The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-27
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

It never rains between the first and Sec
ond cataracts of the Nile.
One of the provisions of the French code
forbids doctor to inherit property left him
by q deceased patient.
1t is an interesting fact that the cent was
first proposed by Robert Morris, and named
by Thomas Jefferson.
The most ancient coin in Europe, the
ducat, was first struck in the mint of Ven
Ice in the year 1884. The building is still in
existence.
The population of Palestine is increasing
rapidly Ten years ago there were only
$1,000 residents in Jaffa; to-day there are
nearly 10000.
Robert Morrs's Bank of North America,
founded at Philadelphia at the end of the
year 1884, was the first banking institution
founded on the American continent.
Pearl divers remain under water from fif-
ty to eighty seconds on an average, but
cases have been reported of their remain
ing as long as six minutes under water.
The British Museum contains the oldest
specimen of pure glass which bears any
date This is a little lions head, having
on it the name of an Egyptian king of the
eleventh dynasty.
Sweden is the most Protestant country in
the world. OF the population of 100000,
there are only 1900 or 1900 Roman Cath
olics-the remainder of the people belonging
almost entirely to the Lutheran Church.
For 5000 years the Hindoo standard of
living has been almost the same for rich
and poor. The Rajahs floors are bare, and
the rich man washes in the open air and
dries himself in the sun like his poorer
brother.
Faith-cure doctors are not entitled to re-
cover remuneration for their services. AT
least it was so held by a Baltimore judge,
the ground that the patients of such
physicians receive no apparent benefit from
their attention
The only Englshman who ever ruled as
Pope was Nicholas Breakspear, who was
born about the year 100 at Langley, near
ST. Adams. He was unanimously elected
the n3nal chair fl
tie of Adrian ~.
A single stone lis feet long, ten feet
square at one end and four feet square at
the other has been successfully cut from
the sandstone quarrieS at Houghton Point
Wis. 1t is supposed to be the longest mono
18th ever quarried
One whale will furnish from 900 to 5000
pounds of bone, AT San Francisco the bone
is split sorted as to color and tied in bum
dies. These split pieces are called slabs,
from three to seven pounds.
Betrothal ceremonies in Russia take place
a week and a day before the wedding cere-
mony, and during these days the bride is
obliged by custom to weep and wall and be
comforted by her girl friends. This custom
is in practice among the Chinese also.
Cranberries are not injured by freezing
They are often sent as far as Manitoba in
open box cars When they arrive they are
frozen into solid blocks of ice The sides
of the cases are knocked off and the berries
are exposed in solid mass, like cakes of
ice.
1t is stated that the most crowded spot
on the earths surface is the "Manderaga,"
in the city of Valetta, in Milan. Upon a
spot in this place about two and a half
acres in extent no fewer than 2574 live.
This is at the rate of $4,000 a square mile,
or 1,0l7 TO an acre.
Country roads in China are never bounded
by fences, but entirely underlined.
While the farmer has the right to pillow up
any road passing through his land. drivers
of vehicles have an equal right. and they
exercise it. TO traverse any portion of the
country at large.
A beautiful sight is presented daily by
the wild ducks along the Schuylkill river.
ana especially at Duck island near Phila-
delphia- A lot OF tame ducks sport around