The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-08-09

tuat VI NdPAoS.
There is predominance of females
over males in Spain, the number ot
the former being 8,943, 900, and of the
latter 8,607 900.
A toad is no fonder of dirt than any
one else, and before he su cks an angle
worm down his throat scrapes the dirt
off with his paws.
If man could jump as far in pro-
portion to his size and weight as flea
he could at single leap pass from st.
Louis to Chicago
The first mention of the pipe organ
in history is in connection with Solo
gan with ten pipes.
1t is estimated that 119, 600, 600 cop
per pennies have been lost to circula-
tion in the century since the United
States began to coin money.
The title of nabob belongs to the ad-
ministrators under the Mogul empire
of the separate provinces into which
the district of subahdar was divided.
All the Cinnamon in the United
States came from one of the eighteen
provinces of the celestial empire-most
of them from one corner of that prov
ince.
Solomon's temple was 107 feet long,
So feet broad and 81 feet high. Though
wonder of the world, it was not
larger than many private houses of the
present time.
Vulcan, the British ironclad, is pro-
vided with rudder weighing twenty
two tons. or something like six tons
Al Al \ H. Il Al
Great Eastern.
The Prussian army contains but one
officer raised from the ranks-Col.
Lademann, who was promoted for acts
of bravery in the Schleswig-Holstein
campaign in 1864.
The origin of the barber's striped
pole goes back to the days when the
shaver also practiced bloodletting.
The pole was emblematic of ribbon
round the patients bare arm.
The Chinese use mixture of honey
and -four to cleanse their long, coarse
hair; the Italians use a wash made of
thistle roots; in Cuba rosemary leaves
are stepped to make 8 shampoo.
A single glasseye can rarely be worn
more than year without being pol
ished, for the surface becomes rough
ened by the action of tears. ETC., and
irritates the lids as they rub over it.
The authorities of Finland will not
have active members of the Salvation
Army in their midst. 1t is declared
illegal for the Salvationists to wear
their uniform or make money collec-
tions
The shadow cast by any color does
not show that color but its compile
mentary color, thus red object shows
faint tinge Of green In its shadow,
red and green being complementary
colors.
There is lake near Chestertown,
Md, called Still pond. which, it is
said, has never been ruffled by the
most violent storms. Another pecu-
liarity about it is that the water never
freezes.
Very few Spanish emigrants come
to the United States, though $4,000 go
to South America annually, $4,000 to
Central America, and $4,000 to Africa.
The total population of Spain is H.
100000.
The smallest Roman coin was the
teruncius, worth not quite two-fifths
of. cent. The sestertium, which is
the coin most often mentioned, was a
little less than cents; a denarius was
10 12 cents.
A million dollars in gold coin will
weigh 3,6S5.8 pounds, and 81, ,000.0 900
in silver coin will weigh So, ,929.9
pounds. A ton OF pure gold is worth
1902. 1921, and ton of pure silver is
worth $37,760.84.
The officers of the German army are
to have a new cloak, the novelty OF
which lies in the fact that by an in
genious device the cloak may be made
thick or thin. 1t is adapted for win-
ter or summer use.
All the suitors for a girls hand in
Borneo are expected to be generous in
their presents to her. These presents
are never returned. Therefore the
willy female defers as long as possible
aepositiye selection of the happy man.
A forgotten vault, containing an
tique tobacco pipes, has been un-
earthed in Staples inn, London, while
excavating for the new patent Office.
They bear the imprint of old pipemak-
ers, and belong to the days of Crom-
we'll.
Many deep-sea fishes are covered
with phosphorescent spots, which act
as portable lamps. These fish live at
depth of two to five miles. Their
soft bodies are made firm by the ire
mendous pressure of the surrounding
water.
In the Cascade Mountains is the
Great Sunken lake, the most deeply
sunken lake in the world. 1t is Is
miles long and 1-2 wide. 1t is 1000
feet down to the surface of tie water,
but the depth of the water is un-
known.
The city of Baku, on the western
coast of the Caspian sea, is called by
the natives the "town of fire." 1t is
world. The site upon which it is
built-as, indeed, the whole Caspian
sea-rests upon naphtha.
The main wheel of a watch makes
1,460 revolutions in year; the sec
ond OF center wheel, $3.50; the third
wheel, 70,080; the fourth wheel, $685.
600; and the fifth or scape wheel, A.
731,86O. The number of beats or vi
brations is 141, 912, 900 in year.
Out in Japan the doctor never thinks
of asking poor patients for fee. A
proverb among the medical fraternity
of Japan runs: "When the twin enc
mics, poverty and disease, invade 8
home, he who takes aught from thai
home, even though it be given to him
is a robber."
English half-pennies had curious
origin. They were issued centuries
ago by English authorities and were
nothing more than minted pennies cu
directly in half. Specimens of these
coins have been discovered frequently
among the buried treasures which
from time to time have been un
earthed in Great Britain.
In the Franco-Prussian war the gen
eralship of the Germans lay in mass
ing larger bodies of troops in eacf
fight than the French had at that spot
to oppose them. At Weissenberg A.
600 Germans and ~ guns were against
4,50O French and Is guns; at Woerth
$4,000 Germans and 342 guns were