The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-09
4LEANINGS


tools on exhibition in the Chicago Irib-
asse office To the experienced observer
they look like n pair of shears and a
pastc-cup.-LosDeU Citizen
Boston contains 2, 900 Swedes, accord
ing to- directory which has been speci-
ally prepared to contain their names,
sex, age, native place and date of arri-
val in this country.
Gentlemen who 'skick'' at the scarf
wheel hats worn to the theatre by la
dies ought to be consistent enough to
take their cloves with them when
they attend places of amusement.-1he
JndGe.
'Mademoiselle." said witty and
gallant septuagenarian the other day,
making his demand for the hand of a
lady still in her teens 81 am 20 and
You are H. Will You do me the honor
of becoming my widow?"-Funray.
A gentleman in South Florida owns
$4,000 orange trees, covering forty-two
acres. OF this number 1O,O17 are large
bearing frees. One tree, about 80 years
old. produced four years ago 62S good
fruit; three years ago it bore 2, 200; last
year 1900; this year 2.8OO.
The Philadelphia Ledger printed last
year the announcements Of the death of
SS9 parsons who had reached 80 years
of age, 334 of whom were men and 5O5
women. Two of the men and 10 of the
women had passed 100 years.
A fast mail train between New York
and Washington was stopped several
times a few days ago, by two elephants
who happened to be in the cars pulling
the beli-rope. 1t was more than an
hour before the cause of the stoppages
was discovered
A statue of Oakes Ames facing and
pointing to the west, and one of Oliver
Ames facing east, are to crown the
monument which is in process of erec-
ton at Sherman, Wy. T. 1t stands up
on the highest point of land on the I'm
ion Pacific railway.
Helena, NJ. r., is advancing. A
young lady in one month as book can
vasser took sixty-nine orders for the
s.Encyclopadia Britannica" represent
ing the value of more than $4,000. Is
this to be used as an argument for the
admission of Montana into the Union or
in favor of female suffrage?
Last year 113, ,400, 600 shares of stock
were sold in the New York exchange,
besides 43,OOO,0 900, shares of mining
stock. and 1887, 100000 of railroad
bonds. The recorded dealings in gov
ernmeut bonds were S36, ,663, 600, and in
state bonds S49, zoe, ,0OO-par value.
The Cincinnati Gazette contends that
the real mormon problem is not pOlyga-
nv, but the existence in this country of
a theocracy which is despotic system
of civil and religious government, and
is alien to the United States, and makes
aliens of all citizens who bear allegiance
to the United States, practically allow
ing them no rights.
- Lax hrri1f in, Ennr1ar1
eral iron ships for her naval fleet. The
company which built for her sometime
ago an iron cruiser has recently launch
ed n second after the same design. The
length of these ships is 210 feet, and
their tons burden 1,O39; the armament
being three 6-inch 4-ton breech-loadinG
Armstrong guns
Brooklyn Eagle: 'By-the-way, we
think we have discovered the original of
that dialogue between Capt Corcoran
and Sir Joseph Porter, X. C.. b. Grattan
was once asked, by religious friend,
'.Do you say your prayers?" Never
replied the great Irish orator. What,
never?' said his Mortified examiner.
Well, hardly ever answered Grattan."
In his report of military operations in
the department of Dakota during 1881,
Gen Terry says he regrets to say the
outlook in Northern Montana is not rs
favorable rs could be desired. The cn-
croachments of Indians from the British
provinces have caused the ranchmen To
organize for mutual protection against
the iusky cattle stealers, and Gen. Ter
ry thinks it will require the best efforts
of the governments on both sides of the
boundary to prevent the evils that are
likely to occur.
II pickering pair of quakers were late
ly heard in high controversy, the hus-
band exclaiming: Il am determined to
have one quiet week with thee" "But
how will thou be able to get itp" said
the taunting spouse, in that sort of rel
teration which married ladies so pro-
voLingiy indulge in. Il viii keep thee
q week after thou art dead" was the
quaker's rejoinder. Press.
Americans, as a rule, are impatient of
sustained thought or prolonged atten-
ton The perpetual cry is for amuse-
mcnt, for short paragraphs, strong Ian
g'iages, spicy sermons, sensational
stories. and never too much of anything.
Milton would not-a-day be asked to boil
down his Paradise Lost" and Shak-
speare to recast his plays as ''spectacu-
lar dramas. Seriousness is the one
thing everybody is afraid of.-Boston
Star.
During steam voyage, on a sudden
stoppage of the machinery, considera-
be alarm took place, especially among
the female passengers. ''What is the
matter? What is the matter? For heav-
ems sake tell me the worstr' exclaimed
one more anxious than the rest. After
n short time hoarse voice from the
dock replied: Nothing, madam, moth
ing; only the bottom of the vessel and
the top of the earth are stuck together
The export season for the dried fruits
of the Levant is now in full activity. In
one fortnight lately no fewer than 1885,
COO barrels, cases, bags, boxes, drums,
and baskets of figs and raisins were
shipped at Smyrna. The best figs of
commerce are chiefly grown in Asia
Minor, were the fruit begins to ripen 1T
the end of June, and the summer yield,
which gives employment to a large pop
ulation, comes to market in immense
quantities in September and October.
The trees often yield three crops.
Thomas Carroll, Wisconsin farmer,
finding his leg decaying from a fever
sore, grasped his foot with one hand
and pressed hard with the other upon
the decayed part and broke it asunder.
lie then called for 4 razor, which was
handed him, and with it he deliberately
cut off the entire limb. Then, without
assistance from any one, he tied up the
arteries, made the necessary lap of flesh
around the bone, and sewed and band
aged the same without help, and is in a
fair way of recovery.
Prince Bismarck, assisted by his sons,
is said to be writing his memoirs. The
part of them which will come from the
chancellor's own hands are those which
concern the conflict between the govern
ment and the Prussian diet, the wars of
1866, and 1870, and his stay at st. Pc
tersburg and Paris. His childhood and
youth will be written of by Count Her
bert, while the younger son, Count
Wilhelm, will write out his fathers i'm
pressions of the various ministers
home and foreign-with whom the
statcsman's long career has brought