The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-04-30
GI. HNSINGS.
Henry Ward Beecher hates dogs and


1t is said that Japanese women have
never seen and do not know the use of
pins.
Notwithstanding all the talk, Chinese
Iepers are as rare as hens teeth in San
Francisco.
There are now nearly seven million |
children in the United States who do !
not know their letters.
Tennessee has great natural resourc-
es. including 10000 square miles of
timber as yet untouched.
Nine. Ristori wants to buy 4 Boston
residence. She has one in London, one
in Paris, and one in Rome.
1t is estimated that two large parties
given recently in Boston We're produc-
tive of distributing S200, among
artisans and others.
Small tobacco pipes are frequently
unearthet in Ireland, and are supposed
to ante-date the introduction of tobacco
in Europe by Raleigh.
Cartersville. Ga. claims the honor of
having more boys between the age of
ten and fifteen years than any other
town of its size in the world.
An Andersonville, Ga. physician
boasts of having watch 2i3 years old
and Il lock over 100 wears old. both
running and keeping good time.
Hira Bates and vie. now residing at
South Hanover, Mass, were both born
on the same day. August >. 1896, and
within a few hours of eacn other.
The Journal of Health says the i'll
health of school children is more large
ly due to lack of proper care at home
than to inadequate hygienic provisions
in the schosl-rooms.
Cincinnati has under discussion the
building of an elevated belt railroad
around the city, the length of which
will be seventeen miles and the esti-
mated cost 5,000,0 900.
Under the cellar of famous inn at
Bath. England. called the Sedan Chair,
which &as lately demolished, the work
men discovered fine mosaic pavement
belonging to Roman times.
The tonnage of the effective armored
fleets of the leading naval powers OF
Europe is as follows: England. 329. 500
tons; France, POI, 769; Germany, "A, O01
tons; Austria, 63, 10; Russia, 3,62l,
and Italy, 59,9O5.
Since the birth of the first Prince of
Wales in 1884, more than six centuries
ago, the title has been borne by seven
teen persons, but the present possessor
of it is the only one who has lived to
see a son attain his majority.
A Montana man has introduced in the
Territorial Legislature q bill to regu-
late inheritances, which provides that
no person shall be allowed by will, be-
quest, or inheritance as heir to any es-
tate, money, or property, exceeding the
value of 81 200, 900.
Gone to join William Tells apple:
Another famous legend has struck a
snag. 1t is now asserted that when
Rome burned fiddles had not been in
vented and consequently Nero could
not have indulged in the musical pas
time attributed to him.
The latest novelty is ginger ice
cream, in which the heat of the ginger
counteracts the chill of the cream, and
the frigidity of the cream nullifies the
fire of the ginger, producing a happy
medium most gratifying to the epicur-
can palate. e.-Ne,0ton ca. ~ Register.
Ministers need no longer preach
against roller-skating. The rink has
had its day, and its new rival. the
toboggan slide, will ruin the roller
skate trade. Tobogganing is the sport
of the future, and it will be useless for
any man to try to resist it.-A. Y.
Times.
The cocoanut will not flourish away
from the seashore, and no magnet is
truer to the pole than is the root of the
cOcoanut tree to the ocean. for when
the roots break through its htsks it
points directly toward the sea. no mat
ter in what position the nut is placed in
the ground.
The venerable Professor Leopold von
Ranke is a great favorite in Berlin So
ciety. His conversation is brilliant and
epigrammatic, and he is ALWAYS goou-
natured. In religion he is an ultra
orthodox Lutheran, in politics con-
seryatiye RoyaliSt. and in all things an
intense Prussian.
The Washington monument has had
strange visitors since its erection. A
gannt and hungry eat climbed 10 the
top; five rats have made the ascent to
get the crumi's from the Workingmen 5
lunches; waspS build their nests and
pigeons roost at night 434 feet above
the habitation of man.
The Connecticut legislature has pass
ed bill Offering 10 cents To any per-
son planting, protecting and cultiVating
elm, maple, tulip, ash. baSSWood. oak,
black walnut. hickory. apple. pear or
cherry trees. not more than sixty feet
apart. for three years. along any pub
lie highway OF The State.
The temperature of the mines on the
Comstock vein is exceedingly high. At
depths of 900 feet and 2uJO feet the
thermometer placed in Il fresh-driil-
ed hole will show l;'b degrees. Very
large bodies nf waller have run for
years at 100 degrees. and smaller bod
ies at 40 degrees. The temperature
is kept down 10 lib degt...., by forcing
in fresh air conici over ice.
John C. Emo n;td rather uncom-
Portable time hen he went to the One
bee opera house the other night to
hear the 'Chines OF Normandy"
When the old miser. Gaspard, glOating
over his gold. repeated aloud: There
are no defanlting bank presidents
mere, all eyes We're instinctively turn
ed toward Emo. lie ushed up to the
AOotS VI MS nl1t anu uiU IlOl lOOk 3I MS
ease again until the curtain fell for the
last time.
There are a great many handsome
men in Texas. The free. outdoor life,
with much horseback riding, gives
them good forms. clear eyes and COM
plexions. There is :, great deal of ma
tive intelligence aud good thinking.
The women among The well-to do class
es appear to live mostly indoors Even
in cities very few are seen on the street
OF in the stores. They are not as often
rosy-eheeked as the men, but much
oftener powdered.
Fhe city of Charleston, in its 'corpor-
ate capacity. is about to undertake the
driving OF the deepest we'll in the world.
1t will be driven in the main part of the
city, and, as it is expected to furnish
4,0oO,O gallons OF water per day, it is
calculated, with the two similar wells
already down, to furnish Il sufficient
supply Of water for the whole city for
many years. The new well Wi be
1000 feet deep, will be at least six
inches in diameter at the bottom and is
to be completed by next August