The Indianapolis journal., 1893-12-17
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Great Britain paid off $50, 900 OF its ma
/ tional debt last year.
| foot of newly-fallen snow changes into
| only an inch of water when melted.
Each pupil in the public schools of the
| United States costs on an average S1122 a
| year.
The superstition concerning the finding
| of a horseshoe dates back to the thirteenth
century.
In Paris a man is on trial for manslaugh-
ter because his dog bit a passer-by, caus-
| ing the death Of the victim from hydro
phobia-
The total value of London houses is f67S,-
OOO. 900: of Paris houses. 2S60O0.0 900; Of the
houses of New York, $1,S55, 100000, or f2I1,-
100000.
No representation of the face of man
was ever stamped on a coin until after
the death Of Alexander the Great who was
regarded as a divinity.
Cotton has been cultivated since time out
of memory. one of the presents received
by Jacob, Josephs father, from the royal
hand of Pharaoh was a cotton rope.
1t may be Of interest TO some to know
that according to his own account Cplun-
bus was thirtythree days and tve hours
in crossing from Spain to San Salvador.
Captain Phillips. the first Governor of
Australia, computed the NUMBER OF aooTl-
glnes in that country at lVVOVV IN l5S? 5f Zoo III
The number Of suicides throughout the
world Is 10000 yearly, and on the increase.
The greatest number happen in June. the
between a m and noon.
The EMPRESS of Austria has to give
written receipt for the state Jewels every
time she wears them, and her Majesty. as
result, usually contents herSelt Win a prl-
yate collection, which is worth toOOVO.
OF the recruitx in the British army 3D.
O94 were last year raised in England 3,o6'
in Scotland and 1850 in Ireland. One thou
sand three hundred and five of these young
soldiers were under seventeen years OF age.
The number of miles first travelled by
trolley car on the average before an aecl-
dent is encountered has been inquired as
IL ,262: on a horse car, 1870. in both cases 90
per cent being accidents of a trivial nature
and steam railroads, 6l14 miles.
Tobacco was discovered in 1892 In 1892
the United States raised 565. $4,000 pounds
on 757,326 acres of ground. In 1874 the
worlds production was 76S,OOO tons on p
029.OOO acres In 1892 there were manufactur-
ed i'm this country 2,S77 779, ,44O cigarettes.
A silken prayer book has been woven at
LYONS. in France, the completion of which
has taken three years. The prayers are not
dred copies We're Struck OFF, the loom, and
are bought for wedding presents by rich
people.
In Holland woman is secondary con-
sideration - and a poor consideration at
that No Dutch gentleman when walking
on the pavement will move out or his way
for a lady. The latter turns out lnvarl-
ably however muddy or dangerous the
street.
Ever since the massacre of st. Bartholo-
NEW the Huguenots have held three annual
commemorative services in Canterbury ca
thedral Now a beautiful little chapel al
WayS known as the BLACK Princes Chan-
try" in the cathedral. is to be htted up for
the French wOrShiperS.
Carpets were brought from the East in
1889 At first they were made by hand, Dut
the development of machinery in their man
ufacture is such that one Enghsh frm
makes 400, 900 a year. There are said to be
i'm this country over 70,000,O00 daily trodden
by the feet of our population.
ONLY on two occasions has England gone
to war to aid a weaker nation. The first
was when Elizabeth sent an expedition TO
the relief of the Dutch and Flemings TO
help them against the encroachments of
Philip III of Spain. The second was the war
of Greek independence in 1927.
The flavor of eggs depends very much on
When hens are fed largely or almost eX-
clusively on milk the yolk is lighter in
color. the white has a milky look, and the
whole egg is watery and less frm IN teNt-
ure than those laid by grain-fed hens
Calico printing was invented in 1870. The
number of yards annually manufactured is
too great for computation. One girl of
twelve years, employed in Lancashire mills,
will make thirty-five yards day. and in
a year can turn out enough to clothe loo
persons in India for the same length OF
time.
During the Franco-PruSSian war of 1870
II 10000 French and 1,c03000 Germans took
the field. OF the former IL 900 were killed in
battle, $4,000 died of wounds, 5000 died OF
sickness, 116O00 were in various ways dis
abled, and $4,000 taken prisoners OF the
Germans 1872 were killed in action. 1910
died of their wounds, IA 259 of sickness, So
OoO were disabled. The prisoners taken by
the French were very few in number. In
all 6S4, 600 French and 1S3, 75l Germans were
killed or disabled, loss TO tho world of
S17.751 men.