The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-09-23

"A peculiar yelOcipcdc IL used on
railroad tracks in Kansas, by telegraph
rcpairers. 1t has two wheels like a
bicycle, which run on one track. and
over which the rider sits, while a
smaller one, for steadying, rests on the
other track. Twenty miles an hour is
practicable with it. t.a-
A February like the present one
1SSO-with live Sundays in twas
experienced i'll the years 1904, 1852,
1860, 1858, 1928, 1856, 1884, 1924, and
in 1852, and will be again encountered
in 1920, 1913, 1876, 2O04, 2032, 2O60,
and 2OSS. After that we don't care
how many Sundays the month has.
If we are good Sunday school scholars
we shall no doubt have plenty of
them.
G. Roskoff, the author of the "His-
tory of the Devil" has just published
new work in which he endeavors to
refute Sir John Lubbock's thesis that
there exist certain rude tribes among
which no trace of religious ideas is to
be found. The evidence collected in
the present work concerns systems of
faith and superstitions from all parts
of the globe, and shows that the belief
in sorcery and evil spirits is nearly
universal.
George Myers was an athlete and a
remarkably hearty eater He was sent
to prison in Philadelphia for two
years, and the fare there was too scant
and plain to please him. On getting out,
he determined to crafty his appetite
for awhile at any risk. Every night he
broke into some pretentious house, and
RECALLED himself on choice viands and
wine, often spending four or five hours
at it. Nine of these burglaries were
committed i'll as many nights before
he was caught. T..
The London Atheneum says that the
Duke of Somerset having some years
ago abolished Christianity, in his own
opinion, in one small volume, has now
destroyed modern progress in another.
In Monarchy and Democracy the
Duke has investigated representative
government, autocracy, and purc de-
mocracy, and found all bad. Unfortu-
nately he has no system of his own to
substitute, or even propose.
The young fellows and girls at
Pritchett Institute, Glasgow, Missou-
ii, went out at night with horns, pans
and bells to serenade the faculty.
They made q diabolical noise in front
of President Pritchett's house, and he
came to q window with a demand to
know what they wanted. "A speech,
old Badly" was the response. ''Pli
give you one," he cried, evidently dis
pleased by the nickname. Then he
blazed away with shotgun, wound
ing two of the girls. He says that he
meant only to scare them, and they
charge that he aimed to hit.
The former captain of the bark
Brothers Pride, which was recently
wrecked OH the Florida coast, is under
arrest for scuttling her. 1t is said
that he was the active agent in an
elaborate plot to swindle insurance
companies. The vessel sailed from
Cuba ostensibly laden with melada, q
very thick and valuable kind of mo-
lasses, but the casks are believed to
have been filled with some worthless
substance. When within q safe dis
tance of the Florida shore, according
to the witnesses, holes were bored in
the bark's bottom, and she was aban-
doned to sink. The cargo was insured
for $3S, 900.
A German clergyman, who was trav-
cling, stopped at an inn much frequent
ed by wags and jokers. The guests
used all their artillery of wit upon
him, without eliciting remark. The
Clergyman ate his dinner quietly, ap-
without observing the gibes
and sneers of his neighbors. One of
them at last said to him: "Well L |
at your patience. Have you
not heard >ll that has been said to
your" ''Ch, yes but am used toit.-
Do you know who amp. "No, sir.'
swell l will inform you. am chap
lain of lunatic asylum. Such re- ;
marks have no effect upon me-"