The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20

Connecticut, was crazed by the news of
the presidents death while OF his way
from . baptist conference, and has
been taken to the Providence asylum.
The commission appointed by the
Russian government to inquire into the
best means of diminishing drunken
ness has entered upon its labOrs. Ex-
perts from all the different governments
of the empire will give evidence.
A bank of Warsaw received, recent
ly, an example of o new fOrgers' ad-
vice. which consists in splitting hun
dred ruble notes, and uniting each side
with the corresponding upper or under
half Of a false note. .stf
= Two women stopped a train near
Waterbury, Conn.,, recently by waving
q red shawl, and told the engineer that
a man who apparently wanted to kill
himself had just gone down the track.
The train moved on slowly and found
the man lying drunk across the rail.
Startling news was received in Au-
gust from the American missionaries at
Gilman Flu, in Shantung, TO the effect
that their lives are in imminent danger
from the Chinese populace. Subse-
quent information, however, shows that
the thing was not SO serious as at first
supposed.
The city of Lagos, on the west coast
of Africa, was built years ago behind a
lagoon or marsh, which extends some
distance in front of the main land, and
was designed especially as strong
hold for the slave trade. Now instead
of slaves. the export of products reach
es %, 900, 900 year, and the landmark
by which vessels find their way into
port is the spire of church.
There is q wealthy brewer in Mon
treal who built church and inscribed
on it: This church was erected by
Thomas Nelson at his sole expense.
Hebrews XXX. chapter" Some of the
McGiIl College wags got a ladder one
night and altered the Inscription so as
to make it read: s.sThis church was
erected by Thomas Nelson at his souls
expense. He brews (double) Xxx"
.Yes," whispered the boy to Mr..
Barnum, "Pm ready to pay for my
ticket, but want the privilege of go
ing in by crawling under the tent"
And Mr.. Barnum agreed, and ordered
the guards not to interfere with the
lad; and after the boy had performed
the feat Mr.. Barnum went inside and
asked his reasons for it. and the lad
explained that he had got over 81 bet
with the boys who had tried the crawl
and failed, that he would succeed in it.
At the conference of free thinkers in
Bradlaugh stated his opinion
that it might be considered imperti-
nence on their part to send a message
of coincidence. as Garfield was SO pro-
religious At the same time he
could not but feel the utmost sympathy
with the bereaved family. The state
ment was received with profound
silence.
Dan Bryant used to tell . negro
minstrel story of his bravery when
he belonged to a rifle corps in Mexico.
He declared that he captured one
Mexican. rs big as giant, and cut off
ais feet ''Why did you cut his feet
'ff p asked Jerry Bryant Because
;ome other rifler had been there be-
ore me and cut offhis headr' said Dan.
1t is said by some one who has ap-
looked up the facts that only
Ieven days of national fasting and hu-
niliation have been appointed by Pres
dents since tte establishment of the |
government. and that they have been
as follows: May 9. 1898. by
ldams; January II, 1915, by Madison;
he last Thursday of September. 1861, |
April so, 1868, and the first Thursday |
II August. 1864. by Lincoln; May 25, |
s65 postponed 10 June ~ by john
on; and September 26 by Arthur.
A touching story told by the Rev. DR..
1. C. Potter in Grace Church. New
FORK, illustrates the popular feeling in
IN effective way: A poor woman
topped on the street on Saturday and
inquired the price of picture of Gar
ield. Ten CENTS" was the answer.
Couldn't you let me have one for 5P''
he asked. YES" said the vcnder. She
Ook it and kissed it again and again
With the tears streaming down her face.
.Ye was poor boy yourself once"
he said, ''and ye know how to feel for
he poor.
The erection of the new American
lotei in London has commenced. 1t
will occupy nearly an acre on the north
,rn side of Holborn, abutting on War
wick court and Hclborn. 1t is to con-
ain four hundred rooms, and will be |
allied the First avenue hotel, because
is intended to construct an avenue
hrOugh the block of the hotel build
ng. Among the houses which will
rave to be removed to clear the way
will be the Dukes theatre and tene-
nent to which considerable interest at
aches as the domicile of Haydn, in
which he wrote the greater part of
The Creation" The Society of Arts
will provide a mural tablet to mark the
pot.
A queer newspaper enterprise has
ust been started in Berlin under the
lame of the daily Rundschau. 1t is
allied ga Journal for nOn-politicians,
md, at the same time, supplementary
o the political organs of every party"
t is edited by the poet, Frederick Bo-
enstedt, and the corps of contribu-
most famous writer's of Germany. The
ounded is that political matters, even
uneventful times, monopolize too
much space in the newspapers. There
he politics of the day to a comparative
y small part of the space, to keep
part from political controversy, and
cave religious questions untouched.
On the extention of the New England
Dad from Brewster's TO the Hudson
here is one of those peat-beds like one
Thich, near WalIingford, has caused
he consolidated road so much trouble.
his one, west of Brewster's, required
yer six hundred carloads of earth TO
ii it before a foundation could be had
or the abutments of bridge across
he shallow pond. For this structure
lies one upon another have been driv-
n ITO feet into the peat. and the long
st goes down ia feet below the sur
ace. A 5000 pound weight has been
sed in driving them, and, at the last
al of this immense hammer, fall of
yenty or thirty feet, would drive the
lies only half an inch, SO great was
le friction on the sides of the piles.
8 it was, bottom was not reached after
IL; the friction on the piles sustains
1em. Some seventy or eighty thous-
nd cubic yards OF earth have been
umped into this pit. ---S-- ]