The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
GLEANINGs.

A German has invented an electrical
threshing machine which makes 400
revolutions each minute, and also lights
up its entire vicinity.
boy under arrest in Wheeling
West Va, on the charge of incenda-
rism, curiously enough bears the name
of Hotfire.
All the alleys in Gunnison City are to
be named after heathen gods, and
when the gods give out the goddesses
will come in for a share of the honor.
1t is estimated that more than 500
bricks have been carried away as relics
s.. from the ruins of the Centennial build
ings in Philadelphia
+. .4%. The female Secretary of the Minne-
apolis Society for the P. of c.. to A. was
recently arrested for assaulting and bat
tering a twelve-year-old girl whom she
saw boxing disobedient dogs ears.
That mmensity of head is not always
indicative of vastness of brain is proved
by the fact that ST. Louis policeman
has head SO large that he must have
all his hats made to order.
A plaintiff in suit in a London
court to prove his ability as sculptor
executed bust in the room adjoining
the court and offered that bust. togeth-
er with the original, in evidence He
established his reputation.
Pearl fishing is pursued by about l.
600 divers on the coast of Lower Cali
from one to six miles from shore, in
water from one to twenty fathoms deep.
The yearly product is about $500,000
A church in Bavaria accommodate
FyQ ing 1000 people, has been almost en-
~ itirely built of papier mache, which can
be supplied at a cost little above that of
plaster 1t can be made to initiate the
finest marble, as it takes polish SUI
81 isl perior to slate.
ersvN Miss Yates, who Is trying to induce
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reforms concerning workmen's food, is
sustained by high authority when she
says that dogs fed on white bread die
at the end Of forty days, while they
thrive and flourish on bread made of
whole meal
a:3 DIR. Morell Mackenzie, distinguish
ed London physician, prefaced a recent
g lecture at a London medical college by
remarking that he thought the days for
teaching by means of lectures were
passed, except for clinics, now that
al &y books are easily accessible.
Joe Howard, who knows a thing or
~ two about the New York papers, 'un-
derstands' that the Herald cleared
$S50,000 in 1882, that the Snn has paid
- 10 per cent each month on its capital of
=, ~ &35O,O0 and that the Times nets $780,
600. Others, he says, have done well.
and some others haven't.
A few days ago James Creswell was
arrested in Texas for murder COM
mitted thirteen years ago. He had in
all those years safely euded detection,
and had come to think his identity de-
& stroyed. A boldness based upon his
mistaken belief in human forgetfulness
.ga, was the cause of his capture at last
isNte The general worthlessness of Wash
ington's police force has forced the cit
er izens to seek other means of protection.
At a recent meeting ex-detective of
the municipal force openly charged that
several patrolmen and detectives were
l accustomed to divide plunder with bur-
glars
-s -.-, Victor Hugo was once declaiming on
the unity of race and the equality OF
man, with that pardonable exaggera-
9flsgf tion that is so characteristic of him.
when one of his hearers thought to con-
ssass fuse him by asking him how he would
like to hold mulatto grandchild on his
knee. Il should not like it." he repl-
ed. "But would not prevent a mar
riage between daughter of mine and a
negro; and should reflect, if such a
marriage took place. that in the third
generation q tonch of the tarbrush is q
beauty"
The new code of New York makes
an assault upon a policeman a felony,
punishable by Imprisonment for not
less than two nor more than five years
and fine not exceeding 81 900, or both.
1t was dsagreeably brought to the no
tice of n prisoner a few days ago after
ne reSlSLeu u pOllceinan anu tOTI
his clothing
- The Hungarians employed as labor.
ers on the railroads near Elmira N. Y,
have o beautiful custom that thew are
thought to have brought with them
from the old country. When they wash
which, to judge by their appearance, is
about once per month, they fill theil
mouths with water. spit that water into
their hands and rub it over their greasy
faces.
Sir Archibald Alison, the English his
torian, has Just issued his autobiO
graphy. In it he extols the Confeder
ate Commissioner Mason as d singular
ly intelligent and agreeable man. He
deyotes pages to Stonewall Jackson
who, Mason told him, formed his STRAIT
fs egy from Alisons recreative campaigns
of the Archduke Charles in 1897, ant
of Napoleon in 1914
Mr.. Millais has recently completed
new painting, Pomona" which is sait
TO be one of his most perfect represen
tations of childhood. The subject is
dainty maiden of years. with rosy
cheeks and golden hair, in mob-cap
white dress and blue sash. In her litt
wagon she has been wheeling load o
ruddy apples, and has stopped to rest a
the moment chosen by the artist.
q Like realistic drama is the history O
+ a poor young Brooklyn girl who severa
years ago was induced, partlyIby the sua
sion of sorceress, to unite herself il
marriage to ayoung man who represent
ed himself to be the son of rich ant
naughty merchant. Aftertwo years tn
husband was sent to the penitentiary fo
pocket-picking, and now the foolis
young girl has been freed by divorc
from her irksome hymeneal bonds
A-family of immigrants reached New
York few days since on their way t.
visit the residence of n sister, who ha
written to them that she was now ric
and living in luxury, and who begge'
them to come to America. When tn
eager group reached the town to whic
they were directed twas found that tn
sister was patient in the asylum, an
deluded with the idea that she wa
80 wealthy beyond estimate.
The city of Wheeling, West Virginia
is an important centre of furniture max
ing, and has five six large factories
employing great number of workmeu
The business is steadily growing as tn
supply of some of the best walnut an
poplar timber in the Union is large an
near at hand, the price being const
quently very low. A large business
done within radius of 100 miles of tn
city in cutting logs and shipping ther
to Europe.