The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
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The lergesE university in the world
is at Cairo, Egypt, which has 11,O0O
students. sS
: It IS barely fifty years since the pos
tai stamp was introduced into the
United States.
A copy of the first edition of Poe's
%TamerIane" has been sold at Boston
for the sum of $1,4S0.
The distance from the north pole
to the equator measured along the
earth's surface, Is 5000 miles.
Two Of the best conservatories in
world are to be found in London and
in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
Fifteen thousand children are num-
bered in the membership of the Nor
wegian Total Abstinence Society
Many persons will not allow the
rocking Of an empty chair, because
they say it is forerunner of death in
thefamily. ..1s r., .,......s5..e-
The Chinese houses are generally
ornamented with so many quaint tur-
rets and gables that they resemble toy
houses.
7Gern1any alone excepted, Russia
sent more Immigrants into the country
during the, last year of record than
any other nation.
In many places it is believed that
the person who hears the whip-poor-
viii in! the daytime will die before the
end Of the year. ss -ss,i3 81.
Somebody has discovered that eggs
laid in the spring and early summer
are superior in quality to those laid
late in the summer.
InTa little hamlet in Africa 1900
men were recently employed in de-
stroying the crickets passing army
of1oeusts had left behind them. y
The Indian measures distances while
canoeing by pipes One pipe is the
interval between the haltings he is al
lowed to make for assmoke.
A Paris policeman begins service
with ~ cents a day, and after twe1ve
years he gets IS cents day. The po-
lice have asked for 81 a day as the
minimum.
At q recent meeting of surgical
society in Paris it was developed that
out of 26O accidents from hypodermic
injections twenty-one terminated
fatally.
Not less than so per cent of the
people of Alaska are afflicted with
chronic diseases. Two-thirds of the
children born do not live, or rather do
not outlive their parents.
There has just died in, Poland a once
celebrated beauty, who refused the
hand of Napoleon III. She was the
Princess Helene Sagonsko and died
unmarriad at the ap0 of H7
A bit of steel was reinoved from the
cerebellum of patient at Bellevue.
hospital, New York, SO quickly and
painlessly that the patient laughed
aloud when the operation was over.
"a The French flag was adopted during
9 the revolutions. The republic first
: took green, but gave itup and blended
the Bourbon white with the red and
blue. the colors of the city of Paris.
In Balakany, near Baku, the center.
of the Russian petroleum industry, is
witnessedz the anomaly of the water,
used for the steam boilers in the sew
eral establishments costing more than
the fuel. s3E9# o.
The three longest rivers in the world
in their order are as follows: The
Missouri from itsssource to the mouth
of the lower Mississippi, 4,575 miles;
the Amazon, 1914 miles, and the Nile,
5000 miles. 49,
Marine architects are interested in
discussion whether iron is not better
for ship building purposes than stesl.
The cases of Great Britain and Great
Eastern are quoted as upholding that
assertion. sS #Ng
81 IA deposit of 500 made in the New
buryport institution for savings in
1920 now calls for interest amounting
to 1898. No one has ever claimed the
original deposit and no addition has
been made to it.. ~
At Hirnisketscher, Bohemia, the un-
equal wording of nature in the de-
struetioh of rocks has resulted in "a
most colossal and ruggedly beautiful
arch, the summit of which is upward
of 1,400 feet above the sea level.
The Gaulois announces that one of
the sensations of next years salon,
provided the jury admits it, will be a
huge biblical canvas ALREADY begun BY
Jean Berand, and entitled aThe Ascen-
ssion." It represents the savior going
up in balloon. s9 fsf28
Almost in sight of St. Louis stands
the largest artificial mound in Amer
lea, if not. in the world The Caokia
mound is over 700 feet long by 800
wide at the base and 80 feet high. It
covers over eight acres of ground and
has upward of 10000. 900 cubic feet Of
contents
The secretary of the treasury has
directed that set of United States
coin, treasury notes and notable
medals. issued by the United States
government at various times be sent
to Madrid, Spain, as part of the
United States exhibit at the exposition
{ which opens in September.
I When marriage takes place in Italy
in d prince1y family the bride and
groom, after the religious ceremony,
present themselves to the pope to re-
ceive his benediction. Then the young
couple, in wedding costume, proceed
to St. Peters alone, and, kneeling on
the bare flags before the statue Of the
prince of the Apostles" pray /
The German capital maintains and
pays an official bird catcher. The
catching of birds is prohibited, but
the collections and educational insti-
: tutions of the university require, for
scientific purposes, birds, birds eggs,
nests, etc.. and the taxidermist, Lemm,
is the only person commissioned to
furnish them within the precincts o1
; Berlin and the districts of Te1tow and
Niederbarnim.
8 The New York gas works board Of
directors recently appointed dog as
assistant superintendent of its works
and truly efficient officer he is. His
name is Beauty and he made his ap-
pearanee at the works some months
ago. refusing to go away on any con-
ditions. He has curious habit, be-
sides catching all the rats and mice
about the building, of compelling a
strangerte give up his portable prop
erty before departing.
Long heads are usually associated
with the possession of great intellect.
ual strength and mental capacity. A
German scientist, however, who made
examination Of the crania1 capacity Of
5000 soldiers at Baden, is of the opin-
ion that the size of the skull depends