The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-18
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

uuT Uf The uhUlNAhI.
The first regular modern drama was "Lop-
honisba," played at Rome, 1918. before
Leo ".
At banouets in Queen E~lizabeth's time
every guest came with his spoon IN his
pocket.
The women of the various cantons of
upon their backs loads OF manure to their
mountain farms.
: The Swiss wine of blood" is 90 called
from the battle of Birs. fought on the VINE
yard; 1.6O0 Swiss opposed $1,000 French, ana
were all killed but sixteen.
At the time Shakespeare wrote his plays
there were not in all the world rs many
English-speaking people as there are now
in New York and New Jersey.
The Speaker of the British House of Com
mons receives q salary of $3.50 o q year,
and when he retires he Is raised TO the
peerage with an annual pension OF $30,OOu.
Mount Ararat. the resting place of the
Scriptural ark, is. in reality. two mountains
separated by q valley. The higher peak 10
1920 feet and the lesser 1900 feet above
sea level.
best tire-resistinQ materials for the construc-
tion of doors have proved that wood COW
cred with tin resisted the fire better than
an iron door.
As for the C%hinaman. his method of shaw
ing Is exactly opposed to that OF the
Roman monk. He shaves all but . round
patch. the hair of which grows lorg and
forms the pig-tail.
There is IN Chinsa secret society called
the Triad" It is q capital orime to be-
long to 1t. yet it has more than thirty mill
ion MEMBERS. It's object is the overthrow
of the present dynasty.
Stenography was first used in the French
Parliament about the year 1880, and one of
the few official stenoRraphers of that pc
riod still surviving is Nj. Lagache. who 10
now q Senator OF France.
1t is estimated that no fewer than 10000
600 Europeans wear wooden shoes. Bass
wood is ordinarily used for the sabots. but
willow is the best material. Poplar. beech.
walnut and birch are alsoused.
A man down in Name has found q petit
tion to Parliament written in 1643. 1t 10
written In ink on handmade paper. and
the brass pin stuck into the paper is,
doubtless. older than the petition.
The art of p~aper-maklng has reached the
point where it is possible TO cut down q
growing tree and convert it into paper
suitable for printing purposes within the
short space of twenty-fonr hours.
If the sur gave forth sounds loud enough
to reach the earth, such sounds. instead OF
reaching us in the space of about eight
minutes. as the light does. wonld only ar
rive after q period of nearly fourteen years.
A London rat recently opened the door of
a blackbird's cage. and entered. evidently
60 feast on the bird seed. The bird saw q
chance for an excursion and flew out
The door banged TO, and the rat was q
prisoner.
Here Is an idea of what q little spot of
land may do in the way of production:
The Island of Jamaica sells annually TO tho
United States bananas exceeding in value
, the entire apple, peach q cherry crops of
this country.
The smallest coin ever struck in this
country was a half-cent, which was issued
between 1898 and 1857. China is the only
country that has q coin so small as our mill:
the Chinese cash" Is worth about one
tenth of u cent.
Some sportsmen state that, in order tn
make choice of q puppy from among a num-
Der of others. il is best to leave the choice
TO the mother herself. In carrying them
back to their bed the first the mother takes
MP Will always be the best
One of the famous curiosities of the
Mammoth Cave is Echo river, a body OF
water estimated to be some tnree-fourths
of q mile in length and from twenty to two
hundred feet in breadth. It's depth at or
binary times is from ten to forty feet.
The Fayette City PENN News contains
the following unique ad vertisement: -.
G. Sanforth. undertaken. eighteen years ex.
perience. In that time l have buried over
1000 persons. My motto is Live and Let
Lave Good goods and low prices to ev-
cry one"
Switzerland is not drinking moro liq-
nor this year than last. and has not in.
creased in her consumption of alooholics for
three years past. There the government
controls the sale of liquor. and the profits
are divided amonL the cantons. A third
goes toward remedyIng the effects of alco-
hol.
OF numerous cedars of lebanon which
ave been transported to Europe q veneer
able specimen is in England and another IN
France. Both are in q thriving condition.
The one in England is in Derbyshire and
was transplanted In 1910. The other was
brought to Paris some time during the last
century and set ont in the Jardin des
PIantes.
penny-in-the-slot macbin has been put
in the elephant quarters. IN the MaEches-
ter. England. Zoo" When q visitor gives
an elephant q penny he drops it In the slot,
and a biscuit drops ont of the machine.
which he at once eats. The animals have
learned that only q penny will make the
biscuit come out, and so they refuse every
, thing else.