The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-30
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A German immigrant mistook Pitts
burg policeman for highwayman the
other day. II he had done the same
thing in New York he would not have
been quite 30 far out of the way. 4
II is reported in Canada that an OF
tawa manufacturer of friction matches
has been paid 800, 900 in consideration
of his Withdrawing from manufacturing
matches in that country.
A new English stamp Is being struck
for use. either for postage or receipt.
1t does not greatly differ from the PEN
ny postage stamp at present in use. ex-
cept that it bears the inscription, For
Postage or Receipt" ea
Restaurant keepers are not permitted
to throw away oyster and snail shells.
bat must keep them in separate kegs
from other rubbish for q contractor with
the city, who purchases them for man
ufacturers Of small ornaments.
The Portland Press says that Rev.
Joseph Cook is ''a species of theological
Jules Verne. embroidering a small
piece of truth with elaborate and effec-
tive Misrepresentation = pardonable
and charming in the novelist"
IF the sharp practices of which I
have heard little" said the Rev. DIR.
Lorimer. in the Baptist Missionary
Union, '.are at all prevalent in the for
eign missionary fields, we shall very
soon have to send missionaries to the
missionaries" 1-
Old Commodore Vanderbilt once bit
piece out of q new Testament-still
preserved in q New York court-which
had been handed to him to kiss in q
case, when he was in q towering pas
sion at having been summoned as q
witness
Excursion steamers named after the
English royal family are horribly un-
lucky. The Princess Alice carried
down hundreds on the Thames, and
the Victoria has met the same doom in
Canada, and ON the Queens birthday at
that
The Phoebe Record says the summer
fights in that place have begun, and
black eyes, variegated with spots of
yellow: purple and green. are all the
are usually worn cut low on the cheek
bone, and smothered in beefsteak.
A man of an unbounded stomach in
Paris, known to his intimates as 1.-The
Jackal," has distinguished himself and
won q considerable stake by devouring
five feet of blood pudding in twenty
minutes, washing it down with a quart
of wine.
In the prefecture of Niigata, Japan,
small paper money and copper coins
are both so extraordinarily scarce that
the merchants are obliged to use post.
age stamps. postcards, revenue stamps,
matches, envelopes, chopsticks, wooden
spoons, ETC., as change
At Virginia City, Nevada's contribu-
ton to the Washington monument is
being prepared. 1t consists of piece
of polished porphyry, 2x3 feet in size
and inches thick, containing the
arms of the State and the motto: "All
for Our Country" the letters being
overlaid with solid silver. ---@
DR.. James, of Harvard College, says:
'sThere are nations which appear
healthy, though constantly using alco-
hOl; vet the statistics of insurance COM
panies show that, where lilo teteotal-
ers ought to have died, only sol did
die; while of other people, presumably
moderate drinkers, out of 2,O1O who
might be expected to die, only 1897 ac-
tualIy did So
At Cincinnati wedding lately the
organist entertained the audience
awaiting the bridal pair by series of
voluntaries, the last of which unluckily
was, Trust her not, she is fooling
thee," at which he was hard at work as
the bridal procession walked up the
aisle.
A gentleman whose name is not given
proposes to erect a monument to Rob-
ert Fulton on Polipelrs Island, a rocky
isle in the lower part of Newburg Bay.
The point is midway between the ocean
hnoA rf nuufnofinr and ho off
ton is such THAT the monument can be
made . very prominent object
The Galveston CTexas) Ne.cs thus
speaks of one of the tricks of the trade
mentioned: ''Some Texas papers print
fabulous accounts of the weights of
fieeces from Merino sheep. The dis |
count for dust is not given. Texans |
seldom wash their sheep before shear |
ing or scour the wool afterward."
Six railroads now enter the city of /
Denver. and three will soon be added |
to the number. The city is having an
astonishing growth. 1t is predicted |
that more brick will be used in erecting
buildings there this year than in New
York Residents expect that the next /
census will show population of 100. 900.
Among the wedding presents to Miss
Maynard, now Lady Brooke, was a sap
phire and diamond brooch, the gift of
the late Lord Beaconsfield. It must
have been in his thoughts very near the
end, as Lord RowtOn says that one of
the last things said to him by his dying
friend was: '.Be sure and send that to
Daisy from me-"
A San Francisco paper, evidently
speaking in a sarcastic vein, says a
movement is on foot in that city to or
ganize q society to be called the "Inde-
pendent Order of Acquitted Murderers."
Judging by recent events in the metrop-
oils of the Pacific coast the member
ship would be too large to be select,
and would be, moreover, very influen-
tial.
Chairmen of railroad companies in
England do not indulge in sumptuous
private cars at the shareholders ex-
pense. Special cars are provided for
the Queen (whose journeys are estimat-
ed at $40, 600 year), and Lord Lon
donderry and the Duke of Sutherland
have private cars, but they pay for
them.
A Boston lawyer did a lively business
for while by promising to get petty
offenders off for $50 each, $40 of which,
he said, went to the district attorney,
BIO to the justice, and $40 to himself.
He aimed to secure only clients who
would be acquitted, anyhow, and his ex-
posure came when some of them were
convicted.
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