The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-03-11
PERSONAL VARIETY.

Of Il, / remember landing In this Town WIN
chip hat, a hickory shirt and pair OF breeches,
I've been away up and I've been fat on my back,
yet I'd like to begin and go 1t all over again
chip hat, shirt, breeChes and all. WhyH Well
you see when you come to the end you don't
know what's beyond. I'm dead sure Of this other
thing, and on the whole this world just tdckleSme
to death"
The man is not necessarily brave who knows
nothing about fear. He may be fool who knows
nothing about anything
Ohio sets the fashion Of 'poetlcal marrtages.'
A romantic couple-the bride from RawsonVlle
and the groom from Henrietta were recently
united by the following unique ceremony
MINISTER.
This woman wilt thou have,
And cherish her for lifei
wilt love and comfort her,
And seek no other wifeP
HE.
This woman will take
That stands beside me now;
I'll find her board and clothes,
And have no other "frow."
MINISTER.
And for your husband will
You take this nice young man,
Obey his slightest WISH
And love him all you cant
sHE
I'll love him ell l can,
Obey him all choose,
And when ask for funds
He never must refuse
MINISTER,
Then you are man and wife,
And happy may you be.
AS many be your yesrs
AS dollars in my feel
Eight men were passing on foot through mar
row, deep canon In Nevada when they saw an
immense bank ofsnow detaCh itself from the pre-
cipitous side and slide rapidly down toward
them, Three OF them escaped injury by running
two took refuge behind stumps, and were subse'
duently rescued alive, and three were killed by
burial under tons of snow. The depth OF the
snow Is uncommonly great on tine Pacific coast
this season, and many lives have been lost In
GValanches.
Bernard Biglin went home from carousal at
Vernon IHill, Neb,, expressly to have some run
with the old man, his father. he commenced
by pulling his aged parent out Of bed and COM
pelling him to dance Jig barefooted on the cold
Amor Then he commanded his father to stand
on hiH head but the feat was beyond the old
mans power and the son had begun to whip him
or falling, when his mother, stalwart sort OF
won an, bounded out with cnair and knocked
him senseleBs,=s. Bernard's skull was broken and
he came near dying.
Never heard the Chinese version OF Rip Van
Wrinkle. did your The Chinese Rip was patri-
arch named Wang Chih He was gathering fire.
wood one day In the mountains Of Ku Chow,
when he found grotto where some old men
were playing chess. As he watched them one
gave him what looked like a date stone, telling
him to put 1t in his mouth. No sooner had he
tasted 1t thsnhe ceased to feel hunger and thirst
By.and.by one of the players said, "It is long
since you. came here; you should go home now"
Wang Chih went to take up his AK and found the
handle IhadImoudered into dust. Undismayed
however, he went home, but found that centuries
had passed since he went out wood-cutting. No
yestige of his kins-folk remained, He retreated
IN a cell ;:in the mountain and, devoting himself
to religious exercises finally attained Immortality,
The Victoria, Australia, Year Book for 1878 0
shows that In 1856 Victoria produced 29S5,735
ounces OF gold; In 1866, 1,47S,2S0 ounces, and in
1878 only 775, go ounces In 1856 there were only
1888 acres OF :snd in cultivation, while In 1878
there were 1,6O927S. The population is only 9OO,'
900.
The ST. Gothard Tunnel the boring Of which
has lust been completed, will not be equipped
with rails before August when 1t will be open for
traffic. It is to be lighted with gas like the Mont
Gents; Tunnel. As straight as an arrow, 1t will
ventilate itself by strong current Of air passing
from Tone extremity to the other.
Asan illustration Of the diffusion Of Nihilism in
high louarers inRussia II is stated that In one oi
the Empress's Ladies Of the Palace apartments
Countesss Panic, Nihilist publications were re.
eently found concealed In her bedcl0thes. She
has been lbanished to ArchsDgelsk, but doubtless
Nih ilism has not been expelled with her from the
palace.
A lecturer on optics remarked: LET man gaze
cl osely into his wifes eyes and he Will see him
self looklngEso ceedingly small that-'(sh0uts
Of laugEter)
Maine lumber men from the logging camps re-
port three feet Of fknow and excellent shedding.
They say that this has beed the best winter for
hauling logs in Maine for number or years.
According to Karowiisch, himself staunch
Imperialst, the Nihiist. most of them Of the
upper classes, have but one programme ubt'Odtts,
str jsljaiis,g buntUite- murder, shoot them down,
rebel.
The Dennis family at BoucOup, Ill.,, found bits
of glass in the sausage at breakfast and that day
the ehildren's teeth crunched powdered glass in
III @ IL luncheon at school. The mother confessed
that, Wikbing her relatives to die in the most hor
rible manner possible, Hhe had planned to kill
them with the glass
Strange stories come from India Of the feats per.
formedisby q native mesmerizer. named Buni,
VIII ose magnetic power would appear to be found
quite irresistible by the lower animals, upon
which she exclusively exercises It, BE gives
sesnces to (which the public are invited to bring
all manner Of ferocious and untamable wild
beasts, and holda them with his glittering eye.
In few seconds they hubside into a condition Of
eatalepuc lstiffness, from which they can only be
revived by certain passes which he solemnly exc
cutes with his right hand K snake in q state Of
violent irritation was brought to Buni by men
RRerie performer enclosed in q wooden cage.
when deposited on the platform 1t was Wrilhing
and kissing Aercely. Buni bent over the cage and
hxed his eye upon Its occupant, gently waving
his hand over the serpents restless head. In less
than minute the snake stretched Itself out stf.
fened, and lay apparently dead, Buni took 1t up
and thrust several needles into its body, but 1t
gave signs Of life. few passes restored Tito its
former angry activity. Subsequently an angry
dog he'll IN allessh by It's owner, was broughtin,
and, at Bunl'sloommand, let loose upon him. As
1t was rushing toward him, brBlling with fury he
raised his hand, and In second the fierce brute
dropped upon its belly 9s though stricken with
lightning 1t seemed absolutely psralyzed by
some unknown agency and was unable to move
a muscle until released from the magnetizers
spell by majestic wave OF the hand
Mr. GilberHDe La Matyr has been renominated
for Congress by the Greenbackers Of the Seventh