The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-11-12
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Thore are IOO.OOO practicing physi-
clans in the United States. rs per cent |
of whom carry and dispense, in whole
or in part, their own remedies.
1t is noted that the bodies of chinese
soldiers in Tonquin were left untouched
by the vultures and We're completely
mummiticd. Opium pickle did it.
In 1860, Wayne County, Pennsylva-
mia, had eighteen tanneries in opera
ton. AS the bark disappeared tho
number dwindled until now there are
but six.
The American drummers have agreed
not to pay sleeping car porters gra-
tuities any more 1t is calculated that
this will make difference to the ag-
gregate of porters of $5.O0O,0 900
year.
In Kansas the farmers are chopping
down walnut trees and selling the
wood for fuel at $5 cord. In Ohio
single walnut tree has just brought
$400, and the purchaser is to cut 1t
down himself.
William H.. Stewards estate was less
than $500. 600. divided among five sons
and daughter. An adopted daughter
young woman who nurscd him du-.
ring his last years, had an equal share
with the others.
Lebanon, Pa, has the meanest ghost
in the country. 1t throws pies at the
people who reside in the house and is
determined to remove all of them to
the spirit land.
The best paved street in Providence,
r. l., is in good condition to-day after
five years wear and tear-a pavement
of granite blocks laid in concrete. the
Joints filled with mixture Of pea
gravel and asphalt. 1t cost So. p per
yard.
No devotee of tobacco, says Dio
Lewis, has graduated at the head of
his class at Harvard or any other col
lege where statistics have been pre-
served, notwithstanding the fact that
large majority of college students are
smokers.
Superiority in American hotels over
those of England, as Judged by Black
sUOod' $, lies in the fact that whatever the
guest wants is ready for him at all
hours. From the posting of q letter to
the eating of q meal he finds the facili-
ties ready.
The savages of Central Africa have
great keenness of vision, but it is o Gu
rious fact that if they are shown pic
ture in an illustrated newspaper they
sec nothing at first but black and
white, although they gradually begin
to perceive the lines of the picture.
The good-humored DR.. McCosh,
whose gray hairs seem about to be
brought in sorrow to the grave by the
Princeton boys, has smiled scores OF
times when told that the secret and
sepulchral midnight password of the
students was: Jimmie McCosh, by
Gosh!'
Nj. Pasteur is said to have discovered
a sure prophylactic against madness in
animals. He recently treated with
perfect success o little Alsatian boy
nine years old, whose mother brought
him to Paris from Alsace, where he
had been bitten in both thighs, both
legs and in the hand.
In the red hills of Calaveras, Walter
Mercer, a young Californian, recently
found cave of wonders. In one cham
ber are the angels wings-two mag
nificent formations, white like tho
wings of seraph, and so delicate that
to the eve they seem as if slight tap
would bring them down in fragments
The Union Phd,maceattQue says that
an eminent chemist prepared with
great care a mixture of manganese,
permanganate of potash, and oxalic
acid, only to find that the mixture ex-
ploded few minutes afterward in the
patients pocket. 1t also gives an in
stance of IA tooth powder composed of
cacheu and chlorato of potash explod-
ing in tho mouth of person engaged
in brushing his teeth.
'Why not eat insectsP" is the title
of a recent English book. The writer
thinks that such diet would have GER
tain advantages for poor people, and
he insists that an "appetizing relish
is to be found in ..boiled caterpillars,
fried grasshoppers, and grillsd cock
chafers," His argument rests mainly
on the descriptions of half-starved
travellers concerning their personal en-.
joyment of cooked insects. and the fact
that certain savagcs thrive on such
diet.
Old stories are told about the crazy
King Louis of Bavaria: The Kings un-
Gle, wishing to see his majesty on i'm.
pOrtant business, repaired to Hobench-
Wangau for the purpose. The King
refused to be seen, upon which Prince
Luitpold, saying his business imper.
atiyely demanded an audience, opened
the door of the Kings study and
walked in. King Louis at once jumped
mp from his chair, ran out through the
opposite door, and locked it behind
him. Prince Luitpold then went bach
to Munich.
The recently completed Severn tun.
mel is one of the greatest engineering
works OF the age. 1t was built by the
Great Western Railroad Company, o.
England, to give direct communica'
'tion between their British line and
South Wales. 1t is unique as work
tof the kind. inasmuch as it passes un.
der an arm of the sea-. The tunnel
Iextends from New Passage to Forts
ikewet, n distance of about two and
one-half miles under the water; its en-.
tire length, exclusive of approaches
being about four and one-half miles
The work has been in progress fol
thirteen years, and the total cost can.
not fall below SIS, ZOO, 600.
A woman with a passion for the hor
irible is the Princess Hohenlohe, wife ol
the new Governor of Alsace-Lorraine
iof whom an authoritative correspond
lent writes: '.She is one of the plaincsl
women in Europe. She is tall, gaunt
has wild blue eye, gray head, ar
unfinished upper lip too short to hide
her central teeth, is naughty. and dress
es in a peculiar manner. For a couple
of seasons she wore a staring dress o
two colors, neither of which is Wher
alone obtrusive-namely; black and
white. One could always see her at 6
long distance. Her passion for blood
and stories of crime urges her to at
tend the Assize Court trials. When
ever some brute is up there for mur
dering woman and cutting her body
in pieces to make away with it the
Princess Hohenlohe is seen in a fore
most place. with her head craning for
ward and her mouth half open. Be
fore the judges take their seats on the
bench the Princess gets an usher te
show her in detail the material evi
dences of the crime, which are ranged
ON table well in view of the jury
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