The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-26
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The 4.776 building associations in the United
States have 1,G10.SO0 members and assets OF
The people of Ireland have S2,215,OOO in the
Postofice Savings Bank. Pat is not so thrift
less some people suppose.
OF the whole import trade of Argentina one
half, or about $43. Coo coo worth annually, is from
Great Britain. Germany holds second place.
At Greytown on the eastern coast of Mica
ragua the annual rainfall is 297 inches while on
the Pacific coast the average precipitation is but
sxty-fve inches.
The average salary of a Presbyterian minister
in the United States is but little; if anything
qures seven wears of costly preparation.
The longest stretch of straight railroad line in
at ponf tn three miles Vest Of Toledo g. and
running sixty nine miles without curve.
Miss Letha Jackson. teacher at Steamboat
Docks Ia was discharged because she logged
a boy. Then she sued the school board for breach
As one testimony to the rapid growth of Pales-
tines population it is stated on good authority
that while ten years ago there were only 10 s eco
The longest commercial distance at which the
telephone is now operated Is from Boston 10 IT.
line more than twice as long as any one In Eu-
rope.
steve England. curate to obtain money for his
church building fund; He pays $40 a month for
the hire of the barrel organ and in three weeks
has collected SIS.
1t was customary in Greece, in ancient times.
son. This was to pay his fare to Charon I, the, the
Acheron, in the internal regions
When the poormaster of Hoboken came to ex-
anime a case of restitution the other day he
found a new bicycle in the place. 1t belonged 10
the daughter. the house. He very naturally ad-
vised the sufferers TO sell the wheel.
1t was estimated in 1884 that $lc0. GOO 600 would
complete the Nicaragua canal. but since then
there has been a great reduction in the cost of
such work and engineers now say the canal can
be CONSTRUCTED and equipped for Sl5,0O0,0O0.
4 farmer in the Shenandoah valley has con-
tracted TO sell his four thousand barrels OF apples
to London firm for S5.5G a Larrei. The variety
is considered the choicest OF all apples in Eng
lard.
TIE Galveston News notes singular fact,
in view OF its States immense herds of cattle.
butter it uses. Some of its citizens are now
laboring to procure the establishment of cream
cries and cheese factories there.
In norticrls of Illinois tenant farmers are or
ganizing TO resist the demands of their land
lords They hold that half the crop is enough
products has made the rental in some cases more
than the value of the stun produced
Stamps may be quickly affixed to letters, papers.
etc by a recently patented device. which con-
sists of a chamber which holds a number of
stamps above the other. with an outlet be-
low and a plurger above TO force the bottom
stamp out on to the moistened paper.
The stock OF Bank OF England notes which are
Maid in five lls b. 400 boxes which, II placed
side hy side world reach over two miles II the
notes themselves were placed in a pie they would
reach TO height OF five miles, al Ih ne. ,welsh
The little town OF Peculiar, in cass county.
Missouri gets its name in rather a curious man
ner. It's founders got into controversy over
what they should christen it, and finally they re-
ferred the matter to the PoStofiice Department,
saying they didn't care what name was given the