The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-11-17
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Where sin and sorrow ne'er shall come
But all is peace and love.
TTEMs.
PHILADELPHIA brewed last year beel
to the extent of fifteen million dol
lars.
Sixty thousand sausages per day
are made at Berlin for use of the army
A MAN in Boston is so short tha
when he Is i'll he don't know whether
he has headache or corns.
GREAT difficulties, when manfully
met, bring out great virtues.
He who can suppress moments
anger, may prevent days of sorrow.
IT is no part of wisdom 10 be mis-.
cradle to-day, because we fear we may
be so Tomorrow.
IS "A COUNTRY dentist advertises that
hewill spare no pains in his opera
tions, to render them satisfactory
IT is not the height we have at.
tanned that makes us giddy it is look
ing with contempt on those beneath.
A MODEST music dealer was recent
ly nonplussed by a lady as stout as
Parepa-Rosa, who inquired -" Have
you Put Ne in, My Little Bed ~
Il. AN Irish editor speaking of the
miseries of Ireland, says: Her cup
of misery has been for ages overflow
ing, and is not yet full"
MULES were created with the same
divine motive that bachelors were-to
eat, work, bray, kick and die, and
leave no trace behind.
WILLIE, little five year old, was
playing with honey bee when the
angry bee stung him. "Oh, Grand
ma" cried Willie, II did not know
bees had splinters in their teet."
AN old couple in Cambridge, Mass,
quarrelled, and the man took watch
he gave his wife at their marriage and
sold it in Boston. She then stole his
false teeth while he slept, and kept
them till he brought the watch back.
Draw game! ss
!. How heavy you walk !" exclaimed
Mrs. Maekwhaek, on hearing her hus-
band tpmbling up stairs the other
night. -" Well, my DEAR" was the
gruff response, "if you can get a bar
rel of whisky up stairs with any less
noise, ! should like TO see you do it.
AsANDsHoNE has been discovered
in Clay county, near Brazil, Indiana,
that is suitable for hearths for iron
and glass furnaces. This quality OF
stone has not been discovered before
outside of Pennsylvania. Its scarcity
has made it valuable.
ONE of the most beautiful confla-
grations that occurred in 81. Louis
this year was caused by 3 boy who
soaked the family cat in kerosene and
touched asnatch to her. She was q
} total loss Noinsarance.
A EoTToMLEss HOLE" has been
found at the northern end of
Blue Hill, Nevada. One explorer
descended to. The depth of two hun
dred feet without finding any evi-
dence of its termination. The walls
abound wi h stalactites resembling
coral. ao13a se9
A YOUNG Fond du Lacker got wet
while hunting and stood in front OF
the fire to- dry, with two pounds of
powder in his coat tail pocket. When
he went out he look the door along
with him, and has more bumps on his
head than any phrenologist knows of.
THERE was child born in Bloom
ington, Indiana, short time since,
with perfect waterfall, as large as a
mans fist, on the back of its head
The parents had it cut of, which
caused the death of the child a few
hours afterwards.
THE local OF a Little Rock paper, in
speaking of concert at that place,
S~JSs AAo' 0uOW1S, Will ICE lllaS.
nificent and sklllfully-managed voice,
brought down the house IN SEVERAL
PIECES" And again: miss Lynch
took the house by storm. with her
sweet, moeking- bird like rendering
of the Flower Song by Faust, and
was recalled, as was Mrs. Ludwig, IN
SEVERAL PIECES" If that house didn't
come to smash, the ladies in question
must have been in bad fix. 30d
The Radical majority, in Ohio is
1884. Negro vote, 10000. The ag-
gregate vote in the State is about co.
600 less than in 1865.
A LITTLE chap had a dirty face, and
his teacher told him 10 go and wash
it. he went away, and in few min
utes came back with the lower part of
his ceuntenance> >tolerably clean, while
the upper part was dirty and wet.
"Johnny," said the teacher, "why
didn't you wash your face p"
:" did wash it, sir" gre zf.,.j
-" You didn't wipe it all over, then, ,.
s. | did wipe it as high as my. shirt
would CO." ia.1s
INCREASED HEAT OF THE Suns RAYS
INPAssINe THRoUeH CLoUDs.-Forbes
in his travels through the Alps of
Savoy, made the observation that
when the Sun was slightly obscured
by thin clouds the temperature of his
rays was higher than afier the cloud
had passed-an announcement which
has recently been verified by careful
experiment. Thus, in one instance,
on the 18th of May, 1868, at about ten
O'clock in The morning, The Sun being