The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-18
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n. G., makes himself useful Dy cAtcu-
ing mice, Of which he is very fond
The Pope's hair is snow-white. lie
has Q strong and vibrating voice, and
besrs himself with great dignity.
Near Hood river, Oregon. a human
skeleton was found in the fork of
tree, fifteen feet from the ground
Lorillard's explorers in Mexico have
unesrthed from an Indian cemetery,
copper idols, copper trinkets, vases OF
graceful forms beautifully painted,
toys for children, and many jars and
pots.
When Gambetta is speaking in pub
lie he pronounces $50 to. 24O words a
minute. An ordinary speaker pro-
nounces only about $50 words in the
same time. Lord Macaulay used to
pronounce $50 words in minute.
The new mill of the Willimantic
Linen company at Willimantic, Conn.,,
is $50 feet long by liza wide, and is a
one-story structure, the whole being
one great room unbroken by any par
tition, and capable of holding between
$4,000 and $4,000 people.
Immense quantities of implements
belonging to the stone and bronze age
have iust been discovered near the ra-
pids of the Dnieper.a 1t is also said
that an ancient boat, dating back to
the time Of Rurik, has been uncarthed.
The largest lathe in the world has
been erected at the st. Chamond steel
WORKS in the department of the Loire,
France, where it will be employed in
tile fhrning Of one hundred ton guns.
The lathe was made at the Whitworth
works, in England. ff-
The dependencies of the British EN-
pire, according to an article in the
London Economist, include an area of
7,9l0,559 square miles, a population OF
2O5, ,264 900, a coast line of 81, 600 miles,
and a total trade, exports and inn
ports together, of 81 ,579, 400, 900.
A cat, carelessly shut up in Rouse
willie, N. Y, while the family were
. away for the summer holiday, was
found alive after thirty days. In the
agonies of starvation it had torn down
the curtains and mutilated the wall
as high IS it could reach. So
The Prince of Wales is still q little
short OF pocket money. 1t will take
from two to three millions TO enable
him to make his creditors entirely
happy. The Prince is doing good
deal toward awaking our British
friends to the cOstsOf royalty.
Mrs. Horace Dobell is the name Of
an English lady who has undertaken
the writing down of the authoress of
"John Halifax," and to that end emit
ted an entire book. Mrs. Craig, it ap-
pears, "knows nothing. whatever about
women, or men either" This will
surprise many.
A mound near Swansea, supposed
to contain geological and antiquarian
treasures, was opened for the edifica-
tion-of large party Of men of science
of the British association. A member
OF parliament supervised the ceremo-
ny, but the mound proved to be no.
thing more imposing than gravel and
bowlder heap, accumulated by the
centripetal action of two small springs
which met at the spot" -
Lieutenant Conder has measured
the barleycorns i'll Syria, and finds
that, according to Maimonide's state
nent that cubic is equal TO 4S bar
leycarns, the length of medium cubic
IL l6 inches. From this result it ap-
pears that q furlong is 553 yards;
Sabbathday's journey SSS yards, or
half . mile; and days journeys
6,JZo yorus, or II Hhiics.
The yearly incomes of the heads of
the Anglican Church are as follows.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, $75,-
600; the Bishop of York, 100000; the
Bishop OF London, $50, 900; the Bishop
Of Durham, $4,000; the Bishop OF
Winccster, S35, 200; the Bishop of
Ely, t27,5O0; the Bishop of st. Asaph,
426 900, and the rest not less than S2O,-
600 and not more than $4,000 each.
Each Bishop has, moreover, "palace,"
or official residence.
The Austin (Ncv.) Herald says;
"wc are sorcly in need OF 4 preacher,
hut VIC don't want any cheap trash
We want good. muscular Christian,
who can snatch sinners by the scruf of
the neck and drag them howling up
the plane of righteousness one who
will not drink more than he can hold,
and who will not copy after Beecher
further than TO steal his sermons. Such
. man will get right smart lay out
here. If Inc can play the fiddle for the
regular weekly dance, it will augment
his salary somewhat"
A plucky Yankee woman in Pitts
field, Maine, scared a quack out of his
seven senses one day recently. lie had
DfOlnlSeu CuTc Hcf VI IL
She would Law a roll of greenbacks on
the kitchen table. She put the money
OIL the table as lie requested. lie then
asked for, pen, ink and paper, and when
she went up stairs TO fetch them he
disappeared with the money. In a
moment she was behind him with O
revolver at his ear, and she kept it
there until he had crawled back into
the kitchen, put down the money and
begged for mercy
FrankfOrt-on-theM Main, with a pop
,llatiou OF about one hundred thousand,
Is regarded as the richest city i'll the
whole world. It isasserted that there
are 100 Framkforters worth from ST.
QUO, 900 to s., 600, 900 each, and $50 who
are worth 81 600, 900 and upward. The
city is one of the great banking centers
Of the globe. Its aggregate banking
capital is estimated at 100000 900,
more than onc-fourth of which the
Rothschilds, whose orig iginal and parent
house 10 there, own and control.
The street car company of Geneva,
Switzerland, have decided to increase
the pay of their conductors and dri-
vcrs by giving them share in the re-
ccipts. This participation in the bus
inesS done will be doubled after eight
cen months aud increased again twelve
montlas later. II is thougilt that the
adoption Of this plan will increase the
receipts of. the company, by causing
the drivers and conductors to be care
full and obliging, and to keep a bright
Ell watch for customers.
Clark Davis, . farmer at New Ro-
chelIe, y. Y, has a portrait of Maj.
A nd re uainfed by himself with the
aid of a iooking-glass. during the brief
imprisonment preceding his execution.
In the picture, which is mounted in
the original frame, Maj. Andre is rep
rcsented as attired in the uniform of
his rank, with red coat with light
green facings, ornamental with large |
gilt epaulets, buttons and embroidery,
and with cambria rufiics around the |
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