The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-25
CURRENT TOPICS.

Phillips Brooks memorial fund.
THE cost of an English cabinet min
iBter's full dress uniform is 5000.
A NILES (NIich.) man has Bible
which he claims was printed in 1900.
In small hotels in Russia each guest
Is expected to find his own bed-clothing.
The first edition of the admission
tickets to the Worlds fair is limited to
100000.
IN ordinary English writing ~" only
occurs twenty-five times while re" oc-
ours 1000.
M. WADDNGToN, French ambassador
to London, gets a salary stated at SGO,-
900 pear.
OFFICIAL figures show that two
Americans were naturalized last year
In England.
A PATENT has been issued for lock
which can be operated only by mag
netized key.
A BOA in the Cen tral park menagerie,
New York city, has not tasted food in
three months
IN the state of New York during
1892 there were /, ,76S strikes, involving
25,764 persons.
The German government spends s4o,-
100000 every year for the creation and
preservation of forests.
GERMAN news finds its way into
American newspapers before it is pub
lished in the Faderland.
A LAW establishing u standard time
over the whole of Germany passed the
reichstag two weeks ago.
THE longest beard is seven and one
quarter feet in length, and growing on
French sculptor's chin.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in New York
to obtain cheaper bread and to have
the bread sold by weight
AN albino raccoon is said to have
been caught the other day by Stephen
Smith, of Vanceboro n. c.
For ffty-two consecutive miles on
the Boston & Albany railroad it is said
there is not a grade crossing.
Mr. GLADSTONE believes in the ad-
vantages of a good nights rest, and
sometimes lies in bed till noon.
EX-PREsIDENT CREWS widow, whose
5eath occurred recently, was NJ Grevy's
cook before she became his wife.
EVERY European power but Austria,
Turkey and GreeEe will be represented
at the great naval review next month.
IN the last twenty years, S58, 900, 900
has been spent in England for the res
toration and improvement of old cathe-
Srals.
The American Lead Pencil Co.,
of New Jersey, will establish G, branch
of its manufactory at Shelbyville,
Tenn.
AN owl and hawk engaged in
furious battle at Scranton, Pa. the
other day, which proved fatal to the
latter.
IRA WARD, of New Haven, VT, who
is ninety-seven years old, visited the
barber for the first time one day re.
Gently.
The Worlds fair Sunday-closing law
is to be taken before the United States
Supreme court on constitutional
grounds,
A NEW law in Oklahoma prohibits all
gambling, and includes under that
name progressive euchre when played
for prizes.
A GANlECocK ana a fox had a battle
near Scranton, Pa, the other day,
which resulted in an easy victory for
the former.
RUSSELL SAGE is about to build a
dormitory for the Troy female semin-
ary which will accommodate one hun
dred boarders.
BUFFALO has an agency of direc.
ton" a sort of philanthropic intelli-
gence Office, which makes no charge
for it's services.
Hindoos gambling is considered not
only allowable, but commendable. 1t
is called Devah.
THE Oldest artesian well in Europe is
found at Lillers, France. From it's
mouth water has flowed uninterrupt-
edly for 74G years.
MONACO, with its territory of eight
square miles and its standing army of
1876 men, purposes to have universal
exposition next year.
A CHANUTE (Kan.) shoemaker has a
card in his window which reads: ANY
respectable man, woman or child can
have fit in this store"
AN immense oak tree which was re-
Gently felled near Castleton, Ind, is
said to have lacked but a few years of
being five centuries old.
Mrs. ANDREW COCHRANE, of Almont,
Mich, has in her possession a pair of
earrings, which, she claims, have been
in her family for 16O years
Police statistics show that the arrests
for drunkenness IN London are at the
annual rate of to every l75 inhabitants
in Birmingham / to every 153, in Man
chester TO II, and in Liverpool to 5O
1t has been the custom of the Della
ware Legislature for mary years TO APP
pforriate a small sum for annual dis
tribution among the Sunday schools of
the state, of course without any invid.
ious distinction to sect.
NJ. CAYAIGNAC, possibly the coming
president OF France, is of Irish descent
from the Kavanaghs, who were kings
of Leinster President MacMahon, it
may be remembered, was of similar ex-
traction and proud Of his ancestry
THERE is club in Eastman, Ca,
which rejoices in the title Of "The So
ciety Of the Amalgamatsd Prevaricat.
crs." The badge of hon 1r is belt on
the buckle of which is engraved the
word "Ananias." The belt Is said 10
have passed through good many hands
since The soeiety'a organization.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is designed ito
express the surgical removal Of part or
ali OF the selerosed and anchylosel con.
i,,.t.,re ~ sound IN .hrrri,. .o torrb,1-