The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

vanced thinkers are making an objection to
any enforced declaration on the ground
that ii abrogates personal rights
"a birds-eye view of the sanitary situa-
ton OF Europe shows that 1t is the damp
chill. cloudy north which is healthy, and
the dry, warm, sunny south which Is un-
healthy.
In the days of Queen Elizabeth the floor
of the retiring room of actors was always
covered with green PUSHES, and IL thus &C
quired the name, which we still use, or the
green ROOM
The automobile is to penetrate far
north as Cariboo and Omineca, b. c. In
Vancouver a horseless stage coach is now
being built, to be operated on the Ashcroft
Cariboo road.
States up to 1897 was s11, 100000. That OF
the world was SIS, $50. 00O. 900. This country
stood at the head of the list, then came
Great Britain, then France
In 1895 there were LEGO savings banks in
the United States and the deposits in then.
amounted to $1.S4l, 000 In 1899 there were
942 savings banks in the United States, and
their deposits were s2,401, 100000.
Even at this late date number of the
men of Alsace and Lorraine oppose service
in the German army. In the thirty-nine
districts of Metz eighty-nine persons on
Jan. L were before the court on this &C
count.
The finest blankets made in the coun-
lima, where 104 woollen mills are in opera
ton. The finest grade of wool can be
grown in the South almost as cheaply as
cotton.
A society young man was tried publicly
in the courthouse at Lamonte, Mo-. for
stealing corn. 1t was a mock trial and IL
cents admission was charged. the pro-
ceeds going to the town cemetery improve
ment fund.
Losses of farm animals for twelve
1oI Nor To- CT ca
and exposure are given by the government
at 900, worth So 000, goo, fixe-sixths of
which is preventable, the government off,
Gals think.
George a. Hibbard. the new postmaster
of Boston, taking warning by the fate or
his predecessor who was broken by the
combined weight of his official cares and
social duties, has made a rule not to at
tend public dinners.
Investigation has convinced the commits
sioner of labor statistics in Connecticut
that electric lighting is furnished by pri-
vate companies to municipalities so cheaply
now that municipal ownership would bring
no saving worth considering.
1t was early in 1910 that the first
daguerreOtype was taken in this country,
and the man who faced the camera on that
occasion is still alive. DR.. Charles T.. West,
of Brooklyn, now over ninety, was the SUBJ
Ject, and he retains the faded plate.
If the interviews and alleged statements
country be relied upon there will be
placed within the next twelve months or
ders for less than $780, 600 to So 000, 600
worth of machinery and electrical equip
ment.
An enormous diamond from Kimberley
will be shown In the jewelry section OF
the Paris exposition. 1t was found shortly
before the war began, and is said to be
finer than the Regent, the Shah, the Grand
Mogul or the Koh-i-noor. II has been in
sured for 100000.
Nearly the whole South African plateau
is covered with a long, slender grass,
which, under the fierce sun, is often as
dry as finder Nothing can live in a veldt
fire, and in its passing 1t leaves a desert.
Under the cover of the smoke that arises
the Beers can utilize that strategy for
which they are famous.
The cotton plant in Paraguay grows the
year around. favored throughout each sea-
son by conditions of soil and climate.
After the cotton is picked the plant is cut
down and another grown from the roots.
Every two years both plants and roots are
plowed up and new plants started, a finer
grade of cotton resulting.