The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A London paper gives away the secret
that Irishwomen's native shawis are wholly
made In Scotland
The peat boys of Ireland could give an an
nual output of 10000 electric horse power
for the next $50 years.
Great Britain spends s1l2, 10000 a year on
the support of the poor. This does not In
clude private charities
The United States has 5000 postoftices;
Germany is next, with 5.623, and Great
Britain third, with p, 400.
More than one-fourth OF the inhabitants
Of Newfoundland are engaged I'm catching
and curing fish for a livelihood.
Seamen on native river craft I'm China
get s. month, on seagoing Chinese vessels,
IS. They furnish their own food.
According TO a recent census there are
upward Of GOO Chinese In Johannesburg. OF
whom $50 are in business. All are reported
to do well.
England has nine submarine war vessels
built or building, and France has nifty.
Their presence is expected &c make block
AIDES impossible.
On the ground that letters patent have no
intrinsic value woman was acquitted OF
theft on her trial at Vienna for stealing
The Farmers Anti-Automobile League has
been organized i'm Illinois to stop scorching.
which has resulted in many serious acct
dents to property and persons.
Manila has a total population OF some
can and European born The American
population is estimated at about 5000.
A new rife with which the United States
army is shortly TO be equipped Is said 10
have an effective range OF FIVE miles and
TO be the lightest rife ever devised
1t is usually imagined that the incandes-
cent electric lights give out very little neat.
As matter OF fact, only per cent. or It's
energy goes TO make light, while 81 goes
into heat.
1t is expected that the immigration into
the United States for the year ending this
month will total $4,000. Two-thirds OF the
immigrants are from Russia Italy and Aus
tro-Hungary-
The English postoffice gives 20 per cent.
better speed Ia delivering parcels than the
private carriers. and at cost OF cents
for one pound. cents for two pounds and
"a cents for eleven pounds.
The Industrie Zeitung says that OF all the
countries producing steel In 1902 the United
States led. with an output or 100000 tons.
These figures grow in importance when IL is
remember that the worlds production I'm
1894 was only IL. S5l 900 tons. Germany's pro-
duction I'm 1892 was 10000 tons. one-haif
that Of the United States. while Englands
was only 100000 tons. or one-third the pro-
duction OF the United States
The Official Gazette OF Italy says that ~
a law Of June o. 1908. the expectation OF
antiquities found In excavations and that
have an archaeological and artistic value
also articles Of antiquity OF artistic value
in the possession OF private parties, regard
ed by the government as having great value
for historical and artistic purposes-ls for
hidden. The law is TO be In force for two
years.
In Denmark girl of twelve and a boy
of fourteen can marry. In most places the
limit for age Is eighteen for men and six
teen for women. In Germany a man can
only contract marriage before his twenty
first year, when he is specially declared OF
age. and this can only be done when he
has completed hts eighteenth year. The law
of France is specially notable for stipulst-
ing about the legal rights OF each party.
and the relations OF each 10 the earnings
OF the other. The man who marrieS a
Frenchwoman becomes by French law ia
BILE 10 be called on for the support OF his
wife's near relatives II they are in need