The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

situated I'm small towns and will stimulate
business in sections where banks were
scarce before.
The first Christian Scientist Church was
organized in 1887, and the second four years
later. To-day in New York city there are
eight Incorporated churches. In the United
States there are six hundred
The largest block of granite ever quarried
Beachy Head lighthouse, England. 1t comes
from Cornwall, weighs 400 tons and is Is
feet long, 20 feet wide and IA feet deep.
The recent census of India shows that
Bengal. which has an area of 203, 43 square
milestone quarter less than the area of
TeXas-has a population of "A, 113, 600, which
Is nearly equal 10 hat OF the United States.
The moving sidewalk of the Paris exposi-
ton was a great success; ~6,6yi,3OS persons
paid for the privilege of using the plat
forms, while only 2,655,S67 used the railway
that carried passengers In the other direc-
ton.
During the prevalence of the intense cold
In the Yukon region the first two months
of this year (6S.5 below zero being the low
est) there was a haze all over the country
and an epidemic Of rabies seized upon the
dogs OF Dawson.
The Bushmen. or low-grade Hottentots,
on the plains OF South Africa, have a Ian
guage which has been proved by GARNER to
be a close approximation TO that OF the
higher apes. 1t consists of Kissing, clicking
and granting sounds.
nG people ltOIl lIt ' RDBblaAtd us
tricts of the Emerald island are seeking
homes in great numbers in other islands.
According TO the statistics the number or
emigrants from Ireland in 1900 was 4s.l0l,
being 10.5 per 1000 of the total population.
The japanese University, in Toxic, ex-
clusively for women. is approaching COM
pletion and will be opened some time this
year. The institution is the outerowth of
advanced ideas held by japanese families
of education. Three rich japanese men
| nave given enough TO insure the completion
Of the buildings.
The latest convenience in the New York
apartment is a private safe, built into the
wall, and so arranged that only the tenant
Is acquainted with the combination. This
makes II possible for the nat dweller pos
sessing valuable silver. jewels and papers
&c keep them in his apartment instead OF
it the vaults Of the safe deposit or the
bank.
The casino at Monte Carlo, the most
gorgeous gambling establishment in the
world, was opened by NJ. Blanc, a famous
gambling resort organizer. in 1863. He Of
fered the late Prince Floristan ii OF Mo-
naca 100000 francs c2, 40o.oo0l and an an
nuai rent of 1900 francs G20.00) for the
use of the casino for gambling purposes
and ii was accepted.
The annual cost OF the Chicago police de-
tartment is So, 10000. Philadelphia 81. 5000
| EcSton 81 500. 900 and st. Louis 81, 400, 0o0. Tho
OF these American cities. having a total
population OF 100000, is S.Jo0,0O a year.
New York, with a total population or S.5t'-
eco, expends in police salaries alone more
than SO, 700, 900 annually.
Last season William Reese, owner of 4
large apple orchard near Bean Lake. Mo,
sustained considerable loss through ravages
of insects among the fruit. This year. III
addition to spraying his trees, he will place
fifty lighted lamps In different parts Of the
orchard at night, depending on a practical
demonstration or the m-oth-and-f1am
theory.
The Ervptian turouoises. so called. come
10 reality from Mount Sinai. The highly
valued Persian stones are obtained from
Nishapur In the most primitive manner. \
wooden wheel, operated by the feet of tw-
men lying on their backs. brings the broker
rock to the surface in bags; the fragments
are smashed with hammers. and when 4
turquoise Is discovered IL is put aside and
sent with the next batch TO Aleshed to De-
cut.