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

A young clergyman won boat race
at Lake George by practice and not by
preaching.
A sale by auction of tract of land
fifty-One by thirty eight miles I'm area,
in Kansas, is to be made to satisfy
mortgage of . 100000.
The judg., of the Iowa Supreme
Court are acc' u of charging mileage
while they rlde OH the railroads as
deadheads.
The best lip salve is kiss. This
remedy should be used with the great
est caution, as it is very apt to bring
ON an affection of the heart.
Genius finds its own road and car
ries its own lamp.-[Evansville Jour-
nal. Been watching us, have your
[kentucky New Era.
As . rule, men do not lay their
hearts at the feet of women until they
are sure the hinges will not be stepped
ON. lz..
stung, thereafter prefers to manipulate
his hive through tho intervention of
lens.
A Texas chap shot five men and no
attention was paid to it, but one day
he stole q mule, and in less than an
hour the infuriated citizens hanged
him.
The weather, according to the recOl-
lectiOns of the oldest inhabitants, is
about OF the same character as that
which preceded the Deluge in Patri-
arch N0ah's time.
The physicians now contend that to
walk or sleep when the stomach Is
empty makes an,injuriOus draught on
the constitution and bylaws of q fell
low.
1t Is strange, but true, that not one
tenth of the candidates are up tor the
Presidency that usually run for the
office of Town Supervisor. The smaller
the bait the more fish go for il.
The chief secret in comfort lies in
not suffering trifles to vex ono, and in
prudentIy cultivating an underground
of small pleasures, since very few
great ones are let Oh long leases.
Miss Ciinch knocked the Rev. Mr..
Broadway oil his knees with club in
q prayer meeting ut BrentfOrd, Onta-
rio. She had become illnne, and
thought he had broken promise to
marry her. -. 5eSo .
The competition that was held late-
ly in Paris for All allcgorical bust of
the republic produced such ui,satisfac-
tory results that no prize was award
ed. The municipal council will prob
ably open fresh competition sss az
The man who is bringing up fam
lily on an income of $6 . week will be
happy to learn from the fashion pre-
dictiOn 'that the Spring and Summer
fashions im elegance will surpass any
thing ever seen in America"
Joseph Bailey of Landcaster, Wis.
advised his son to break his engage
ment with Jennie FarreI, and marry
her prettier sister, Jennie resentfuliy
set fire to the old mans barn, and has
gone to State prison, while her sister
has become young Bailcy's wife. ,
Newspaper estimates on crops dc
not take into consideration the dam
age done by An old man in chasing bis
sons across ten acres of growing wheat
with fence rail, because they happen
ed to remark that it was q good day
for fishing. sH ass t.sr g $3.50 -
Coming events are casting OminOu.
shadows before in England, in the
shape of designations by old Tory Of
fice-hOlders who have earned their
pensions, 30, that Tories may be APP
pointed in their stead. The latest is
that of Mr.. Barlow, q master in luna
cy, appointed by Lord ,Lyndhurst,
whose secretary he had been. some for
ty years ago. The salary OF thi, office
is $40, 900 q year.