The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-29
GL,EANINGS.

him with hot tea on eighty-one different
occasions.
One hundred thousand colored chill
dren in North Carolina attend school
In ], ,090 school houses. The average
cost of the buildings was less tn 500
each.
There are about 40.OOO,00O silver
dollars in circulation in this country
not quite one apiece all round. Some
people can now see why they haven't
got one.
The personal estate of Sir Erasmus
Wilson, the great specialist on skin
diseases, is believed 10 be the largest of
any medical man on record in England,
viz: 81, 100000. The bulk will ulti-
mately go to the Royal College of Sur
geons.
1t is remarkable saws Il writer in the
Philadelphia Press. that the two great
est men of all times, Julius Cesar and
Napoleon BOnaparte. could not regu-
late or control their own wives. and
they had six betwe them. This would
seem 10 show that it is easier 10 govern
the world than ones own household.
1t is the function of the writer OF
short story closely to group Ii figures,
car. fully cuil and mass his details. in
dictate his h-.tvy shadows and shades
with a free hand. and tU stack on
high light, with Chinese white, so to
speak. In word The short story Is
nothing ii not an i'm ressinnist sketch
Of the novel or romance which might
be built of the same material Maurice
Thompson.
II lSllerks ar inkA
stead of weeping, and why one weePs
at a stroke OF pathos instead of laugh
ing. are questions, says recent Ger
man writer, in discussing the positive
results of science in the department OF
psychology. (which are just as biind as
sver they were in Parmenides or Plato;
but the man who shonla reverse the
process would be voted mad by his fel-
lows s.Anevertheless.
A fabulous estimate OF the wealth of
Ex-Governor English of Connecticut,
which has been going the rounds. re-
suits in a proportionate increase III his
mail He Saws he is begged to lift u
caravan of church debts. build an intin
ity of sacred editices.' and even re-
anested to establish donation fund
tor the subsection of Siberian fever.
81, 500 worth of deprecisted securities
off her hands.
Scotch notions of breach of promise of
marriage are even more remarkable
than those which prevail elsewhere.
young woman who had been discarded
by one sweetheart married another one
and then brought an action for breach
OF promise against the 1irst. The Mag
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refused to grant the rrqu ST of the
young lady for damages. He would
not regard her a the possessor of a
,nildewed heart.
Maggie Mitchell is 81, Minnie Pal
mer %, Mary Anderson %. Bijou Her.
9 on 81. Ada Rehan p, Mrs. John Drew
63, Ristori 65. Lydia Thompson 53.
Rose Eytinge -four times married) As.
Effie Germon (six times married) Al.
Mrs Bowers 53, Mrs. Chanfrau, 40,
Kellogg 42, Charlotte Thompson Al,
Patti A, Nilsson AZ, Rose Wood So,
= Eliza Weathersby SO, Lotta Crabtree
80, Fanny Davenport 81, Alice Harrison
Sc, Sarah Jewett 81, Rose Coghlan 36,
and Miss Ellen Terry is a grand
mother.
1t seems, from all that can be learned
from the fair sex, that Worth and COM
peers in Paris charge a round hundred
thousand francs, say twenty thousand
dollars, to outfit lady for the matri-
monial voyage. For this she is equipped
from top to toe; everything is of the
best and of the latest fashion. OF
course this is not the limit. Ladies in
Paris casionally spend two hundred
and fifty thousand francs for their
trousseau, and are heard 10 complain,
few weeks after marriage that they
have nothing to wear.
Il can always tell the nationality OF
an engineer by the complaint he
makes" said an engiLe builder and re-
pairer to one of our contemporaries.
The Seotchman is always worried
about the book losh;' Englisllmen and
Irishmen are always fig ting 'the
thump.' which they firmly believe was
left there for them to remove; the
German is very much concerned about
dem valves. while the Yankee has a
hard time to keep her from chawin'
too much steam. m'''
President Gariield's bronze statue,
which was ordered for the Pacific coast
OF Nuremberg, Germany. artist. is
completed. 1t is of heroic size the tig-
urs being ten feet high. 1t represents
the late president standing er, CT. with
his head uncovered, and clothed in
civilian dress. On the sides of the
pedestal are figures representing war
trophies ami the American eagle The
front fac OF the pedestal bear, in large
raised letters the maine "Gartied "
the statue Will soon lie shipped to San
Francisco.
In Nankin and kai-fun children from
six 10 twelve years OF age are sold by
tens of thousands Not hired out or
transferred. but sold for small sum in
cash. in consideration of which the
progenitor, by a tscit understanding,
renonnces all parental right. even the
right OF ihquiring into the fate Of his
onspring. The purchasing trader may
De the middle man of a weiI-:o-du
chiidtess couple or the agent of a
Who'll sale tea-planter, or coolie
breeder. raising and training slaves for
foreign market.
The reasons for Hindoo loyalty to
the British government. as naiyely set
forth by native journal, explaining
Wny English IS To he preferred TO Rus
sian rule, resemble very much those
given by Commodore Vanderbilt for
preferring candidates for conductor
ships who had diamond pin and
gold watch and chain: when the Eng
{ iisiI cafiie they plundered; now they are
satisfied II Russians come. they must
come hungry. We prefer boa which
is satisfied 10 a hungry black snake,
though the boa may be larger
A novelty in the way of bouquets was
presented by an English lad, to gen
tleman. The order that vegetables only
should be employed in its production
was carried out as follows: Carrots in
two shapes. long and sho I: radishes
the same; Brussels sprouts; ,ariegated
Scotch kale; curled end ye, and the
broad-leaved Batayian variety, parsley
being used instead of the usual fern
fronds seen in ordinary bouquets. The
whole, including the holder, measured
fifteen inches in ameter, and was
mounted in the usual way with wires.