The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-13
MISCRLLANEOuN.

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The King of Slams full name L
Krom Pnra Ratcha Wang Borwang
Satan MOng Keng. He is lord of many
white elephants.
"A Justice of the Peace at Alexander,
Pa, is called the Marrying Squire, be-
cause he has tied 1,846 matrimonial
Knots. He is an old man, and for fifty
swo years has officiated at nearly all the
weddings in his part of the country.
"A young man of nineteen and a
girl of sixteen, arm-in- arm, jumped
rom the seventh story of an old palace
n Naples to commit suicide. The
7oung man was killed and the young
girl lit upon her feet. They were
overs.
"A medical paper at Leipsic has
)een fined 100 marks and costs, at the
suit OF seventy-tlve homeopathic doc
jors, for publishing a lecture delivered
homeopathy was denounced as quackery
and swindling.
"A few weeks ago the foundation
stone was laid of a huge embankment,
across a Welsh valley, which is to con-
fine waters destined to supply Liver
pool, sixty-seven miles distant, with
52,000,000 gallons day. The works
are expected to take tenyears.
Among the numerous sects in Rus
sia is the one known as the Neplatel-
schtchikie, a word which means the
Non-Payers. They are very numerous
and have an elaborate creed of religious
belief, the cardinal doctrine of which,
however, is their refusal to pay taxes.
"A London benevolent institution is
~ Ii 70, NkafF nd
Cattle-trough Association. Imam appeal
to charitable persons for assistance the
chairman points out that there are now
875 fountains and troughs in London,
atwhich 100000 persons and animals
daily queneh their thirst. - ..
"A couple eloped at Falling Springs.
w. Va, and were hotly pursued by the
girls father. His horse threw him,
Breaking his leg, and the suitor consid-
erately bore him back home. This
caused diversion, giving the young man
time to prove that he was not q GAM
bier, as his skill at cards had led the,
father to believe but belonged to a
wealthy and respectable Boston family.
A peaceful wedding ensued. tiptAm 10
lmi Livery heavy damages have been
awarded tom. Lambert for injuries res
ceiVed onIa French railway line The
accident occurred on the 5th of Decem-
Der last, at the Bondy station, an express
running into q slow train that was about
to start The prosecutor was famed,
his two legs being. caught between the.
benches of his compartments, and
portion of his skull was, fractured, 1t
was proved that NJ Lambert was max
ingnearly 80, 900 frances year entirely by
his own exertions, and that he had been
,,ff fArIx lad y bxy a
damages were accordingly asked for to
the amount of 100000 francs. Maitre
LIE Berguler pleaded ON behalf of the
prosecutor, and the court, fully recog-
nizing the losses sustained by his client,
sentenced the company to the payment
of 250, 900 francs, or 300, 600.
Near Saratoga, Santa Clara County,
Cal, a lady and her lover were out
practicing shooting at target with a
Winchester rifle. While the gentleman
was reloading the gun he handled it
carelessly and it was discharged. The
bullet whizzed by the lady's brow and
went through her hat. She tainted
from fright, and her lover, believing
that he had killed her, became frantic
with remorse. He prepared to slay
himself He placed another cartridge
in the weapon, picked out picturesque
spot on which to fall, gave one thought
to the magnificent sensation which
would be created by the discovery of
two lovers corpses, composed his feat
ures to smile of peace, and would
then have sent bullet crashing into
his bosom, but the young lady regained
consciousness and stayed his cruel
hand.
Not long ago the body 0f detect
i've named Primm was found in the
cemetery of a Russian town called
Smolensk, where the unfortunate man
had been murdered in cold blood by the
reyolutionists. Primm, it appears, had
learned that meeting of conspirators
was to be held during the previous
night in the battle-ground, and, dis
guised as a laboring man, had joined
the assemblage for the purpose of iden-
tifying those present. 1t was his i'll
fate to be recognized, seized and con-
demned to instant death. Several of
the conspirators held him down while
one of their chiefs deliberately cut his
throat from ear to ear; thus, at least,
runs the confession of two men who
were subsequently arrested upon sus-
picion of being connected with the Sc
cret associations, and who, it is alleged,
have frankly acknowledged their COM
plicity in the crime.
Professor Barrett tells in Nature the
story of a family in Derbyshire, every
member of which is able to read
thoughts committed to paper without
seeing the paper, or touching or even
seeing the writer. A scientific commit
tee is about to investigate the facts, or
alleged facts, for which he answers.
The family is that of a Nonconformist
minister, the Rev. M. Creery, of Bux-
ton. He answers for it that there is
neither deception nor conjuring; the
children do get " intuitions," which en-
able them-how they do not know
to guess what other people are
thinking about. Meanwhile the savans
who have hitherto investigated what is
called mind-reading declare it to be
simply muscle-reading. Few people
can so control their muscles as to hide
the facts which an intelligent reader"
wishes to discover. 1t is interesting to
remember in this connection that the
most inpassiVe of modern statesmen,
whose face was mask, could not pre-
vent himself from revealing emotion in
the twitehing of his hands.
The Sioux and Cheyennes have al