The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10
ALL SORTS.

Galveston is fast increasing as port
of entry. Imports during the last year
show an increase of 1872 P cent, and
amounted to nearly So. .Oo0. 900.
A Boone county boy hanged himself
to a tree because of the sheriff serving
papers on him to appear in a partition
suit. he being one of the heirs TO the
| property.
An effort is being made to have the
Singer Manufacturing company locate
in Oswego. 1t is said that the company
desires TO move somewhere from Eliza
beth, N. j.
EbeneZer Burt, well known rs the
owner OF Burt farm, on which the first
oil well was sunk in western New York
in 1868, and one of the pioneers of Per-
ry. is dead
Secretary Blaine's face is unchanged
in its expression of force anil acute
ness. but his hair and whiskers have
whitened SO rapidly during the past
| summer that he looks much older.
In Yosemite valley. lately, steel
| trap was set. and caught a bear. The
animal gnawed off its leg and escaped,
but was tracked and shot.
| A well at Benicia. CAL, bored for ar
tesian water, has struck carboniferous
gas. and it is proposed to light the ar
senal and barracks. The well cost the
government S51, ZOO.
The governor of Texas has recently
pardoned sixteen youths from the PEN
itentiary on account of their age. He
thinks it is better for them to be out of
place where they are SO likely to be-
come hardened with sin.
1t has been discovered that boy of
~ otn Nj =!
of 15 last June, and that they have
will prevent their living together until
thev reach suitable age.
Promiscuous rag-pickings are never
used in Bank of England notes-oniy
white linen cuttings that have not been
used. No two genuine notes are ever
made alike. The stock of paid notes.
for seven years amounts to 1914. 000, 600.
A while ago Arthur, son of Samuel
Cheney, of Middletown. Conn.,, found
three snakes eggs. which he laid away
in Il box, and last week the boys moth
er wanting the box for some purpose,
opened it and was confronted with
three lively young black snakes.
A new insect pest has been discov-
cred by the farmers about Goleia, Cal
1t has also been observed on the Dos
Pueblos. Some call it the '.fax Wee
viii" 1t swarms on corn and flax aud
beans in perfect myriads, and the
farmers are quite at loss how TO deal
with it.
Varzin. of which so frequent men,
ton is made in dispatches relating to
Bismark's negotiations with the pope,
is the family seat of the chancellor. 1t
is Il favorita haunt of the herons, who
are carefully guarded, an old supersti-
ton saying that when the herons leave
Varzin the fortunes of the B;snarks
will fall.
In Buffalo, man whose name was
not learned accosted two little girls on
a canal bridge and asked them if they
had ever seen man commit suicide.
He then leaped into the water, but evi-
IDENTIFY changed his mind. for he called
Justify for help. None came, how
ever, aud he sunk. His body could not
be found.
A young man turned up at police
station in New York, recently, request
ing that he be locked up, as he h:%t
stolen money from his employer in CnI
cago, and his conscience was pricking
him sharply. 1t came out. on examin-
alton, that he had no money, AMI he
WIS COIuiullGeu " stWtlt stH lnSColiSst-
ton into the truth of his story, it being
believed that his purpose was to secure
board and lodging at the states ex-
pense.
On the Sharon farm, near St. Mich
aers, NIL, there are a number of peach
srees, about thirty years old, which
produced three crops. After the first
crop the trees did not blossom, but the
second and third crops grew directly
from the wood like figs. and in clusters
resembling cherries. The trees have
produced second crop for several
years, but the third crop is q novelty.
The peaches were diminutive in size,
but were highly priced as a curiosity.
1t is proposed bv Mr.. Benner to print
aniline black along with dyed alizarin
violets. He prevents the colors from
spreading or running by adding acetate
of lime in large excess to the violet
mordant.
The Central Society of Chemical and
Commercial Industries, France, has
nominated commission for the revi-
sion of the analytical processes used in
determining the value or the purity of
commercial products.
The Emperor William takes pattern
al interest in the smallest trifles con-
nected with the business and amuse-
ments of the capital. Owing to an al
legged slight, caused by the part of Di-
norah having been bestowed upon Il
rival singer. Mile. Schumann, one of
the prime donne of the Royal opera,
has lately chosen to submit her resig-
nation direct to the emperor. The
aged monarch had great difficulty in
persuading the injured lady to with
J,o,x, bo,. tb,oot nd oonfipro RI ornoo
the boards of the Royal opera.
The Nature reports that a telegraph
ic experiment of singular description
was tried about the middle of August
at the TrocaderO. 1t consists merely
in the reading of large silvered link
letters, a square metre in size, fixed on
blackened board, by refracting tple-
scopes. This method has succeeded
very well from the Trocadero to the
Pantheon-a distance of three miles.
The inventor, an officer in the French
service, thinks ne will succeed in read
ing messages at q distance of sixty
miles under favorable circumstances.
Viscose, the gummy substance OF
viscous fermentation. is thus described
nj. A. Bechamp: 1t is white. easily
powdered, and not at all like gum, but
when it is dissolved in cold water it APP
pears glutinous. 1t does not reduce
the cupro-potassic reagant. Alcohol
precipitates it entirely from its solution
IN a mass which can be drawn into
threads. Solutions of viscose are not
colored blue or violet by iodine. Sui
phuric acid acts on viscose as starch.
forming dextrine and a glucose. and
the dextrines do not ferment whom
beer yeast is added to them.
A chemical analysis has been made
by Prof. Girod of the contents OF the
.'ink-bag." or pouch of the Cephalopo-
da di57anchsata. As is well known,
the ink-bag contains peculiar secre-
ton, which can be expelled at will
when the animal is in danger, and by
the dark color impaired by it to the
water the chances of escape are greatly
increased. Girod purified the black
matter by successive digestions in alco-
hol. ether, glacial acetic acid, sadium
carbonate, to which a little potassa had
ben added, and dilute hydrochloric
acid. The ultimate analysis is as fol-
lows: Carbon, $50, hydrogen, 4.O4,