The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-28
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Married couples in Norway are privileged
to travel on railways at fare and half
The loftiest cliff on the coast of England
is Beachy Head, the height of which is 564
feet.
The largest Bible in the world is a man
uscript Hebrew Bible in the Vatican, weigh
Ing $40 pounds.
The last two descendants of Christopher
Columbus are said to be occupants of a
pOorhouse in CadiZ.
1t is estimated that since the beginning
Of the historical era 100000 persons have
Perisned in earthquakes.
Church professions are prohibited in Mex
leo. Even q priest cannot legally walk the
streets in his churchly garments.
The cabbage still grows. wild in Greece,
where it originated. Radishes are native to
China, but have been grown in Europe for
centuries.
In fifteen years Russia has sent $4,000
persons to Siberia, fully 100000 relatives of
prisoners having accompanied the eXiles of
their own free WILL
A canal connecting the Mediterranean
with the Red sea existed as early as 600
years before the Christian era. Its length
was ninety-twO miles.
In recently discovered Roman tomb the
skeleton of a woman was found which had
a complete set of false teeth, beautifully
wrought In pure gold.
In Peru it was once the custom for domes-
tic servants to have two of their upper
front teeth extracted. Their absence indi-
Gated their servitude.
Or the thlrty-elght Sultans who have
ruled the Ottoman empire since the con-
quest of Constantinople by the Turks thir-
ty-four have died violent deaths.
Jerusalem is now nothing but a shadow
of the magnificent city of ancient times. It
is about three miles in circumference, and
is situated on rocky mountain.
In this country last year the number of
mich cows increased about Is per cent, and
the number of other cattle over 80 per cent,
while the number of sheep and swine slight
ly decreased.
The greatest pilgrimages to the Holy
has been calculated that between thirty
thousand and forty thousand Russians visit
Palestine every year.
The smallest and oldest sect in the world
is 70 be found in the small city of Nablus,
in North Palestine. They number about $50
souls, and have defied the ravages of war,
poverty and oppression for 5000 years.
When the snake sheds his skin, which
occurs frequently-aS often as every four or
five WeekS-the skin of the eye comes off
with the rest. Translucent in most parts
the skin over the snakes eye is perfectly
transparent.
An interesting calculation has been made
which shows that a pound of good coal
equals the work of one man for day.
One square mile of seam of coal only four
feet deep would exceed the work of LOCO 900
men for twenty years
The profit from single whale that is
captured red. IS very large. IN One about fifty,
will give $4,000 pounds of blubber-from
which 5000 pounds of train oil can be made
and 5000 pounds of whalebone
Country roads in China are never bounded
by fences. but are entirely underlined. While
the farmer has the right to pillow I'D any
road passing through his land, drivers of
vehicles have an equal right, and they ex-
ercise 1t, to traverse any portion of the
country at will.
Fair haired people are said to be becom-
ing less numerous than formerly. The an
cient Hebrews were fair-hared race; now
they are, with few exceptions, dark So it
is in a lesser degree with the Irish. among
whom. $50 years ago. a dark-haired person
was almost unknown.
Gaust is the smallest republic in the
world. 1t has an area Of one mile and a
population of lao. 1t has existed since 164S,
and is recognized by both Spain and France
It is situated on the fat top of mountain
in the Pyrenees. 1t has a President. who is
elected by the council of twelve.
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church. OK
ford. Philadelphia, will celebrate its two
hundredth anniversary about the first week
in November The precise time when the
parish originated is not known. 1t is GER
tain, however, that there were both a
church and a congregation early as 1900
if not earlier
diving for a Spanish pirate ship wrecked
there three hundred years ago. A black
slave, the only person saved. told of gold
and other treasure on board. and from time
to time trinkets have been washed ashore
Twelve cannon and some coins have been
raised already, and the divers hope to reach
the treasure soon.
A water tube Jail is one of the latest
achievements of Yankee ingenuity 1t is no
longer necessary TO make the prison bars so
heavy and so hard that cutting through
them becomes very difficult but instead
they are made simply of pipes forming part
of a high pressure water system. Should
any of these pipes be severed the water
escapes and quickly gives warning of the
break.
The Knights of the Garter are forty-eight
in number. of whom some ten are crowned
heads. There are twenty knights of the
Thistle and twenty-seven knights of ST
Patrick Each order has a distinct emblem
The color of the Garter ribbon is of the
shade known as garter blue. green is the
color of the ribbon of the Order of the
Thistle while the color of the ribbon of
the Order of st. Patrick is sky blue.