The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-07-16
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There are 1900 dentists in the
United States.
There is more railway travel In Mas
sachusetts than any other state in the.
Union.
There is hotel out in Kansas that
Advertises magnetic healer attached
to the house.
! John 7. Raymond says he has had
over 5000 plays read to him since he
became star.
Harry Garfield, a son of the late
president. has. accepted a position as
teacher in st. Paurs school, Concord,
N. III.
Good judges say that the lumber cut
In the Sierra Nevada mountains west
of the summit will not exceed two
thirds of what it was last year.
Robert Collyer says that the scientif-
ic length Of a sermon is thirty minutes.
II man has anything at all worth say
ing he can say it in that time without
repeating himself
Lookout mountain has been leased
to the hverymen of the neighboring
city-Chattanooga. After a dozen
years of Niagara hack fares, the peo-
pie will want to make the mountain a
national park.
Mr.. Jeremiah Millbank is building a
81. 600, 900 house at Greenwich, Conn,
ON Puts Hill" down which, till the
story of the affair is rehabilitated, Con.
Putnam is alleged to have ridden at
breakneck pace to escape a volley of
British bullets.
The Russian Department of Manu-
factures has awarded a patent to the
inventor of means of SO impregnating
wood with q certain chemical that
matches made from it can be used sew
eral times over, thus affecting saw
ing Of, it is claimed, at least IS per
cent.
II A German entomologist, F. Dahl,
claims that spiders have perfect sight
only at very short distances. Their
sense of touch is consequently remark
ably well developed. enabling them to
locate disturbances in their web. Their
sniell is SO good that they can distin-
guish odors, and their hearing is ex-
cellent
According to Professor layIor, OF
the Department of Agriculture, the
simplest test of pure butter is sulphur
ic acid A few drops combined with
the butter will turn it first q whitish
yellow and in ten minutes a brick
red. Oleomargarine treated in the
same way turns at first to clear
amber and in twenty minutes a
81 deep crimson. Use glass rod in mix
ing the acid with the butter.
ALondon paper points out that the
strength of the British army lies large
II In. voluntary Enlistment, which gives
lighting men for fighting and leaves the
% rest Tor peaceful pursuits. In England
it has always been found that rumor
of war brings any number of recruits
needed, whereas the United States are
:, full of men who have left their country
to avoid the army, many of whom are
suited for nothing but the army.
- A society of young women for the
suppression of slang has been formed
in Cleveland, Ohio. For every viola
tion of the rules q fine is imposed,
which is paid over at the end of each
quarter to the associated charities.
: There are, however, many words and
phrases that, while they might be
classified as slang, are expressive, and
BY long usage have become part and
parcel of the English language We
can scarcely afford to part with these.
The last census report in Chill pre-
sents an anomaly that is puzzling the
people very much. The married pop
= ulation of the country, distinct from
widOwers and widows. is stated to be
S $685. OF course half of this number,
or 299. 156, ought to be males and hall
females. But such is not the case. &C.
cording to the census report, which
says the married persons consist ol
SO0.5 males and 297. .735 females.
This leaves 2, 842 married men without
visible wives.
A farmer proposes the following
novel plan for catching moles: Take
two old COW horns and place them
point to point, turning the hollows out.
ward in the track of the mole, and then
ii1 replace the earth over them. The mole
will come along soon and crawl into
the horn just as far as he can go, and
remain there trying to get through. as
ne cannot turn round, and moles never
go backwards. Scratch up and ex.
anime your horns occasionally and you
will soon have your mole.
In the New Orleans markets every
thing is sold by the eye. There is NO
standard Of measurements. Nine
atenths OF the hundreds who sell in the
noted French markets of the city do
not know what bushel or a peck is.
They buy their vegetables by the lot
and place them in little piles on tables.
These piles are of different sizes and
prices. The buyer looks at the piles
and buys that which he thinks is big
gest and best. Sometimes buckets and
boxes are used to measure, but they
are of all kinds and shapes.
The petriied wood that is so album
dant in the United States, Territories
OF Arizona, Wyoming, and Rocky
Mountain regions, is rapidly becoming
utilized. In San Francisco there is
now factory for cutting and polish
ing these petrifactiOns into mantel
pieces, tiles. tablets, and other archi-
-tectural parts for which marble or
slate is commonly used. Petrified wood
10 said to be susceptible Of finer poll
ish than marble. or even onyx, the lat
ter of which it is driving out of the
= market.
During the conference between Gen.
Kaufman and Abdur Rahmay at
Tashkend, in 1869. the ameer profess
ed great admiration for pansies.
What is the Afghan name for these
pansiesP" asked the general. II for.
get" said the khan, '.but if you had
asked me the name of tho flowers in
Hindoo l should have been able to tell
you. With us children are brought up
in the harem, and have lived among
hindoo women till was twelve. The
Hindoo language, therefore, is more
Z familiar to me than Afghan, the Ian
guage of my fathers" P"
Near Astoria, Ore, there is deposit
Of elan1-shells which cover an area OF
over four acres. and is piled in places
90 depth of over four feet. The
amount of shells is incalcuable. Over
one thousand loads have been hauled
away to make roads, but that amount