The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-15

Constantinople: upon the second, a view OF
Rome: the third, composed of three zones
containing a description of the wnoie thl-
verse, figured with skill and delicdcy.
Names forests are being made into paper
at the rate of about twelve Thousand t9ns
Of pulp and paper every year. SOME mNe
thousand men are employed IN IN tne pun
and paper Industry, ana $io,VVV'VV u SapA'
is invested In it.
Mozart was the composer of a sonata pc
fore he was six; al nine ne Drouuccu -ns
first mass. and before he was t"enty nc va.
known all over Europe as d cOiiDosei VI
church and operate music, and OF uuailsts
and symphonies.
Exner,ments made with carrier pigeons
in connection with various Lur22sth ai,.Ss
show, hat the speed of the carrier IN Ifui
weather Is about 1,2lO yards :: minntS. VIII
a very strong wind in the dirrcti OF ,ne
flight a bird has reached l,SSo yarus u 'Hin-
TIE.
The tallest man in Maine is w. II: kei-
lev of Phillips. He is six feet ten incnes
tall. weighing more than Two hunareo
pounds. He rides a bicycle, when ne nao h q
cause of the length of his legs. He Is leadei
of the local cornet BAND.
There has not been a lawyer IN the lowI
of Boxford, Mass, a place OF a tnousdnd y.
more Inhabitants, in several years, ana iasI
week the ore lone policeman, comprlsing me
towns force was discharged. me .oMu l.
said TO be in excellent nnancial cohuiuoh
and a busting community.
According to the latest statistics, the pub
lie debts Of the European nations asgresatt
500. $40, 600, 900. or about S64 per CAPITA LOT tns
whole population. The heaviest per Sdpios
comes next with $135. England's. rate is apou'
sl06. Switzerland's is the smallest, 30.
The Sultan of Morocco keeps a large
number Of live lions about MS premises
and in the evening 1ne 81 t anim paiace to act
as guards Of the royal harems. me sultan
is said TO have rather more than SIX ln99,
sand wives, two thousand or whom resioe
in Fee.
In 1850 slavery was abolished In Pennsylva-
mia by gradual emancipation; IN New lamp
shire in 1854, and in the same year tnls eA.
ample was followed by. Connecticut ano
Rhode Island; emancipation came in Yer
mort in 1893, and in the same year IN New
York: in New Jersey the slaves were CON-
| PEELED to wait until 1904.
In August. 1856, five boys in Elizabeth, y
+. found an old stocking containing $40 II
cash. AS one claimed it all, the courts haC
to be called on TO decide the ownership
The question at issue seemed simple enough
but it took nearly ten years 10 3b se' Money e d.
vided among the five. Tney are no" young
men.
Dwarfed trees. growing In Mower pots are
characteristic ornaments or Japanese anc
I! chinese gardens and houses. and the pro
duction of these is an art that has peer
carried to great PERFECTION. III is zone ps
preventing al abundant norman now o.
san. so that while the. tree is kept livlns
and healthy, vegetation does not so OF
with its natural activity.
The first real submarine boat of which
there is any authentic record was invented
bv Cornelius Van Drebbel. a Hollander. In
| 1870 he devised and constructed the frs
boat of the kind, of which a trial was made
According TO the chronicles OF the day
this trial was successful. the vessel carry.
under water from Westminster to Green
w.ch.