The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-20
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

| In 1901 there were only 5000 Italian-speak-
| ing people in the United States; now there
| are 100000.
In Siam the first wife may be divorced,
| but not sold. The other wives may be di-
vorced and sold.
The Krupp foundries at Essen, near Dus-
seldorf employ e 21 iaS persons whose fami
Strange to say. the bicycle now forms no
| inconsiderable portion OF the miscellaneous
| supplies forwarded to the missionaries
| abroad.
| 1t is said that there are seven negro col
| leges, $500 Afro-American teachers and
263, 500 colored pupils in the state OF
| Georgia.
To destroy ants drop some quicklime in
| the mouth Of their nest. and wash it in
| with boiling water. Camphor in a. cup
| board will prevent their coming.
| After Thomas B. Balentine had spent
| $75, 900 in building a home for the aged In
Norfolk. Va, he found that there were not
ten worthy persons in the city willing to
enter it.
1t is estimated that one-twelfth of the
P BepIin phys e Dr FehIaner says that
this malady Is often due to the excessive
use of meat.
A new method of stopping hiccoughs is
said to have been accidentally discovered in
a French hospital. 1t consists in thrusting
the tongue out of the mouth and holding it
thus for a short time.
The word gypsy itself is but a corrup
ton of Egyptian. so-ca1led because the
original tribe of low-caste Hindoos expelled
travelled into Europe by way of Egypt.
A subterranean grave of great antiquity
has been discovered at Sin Tai, China. The
grave contained a pair of vases and cam
dlesticks. besides some ancient ornaments.
1t is thought to be over 10000 years old.
The children of the Anois a people liv-
ing in northern Japan, do not receive their
name until after they are five years old
1t is the father who then chooses the name
by which the child is afterwards called
For seven years the st. Lawrence river
lrro1 L. IN Ennth hoy for.
seven years 1t gradually increases in depth,
the difference In level being about five feet.
Why 1t does 80 no one has yet discovered.
July's fire loss In the United States and
Canada amounted to s9033. $50. Through
generally a fiery month, and although it
began very fercely the fire loss during its
1875. '''s year was 's7S y '''' '0O man ~
It is certain that the elephant, the rhi-
nooeros. the bear the hyena, and other
wild animals were at one time common in
England. Several bones of these animals
have been found in kent's cavern, about
mile from Tcrquay.
discovered in the southern part of Davis
strait by the Danish steamer Ingof, which
mas peeh carrylIng On yep SCI doert
for the past two years.
The United Kingdom has more women
workers than any other state in the world
in proportion to the popula ton. and among
them fewer than $4,000 are set down
as dressmakers, an occupatio which may
1t is recorded that an eagle kept in
finenent has been known to fast for three
weeks, those who have had charge of it
having forgotten to provide its usual sup
ply of food. 1t soon, however. recovered its
strength and did not appear 10 suffer from
its extraordinary abstinence.
Paul. surnamed the Hermit" PauIus
Eremitanus. towards the close of the sec
ond century is usually reckoned the first
hermit though ST. Jerom at the beginning
of the life of that saint says 1t is not known
who was the first Some go back to st.
John the Baptist ana others to Elias.
The crown of England is kept in the Tow
ing room. 1t Is never brought out except
ing on grand state occasions: but whenever
levee, takes place the Queen wears circlet
of diamonds in the form of a crown on her
head.
Paper tiles. which are now made. are
over those of the ordinary type. They are
lighter, harder and also impervious to
damp. Added to this, they nonconduct-
ing of heat and sound. while the new ma
terial is said to be exceedingly good to look
upon.
The allowance of lawyers to population
in this country is rather more than that
of preachers. There are SO, 422 men and 2OS
women engaged in the legal profession
ard. supposing each to have an average
of ten suits on hand, the litigation going
at time in the United States would
foot up S9e, 800 cases.
A raft of logs has just been successfully
towed from Stella, Wash, to San Francis
co. 1t 528 feet long, fifty-two feet |
broad at its middle point and thirty-one |
feet deep. This method of bringing timber
to the San Francisco market viii cause the |
price of timber to go down in that CITY |
about So a thousand feet.
The deepest lake in the world so far as |
known. is Lake Baikal, in Siberia. While |
9 600 square miles in area. or nearly as |
large as Lake Erie. it is 1000 to $500 feet
deep, so that it contains nearly as much |
$50 feet above sea level, aEd it's bottom |
nearly 1900 feet below it.
The word money owes its very existence
to the Latin goddess Juno Moneta in whose
great temple struck the first Roman I
The form took it's name from
Florence in which city it was struck about
the thirteenth century. Ducats were /
specially struck for circulation in the duchy
of Apulia in 1140 and bore a beautiful in |
Probably Newgate. which has been a |
prison for nearly 700 years, is the oldest /
prison in Great Britain. Its history a. |