The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-31

advantages in being bald.
Mr. THEODORE CALF and family have
petitioned to the Kansas Legislature to
have their name changed
ACCORDING to the census report there
are only 1900 members Of the Salvation
Army in the United States.
MRS. LELAND STANFORD has given no
less than $4,000 to the kindergarten
Association of San Francisco.
THE constitution of the new State Of
Washington limits the session of the
Legislature to sixty consecutive days.
The late General Spinner met his
death from cancer caused by an
abrasion on the nose produced by eye
glasses.
KAISER WILHEI.M's sister, the Prin-
cess of Mllningen, has developed tai
ent for literature that is regarded as re-
markable.
BROOKLYN has a crank who creeps up
behind young girls in the street and
snipS off portions of their tresses with
a scissors.
ONE of the industries of London is
the selling of sea water, which is de-
Gvered at the purchasers house for two
pence gallon.
THERE are twenty-six monarchies
and twenty-five Republics in the civil
lied world. Sixteen Republics are in
South America.
THE last report of the Illinois super
intendent of education brings out the
fact that there are still in that State ia
log school houses.
The United States Treasury now
holds in gold and silver in coins of all
denominations, and bullion, the hand
Eome sum of 1856, 770,s2
Two Portuguese pugilists recently en-
gagged in a prize fight of /, 1877 rounds.
They fought six hours day, stopping
at noon to eat and smoke.
FREDERICK l.. AMEs, at S25, 1000, 900, is
reckoned the richest man in Boston,
and his cousin, Ex-Governor Ames, son
of Oakes Ames is worth about $1O,0OO,-
900.
A SWEDISH engineer has invented a
machine for making horseshoe nails out
of iron rods 1t makes 14O strokes per
minute, each stroke producing two
nails.
LITTLE flock of sparrows come reg
ularly three times day to the window
of young lady of Bristol, Pa, to re-
ceive the crumbs, which she spreads for
them.
MRS. ELIZABETH FoaG, who died re-
Gently in New York, left S945, 900 in spe-
cifc bequests, of which over $500, 900
goes to educational and charitable insti-
tutions.
A FARMER in Holt County, Mo-, has
twenty-six living children, none o2
whom are married and all of whom are
at home. There are eleven pairs of
twins in the family.
THE public, or that portion of it
which believes in Wiggins, will be re-
assured at his assertion that no more
earthquakes need be looked for until
about the 18th of August, 1904.
ARCHDUCHEss MARIA DoRoTHEA is
one of the beauties of the Austrian i'm
perial family. She is above medium
height, with dark hair and eyes and a
fresh complexion. She is noted for her
charities and for her skill in piano play
ing.
The venerable French author, Jules
Simon, does the greater part of his
writing while in bed. He lies fat on
mis- back and writes on tablet of paper
held above him. Despite this extraordi-
nary position his chirography is a mar
vel of neatness.
BLANKETS are loaned to the poor dur
ing the winter months, free of cost, by
a kindhearted citizen in Brunswick
Germany. They are stamped, to pre-
vent them from being sold or pawned,
and they are returned at the close of
the cold weather.
THE most precious bit of dog flesh
outside of coursing greyhound is go
ing to quit England for America. The
noble animal is the st. Bernard, Sir
Belvi&ere sold by T. H. Green to z. B.
Sears of Boston, for SO, 500. This dog
hasn't as yet left prize untaken.
AT a german in Boston the other
evening partners were allotted by
means of slot-machine, which fur
nished the names of the women printed
on dainty roll of chocolate.
SIR MoRREL MACKENZIE objects to
large hospitals on the ground that the
added virulence of germs from the bod
les of many patients is as dangerous as
that of those emenating from dead bod
les.
r. ELwooD, of Mount Morris, Mich,
guessed he would die nine years hence.
He was so sure of it that he had his
tombstone erected and dated 1899. His
prophetic vision was at fault, as he has
just died.
IT costs the Government $3.50 900 a
year to print the Congressional Record.
THB contract has been signed for the
erection of a building for hygienic in
struction, as an annex to the University
of Pennsylvania, to cost $50, OOO the en-
tire expense of which will be borne by
Henry G. Lea, and will be the first
structure of the kind in America,
ONE of the largest hogs in America,
II not in fact the largest in the world,
was reared by Junction City (Kan. J
man. The length was feet and o
inches; girth of neck, 81 feet; girth of
center of body, feet; width across the
hips, 80 inches; weight 1,5es pounds.