The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

there must be Of an average height of
sixty feet. according to the scientists.
Tho Viking ship, which was one Of
the attractions at the worlds fair, has |
been presented to the Field museum, in |
Jackson park, Chicago.
insist upon you leaving the house,"
snc sa Il angrily. Certainly" replied |
the tramp. blandly. 81 have no inten-
ton of taking it with me-"
lie Proved -Emelnc-"Willp pro-
posed to me last night" Angelinc-
YES? I thought he would; he told me
the other day that my rejection of his
,f'cr had driven him clean out of his
mind ".-l'roolslyn Eagle.
An invalid. after returning from a
southern trip, said to friend: 30,
hwrc. an it's done me n wurruld o
snod goin away. I've come back an
1,hcr man altogether. In fact, I'm quite
nicSc,f again"
A size" in n coat is an inch; in
underwear two inches; in sock. an
inch; in n collar half an inch; in shoes
onc-HiXth of an inch; in trousers, one
inch: in gloves. quarter of an inch, and
in hats. onc-eighth of an inch.
The real estate mortgage debt of
five counties in the state of New York.
mainly those close to the city, and of
six counties in the state of New Jersey
is Slips, 0,3i3.7O3 or 21.25 per cent. of the
whole real estate mortgage debt of the
United States.
-Clcrls-'Does it take you an hour
TO go around the corner?' Boy-"A
man cropped quarter down hole in
the sidewalk" Clerk-''And it took
you all this time to get it out?" Boy,
"Ics. sir. had to wait till the man
went away. Harlem Life.
| -Mulhall estimated that the agricul-
tural earnings of the United States are
S:i400, 100000: the earnings from mann'
facturcs. S4.33O, 900, 900; from mines,
| SIS0.000, 600: from transportation 81 155.-
100000: from commerce. Sl60,O00,O00;
from shipping. $50, ZOO, 900; from bank.
| ing S260, 1000.
| The internal revenue tax yielded
our government last year S15S, 900, 600;
of this sum sol ,OOO, 900 was from the tax
on distilled spirits, S31 600, 600 from that
on tobacco. $50. 900, 900 from fermented
liquors. 81, ,2G6. 900 from oleomargarine,
|
| sources
During the reign of Solomon tho
taxation of the Hebrews became SO
heavy that Immediately on the acces-
sion of his son demand for reduc.
tion was made, and upon its refusal tho
chief tax collector, Adoram, was stoned
to death and a secession of the ten
tribes at once followed.
There are GRO members forming the
house of commons, while the United
| States. with nearly twice the poprla,
ton. has hardly half as many congress,
men. The American senate numbers
eighty-eight, and even when all the
territories become states can never eX-
ceed 100. while the house of lords has
$40 peers.
The display of sugar canes at the
recent agricultural exhibition of the
island of Mauritius is said to have been
the finest ever brought together in one
room. More than seventy varieties Of
, cane were shown, including seedlings
of all skies, from the tiny shoot to the
full-grown cane twelve feet high. grown
. in single season from homegrown
seed. ..-
Among the Hebrews during the the
ocracy the taxes were very severe
There was poll tax of half shekel
about thirty cents. a tribute of the first
fruits and first born of animals. a re
demption tax of the tirst-born son. 4;
tithc for the tabernacle. another fol
the Levites, and third. every thirC
, year, for he poor. 1t has been com
puted thai the total taxation exceeded
4 80 per ceni. of the land valuation.
d In Il paper recently read before TIL,
G New York Electrical society on "Elec
a trio Heath g from an Engineering Poin
a OF View" it was shown ,hat electric
d street car heaters cost only five cents
!. day more than coal stoves. the figures
!. being twenty and fifteen cents respect
|. lively. 1t was also stated that prescn
h installations of cooking apparatus dem
t onstrate the success of electric cooking
:. both as regard cost and simplicity o
S operation.
e The glory of such city as Phila
d delphia is that she early started ant
r has bravcly kept to the system by whicl
J. every man of spirit can and does owl
h his own house. The system of grount
y rent there favored II plan which is hap
@ PLY working out from Philadr' ;,l.ia S,
e that it is taking IL hold in other cities
,. In every part OF Philadelphia. wher
h this system holds-tllat is, where tn
/. street is inhabited by the people VIII
e own the houses-the street is we'll ire,
# lor and the section well administered
It II is said that 100000 workingmen il
}. Philadelphia own thoir homes.
Y -Moslcm has its lannon's widow il
d the person of Ayesha, the third wife o
is Mohammed. The first two were widow
when he married them: she WAS II youn,
girl, but such was the ascendancy sh
obtained over her husband that though
d she was repeatedly Charged with bein;
unfaithful to him. and on one or tw,
l. occasions the statement was proved. Il,
y never could make up his mind to par
's with her, but, in her vindication. com
n posed IL chapter for the Koran. Aftc
> the death Of Niohammed she ret;iine,
o. much of tls aut'. ''rity among his FOL
4. lowers She was called the ''Nlothe
= of the Faithful" and in all dif,icui
" points the interpreters of the kora,
II consulted h,T to ascertain what llat
e been Mohammed's meaning. She re
taincd her influence until her death
s. and was buried with her husband.
/, Fraudulent Sweetbreads.
"a f,uIe sweet brand * nnrhn,u ti,,