The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.


There are 500 public baths in Toxic. which
are patronized daily by 100000 persons. The
charge is about half cent.
The Amazon is 1874 miles in length, rising
within seventy miles of the Pacific ocean
and flowing clear across the continent.
The report of the Geological Survey
showed the total value of minerals pro-
duced in this country in 1900 to be 5000,
los, $50.
An American firm has agreed to deliver
10000 watches during the next year. This
is by far the largest order ever given for
timepieceS.
Russias Asiatic possessions are three
times as large the British, but have only
100000 people. as compared with 297, 000, 00C
under British rule.
s45 per karat, or about four times the value
of ordinary diamonds, is used in drilling
some of the gold mines of South Africa
The population of Buenos Ayres, capital
Of the republic. on April 80, 1901, was S29, $50.
This city is, in respect to popula ton, the
second city of the Latin race, Paris being
the first.
A German firm has perfected and OBJ
tanned control of beer tabloid-a small
tablet that, dropped into a glass of water
will turn II into beer as fresh as If just
drawn, 1t is asserted.
India was in possession OF a steel secret
once, which is lost now. This was the in
laying with gold of steel blades, in such a
manner that the strength of the blade was
not impaired nor its temper spoilt.
There seems to be no longer any doubt
that Italy will within a few years turn
from sugar-importing to a sugar-eXport-
ing country. The past two seasons have
witnessed remarkable development in the
beet-Sugar industry.
No fewer than 5S7SS4 prisoners were in
the prisons of British India in 1899 1900, an
increase of 81 064 over the number for 1891.
or this huge total only 24,555 were females,
which is a much smaller proportion than
In Western countries.
In Los Angeles, Cal, there is an ordi-
chickens to run on the streets and other
peoples property. The success of the ordi-
nance is such that the city OF Oakland will
adopt one similar to it.
The city of Philadelphia has in it's treas
ury more than $4,000 belonging to persons
who never called for ii when their bonds,
registered and nonregistered, matured and
became payable, or who left uncollected
coupons on their bonds.
The average wages Of male teachers in
graded schools in Michigan last year were
s70.Ss per month, and in ungraded schools
s2e.03. Women teachers in graded schools
are paid on an average $3.50 per month,
and in ungraded schools $24.7S.
OF 122 horses purchased recently in Can
ada for British army use all but fifty were
rejected on examination in Toronto because
they exceeded 10 hands PA inches in height.
the limit which new orders from the War
Once have placed for acceptance.
The Primitive Methodist Church of the
United States decided that hereafter all
fairs, bszaars. festivals and other money
making social diversions for raising funds
for church purposes be dispensed with and
the tithing system of collections prevail.
About five thousand students have ap-
piled for the benefits Of the Scottish Uni
versiry trust, founded by Andrew Car
negie. The number of applicants is far
exceeding expectations and Mr. Carnegie
is delighted at the success OF his scheme.
Every farmers wife in South Wales in
the good old days used TO make her own
soap. During the autumn season after the
harvest the men cut fern from the hill
sides. This was burned and the ashes
mixed with water and rolled into balls