The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-06
CURRENT TOPICS.

COMO TO dollar apiece.
PALMS do not grow on palm trees. The
whole world 10 a paradox.
A NOVELTY IA queen chain pendants is q
miniature tomato made of fine coral.
"PREsENT" on the outside Of a letter Is q
verb in the imperative mood, not an ad.
verb.
UNIQUE umbrella handles of heavy OF
died silver initiate swords in scab-
cards.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has presented marble
busts of himself to Bismarck and Won
Moltke.
A NEBRASKA CITY noodle has wagered
his wife against Jersey COW on an eles-
tion bet
AN American company has leased Abou.
kir Bay from the Egyptian Government to
row oysters.
MISS NELLIE BAYARD, the fifth daughter
of the Secretary, is to enter society for
mally this season.
TAMAeNo, the tenor, is said to have de-
tour in America.
SENATORS SAWYER, Of Wisconsin, and
Stanford, of California, are the portliest
men In the senate.
THERE are 1850 convicts in the Georgia
penitentiary, of which number 203 are un-
der sentence for life.
The Secretary of the Treasury has pur-
chased $53, 900, 900 worth of bonds under the
circular Of April II last
LABoUcHERE says that ''the American
girl has almost entirely cut out the Eng.
lish girl in public favor"
Mrs. MARY E. TYLER, the original Mary
who had the little lamb, is now 80, and
lives at Somervlle, Mass.
MISS EDITH BRANDON, the actress, has
just become q Countess by the elevation Of
her husband to the peerage.
Mrs. CLEVELAND, it is said, is getting
til ed of answering notes from people who
name their babies after her.
AN oil having the odor of refined petro-
leum is reported to have been found at o
depth of 4,022 feet in Erie, Pa.
The kitchen and dining room of Kan
sas City hotel are located on the eighth
floor, and reached by six elevators.
STEWART of Texas, is the tallest man,
Barnes, of Georgia, is the heaviest, while
ingalls, is the thinest man in the House.
DoN LOUIS 1, King OF Portugal, con-
verses freely in English, French, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, German and Swed-
ish.
AN artesian we'll sunk under the salt
waters of New York bay, on the Jersey
side, produces pure fresh water in abund-
ance.
BARTON County, Kan, is named in honor
of Miss Clara Barton, whom so many Kan
sas veterans remember with undying grat-
stude.
BYRON SALEsBERRY, the Delaware peach
grower, recently made profit Of two cents
on a carload Of peaches that sold for ST.
12240
A HORSE drawing an occupied carriage
stepped on an electric light wire at Peeks-
kill, N. Y, and was instantly killed by the
shock.
THE best paid drummers travelling for
Chicago houses are five men in the grocery
trade, who receive salaries of from S., 900
to $10,0 900 year.
A LANCASTER Pa, wag created no little
excitement by writing mythical name
upon a hotel register with the address,
Jacksonville, Fla"
A MRS. WILSON has sued the city of
Wichita for $500 for needlessy exposing
her husband to the small-pox by sending
him to the pest-house.
WE shall soon be having cocoanuts Of
American manufacture il the government
grove ON the Island Of La Costi, of the
Florida coast turns out success.
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, speaking of bees be.
fore the British Association, said that
'there seems strong evidence that the
mother can control tho sex of the egg"
The reflection of Che setting sun on the
windows of tho Green Mountain Hotel, Mt.
Desert Me-, can be distinctly seen at
Belfast and Montville, fifty to sixty miles
away.
SAN ANTONIO, CAL, boasts Of the SMALL
est baby. 1t is the son OF Alfred Mcguire,
q railroad brakeman, and whom born Il
weighed only sixteen ounces. A pint cup
covered it.
The richest and most influential China.
man in Chicago is Hip Lung, the mayor of
the Celestial colony there and the laundry
king OF the city. He is little man physi-
cally. His fortune amounts to 100000.
GENERAL WHEELER, Of Alabama, lis the
smallest as we'll as the shortest man ply.
sically in the House of Representatives
Wheeler was a Lieutenant General in the
Confederate army when only twenty -four
years old.
AooOA q bOub OI tu6 Ice harvested
from the Hudson last winter remains un.
touched in the storehouses-conside
more than half the crop. A succession Of
cold waves during the summer chilled the
Ice business.
TIE ravenous starflsh which have been
Dreying upon the big oyster beds in Maria.
gansett bay are reported as thick Just now
as cranberries in Cape Cod bog. They
have cleared out moro oysters this year
than over before.
THERE was very old trunk at Castle
Garden recently. 1t arrived with William
Hshrsns on the Fulda and had the date
1857 carved on it The trunk Is Of black
oak. Mr.. Behrens was bound for Monti.
cello, Iowa. He said the trunk had been
in his family for 2a0 years.
The death Of Prot. Rishard A. Proctor
has brought great many remarks ansnt |
him and his profession, which suggest
what great influence the dead astronom.
er had during life, in spreading among the
masses comprehension Of at least the |
fundamental principles and facts Of as.
tronomy.
WILD geese and other migratory birds
have begun their flight southwark.
TIE Empress Of japan Is rapidly becom.
ing one Of the best informed women OF her
time. She is q hard student of German.
Russian, French and Italian, and II IL said |
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