The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-08
sOmEoDD LITT1r YvEMs.

A Ieech has three jaws, which form
triangle.
The cost of the Capitol at washing
on has exceeded $50 600, 600.
A penny changes hands 125, 900 times
n the coure of lifetime
Consumption is said to be unknown
where cows milk is not used.
The turtle can live for nearly CEN
Jury and the pike for about IT'S years.
Enough spider web to go around the
world would weigh one-half pound.
The average weight of the circulat
Ing blood in the body is about twenty
eight pounds
A vegetable curiosity is owned by a
of Wenatchee, Wash. 1t con.
sists, it is claimed, "of a network of
large potatoes grown upon another"
There are now twenty seven royal
families in Europe, which have about
460 members. OF these twenty. seven
families eighteen are German.
Oriental gardens produce '.changeble
roses" which are white in the shade
and blood red in the sunlight.
German dentists now make false
teeth of paper. They are said to be
very natural imitation of the real arti.
Gle, and last for years.
In Hawaii the climate is said to be
SO remarkably equal that the Hawaii
Language has no word to express the
general idea of weather.
What: ARE said to be the largest pair
of driving wheels in the world are be-
ing constructed for the New York Cen
trail Railroad. The wheels when com
pleted will be IL feet in diameter.
There are now living within radius
of ten miles of Ashland. Me-. eight
American women who are the moth
ers of 102 children, eighty of whom
are still4living in the enjoyment of
good health and sound minds.
With nothing but q jackknife,
Adolph Sjohrim, Marquette Swede,
has constructed the frame of clock
representing an ancient castle, He
used various kinds of wood and work
ed on the job for two years.
One of the largest forests in the
world stands on ice, It is situated be.
tween the Ural River and the Okhotsk
Sea. A well was recently dug in this
region, and it was found that at q
depth of $40 feet the ground was still
frozen.
A person who has totally lost the
sense of hearing In one ear, although
he may imagine that the defect is OF
little consequence, cannot locate the
direction of sound to save his life
even when the center of disturbances
is quite near dim.
A Chicago shoe manufacturer makes
10000 pair of "dead mems shoes
every month. The soles are of paste
board, covered with grained paper
and the uppers are quilted satin ant
crochet work, and ribbon tied in
bowknot holds the shoe to the foot.
Over 5000 women in the Unitet
States act as postmasters. The larges
number in one State, 1853, is in Penn
sylvania, and 460 in Virginia Their
are 256 in Ohio. 243 in New York, 2l
in Georgia. 21O in Texas and 2O9 ii
Kentucky Alaska has only one.
The longest single span of wire il
the world is used for telegraph wire
and is stretched over the River Kistna
between Bahdoorgurh and Secunde1
bad, India, It is over 5000 feet lon
and is stretched from the top of on
mountain to another.
Andre Gaertner founder of the Me
chanical Museum at Dresden, VIII
was born in 1854, is said to have beel
the inventor of the elevator. In 1717
having become infirm, he made
machine which enabled him to go u
and down the. three stories of hi
house.
One gets an idea of loneliness of tn
Pacific when learning that the City c
Pekin. SO long overdue, having prok
en- her shaft and taken to wing, cover
ed 240 miles without seeing sail
She went out of her way in the hop
of meeting sister ship and receivip
aid
The horned ray or skate is 25 feet /
length by 80 feet in width. Off New
foundland coast is a species OF cuttl
fish with arms, sometimes 80 feet lone
so as to be so feet from tip to til
Among animals the giraffe attains
, height of 20 feet, and the crocodile
length of over 20 feet.
A woman in Del. was blacklistad b,
cause of coal bill which it was allege
she owed and would not pay. Becaus
of the blacklisting she was unable
obtain credit. She Immediately CON
menced suit for $4,000 damages. Sa
urday jury returned a verdict in he
favor for So, 500.
A Russian army officer who hs
been experimenting in the training {
falcons to carry dispatches says tbs
these birds are superior to carrier pig
cons for messenger service. The falco
is much the stronger, and some {
them have carried a weight of fou
pounds without material hindrance t
speed.
Some of the flower badges of nation
are as follows: Athens, violet; Canads
sugar maple; England, rose; France
fleur-de lisQily); Florence, CYCLIC Oily
Germany, corn flower; ireland, Sham
rock leaf; Italy. lily, Prussia. linden
Saxon, mignonette; Scotland, thistle
Spain. pomegrate; Wales, leak leaf.
New York buys more lace than an
other city in the world, and there ar
said to be scores of New York ladie
whose selections of lace vary in valu
from $20,O 900 to $4,000. The Wander
bilts possess laces which rival the Prus
sian and Austrian crown laces, and ar
valued at $4,000. The late Mrs. AS
tor had lace dress that cost Sis, ,00C
and apather was recently sold to al
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