The Indianapolis journal., 1902-04-27

About 4,475,OOO persons are employed in
the worlds mines.
1t is estimated that 767 6S6. 200 tons of coal
were mined the word over In lSOO
If cyclists wish their lamps to burn stead
lily and brightly, let them put piece of
camphor in the oil vessel
Experts predict that 100000 visitors may
be expected to appear in the streets of Lon
don during coronation week.
In British Columbia there are more
Buddhists than Baptists. more Confucians
than Congregationalists. and nearly many
paganS as LutheranS.
Nine. Pompadour, whose headdress has
given a name to a well-known style of
wearing the hair, spent 100000 francs a year
on perfumes and pomades.
1t is reported that the Macedonian out
law, Sarafof recently deposited 920OOO at
bank at Odessa. 1t is supposed that the
money was derived from Miss Stones
som.
The alligator never leaves fresh water,
while the crocodile often goes to sea, and
in the West Indies has sometimes been
found many miles from land, heading di-
rectly for an island, possibly out of sight.
The cereals (wheat, corn, oats, rye and
barley raised in the United States during
the past five years represent value to
the farmer of Sc $50, 600, ,0O0 or an increase of
nearly s1OCo,OOO,OOO over the preceding five
years.
An old book in which was recorded the
acts of John Walker, chemist of Durham,
England, furnishes evidence that he was
the first inventor of the lucifer match. In
1927 he sold the first box, the price being Is
pence.
Australia has, proportionately more
churches than any other country. the num-
ber being Sob, 21O churches to every
100000 people. England has IA churches to
every 100000; Russia only 30 to the same
number.
The medical laws of Australia, passed in
1901, admit to practice physicians who have
taken fve-year course in medicine before
%nlyf yfrar n &c fnhn frnFr Toe
there all graduates of American medical
schools.
Henry Leitner aged ninety, who lives on
the State border between Fairfield and
before the rebellion. He has refused rich
offers for it, as he prefers TO keep 1t as
memento of old days.
Ashington, in the center of the North
cumberland (England) colliery district, has
accommodation in its clubs for one-sixth
of Its inhabitants. 1t also boasts the larg
est public house bar, which will accommo-
date 5000 thirsty miners at time.
mo darkened house. no durable coffin, no
special mourning attire, no bricked grave,
no unnecessary show, no avoidable ex-
penses and no unusual eating and drink
ing. Such are a few of the advantages
offered to members of the British Funeral
Reformers Association.
The sheriff at Bridgeton, n. j., the other
day sold the whole village of Halberton for
$1,000. 1t was started in 1893 as a colony
for Russian Hebrews from New York. but
proved failure. The property consisted
of nearly 5000 acres of land, 200 houses and
large factory building.
According to the completed census report
there 1,0i9,546 families in London, the
average family numbering slightly over "A
persons. These families share the services
of 23439S female and 15.425 male servants
In the general population females exceed
males by 252,371. The number of pauper in
mates in workhouses is 1866.
To shake about 100000 peach trees and
$4,000 plum trees for the purpose of dis
lodging injurious insects is a formidable
task, yet it was successfully accomplished
several times between April is and June
!, 1901, by the Hale Georgia Orchard Com
pany at Fort Valley. in Georgia. The in
sect against which this action was taken
was the curculio beetle.
In the northern part of San Jose county.
California, and tapping over into San Mateo
county, lies the So-called Big Basin, bit of
the primitive forest. The exact area of the
tract is about $500 acres. 1t contains one
OF the finest stretches of woodland which
remains in the State. The characteristic
tree is the giant redwood. 1t has been pro-
posed to convert the basin into a forest pre-
serve.
1t is claimed that although women are
now successful in preserving their youth
almost TO the point of annihilating old age
1T is also true that women's hair turns
gray sooner than ii used TO. Ii is said there
are old ladies in these days Grand
mothers refuse to put caps and sit at
home with their knitting. On the other
hand, their granddaughters begin to have
gray hair before they get out of college
Before the English occupation of India
IL was estimated that the Ganges carried TO
the sea every year 100000 dead bodies. 1t
was then considered by the Hindoos that
the happiest death was one found i'm its
waves and all pious Hindoos who could do
were carried to its banks and placed i'm
its waters to die. The decaying carcasses
along its banks were probably responsible