The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-08
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ease system.
THE United States have nearly 200
active geysers.
THE ice in Lake Superior is twenty
three inches thick.
THERE is new kind OF ice cream
rhristened Columbus"
TIE Erie canal, begun in 1917, was
the first American artificial waterway.
THE entire population of Canada is
less thun that of the state of New
York
THE colored men of Kansas City row
propose to try n colored colony In
Brazil.
A FrFTEEN-MoNTHs-oLD hog at Fran
els, Fla, tips the beam at five hundred
pounds
THE coolest place in the United States
is the interior of Alaska, 50 degrees be-
low zero.
THERE are twenty-eight cities in this
country having each more than 100, eco
population,
A COMPANY has offered an enormous
sum for the privilege of advertising on
the pyramids.
WM HEARD, of Taliaferro county,
Ga, who is 25 years old, is said to weigh
but sixty pounds
THOSE who say they know all about
1t declare California will supply the
world with olives,
A BRONZE statue of the late Sir John
Macdonald has been erected in Gore
park, Hamilton, Ontario.
ONE thousand eight hundred and fifty
cities and towns in this country are
equipped with electric lights.
AN insane woman was lately arrested
In bank in Detroit while attempting
to draw $1,000, 600 with blank pieces of
paper.
A LOUISVILLE musician has discover
ed that the inspiring strains of TIA
ra-ra Boom-da-ay" are borrowed from
Mozart.
p. II. CoUGHLIN, a policeman of Troy,
n. Y, has fallen heir, it is reported,
to an estate in England valued az
S3,O0OOOO.
A GEORGIA editor says he would rath.
er be "a fiddler on the coast of Tybee
than a player of the mandolin at the
millennium.
PRoPRIEToRs of the Pawntuclet Or.
I.) mills report that orders are so plen-
tiful that they can't get out crinoline
fast enough.
IT is believed that it will cost the
railroads entering Chicago 5000, 900, 900
to raise their tracks in conformity with
the new law.
IN opening an oyster recently, Bal.
timore man received slight cut on the
hand. Lockjaw developed and a few
days later he died.
A GROUP of the most wretched tene-
ments in New York is the property of
the reputed wealthiest clergyman in
the United States.
COUNTERFEIT Worlds fair half-dol-
lars have made their appearance at
Lebanon, Pa They are well executed
and hard to detect.
WHEN the empress of Austria travels
about incognito she usually calls her.
self either Madame Nicholson" or
plain Miss Simpson"
DURING the last twenty years the area
of land in England under the plow has
diminished by very nearly 1000, 900
acres, or over IA per cent
A SUICIDE epidemic is said to be pre-.
vailing in and about New York. No
less than seven cases of felo de sc were
reported one day recently.
BELvA LOCKWOOD renewed her re-
quest for admission to the New York
baf, and for the second time her papers
were pronounced defective.
THE British legation denies the re-
port that it has been notified that a
plot exists to kill the prince of Wales
should he come to America
A COPY of the first edition of Column
bus letter, in Latin, announcing the
discovery of America printed at Rome
in 1893, sold in London recently for
&315.
THE population of New York state,
according to the official state report, is
more than one-tenth of the popula.
ton of the United States. The state is
larger than Scotland and Switzerland
together
VERDI will have a gold mine in "Fal
staff" lie has already received S32, OOC
for the opera, and will have 40 per cent
of the performing and publishing roy
atty rights
UPON the day Col. Shepard died the
columns of the Mail and Express hat
the usual scriptural selection. 1t read
''We bring our years to an end as tai,
that is told"
THE greatest monarch, as far as sizC
goes, who rules in the world, is thu
king of the Gilbert islands, Triburimon
who weighs 800 pounds, His son, tn,
crown prince, is still heavier.
KANSAS CITY, Kas., IS so overshad
owed by its Missouri namesake tina
the fact of its being the largest city il
Kansas is generally overlooked, though
it is now place of 40, 600 inhabitant
or more.
A New YORK orang outang broll
loose from its cage, grabbed littl
Maggie Daley, carried her up ladde
through trap door, wrapped her ten
derly in blanket up in the loft, an
left her there to enjoy herself
JESSE PADGETT, aged 65 years, an
Nancy Tate, 60 years of age, both in
mates of the Douglass county, (Ga
almshouse, were married il that inst
tuition short time ago.
A PIECE of mica was recently Gu
near Lincolnton, n. c., which measure
p16 by 10 inches Heretofore, it
claimed, the largest piece of mic
produced from mine was 10 by
Inches.
Two white kangaroos will appear i
the New South Wales exhibit. Thes
are exceedingly rare animals. Only on
other living specimen is known to eXis