The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-30
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The United States acreage in grain is
greater than the entire area of the Ger
man empire.
The value of the cattle in Western Amer
lea is estimated at $1,000, GOO 600, or five times
that Of all the cattle in Australia.
Nero's eyeglass through which the near
sighted tyrant watched the gladiatorial
games, was an emerald cut into the form
of a lens.
Hebrew women were not permitted to
wear bracelets or bangles in the syna-
gogue. lest the tinkling should disturb the
Worshipers.
A st. Louis woman had a guardian APP
pointed for her husband on proving that ne
spent all of his pension money-$3O-every
month for patent medicines.
During the reign of Elizabeth English
dudes wore shoes three feet long, the toe
pointed and fastened up to the garter with
golden chains, to which little bells were at
tached.
Twenty-six Of the 40 persons who died in
Monroe county, Ohio, last year were up
ward Of eighty years of age, the Oldest be-
ing ninety-seVen and the average age a
little over eighty-seven.
A young man who washed Cancelled post
age stamps and used them again has been
sent to Jail in Maine for thirty-one days
the minimum penalty being inflicted be-
cause he was poor and ignorant.
Old Kentucky comes to the front will, her
first coIored female notary public Miss
commissioned last month and will make
the pension business a speciality.
In Denmark women who foresee a life
of single blessedness can make provision
whereby they can at the age of forty be put
in the spinster class for good and receive
a weekly stipend for their support.
Baltimore has more churches in proper
ton to population than any city in the
world, and, Judging from the reports OF
new edifices. she intends to keep up her
record at the head of the procession.
The oldest married couple in the United
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hitler and are aged,
respectively, 1O7 and 1O5 years. They have
lived together for eighty-seven years.
Australia's rabbit plague bids fair to come
frozen rabbits for the London market.
From Victoria alone 1900 rabbits a day,
or over 1900, 900 year, are shipped now,
Sheep dealers in Montana have lost hun
dreds of sheep through the poisonous plant
known as larkspur. 1t is expected that
many more will die, although the veteri-
nary surgeons have succeeded in saving
some.
In 1880 the Duchesse de Fontanges had
the misfortune to have her hat blown off
at hunting party, and tied her hair with
with ribbons remained fashion for seven
years.
Semblacay, bishop of Bourges, for many
wears ate six meals a day and attributed
his talent in this direction to the fact that
he said grace, not only before and after
each repast, but at each removal of a
service.
A California man has a steaming process
for killing insects on fruit trees. The pro-
cess consists of heating the atmosphere
about the tree to about 120 degrees which
does not iniure the tree, but destroys in
sect life.
The Chinese wear a skirt. knee breeches,
cap and sandals. AS winter comes they in
crease the number of garments rather than
their thickness 50 that the circumference
of a Chinaman in midwinter often exceeds
his height.
DR. d. r. Jenkins, of Thurman o., who
has been in active practice thirty-eight
years, has OBLIGATED at 2152 births; He es-
Inmates that he has travelled 100000 miles
horseback using one horse for fifteen
years during which time he rode him 125,
900 miles.
Sixty years ago Joseph elliott was a
working jeweler in Birmingham, England.
One day he accidentally split one OF his
fine steel tools, and being suddenly called
on to sign a receipt. and not finding pen
handy, he used the split tool as substitute.
This led to making pens of metal.
The dressmakers of the reign of Louis
XIV announced that. among other costly
goods. they had for sale sad friends color,
does belly, scratched face, rat color, fading
flower. dying monkey, gladstone widow
lost time dea d-alive, sick Spaniard, mortal
sin, common harm and chimney-sweep.
civil engineer mechanical engineer or
architect in the employ of the German
railways must, on an average, wait till he
is thirty-eight or forty years old before his
position is permanent. The average time