The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

There is a macadamized road in India
l. 500 miles in length.
A greater number of men than women be-
come stout late in life. No satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION is offered of this fact.
The first forger of a Bank of England
note was Richard William Vaughan, a linen
draper of Stafford, hanged in 1858.
The Philippine islands have 5000, 900 inhab-
itants, of whom 1000 600 live in the noun
tains, and refuse allegiance to Spain.
Among the So, OOOo9G inhabitants of Ger
many there are only Seventy-eight who
have passed their hundredth birthday.
Recent statistics show that there are in
the United States 1880 divorced persons, of
whom 1852 are men and 35,21S are women.
Cyclometers are in use in cabs in Berlin,
LeipSic and Dresden to record the miles
Travelled and the legal fare of the occupants.
Over 100000 passengers have been carried
on the third-rail electric cars in Connecti-
cut since the line was opened five months
ago.
The largest telegraph station in the world
is at st. Martin S-le-Grand, London. There
women.
There are three varieties of the dog that
never bark-the Australian dog, the Egyp-
tan shepherd dog, and the "lion-headed''
dog of Thibet.
An Ursuline nun at Boulogne whose hun
dredth birthday is to be celebrated entered
her convent eighty years ago and has never
set foot out of 1T since.
The Romans used lemons to keep the de-
structive little moth from their garments,
while in the time of Pliny lemons were re-
garded as an excellent poison.
The first mention made of the use of coal
a fuel is in the records of the Abbey of
Peterborough. in the year $50 A. D.. where
is found an entry for twelve carloads of
fossil fuel"
Russian papers complain that the ST.
berian Railway, instead of civiliZing the re-
gions through which it passes, is teaching
the natives the art of robbing trains which
is greatly in vogue.
Two Mauritius postage stamps of the
issue OF 1898. belonging to DR. Legrand's col
lection, have been sold for $4,000 francs to
NJ Bernichon, of Paris. There are only
seventeen Impressions of these stamps in
existence.
bition State. the Santa Fe Railway Com
pany transported during the fiscal year re-
Gently ended 1852 tons of wine, liquors and
beer, of which 1898 tons originated in
Kansas.
There are in Vienna .2S3 old buildings
whose owners are guaranteed eighteen
years freedom from taxation if they will
tear them down and put new structures in
their place. Last year 242 owners made use
Of this privilege.
In Arizona there is town where. be-
cause of the aridity of the region and the
dryness of the climate, water is sold. ped
died on the streets like milk. and carried
from house so house in canvas sacks on the
backs of burros or pack mules
kew. Il. H. LeaVlJt. North Carolina
evangelist, while conducting a revival at
Richmond saw two young women smiling
during service. Walking down the aisle to
where they were. ne knelt and prayed that
they would die Immediately and go to hell
Jacob Dougherty a prosperous trucker
near Scotland. Franklin county, Pennsyl-
vania, raised this fall three heads of cab
bage on one stock. the weight of which was
twenty pounds. On another stock he had
eighteen heads, which weighed twenty-five
pounds.
Wedding presents originated in a feudal
tribute from the vassaIS to their lord When
feudalism ceased the presents became vol
untary. In the days of Queen Elizabeth a
pair of knives or scissors were a common
gift, and symbolized the cutting of unfaith-
full love.
woman arrested for keeping dog with
out license in London pleaded extreme
poverty and the magistrate allowed her
fourteen days to raise the money. The
newspapers spoke of the case, and within
week the clerk of court received $154 from
British dog fanciers for her relief.
A curious discovery has been made in the
archives of the Spanish navy-the bills OF
payment of the crews who composed the
caIaveis on Christopher Columbus, Tie
sailors, according 10 their class received
from ten to twelve francs q month. INCLUDE