The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-03-03
NEWS BREvITIEs.
The flesh of the zebra is said to be tht
best animal food in Africa.

from the Black Sea.
The latest new thing in London is
hot potato of bronze or metal to kee
the hands warm. One knob unscrews
andilling it with boiling water, you ca
place it in a muff.
The ex-Governors of New York nov
alive are Hamilton Fish, Horatio Sey
mour. Myron III. Clark, Edwin ID. Nor
gan, Reuben Z. Fenton, John I. Hoff
man, Samuel j. Iilden and Luciu
Robinson.
Cologne water was first so called il
1709, when an Italian citizen of Cologne
named Johann Maria Farina, prepared
IT. Since that time genuine eau dt
cologne has been manufactured by the
descendants of Farina-
AT least four eggs are required tc
clarity every barrel of wine; and, wher
the production of wine in France anC
other Continental States is considered
the demand is plainly extensive, reach
ing hundreds of millions of eggs.
Mr.. Samuel Carter Hall, who is now
80 years old, congratulated himself
lately as the only man who had edited
one publication forty-two consecutive
years, but he has been surpassed by
William Chambers, who started Cham
ber's Journal forty-nine years ago, and
still lives to edit it.
1t is said that the vast superiority of
certain impressions of wood-engravings
in this country over those in England
arises from the superiority of the paper
used, which, it seems, can be employed
almost unsized. 1t is very pure, and
has a high surface, produced by bur-
nishing instead of pressure between
rollers.
Telegraph-cardsw with paid reply are
at the disposal of the public in the post
and telegraph offices within the limits
of old Paris, and in tobacco-shops with
in the same zone. The price of the
double prepaid telegrapli-card is one
frame. The zone of old Paris is bound
ed, generally speaking, by the exterior
boulevards.
Few who partake of sheep's-head
broth know that it is, or was, u custom
with the Jews to serve up a sleeps
head on New Years Day ut their chief
entertainment rs mystical representa-
ton of the ram offered in sacrifice in
stead of Isaac. When family or COM
pany sat down TO this repast. each per-
son took piece of bread, and, dipping
il in honey, said, MAY this year be
sweet and fruitfulr'
A hatchet-faced woman of about 81
summers, with wealth of frcckles i'm
her face and a snulf-stick in her mouth,
got into crowded car in Galveston.
There were half-a-dozen gentlemen on
the car, but none of them offered her
seat After she had waited reason
able time, she said: ..Ef eny of you ga
1oots is waitin' for me to squat in yer
laps, you are barkin' up the wrong tree,
for L want you to understand I'm a
lady"
The novel sight of over 800 turkeys
in one drove was witnessed on the
streets of Greenville, Pa, recently.
The turkeys were driven from Mercer
to jamestown. = ASht0Gulp Sentinel.
This sight, now so novel, was very COM
mon forty or fifty years ago. All the
turkeys were then got to market in that
way, being often driven as far west as
Ohio through to New York city.-But-
Jalo Express.
Fashion items: Moonstones are COM
ing into favor again. A unique scarf
pin is the shape of n human ear. The
golden pheasant feathers are most in
favor in millinery. Sealskin and alli-
gator skin are favorite materials for
purses Black-stockings are worn by
little girls, the only relief being in the
bright ciockings. Chenille tichus are
much worn, and are occasionally seen
at the opera as hoods. The new poke
bonnet it very large-after the style of
the little bjFtter-cup bonnet. Millinery
include 4 great variety Of |
Egyptian scarabei, and great South |
American beetles arc also used.
The architects and builders invited to |
inspect the old state-house of Texas, at |
Austin, have condemnedit it, but the gov
ernor is nevertheless confident it can be |
utilized as university building. and |
will so recommend to the legislature. |
This. of course, tends to delay action |
Tor the building of a new state-house,
and opinion is entertained that nothing |
further will be accomplished i'll that di-
Iection for two years.
Lady Florence Dixie, an English
who is an energetic traveller,
vas savagely attacked by jaguar in
south America In sef-defense Lady
Florence shot the animal and captured |
ier cub. She took j. to England, and
{ has grown TO be u beautiful creature,
10 tame and gentle that If it were not
70 mischievous il might run ut large.
As Lady Florence i. going TO Africa, she
las deposited her singular pet at the
Geological Gardens in London.
Mr.. Malone. the neS Senator from
Virginia, was Il poor Irish boy educated
III a free scholarship ut the military in
titute where Stonewail Jackson taught.
lc began his career by carrying a sur
-eyor's chain on n railroad, and was
,nOwn as skilIful General in the Con
army. A correspondent of the
roy Times says that Mahone's divis-
On was the only one that appeared on
q final scene ut AppomattoN Court
Sc intact, and unbroLen in spirit
d,>cipnne. Mahone is now called
the Virginia Sphinx
Emigration as a national evil is sore
: troubling Italian statesmen. Statis-
cs prove to us that .16S. 900 emiSrants
1T their overtaxcd country between
S6S and 1878, having previously OBJ
iincd certificates from the Government,
-hereas an unknown number annually
epart without letting the Government
now. And of all these il is estimated
lat one-quarter 20 away with the de-
.rnination never to return. The larg-
IT contingent is supplied by the prov
zee Oh cDlcc, the ncNI DS tIeHot anu |
lie third by Lombardy, apparently in
cact ratio to their former prosperity.
1t must sbe confessed that the build
q of a stable for twenty horses ON the
p of a private mansion, access to
hich is obtained by means of lift,
calculated to awaken feeling of as
nishment even in these days of mar
is. Yet this is the case on house
st erected in Belgrave Square, Lon
IN, by MIR. Sassoon. Ground is very
iluable in the fashionable part of Lon
,n, and by relegating the horses to the
p of the house, two birds are killed
it'll one stone, for space is saved and
e smell of the stables avoided. The
,rses do not seem by any means to OBJ
ct to the mode of ascent; possibly
ey are unconscious of it, on account
the closed shutters of the lift.
A blind boy at Montreal has made
iniature house inside an ordinary four.