The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-08

Chihuahua, near the summit Of the Sierra
Madre mountains. The elevation of the
mountain is $500 feet above sea level. The
cascade falls g7S feet
An infallibie cure for seas:ckness Is said
to be found in examining ones features at
tentively In a mirror. The idea is that by
TINS means the eye rests on an unchanging
surface, and the sense of motion gradual
ly becomes less.
The FARO women OF India are supreme
They WOO the men, control the affairs Of
the nome and the nation. transmit property
and leave the men nothing to do. The re-
suit is. says a scientist. that they are the
ugliest women on earth.
Germany's trade with Venezuela is tri-
fling in amount The statistics for five years
show that but one-fifth of per cent. of
Venezuelas exports were TO Germany and
but one-tenth of per cent of her imports
come from that country.
The widespread impression that most of
the roast beef of old England is supplied
from the shambles of Chicago may find
rude shock in fresh English statistics.
which show that seven-tenths of the beef
consumed in England is produced on its
farms.
the last resting place of Bret Harte has
just been erected in Frimley churchyard,
Surrey, England His grave is in the
northeastern part Of the churchyard, and
around IL have been planted a number of
young fir trees.
OF the IL, 900 900 inhabitants of Mexico TO-.
100000 are Of pure Indian type In the Span
ish-American Republic. in the Southern Pa
cific, the soldiers of Pizzaro made a much
deeper racial impression: the majority of
persons in all the cities being half-breeds-
cholos, as they are called.
Four great coal regions are about to be
exploited in South Africa. The most south
erly field lies between Ladysmith and the
northern boundary of Natal. These regions
will in the near future supply large part
of the worlds demand for coal. Natal ex-
ported 204000 tons in 1901.
In an entire year only one person was
Killed on the railways Of Great Britain. In
three months Si5 persons have been killed
and u,162 injured on American lines. The
reason for this is plain--it is a much more
serious matter to kill a person on an Eng
lish railroad than it is in America.
The latest socialistic project in Zurich,
Switzerland, is to tax every inhabitant over
sixteen years old 80 cents year. the state
adding 20 cents. This would yield about
$11S, 900. which would be used to secure the
services Of forty physicians, who would
take care of the whole population of the
city.
In India. China, Japan and adjacent coun-
tries are about 400, 600 900 people who rarely
eat meat, yet they are strong, active and
long-lived. Darwin is the authority for the
statement that the Andean natives perform
twice the work of ordinary laborers, and
subsist almost entirely on diet of ban
anas.
The Roumanian minister for public in
struction, Spru Haret, has addressed
note to all school inspectors in the country
complaining of the luxury in dress among
female teachers. He directs the inspectors
strongly to recommend all teachers to adopt
the national costume, the peasants dress
OF their special village.
During the tulip mania in Holland in 1886
and 1887 single bulb Of tulip named the
Viceroy was sold for four tons of wheat,
eight tons Of rye, four fat oxen, eight pigs,
twelve sheep, two hogsheads of wine, four
barrels of beer, two barrels of butter.
thousand pounds of cheese, a bundle of
clothes and a silver pitcher.
Pupils in Michigan must hereafter go di-
rectly home after the close Of school. The
Supreme Court of the State has declared
that such a rule is valid and may be en-
forced by the principal. Furthermore, if a
principal sees fit, he may enter a store and
order the children he finds there to leave
and go home, and the owner of the store
cannot get damages on the ground that the
| principal has driven away trade and in
| jured the business of his store.
|. Every educated Russian knows three Ian
guages besides his own, and many of them
four. knowledge of the English, French and
German languages is considered necessary
to culture. A family having small children
employ two to four gOvernesses, from
whom the children learn foreign tongues
| before they taught the more difficult
| Russian This command of language
| makes possible the fact that Russians have
| better knowledge of the worlds affairs
than any other people.