The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-24
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

France has more money in circulation in
proportion TO It's population than any other
country.
1t is said that not less than thirteen mil
non human beings have persisted in earth
quakes since the beginning of the historical
era
The average duration of human life in
european countries Is greatest in Sweden
tria-
Russia has a territory in Europe of q
10000 square miles. while in Asia this
gigantic power holds 6,500,00 square miles
more.
to a height of thirty feet; when cultivated
Ii Is pruned down to five for convenience
in gathering the crop.
Over four hundred diamonds are known
10 nave been recovered from the ruins Of
Babylon. Many are uncut. but most are
poisned on one or two sides only.
In Bulgaria the proprietor of a medicine
VINO ann9unces 1t as certain TO cure a
ii the drug fails to accomplish what he
promised.
In the Norwegian town of Haugesund,
w which has a population of $500; not a drop
or spirltuous liquor has been sold for twen>
ty-nine years. Many of the Inhabitants
have never tasted liquor.
The length of the days varies in different
places. In London the longest day has
sixteen and a half hours: at st. Petersburg
nineteen and in Spitzbergen the longest
day lasts three months and a half.
Admirals and generals are of equal rank,
Dut the former takes the precedence in
cases wnere TWO officers belonging to each
grade meet together. the navy being con-
sidered the most distinguished service.
over $50 ambulances are provided in Lon
don Tor the transport oil persons injured or
suddenly taken Ill in the streets. Four per-
sons are killed weekly in the streets of the
metropolis. and a score or two are injured.
The life tree" of Jamaica is harder to
Kill than any other. species of woody
growth known to aboriculturists. 1t con-
tinues to grow and thrive for months after
it has been uprooted and exposed to the
sun.
What is said to be the largest single
country is now on its way from Philadel-
phia TO Joliet, III. Ii is an Immense fly
wheel weighing 10000 pounds. 1t is twenty
eight feet in diameter.
Notwithstanding their reputation for
speed, the Indian racers of the Northwest
and Canada have repeatedly been beaten by
white men. while in wrestling they never
attain the skill Of the whites, and do not
seem to learn boxing at all.
Much most valuable literature has been
lost through fire. AT the sacking of Con-
stantinople in 1852 more than 10000 rare
have been the productions Of some Of the
most famous ancient writer's.
Imprisonment for debt seems to be be-
coming common once more in England, eS-
ptCldliy III the MINING anu MISUNDERSTANDING
districts, 1873 persons having been sent to
Jail for that cause in 1894, while 7,T5 were
sentenced for all varieties of crime.
The skin turns blue when exposed to
cold because, by a low temperature, the
circulation is impeded at the surface, the
arterial blood is partially prevented from
flowing beneath the skin and the venous
blood, which is almost purple, gives color
to the skin.
To be smcthered in food was the odd fate
that befell two fine horses on a stock
farm near Wells, Mimi. the other day.
In the bin over the stalls in which these
horses were stabbed were 1,4N bushels of
oats. The bin broke and the horses were
smothered under the oats.
Lady Huntington, the illustrious patron
OF the MethodiSts, was a widow for forty
five years. She lived TO be ninety years old,
and retained the vigor of middle life almost
to the end. Her benevolences were in
Vulnerable, and she founded a number or
chapels and schools for the Methodists.
The two eyes really see two objects. If
the two forefingers be held. one at the dis
lance OF one foot. the other two feet in
looked at. two phantoms of the latter will
be observed, one on each side. If the lat
ter be regarded, two phantcms of the near
err finger will be observed mounting guard,
one on each side
The ruins on the shores of Lake Titicaca
were In the same condition when visited
by Pizarro as they are to-day. They con.
sist of immense earth pyramids, faced
with stone and surrounded by Cyclopean
walls. There are many nlonoliths strikingiy
suggestive of Stonehenge in England, some
of these giant stones being fourteen feet
high by four feet broad and three feet
thick.
The Hollanders are not fond of lazy peo-
pie, and they have a very good way OF cur
ing persons who can but won't work. III a
pauper who is able to work refuses to do
so, they put him in a cistern, TO which a
pump is attached, and turn on a stream of
water. The stream flows into the cistern
lust slow enough to enable the lazy person
by lively pumping to Keep the water from
getting up over his head.
The rate at which the use OF bicycles is
growing is seen from the statement that
the League of American Wheelmen now
numbers 81, 34S members, 9.52 of whom are
credited TO New York, 5,SS3 to Massachu>
setts and 4,412 TO Pennsylvania. while the
tail-enders of the procession are Idaho and
Nevada, with two members each. Both
these States, however, are better adapted
to walking than wheeling.
That nature generally knows what she
is about better than same scientific ex-
perimenters, Prof. Kijonizia, of Kew, has
found out to his sorrow. He thought peo-
ple would be better off If the air vas ster-
iljzed. Thereupon he destroyed all the
microbes in a certain quantity OF air and
fed il to a number Of small animals. But
the pure air did not agree with the little
beasts, it seemed, for they all died