The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-06

--fr n-r,a",ncc an uncut diamond
fesemb'csn ,,ece cf fine gum arabic.
.One-qnartcr of I'LL the people born
die b. fore six wears and une-half before
siXtcci.
American p,mls are known In
China pnd Japnr, as well rs in all parts
q Europe.
The highest range Of mountains Is
the lIimalaya the mean height being
1900 to $4,000 feet.
With load of 400 pounds camel
can travel twelve or fourteen days
without water, going forty miles day.
The city council of Pierre has
passed resolution exeinpting from
taxation for Ave years any lots on
which a,tesian wells are sunk.
1t is estimated that territory equal
to the whole surface of the globe has
been dug over 100 times in order to get
room for burial places
"A four-ycar-old boy in Cooper's
Mills, Me-, is a constant smoker, and
his parents are proud of his ability in
that line.
---Mantell and Fremantel remind us
of the covering once worn by our an
cestors, the latter owing its origin to
the frieze cloth formerly worn in En-
gland.
Slightly uAIixed-IIe-Qo docking at
painting of Columbus first landing)
"Wife, what's this ere paint'n all
about?" She--"Can't yer see? Why,
-. s..sA n<x1,
-Silhouette was the name Of a
French minister in ante-revolution
times. He was a stern economist, and
the courtiers had their pictures made
in profile and black, facetiously claim
ing that NJ. Silhouette had made them
so poor that they could not have reg
ular portrait painted.
-Tommie-"Does Deacon Jones al.
ways tell the truth?' Mamma--"Why,
Tommic, of course he does. Wha
makes you doubt him?" Tommie-
"Well, he said his little boy could
whistle Gates Ajar, and / can whistle
louder'n he can, and always have to
open 'em with my hands, Inter
Ocean.
The royal commission on labor
pays a tribute to the superiority OF
feminine taste over that of men in
various industries Barmaids are en-
ployed in England in preference to
men, on account of their ability to
''set forth the food in an appetizing
manner" and to arrange their counters
tastefully.
-Manetho fourished in the reign Of
Ptolemy Philadolphus, about 28O B. c.
He was keeper of the sacred archives
in the temple of Heliopolis. He wrote
general history of Egypt, now lost
and drew his facts from the sacred
columns of Trismegistus. He has also
had attributed to him poem which i:
praised, and a work on the rites ant
ceremonies of the Egyptians.
The women of the west are taking
ample advantage of their new politica
privileges. They took an active part
in the school elections in Seattle, Spo.
kane and other Washington towns,
going to the polls in companies of from
dozen to a hundred. Candidates oi
their own sex were. nominated in sew
eral districts, which helped greatly te
enlist the interest of the women.
1t is now established that flowers
and the perfumes distilled from them
have salutary influence and consti
tute a therapeutic agency of high value
and that residence in perfumed at
mosphere forms protection from pull
monary affections and arrests phthisis
In the town of La Grasse, France
where the making of perfumes is large
ly carried on, phthisis is unknown.
There are but seven OR eight of the
1904 issue of silver dollars known to be
in existence. This coin is called 1.-The
King of American Rarities - The
'1egend" of it's scarcity is that YES
sci bound for China had on board al
most the entire mintage Qs04 was $40,
570), and was lost at sea. By others il
is claimed that the fiscal year ending
in midsummer June 3O) the report en-
tered on the register of the mint il
1906 (s82D included the mintage of the
months of 1904 subsequent to the fisca
report and entry of that year.
The few civilized inhabitants O,
our westernmost island possessions
the Aleutians and Pribylovs, have nov
been left for some weeks in their lone
ly winter condition. The rockeries O
the Pribyloffs have once or twice beer
raided by seal poachers in December
but the thing is of too rare occurrence
greatly to be feared, and even stou
Mike Healy, commander of the Bear
has left those waters. The little com
pany at Ounalaska and the smaller set
tlement of whites in the Pribylov groul
will see 10 new face until next May o.
June, unless, indeed, some stranger
OF very tender age comes among then
not by way of the Pacific.
The tortoise is particularly sensi
tive and fully twenty-four hours befor,
rain falls will look for convenien
shelter However bright the wea.he
may be, whenever tortoises are OBJ
served making for shelter rain is Ger
tain to fall shortly afterward. Thi
presentiment, which exists in many
birds and beasts, is doubtless partly
due to the increasing weight OF tn,
atmosphere when rain is forming. IL
our own country the robin is said by
its peculiar movements give evidenc,
of an impending change in the weather
while in America the catbird is motor
ious for its unerring instinct, in giving
warning of an approaching thunder
storm. Its method is to sit on the low
est branch of tree and utter peculiar
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