The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

DiPuTHERIA is epidemic throughout On.
tario.
THOMAS F. BArARp, JR., is a Yale fresh
man this fall.
CHOICE frozen turkeys are twenty cents
= pound in Boston.
NrSE-TENrHs of the army and navy Of.
hcer have blue eyes.
THERE are twenty-seven peaks in Nevada
exceeding 10000 feet in height.
A GREEN rose is ono Of the newest pro.
ductions OF botanical science.
A PINCH of snuff large enough to produce
Q good sneeze will cure hiccough.
Mr.. BEECHER's lectures in England are
sold on the streets at u penny piece.
THE Rhode Island census shows a prepon-
derance Of 600 women in that State.
THERE are numerous Masonic lodges in
France composed exclusively Of women.
JAY GOULD gives it as his opinion that
telegraph rates will never be any higher.
THERE are seventy three students now in
the Harvard annex for women, with more
to come.
1T is now claimed that Robert Hooke, in
1864, was the first to indicate the use of the
telephone.
THERE is not over six pounds of waste to
the largest OK now kill ut Chicago pack
ing house.
THE flow of water from the famous arte-
sian we'll at Belle Plain, Ia, is gradually
decreasing.
THE value Of the exports of breadstuffs
from the United States during September
was $l4,272,52s
IT is estimated that the prune crop in
Santa Clara County, California, this season
is worth sl,2OO,OOO.
DENIS KEARNEY has appeared upon the
political stage in San Francisco again. He
wants to be a sheriff.
FRESH air and pure water have been
called twin sisters, and as such they should
be welcomed in every home.
THERE is man in Boston who swallow
live frogs He can easily take in six before
he begins his regular dinner.
GENERAL BEAUREGARp visited Grants
tomb at Riverside, the other day, and left
. bunch Of violets on the grave.
The constitutionality of the United States
Statute against importing labor was affirm
ed at Detroit by Judge Brown.
HENRY GEORGE, workingman's candidate
for Mayor of New York, at one time during
his eventful life, was tramp printer.
IL somebody will kindly remove the
ruins from Wiggins' PROSTATE form it may
yet be time to catch his expiring predic-
tion.
Mr.. E. STONE WIGGINs, the Canadian
10 Dbaf
parts his hair as we'll as his name, in the
middle.
THE mortality from Alpine climbing his
been unusually high during the present
season. There have been twelve fatal ac-
cidents.
BOARD at Canadian hotels is advancin
30 rapidly that cashiers of moderate steal
nngs will soon have to look up some less ex-
pensive retreat.
THE lion and lamb paradox is knocked
into insignificant flinders by Cedar Rap
ids Qa.) cat which has adopted mouse as
her nursling and special pet.
The grape is the most easily digested Of
all fruits 1t contains sugar, gum and glu-
fen together with vegetable acid, and is
therefore very nutritious.
WHILE it may be true that the tobacco
crop has been injured by frost in some sec
tions, we have the assurance that the cab
bage crop is in prime condition.
MAXWELL, the condemned murderer of
Preller, has lost the Indifference that char
acterized him during his trial and is re-
ported to be completely unnamed.
A FOREIGN astronomer has just predicted
arfh fhun kaf frr tk,o lat -
6400. This is something like business, and
1t gives every one an opportunity to pre-
pare for it.
THERE are in Iowa about II, ,915 school
houses, %, ll9 teachers, 623, l57 children of
school age with an enrolment in the
schools of 472 966 and an average attend.
ance Of 24s, ,4OS
DAYLIGHT is to be let into the patent
medicine bottle in Darmstadt. The city
chemist is to analyze every drug of tho
sort and print statement so that he who
drinks may read.
THE number of deserters from the u. 8.
Army the past fiscal year aggregate but
$500, against 8, 100 in 1885, 5000 in 1884, and
about an equal number in the four or 1--WE
preceding years.
THE Lowell Courier claims to have con-
structed the fol owing ingenious palm.
drome: mo, it is opposition" A palm
drome is a sentence that reads the same
forward and backward.
OUT Of the 792,444 words composing the
revised Bible III ,62 are the same as found
lin the revised edition issued in 1911. Only
nine per cent-70, ,772-have been changed :,
65,50S have been excluded.
BosToN's yachting mania had such hold
on one suburban congregation that on
recent Sunday floral yacht adorned the
pulpit to the scandal Of the conservative
element among the worshipers.
A BIG eagle that measured nine feet from
tip to tip, captured Last spring near Bing
hampton, N. Y, was released the other
day. On its leg is a brass tag giving the
date of its liberation, and Offering cash
prizes for the return of the bird.
THE manufacture OF solid carbonic acid
gas has become settled industry in Berlin.
1t Is put up in small cylinders, aud il kept
under pressure will last some time-that is,
scylinder ~ inches In diameter and q
incheS long will take five hours to melt into
gas
A "sALEsLADY" of Philadelphia who has
been Twenty-Five years behind the counter
says the great burden in store life lies moi
tn the work but in the fact that women
dent like other women. Some days girls
feel bad, and to have their own ssx bully
them and browbeat them is more than they
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