The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-27
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

American wild turkeys have been success
fully acclimated upon the Danube.
A pure white English sparrow dwells
with "a colony of brown in Hartford, Conn.
The policemen of England and Wales, if
brought together. would form q great army.
They number 3 1926.
John Masgatt, aged seventy-six years. of
West Ellsworth. Me-, drove forty miles to be
initiated a Good Templar.
An eccentric Detroit millionaire got into
an argument with O woman. one of his ten
ants, and she slapped his mouth with a
dish-cloth.
At PENSACOLA, Fla. a mustang that was
abused by it's driver. rushed into the water
and held its head beneath the surface until
it drowned.
A pearl valued at s12 was found in a clam
at Belfast, Me-, the other day. Other pearls
nave been found in the bivalves there, but
this is the largest and finest.
A Washington lady recently purchased in
Winchester. a mahogany sideboard over 100
years old and shipped it to the wife Of OK
President Cleveland as a present.
Stamps from Spain are unique in the rec
ords of philately:. They bear the impress
sion of the infantile countenance of his Ma
jesty. the youngest ruler of to-day.
Children as expert musicians are coming
TO be the wonder of the profession. Alice
Liebmann, aged. nine. is astonishing Lon
QOu Clltitc Wltn nCl ohll Ou tu0 NlOlu.
A plague of monkeys affiicts Tanjore. in
South India. The creatures do so much
mischief that ar. official monkey catcher re-
ceivesa rupee for each monkey captured.
The grave of q woman buried in Cohoes.
N. Y, eighteen years ago. was opened re-
Gently and the body found petrified. The
features looked as natural as if the woman
had just died
One of the most remarkableth things said to
he IN IIf1h ia n maintain mar Salt lake
City completely covered by oyster shells.
This mountain is nearly 1900 feet above the
level of the sea.
Lincoln county (Me.), famous for Indian
relics other antiquities, has three
churches that were built before the Revolu-
tion and one whose doors were opened at
the very dawn of the present century.
Hammerfest, perhaps the northermcst
habitation in Europe. Is about to adopt
electricity to illuminate the streets. The
town is in the polar circle. and darkness
prevails there three months out of the
twelve.
1t is n singular fact that & per cent. of
the steel plate bond and stock printing of
the world is done in New York city. The
other 5 per cent. Is done in another Ameri-
Gan city. there being no establishments of
this kind abroad.
Among the many curious sights the
traveller witnesses in the lower Columbia is
Inen on horseback, wadlng about In what
appears to be an almost aimless manner.
They are in reality tishing for salmon with
huge seins, which are so heavy as to make
the assistance of the horses imperative.
The magnificent R~omanesque Cathedral
of Worms. which dates from the eleventh
century. Is TO be entirely restored, under
the superintendency of Baron Won Schmidt,
of Munich. This church is built of red
sandstone, and the interior is remarkable
for some very fine sculptures and carvings.
The "staff of lfep down in Maine appears
to be tobacco. A contractor who has en-
ploye6 n crew of twelve men for six months
on settling mp with them found that ten of
them, who are tobacco chewers. had con-
sumed $50 worth of tobacco. besides cigars,
and that the cost OF Hour for the whole
dozen was only S51-
The Flathead Indians of Montana differ
widely from most other tribes on this con-
tinent. They are not warriors, nor are they
lazy and good for nothing. On the contrary.
most of them are thrifty farmers. whose in
dustry and skill are attested by big stacks
OF hay and grain about their dwellings.
The oldest person of modern times whose
death Is recorded accurately was Louisa
Iruxo. an English woman, who was La
years old wheu she died. IN 1850. There
was a Don Car ieron. who may have been an
ancestor OF TIE present family OF long
lived Camerofs IN Pennsylvania, who died
IN Scotland In 1853 at the age of 1So.
IL was noticeable at the Paris Exposition,
this SIMMER. how rapidly two-wheeied We.
hieles IN France are supplanting four
wheeiers. There were 100000 four heeied
and 10000 two-wheeled vehicles in the