The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-13
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Butter and bacon are declared by a med
zeal writer to be lne most nouriShing of all
foods.
The earliest complete clock of which there
is any record was made by a Saracen me-
chanic in the thirteenth century
Pistols were first used by the English cav
airy in 1914. They are said 20 have been in
vented in the small Italian town of Pistoria
George A Ward, of Abingdon ILL.,, left
his false teeth to the Congregational
Church, which accepted the legacy, and sold
it for S27
The latest development of the art of
advertisement has appeared in Sweden. The
advertisers have actually captured the backs
of the Swedish national bank note.
The town of Wilbad in Wurtemburg prob
ably beats the record in regard to water
facilities. The supply would suffice to pro-
vide every inhabitant with 1900 quarts a
day.
the earth into the water below. Three hun
dred bridges span the many canals which
divide the city, ten miles in circumference,
into ninety islands.
Baron Munchausen had more actual exist
ence than the facts of his tales. He was
born in Germany, became colonel of the
Russian Hussars. and fought braVely
against the Turks in 1740.
In West Africa the natives hiss when
they are astonished in the New Hebrides
when they see, anything beautiful. The
Basutos applaud a popular orator in their
assemblies by kissing at him.
At Pompeii a MOSAIC life-size portrait of
a woman, the first antique portrait IN mosaic
ever discovered, has been found. The work.
manShip is so fine that 1t is difficult to dis
Germ that it is not a painting.
In the reign of Edward III all the brew
erS and bakers were women, and when men
first began to engage in these occupations
it was thought so strange that they We're
called men brewers and men bakers.
Venice is built on eighty islands and has
four hundred bridges, which are very steep
and have many steps. The canals and gon-
dolas of Venice are world-famous About
eight miles is the circumference of the
city.
ture the other day, disposed Of Hebert
Spencer by referring to him as IAN old
man in London, who has built up a system
of philosophy which will shortly be for
gotten"
Ninety-fve per cent. of all the toothpicks
made in the United States are formed from
white birch timber in Franklin county,
Maine, and yet scarcely more than one hum
dred persons are employed in the industry
in that State.
Shears no bigger than a pin are one of the
exhibits of the skill of a Sheffield workman;
a dozen of these shears weigh less than half
a grain or about the weight OF postage
stamp. They are as perfectly made as
shears of ordinary size.
The most costly leather in the world is
known to the trade as piano leather. The
secret of tanning this leather is known only
to family of tanners in Germany though
the skins from which it is tanned come all
most entirely from America.
Women cycAsts find progress difficult in
the streets of Cairo, unless they are pre-
ceded on foot by dragoman. who clears
a way by the aid of a very serviceable stick.
which is used freely and indiscrim1nately on
the obstructing donkeys dogs and children.
The peach was originally a poisoned
almond. It's fruity parts were used to poison
arrows, and for that purpose We're intro
duced into Persia. Transportation and Gull
tivation have not only removed its poison
Gus qualities, but turned 1t into the de-
licous fruit we now enjoy.
Among the cities in the United States San
Francisco has the least ana ,Phliadeipnla
| Francisco is $133. 91701, and of Philadelphia
S56. So. 1885, % In bonded debt per capita,
Boston is the highest with $9l33 while San
Francisco is the lowest, being 81 cents
Recent observations among Indians show
that in South America. as well as in North
America, the red woman lives longer than
the red man. But the average duration of
life is only seventeen years for both sexes
in the South. and p per cent. of the Indians
die during the first year of life.
Colorado is in favor of the abolition of
capital punishment, but thinks, with AL
phonse Karr. that the murderers should
stop first Two years ago the State passed
death the penalty for murder. and now
there is a popular agitation for its repeal.
American coffee buyers, who have just in
vestigated the conditions of the coffee crop
total yield in that State this year will not be
less than 5000 metric tons. The CofTee
Industry in that part of Mexico has had
very rapid growth during the past ten
years.
All code books carried on war ships have
leaden backs to make them sink II lost over
board The letters in the book. moreover.
are printed with peculiar ink. which fades
water TO make things still more safe the
letters are changed every few months ~