The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-01-23
Clippings.

some idle hour. Occupation is an ar
NOR to the soul.
The wind was so strong in Iowa
that it lately blew mans eve out.
The optic was q glass one.
If you would find great many
faults, be on the lookout; but if you
want to find them in unlimited guam
titles, be on the 1ook-in.
y We see that several of our contem-
poraries are disputiug as TO which of
them "has had the best article on
milk" SC. The best article we ever
saw on milk was-cream
s'That bed is not long enough for
me- said tall, gruff Englishman, on
being ushered into his bedroom by
an Irish waiter, at one of our hotels.
"Faith, an you'll find its plenty long,
sir, when you get into it." was the re-
ply, "for then therell be two more
feet added to it."
Who Is OLD?-A wise man will
never rust out. AS long as he can
move and breathe he will be doing
f0f-himself, his neighbor or tor pos
terity. Who is old ]? Not the man OF
energy, not the day-laborer in science
art or benevolence but he only who
suffers his energies 20 waste away,
and the spring of life to become mo-
tionless; on whose hands the hours
drag heavily, and to whom all things
wear the garb of gloom.
The most self-sacrificing man in the
country lives in Danbury. The other
day, while facing severe storm, with
nothing to shelter him from the pelt-
ing rain, he met, in going a single
block, five of his, neighbors, each car
rying an umbrella borrowed of HIM.
The satisfaction he felt at seeing them
SO well sheltered more than compen-
sated him for the thorough drenching
he experienced. Such men are scarce.
A humorous young man was driv-
ing horse which was in the habit of
stopping at every house on the road
side. Passing country tavern, where
were collected together some dozen
countrymen, the beast, as usual, ran
opposite the door, and then stopped
i'll spite OF the young man, who appli-
ed the whip with all his might to
drive the horse on. The men on the
the porch commenced hearty laugh,
and some inquired if he would sell
the horse. .sYes, replied the young
man. "but l cannot recommend him,
as he once belonged to butcher, and
he stops whenever he hears the calves
bleat." The crowd retired to the bar
in silence.
Here is an Instance sof faith in
ones wife as rare as. il is beautiful
During late trial of case in Cana
da, Dutch witness persisted in tell
ing what his wife told him. To this,
of course, his counsel objected, and it
was SO ruled by the Judge. Mynheer,
hpwever, again proceeded to tell
@sIlnst how it vas" when the counsel
sang out, Show do you know that p
ssMy wife told me-" was the answer.
This was repeated several times.
Presently the judge, unable.to control
himself any longer, interrupted, ''Sup-
pose your wife were to tell YOU that
the hearens had fallen, what would
you thing ?" "Vell, I should tink tey
vas down."
DEEP WELL.-At the village of
Sperenbprg, abouttwenty miles from
Berlin, a well has been sunk to the |
depth of 4,194 feet. A shaft was sunk |
in this locality, because the known ex-
istenee ofgypsum there led the ex-
plorers to infer that they might pos
sibly find a mine ofrock salt. AT the |
depth of so feet, they did reach the |
salt, and continuing on they passed |
through the salt deposit, 1907 feet, |
without having reached the bottom of |
it. The boring would have been con- |
tinued to ascertain what deposit lay |
under the salt; but the mechanical |
difficulties were too great. The great
er part of the boring was done by
steam.
USELESS TREAsUREs.-A rich noble 7
man was once showing friend a |
great collection of precious stones, .
whose value was almost beyond |
counting. There were diamonds, and |
pearls, and rubies, and gems from al |
most every country on the globe, |
which had been gathered by their
possessor with the greatest labor and |
expense. C"And yet" he remarked,
they yield me no income"
His friend replied that he had two T
ones which cost him about ten fo--
rims each, yet they yielded him an in I
come .oftwo hundred fiorins a wear.
In much surprise, the nobleman de-
when the man led him down to his |
grey mill-stones. They were labori- |
ously crushing the grain into snowy |
flour for the use of hundreds who de-
pended on his work for their daily |
bread. Those two dull, homely stones |
did more good in the world, and |
yielded a larger income, than all the
nobleman's jewels. So it is with idle |
treasures everywhere. 4
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