The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-05
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Mrs. Oscar Wilde does not like to
listen to her husbands recitations.
There may be times when he does not
care for hers.
Mr.. Surgeons face is said to recall
that of Chester A. Arthur, but is de-
scribed as being broader and not so
Zine as that of the late President
!; Through the courtesy of Mrs. Grant.
General Grants famous old war horse
6'.Claiborne" has been presented to the
Soldiers Home, at Leavenworth, Kan.
E. Berry Wall, who has been attend
ing the races at Washington, is dis
gusted with the Capital because they
carry umbrellas when it rains instead
of wearing Mackin:oshes.
A New York Eueniag Post cablegram !
from London, says: Buffalo Bill is |
willing to sell out his Wild West show |
for f130,000. He has been offered
$4,000 and refused"
Joseph Fuller, seaman U. S. N, liv-
ing at Newburyport, Mass, has been
granted pension for total blindness |
from Oct. q, 1858. The first.payment
amounts to the fat sum of $l3.0S5.
The senior class at AmhersT had a
composite photograph taken. The
seniors are not taken with the photo
graph, however, as it bears a striking
resemblance to Charles GuiJeau, of
hated memory.
Now that DIR. William Perry and w.
r. Sever are dead, DIR. William God
dard, of Charlestown, Mass, is the
Oldest living graduate of Harvard Col
lege He was born in 1896, graduated
in 1915, and is the only living member
of his class.
A man lost two $50 bills in a Boston
banking house recently. A few days
ago the cashier of the house received
the bills in letter. in which the writer
said that he meant TO keep them. but
mis- conscience troubled him SO much
that he had to return them.
Two wears ago Alexander Hansen.
of Chicago, offered his sweetheart 81 900
in cash if she would marry him. She
accepted the offer, but he has since re-
fused to pay either the money or the
interest on it, and she has brought suit
against him for 81. 500 damages.
An execution of horribly cruel ma
ture is reported from Chinkiaag. China.
a prisoner was beaten upon the feet
at the order of the district magistrate
until both ankles were broken and WAS
then forced to stand on tip-toe in a
cage until he fell dead upon the floor.
Mrs. Nancy Honaker, of Floyd coun-
ty, Kentucky, is the owner of mule
which has been resident of that state
over sixty years, and she knows not
how much longer The animal served
through the war and was in some hot
battles. He is still capable of good
service.
A Boston man offers his pet monkey
for sale. He put up with the tricks
of the cunning brute for long time,
but when the monkey took possession
of the kitchen and began throwing
Knives, forks, dishes, and baked beans
at his owner, the latter concluded it
Mas time they should part company,
The public bootblacking trade of
New York has apparently yielded to
the Italian. Italians are the most in
dustrious and most capable of the
humble votaries of the trade. They
all have the same knack of imDarting
a brilliant polish, aud their bootblack-
ing stands are resplendent with pol
ished brass and red paint.
Rev. N. j. Burton. who died not
long ago in Hartford, Conn, might
have been man of great reputation
if he had had little more ambition.
He looked like Daniel Webster; was a
remarkable orator. with a rare COM
mand of language. and might have
commanded large audiences. But he
liked Hartford and disliked change and
so was little known.
The Argentine Republic has voted
1000, 900 francs to cover expenses of
representatives at the great exposition
in Paris in 1889. Another sign of TIE
times in South America is the compe-
tition, open to the world, for a Parlia-
ment building in Buenos Ayres to cost
at least $8.000,000. Details are sfurn-
ished by the official representatives of
the Republic in various countries.
just before he died, and when toe
weak to sign his name, Governor Bart
aett, of California, told his brother that
he had promised mother whose son
was in prison for forgery. that he would
pardon him after he had served three
years. 4sTell Waterman (the Lieuten-
ant Governor) after | am dead" he
said. This was done, and Governor
Waterman has just announced the par
don.
One of the latest attempts to harness
the forces of nature for the service OF
man is the adaptation of windmill
dor the turning of a dynamo, the cleo
tricity thus obtained being stored in
suitable batteries and afterward used
IN lighting beacons for the benefit of
the maritime interests. There is sta
tion of this kind near the mouth of the
Seine, and considerable success has
been obtained.
Frank M. Taylor, the superintendent
OF the great ocean pier at Long Branch.
carries unique umbrella. The han.
die Is topped with hammered gold from
a so piece found on the beach last win
ter. The stick was cut from one of
the leaves of an ebony table which
came over with the Puritans in the
Mayfiower. The ribs are covered with
silk taken from the dress worn by a
lady at the time she was pulled from
before an engine in time to save her
lie. The case, or cover, is made from |
cloth from the catafalque in the funer- |
al car of President Garfield.
A New York girl writes to the New |
York World in defense of shOp-girls. |
She says: ''Into every good shop in
the neighborhood of Twenty-third |
street went. and asked anywhere |
'from one to 500 questions. Everything
u saw | asked about, and about a good |
m1any things | did not see. OF every
conceivable thing sold by the yard I
Begged samples. How much is thisp
rs cents did you sayP That's good
deal, is it notP Will it washP Haven't
you any finer? Do you expect to have
anyp Win it be the same color? These
aren't the new shades, are they? and
so on, and at the end the old familiar
will you give me sample, please, of
these fourP' This was the test: Seven
hours of solid interrogation points.
The result was not one single, solitary,
impertinent answer"
Says the New York San: James l.
forward, driving six mules. hitched to
a big load of lumber, down steep hill
near Fresno, CAL, jumped from his
load to keep it from tipping over, and
broke his leg in the jump. He fell di-