The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-12-11
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Tho Salvation Army's Industrial
farm in California for discharged con-
vIcts is a 312-aore tract in San Ramon
n Hey.
Biscuit once meant simply to bake
twice, sea bread being prepared for
keeping during long voyages by double
baking.
A notice in a cheap restaurant in
Chicago says: DO not tip the waiter.
He makes more than the boss, and has
o halliday off. Tit BITS.
A Chicago physician says that when
there Is doubt whather patient is in
n trance or really dead the question
may be readily solved by means OF the
x rays.
The California Health BOARD fnda
that in San jose The average Duration
of life is about forty-three years, which
Is longer than thot in any other city
/ in the United States.
The outlook for business is certainly
growing brighter. Cincinnati has paid
10000 for a baseball pitcher and the
New York Jockey Club offers $25,000
for flrst-class starter
In many parts OF Mongolia ard 81
IBERIA the only kind of money current
Is tea cakes, eonslztng of tea powder
ed and pressed into blocks so hard that
1t takes a hammer TO break them.
A man at Lewisham, Eng, recently
bought an old boletead at an auction
'or So. On getting 1t home he found
" the mattress and in hollow cavities
in the legs and posts S4,500 in gold and
bank notes.
In q recent election in Waterbury,
Conn, the bicycle vote defeated George
Tracy, q candidate for selectman, the
only man on the Republican ticket
who was not elected. lie was opposed
to the good roads movement.
The city of Fusan, on the south
eastern cosst of Corea, is almost en-
tirely Japanese settlement, its inhab-
Itants of that nationality numbering
5000, against 1856 Chinese and 20 Euro
peans.
The British evidently moma business.
They have just turned out 11.c0O-ton |
warship in less than eieht months all |
ready for action The FEAT was probs-
bly, never equallcd In any country DC
fore.
1t Ia not generally known that the
French are almost as fond OF sauer-
iraut as the Germans. 1t is usually
considered one Of the most indigestible
dishes, but 1t has been recommended as
a cure for dyspepsia.
The fossil remains of a hog have
been recently discovered in the "Dad
Lands" by an expedition led by Prof.
J. 70. Todd, State Ceologist of South
J7kota. and are said to prove that the
Ilimal must have been as large as
elephant.
The Force CT Hab't in Germany
Reporter writing)-Ycsierday at 10
iclocl1 His Majesty. after ineneoting
he other sights of our city, waa pleas
d to examine the eclipse OF the sun,
nd TO express his satisfaction there
Biactter.
MY SON." asked Farmer Goshley.
what is it that causes the rotary mo-
ion Of the earth?" "Im sure l don't {
now father" "Afy son, come to my Il
rms. You have been six months at :,
ollege and there Is one thing you are i
ure you don't know."-Det.oit Free !
ress.
eth OF squire stop an' SPOKE to me
lis marnin', an OF ast i'm 'ow Master
hillip was gettin on in Lunnon. Oh =
" C, ''e's bin called TO tn bor.' Oi
unno wot' e meant so OF ddr s"r
othin'; but OF says to meself, An Oi
lys. from what OF remember OF 'jal,
didn't want no callin'.' '"-Punch.
The Oldest industry in Britain is r
i'll carried on at the village OF Bran !.
On. on the borders CT Norfoll, and "
lffolk and is in q flourlshiug cordi- G
on. 1t is a mandatory OF gun and q
nder box 1ints. 1t appears that there -
no regular flint factory, but tho work
done in little sheds, often at the
sck of the townsfolks' co; ages.
According to "The Dairy Of an Idle
oman in Constani'nople," the Sultan
Turkey Is domestic n n, intensely e
nd of his children. for whom he has
tiny theatre, wherein ttoy play small
lrts for the delect3 OH OF their papa.
&c principal bette ire of His Majes-
the Sultan Is the bicycle, which he
clares is immoral and dangerous to
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