The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-23

cent OF the population, but they Turn
fish Is per cent of tho university stu
dents. -s- 49,
EAT onions, sis, !" is the Boston Posfs
advice b . maiden who wants to know
how to avoid having q moustache come
ON her upper Lip. --e-sa-
r Mrs. Fenno Tudor. of Boston. has
presented the Massachusetts, Historical
Society with fifty autograph letters from
John Quincy Adams.
Gen. Buffers law practice yields him
about 500, 600 per year. He receives
fees of 5000. Probably it is the most
lucrative practice in the country. =.
The brothers Vassar are about to es-
tabIsh In Poughkeepsis An institution
which II to resemble tho Cooper Ingti-
tute, in New York. which viii be called
tho '.Vassar Institute"
.3Oh, Lord" prayed Methodist min
lister, keep me humble and poor" !"
saOh. Lord, If Thou wilt keep him hum
ble," said the deacon, who next prayed,
1--WE win keep him poor"
= Disraeli liked his name. He provides
In his win that his property shall not
descend to his remote male heirs unless
they take his name, not in conjunction
with their own but in place of it.
Gladstone rides to the House of Com
mons ON bicycle. Just imagine, says
tho New Haven Register, Dawes or Hoar
rolling down Pennsylvania avenue and
taking . header Just in front of the
Capitol.
, The way the average man tries to
stand in tho middle of the road until
AhA fo~ do oh fhov, 6rdnra frs
side and set MP shout that would stam-
pede . herd Of buffaloes.
Clara Belle, writing of Columbie'rs
dec0lette dress, says she cannot 'fn
modesty' describe it further than to
Then she proceeds to describe it as
immodestly as she knows how, and Clara
knows how about IS well as anybody.
In the fourth story of the house of the
late James T. Fields is . room known
as the authors chamber" which has
been occupied by Hawthorne and Whit
tier, by Dickens, Mcdonald, Thackeray,
Kingsley, and many other men of let
ters.
Mrs. Farragut lately said of the Ad-
miral: Though my husband was not a
member of the church until within q
2cW y08&9 RLOvAOAAS W LIS oOotAS hO NV
or ate q meal without first asking God to
bless it, and never undertook any great
work without invoking His aid f..f.
Rev. DR.. Hammond, formerly Sur
geon General of the United States
Army, says: Il know of no possible
condition which renders the use of
whisky, gin, rum, or brandy necessary
or proper" Pretty positive language.
this. -.-.l a .r.....
Pierre Vernon, in q recent article on
.'The Age of Adulteration, relates
that . wine merchant, giving death
bed injunctions to his son. said: ''Always
bear in mind that wine may be made
with anythfng-even with q melan-=
choly SMILEY grape juice"
Wall street gossip has it that j. G..
Bennett, during his sojourn at Nice,
made many heavy losses at cards. drop
ping in one evening as much as $25, O0O.
He is now in Paris with Mr.. Lawrence
Jerome, who seems to have been much
more lucky. f s. 90. to
Mr.. Russell Sage, one of New York's
men of millions, said to q reporter the
other day; Eyes; began at the bottom
of the ladder, in Troy, n. Y. When I
was q young man my wife assisted me
" earn u llslu2 ny VILLAS oiAa
cuffs for Trojan manufacturers. sa..
Some Mormons maintain that the fol-
lowing passage was in the unmutilated
Book of Mormon: Wherefore, my
brethren, hear me, and hearken to the
word of the Lord: for there shall not
any man among you have save it be
one wife, and concubines he shall have
none, for i, the Lord God, delighteth in
the chastity of woman"
j The New York IStm says: 1.-THE pic
lures in this seasons circus advertise
ments are more reckless than ever be-
fore. The country newspapers are
alive with elephants which, judging
them by the men alongside. are not less
than thirty feet in height, while COWS
and horses are shown at twelve feet,
and eight-feet giants become fifteen.
Some New York householders who
have been accustomed to deal with gro
GERS by means of pass-book, settling
their accounts monthly, have recently
discovered why their bills were so large.
The grocers treat the servants with
liquor, and even loan them money, dis
guising the entry under the head of
sugar or other articles in common use.
= Mrs. L. S. Iliff, the owner Of the larg-
est cattle range in the world, has sold
one-half of her herd of 25, 600 cattle to
her managers. Herrange extends from
Greeley to Julesburg, Colorado, ,embrac-
ing q country about 100 miles wide. She
has made Q round million since the
death of her husband, ''the Cattle
King" three years ago.
The most learned printer in the United
States is said to be Col. w. A. Cilloway,
the only living printer who has set up
H. s.
has worked in London, Paris, Rome,
and Crete: served in the Mexican war;
saved President Lincoln from capture
by the rebels on one occasion, and has
suffered from actual hunger on account
of poverty.
W. S. Coe, of South Livonia, N. Y,
cut his foot badly with an axe His
uncle, L. NJ. Coe, dressed it, and the
patient was soon free from pain. But
his uncle began to feel pains in the
same spot on his own foot, and on pull
ing off his boot and stocking, he found
. mark Just like the cut on the injured
mans foot, and experienced the sensa-
tion of q fresh wound. He has even
had to walk with . cane part of the time.
Doctors call it q case of pure sympathy.
Edward Scheff1ein, one of the mining
was once a "mule-punch-
err at Tough-Nut, Prescott, and other
camps. One day while at camp Huach-
uca he announced his purpose of start
ing out to make fortune. ''Oh, yes,"
replied bystander.a you'll find
Schefflin soon afterward
'tstruck it rich." and named the now
thriving camp Tombstone. His first
act after making the strike was to settle
100. 900 upon his mother.
The richest man in the navy is Com
modore Baldwin, who has speculated
in real estate in SanFrancisco. Commo-
Rodgers is the most stylish officer, and
Porter has only his salary to
live on. Admiral Worden is highly es-
teemed in naval circles, and his family
is in good circumstances, two children
being respectfully married, and in good
connections.
The National Zeik,n0 of Rerlin re