The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14

drop of 326 feet between these two lake:
in two pneumatic balance locks, built o.
steel, operated by compressed air, and large
enough to admit vessels OF ocean draugnt.
No fewer than $1,000 men have deserted
from the English militia during the pas'
five years and in the same period nearly 90
600 of the same force joined the regular
army
Quebec has it's name from an Algonquin
word, sgnifying take care of the rock
There dangerous reef in the river
opposite the place where the city was after
ward built.
Ireland was formerly Ierne, or the West
Isle 1t was called the Emeraic
Isle because of the brilliant color of its
verdure, which throughout the year is OF a
lovely green.
1t is said that if two tuning forks of the
one sounding. the. other silent, in a few
seconds the silent one will be giving out
a distinctly audible note.
Holy Terror gold mine, located at Key
stone in the southern Black Hills, though
worked but five months, by small force OF
men and one stamp mill, has turned out
$4,000 worth of the precious metal.
white tar has been invented. The
beauty of this substance is that under no
climatic conditions will it become sort, SO
that in caing the decks Of shaps 1s %il
Bullets made of precious stones are
rarities in warfare But during some tight
ing on the Kashmir frontier when n, the
British troops defeated the rebellious
Hunzas, the natives used bullets of gar
nets encased in lead.
The custom which assigns man the
aisle seat in a church pew originated IN
New England in the early days when it
was often necessary for the men 10 seize
their guns and get out quickly in case OF
attack by Indians.
The treason given that birds do not fall
off their perch is because they cannot open
the foot when the leg is bent. Look at a
hen walking, and you Will see 1t close Its
toes as it raises the foot and open them
as il touches the ground.
DR. Zakharin, the Cars physician, has
lately devised new method of checking the
flow of blood. Steam is injected into the
wound through a catheter for minute or
less The patient, under chloroform, feels
neither pain nor any evil effect from the
steam.
The early Christians celebrated Christ
mas at several different dates. Some COM
munities observed the 1st Of January; others
of the Jewish Passover; others the 18th OF
September, the date of the feast of Taber-
nacles
A new warehouse in Paris has been
built with glass floors. The initial cost is
considerably over that of the ordinary floor,
but. in view of the fact that toughened
glass in so much longer lived than wood, the
experiment is likely 10 prove cheaper IN
the long rum
Since the assassination of VI. Carnot the
cutler at Cette who sold the dagger to the
murderer has, it is said, been inundated
with orders for weapons OF simIlar pattern
and size to that used on the fatal night at
Lyons. The orders come from all parts OF
the world, somebody in Brussels having
asked for 300 daggers
Among the Turks bath money forms an
item in every marriage contract, the hus-
band engaging to allow his wife certain
sum for bathing purposes. If 1T be with
held she has only TO go before the cadi
Complaint be not then redressed il is
ground for divorce