The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-16
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

There is only one sudden death among
women to eight among men.
Mexican dollars are current all over China
and when they cannot be had block silver
uncoined, is used.
The fraternities OF the United States have,
5000. O0 members the Masons leading with
76S. 500 members.
Half the ships in the world are British
The best OF them can be converted into
ships Of war in forty-eight hours.
Only in New York, Buffalo, Yonkers. Bos-
ton, Chicago, Brookline (Mass.), Providence,
Philadelphia ard Worcester are public baths
maintained.
Slate pencils are made in Tennessee from
slate dust and other ingredients compressed.
by hydraulic means. One concern made z.-
000.O 900 in a year.
The stairway leading TO the tower OF the
Philadelphia City Hall contains 5S steps,
and is said TO be the tallest continuous stair
way in the world.
The cheapest animal to raise is the sheep
and with the growing appetite for tender
/ lamb and mutton in this country, IL is one
of the most profitable.
The largest mass of pure rock salt I'm the
world lies under the province of Gaiicav
Hungary. II is known to be $50 miles long.
% broad and go in thickness.
Lord Kelvin in a lecture stated that as
result Of recent Investigations IL was esti-
mated that the earth had been the. abode or
life for about thirty million years.
1t has just been judicially decided In Ore
gon that in an emergency case a physician
may drive across a bridge at a speed greater
than that permitted to ordinary traffic
India's area of wheat farms is now about
two-thirds as large as that of the Unite4
States. The wheat is still threshed by be-
ing trodden out by bullocks and bufaloes.
A new law has just gone into effect in
Massachusetts forbidding the performances
of the marriage ceremony by justices Of the
peace unless they have been specially desig>
mated for that purpose.
| The Liverpool fire brigade boasts that ~
has the largest land fire engine in the world.l
It weighs five tons, and can throw l,S0;
gallons per minute. 1t Is drawn by threesr'
| sometimes four, horses
1t Is calculated that the railway compa-<
MES of Great Britain pay a daily average
of $500 in compensation, about 90 per cent
manning 40 per cent. for loss or damaged
freight.
The Kansas City Journal says: Out o6<
the Zoo men composing the Twentieth KAN
sas only eighteen are Of foreign birth. Near
ly the whole are of Anglo-Saxon blood. ana
a good many more than one-half are the
sons OF farmers" .
Nuremberg has optical and electrician
works which started on a very small scale
in 1882, but which now employ ever 1000
W wsn: P Sas ,n 1897 la5ss sSiedt oaSer s's ON b sndt
a~ggregating $l5y0o0.00.
A girl who came from Saxony two years
ago, and knew only her native Language.
New York. with an average OF AS She
ranked third among all the grammar school
graduates In the city.
III L SdlQ IudI SOME vpVrVO acres Oh dnU
in Italy, the cultivation Of which has been
abandoned because Of malaria, are 10 ba
d dsnd pc tb by f nstu aia can 81 A bs rssIaiS Ss9ifs sr
drainage and proper attention TO sanitary
laws.
The Sultan of Turkey has just built al
Mecca the biggest house In the world. II 10
intended for the accommodation OF pilgrimss
and is capable of sheltering 5000. persons
The next biggest house In the world Is IN q
tenants.
One Of the curiosities of the Bank OF Eng
land is TO be seen in the printing room
onds a machine delyers TO him two COM
plete 5-pound notes. II he sits there six hours
be receives over 97o.ooo. and in 300 days oven
A sharks egg is one Of the oldest looking
things Imaginable. 1t is unprovided with =
shell; cut the contents are protected by .
ssic india iea lne6sr' ooy Tse sve a + s,a as i; s'a swo
inches by two and three-quarter inches, and
the color Is almost pure black.
Our new American citizens of Puerto Rico
will have TO keep their eyes open for Eng
lish idioms. Joseph Faudies. OF that isle
is said TO have come all the way to ST; Ben
edict's College. IN Atchison. Kan, In this
hope Of beginning school work there on
June 2 last. which he saw announced an
commencement day"
Richard Brownlow.. known. as the Lans
cashire hermit. has just died near Bolton.
He began life as a lawyer, but was afflicted
with a disease that disigured his face, COM
4 pSiAA4 NM W . u
self a fine country. house on top OF a hill at
Horwich and lived In II for fifty years. never
leaving his grounds except at night
A young woman f~aultless In dress ana
lady-like in manner. who lit a cigarette
after a light luncheon I'm a hotel cafe IN
London. was put out by the proprietor. and
the magistrate before whom both were SUBJ
sequently arraigned discharged the lady be-
cause she had a right 10 smoke and the
proprietor because he had a right TO put
her out. -
Brookville. Pa. has a crow hatchery. said
20 be the only one IN the world. This birds
Jet black head makes a handsome trim
ming for ladies' hats. and milliners are
credited with paying = cents for each head
The eggs OF crows hatch in an ordinary
chicken incubator In fifteen days. and In
eight weeks the birds are big enough TO b
guillotined.
The ordinary sized frecracker. one and
one-half inches long by one-fourth OF an
inch in diameter. costs In the city OF Canton
/ tael, or 81 cents per 1900 for EXPORT
At Hankow the best quality of this size
costs 1 tael for $500. For the second quality
but I tael Is asked for 3D.oo0. At Chung
King 1900 of the ordinary crackers can b
: bought for a tael