The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-26
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

In London alone the natural increase OF
the population. from excess of births over
deaths, is about 1900 month.
OF LOCO men who marry Ss2 marry young
er women, SO marry women of the same
age and SO marry older women.
In Japan the wealthy classes regard 1t as
walk. Presumably they consider it undig-
nified.
Bricks made of petroleum, solidified with
sawdust and pitch. make a cheap and
durable fuel, and are used for steam en-
gines in France.
Baker county, one of the most fertile
counties in Georgia, has no railroad, tele-
graph or telephone lines in its borders, and
it has no newspaper
Siberia and Greenland, ii is claimed, have
both at some far distant period occupied
position on the earth's surface that was
tropical in every particular.
Statistics show that in British East In
dia sixty-fiye persons are killed by snakes
tigers, leopards, wolves, bears, hyenas, etc.,
every day-about $4,000 every year.
A Parsee sacred fire which is burning in
a temple at Legiguil, Persia, Is known to
have not been extinguished since the days
of Rapbereth, who lived twelve centuries
ago.
To clean plaster of paris ornaments cover
them with a thick layer of starch, and
leave till dry. Remove it with stiff brush.
and the ornament should be as clean as
when new.
The statistics show that the city having
the greatest death rate IN the world is
Rheims, France, the proportion being 1852
per ZOO in each year. Dublin follows with
27.C5 and then New York with 1911.
The Medical Society of Berne. Switzer-
land, advises the passing of a law prohibit
ing the publication of accounts of suicides,
on the ground that the reading of such ac
counts suggests suicide to certain people.
The summer home of Emanuel Sweden
borg. near Stockholm. has beer. sold to Or.
Arthur Hazellus, the founder of the North
Stockholm.
removed from it's present location to Skan-
sen, where there is a branch of the mu-
scum.
When a clergyman is elevated to the
bench Of bishops in England he pays very
heavily in fees for it. The late DR.. Mac
fayden, of Manchester, on one occasion
investigated the subject. and found that the
sum paid by bishop in this way
amounted to ft6S.
Armenia, which is now playing so i'm
portant a part in the politics of the world,
daries being variously estimated to contain
all the way from $4,000 to 10000 square
miles, Part of it is in Asiatic Turkey and
part in Russia and Persia.
The Hungarians have an irreconcilable
aversion to the name of Queen, and conse-
uuently whenever a female succeeds to the
throne of Hungary she reigns with the title
of King Thus, in 1888. when Mary, the
daughter OF Charles Duras, came to the
crown she was styled King Mary.
The lines no two human hands are
exactly alike. This fact is utilized in China
in an interesting way. When traveller
desires a passport, the palm of his hand
is covered with fine oil paint and an inn
preston is taken on thin, damp paper
This paper, officially signed is his pass
port.
The European name for rice in its natural
state is paddy, that is. before being sepa-
rated from the husk. The rice plant IS I'M
country il has been propagated over great
part of the word. especially in. Asia, where
it forms the principal portion OF the food OF
the inhabitants
The monarchs of the different Buddhist
countries claim to be heaven born. and be-
lieve their spirits will never go IN any ami
NAL except one OF their white eiepnants
Hence they must have one on hand all
the time and thus white elephant may be
said to be purgatory for the spirits OF
the royal family.
Belfort, Frances main bulwark against
German invasion, has grown so much in
population that the inhabitants have peti-
toned the government to have a part Of
the fertilization torn down to allow the
town 70 expand The 5000 inhabitants Of
ISL have increased to $500 and the town
within the ramparts is very small.
The color of a canary. It is known; can
he fixed by the food given it. Bread and
milk with sweet seed and hemp favor the
pale color Saffron tea to canaries produce
agfine lemon tint; cayenne pepper an orange
green hue In feeding cayenne it can first
be deprived of its strength by exposing In
a moist place, without losing its power TO
color.
The habeas corpus act was passed May
q. 1879 This is the subjects writ of right
| i'm cases where he is aggrieved by Illegal
Imprisonment, and. as far as the personal
liberty of individuals is concerned. the
| habeas corpus act is next in importance to
| Magma Charter. The act can only be sus-
| pended land that for a short and limited
period by parliament, In cases OF extreme
| emergency.
According to the Buddhist form Of re-
| ligion a man lives twelve times on earth.
| his soul returning after each demise In
| some animal. beginning with one Of the
| lower varieties. like q reptile. crocodile.
| or wolf. and then each time he dies
| afterward returning to some animal OF q
| higher type. In this way there 10 q general
progression Of the soul until II reaches the
| animal representing the highest type Of ell,
! which Il the white elephant