The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE total forest area of the United
States is estimated at 4s1, 764, 500 acres.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS coachman re-
ceives 5000 annual wages and his house
rent
THERE is a hen in Peach Bloom, Ala,
that has laid 167 eggs since October l.,
and is not done yet.
AN American fve-cent stamp issued
in 1s46 at Brattleborough, sold in Lon
don recently for S1,25O.
The ground on which YalSuisl, ST.
IBERIA, is built, is said to be perpetually
frozen to depth of 612 feet
Mr.. GRIFFIN, U. S. consul at Sidney
says that the people in Australia have
begun to discourage immigration.
The finding of skeleton at Scran-
ton, Pa, started police mystery, until
the bones were found to be those of a
calf.
CONNECTICUT will have to look to her
wooden nutmegs. Philadelphia has a
concern that manufactures imitation
coffee.
A. p. BERToLET, of Parkers' Ford, Pa,
is said to have a ring dove which is 81
years old, and has been in one cage all
its life.
MRS. BEsANT, upon being asked how
ner name should be pronounced, re-
piled: Make it rhyme exactly with
pleasant
THE night watch over the grave of
August Belmont at Newport is still
kept up and will be continued for some
time to come.
A SINGLE egg of the aux, the gigantic
bird that formerly inhabited Iceland is
worth $500. There are but four of these
eggs in this country.
CAMpES, N. j., boasts of blind bar
ber who can shave as well as if he had
perfect sight. He works every day and
makes regular wages.
News from the south indicate the
biggest cotton crop on record, and from
the northwest come tidings of great
things in the way of wheat.
IN the Crystal Palace, London, there
is happy family of 81 in one cage. 1t
includes lions, bears, tigers, panthers,
ponies, goats and boar hounds.
P. T. BARNUM within the last twenty
years expended upward of S3, 600, 900 in
newspaper advertisements, and he left
behind him a fortune of 100000
Miss WINNIE DAVIS will unveil the
Jefferson Davis monument erected by
the Ladies Confederate Monument AS
sociation of Mississippi, on June 3.
GOETHE presented about thirty vol
umes of his works to Harvard college,
and they are in the library, with the
authors autograph in each volume.
AN Indianapolis man swore in court
the other day that he did not know his
wife's first name, though they have
lived happily together for thirteen
years.
CRoswELL, Mich, people go heavy on
secret societies and the entire male
population belong to some one or other
of the societies having branches in the
place.
A ROOSTER produced in testimony
against chicken thief in York, Pa,
expressed its delight by series of long
and loud crows when the culprit was
sentenced.
b. L. FARJEoN, the novelist, is an ex
pert stenographer. He carries note
book with him at all times, and wher
an idea strikes him he iots it down fol
future use.
A NEwAYeo, Mich, girl was giver
S16 by her lover to purchase tros
seau. She evidently never had hearC
the word before, for she invested the
money in pair of trousers.
A YEAR ago the fastest train between
London and Aberdeen, 542 miles, ran il
fourteen hours. Last fall it was reduced
to twelve hours and fifty minutes. Thi.
year it will cover the 542 miles in twelve
hours.
Mrs. ANNE HYDE, of Fishllill, the
Oldest pensioner on the rolls of the
United State government, recently eel
eorated her 102d birthday. Records
show that she was born in Fishkill
April 2S, 1889.
NEBEKER, the new United States
treasurer, writes with stub pen, but
when he drops a check into the collec-
ton box the minister never says word
about the autograph being blurred il
the figure is all right
MISS ORMERoD, cntomologist of the
Royal agricultural society, thinks she
has discovered that solution of paris
green, mixed with water, may be safely
applied as fine spray with excellent
effects in clearing caterpillars from
fruit trees.
A MICHIGAN school teacher, believing
IN corporeal punishment, attempted to
ferule one of his girl pupils. In union
there is strength, for syndicate of 1G
other girl pupils gave him sach lick.
ing that he was under the doctors care
for several days.
The Turkish sultan's kitchen costs
the empire 100000 annually. The
building extends $50 feet on every side.
The dishes are sealed in the kitchen by
no less person than Osman Pasha, the
hero f Plevna, and are unsealed in the
sultans presence.
THE investments of the Rothschilds
in American securities are estimated to
amount to S50,0OO.O00. During the long
career of the house it has raised SO, ,OOO,.
600, 900 for European governments.
DONNA IsDoRA CoUsINo, in Chilli, is
supposed to be the richest woman in
the world. Her monthly income is $50,
900. She is a stately widow of thirty.
five, and is a famous horse woman.
The late Prince Jerome Napoleon,
for various reasons always refused To
be presented to eX-Premier Crispi, OF
Italy. BY strange decree of fate,
Crispi Was one of the two witnesses To
the official announcement OF the princes
death.
MISS HARTLEY GRAHAM, who was
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