The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

In all Egypt there are only l.2u medical
ropeans
At the height of one mile the average
velocity OF the wind is four times as great
as at the surface.
German farms occupy nearly 100000
acres In Central America, on which over
D,WJ,UO coffee trees are planted.
In 1883 Philip Stubbes inveighed with
great energy against the use OF starch.
which he called 'the DEVILS liquor"
In the reign of George III hats were
taxed. The least tax was 6 cents. Those
above IS In value paid a tax OF 30 cents.
Over $1,000 Leeds, England. school chill
dren receive instruction In physical drill,
the elder scholars being also taught 10
swim.
When a Russian family moves it is the
custom to carry the fire from the hearth
of the old house in a closed vessel 10
the new residence.
Berkley near San Francisco, a town OF
@,ooO inhabitants, which is the seat OF the
University of California, contains no public
houses and has no policemen
Twenty years ago England imported 29,-
0Oo horses annually; now the number is
$4,000, said Sir Walter Gibley recently at
Bishops Stortford. England.
Alexander the Great used his sword
against women rather than for them, and
one of his favorite pastimes was beating
his wives with the fiat of his steel blade.
Many of the blockhouses built in South
Africa by kitchener's troops are now being
used by the Boer farmers residences
pending the rehabilitation of their farms.
A net ton OF coke, Of the quality suitabls
for domestic purposes, runs about forty
eight TO fifty bushels to the ton. as against
about thirty-sx to thirty-eight bushels OF
hard coal TO the ton.
Twenty-nine ounces is the weight and
fourteen inches the greatest circumference
OF a pear gathered in Sir Charles PrevostS
garden at Stinchcombe Manor, Dursleys
Worcestershire, England.
Hartlebury Castle, England the Oldest
Episcopal residence in the world, is to bs
sold, being too costly for a bishop without
private means to maintain. The place may
be purchased for diocesan work.
At the present day, on the best authors
ties, there are 250.000OO0 Mussulmans in
the world. The Christian population is pus
at 441.0oOOc0, but the increase Of Islam Is
more rapid than that Of its sister religion.
The most expensive book in the world
has lately been given by the Ameer %
Afghanistan 10 the Shah. IL is a copy OF
the Koran, bound in solid gold and set with
| pearls, rubies and diamonds. II cost $780,
| 900.
In Turkestan every wedding engagement
| begins with the payment OF a substantial
| consideration TO the girls parents. II ths
| girl 1ilts her lover the engagement gift
| has TO be returned unless the parents have
another daughter to give as a substitute.
Tammany lived In the seventeenth cen-
| tury. He was native Of Delaware. but
settled on the banks of the Ohio river. He
was chief sachem OF his tribe and his reign
/ was discreet and peaceful. His great max
| i'm was: Unite. In peace unite for mu-
tual happiness; in war for mutual defense"
In the interior Of the extinct crater Aso
| San, about thirty miles from the city OF
kumamoto, in Japan 1900 people live and
| prosper. The vertical wall of the crater
| is 500 feet high. The inhabitants rarely
| make journey into the outer world. but
| form almost little nation by themselves
Five generations of one family are living
| in the town OF Pillow, Dauphin county,
| Pennsylvania They are Mrs. Henry Fsag-
| ley, aged ninety-one; her daughter, Mrs.
Jacob Leuker, aged sixty-nine; Mrs. Leuk-
| ers daughter, Mrs. Frank Snyder. aged
| forty-four; the latter's daughter. Mrs. A
| r. Deibler, and her son Russell, aged three
| months.
| Two printed forms valued at one farthing
were lost recently at Baku, on the Trans
caucasian Railway, and the station master
| had kilograms sent to every station in the
| Russian empire to ask If they had been
seen anywhere. The company has since
had TO pay telegraph charges amounting TO
nearly $4,000, and the overzealous Official
Is now out OF employment.
In two ancient Essex villages, Newport
! and Wicken Bonhunt, the curfew bell Is
still rung. At Newport 1t has been rung
| for centuries at a. m and p. m, but in
consequence of complaints made by the vil-
| layers OF being awakened from their sleep
the morning curfew has now ceased. Mem-
| bers Of the same family have rung the cur
| few at Newport for the last three genera
| tions.
Recent census figures, according 10 an
article in the Philadelphia Medical Journal,
| seem to establish beyond question OF a
| doubt the fact that the birth rate in this
country Is lower than that OF any Euro-
pean country except France; that the birth
| rate Of the American-born population %
| much below that Of France, and that the
4 fecundity of the American women is lower
| than that OF the woman OF any other coun-
| try. France Is alarmed at her condition.:
| We are Indifferent, for we are constantly
| recruiting our population from Russia
| from Sweden. from Germany. from ireland
| or from Canada.