Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — OLLA PODRIDA. [ARTICLE]

OLLA PODRIDA.

The longest word in the Century Dictionary is “palatopharyngeolaryngeal.” A Russian can plead infancy for a long time as he does not come of age till he is 26 years old. Wolves in Russia destroy annually upward of 800,000 head of domestic animals, valued at 8,000,000 rubles. Their number does not apparently decrease. One of the most interesting magazines has no pictures, though it has a few advertisements. It is Kneass’ Philadelphia Magazine for the Blind. The pages of raised letters have a strange and sometimes pathetic novelty. They give news, curious information, stories, &c., in brief form. The Osage Indians are said to be the richest community in the world. They are but 1,509 in number, but they have $8,000,030 deposited to their credit iu the Treasury in Washington, on which they draw SIOO,OOO interest every three months, and they own 1,470,000 acres of the best land in Oklahoma. Most of them wear blankets, despite their wealth.