The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-25
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

More newspapers are printed IN the
United States than in England. France and
Germany combined
For the first time in a decade every
board of the Presbyterian Church begins the
fiscal year without debt.
Recently a ship of only $500 tons carried
from Para, Brazil. TO New York a cargo OF
rubber which was insured for 100000.
Mahogany is said TO have been brought 70
England by Sir Walter Raleigh IN 1856. but
not to have come into general use till 172o.
The income tax is levied in India on all
incomes OF sS3 and upward. and then only
one man in seven hundred comes within its
scope.
A book published in Japan loo years ago
notes at that time good silk was already
produced in twenty-four provinces OF that
country.
The population of the South African re-
public consists OF 5000 Beers. 5000 other
whites called uitlanders and 10000 Kafirs
and Zulus.
Professor Darwin. OF Cambridge, prophe-
sizes that the moon will ultimately return
to the earth, whence 1t was cast OF in the
remote past.
Peas and beans are the most nutritious
OF vegetables: containing as much carbon al
forming food.
Smoking goes on in the Philippines every
where but in church. Even your cab driver
Will offer you a cigar IL you are not smoking
and he thinks you have none.
The dogs in Bamwell county, South Caro-
Ina. are returned at a valuation of $l2. $50.
while the assessed value of the entire prop
erty OF the county in sheep and goats is SOL
Livery stables in New York city. without
exception, II is stated. refuse 10 house auto
mobiles. and this is well urged as a strong
club.
by the Department or Agriculture, New Jer-a
sey Is building more roads and better roads
for the money than any other State in the
Charcoal is the great Italian fuel, Naples
alone consuming forty thousand tons oc
wood charcoal. at a cost of from SIG TO so
per ton, the national consumption being 0.-
900 tons.
( Spanish beggars do not think it necessarys
10 conceal their cigar when asking for aims
Smoking is considered as necessary an
breathing to every human being out Of the
cradle.
The best and healtkiest color for bed
recommended by both brain doctors and
o~culists. Dark blue is next best, but not
nearly so good as green
Some authorities hold to the idea that a
child's disposition Is largely governed by
his diet, citing the g~entleness of the rice
eating races against the quarreling OF meat
The United states has about 100000
acres OF forest, but this is being rapidly
depleted by the ak and by destructive fires.
The government is now investigating means
TO prevent or control the latter.
The secretary OF the Massachusetts,
Board OF Health has issued the staterenr
t1dl cOQDSn Is as nutritious as SirlOin steak
or oleomargarine. 1t is plain that locality
sometimes influences even the scientific
judgment.
There are great forests of costly woods
In the Philippines-mahogany. sapan wood.
log wood, iron wood, ebony and cedar, be-
sides about fifty varieties not known 10 Eu-
ropean markets, but eagerly sought for by
merchants from China.
The Advocate Of India tells Of a curious
way Of rejoicing. The Nawab OF Rampore
being blessed with a daughter. rejoiclngs
II Wora foEfpO n1a0of In hfC = 81 -
pay was deducted from every state official
In connection with the event.
More ships sail the Detroit river than en-
ter Liverpool or London. The Suez canal
which carries the m OF the world.
passed last year $4,000 tonnage. while
there were floating through the locks OF
A new system OF advertising is in vogue
in San Francisco A poultry dealer has am
intelligent rooster which parades up and
owners business card displayed IN his bill
and commands attention by frequent crow
ing.
Near Grobogana. Java, there is a lake
OF boiling mud about two miles In circum-
ference. Immense clouds OF steaming mud
are constantly ascending and descending.
and on the western edge the gigantic bub-
bles are continually forming and explodlne
at the rate Of three a minute
Bathing with alcohol will prevent In
} paIson s enec tsk tIom er polson we esSi or The u s ssa
fected part with alcohol to which sugar OF
lead has been added until a milky appear
ance is obtained viii give relief The wash
Is poison and for external use only.
II Is claimed now that Strawberries as q
identifying tonic cannot be equaled. skin
specialists advocate their use invariably.
A dish OF them for breakfast every morning
and another at luncheon are the directions
They contain more iron than any other fruit
and are particularly good for any one suffer-
ing from nervousness.
4 A native funeral in Manila IS an inter-
esting sight. The hearse Is a rude wagon
drawn by white horses A most melancholy
looking person is the driver. who. clad in
black and a high beaver hat, sits aloff In
mournful dignity In front is a brass band
playing a lively march. while a long line of
carriages follow slowly behind
A New York justice has decided that Z
wife does not constitute a family The case
came up where judgment was Obtained
against a man who was bound to pay SO
a week for the support OF his family"
The couple had no children. and the 5ustico
said ne knew OF no authority holding that
a wife abandoned BY her husband eocst~
: tuted = family.