The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Physiolans carriages have the right Of
way in the streets OF Berlin.
To keep q race-horse in even moderate
condition. with proper attendapce, costs
l.625 year.
Itis said to be fact that there ara in
Paris 200. QUO well-to-dO persons who habit
ually obtain free admit sion to the theaters.
Brass pins were first made by the Sara
Gems in Spain in A. D. 500; were brought to
England by Catherine of Arragon, wife OF
Henry WILL
Indian newspapers tell of school teacher
In Lackharabad who wac attacked by q
lion and kept the animal at bay with
common broom until assistance arrived.
At the foot of Mount Tacoma there arc
trees that By actual measurement by ono OF
the best surveyors on the coast Prof. Fred
G. Plummer, have been found to be $50 feet
high.
Fifteen widows of soldiers of the war Of
the rev olution still draw pensions from the
United States. Seven of tho fifteen are on
the rolls of the Knoxville, Tenn, pension
agency.
The sweets of power must be more of an
attraction than the spoils of office In some
places In Missouri. The Mayor of Sweet
Springs, in that State. received salary OF
$50 year.
The costliest cigars ever brought to this
country were a box of the brand especially
made for the Prince of Wales In Havana.
the manufacturers price for which Was
Sl.S7 apiece.
A pneumatic tube connects Paris with
Berlin. 1t Is used for postal purposes, and
makes it possible for o letter mailed In
Paris to be delivered In Berlin In thirty
five minutes
The water-clook was known In Rome b.
c. l5S Dial clocks were first put mp In A.
II friI oln Ia
about sol; pendulum clocks were invented
In 1641; repeating clocks In 1876
The word burgess in Pennsylvania
means the chief executive officer of
borough. And borough Is an incorpo-
rated municipality, less populous than
city and more populous than hamlet.
Dozens of carefully tabulated tests show
that the blood of man makes o complete
circuit once every fifteen to twenty five
seconds. according to the physical condl.
tlons of the subject experimental upon.
The invention of drawing wire is ascribed
to Radolph OF Nuremburg, about l4lO.
Mills for this purpose were first set up at
Nuremburg, in 1868. The first wire mill In
England was erected in Mortlake, in 1868.
Itsis not generally known that large num-
bers of sea shells are impor ted from tropical
countries every year for cooking utensils.
These shells are used largely in the hotels
and restaurants as baking receptacles for
Holsters and crabs.
Miss Nina Cromwell, of Detroit, who
claims TO be lineal descendant OF the
great Oliver Cromwell, owns venerable
Bible. whioh is thought to be tho identical
printed in 1891 by john Wolfe.
That which is popularity known as the
funny bone, Just at the Joint of the elbow,
Is In reality not q bono at all. but nerve
which lies near the surface. and which, on
getting knock or blow, causes the we'll
known
fingers.
Envelopes were first used IN France in
the time of Louis XIV. In the EgertOn
collection of manuscripts at the British
Museum there is an envelope, something
like those of the present day. which con-
tains letter written by Madame Pompa.
dOur in I760.
The largest sum ever asksd or offered for
q single diamond is $780, COO. which the
MAN of Hyderabad agreed to give to Mr.
Jacobs the famous jeweler Of Simla, for
, the I'm eriaP diamond, which Is even
now in litigation In India. This is consid.
cred the finest stone In the world.
Lightning entered the pantry of q resi-
dence at Fishkill. N. y, in which were
some Dresden plates decorated in colors,
duplicates of the Ornamentation In the
same cOlOrs. though slightly less brilliant.
If nature can thus photograph in cOlors,
art may be enabled to shortly find the way.
All the fungus diseases of plants such as
mildew. scab, blight, rnst. rot. oto;. are
contagious The contagion Is carried from
year SO year in the diseased parts, DO il
leafgffuft'or branch. The presence Of any
of this diseased III aterial in tho orchard or
vineya ard increases the chance of tho ap-
pearance and spread of the disease another
year.
The average ministerial salary in the
United States is $500, ranging from $50 to
$4,000 DR.. Morgan Dix, of Trinity, gets
$4,000; DR.. Talmage gets $4,000, supple
mented by literary endeavOrs to about
$4,000; DIR. Taylor of the Tabernacle, gets
$4,000; DR.. Paxton $4,000, raised from
5000; DR.. Wilton Merrill Smith received
$1,000 his first year.
The Calling gun IL now worked by an
electric motor in the American navy. The
motor is attached to the brooch of tho gun.
Hitherto couple of men were required to
serve the gun, one to train the piece and
drop the shot, the other to work the firing
crank; but now one man 10 sufficient. BY
touching a switch he can train and operate
the gun at will, no as to fire other single
shot or at the rate OF twelve hundred
minute.