The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
Eugene F. Ware.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

To detach a fishbone from the throat
swallow raw egg as quickly as it car he
obtained.
The albatross has been known to fol-
low a. ship for two months without ever
being seen to alight.
The great Ottoman empire, which at one
time threatened the civilized world sprang
from q band of 400 wandering Turkoman
families.
The municipal expenses of London are
$40 coo 600. The municipal expenses of Paris
are $50, 100000 The municipal expenses of
New York are 100000.
Nevada is the most sparsely settled State
in America. There are nearly two and a
half square miles to each inhabitant; next
comes Idaho. with one inhabitant to each
square mile.
The art of paper making has reached the
point where it is possible to cut down q
growing tree and convert 1t into paper
suitable for printing purposes within tWen-
ty-four hours.
Britain occupies a very high place in
mining Of all kinds. More than 600,000 of
her people are employed at the Industry,
and they produce Go,VOO,VOO worth OIL MIN
erals annually
A peer who becomes a bankrupt is dis
qualified from sitting or voting in the
House of Lords; a peer. of Scotland or Ire
land is by bankruptcy dlsquallned from rep
resenting his country
Glass is the most perfectly elastic sub
stance in existence A glass plate Kept UNI
der pressure in a bent condition for twenty
form. Steel comes next.
The Parsee is more often than not unjust
ly called a fire-worshiper, Yet to him fire
is but the emblem of the power Of God
whom he worships as devoutly as Chris
tians do the God of the Bible
The largest creamery in the world is said
to be near S b1 700 s 1nor
the cream, and the average daily product
is 10000 pounds, or five tons, of butter.
japanese theaters have their boxes so
hot "a n Crn
dresses, as it is not considered stylish for
a lady to appear an entire evening in one
dress and with the same ornaments.
1t is claimed In behalf of the Bermudas
that the complexions of the natives are the
finest in the world. This seems to be clever
advertisement of the Bermuda onion, of
which 100000 pounds are exported an
nually.
That army chaplaincies continue to be
very alluring to the clerical mind is indi-
Gated by the fact that nearly 800 ministers
applied to the federal government for ap-
pointment to a single vacancy that recently
occurred.
BICYCLES are used for smuggling on the
frontier of France and Belgium. The GUS
toms officers at Tourcoing took to pieces the
machine ridden by man they suspected
and found that all the hollow tubing was
stuffed with pepper.
1t is said that lemonade is a microbe
destroyer since the bacilli of cholera can
not resist the acids, especially the power
fui citric acid of the lemon. One grain
microbes in a quart of water
Thomas Worthington, who was Governor
of Ohio about 1915, has the unique diStinc-
ton Of having been the only Governor of
the State who was ever arrested and
started for jail. There was a mistake
about it. which was discovered before the
official was locked up.
The japanese are to have a superb ex-
hibition at Toxic, the buildings covering
some ten acres of ground, and the exhibits
numbering over 120, coo. The collection of
gas and electrical appliances. many of
which are of native invention, viii be
especially interesting.
From the top of the cathedral spire in
Mexico you can see the entire city, and the
most striking feature of the view is the alb
sence of chimneys. There is not a chimney
in all Mexico. not a CRATE, nor a stove, nor
a furnace. All the cooking is done with
charcoal in Dutch ovens
There are still on the pension rolls the
names of seven widows and nine dauish-
ters of soldiers who fought in the revolu-
fionary war. The widows receive $l2
month each under a general act: the daugh-
ters sum stipulated by an individual act
passed by Congress for each one.
The Ohio penitentiary authorities and
state officials are seriously planning a
scheme TO have criminals carried by
press companies in steel wire cages as ex-
press mstter, thus doing away with the
extra expense attached in sending deputies
and the annoyances connected with 1t.
The swan is not yer appreciated in
America as a scenic attraction. On the