The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-26
An EXPOSITION of ART
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APRIL 6, 1899.
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bamboo. This material is said to resist the
action OF the waves better than any other
kind of wood.
The Crystal Palace in London. where the
first worlds convention of Christian En-
deavor will be held in 1900 can accommodate
10000 persons. Preparations are making for
25,Oo0 delegates.
bill is pending in the Michigan Legis-
lature to license, at s. each, every mSn who
wants to drink liquor. He must carry his
license with him and present it when
drink is ordered.
Sudan ladies have a theory that High
landers wear kits because their wives once
took their trousers from them on account
of their cowardce. That explains why so
many women wear the breeks.'
Arbor day is now celebrated in forty-four
States Of the Union by the voluntary plant
ing of trees by the people. In Arizona, Colo
RADIO, North Dakota. Wisconsin, Minnesota
and wyoming it is legal holiday.
1t IS getting to be the fashion to address
and stamp envelopes on the back. With
the directions written across the folds the
letter cannot be opened by an unauthorized
person without the fact being noted.
The Siamese have so strong a supersti-
ton against even numbers that they will
have none of them. The number of the
rooms in house, of windows or doors In
room. even of rungs on ladder, must al
ways be odd.
The potato crop of the United States last
year amounted TO 164,O15,964 bushels, valued
at $50 $4,000. This is an average yield of
64.7 bushels TO the acre. and estimating the
population of the country at 10000 000 it
gives 81 bushels each.
Scores of things children do in play are
relics OF savage superstition. Putting dam
delion flower is one of these. and the cross
ing of the fingers in the game of tag to Sc
cure immunity comes from the use of the
Christian symbol to ward off evil spirits.
The largest city in the world is London
which has a population equaling the COM
bined population OF Paris Berlin. ST. Pet
ersburg and Rome It's streets. placed in
row would reach round the world, leaving q
bit over long enough TO reach from London
to San Francisco.
The original thirteen States contained
325 7S5 square miles, 2Os 500. 100 acres In
1898 the United States contained 2,T2o 100
square miles, or 1850 acres, in organ
lied States. 1t also contained SS6,270 square
miles. or 567, ESQ acres, OF territory not or
ganiZed as States.
Andrew Oleson the chief diver engaged
on the wreck of the Maine. recovered a
victims. The ring bears the inscription
Sept. a. 1867, c. (. +. to =" The initials
of the recipient are withheld to prevent
fraudulent Identification.
The English sparrow tpasser domesticus.
common house sparrow is the champion
lightweight of the feathered species. In
deed, Professor Palmer says: I'VE do not
know any bird or animal enemy which will
do the English sparrow much rSal hurt"
They are also the champion breeders a
single pair being able to rear twenty-four
Manitoba is suffering from a girl fam
ine." Servants. apparently, cannot be
hired. The young woman who acts gen
eral servant in a private family can easily
command SIG month al Winnipeg the par
lor maid SIS the cook So and the iaundress
81 to 500 A number of Scotch lassies were
brought 10 the province last spring. and
already over 20 per cent. or them are mar
ried.
A Denver man just returned from Mexico
reports that English is taught In the public
schools of most of the larger cities. In
Gaudalaiara the children were provided
with both Spanish and English textbooks
and rather disconnected members OF our
Clish. while we could not return the compli-
ment by saying a single word 10 the little
ones in their language
A broken wooden headboard and a neg
lected mound of earth in the Fort Yates
North Dakota. military cemetery marks the
resting place of Sitting Bull. the great Sioux
medicine man, whose willy brain planned the
death trap at Little Big Horn, into which
General Clusters command fell. ON the
broken headboard is written: mo. 81, Sit
ting Bull. Indian" Relic hunters have cut
most of the headboard away.
A Glenwood fPa.) man owns the most
6issipated cat In America. probably the
most remarkable cat in the world Kitty
used 10 inhale with delight the smoke from
her masters cigar and was easily taught
inhalng and exhaling the blue vapor like
any veteran smoker. To prevent Kltty's
teeth from puncturing the cigar wooden
cigar holder Is provided. The Cat also
loves beer and drinks quantities Of 1t every
day.