Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-24

cellent collection Of stones, among
which Is an agate that is said to be the
largest yet discovered. He Is a farmer,
but has sspent the past two winters in
florida, where great part Of his col
iectipn' was obtained. d
One Mormon superstition is that
children. when i'll, may be cured by the
lhying-on Of hands. Nom than 5000
of the little ones are said to- haze died
in The last twenty-five years who might
have been saved by medicine. The
laying-on of hands is of no benefit to a
child, except whom he talks back to the
old man.
W William Mather, whois in this coun-
try under a commission from the Brit
ish Government, to investigate and
report upon the condition and progress
of technical education in America, finds
in the United States ''a manufacturing
skin and engineering ingenuity that
cannot be observed anywhere else in
the world" ....,.,
DR.. Philip Livingstone Jones, a
Brooklyn physician, was reported to be
worth 81, 900, COO. According to, his
will offered for probate recently. he is
worth only about $1,000, but it is
thought he had forgotten he was the
owner of several valuable pieces of
suburban property, being very absent
minded about everything except mat
tiers relating to his profession.
An ingenious English manufacturer
has bya simple and workable invention
of coiled spring succeeded in dispens-
ing with the need of driving sewing
machines by hand or, foot. A few turns
of handle winds up sufficient power
TO keep machine going at full speed
for over an hour. It is completely un-
der control as.to the rate of stitching
and stopping, and can be applied to
any existing machine at moderate cost.
Connecticut Board of Health is in
vestigating poisonous wood from
Panama, termed cokobola. 1t takes a
brilliant polish, and is much used for
knife-handles and ornamentation, but
rem playing in its sawdust have had
their feet poisoned, and at a large facto-
ry in Elm street, Bridgeport, chickens
have died after eating the dust that had
settled on the grass.
The new editice to be erected in st.
Petersburg as memorial of the late
Gar, and which is to stand upon the
spot where the Gar fell. will be an old
Muscovite structure of the seventeenth
century style. 1t will have six cupolas,
resting on columns of porphyry given
by the present .Czar. The entrance
will be from the opposite side of the
canal, through detached belfry and
over a bridge.
% Mules arc used instead Of horses in
the mines and tunnels in the. West.
Mr.. Adolph Sutro describes those in his
famous tunnel as the miners pets, and
are cared for with as much tenderness
as children. The animals become so
accustomed to darkness that they cam
not see on emerging into sunlight, and,
to obviate this difficulty, the men in the
Sutro tunnel are in the habit of cover
ing the right eye of the mule while in
darkness and the left eye when in the
light, SO that the animal will always
have the full use of at least one optic.
A family living near De Soto, ILL.,,
have coon, three years old, which
was caught when still blind. An old
cat at once took charge of and cared
for it as if it were one of its own little
ones. Now the. coon. takes care Of it.
self, although the cat continues to feed
it with mouse and rat dainties. / The
children in the house have taught
the coon any number of little tricks,
such as begging for u biscuit, putting
its paws about ones neck. Her couch
at night is on the dining-room lounge,
and she shares that with the dog, who
allows none of his kind to approach OF
annoy her, and is almost as fond of her
as the cat.
Tom Thumbs little widow is in Gin
cinnati. She has been interviewed, and
said: II was so lonely at home Icould
not remain there. The General and |
lived together twenty years, and in
that time were constantly together.
He never left me except for few min
utes at time. With us it was not like
it is with most married people, where
they are often separated for long peri
DDS, and thus become in measure ac-
customed to being alone, | could not
be alone, and, as feel more at home
when am before the public, thought
it would be better for me to appear in
public again. Some people think it is
strange that | appear again, and cs-
pecially upon the stage, but they do
not understand how it is with one who
has been before the public as long as 1
have. To remain at home after such
an active life, and especially without