The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-08-19
Current Condensat,ons.

Quoits as game are said to have
originated with the Greeks and to have
been first played at the Olympic games
1853 Il. C..
Orange-colored flannel shirts are rec
ommended for the English troops in
Egypt, as yellow is protection against
the sun.
A foreign applicant for a patent in
the United States must make the nee
essary oaths and affidavits before a
minister. consul or commercial agent
Of the United States.
The Supreme Court of New York has
decided that surgeon making an au-
topsy without the permission of the
relatives of the deceased is liable to be
sued for damages.
On Ohio woman. upon securing yer.
dict of $4,000 from the city of Elyria
for injuries sustained by falling into
a street excavation, Immediately threw
away her crutches. A new trial has
been granted. and she will probably
not receive tie damages allowed.
There is five-foot vein of coal at
Cherry vale, Kan, something like 400
feet below the surface, and it is going
begging for capitalists to operate it.
The ox-eye daisy, which bothers
American farmers, is now spreading
In many agricultural districts in Aus
tralia, being introduced with hayseed.
1t causes damage to grass lands.
Two miniatures of Joan of Arc by
contemporary artist, now In a private
collection at Isenheim, In Alsace, are
said by Mr.. Gatrio to be probably por-
traits of the Maid Of Orleans from life.
Canterbury cathedral is the largest
one in England. Its extreme length is
045 feet. and that Of st. PTul's, London,
is 512 feet. Salisbury is the highest
spire in England, its altitude being 4O4
feet.
In distributing telegraph wires for
army purposes, preparatory to estab7
fishing communicating stations, it has
been found that great economy in
time IS effected by mounting the reel
on a bicycle.
Woodbury., Conn.,, has within is li'n-
its man who has lived in one house
for over ninety years. He is the cldes1
resident in the town, and can recount
the leading events of the last eighty
years with remarkable accuracy.
1t is ten years since mad King louis
II. of Bavaria was drowned in the
Starnberger see. The anniversary was
observed this year by Prince Regent
Lultpold's laying the corner stone of Il
commemorative chapel OH the spot.
Japanese coal is to be placed upon tie
California market in competition with
the standard grades that have been
used there for years. Three large
steamers are loading coal at Kobe fcI
San Francisco, and two more steamers
are under charter to carry similar car
goes for the same destination within
the next thirty days. The bulk of The
coal consumed in California now comes
from Puget Sound and British Colum-
bia mines. while big share is supplied
by Australia.
John Lupping. a farmer living near
Waynesburg. recently unearthed what
are undoubtedly the skeletons of race
of pygmles. He was at the time plow-
ing up an old orchard. The stones that
cover the grass are about ten inches
under the ground and are the only
stones found in the field. The follow
ing measurements of some parts go to
show the size of these skeletons: Head, |
six inches; spinal column, nine inches; |
femur, six inches; tibia, five inches;
humerus, six inches, forearm. three and
one-half inches; ribs, three and one
half inches.