The Indianapolis journal., 1893-09-10
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

No days of grace are allowed in Parts on
bills pay able at sight, 0s is the custom In
this country.
There is enough iron in the blood of
forty-eisht men 20 make twcnty-four-
pound Dlowshare.
The first degree of Doctor of Medicine
was given In England In 1909. that OF Doc
tor of Music in 1863.
The practice of using eggs at Easter is of
HindoO origin. the egg being In India an
em olem OF Immortality.
Tho guillotine upon which Marie Antoi.
netto was beheaded is claimed to DE ex-
hIbited at the worlds fair.
The city of London drinks every year
As. .OOo. 600 gallons of malt liquor. S.0OO.o 900
gallons of wine and 100000 gallons OF spir-
It's.
The Greek statues of marble were gener-
ally painted In gorgeous colors. and fre-
quently covered with a profusion of tawdry
ornaments.
For 200 years the paper from which tho
been manufactured at Laverstoke in
Hampshire.
Unusual care is taken in making the
ordinary billiard ball. After 1t IS cut it
takes about ayear TO be seasoned. Then 10
is turned and polished.
The first practical sewing machine was
invented in lSfi. In 1888 there we're 600.0C0
made in the United States. able to do the
work Of 100000 women.
Twenty millions of articles of mail m 1t.
ter pass through United States posioffices
each day. and 10000 letters are received
annually at the Dead Letter Office.
The tenth census shows that z3, Ol0 600 IN.
habltants of the United States are snp-
ported by agriculture. Il $50 900 by mGn-
ufactures and $500. coo by commerce.
The arm chair once owned and used by
Dr. Samuel Johnson, the lexicographer.
tfnr hrt N n a aaf ffnn m az hao
been sold ut auction at Denblgh, Wales. 1t
brought E53 7s.
The Bank of England was once compelled
to suspend specie payments. 1t was on
Feb. %. 1892. 1t resumed in 1923. after the
financial disaster following the French
wars had passed away.
In the reign OF Queen Mary square-toed
shoes were the fashion. Men took TO wear
ing them SO broad that n proclamation was
issued restricting their breadth 10 six
inches square at the toes.
Probably the biggest king in the world.
in point of size at any rate. is tho sovereign
of Butsritari. who recently entered a pro-
test against the British protectorate over
the Gilbert isles. He weighs 2lst. lob.
The largest family in the world is that of
the King of Siam. He has two official
wives eighty eight of the second class. and
seventy-two children. He has fifty broth
ers and sisters and 20 uncles and aunts.
The nail machine was invented in 1775.
At the present day it is estimated thar
1900, 600, coo nails are annually made by ma.
, chnery In Great Britain alone, and from
q fourth to a half this number in the United
States
On q clear day an object raised one foot
above o level plain can he eeen l3l miles:
one 10 feet high. 4. Is miles; one 20 feet high.
| $50 miles; one 100 feet high. 13 / miles and
one o mile high as the top OF mountain
! almost 90 miles.
Brass pins were first made in 1913. and
weighed about an eighth Of pound each.
| Now England. France and Germany mann
| lscture every week $4,000. which reeu-
larly disappear. and nobody knows what
! becomes Of them.
/ Worth. the great Paris dressm Ker. SAYS
that some years ago Peruvian heiress
| paid his firm $4,000 for n single gown.
s2l. 600 being the cost of the laces alone. A
! few weeks ago he sold cloak for Sl2, ,OOO
of which $4,000 went for the fur.
rne rule for finding the day of the week
In any year is this: Add together The mum
ber of the year. one-fourth the number of
the year, disoarding the fractions. and the
number of the day In the year; divide the
| sum by seven: II there IA no remainder. the
| day WAS Saturday; If there is . remainder