The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The taxable wealth of the colored population
of the United States is over $500, 900.
The largest business houses are closed for an
hour and half in the middle of the day in
Mexico.
Milwaukee, is PREPARING to have hanging gar
Babylon
In some of the farming districts of China pigs
are harnessed TO small wagons and made to
draw them.
Nine cases out of ten OF ordinary colds can be
cured in their early stage by a, hot bath and
drinking a glass of hot lemonade Immediately
before going to bed
The Chinese divide the day into twelve parts
of two hours each. The Italians reckon twenty
tours round instead OF two divisions of twelve
hours each, do
Watches are adjusted to heat and cold by be.
ing ba to stand st n in them room neaed with
being regulated after each treatment.
The Mosque of st. Sophia, at Constantinople.
was built over thousand years ago. and the
mortar used is said to have been perfumed with
musk. The musky odor is still perceDtible.
Grand RAPIDS Mich the opening pen Of the
cessful since 1892, and enough orders have been
booked to insure busy factories for several
According TO our l1st census. 1881 persons over
one hundred years I'D were found, and of these
only sixty-six men and 1i7 women over the hun
dred mark.
An English gardener writes in the Colder;
animals. all that is necessary being the injection
of few cents worth of arsenic in hole bored
a baby that weighs but eight pounds at the age
of eighteen months which is pourd and half
less than ii weighed when born. is the attractive
Da iisS " e. H. .e gossip u the NIUE LOW" Oh
Roswell Beardsey, of North Lansing. Mich,
appointed postmaster by President John
Quincy Adams. and still holds his office He is
eighty-seven years old and has been postmaster
sixty years.
useful charity called the London Spectacle
Mission provides spectacles for needlewomen ana
other deserving persons dependent upon their eye
provided with sDectacles.
A Canadian bride introduced recently a new
feature in wedding ceremonies. She appeared in
church with her pet canary fastened TO her Shout
der by golden chain, and the moment the organ
sounded the bird burst into song.
A quart of oysters contains. on the average.
about the same quantity OF active nutritve sub
stances as quart of milk, or pound of very
lean beef, or pound and a half OF fresh cod
fish, or two-thirds Of pound of bread.
\ member of the Common Council Of New Or
ieans WANTS 70 soiNe one tuestIoh OF stteet-car
and leave by the front door He thinks his plan
The air is so clear in the Arctic regions that
conversation be carried easily by persons
two miles apart 1t has also been asserted on
miles.
School teachers in China run great risks A
man in Yung-ChOu was found guilty of murder.
and the judges. after doo'ning him TO death also
that he should have taught his pupil TO respect
human life.
The debt e. New York city is Sis. 900. 900: the
si3 eco no0 Of Brooklyn sd ITO eco: OF Cincinnati
s2G. .oe0 OF Baltimore. sl5o0e 900: OF Chicago.
sl2.ooo.o00 Of 81. Louis, SOD 900 and OF New
Orleans. Sl5.cCO.Co0.
Houlton has one OF the most charming church
bs town al The singing IN Is done m w srs IN
not any OF them twelve years OF age whose
voices clear and birdlike. and whose work de-
lights the congregation
The California Legislature is preparing to re-
iieve STANFORD University from taxation burdens.