The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-28
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Lands in extensive area are leased In
Rhode Island TO be overfiowed and used for
oyster beds
1t IS Supposed that the average depth of
sand in the deserts OF Africa is from thirty
TO forty feet.
In proportion to its size. Britain has eight
times as many miles Of railway as the
United States.
Cuba's census is reported to foot up
100000. drop Of 10000 from the last Span
ish enumeration.
The largest city in the country in WASH
ington's time was Philadelphia IL had
5000 inhabitants.
Chocolate is still used as money in GER
tain parts of the interior of South Africa,
as are also cocoanuts and eggs.
There are 5i,O0O0O0 people in Germany,
and the population increases at the rate OF
100000 or 10000 every twelve months.
The Health Board computes the popula-
ton of New York as being 3.550053. a.
against g. 43S, 500 in 1895. gain Of ILL
The amount of gold coin in actual cir
culation in the world Is estimated by the
Bank of England officials TO be about S3
tons.
DR.. ]. ]. Henna, a native of Puerto Rico.
now in Washington, says that there are
2SS 900 beggars out of a population OF l.0o0,00o
in that island.
The estimated value OF the industrial
product of the UHited States for the past
year is s75oo.Ooo.0O0, or mtre that 500 Tor
each inhabitant.
The Austrian Emperor's crown. which Is
regarded as one Of the finest works of Eu.
ropean goldsmiths. contains over Soo.0W
worth of material.
A century ago Cologne had only 5000
inhabitants. In 1850 Ii had &OVO, and To-
day $50. 900. IT owes this growth largely TO
the Rhine boats and railways.
Illinois ranks second to Pennsylvania In
-
two counties of the State and the output
for last year was 23.43i.4i5 tons.
The shipbuiIding yards Of San Francisco
and Puget Sound are so crowded with
work that many owners have been forced
to send orders for vessels to England
The depopulation of Peru is illustrated
by the fact that the valley of Santa.
which in the days of the Incas had a
population of 100000. now has only 5000.
According to the ancient practice Of
Oriental monarchs, the Chinese emperor re-
wards those who bring him good news ana
Furnishes those who bring him bad news.
1t Is estimated that 100000 were spent
for Christmas gifts in Philadelphia, $13,-
100000 in New York City. s., 100000 In Chi
cago, $5.000,000 in Boston and 100000 In
Washington.
Three Partisan women - Nine Gustave
Paraf, Mime. George Ostheimer and Nine.
Gustave Richelot-have offered a prize OF
$4,000 to the inventor Of the best device for
saving life at sea-
The Board of Education and the police
department of New York are the two most
expensive departments Of the municipal
government. Collectively their mainten-
ance costs s25.0Oo.0c0 a year.
Twenty years ago Edison gave the first
public exhibition OF his incandescent light
in his laboratory at Menlo Park. which led
to the establishment Of the first system OF
electric lighting ever established.
1t is interesting to see Just how rap
idly the emigration has fallen of. In 1881
there were 220, 900 emigrants from Germany,
in 1887 there were l047S0. in 1891 l2o.oeo. In
1895 g. $780, in 1896 80 $50. in 1897 246S0 and last
year 20,960.
The levees on both sides of the Mississippi
are of sufficient extent that IL they were
built in a single straight line they would be
about 100 miles long. or long enough to
stretch the greater part or the distance De-
tween New Orleans and New York.
According to Prescott, the money of the
Aztecs consisted of quilts full of gold dust
and bags of chocolate grains. Before the
introduction of coined money into Greece.
skewers or spikes of iron or copper were
used. six being a drachma, or handful
Some of the Partisan journals are excited
over the prospect that street cars Will soon
be operated upon the principal boulevards
of the French capital They say that the
beauty of the city will be ruined and that
If Paris loses its beauty its fame viii
speedily decline.
The golden eagle has been so successfully
preserved in Rosshire, Scotland. that the
City Council has at last been forced to
withdraw its protection. OF late years II
has increased so rapidly that hares, rab-
bits and ptarmigan are no longer sufhcient
to supply its needs.
The alarming increase Of Juvenile crim-
inals in Germany is puzzling the legisla-
tors. In 1885 the Juvenile offenders num-
bered 80, 704, the total rising to 1854 in 1854
and TO 47975 in 1895. The increase OF all
criminals in 1898 over the preceding year
was per cent, an increase disproportion-
ate to the growth Of population.