Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-25
The Troubles of n HOmag Mar.
rfed Couple I'm u sleeplsg.

The Troubles of n HOuag Mar.
rted Couple I'm u sleeplsE.
Car.
The sleeping cars on the Cleveland and
Columbus road do not assert their cargoes.
Male and female. old and young. are left to
lay themselves away for all extra $3.50 on
shelves not much larger than those which
grace the pantry Of the good housewife-and
they are slowed in miscellaneously in the
same car, side BY side, with small regard
to the prophecies which decorum should
enforce between the sexes. A correspond
ent speaks OF the troubles Of . young mar
red couple whose berth was opposite his,
and who decided that the young lady should
occupy the upper shelf, while her husband
vas to take the lower one.
The car was dimly lighted, and yet the
twiligh chickering's Of the lamps made many
things visible TO the naked eye. We could
not II We would help but know that the Ia
| dy hsd fearful time Oft in climbing up to
the upper shclt-thst her hoop skirt was .
formidable obstacle to her elevation, being
higher ct the bottom longitudinally than
the space between the berth and the upper
part Of the csr-that the husband made
fearful and frantic efforts 10 crush it down,
and that like Bsnquo's ghost 1t would not
90 down.
From ell this il will be seen that this 70
male undertook to take of the indispensable
skirt and undress herself sitter she had got
in her ber,h. John and the lady made he
roic and energetic efforts to unrobs the lat
ter, and it WAS some satisfaction to know
,hst the labor was finally ssccsssfully &C
eomplishsd, "Bs careful, John, "Don't tear
my skirts, john" and many other remarks,
heard through the car showed that John
was doing bis part msnfully in helping the
unrobing process.
Finally, after the female had gss placed
on her upper shelf for the night, end John
on his lower shelf, w oil felt easier. and
we're just preparing to doze, when . new
trouble came to the surface: "John," said
. shrill female voice. did you bring my
parasolv' mo-" said John, "haven't seen
It," lob. Lord, John, then its left 1t the
tavern. What will do p she added in
sgonixing tones. "D-n II, old gal" sail
an irreverent old brute, who occupied the
berth under the correspondent, ''nsver
mind your parasol, but use your parachute. +"
This ungallant alluslon to the hoop-skir' at
fair brought out an i'll suppressed smoker,
and then irrepressibe laughter.
Prlnsing n Tn susand Years Ago.
An extraordinary discovery has been
made Of a press in India. When Warren
Hastings was Governor General Of India,
he observed that in the district Of Benases,
. little below the surface Of the earth. is to
be found . stratum Of kind OF flbrous
woolly sub stance Of various thicknesses, in
horizontal layers. Maj. Roebuck, informed
Of this. went out to a spot where an exca-
vation had been made, displaying this sim
gular phenomenon. In digging somsw hat
deeper for the purpose Of further research,
they laid open . vault which. on further en-
animation, proved to be Of some size, and
to their astonishment. they found kind Of
printing press set up in q vault, and on il
movable types placed - if ready for print
ing Every inquiry was set on foot TO as
an instrument could have been placed there,
for II was evidently not of modern origin,
and from oil that the Major could collect, Il
appeared probable that the press had re.
manned there in tho state in which it was
found for at least one thoussrd years. We
believe the worthy Major on his return to
England presented one Of the learned asso.
ciations with = memoir containing many
curious specuatisns on the subject. Paper
we know to have been manufactured in the
East many centuries before we had any
knowledge Of it, and We have many reasons
10 think that the Chinese had been acqusint.
ed with the mode Of printing they now EN-
ploy many years before Faust and gluten
burg invented it in Europe. 1t certainly
does no credit to the inventive genius OF
the Romans to know that, while they q,
preached SO near ~ to engrave in a style
not to be cqualed in the present age on
gems and stones, and Of course the taking
Of impressions Of them, they should have
remained ignorant Of the art which has be-
slowed so many blessings on mankind.
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TIE latest news from Abyssinia develops
King Theodore in 4 still more blood-t hi sty
aspect. He made IN expedition to the small
island Of Metrats, in the Lake Tans, and put
every inhAbitant TO death by fire; then he
made trip 10 lfsg, n Furnishing town in
Foegara, seized 800 peasants. placed them
in five large houses and burncd them alive
1t IL said there is not now, single woman
or child alive between Debia Tabor and
EDirae, on the borders Of Dembes In Tho
camp his Majesty has been pnssuing ths
same game. Having heard that 1000 Of
his troops wished 10 DESERT b. had them
surrounded by the others, and their throsti
cut like cattle, The mothers, wives, children
and nearest relstives Of the men beisg pie
tolcd by the soldiery. Two hundred and
ninety five chiefs Of districts have Ind theil
hands and feet cut OF and have been left Il
starve.
BsLiEvixG.-lt 10 related Of Napolseu
that when Marshal Duroc, ~ avewed infi