The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

tOOt uiilVuk dtt VI hiIiC0.
Olympia was much in use among
both Greeks and Latins, and signifies
the Heavenly One.
The fastest time between New York
and San Francisco was made by spc-
cial theatrical train in 1866 days,
hours, 80 minutes and 16 seconds.
--Sunday-school Teacher-"What is
your definition of an honest man,
Johnnie?" Johnnie (whose father is a
politician)-"A man who stays bought
when he's bought. philadelphia Rec
ord.
And Relief Came. .-Sympathizing
Passenger-"Can do anything for you,
sir?'' Seasicll Passenger-"Ics! Yes!
Kindly turn your back moment.
Thanks! l feel better now"
Chicago Tribune.
The "penny-in-the-slot' apparatus
has been arranged to deliver tickets on
the Berlin Elevated railroad. There
are tickets for two classes and of diff
ferent rates for different distances on
the road, but the apparatus supplies
only second-class 15-pfennig $50 cents)
tickets. You put two 1O-pfennig pieces
into the slot and take out ticket and
a 5-pfennig piece. e.-Railroad Gazette.
The drill plow in every essential
point was known to the Chinese near
ly 1000 years ago. Their drill plow
was kind of wheelbarrow containing
the seed, and three sprouts through
which the grain reached the ground.
There were two parallel lron-shod rum
ners to open the burrows, which were
afterward closed by a transverse piece
of wood just sweeping the surface of
the ground.
The American building at the Ant
werp exposition, both in site and con-
most favored in the Belgian enclosure.
This bnilding and its annex will con-
tain go, 800 square feet of space. In ad-
dition to this 10000 square feet has
been allotted to the American section
in the Industry or main building, $4,000
square feet in the Electricity building
and so, 900 square feet in the machinery
building, thus making grand total of
146 900 square feet of space to be occu-
pied by American products. Age of
Steel.
France which in 1908 sold it to the
United States for s15,0OO,O0O. The re-
gion comprehended in this purchase in
cluded all the country west of the
Mississippi river not occupied by Spain;
us far north as British territory, and
comprises the whole or part of the
present states of Arkansas, Iowa, Kan
sas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri
Nebraska, Oregon, Colorado, Dakota,
Montana, Washington, the Indian Ter
ritory, and the territories of Idaho and
Wyoming.
Some new use for paper is heard of
use paper bags for the collection and
removal of garbage. They are two
and half feet long. made of heavy
MANILA paper, coated with oil and
resin, and cost only two cents apiece
The garbage is put in them day by
day, and when the cart comes round
the bag is lifted into it and carried
away for good. They are said to be
waterproof, to give off little odor, and
to be recommended by the New York
board of health.
In an exhibition of trained wild
animals now open in New York num-
Der of large and intelligent dogs are
always introduced into the cage with
the other beasts. This is said to be
for the protection of the trainers, the
quick instinct of the dogs enabling
them to discover instantly any indica-
tion of Il dangerous temper in the lions
or tigers. If there were likelihood of
the men being attacked the dogs
would rush upon the wild creatures
and thus give sufficient warning to the
trainers to retire. 1t is an exhibition
in which the men in charge run very
serious risk.
English ladies of the sixteenth cen.
tury had enormous headdresses made
of wire frame a yard in height and
in the shape of balloon, the small
end resting on the head. The hair was
trained on the outside of this frame
and the interior was filled with rags.
The expense of making up head was
considerable, and few ladies could af-
ford to ''have their heads made" more
than once month. In summer, when
the grease and pomatum became a lit
tie old, a lady's presence was quite
perceptible, and she used great quani.
ties of perfumes in the effort to miti.
gate the effect of her odorous head.
When Burr was tried in Richmond
for treason, his daughter, the peerless
Theodosia, accompanied him, bravely
and proudly sharing his imprisonment
encouraging and supporting him in his
darkest hours, and believing implicitly
in his innocence to the last. She was
equally devoted to her husband, and tc
her only son, young Aaron Burr Alston
who died in his eleventh year, just be
fore his grandfather returned to New
York from his long exile. Aaron Burr
pined Jor his daughters companion
ship; she was almost crushed by the
death of her son, SO it was arranged
that She should visit her father in New
York. She accordingly set sail from
Georgetown, $. c., in the Patriot, {
small pilot boat, on December 80, 1912
A VERY ANCIENT SKELETON.
Pecuiinrities of the Very Ancient Mean
derthnl Skull.
In 1857 human skeleton was discov
cred in limestone cave in the Mean
derthal gorge near Hochdal, between
Dusseldorf and Elberfeld, Prussia, as
sociated with remains of extinct mann