The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25

tablished a monopoly for the sale ana man M; n
ufacture of gunpOwder. In the call Tor blds
ii is announced that none under SoV5'VU d
year will be considered.
A foreign scientist has a new test for
death With d cardle, produce a bllSter on
the hand or foot of the body. II the nnsIeT'
uDon opening with a needle or other lnstru-
ment be found to contain fluid Of any KIND,
there is still life in the body.
Isaac Wilbur of Little Compton, r. l.,
shins from 10000 to 10000 eggs a year,
and has a hundred fowl houses on his
place The chickens are fed from wagon,
which goes from house to mouse IN tne
morning, and in the afternoon the eggs are
collected.
Every soldier knows that a horse will
rot step on a man Intentionally. 1t is a
standing order in the British cavalry that
lie still if he does this the whole squadron
is likely to pass over him without doing
him injury.
The Russian commander in Turkestan
has issued an order that, in consequence Oh
the number of cases OF suicide. both OF
officers and troops, superior o1ncerS arc n
future to pay special attention 70 the MOI MOI ~
well-being OF every young soldier under
their command.
The attempt to send the children home
early by ringing the cuTfeW bell IS repre-
scented to have been a failure IN most OF
The towns of Missouri IN Whlch II vas
tried The town of Lawson has recognized
the fact and repealed the law. In other
towns it is a dead letter
ReDOrt from Missouri IHdC INC
fruit crop of the State will reach value of
S20, coo 600 this season, which will be more
Than the worth of the wheat crop of that
State and Illinois, with the cotton crop Oh
Missouri thrown in for good measure APP
pies and peaches are the great staples
Hamilton Aide corrects in the last Fort
nightly Review, the impression that Cor
sica is full Of bandits. Murder is not I'M
common from love quarrels or the vendetta,
but a traveller may go from one end OF the
island to the other, unarmea ana ulleS-
corted, without fear or violence OF pl1ase'
Janan has an income tax, and this Is the
wav they enforce it: II a taxpayer protests
that he is rated too high by the oInclalS ne
is thrust into a dark room ana told 10
'think it over carefully" Sometimes man
STAYS there twenty-four hours, buried IN
darkness and thought, and finally he Is apt
to agree with the officials that ne IS rlchef
than he had at/first supposed
A Westerly. H. l.. physician had a pecul-
lar case to attend to last week. Edgar +.
Davis a farm hand, employed in the SOUTH
ern part of town was polsoned oy Paits
with the poison. The wind blew the poison
down his throat at a time when he was
paying little attention TO ms VOTE; MI
Davis was critically i'll for several DAYS.
a movement has been started in Kansas
to have a tornado cave attached to every
schoolhouse as a refuge for the children In
times Of those destructive visitations which
are there so frequent. requiring special
provisions of refuge and protection from
them Once in the cave no matter now
violent the storm. the CHlluIti dIS SdAE.
In some of the schools tornado drills have
been instituted.
OF pins it is said that some of the large
denartment stores often order 100 cases at
a time. Each case contains los dozen papers
and each paper holds $50 pins. so a little
use of the multiplication table viii show
what an immense thing even the one order
means The yearly output Of pins from the
largest factory in the United States, IT Is
claimed would if placed end to end, reach
three times around the world.
A London paper claims that teak is the
most durable wood known for structural
and mechanical purposes. 1t is hard, yet
strong and lasting. 1t is soon seasoned,
shrinks little, and because of it's oily nature
does not injure iron. In southeastern Asia
II Is much used for shipbuilding. The wood
is frequently girdled a year before it is
felled, and thus exposed TO sun and wind
ii seasons moro rapidly than when cut
green.