The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Before the reformation so per cent. of the
land in the United Kingdom belonged to
the church.
The longest artificial watercourse In the
world Is the Bengal canal, 800 miles; the
next is the Erie. 1863.
During the last twenty-five years the
american people have imported $lS0,0OO.00O
worth OF precious stones.
Japanese auctions are silent Each bidder
writes name and bid on a slip of paper,
which he places in a box.
Keys of bronze and iron have been found
In Greece and Italy dating from at least the
seventh century before Christ.
Cakes of tea in India pieces of silk in
China salt in Abyssinia. and Goldfish in lee
land have been used as money.
1t is said that cold weather increases
the consumption of bread, 20 per cent. more
being eaten in frosty than in mild weather.
The shoe factories use 100000 Kangaroo
SKINS yearly. australians have, begun to
raise and breed kangarooS as they would
sheep.
The streets of the cities of Japan are
usually too narrow for carriages. and you
find them only III Yokohama, Toxic and
Kobe.
Australia is twenty-six times as large
as the United Kingdom. fifteen times as
large as France and almost equal to the
United States.
On nearly every block in Japanese cities il
public oven where, for a small fee, house.
wives may have their dinners and suppers
On the new postal cards there will app
pear, for the first time in any postal issue,
the head of John Adams, the second Pres
ident of the United States
Near the Caspian sea there are several
eternal fires, so-called by the natives,
where natural gas issues from the ground
and has been on fire for ages.
Luther said that if a man were not strong
at twenty, handsome at thirty, learned at
forty and rich at fifty, he never would be
strong, handsome, learned or rich.
If an Egyptian dies before noon the
funeral must take place that same day. If
death occurs after noon the funeral may
not be delayed after the next day.
At Gonoatoa, in the South seas, every
man, woman child that island who
does not go 10 church at least three times
week is liable to be arrested and fined
The Escurial Palace in Spain contains
cathedral, a. monastery with two hundred
cells. two colleges, three chapter houses,
three libraries and nearly three thousand
other rooms.
A German paper calls attention to the
fact that at Aachen alone 500 tons of steel
wire are used up annually in the manufac-
ture of needless. 500000,000 in number.
valued at $1,500,0OO.
If the standing armies of Europe were
marched In rows of five, and at the rate OF
three miles an hour, it would take one and
one-half days before every man could have
passed any given point.
Bishop Gaines, of Georgia, makes the pre-.
dction that the entire African race on the
American continent is gradually becoming
bleached out, and that in the process OF
years the black face will disappear entirely.
The largest wine tank in the world has
been completed at Asti, Sonoma county,
California. It's capacity is. 100000 gallons
and 1t is built under ground. The tank. or
reservoir, is built of concrete, cement and
iron.
Seven Yale students passed their summer
vacation by serving as conductors on a
ent says they were the best conductors he
ever had. and they We're not members or
the football eleven at that
In a recent test Of floor material the most
durable turned out to be a tile made OF
rubber. An English earthen tile comes next
Vermont marble, fiagstone. granolith mar
BILE mosaic, yellow pine, oak, Oregon pine
and teak came in the order named.
The dust of charcoal is gathered up and
mixed with the chaff from the wheat, bar
ley and other grains, and with chopped
straw in Japan It is then moistened into
a paste, rolled into balls about as big as
a billiard ball. and makes excellent fuel.
Bishop McKin. the Episcopal prelate OF
verts in Japan. the Roman Catholics are
first, with about $1,000, and the Greek
Catholics second, with $4,000 The Episco-
palianS number in the neighborhood or
10000.
The Hindoos consider their dead as sacred
and do not allow them to be handled by
alien hands. the nearest male relative, son.
father or brother. preparing the body for
burial, and If there be none or these rela-
tives, son IL adopted by the family for
The unclaimed jewels and curios to the
value of $4,000. which were found in the
ruins after the fire at the charity bazaar In
Paris, have been sold at auction. Tine mon
ey realized is to remain bonded for thirty
years, after which all the money unclaimed
goes to the state.
A dark gloomy, blue sky denotes wind,
but a bright blue sky indicates fine weather.
Generally, the softer clouds look, the less
wind, but perhaps more rain may be ex-
pected, and the harder more greasy.
rolled, tufted or ragged, the stronger tho
coming wind will prove.
The City of Salt Mines" which is sit
uated several hundred feet below the sur
face at Wielicska, Galicia, Is wonderful
subterranean city, with population or
over one thousand men, women and chill
dren scores of whom have never seen the
light of day or the earth's surface.
Careful observation and comparisons
made by scientists prove that the hottest
region on earth is on the southwest COAST
of Persia. where that country borders the
never falls below 100 degrees at night. and
frequently runs up TO l2S degrees IN tne
afternoon.
The Chinese are said to possess secrets
in the preparation of sweets that astonish
know how to remove the pulp from oranges
and substitute various jellies. The closest
examination fails 70 reveal any opening or
incision In the skin Of the fruit They per-
form the same feat with eggs.
At the recent banquet of the New Haven
Chamber Of Commerce Governor Cooke
denied the old story that Connecticut once
flooded the market with wooden nutmsgs-
Haven Register, :" this is the first time any
official attempt has been made to relieve
the State of this undesirable reputation. and
If it is properly followed up will doubtless
assume the proportions Of a public service"
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So She Would.