The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The population of England at the time of
the conquest did not exceed 100000, all told.
The first permanent military force in Eng
land was the King guard of yeOmen, eS-
tablished in 1856
When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil
the coffin, hearse and livery of the coach
man are all scarlet.
The new Constitution of Louisiana re-
quires only nine of a jury to find verdict
in case not capital
Chinese ladies, who twenty years ago were
locked up in haremS, may now be seen BIZ
cycling through the towns.
The outside walls of many of the houses
to Withstand earthquake shocks.
In Persia a bonfire plays an important
part in the marriage ceremony, the cere-
mony being read over in front of It.
A Japanese bride gives her wedding pres
entS to her parents as some slight recon-
pense for their trouble in rearing her.
The inmates of Joliet, ILL.,. penitentiary
have the war news, in condensed form,
printed in the prison every afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The King of Siam has bodyguard of fe-
male WARRIORS. e., 400 girls. chosen from
among the strongest and handSomeSt of all
the ladies in his land.
While the wedding service is proceeding
in Japan the bride kindles torch and the
brideg1 DOM lights a fire from it and burns
the wife's playthings.
In the Crimean war 95615 lives were sacri-
feed, and at Borodino. when the French
and Russians fought, $1,000 men were left
dead on the battlefield.
Twice a year the Caspian sea overhows
and strands millions of fish-sufficient to
feed the whole of central Asia, if advantage
could be taken of these immense resources
given by nature.
The lamp mostly used in Africa is a
simple contrivance. In a cocoanut shell filled
with palm oil, a bit of rag is placed to serve
wick, and this gives all the light that
the native requires.
In fasting feats the sect of jams, in India,
is far ahead of all rivals Fasts of from
thirty to forty days are very common, and
once year they are said to abstain from
food for seventy-f1ve days.
A Sioux at the Rosebud agency, South
Dakota, wrote to the United States mar
shall: II want to make complaint against
my brother for shooting at my mother. He
missed her at least foot
No one can tell where the diamond goes
to in combustion. Burn 1t and it leaves no
ashes: the flame is exterior, like that of
a cork, and when it has blazed itself out
there remains absolutely no trace of it.
No fewer than II, 100000 acres of land have
been made fruitful in the Sahara desert, an
enterprise representing perhaps the most re-
markable example of irrigation by means Of
1rtcsian wells which can anywhere be
-ound.
baby's rattle intended for the infant prince
imperial of France, in 1856. Its lghtness.
brightness and ring fitted it admirably for
such a purpose; but only a prince could
afford such a rattle in those days.
1t is computed that about 10000 pedes-
TRANS and 10000 vehicles cross London
bridge every day The most surprising fact,
lowever, is that the incessant traffic across
The bridge reduces to powder about twenty
i've cubic feet OF granite every year.
The heaviest projectile thrown by first-
class battle ship Is from 1S-irlch gun, and
weighs LEO pounds. The Calling guns throw