The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Adolp l.. Reichenheim, wealthy
eitizcn of Berlin, has willed to that city
100000 marks (nearly $3.50, ,000) for
charitable purposes.
M. Pasteur says IL is easier to euro
temperate men who have been bitten by
n mad dog than 1t is to cure those who
are addicted to the flowing bowl.
To visitors at the Edinburgh Ex-
position Mr.. Lloyd's exhibit OF five
m les of news paper in an unbroken
web is one of the most striking exam
pies of modern paper making
Experiments in Austrian garrisons
prove that where the floors of barracks
are painted with tar the collection of
dust in cracks is prevented, and there is
u consequent diminution in irritative
diseases of the eye. There is also
great dminution of parasites.
AT the entrance of restaurant in
Posh, Hungary, where young ladies
are employed, is posted u notice read
ing "Gcntlomen are requested to alb
stain from kissing the mattresses on the
stairs. Us this is fruitful source of
breakage and impcdcs the services"
The King of the Bclgians is about
born to II throne and reached it, The
kings of Prussia. Portugal and Sweden
were born younger sons, the King of
Denmark distant cousin and the Queen
of England but fifth in succession to the
reigning sovereign.
The proprietor of menageric
wrote to the Liverpool Post that he sue
ceeded in saving Il lion cub that had
been deserted by its mother by putting
it with female dog to suckle. Now
the young lion takes freely of any
cooked food, especially vegetables, but
refuses raw meat. 1t follows the keep
or's wife life dog.
According to English statistics the
death-rate among doctors is large and
on the increase. 1t is about twenty-five
per thousand among doctors, twenty
among lawyers and sixteen among
clergymen. In proportion to then
numbers there are more deaths of doc
tors from contagious fcvers and diph-
liberia than the average of the mass of
the people.
The latest accounts state that the
new island which has sprung up in the
Friendly group, in the South Pacific, is
about nine square miles in area. and
rises from two to three hundred feet
above the level of the sea. The volcanic
eruption which produced the island
threw up n column of water and steam
fully Il mile in height.
A curious experiment has lately
been made in Italy. A couple of swal-
lows, the proprictors of u nest of little
ones, We're convey from Pavia to Milan.
where they were set at liberty ut GER
tain moment previously agreed upon.
Thirteen minutes later the parent birds
reached their nests together having
performed the distance at the rate of
one and a half miles per minute.
Some very attractive specimens of
paper slippers, sandals and other cover
ings for the fcet--a substitute for
leather, etc.-havc been brought to no
ticc in London. where their manufacture
has been recently undertaken. For this
purpose paper, paper pulp or papier
mache is employed in making the up
per. which is nodded to the desired form
and size; the sole is made of paper.
pastcboard, leather board or other
adapted paper material, Il union of this
sole &c the upper being effected by
means of cement, glue or other adj
hosive material The plan is to have
the upper creased, embossed or pcrfo.
rated at the instep and sides so rs to
prevent any breaking or tearing while
in use. The sole may be made with Or
without heel.