The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


This explains why we have so many
| worthless newspapers.
Colorado votes next fall on the ques-
! ton of the location of the State cap
ital, and the Denver people begin to
! be afraid that their city will lose it.
Miss Mary Anderson is a devoted
Catholic, and may be seen every Sun
day at the Catholic Church at Long
Branch.
After all. the Mayor of Philadelphia
had TO 90 back to antiquity in order to
find authority for the suppression of
fireworks, The law under which his
proclamation is issued was passed i'll
1921.
The historic Bonaparte Park at Bord-
entown, N. j., once the home of the
| ex-King of Spain, Joseph Bonaparte,s .
is about to be turned into mammoth
machine shop. The price to be paid
is $4,000
The Philadelphia Chronicle says:
"After an attendance of six weeks at q
school for cooking Philadelphia wo-
man baked loaf of bread so heavy
that she broke her back while lifting it
out of the oven.
'.When mans money is gone"
SAYS the Boston Globe ''his friends
drop off like buttons from pair of
ready-made pants" We. are at a loss
to understand from this paragraph
whether our esteemed contemporary
has lost his money or his pants.
The Green Mountain State is trying
to claim monopoly of hotel men. 1t
has been asserted that majority of
the leading hotel-owners aud managers
in this country either were born or
have lived within twenty-five miles of
Bellows Falls, VT.
When in Japan, Cyrus w. Field WIS.,
tied the home of Japanese merchant,
and to afford some idea of the elegance
of the entertainment he relates that
the tea was made in his presence in II
golden tea-kettle. He also says that
the japanese taste in art is exquisite.
Among recent valuable additions to
the British Museum are some rare Mex
lean books, including a few of the card
lest productions of the Spanish-Amer-
lean press, which belonged to the Pres
ident of the Emperor Maxlmilian's
first Ministry, Don Jose Fernando Ram
irez.
There are twenty-five societies in the
United States engaged in preventing
cruelty to children. In many of the
States the societies protect both ami
mails and children, but it certainly
would seem that there was work enough
of such nature to provide employ
ment for separate organizations.
In consequence of the decision of the
Edinburgh U. P. Presbytery in the case
of the Rev. Mr.. Duncan, of Leith,
against whom a charge of plagiarism
had been made, about 300 members of
the congregation have resolved to sever
their connection with the church so
,,e,f,
thereof.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has ordered from the
French artist, Paul Lefebvre, a may
nificent ceiling for his wife's own room.
The design represents the departure of
might" part of the canvas showing a
beautiful figure of ''Sleep," recumbent
on rosy clouds, while little winged
elf bends over to awaken her with a
kiss.
Statistics recently collected in France
show that, since 1872, the total number
of men who have passed through the
ranks of the active French army is
1854. 796. About two-thirds of them,
OF 769, 864 men, have served an average
time of 4 years, while the remaining
third, or 3S4, 1882, have served only
about 10 months. 1t is not recorded
how many OF these 1,164, 796 men are
ty. Some interesting figures respect
ING the selection of men for service
are, however, given. In 1872 the num-
ber found liable to it was 303, $40, of
whom 80, 433 were discovered, on eX-
animation, to be unfit for it, leaving
the number declared fit at 213, ,377, and
the actual number enrolled in the act
i've army at 156, ,010. From 1872 down
to 1879 these figures varied only few
thousand men with each year.
The Gridley (Cal.) Herald is respon-
sible for the story that sand-hill
crane, which was killed near that place
recently, was not less than SO years
old. A wire was found around the
birds neck, suspended from which was
silver quarter dollar, bearing this in
scription: Captured at Fort du Quesne,
May %, 1888" ..Rele&ed at Fort
Dearborn, Nov. II, 1916"
''Boot stretcher to the royal family"
is decidedly odd title. yet there still
lives at Baden an old man who for
many years filled this office to the |
father of the present Austrian Emper- |
or. His only duty was to wear the
Archduke's new boots until they were |
sufficiently easy for his royal master,
and the old retainer now enjoys COM |
Portable pension for his services.
Ladies who paint silk, satin, or vel
vet screens. fans. dresses, ribbons, etc.,
are notified that an Italian has invent
ed a preparation by which all kinds
of stuffs may be painted in oil and the
painting remain. On silk and satin
the cOlorS are as brilliant as enamels,
and become changeable like the reflec-
tions of the silk itself Neither gum
nor varnish is to be found in the col
ors, and they. therefore, never blacken.
Great Britain's s population is 30, 000,-
600. Leaving out India and China,
Great Britain now ranks sixth in num-
ber of inhabitants among the great
States of the world. Russia is first,
the United States second, and the 9TH
ers follow in this order: France, Ger
many, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain,
Italy, Turkey and Spain.
Blessed are they that have nothing,
A case in point: A mar
kct-woman in Toronto, Can, caused
the arrest of n respectable-looking
young man by accusing him of passing
a bad 50 bill on her. She affirmed that
she gave him S1.7O in change. The
respectable-looking young man was
thereupon searched, and was found not
to have penny in his possession. He
was discharged.
In recent report of the Woman's I
Prison ut Sherborn it was stated that, 1
Of the whole number of inmates, which
amounted to 519. no less than 456 were
rs inebriates. When it is
added that of these 456 no fewer than
348 were married women, and most of
,hem the mothers of children. we gain
IN appalling idea of the miseries such
iacts must entail upon a population, a
that the neglected ''child g
IT to-day is the citizen of tomorrow.
The Rev. John Jasper, the negro c
made famous by his sermon b
.rguing that the sun and not the earth 6
moves, is dying at Richmond. He has \
lad the largest congregation of any ft
preacher in the South, aud one of the &C
argest in the United States. 1t has al