The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
OUT OF THE ORDINARY,

In nearly all the arid land regions ar
tesian wells can be obtained at Il; ceptli of
from 800 to GEO feet.
1t is estimated that gold and silver
have been sunk in the sea than are now in
circulation on earth.
There are not more than twenty-five
Chinese women in New York They care
fully avoid the public gaze.
The French claim that gas-making was
invented by Lebon, in 1902, who made gas by
the dry distillation of wood.
Over one-,half of the sand o. every suere
is composed of minute shells, each of which
was once the home of a living creature.
The estimated losses from hog cholera
and swine plague are between $40, 900 and
100000 per annum in the United States.
May 20. the anniversary of the signing of
the Mechlenberg Declaration of sIndepend-
ence. is legal holiday in North Carolina
Though whale fishing has dwindled away
whalebone is greatly in excess of the sup
ply.
The Board of Education of Mount Yer
non, n. Y, has decided to expel from the
public schools any boy caught smoking Gig
aretteS.
When petroleum was first discovered in
this country it was called rock oil, and
was sold in small phials as specific for
rheumatism.
A lady bicyclst of Snydney, Mrs. E. A.
Maddox, In company with her husband.
has just taken a 6o0-mile spin, covering
the distance in nine days. n l~f
1t is estimated that there is invested in
hunting in the British Isles f110o0,O00, and to
follow the sport requires an annual expen-
diture of nearly f6.60O,OOO.
In Turkestan, IT wedding engagement
is broken, the girls parents must either re-
turn the lovers gifts or substitute another
daughter, if they have one.
The Brewers Journal states that English
syndicates have s91, OOo. 900 invested in Amer
lean breweries, the dividend on which, at 8
per cent. last year, was $S,190,0O0 and was
paid in gold.
west showing the proportion of women to
men in the churches. 1t averages about two
to one-the proportion that has been recog-
nized for long time.
In 1856 Dr. Ricke1 at WIlrzbnrg T,sbtcd
his house with a gas made. from TIE cry
distilation of bones. He discontinued his
experiments because ii- was suspected IF
sorcery and feared >rouble.
The churches of the East, which the
Pope wishes to bring back to the fold, en-
brace 125, 100000 of members. Among other
things they do not accept the word purga-
tory and reject the authority of the Pope.
Black walnut is scarce wood these days,
but old farms about Philadelphia still af-
ford to the cabinet maker noble specimens
of the tree. 1t is said that black walnut
100 years old will fetch in that region about
500.
est street car system. in proportion to its
population of any city in the world. The
total number of passengers carried, last
year, was 701, 1894, while the monthly
average was 5,9o5,54.
The Chinese empire is divided into eight
cen grand provinces. rept-sent'lg ar aver
age area each of 24S000 square mites The
home German empire cont ANS q L0M snus c
miles, the French rep lbl.c 2iO,nUO :i,id The
British isles II, 600
In Siam each year is named after an
animal and people born in certain years
are forbidden to intermarry- Thus, an ele-
plant baby can't marry a tiger. nor lion
a lamb. And there are heavy penalties for
lying about ones age.
Clay eaters are not confined to our South
ern States. Humboldt found them in South
America. The practice OF clay eating is
common throughout the Tcrrid Zone, and
is not unknown in Sweden, Norway, Fin
land and New Caledonia.
There was a funeral In st. Adams. VT,
recently, OF Democrat, aged s., who was
buried In coffin made BY Democrat oil
pine grown on q Democrats land and sa wed
| at Democrats mill, and the undertakers
and bearers were Democrats.
| In the shop OF st. Petersburg watch
maker hunlan-faced clock u on view
! pivoted On III nose. 4I1d any messages tina