in competition for this home
and in a few weeks It will be settled
which community viii be favored with
this new charitable enterprise.
So numerous ara the photographers.
amateur and otherwise, who now travel
about the country provided with kodak
and camera. that the provision Of dark
room for the purpose Of their pastime, or
profession, as the case may be, has be-
come a feature with English hotels.
The Turkish government has ordered
the aqueducts OF Solomon in Jerusalem to
be put into repair. They will bring water
into the city from the fountains Of Arroul
A tunnel 1000 yards long viii be built
at cost of 100000. The aqueduct was
still in working order in the time Of
Christ.
Miss Catherine Dumyeen Of New York
tenement house was evicted last week be-
cause she could not pay her rent. She
is 103 years old and tries TO do quilting
for a living. After the eviction she re-
ceived an unsigned letter containing 81.
asylum.
Teacher-''Harry, If a basket Of peaches
costs 81 and there are fifty peaches in
the basket. how much does one peach
cost?' Juvenile Pupil-''I-I don't know,
ma'am We don't never have to buy
peaches at our house. My papa's bag
gage man on a 'xpress rain."-Chicago
Tribune.
Certain species Of ants make slaves Of
others. If a colony of slave-making ants
is changing the nest, a matter which is
left to the discretion Of the slaves, the
latter carry their mistresses to their new
home One kind of slave-malSing ants
has become so dependent on slaves that
even if provided with food they viii die
of hunger unless there are slaves to put
it in their mouths.
cit has been the custom among cavalry
troops to stimulate the horses with
whisky" said Col A. D., Cate, "and 1
thing TO do. In fact, l have done IL
great deal myself and with seemingly
good results, but 1 have been reading
some reports of experiments made in
Germany, where the custom has been fol-
lowed for a long time, and they seemed
to prove that horses so stimulated are
much more apt TO die from overeXerion-''
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The incompetence Of the interpreter in
the Caeserio trial attracted general notice.
It was due to the rule that in France no