The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-10
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VARIETY SCRAPS.

us lime good to put on melons ~ asks an agri.
cultural correspondent, We presume it is, if any.
body likes it. but we use sugar.
Fly time-When you hear her fathers heavy
cane humping along the hall.
The Leadville Chronicle tbs Of a man who
escaped with his lie from the Indians. The man
who escaped without his life hasn't yet been re-
ported,
They charge Is cents for a drink o. buttermilk
at Key West, but as a sort of ofses they fling the
customer four dozen oranges and tell him to send
a dray after his bananas.
Littlefeld is an appropriate lame for the Gov.
ernor OF Rhode Island.
Two Mormon emissaries recently appeared in
the Palatinate and held meetings, They we're
forbidden by the authorities to propagate their
views, but. nevertheless, succeeded In converting
fourteen families of forty persons. They have re-
moved to Mannheim, where weekly meetings are
held, attended by some sixty or seventy persons,
Samuel s scattergood was a consecutive impor.
ter Of Mediterranean fruits in Philadelphia, and
had amassed about S25O,000. A year ago he In.
vested nearly all Of his money in Leadville min.
ing projects, and they have all failed. Not only
was his wi fortune engulfed but friends were
led by him to similar loss. He could not bear
this adversely and hanged himself,
The Figaro fancies that John Lemoinue had the
fate Of Provost Paradol before him when he re-
fused to go to Brussels, and ascribes the suicide
Of the brilliant French Minister at Washington
In a large degree to inconsistencies and a sense Of
being tied down to the United States capital. His
notion in going was to study our manners and
write a book, Highly educated Frenchmen real.
ly seem to be miserable Outside OF Paris.
At a recent meeting Of the Royal Geographical
Society, in England, three noblemen, Earl Kata.
kuba, Earl swaddi, and Earl Namkaddi, ambas-
sailors from Mtesa, King of Uganda, Africa, were
introduced to the President, Lord NorthbroOk, by
Mr.. Wilson, a missionary, who said that they had
taken a particular liking to white women, and
that in fact the King had begged him to bring
him back an English wife, but he had told him
that they were not to be bought. Here is crown
absolutely going a.beRging.
The acceleration and economy realized in the
st, Gothard, as compared with the Mont Cents
Tunnel, may be thus briefly indicated: The lat.
ter, 70. 238 Sc metres in length, took thirteen years
anu one mOuln 10 make. Inc lOIm6ri WHICH IL
2,6S6.45 metres longer, only seven years and FIVE
months. The mean monthly advance in the Cents
Tunnel was Il SOL metres; in the ST. Gothsrd, 1917
$40 metres, or more than double. And the total
cost Of the st. Gothard will be about 25 to 80 per
cent. less than that of the Gents.
Alarge elephant escaped the other day from a
circus at Versailles, and INDUCED in a short prom
enade through the streets, to the dismay Of the
passers. by, who hastily took refuge in the nearest
houses. The animal walked into the garden Of
the Hotel de France before steps could be taken
for his removal to the circus. A whole body Of
police in vain tried to coax him from his retreat,
and the voice Of his tanner, who soon arrived on
the scene, was equally ineffective. At length II
became evident that force would have to be used
Accordingly number Of stout ropes were fetched
and the elephant, being firmly bound in them
was with a great deal Of trouble partly pulled
and partly pushed to his stable.