The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-04
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.


In the private schools of China a teacher
pupil.
1t is said that whales can remain I'M
der the surfance of the ocean for an hour
and a half.
Two wealthy Hebrews of Bagdad now
own ali that remains of the ancient town
Of Babylon.
The huge guns of modern navies can only
be fired about seventy-ive times. This
Suftlces to wear them out.
The average weight of the brain Of the
despised Chinaman is larger than that OF
any other race on the globe, except the
Scotch.
quis OF Butte, cost over e2,O 900, 900. 1t con-
tains $50 rooms and covers over an acre of
ground.
1t is claimed for Ireland that. with its
less than five million of, population, it has
more centenarians than any country in Eu-
rope-perhaps in the world. They number
An Abilene, (Kan.) jury found a woman
guilty on a charge of having driven her
stepson and her husband from their home,
and she was fined $40 and costs, which the
husband paid.
The best way to ascertain whether coffee
has been adulterated is to pour cold water
on It. If pure, it will color the water very
slightly; II mixed with chicory, the water
will take a brownish hue.
The per capita cost of living in New
South Wales is the highest in the world.
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the United Kingdom it is about $3.50, in the
United States sl7o and in Canada s12O.
Two young men of st. Johns, Mich,
soaked wheat in alcohol and strewed it
around the courthouse grounds. Then they
gathered in bags upwards of 400 inebriated
sparrows and secured the bounty on them.
Over 1000 ships of all kinds and sizes
pass up and down the English channel
every twenty-four hours. and there are
scarcely ever less than 200 near Lands
End, leaving or bearing up for the channel.
The invention Of bells iS attributed hy
some of the best foreign campanologists to
the Egyptians. who are credited with hav-
ing made use of such percussion inStru-
ments to announce the sacred fetes of
Osiris.
An unbreakable carriage shaft has been
invented, having a joint which permits it
whatever position the unfortunate creature
may lie on or under the shaft, the latter
will remain undamaged.
1t would seem that the influence of eli
mate upon national character has been
greatly exaggerated, says a recent writer.
Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt and Carthage,
situated In hot ATTITUDES, were among the
most masterful nations of antiquity.
In Asia it is estimated there are s25, 954.-
RIGA. 16S, 1853, 900: in America, 121 $4,000, and
in Australia, $3.50, 600. OF this total about
g., 214,00 0 persons die annually-9S,S $40 per
day, or 4,020 per hour, or 81 per minute.
The condition of the public teachers in
Spain is not to be envied. The paymen of
their salaries is almost always far in ar
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of a man who had not received a farthing
from the government for seventeen years.
A curious custom is made known to us by
a correspondent in Berlin. The butchers of
that town are in the habit of informing
their customers of the days on which fresh
sausages are made by placing a chair, COW
cred with a large, clean apron, at the side
of the shop door.
There are 5000 children attending pri-
vate schools and 1907 600 attending public
be room for $4,000 more in the public
| schools. This will make a total of 24S,0 900
attending the schools, but there are $4,000
more who are of school age but not going
to school.
The United. Kingdom builds her war yes
tran any other country in the world. In
the following leading navies of the world
the cost of building typical ironclads per
United States, G78; France and Germany,
GS7 to 500.
In Persia among the aristocracy a visitor
sends notice an hour or two before calling
and gives a days notice if the visit is one
| of great Importance. He is met by servants
before he reaches the house Use, ana Other con- a.
relative rank. The left and not the right
is considered the position of honor.
The city of Montpelier, in France, is said
to be the first to regulate the kind of wrap
ping paper in which articles of food shall
be delivered. Colored paper is absolutely
forbidden. Printed paper and old manu-
scripts may only be used for dried vege-
tables. For all other articles of food, new
paper, eltner White OF COIOISu straw, must
be used.
Drunkenness was punished in many of
the early nations with exemplary sever
ity. In England a canon law restrained it
in the clergy SO early as A. d. az. Con-
stantine, King of Scots, punished this Of
tense a gainst society with death. He used
of a man and differed from the beast only
in shape.
Queens nave not as a rule been a sue
cess as monarchs. The darkest page in
English history is, perhaps, that which
Cleopatra and Catherine II were anything
but a. blessing to their countries. Isabella
of Castillo, with her blind and piiless
bigotry, wrought a good half share in the
ruin of Spain.
Frenchmen consume more alcohol than
other Europeans. according to figures put
before the Basil congress for alcoholism.
In the computation the amount of alcohol
in light wines and beer is included. The
average annual consumption of alcohol per
head of population is il quarts in France,
10 in switzerland. Belgium and Italy, 8 in
and England, 4 in Sweden, 3 in
Norway and 2 in Canada.
The Oldest inn in the world is probably
the Golden Cross at Ratisbon, England.
Charles V resided in it in 1916. John of
Austria. the defender of Europe against
the Turk. was born in it in 15f7. Ferdi-
nand / soiourned in it in 1881. In the Wis
itors' book. which was opened in 1879, are
the names of many exalted perscnages,
among them those of the old Emperor Will
liam.