The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
OUT OF TEE ORDINARY.

In ireland there are 4o. oc0 mud cabins con-
sisting of but single room.
The Egyptian Is taxed 80 cents on fhe
palm tree tha at grows III his garden.
A postal service on n limited scale was
first established in the United States On
Sept -, 1779.
The chariot driver of the ancient Egyp-
tians invented harness for horses prior 10
the year 1908 b. c.
Among the relics in the rooms of the New
York Historical Society is the tail OF George
Ills horse, which was taken at bowling
Green.
In the reign of Henry Wilt was enacted
that no person should keep above TWO
thousand sheep nor hold more than two
farms.
Ii we could penetrate the earth's surface
TO n distance of two miles. we would ma
the place where water could not exist ex.
cept in the state of steam.
A rhinoceros has been in the London Zoo
for twenty-eigh ears. This is stated TO be
the longest time an animal of this KIND mas
lived In captivity In London.
An object OF much curiosity observed In
n music store window at Lynn. Mass, is an
ancient Egypt Tyre. believed to be more
than three thousand years old.
Women in France have very important
part in agriculture. small industries and
small commerce. more than q fifth of such
work being done or directed by women.
The new Mormon temple will be dedi-
Gated at Salt Lake on April q, 1883. The
construction of the building was begun
forty years ago, and IL has cost S2,5oo,oUo.
A postal card was sold in Paris for $50
short time ago. 1t had gone around the
world after the person to whom IT was al
dressed, and bore seventy-two postmarks.
The Merchants NationalB ank, of Balti-
more, received the other day an Old cOntl-
mental thrty-dollar bank note. 1t is not
known whether the note IS genuine or not.
A Meriden, Conn.,, cutlery factory has
just finished wonderful toy-a perfect
pocket-knife with thirty blades. pInchers,
shears. avis, ETC., which weighs but one
eighth of an ounce.
A London (EnQland) woman has patented
machine for making watch-screws that
is provided with n thread-cutter SO delicate
as to be almost invisible. 1t VIII cut per-
feet threads on the finest human hair.
The inhabitants of the Andaman islands
are the smallest race of known human be-
ings: that IS. taken as an average. The
height of @ full-grown Andamandi seldom
exceeds 3ls feet, and few weigh over sixty.
five pounds.
The word pig" as applied to iron is q
mere play on the word SOW" When iron
Is melted it runs into q channel called
SOW" the lateral branches of which are
called the pigs" Here the iron cOols and
is called ''pig-iron."
One of the smallest women in the world
is the daughter of Nathan Harris. of Rich
Valley, Va. AT the age of nineteen she Is
just forty and a half pounds. and Is per-
fectly natural and wholesome in her ways
of life.
A travellers pipe Is among the latest in
ventions. Attached to the bowl is hook.
which may be fastened to the buttonhole of
the vest or coat. while flexible Tube COM
municates with the mouthpiece. The
smoker can use this pipe while both hands
are tree to be otherwise occupied.
The smallest screws in the world are used
Jewel wheel screw has $50 threads to the
inch. these threads being $1,000 of an inch
in diameter The screws are too small to
count, but IL has been estimated that the
thimble of an ordinary woman will hold
100000 of them.
There are to-day more than two hundred
thousand women in the United States earn
ing a living by professional and personal
service outside that of mechanical labor
or work in shops, in the practice of law and
medicine, the teaching of music and art,
literature and science, and in clerical work
of different kinds In government and other
official places.
An account of electricity as life-saver
comes from Scotland. where a man while
bathing was seized with cramp and sank.
being two minutes below water. When
rescued no was thought to be dead, but
after two applications of the electric cur
rent animation was restored. The current
was passed between the nape of the neck
aud the heart.
The lowest barometic pressure on record
is "a. 135 inches which was observed in 1855
during o small but intensely fierce storm
over the Bay of Bengal. The most remark
able feature about this tempest was its
small size; its diameter was only about one
hundred miles. Vessels passing through It
escaped with great difficulty on account of
the strong centripetal draught.