The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-05-19
WHOLE No. ! so.

Election as ] Advanced and felt Che
pure air of heaven upon my dry
! cheeks and burning lips-as l saw the
blue sky aud the dim vista of pale
green banks! a. ali 10 a-zaa
! As got into the. light cry escaped
my lips. My trousers were splashed
with blood. There was one ensan-
guined line, as if fountain Of blood
had played upon me. i,', - -
1 seated myself to recover my
strength. My coat was torn, my hands
were black-soitoo,a 1 judged, was my
face-nly collar had been torn from
me, and the skin on the ends of my
fingers was lacerated. After repos-
i ing myself i climbed the bank, and
lperceived at about the distance of a
mile a small station. I made towards
it, and gained it. A. railway official,
who was standing looking attwo chill
dren playing in back garden3 uttered
a loud cry of alarm as he spied me-
/ narrated my story to him as .cohe-
fently as possible, and then sunk upon
the ground ina fainting condition.
1t seems that after my story had
been told, two men were dispatched
into the tunnel in search of my as
sailant. They discovered him lying
dead, with both his legs cut clean off
a little above the knee. They bore
the corpse to an adjacent dead house /;
and an inquiry into his death brought
out such particulars which are very
easily explained. The man SO very
closely resembled me at " had Sc
duced the betrothed of a laborer, one
Theodore Vertot. Theodore, ,reck-
less now of life, and resolutely bent
| on vengeance, swore to Kill the sedu-
Ger. Mistaking me, for his enemy, he
attempted to shoot me. This failing,
he hung about the hotel armed with a
stiletto, determined to.stab me when
ever l should appear. in the street.
Hearing, however, that i was about
leaving for Paris, he perceived a bet
ter and safer means of prosecuting Ills
design by stabbing me in the, tunnel,
through, which he knew we. would
pass, and then escaping in the dark
ness. Reflection had obviously taught
him that revenge would be. none the
less sweet because it did not entail
his destruction by the law ;lfa a.it
if Such is thisjsimple but tragical sto-
ry. My prototype, who had been the
means of imperiling my life, i have
never seen since. / confess to- have
no wish to see him. It is bad enotigh
to bear the brunt of ones own folIies
i it is altogether miserable to suffer
from the follies ofaothers. Ever since
the occurrence of this small episode
have always thought there is, a much
wiser providence manifested in the
dissimilarity. betweena man and man
than eurphilosophy suffers usto dream
! of. bssf9 @1is 7t;tlistt5tIa 51ls2 e2tit' /
THE GRAND BOULEVARD OF NEW
f. r.gEf - YORK CITY. g':G .ttt
The grand boulevard, or ornamental
public highway, which is to traverse
the whole upper part Of the Island OF
Manhattan, is fast approaching COM
pletion, and promises to be the longest
shadyestand most beautiful boulevard
in the world, 1t commences at, the
crescent or junction Of Fifty-ninth
street, Broadway and Eighth avenue
and continues its way up the island to
l lSpuyten Duyvil creek, where. it, turns
off and crosses through the, Tubby
Hook Valley, thence to Harlem river,
and along the hillside to One-Hun-
t5red and Forty-tifth street, where it
connects with the Sixth and Seventh
4 avenue boulevards, which terminate
! at the Farmers and Warriors Gates,
2 to the northern extremity of Central
Park. This magnificent highway is
one hundred and fifty feet wide, has
a footway center thirty-two feet wide,
and drive up either side fortyvtwo
feet wide, In addition to the grand
promenade in the middle of the road,
there are walks at both sides of the
drives. 1t will be made umhrageous
by four rows of trees. 5.ii j, s..fasi
: LIVE LOOSE LIoN-ExCITEMENT ON
THE SAVANNAH BoUEEvARD!Q
+ Yesterday afternoon lion and lion
ess attached to the museum of Mr..
Meeves- got loose from their cage.
The latter escaped into the street and
created quite q stir among the pedes-
trians of Bull street, both male and
female. The excitement prevailing
was intense. There was O. perfect
Frou-Frog of silk and satin as the an
/ imal leaped the fence, and made the
boulevard of Savannah, the scene: OF
her antics, A crowd gathered. scared
+ The animal hugely, aud she made
tracks for security into the premises
of Mr.. Alfred Hartridge, frightening
the servants, who vacated tho prem
, ises, giving tho lianess full scope.
where she remained until her keeper
appeared, and with kind works and a
rope, assisted by six men, carried heI
home.-Saeaaaah News, liG oF{
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FACTS CONCERNING HUMAN LIFE.
f The total number of human beings
I on the earth is computed at 1000, ,olI0l0,'
600, and they speak 1908 known
+ tongues. a1aHs .s.af s- liaias
i 1.-THE average duration of life is ss1'.;;
years, -. H.. l--.t ~. ,tssa.
; One-fourth Of those born die be
foro thew are seven wears old, and, enc