The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-10

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Every boy in Germany. from the crown
prince TO the meanest subject, is obliged to
learn some useful trade.
There are three varieties of the dog that
never bark-the Australian dog, the Egyp-
tan shepherd dog and "lion-headed" dog Of
Thibet.
as soon as they are born and force the
mother either to kill herself or become an
outcast.
OF the vatican's 1900 rooms, Pope Leo
has reserved for his personal use only three
"a small parlor, a little dining room and
bedroom.
The cheapest postal service in the world
is that of Japan, where for two sen-about
seven-tenths of a penny-letters are con-
veyed all over tie empire.
Among the Parsees a murderer is pun
ished with ninety stripes on his bare back,
while a master who neglects his dog re-
ceives two hundred stripes.
Jerusalem is now nothing but shadow OF
the magnificent city of ancient times. 1t Is
about three miles In circumference, and Is
situated on a rocky mountain.
1t is estimated that there 81 900 O0o
worth Of coppers-pennies, half-pennies and
farthings-in calculations: that is, roughly
speaking, 4,466l4 tons of coppers.
The Anglo-Indian Empire contains only
125.4S9 square miles in Europe. but it has
224S 476 In Asia, ISIS SIC in Africa, $685. S23
in America and 1929, 7S1 in oceanica.
The e soPS Ea on 5p sfe
and more magnificent thai. Niagara. The
| water makes clear drop of $50 feet.
| In Syria skilled laborer is paid from so
| cents to 81 a day. With the exception of
| chants, there are no large enterprises what
| ever.
Large sums of money have been made
the roller skate made 81 100000, and the
| gimlet-pointed screw has. made fabulous
| wealth.
A tramp's minimum income in England is
day AT b Least i baa mas work
| IL he could not find sixty persons TO give
him penny.
In Iceland horses shod with sleeps
| horn. In the valley of the Upper Oxus the
| antlers Of the mountain deer are used for
| the same purpose the shoes being fastened
with horn pins.
France has 100000 people. distributed in
| dred thousand in Europe e. 600 in Asia,
100000 in Africa. 10000 In America and
| 10000 in Oceanica.
A common needle threader is worth $4,000
| year to .ts inventor, and the return BALI
"a wooden ball fastened on a bit Of rubber
brings in $4,000 year and is only one Of
| many toys as profitable.
In 1890 the receipts Of the Oberammergau
| Passion Play were $175,000 while $50, 900
| was expended on the players, Mayer receiv-
ing $500. while even the little children in the
| cNOruS were given $lV apiece
| Although the British postoffice adopted the
| money order system in 1888, it has been used
| In the United States only since 1864. The
| money order business OF the United states
now amounts to s1SO,OO0OO0 annually.
| Canada lacks only $4,000 square miles to
be as large as the whole continent of
Europe; ii is nearly thirty times as large as
| Great Britain and ireland, and is coo
square miles larger than the United States.
The Belgians are an eminently CONNER
| A
| mercial scholarships of three years dura-
tion with an annual income of $1,000, are
| opportunities.
| The foreigner can most always count on
being justly treated by the japanese shop
keeper Except In certain industrial sT fnre Gen
ers there Is rarely to be found a foreign
| executive head to a business.
In Nelson, New Zealand, If you use the
telephone you must not give the number;
| you must name the party you want and the
exchange girl will cheerfully tell you
whether he is in or out: if latter. where he
is and when he will be back.
The laborers on the sewage farms near
Berlin have to work seventeen hours day
and receive 81 a month, besides field pro-
duce. Their dwellings are said to be in 9
frightful condition. In some cases a single
room is occupied by four or five married
couples.
In France the officer wears his uniform
on every possible occasion. Here In the
not on duty, and in Washington army uni
forms are seldom seen, even In the War De-
partment, while they are, indeed, rare on
the streets.
France in war has 1000 soldiers to Is, 407 in
habitants; Germany in war has 1000 soldiers
to 17,427 inhabitants; Great Britain in wal
has 1000 soldiers to 72413 inhabitants, while
under the House bill. during the late war
TIE United States provided for only 1000 SOL
diers to about 79l, 900 inhabitants.
| II is customary among Kafhr tribes wher
trouble is brewing amongst themselves OF
with white races, to skin oxen alive in order
to ascertain which side will win A white o,
represents the Dutch. red the English and
black the natives. Whichever lives the long
est is assumed to portend the victor in battle
The American bridge is Ringing its majes
tic spans and arches across the rivers oil
many lands-Egypt. Siberia, Japan. China
4 Peru and others-and group of twenty-siy
| skilled American builders has Just departed
| for Rangoon, British India. where an Amer
lean company has one or its constructions II
progress.
The hard white layer OF meat inside cocoa
| nuts in our markets is not there in tn,
| freshly plucked fruit except as creamy
| nlm about a sixteenth of an inch thicl:
| which has to be scraped or with a spoon
| Sparkling liquid In place Of the acrid milk
known to American consumers comprise,
| the whole nut.