The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Property is said to be SO safe in Finland
that packages left unguarded anywhere are
hardly ever touched
The Coliseum at Rome was built by Yes
pasan to accommodate 100000 spectators
1t covers 51a acres and was 120 feet high
In the famous Garden Of Olives at Jeru-
salem there are eight f1ouriShing olive trees
that are known to be over one thousand
years old.
Out Of the enormous number of women IN
Constantinpole-the population is nearly
million-not more than five thousand can
read or write.
The Brooklyn bridge gives employment
to a permanent force Of 7T3 men and wom-
en-, of whom IS are policemen and ZIG In
the train department.
set of the works of Aristotle, the
| Greek philosopher. printed on vellum and of
the date 1883 brought $500 at the Ashburn-
ham sale the other day.
The city of Cambridge, Mass with
population of $1,000, has had no saloons
since 1885, the people voting no-llcense Tor
eleven consecutive years.
Any good blacksmith can make horse
shoe, but few are such adopts as Dover
(Me) man, who recently made a tiny one,
weighing but five grains
Nine tons of weight of coppers are taken
every week from the London penny-in-the-
slot gas meters. 1t is proposed TO supply
electricity on the same plan.
South Germany reports the greatest
weather freak of the present month, a. hall
storm which killed thirteen persons, wound
cattle.
An American lady went into a chemists
shop in Nice and asked for bottle of the
finest perfume sold there. She was informed
that the price of the best scent was $25 an
ounce.
of Mt. Carmel, Conn. has completed four
years apprenticeship to the maehinist
trade, and proposes to undertake tool MAX
ing as her special line of work.
The accuracy of some parts Of the To-
connective is ten times finer than in the
watch, but for absolute measurement the
accuracy in the watch is almost three
times fine as in the locomotive.
A report from the office of the registrar
general of England contains the intelligence
that 225 women reach the age of one hun
dred years, while only eighty-flve men out
of a million count the milestones of a CEN
fury.
AS a precaution against accidental pois-
oning the German government has passed
nal use to be put in round bottles, and
those which are only used externally to be
placed in hexagonal bottles.
In 1920 anthracite coal was first success
fully used in Philadelphia for generating
steam, and it was not until twenty years
later that anthracite fuel was employed
with success in blast furnace by David
Thomas, at Catasauqua, Pa
The following women are said to be the
wealtbiest six in the world: Sonora Isidora
Barrios SIS 600 900; Miss Mary Garrett, &c.,
900 900; Mrs Woleska, $40, 10000.
The population of Iceland in 1894 was
72177 Prior to 1890 there was good deal
of emigration chiefly in Winnipeg, but
there has been very little since that year.
Sixty-fve per cent. of the population lives
by rearing sheep and cattle, and IS per
cent. by fishing.
The lease of the Aston House expires
within two years. and there will be no re-
newal The owners have decided TO tear
down the building, which is to-day the old
est hotel in New York. 1t was erected in
1884 and has been the scene of many his
torical incidents.
A church society of a town up in Con-
nectlcut has a favorite form of entertain
ment called 4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1t is
a show in which personages of other times
appear in the costumes in which they are
supposed to have lived The advantage of
it all is that in the name you get more
than value for your money. even if the
effort is not a success otherwise.
Paris has voted $4,000 600 to the EXPOSE
ton Of 1900 or more than double the
amount appropriated for its last exhibition
Two great palaces will be erected in the
Champs EIysees. and the Seine. crossed by
monumental bridge, is to be transformed