The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-22


Great Britain pays the continent up
wards of 100000 pounds year for SUI
gar and makes not an ounce.
All the rivers which flow into the Arctic
ocean are frozen solidiy to the bottom dur
ing about six months in every year.
All the chickens in the western part of
French Guinea are perfectly white. 1t is
impossible to find one with a colored
feather.
1t is computed that there is So0.00o.O00
pounds sterling worth in gold and jew
els at the bottom of the sea on the route
between England and India.
A section of Tom Paine's brain is on
exhibition in London. The Pail Mall Ga
zette says that 1t is quite black and looks
like chunk of iron pyrites"
There are no undertakers in Japan. When
person dies his nearest relatives put him
into coffin and bury him. The mourning
does not begin until after burial.
When the tomb Of the Great Emperor
gre derrick. who died in 1850, was opened
IN 1850 his coronation ring, set with
beautiful emerald, was still found upon his
finger
footman in an English nobleman's
house testified recently that his regular
pay was $50 a year, He also testified ed
year.
The largest gold coin in existence is
said to be the gold ignot "loof, of
Anrih 1t Is m fiat OF gGa
its value written upon 1t in India ink.
Protect the mattress by laying over it
an old blanket, which is far better than
perspiration without giving a chill, and
also can be aired more easily than cotton.
There are at present two Chinese girls who
are studying medicine at the University OF
Michigan. One of them, Miss SHE. has been
elected secretary of the senior class. The
ultimate object of these women Is TO return
to China as Christian medical missionaries
The river Euphrates flowed through the
Ii - ID-A~ .ahc do ~ re
banks the walls of the city were carried
up to height as great as at any other
point, so that even during siege the city
was formidably defended on the river as
on the land side
Some people have been making count
and find that not one of the State Cover
nors in the United States is Roman
Catholic. There are no Roman Catholics
in the Cabinet, and very few in the Senate,
none in the Supreme Court, and there never
has been one In the White House. ehs
A fierce but somewhat funny war is
waging in Pontiac Mich. where the Saliva
tion Army has its Headquarters In the Same
building with saloon-the former upstairs
and the latter on the ground foor. Every
man who wants a drink has to run the
gantlet of line of pickets set out by the
Salvationists.
The little economies that have made
Japan 50 rich may be noticed everywher re-
mixed with chaff Of wheat, barley and
other grains, and with chopped straw IL
is then moistened into paste rolled into into
balls about as big as billiard ball, ana
makes excellent fuel.
There are several royal notices. Dieu
ct mon droit-"God and my right'-was
Bohemian crest, viz, three ostrich feath-
ers and the motto Ich diep--T serve"-was
adopted by Edward the Black Prince at
the battle of Cressy, the King of Bohemia
being slain in that battle, 1916.
It seems about the limit of folly to hide
money in a stove and leave 1t to the risk
OF fire, but even that line was passed by
some unknown imbecile near Norway. Ga,
who stored lot of cartridges in stove.
A woman started a fire I'm the stove one
day last week and the cartridges exploded,
destroying the sight or one eye ana otner-
wise injuring her.
George Muller. of Bristol. England, re-
Gently celebrated his ninetieth birthday. His
orphan houses, which are known all over
the world have been wholly supported by
prayer and faith during the sixty-one
years of their existence. He has received
for them altogether, the sum of $500, 74s and
has provided for the maintenance and in
struction of 12O763 children.
The London Times of July IS 1877, gives
the following example of the trade in wives:
sale. in smifhfieId Market. near I' the Ram
Inn, with a halter around her neck and one
about her waist which tied her TO railing,
chaser VINO gave the husband guineas and
a crown for his departed rib
For two years Michael Garland, war
veteran in New Haven, Conn, labored
hard to secure a pension, Last week he
died few days after his death gov
eminent letter was received at the New
Haven postoffice. saying the. application
for a pension was granted AS Garland
leaves no heirs. the pension money. which
aggregates over $4,000, reverts to the treas
ury.
NJ. Wilson. conductor on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road was hurt in
peculiar manner. He had a long, sharp
lead pencil In his hand. and got off with 1t
at Herricon TO get orders. Running along
he coIided with boy on the platform with
such force as to force the pencil through his
clothing and into his stomach A bad
wound was inflicted, and ii is feared that
the internal injury may result seriously.