The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
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College is Japanese girl. She is from
the elite Of Japanese society, and is
both stylish and popular.
Hank Monk, man who had much to
do with the education of Horace Gree
ley, is now regularly driving on the
stage line between Carson and Lake
Tahoe.
At Keeskemet, in Hungary, there re-
sides a Jewish couple, Nathan Spunzer
and his wife Katerine, whose united
ages amount to 217 years, the husband
being LOG and his wife Ill years old
John Preston, born in 1888, is q farm
or near Old Bridge, N. j.. and Is still in
possession of al his faculties, works
regularly on his farm. and thinks moth
Ing Of . four-mile walk to the village.
Wives in Utah are getting scarce, and
the sanity old magnates of the Nor
mon Church propose to replenish their
stock. Forty Mormon missionaries left
for Europe recently.
/: Bob Ingersoll has made S20. 900 out
of his lecture on He'll. If there is no
such place, Robert has made a good
deal of money out of nothing; and II
there is, he will wish he hadn't--4Steu-
6enriUe Herald
The Supreme Court of Ohio, recently.
held that s'words on q railroad ticket or
baggage check limiting the liability OF
the carrier to a specific amount for loss
of baggage are not binding on pas
senger unless with q knowledge OF such
limitation he agrees to it.
4 The manuscript of the valedictory
oration delivered at Yale by Jonathan
Edwards, when only IL years old. is
owned by a gentleman in Hartford. 1t
Is written in Latin, in very fine hand,
and on the back is the writer's name
traced in large, boyish scrawL
!. Emma Abbott says that she went to
several insane asylums before she found
a popular ideal for the insanity of Luz
cia; but where she got that kiss from
none but those who have lived on Long
Island, and have heard men treading
for soft CLAIMS at low-tide, can tell.
The Princess Amelia Caroline Gaspa-
rine Leopoldine Henrietta Louise Eliza
beth Francoise Maximilienne of Fur
stenburg, the lady to whom james Cor
don Bennett is reported to be engaged,
is the only daughter of Charles Egon,
Prince of Furstenburg, and is SO years
old.
= Alively 4-year-old in aSunday-schooL
ON hearing the question propounded by
the teacher, ssWhat kind of little boys
1O to Heayen?'' elevated his little fist
and WAS allowed to answer, to the
amazement of all, Dead ones"
The Northern Pacific engineers are
actively engaged in making surveys
Through the five Rocky Mountain passes
which lie in the path of progress. The
one presenting the fewest engineering
difIicultiea win be selected. The road
makers will be in the neighborhood OF
the mountains by fall.
! Louis j. jennings writes from Lon
don: public writer's in the United
States have generally dealt rather harsh
ly with Mr. Disraeli, but he always
liked Americans as much as he could
like ANYBODY but himself. He was one
of the few men who deprecated any in
reference whatever with thel great
struggle of 1S61-5-"
Conversation is a serious thing with
some people. One of this kind on
board . train was asked a very simple
question by a fellow passenger. She
made q deprecating gesture, and re-
plied: "Excuse me, sir, but l am only
going to the next station. and it's not
worth while to begin conversation"
J. There are English women who still
wear the bloomer dress. A young, tall
brunette recently appeared wearing q
fight-fitting. claret colored plush bo-
dice, prolonged to form q skirt, slightly
trimmed with lace, which hardly
reached the knee, and she wore velvet
trousers gathered at the ankles. She
had black stockings and shoes, and on
her head was a small cap. Two ladies
appeared at musical party in costumes
OF the same fashion in pink, with low
heeled. pink kid shoes
The most valuable diamond in the
world is in possession of the King OF
Portugal It weighs 1,6sO grains, and
is computed to be worth $28, 900. 600.
The largest diamond ever known was
the '.Pitt' diamond, found in India II
weighed 410 carats before cutting. but
was reduced to $685. 1t is worth about
$1,OOO,OOO
A poor darkey was in despair at the
immortality of the world. He said:
Moses cut all the commandments wild
a chisel in stone. but he broke 'em all
before he got down the hill. Den. when
he cut a new set, de chillum OF lsr'
broke 'em all agin."
This is the way they do it in New
York, according to the Graphic
"Ah Sam, a Chinaman, was stabbed to
the heart by some West Side Americans
on Sunday evening. They were re-
turning from divine worship, and felt
heathenism."
At fashionable wedding in NewYork
q horrid old uncle presented the bride
with a beautiful cradle of ebony and
gold, and when it reached the house it
I'll
not vet be made to understand why it
was not exhibited in the parlor with the
other presents.
Never judge by appearances. A tenn
perance lawyer engaged in Troy
(Kansas) liquor case, ''bounced" a
would be juror, because he had q GRIM
son face and a fiery nose, and subse-
quently found out that the man was q
strict church member, one of the most
radical temperance men the country.
The bloody-minded Nihilistic editor
of the New Orleans Times suggests
that q banana skin dropped carelessly
on the steps of the Winter palace. at
St Petersburg, might be more effective
than glass bombs, and remarks that
good work might be got in some morn
ing when the Gar is running to catch .
street car.
Barbour, of Memphis, has q straw
berry farm of twenty-five acres. In
some years he raises 1000 quarts to the
acre. The pickers are almost exclu-
sively negro women and girls, who earn
from 80 to IS cents per day. They used
to be paid by the quart, but they
grabbed green and ripe berries and
leaves alike to fill up.
/. Tunis owes much of its OLD reputa-
tion to the manufacture Of the skull
caps worn by Orientals, for which it
was once famous. At q former period
these caps were manufactured. In the
last century 80, 900 persons were en-
ployed in Tunis in making skull caps,
and 5000 balls of Spanish wool were
annually used in the manufacture.