The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Bricks are now made with mortises and
lemons In such a way that a wall cannot
be sprung outwardS nor cracked.
A century ago there was not a mile of
telegraph or telephone wire in existence,
not a foot of railway. nor a
Statistics show that the longest-lived
people have generally been those who made
breakfast the principal meal of the day.
One hundred and nine thousand locomo-
tives are now running in various countries.
Europe has 5000, Asia 5000, Australia 1000
and Africa 200.
Physicians in England continue TO write
their prescr ptions In Latin because they
imagine il TO be better for their patients
not TO know the nature of the drugs they
are taking.
Orange-growing is being abandoned on
orchardists are cutting down their trees
and planting the land with coffee, cotton
and sugar cane.
The bridal veil of a Japanese young lady
is subsequently used as her shroud. Di-
rectiy after the marriage it is carefully put
away and reserved until death makes its
use again necessary.
The men and women of the Cree tribe of
Indians dress alike, and can be distin-
guished only by the ornamentation of their
leggings. that of the men being vertical
n that OF the women horizontal.
During the last fiscal year 3f3. 367 imm,-
grants arrived in the United States. Of
whom PIP, 466 were males and 130, sol females.
There were debarred 3.037 immigrants. of
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laborers.
Unborn babies In India are some times
used as security for debt. When the father
of a family is obliged to borrow money to
defr2y the expenses of his daughters we'd
ding he will pledge her firs--porn son as
collateral.
Very young children are not sensitive to
pain to any great extent. DIR. Geuger cal
culateS that seESibility is seldom clearly
shown in less than four or five weeks after
birth, and before that time infants do not
shed tears.
The British authorities in India have been
obliged to discontinue the bounties on dead
snakes because the natives went into the
business of breeding the reptiles on a large
scale IN order to secure the reward paid
for their dead bodies.
The highest-priced watch made in Geneva
costs Gl50. Ii records fractional parts or
a second. strikes the hours and quarters,
and plays three tunes; With gems to orna-
ment the case the value can, of course, be
increased to two or three sums.
Only one of the thirteen trees planted
on Washington Heights by Alexander Ham
crate the thirteen original States of the
Union is in a f1our;shing condition. All of
the others are either dead or dying.
Runaway horses are unknown In Russia.
No one drives there without having a thin
cord with a running moose around the neck
of the animal. When an animal bolts the
cord is pulled, and the horse stops as soon
as it feels the pressure on the windpipe.
Inc 1tiuSNlNdhld IdllTcdU Is the largest
taxpayer in the city of Philadelphia, The
taxes for that company's property in that
city for 1896 are 1921 .925. 43. This represents
a valuation Of about $50. c00. 900 on the real
estate in that city owned by the company.
Enormous tracts Of Africa. especially the
region between the Congo and Shari basins.
and much of the area inc!osed by the great
northern curve of the Niger. remains unex-
plored. There is also unappropriated terri
tory TO the exetent of LISA. S9S square miles.
One of the most eccentric church spires
is that Of the parish church (All Saints
of Chesterfield. with its curious spire. CPS
feet high. and 81 feet off the perpendicular.
Which ever way the observer looks at this
curious spire 1t appears TO bulge out in
that direction.
a French engineer has conceived the i'm.
teresting idea of reproducing the house In
which Napoleon lived at st. Helena as an
attraction during the Paris exhibition I'm
1850. The house will be an exact COPY of
the original, with panoramic canvases rep
resenting the natural surroundings.
The impetuous bravery of the Japanese.
their patriotic eagcrness to face the great
est perils, is TO a large extent due TO their
fantastic belief. 1t is their belief that each
man is predestined to die i'm q certain way.
on an allotted day. and that the combined
efforts of man cannot change his fate.
Our ancestors ate much more meat than
we do. says an English writer. In Queen
Elizabeth's time her maids of honor were
allowed three rump steaks for reakfas
Mutton was not SO much used as beef. be-