The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-08

and the artist had painted her; visited =,
the public garden, where we gathered
cromatella roses as big as your hat-a :.
small round hat; talked among the
booths with intelligent Jews, some of
whom had been to England, and one
old main had son in America; see :,
from our window the Jewesses deck
ed out in gay coiors and the Jews in
their dark dresses admired the easy
air of the latter and the beautiful eyes
of the former, for "hath' not a jew :
eyes land Jewesses too? . i',''''' - '''''
VINO Told, You So ?LThatis the az
question. Who told you that Mrs.!
John Smiths new hat in which she la
appeared at church last Sundayi'had &
not been paid for? Who told you that
Mrs. Ichabod Jones' new silk. dress
cost five dollars yard and that the T.,
dressmaker had not been paid for ma =,
king it? who told you that Messrs. !.
Plumb and Robertson, were not ma :
king money in their new store and ,
that their wives lived too extravagant-
ly? Who told You Mr.. Smart was
courting Miss FIirt and that he was : :
going to marry her only because her
father was rich These and thou :
sands of other Questions could be put, -
and still with propriety it could be
asked, who told you SO ? A first rate -
society could be started in every ham, =. !.
let, village and city in the land, and !,
have for its title the meaning one "of
mind your own business society,"
We are fearful however that it would
languish and die for want of member :
ship, and the Golfers of its more popu-
lar rival the spoke your nose into .
other peoples association " would be q
filed to. overfowing by receipts pre- -
sented by its thousands of members u
When will men, women and children
learn to attend to their own affairs ?.-i isv
Echo answers wlien.-Ak IRON TIMES q
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r. MARvELs OF MINUTE WORKMAN
sHiP.-The World of Wonder recalls
and records the following Interesting
items of mechanical skill: In the
twentieth year of Queen Elisabeth, a
blacksmith named Mark Scaliot, made
a lock, consisting of pieces of IRON,
steel and brass, all of which, together
with a key to it, weighed but one grain 81
of gold. He also made chain Of
gold, consisting of forty-tliree links; II
and, having fastened to this the before q
mentionedlock and key, he put the d
chain about the neck of a. flea, which u
drew them all with ease. All these
together and key, chain and ia
fea-weiehed only one grain and a.
half Oswaldus 1Northingerus, who
was more famous even than Sealiot for
his minute eoatiivances,t is said to-
have made sixteen hundred dishes of
turned ivory, all perfect and lco1nplete
in every part, but so small, thin ando'
slender that all of them were included
at once in cup turned out of pep-5l
percorn of the common size. fl johann ;.
mes of Mittlebrand, carried this won
der with him to Rome, and showed
it to Pope Paul v, who saw and coun
ted them all by the help of a pair Of -
spectacles. They were so little as to-
be almost invisible to the eye. Jo- I
hannes Ferrains, a Jesuit, had in his =
possession cannons Of wood. with
their carriages, wheels, and all other
furniture, all of whichlwere also cous
tanned in d peppercorn of the ordinary ia
size. An artist named Claudius CAL
lus made for Hippolytus d'Este, Cai-s
dinal rof Ferrara, representations ofo7
sundry birds sitting on the tops OF r.
trees, which by hydraulic art and se-aa
cret conveyance of water through the
trunks and branches of. the trees, 4R
were made to sing and clap their
wings, but at the sudden appearance "a
of an owl out OF a bush of the same {
artifce, they Immediately, became
mute and silent, - aso.,,, 1..f-g,-- ,,,-te
A GENTLEMAN, who has ainassed
competence, was recently asked by a
friend the secret of his success 81 %
have aaccumulated,p said he, "One-sg
half of my property by strictly at e
tending to my own business and the Il
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