The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-10
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

AS late as 1860 10000 African slaves were
annually transported from the Dark Cont
nent to Cuba. -en
The longest artificial water course in the
world is the Bengal canal, 300 miles; the
next is Erie, S63
The stage is. in China the lowest of pro-
LESSONS. Actors share with BARRIERS the pain
OF exclusion from competition at literary ex-
The feminine element Is terribly in excess
in Germany the women exceeding the men
by more than 100000. according to the latest
statistics.
A family in Scotland has just been forced
out of the tenancy of a farm which II had
occupied since 1850 by record, with traditions
running back to 1851.
The christian" King Menelek is said TO
more than 500 Askaris prisoners, many of
whom afterwards died.
The largest pure diamond, that belonging to
the Rajah Of Mattan. weighs 9S7 carats; The
or Orion. weighs 1913 carats.
Charcoal is the most beneficial to potted
plants IL broken IN pieces the size OF small
chestnuts and added to the soil in the pro-
portion of one part to twenty of earth.
aminations. Every other man in the en-
pirs can compete, and every successful cam
didate is a probable mandarin. Actors and
BARRIERS alone can never attain to the privi-
lege. 3-HT
pitcher of ice water laid in a newspaper.
with the ends Of the paper twisted together
to exclude the air, viii remain all night in
ceptible melting of the ice.
The discovery OF human skull in a good
state Of preservation by we'll diiggers at ia
vein of coal, is attracting good deal OF at
tention at Dickinson. n. ID.
Taking the young and the old together, 1t
is found that twenty-six years is the average
at which people die in London. In England
and Wales only, more than a hundred thou
sand persons are always slowly dying Of
consumption.
riculture DR.. Graetz, of Munich. has given
a picture of a one-day-old pig. showing its
bony structure. BY continuing. to make pic
lures or the pig the action or food on Its
growth will be shown.
Hiram Lester. who died recently at the
poor farm in Henry county. Georgia. said
that he was 12s years old A son OF his in
and daughter Of his living in Heard county
is ninety-five years old.
Hollow glass bricks are now in use in
light and strong and to be excellent nom
conductors Of heat, owing to the air con-
tanned in them. They have been used for
arches OF ten-foot span.
Twelve and a half tons of silver bullion,
valued approximately at $315. 900, will shortly
be shipped from the Eureka Hill. This, 1t Is
said, Will be the largest and md most valuable
in Utah, and. it is believed, in the world.
The German Emperor has $50 carriages in
his stables in Berlin. OF these one hundred
victorias and landaus used by the Emperor
and by the members OF the royal family are
all painted alike, and are never used by any
one else
There are now 1,O62,7O0 miles of telegraph
lines in existence, more than half of them
545. 900 miles being in America. Europe has
$50. 700 miles, Asia 81. 100, Australia 1900 and
Africa 2I.5O6 The United States leads the
list of countries with 4OS,sOo miles. with Rus
STA second.
In mineral production. last year was re-
The total t reached ssss sos an increase
over 1894 of $S4, All Al. The aggregate yield
of metals was $40 900 900, an Increase of s4o-
00o. 900. The production OF bituminous coal
increased from sos. 15S.967 TO sl25, ass, ass.
A movement is on foot to found large
American colony in syria. in the immediate
neighborhood of Jerusalem, If successful the
project will doubtless tend TO develop the
trade of the country, which, now that the
annual rainfall is becoming greater, should
increase in fertility under careful cultiva-
ton. .fe
ITO kick the bucket" Is said to have
originated in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
when a shoemaker named Hawkins COM
mitted suicide under peculiar circumstances,
Placing bucket on table In order 10 raise
himself high enough 10 reach a rafter above.
then. kicking away the bucket on which he
stood.
1t costs more to send a ton of goods from
London TO the west OF Ireland than 10 Japan
A ton OF wooden goods can be forwarded
cage. LOCO miles inland. for 35s, and 10 Japan
for Sos. The same goods sent from Derry
to London cost EOS. and from Gweedore. fifty
miles inland, 120s.
Cattle must be very precious In Borneo,
when COW receives the honor OF an obitu-
airy notice in the official journal. Thus a
newspaper solemny informs its readers that
AN aged cow bei3ngins to the sovernm,,ss a
into dyke at secluded spot, where II was
unable TO extricate ITSELF"
One OF the English judges IN India is
expert on the typewriter, and IL occurred TO
| him TO use IL for the taking OF judicial notes
The machine was conveyed into court, and
the judge kept note or the proceedings The