The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-06-24
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ana trails on Ille ground "neH sle Is
standing. Undoubtedly she possesses
the finest head of hair in the country.
A well-known animal trainer, last
fall. bought a flock of geese and pro-
ceeded to train them in the same man
ner as canary birds. He had them
educated to q point where they were
about ready to introduce to the public,
when the whole flock took sick and
died. He is going TO repeat the expert
ment this summer.
John Muzzy, of Portland, Me, al
though 98 years old, shows no signs of
decrepitude. In talking about piece
of land which he owns he said the other
day: 1.-The lease runs out in five years
and when it expires / am going to
build the handsomest block in Portland
on the lot" He is evidently not afraid
to discount the future.
John Ruskin has never been in SYM
pathy with Modern Progress. Here Is
an exposition of his views from his au-
photography: Il know of nothing that
has been taught the youth of our time
except that their fathers were apes and
their mothers wrinkles; that the world
began in accident and will end in dark
ness; that honor is folly, ambition a
virtue, charity vice, poverty a crime,
and rascality the means of all wealth
and the sum of all wisdom"
. A Washington letter to the Galveston
(Tex.) Nesos says: 'Spooner is not
teetotaler, and has never had much to
say one way or the other about temper
ance; but it is fact that he never
touches drop of liquor of any kind.
Whenever he is questioned about it and
the general subject of temperance he
replies indifferently: i have three
boys that l love. They have never
smelled liquor in my breath, and they
never shall That's the only temper
ance argument that he has ever made. "
Hypochondriacs are generally filling
up the country. Every day we meet
men who are sensible on every subject
except their own ailments. They dread
malaria in the breeze, fear the water is
unwholesome, regard nearly every ar
ticle of diet with suspicion, and view
sunshine and clouds alike with fear.
Such men should 90 to the country and
live in the open air. They can not be
cured while they remain in the neigh
borhood of drug store.-AtlGnta Con-
SiitutiOn.
II 10 uCIlCNCo oNC1 sII,OOO,OoO 10
spent yearly in pilgrimages to Mecca
and Medina. Many of these Mohamme-
dan pilgrims travel immense distances.
Thus nearly 6.C00 of them are from the
Soudan and neighboring parts of Afri-
ca, 1000 are Moors, 1,400 Persians, 16.-
600 Malays and Indians, and some 25,-
600 Turks or Egyptians: These are the
figures for the year 1888, when there
600 v>ilpy.i,,ac 70
these two famous shrines.
The sublimation of the mind-cure
craze in Boston is man named Ben
nett. to whom patients go in and lay
down $40, never more nor less; the
"doctor" pronounces the formula, ''You
are cured" and the patient walks out
again. There is no diagnosis, no treat
ment, nothing but faith; and yet it is
said that Bennett is making a big in
come, $40 bills coming in by the mail,
and requests for consultation by tele-
graph. He calls himself an apostle of
the ''Order OF the Inspirati."
Mrs. Wallace says that " Ben Hur'
occupied all Gen. Wallace's writing
time for seven years. After the van
ishing of the Christ child, to give details
OF battle, love-making. social life, ad-
venture. and over all to float the BAN
ner of the cross, and keep the babe of
Bethlehem in the mind of the reader as
the central figure, was difficult study
Geikies Life of Christ was the refer
ence book, after the bible, in the writ
ing of Ben Hur.' Eighty thousand
copies have been sold, and still the
white camels are coming 1t has been
translated into German and Turkish"
1t is found that where the Chinese
can do so they will ingeniously load
raw silk with foreign substances, rice,
sugar, ETC., to make it weigh heavier.
even when they know the deception
must inevitably be detected and will
loose them good and steady customers
The only way, it is said, to put check
on them is by concerted action among
American manufacturers to shut out
all raw silk which does not come up
to a certain standard. An experienced
manufacturer says that "all considera-
tions are imperative to make the China
man honest in his dealings with the
foreigner.
The southern variety of proof-reader
is described in the Memphis, Tenn.)
-AUdtdncite rs a man who is only pres
ent when he is absent. He is the Ish-
mael of every Office. Every mans
hands are against him. He is the scape-
goat on whose back are laid every
mans sins. In addition, he bears his
own burdens, and these be many. He
acquires feline stealthiness and side
longness of walk, as if he were expect
ing bootjack to turn every corner
He sleeps with his eyes open like a rab-
bit To the public he is a nonentity
when his work is done, and only visible
when some huge blunder obscures him.
Amherst students tried to break up
the performance of theatrical troupe
in that village. They guyed the actors,
threw beans on the stage, blew fish
horns, and yelled in chorus. The man
ager ordered a policeman to arrest a
student. This was attempted. and the
students made a rush to rescue their
fellow. The manager sailed in with
chair and a club. An old negro took Il
hand, yelling, "Pm over sixty years
old, but I'll take care of any four of
you" Several citizens also took part,
and when the fight was over the stu
dents were so badly used up that they
didn't even dare to give genuine ap-
plause.
LHC COIICSb ONGI Lllc Will Vi HllSII-
vus Nicholson, a Baltimore banker,
who died last year, has developed the
fact that the old man was great lover
of cats. He had over "a dozen of his |
own tabbies, and these were permitted |
to invite their friends, so that hosts of |
the feline species We're entertained at |
the bankers nome. He took cats to bed |
with him, and sometimes Il matronly |
cat would provide nest in his comfort !
able feather bed, and there litter of |
kittens would be born and raised. The |
old gentleman always had several cats |
sleeping with him. The servants testi-
fed that at one time he had six Maltese |
cats living in his room; these were the |
favored ones. Six commoner cats were
kept down in the kitchen. He loved |
his cats, and grieved when any died.
in zoo at Hamburg the other day
$4,000 elephant got to be so vicious
that it was thought well to kill him.
An Englishman offered $3.50 for the