Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-09
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No less than 1900, 900, 900 gallons Of
beer were imbibed In Europe last year.
Two 15-year-old girls have passed
the entrance examination to Yale Col
ledge.
Ninety per cent OF the crew Of the
United States cruiser New York are
Americans.
The public and private Indebtedness
Of the world is estimated to be $780,
900, 100000.
Rose-leaf jam is common dish In
Roumania, where roses are grown by
the million.
Two-thirds of the gold now In use in
the world was discovered during the
last fifty years.
The Chinese have an academy Of
banners that prescribes etiquette for
the whole empire.
A section of the Pacific Railway in
the Argentine Republic extends 2ll
miles without curve.
In the construction of the Suez canal
SO, 1000, 900 cubic yards Of material were
excavated by 10000 laborers.
A Canadian has made collection of
the buttons of officers of every regi-
ment and department of the British
army.
Cutting off the hands and feet as q
punishment was practiced in every
country in Europe but England two
centuries ago.
In all countries suicide Is more COM
mon among men than among women,
and among unmarried than among
married persons.
Amber, often classes among gems, is
q fossil product. Most Of the speci-
mems inclosing insects are manufactur.
ed from gum copal.
Potatoes first appeared In history in
1903. In 1892 the United States raised
2O1 900, 900 bushels. In 1884 the world
raised 10000, 900 tons.
The paper money issued by the first
French republic fell to less than per
cent. A pair ofboots cost z 800 francs;
q pound OF butter, $50.
To make 900 cubic feet ofilluminat-
ing gas, eight pounds of coal, costing 2
cents, and four gallons Of naphtha,
costing 12 cents, are required.
After riding on carrousel at Alex
anderia, Ln., recently, an aged eolored
woman dropped dead. Physicians
pronounced her death due to the ex-
element.
Tweed, as a cloth name, arose from
q mistake. It's name was twill, but In
a blotted invoice sent to London
merchant the word looked like tweed,
and so this name came into use.
Posters took their names from the
fact that In former times the footways
Of London streets were separated from
the drives by line Of posts, on which
advertisements were displayed.
Algebra, almanac, cipher, zenith,
zero, talisman, alcohol, alkali, amber,
camphor, cotton, crimson, jar, lauda-
mum, lutte, mattress, sugar, amulet,
arsenal, magazine and few other
words are from the Arabic.
Tariff was originally the name of q
Moorish chief, who having a port in
Spain near Gibraltar, was accustomed
to levy toll on passing vessels. His toll
became a regular understood thing,
and the amount was added to the price
of the goods.
Curved stereotype plates were invent
ed In 1915, but were little used for half
century after that date. Since 1866
they have come into general employ
ment in every newspaper Office in the
country whose edition is printed on
fast steam press.
Wings were originally teamsters in
Scotland, who used the term whiggam
to encourage their horses. Opponents
of the government In the restoration
period were derided as favoring the
Scotch covenanters, and hence were
called whiggams, afterward wings.
In an out OF the way nook in the
British Museum the sightseer Is con-
fronted by dust-covered object which
at first sight would be taken for gi-
gantic milestone. But it is not. It is
one of the most sacred Oriental relics
in existence-the tomb of Alexander
the Great.