The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-24
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The Gulf of Mexico has risen over one
foot since 1851.
A Philadelphia Chinaman glories in q
pig-tail five feet eleven inches In length.
Over {. 200. 900 postal cards are necessary
to meet the daily demands in tins country.
In Finland the women consider a kiss on
the lips as the greatest insult. even from
their W husbands.
An English physician has traced the grip
in many cases to infected postage stamps
on letters from persons suffering from tho
disease.
Italian titles are not very expensive.
That of prince costs only $4,000; that of
duke. ] 0.000; marquis. IS. 900; count. $1,000;
vIscount or baron, 1000.
When America is as densely peopled as
Europe. tins half of the world will have
nearly 1.400. O00. O00-practically the same as
that of the whole world at the present time.
1t is SAID that in all the forests of the
earth there are no two leaves exactly the
same. 1t is also said that mid all peoples
of the earth there are no two faces pre-
clsely alike.
Some of the African tribes pull their fin
gers till the joints crack" as q form of
salutation, and one tribe has the curious
fashion of showing friendship by standing
back to back.
A man.eatIng shark. eighteen and one
half feet lone. with q head as big as a bar
" Snsfh, IN
Me-. recently. Its stomach contained o
sheep and several dOgfeh.
In Guiana the Indians mix clay with
their bread. and clay-eating. to a certain
extent. is INDUCED In by natives of North
Carolina. who are recognized by their pale
and swollen cOuDtenenceS.
In q discussion lately carried on as to the
distance at which large objects on the
earth's surface are visible, 1t was stated
that the Himalaya mountains have ap-
peared to view from the great distance of
pa miles.
see. it is said. has q mule twenty-nIne years
old. Notwithstanding his age. lie is quite
a mule. and his owner is careful never to
leave him hitched to a wagon for fear he
will run away and get spoiled.
1t is suggested that the horses in London
shall be sbod with cork. not for the proven
ton of colds. but because of the adhesive
qualities of the material and the diminu-
ton of the constant jar. which inevitably
results In some disease of the leg.
1t is believed that the number of exhib-
itors at the worlds fair will be between
delivered hourly Mails. sorted on the
mail cars. will be dropped ut the grounds
from incoming trains wherever possible.
An ancient copper mine. which was first
worked 1888 years ago. is about to be re-
opened at Musashi. japan. Old Japanese
AIlt
mention this mine. Its galleries and levels
are in some cases just rs they were seven
hundred years ago.
When the river Nile begins to rise. about
June IL. focks of sheep are driven to the
river and washed with the aid of a cows
rb. After washing they are exposed to the
sun for two or three days. until their wool
becomes quite dry. They are then shorn
on mats placed Oh the ground.
The following are a few examples of the
rate of pay OF women in London: Making
paper bags. Id per one thousand, possible
earnings, 5s TO 9s per week; button holes, Sd
per dozen, possible earnings, IS per week:
shirts. %. each worker finding her own cot
ton; can get six done between q A.. NJ. and
ii 7. NJ.
The smallest inhabited island in the
world is that on which the Eddystone
| lighthouse stands. At low water IL is
| thirty feet III diameter: at high water the
lighthouse. whose diameter at the base is
twenty.eipbt and thres-fOurths feet. CON-
pletely covers it. 1t is inhabited by three
persons.
More thar thirteen thousand members of
the Christian Endeavor societies have an
nOunced their intention of attending the
| eleventh annual convention at New YORK
. on July z. The growth Of these societies