The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-09-09
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Albany, N. Y, is the oldest town in
the old thirteen colonies.
The use of the 1-cent piece is becom-
Ding general in San Francisco.
The invention of an automatic index
cutting machine is reported from Lon
don.
There are 233 towns in the United
States in which horse street railways
are used.
Moonfish are the latest craze. They
are said by epicures to be equal to
.sheepshead.
Wilkic Collins is holding back his
,new novel till autumn. His pen is now
plotting Christmas tale.
4 Shillaiahs, they say, are never seen in
the hands of Irishmen in Ireland now.
1t is the tourist who swings the stick.
There is Dakota statute (Which inn
poses fine on the farmer WHO does not
destroy the Canada thistle, cookie,
and other noxious weeds on his prem
ises.
Miss Genevieve Green is the only
local reporter of the COlusa (Cal-) Sun.
The young woman is described as sharp
and fearless, and mot afraid to go
alone anywhere.
Stealing cattle is such a profitable
business in Texas that one man, who
started with only two COWS and
branding iron twenty years ago, is now
worth 100000.
!. The blood orange is produced by
grating an orange scion into pome
:granate, and at the end of two years
again grating scion from this growth
back into an orange tree.
Attention is called to two races of
men which must soon become extinct
the Maoris, of New Zealand, now re-
duced to less than $4,000, and the Lap
landers, who number so, 600.
Three carrier pigeons were released
in indianapolis lately, and one of them
arrived in its loft in New Albany, ia
miles distant, ten minutes ahead of
telegram sent thither from Indianapolis
Immediately after the bird was iber-
ated.
Signor Bombicci supposes the detona-
ton of meteors to be that of an eXplo-
siye gas formed during the surface
heating of the mass in the atmosphere,
and accumulating chiefly in the Vacu-
GUS space left behind the mass in its
very swift flight.
Luminous paper. one of the most
striking recent inventions. is made of
pulp, forty parts, phOsphorescent pow
der Consisting of sulphates of lime.
barium and strontium) ten parts. gela-
tine aud bichromato of potash one part
each. and water ten parts
The Massachusetts railroad commits
sioners, who have been investigating
collision between a passenger train and
freight train, find that the engineer
and conductor of the freight train had
worked from 10 Il. III. on Friday until
Saturday evening. when the collision
occurred.
In New York scarlet label lettered
in white must be put upon bottles con-
tanning preparations in which there are
more than two grains of opium or NOR
phine to the ounce. The name and
residence of the person for whom the
compound is prepared must be placed
upon the label.
John Barkley, of New London, Mo-,
saw an old fox and litter of cubs in
the road, and captured one of the little
ones. When he started toward his
wagon with it the mother fox grabbed
his trousers. and hung on until kicked
loose, and afterward she followed the
wagon for some distance.
Says the London World, lit is a
pity that Prince Albert Victor lthe
Prince of Wales oldest sony does not
indulge in a few lessons in department
and dancing. His partners complain
terribly of torn gowns and trodden toes.
and in Ireland his reputation for gener-
al clumsiness is supreme"
A lot of young Baltimoreans wore the
''chestnut protector gong" at recent
performance of the ''Mikado," and the
puns and gags that were interpolated
were met with Il steady ringing of the
little bells. The effect was excellent, and
the next night the players stuck to the
text of the opera more closely. The
chestnut gong seems to be blessing IN
disguise.
A Massachusetts newspaper tells the
old story of Isaiah Thomas who used to
make almanacs. When he was pre-
paring the one for 1880 one of his boys
asked him what he should put opposite
the 18th of July" Mr.. Thomas being
,engaged. replied: Anything. any
thing. The boy. thus ordered. returned
to the office and set Rain, hail, and
,enow" The country was all amaze
ment when the day arrived, for it actu-
ally rained, hailed, and showed vio-
1enuy.
The bad little boy of Rome, N. Y,
has invented a machine for soaring
fimid persons that he says "knoeks the
window tick-tack silly" When night
has come and everything is shrouded in
GLOON, he quietly inserts the hook OF q
!cOmmon shOe-buttOner under the clap
board of neighbours house, ties q
strong cord to the handle of the button
er, and then, drawing the strihg tight,
;rubs it with piece of rosin. The hor-
,Tible rumbling and shaking and groan-
ing that follow scare the inmates of the
house and delight the bad boy.
The cosmopolitan character of Bonn
bay is indicated by missionary letter:
Last week Il Greenlander called, seek
ing work. Two days after IL man from
Australia wrote ME asking favor A
few weeks ago West Indian came to
attend to repairs on my house Last
Sunday night preached to Il congrega-
tion in which sat side by side, Rus
sian from the Baltic, and an Armenian
from the foot of Mount Ararat. Among
my parishioners is an Abyssnian,
Turks from the Dardanelles, Greeks
from the Adriatic. Seedee boys from
Zanzibar. Norwegians and South Afri-
cans live. do business and die i'm this
human hive"
A letter in the Buffalo Courier SAYS:
81 have just returned from Folsomdale,
where visited the late Colonel's manor
house, and want 10 tell you that all
the beauty did not leave it when the
president married Frances and took her
to the white mouse. My son, YOU should
see the ravishing vision of nll that is
lovely that fairly took my breath away
1t is Mrs. Cleveland's cousin. daughter
of John Folsom. and she is marvel of
all that is rare in enchantIngly beauti-
full wOmanhood. can smut my eyes
and see her rs dream of ali that is
radiant. When she makes her appear
ance at Washington foreign diplomats
will indeed have something to rave
about"
The ReUue ScienHfgue announces
the discovery of beetle. christened
CetOnia durdtd, which is to render un-
necessary all the knowledge gained by
Pasteur concerning the treatment of
rabies. A Russian naturalist, Alexander