The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A shell from twelve-inch gun makes Its
flight Of nine miles in forty-two seconds.
More than 100000 worth of sporting
goods were sold in the United States last
year.
French is the language of more than
million Of the three and a half millions OF
Canadians.
The United States treasury holds three
and nine-tenths times as much gold as the
Bank of England.
Only nine men have been hanged in Ken
lucky In the last five years, although there
have been 1893 murders.
Five hundred and sixty thousand persons
In the United States are dependent upon
the street cars for support.
The number of murders per million in
habitants is, in England, 5.13; in Germany,
5.45; In France, 11.55; in Austria, 1912; In
Italy, 76.11; and in Spain, 44.70.
White farm labor is producing an increas-
ing proportion of cotton, and the dictum
that the negro Is absolutely indispensable
for cotton culture is fast becoming a worn
out tradition.
1t is said by Dr. George A B. Hays of
the State Hospital for Insane that in Louisi-
ana insanity is increasing at the rate of
more than 10 per cent. year, or five times
as fast as the population.
Just previous to the civil war a bushel
of corn represented more than Az hours of
human labor at a cost of 35A cents, while
to-day forty-one minutes of labor produces
Tic Sdiuc lOT lVtz Genus.
The operating expense of a bank with a
capital of 100000 is 234 per cent of the
loans and discounts, but the operating ex-
penses are only 1.33 per cent. IL the bank
have capital of 100000 or more.
While one-room tenements I'm London
nave decreased from 172502 to 149,524, or IA
per cent, three-room and four-room tene-
ments have increased is per cent, Is per
cent. and q per cent, respectively.
In the interest of making Australia "a
white mans country" government bounty
is paid for sugar grown by white labor: OF
the last years sugar crop Of 100000 tons
seven-tenths was produced by Kanaka
black labor.
But SO per cent. of the 1880, 6s7 German
born males in the United States have failed
to become naturalized, while u per cent.
of the English, 35 per cent. of the Russians,
50 per cent. of the Italians and so per cent.
of the japanese are still aliens.
To-day American dried fruit, canned
meats and vegetables, office furniture, type
writer's, cash registers and many articles
of ironware used in the construction of
buildings, etc., are well established and of
constant demand in European markets.
A Bridgeport Comm man has invented
an engine developing twelve horsepower
weighing but fifty-five pounds 1t will run
ten hours on 21k gallons of kerosene. He
will use the engine for propeling an aero
plane, which will be seen at the world g
fair at st. Louis in 1904
The half million acres cultivated In tea
In India produces 100000 pounds, the in
vestment being about 800 an acre. The
labor required is thirteen persons to the
acre. One pound Of India tea will produce
seven and half gallons of tea of given
strength, while the tea OF China will pro-
duce but five gallons.
Germany heads the list as q reading
nation and Russia is falling to zero In
| 1893 z, COZ books were published In Germany,
as compared with S,0S2 in Russia. In re-
gard to newspapers the Inhabitants of the
United States are catered to by 1900 jour-
| mails, while Russia, with q population of
| 100000. has only 800.
The new Springfield rife Is probably the
most effective military arm I'm the world
AT a distance of fifty feet II penetrates fifty
| five one-inch boards placed one inch apart
| 1t has a muzzle velocity OF 1900 feet per
| second and carries ball five miles, al
| though one mile is the greatest distance
| that any rife can be effective, even with
| telescope sights.
| The bashi-bazouks are guerillas from Asia
| Minor, are transported by the Turkish gov
eminent to scenes of trouble and are then
| expected to make their own living from
/ loot. Large numbers of them recently have
been transported into Macedonia, but the
| Sultan disclaims responsibility for their
| acts. saying they are an uncomfortable
mob.
Among American colleges Harvard has
5,76S students; Columbia, 5,352; Chicago
1926. The State University of Michigan
| fornia, 1856; Minnesota, 3,505, and illinois
| ass. The privately endowed University OF
| Cornell has 3,2S1, after which comes the
| State University Of Wisconsin with 1854
| The Northwestern University, on private
1 foundations, shows a total of 2,875.