The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-19
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languages.
FRANCE does not like the American
copyright law.
ANDY YANKEE, in spite of his name,
would like to be sheriff of Cass county,
NO.
CRCAssIAN boys and girls may still
be bought in Constantinople at fair
prices.
THE New Jersey legislature has
made it unlawful to dock the tails OF
horses.
The first woman to pass the Alabama
state medical examination is a colored
woman.
VERMONT citizens will pay for theil
state building on the Worlds fair
grounds.
RUSSIA empowers Poland's governor
TO declare a state of seige in that coun.
try if he sees fit
A COUPLE whose ages aggregated Ice
years were married few days ago al
Fort Dodge, Iowa
ARIZONA has been organized terri.
torially for nearly thirty years, and has
a population of 10000
MEASURE has passed In the Reich.
stag Locking to the suppression of the
slave trade in East Africa
THE high assay of 80 per cent alumni.
MUM has been obtained from a stone
ledge in the Sierra Madre, Cal.
AN advance of a dollar a ton in the
price of coal in England will bring suf.
fering to the poor in that country.
Mrs. CLEVELAND is said to live in ap-
prehension that her little daughter will
be kidnapped by some ruthless villain.
THERE is an effort making in Savan-
nah TO build a monument to Father
Ryan, the poet-priest of the confed-
eracy.
NRs. PerrER PALMER is aiming to
have published at the Worlds fair
paper conducted exclusively by
women
TBE Missouri Industrial Home for
Girls, a state institutioH, has a board of
control composed of four men and two
women
Our of 100 Indian students returned
from Hampton institute, Virginia, to
the reservation only two have been
failures
PRINCE GBoRGE of Wales has such a
small head that the British crown will
have to be reduced in size if he ever
wears it
GREDcE is Keeping up with European
fashions 1t has cabinet crisis, war
army on q peace footing. and designs
on Turkey.
BOGUS medical diplomas, not of ficti-
tous colleges but OF reputa BILE institu-
tions, are sold in New York at from $500
30 $500 each.
A FoREIsH matchmaker has patented
adeViee by which an hour or two be-
fore a el0sk runs down the word
wind" will appear at an opening in
the dial
The English governess who has been
SeleSted TO teach the king of Spain will
have salary OF 50, 500, a residence in
she may desire
BosToE alone is worth a good deal
more than the national debt of the
United States. Its total taxable valua-
tion is $911, S3s, sS7, and the exempt val.
iation S1l5, 600, 600.
EDISON firmly believes q perfect fy-
ing-machine some day will be invented,
and he also believes the wing of fly
is the model upon which that mackine
will be constructed.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT is deeply i'm
mersed in the task of writing a book
on hunting in the far west, which will
occupy all of his leisure time for the
next eighteen months.
Girl. four years old, three feet two
inches high, and who measures two
feet three inches around the waist, is
what the Marion, N. c., people are
boasting about just now.
THE Empire State express on the
New York Central has a record of l47
miles in 15o minutes, including n Eve
minute stop The run was made be-
tween Albany and Syracuse.
A PRESBYTERIAN church in Lancas-
ter, Pa, gives medal to every person
who does not miss church or a Sun.
day-sehool service during the year.
Last year the sexton carried off all the |
honora
RICHARD WAeNER's son Siegfried, |
now young man Of twenty-one, is said |
to resemble the composer in appearance |
not little His mother is training him
TO manage the Bayreuth interests when
she rs gone,
FRED TARAL, well-known western
rider, has signed a contract by which
he gets SIT, 600 for. his service as jockey
for two stable, this yeav, and he expects
to get more than half as much more
from Outside riding
NRR FRANK LESLIE complains that
before her marriage no unkind word
was ever said of her and attributes the
cold and critical position of the press
on that question to the fact that she
has united her fortunes with for
eigner.
"LorrA" is undoubtedly the richest
actress m the world. She owns several
apartment houses in New York city,
the Park theater in Boston, real estate
IN nearly all the large cities, and could,
rs the ven say, chase up" between
two and three millions
lT Is interesting to learn that Oliver
Curtis Perry, the train-robber, was a
burglar at fourteen. Unlike the typ
ical defaulter or bank wrecker he was
never a good Sunday boy.
AT YOnkers, N. Y, Rev. Mr.. Conway
was dragged by the police from a plat
form where he was attempting to
preach A complaint had been made
TO the police that the minister's talk
would cause trouble.
OF the 200 900 ono neonla ~ R-;t;sh