The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The Roman bride w.. being dressed for
the wedding invariably mad her hair parted
VITA the point of spear.
An elephant tusk brought from Tabora,
East Africa, measures nine and one-half
feet and weighs ninety-Seven pounds.
The chief silver producing States and Ter
rltories Of the country are now Colorado,
Montana, Utah. Arizona, Idaho and Nevada.
The orthodox Jews are said to represent
100000 out OF CSC, coo Hebrews in this coun-
try. The rest are what are termed the
Reform Section"
An eminent Italian doctor has been ex-
perimenting with the Inhalation of petro-
leum fumes in cases of whooping cough
and has obtained good results.
Any Spaniard over the age of nineteen is
liable to be called into military service for
three years. By the payment of 800 pesetas
$3OO) he can escape military duty.
A Montrose man who was at the battle
OF Atbara writes home that the Dervishes
took thirteen years to make their strong
hold at Atbara and lost 1t in three-ouarters
of an hour.
The caribou, or reindeer of Newfound-
land, has it's home in vast areas of unbroken
wilderness. Some of the larger species which
have been shot have each weighed from 500
to 600 pounds.
The only soap which the Hindoos of the
orthodox type employ is made entirely of
vegetable products. But soap is little used
In India, being almost an unknown luxury
with the natives.
From youth to far beyond middle age
Humboldt seldom slept more than two hours
q day. From the time he was seventy I'M
til his death at the age of ninety he slept
four hours a day.
In the Franco-German war France lost as
many as 1860 men, of whom some $4,000
died of wounds received in battle, $4,000 by
sickness, accident, suicide ETC., and 20 goo
In German prisons.
Personally conducted tours to Somaliland.
with chance to shoot at lions and other
large game, are advertised by a London
tourist agency The trip will last three
months and cost $1,000
The succulent sausage was invented in
OF a goats stomach stuffed with blood and
little pieces of fat. Chopped pork was not
used until the tenth century.
Eight great conferences OF the NJ. E.
State of New York. A ninth lies adjacent
across New York bay. These conferences
embrace nearly 100000 communicates.
The, Chinese are very fond of foreign
We're first introduced to that country,
pair cost 81; now they have multiplied
to such an extent that pair can be bought
for IS cents.
by the Spanish newspapers to the effect
that there are no colleges in America" it
Versties ana coieges S42 pr oye 4S a and
teachers therein and 124,6S4 students.
So accurate is the range finder used on
American ships that in a recent test with
yards or each other at a distance Of twelve
miles. Both would have hit the hull of
ship farther than the unaided eye could See
A measure which has passed the Nor
wegian government prohibits the sale of to-
bacco III towns TO persons under the age of
sixteen. In country districts tobacco may
be sold to juniors provided with q written
order signed by some person known to the
Selier.
The new island which has arisen near
the northwest OF Borneo opposite Labuan is
about 200 yards long and $50 yards wide and
of clayey earth and rock. Its formation is
supposed to be connected with the earth
quake felt at Hudat, British North Borneo
in last September.
An aeronaut says that there is the same
difference in the air at the earth's surface
and at an altitude of half mile that there
is between water in muddy puddle and
time one feels, after coming down from
an ascent, as If one were breathing solid
dust.
The German army dogs are trained when
they find a dead body to set up a pro-
longed bowling If no one comes they take
the dead mans cap or some small article
and with this in their teeth go on a hunt
for their trainer, whom they lead TO the
spot. IF the man is wounded he gives his
cap to the dog and the same object is ac-
complshed.
Since the beginning OF the war Spectators
have been buying up all the willow wood
available for the use CT the powder manu-
facturers. Trees not over four feet in diam
eter are the best and bring the most
money. They are most thickly found along
the streams in Pennsylvania and adjoining
that It makes the best charcoal for mixing