The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-09
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The average trip around the worlc
comprises about $4,000 miles of travel
ARCHBISHOP KENRIoK is 81 years old
He was born at Dublin, Ireland, II
1906
CHAs. NoRpHoFF, the wellknown cor
respondent, was born in Westphalia II
1880
WIN. NJ. SPRINGER, the Illinois con
gresham, was born May 80, 1886, II
Indiana.
A PHrLADELP PHIAo tailor Is making M
overcoat for customer which is x
cost $500.
CAIRO, Egypt, has y population esti
mated at 100000, of which $4,000 are
Europeans
SCRAPS of leather are now to be re
duced to pulp and the pulp drawr
into yarn.
In Dakota, with four-horse gang
plow, from six to seven acres day il
commonly plowed.
A CHINESE missionary states that
ooven-tenths of the natives of China
are opium smokers
The 'lady life insurance agent" is
becoming one of the features of bust
ness life in London.
THE Erie canal is 1853 miles long. II
varies in width from 70 to 90 feet and
In depth to ~ feet.
MRS CATHAR1NE MURDOCH has been
keeper of Rondout light. on the Hud-
son river, for 81 years.
A MAN recently returned from Mex
leo sold some feathers in New York at
more than $50 an ounce.
A POT containing $4,000 in gold and
silver has been found on DR.. Bailey's
farm near Lancaster, Pa.
THERE is twin crystal of emerald in
st. Petersburg Z inches long, broad
and weighing ~ pounda
PRoF. HUXLEY, calls his Sussex place
"Hodeslea," which is said to be the an.
oient form of his own name.
ONE of the peculiar features of the
coal trade is the Importation at San
Francisco of coal from China.
Ar Great Falls, Mont, the mercury
has been known to drop twenty-five
degrees inside of five minutes.
STATISTICS show that Russia pro-
duces and consumes smaller quantity
OF beer than any other nation.
SEVEN hundred and twenty tons of
cardboard are said to be utilized every
year in the use Of postal cards.
ALASKA is catching up with civiliza-
tion. A breach of promise suit was en-
tered for trial in Sitka last month.
An inch of rain means a gallon Of
water spread over every two square
feet. or about 100 tons to every acre.
THE superintendent of the West
Point academy is opposed to football
as entailing too much risk to life and
limb.
In Malta the virus of the bee sting is
regarded as an infallible cure for rheu
matism, and the remedy is resorted to
in all severe cases.
IRA d. SANKEY is to join Mr.. Moody
again this season for series of meet.
win be spent in London.
The New Hampshire Worlds fair
building has been bought by Gen.
Charles Williams. who will present it
to the city of Manchester.
A MRS. EDWARDS in New York has
been fined $40 for painlessly killing
vagrant cats, of which she is said to
have removed about 1000.
GOLD leaf when beaten into a sheet
of the thickness of but 1850, OOOth of an
Inch, appears to be of a beautiful green
when held up to the light.
MISS NELSON, teacher in school at
Somerville, Mass, has been obliged to
resign because she whipped twenty
i've scholars in one afternoon.
The lumber export of the United
70 fac {y, Tod
At the present rate of use our supply
Will be exhausted in 100 years.
THERE have been more remains Of
mastodons and other extinct mammoths
found in Ichtucknee river, Fla, than
any other stream in the world.
NEW method of coloring iron has
been discovered in England which en-.
tirely prevents rust, even though the
metal be brought to red heat.
A CONTRACT has been closed with
Joseph jefferson and James B. Pond
for short leGture tour during the last
half of January in the large cities.
GEN. BENJAMIN i. TRACY. ex-secre-
tary of the navy, has been invited to
assist in representing the people in the
coming trial of ballot-box offenders at
JOHN DuBEL, who has been elected
constab BILE of the Eighth ward, Brook
lyn, is a man Of polish. He is colored
man who runs bootblacking chair,
and was put up for fun, but he will
draw s2, 800 year just the same.
THE assayer who examined the aero.
lite that fell on the farm of Lawrence
Freeman, near Bath, s. d., on the af-
ternoon of August 20, 1892, reports
that the principal mineral it contains
are gold, silver, nickel and cobalt
A NEW form of thieving, operated by
woman, is reported from Haverhill,
Mass, where it has been practiced sue
cessfully. The woman calls at the
house, feigns faintness, and when she
Is left alone, ransacks the room and es'
capes.
PHILETUs SAWYER, senator and mil
lionaire lumber man, is as vigorous al
70 as most men at so. He began life in
shingle factory, carrying out shay.
ings for rs cents day.
RUBENsTEIN is said to have refused
an offer of sl25, 1000 for fifty concerts in
.his country, but is willing to come
over and conduct his operas, "Moses"
and "Chistus" if Abbey will produce
them