The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
CURRENT TOPICS.

SPEAKER CRISP is said to have foot
as shapely and as small as a woman's
NOVELTIES in paper weights are those
that have place for photographs on
top
A TINY roller in silver tank of water
Is something new in wetting postage
stamps.
Now they say only politicians and
country swells ever wear a shiny black
silk hat
Chicago is about to erect on the lake
front public library building to cost
81. 200, 900.
THERE is n wind and storm insurance
company doing business in Pennsylva-
MIA counties.
THE Russian Grand Duke Alexis owns
pet mongrel dog that has saved six
human lives
THIRTEEN tons of postage stamps are
said to have been sold in New York
city last year.
THERE are 1875 papers printed in
the United States, of which number
l,79l are dailies
THE farms OF Colorado produced S53,-
600, 900 last year, and the mines of the
state S33. 549,O
SPURGEoN, like Grant, loved a good
cigar, and he smoked almost as many
OF them as the general did.
MICHIGAN milliner charged twenty
cents admission to her wedding for the
benefit of the church fund.-
AT the next presidential election, it
is estimated that more than II, 500, 900
men will have the right to vote.
ENGINEERS began at ST. Louis the
survey of the Chicago and st. Louis
Electrical railway few days ago.
VENUS and Jupiter, although draw
ing apart, present o lustrous and beau
tiful appearance in the western sky.
OSCAR WILDE, having exhausted all
the possibilities of absurdities in other
directions, is now posing as a socialist
THE war department reports that
there are s5G7, $50 men in the United
States who are available for military
duty.
FARMER in North Carolina has a
hog that measures feet inches in
length and feet inches around the
body.
Rev. THOMAS DIXON estimates that
out of 500, 900 Protestants in New York
city less than 100, 900 go regularly to
church.
GIRLS in a Massachusetts school are
on a strike because the teacher of phys
ical culture require them to abandon
corsets.
MARY CuENowITH, the chief apostle
OF Christian science, is eight times over
a millionaire, and lives in house with
100 rooms.
THE Chinese of Los Angeles have
built gorgeous new joss-house the
carvings and altar of which are valued
at $50. OO0
Samuel Campbell, of Port Royal, is
the oldest school teacher in the United
States, having trained the young idea
for 81 years.
The numerical strength of the Grand
Army of the Republic is greater in Ohio
than in any other state, the enrolment
being 45 500.
ARTILLERY salutes were fired in diff
ferent parts of Louisiana over the lot
terry decision cf the United States su-
preme court.
IT is claimed that cider enough was
made in Connecticut the past season TO
supply all the consumption east of the
Rockies for a year
The wealth of j. A. Morris, the head
of the Louisiana lottery. is estimated
at $50, 900, 900 but he never succeeded in
getting into society
DR.. ABBOTT created small sensation
in Boston the other day by announcing
in the course of his lectures that the
fall of Adam is an entirely unnecessary
belief
The oldest man now living who was
an American soldier in the war of 1872
is thought TO lie Benjamin Poor, of Ray
niond, N. II. He is now ninety-seveu
years old.
II. R. II. ALBERT EDWARD, it is inter
esting to learn, wears an eighteen and
a half collar, and has n forty five chest,
thirty-four arm and forty-two and
half waist.
AS financial speculation, it is bet
ter to be a czar of Russia than presi-
dent of the United States One is paid
about S25, 600 per day and the other
Sl37, but it is rather safer being presi-
dent
ONE of the handsomest presents re-
ceived by the empress of Russia when
her silver wedding was celebrated was
an ermine mantle which cost $50, 900.
1t was gift from the nobility of the
province of Kherson, but was made in
Paris.
LORD TENNYsoN's poem on the death
of the duke of Clarence was only seven
teen lines in length, but very gushing
for its size. The criticisms it has been
attracting in the London journals
are generally longer and much more
pointed
WITH only 1000 population, Union
Springs, N. Y. has eight churches The
last, now being built has one male
and six female members. 1t is the re-
suit of legacy, requiring its erection
within certain period to prevent the
money from going in another direction
THE handsomest man in congress and
a particular favorite among the women
lobbyists is Mr. Dubarrow, OF Chicago
who is rich, bachelor, but "a years OF
age, and has never made "A speech.
PRINCESS VICTORIA KAINLANL the
heir presumptive to the Hawaiian
throne is girl of sixteen years whois
now studying in England. She expects
to finish her education at an Ameri-
can women's college.
A BLAZE in the floor of Boston cleo
trio car, requiring twenty minutes for
its eNtinguishment, is evidence that the |