The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-22
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The Detroit Free Press tells of .,
young lady who could not make her
bangs stay, bung, and who said she
was having q tuft time of it.
Queen Victoria does not approve of
carpets, and has Indian mating placed
on the floors of nearly all her private
apartments
The Rev. William Marshall, colored.
of Clark county, KY. announces that
he will pray for any desired object on
receipt of 75 cents
So rapid has been the destruction by
hunters of prairie chickens that the
Omaha Bee suggests the passage of q
law prohibiting their killing for the
next ten years
Mrs. Burdette the invalid wife of the
Burlington Has0keyc humorist. has fall
len heir to $40. 600. bequeathed by her
grandfather, the late Capt Hall, OF
Peoria. Ill.
When Rev. DIR. Cuyler. of Brooklyn,
stepped of the steamship on his return
from Europe, he Immediately tele-
graphed his venerable mother ut Sara
toga rs follows '.Psalms xviii; H."
Robert Purvis of Philadelphia, says
that he went to Europe with the first
passport ever given to colored man
by the United States government 1t
was ISSUED. .byorder of PresidentJ jackson.
Some philosopher not of the Concord
school has said MANY man thinks
it is principle that keeps him from
turning rascal, when it is only full
stomach" Be grateful. and do not
mistake potatoes for principle.
Mr.. Satterthwaite. of the Forest and
Stream, is great grandson Of Benja-
min Franklin. Mr.. Duane, grandson
of the secretary of the treasury of that
name under jackson, of the firm of
Schuyler & Duane, is another.
Mme- Marie Blanc, late proprietress
of the gambling hell at Monaco. has
left her property, worth $2O. 600. 600.
to her three children, who will keep up
the establishment and run roulette and
''trente ct quarante" as usual, for all
corners.
1t seems that even in Canada all is
not merry so far as the Indians are con-
ccrned. A correspondent of the To-
ronto Globe fears that the frauds of
certain Canadian Indian agents will
bring on war in the northwest before
long.
The memoir of Bryant, upon which
Mr.. Parke Goodwin is engaged. will
contain several poems that have never
appeared in print. The work will not
be very lengthy, as there were but few
incidents in Bryant's life that are worth
relating.
Midhat Pasha's place of banishment.
it is said, is considered by the Arabs as
the most ancient place in the world.
They say it is the place to which Adam
and Eve fled after their expulsion from
paradise, and Ewes tomb is shown TO
pilgrims
The only thing that the Duchess of
Edinburg really studied before her
marriage was music. Every whim OF
hers was INDUCED by the car, who
adored her; and, when the temperature
was at 90 degrees ceutigrade below
freezing point, flowers were forced to
bloom for her delight
Alexander H. Stephens is writing
book about the rebellion. taking issue
with jefferson Davis. He keeps two
stenographic amanuenses at work con-
stantiy. Gen. Beauregard also has
book nearly ready, which is described
as one of the most readable of all the
war records.
Olive Logan says that English doc
tors are so scrupulous about ''profes-
sional ethics that he heard consider
able Comment in London recently be-
cause DIR. Austin Flinfs baggage was
marked conspicuously with his name
and address, his English professional
brethren deeming it an indirect adver-
isement
Reporter Murphy of the United
States senate, relates of Daniel Webster
that one day when he was TO debate
with Silas Wright. a loquacious friend
went over and said '.Mr. Webster,
you will have an easy victory to day
Mr.. Wright is drunk" II would have
you know, young man." said Mr.. Web
ster. ''that SiIas Wright either drunk or
sober, is very hard man to encoun-