The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-11-01
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en- than men applied for divorce and
judicial separation.
The wife of well-known Vienna
banker lately displayed forty toilets In
twenty-one days at Carlsbad.
gagged on new comedy, in which he
win satirize the journalistic world.
Lord Cranbrook. in goOd-humored
note, eontradicts the statement that he
prides himself on never having read
novel.
Cola dollars are used for bangles
and trinkets to such an extent that they
have become scarce and command
premium of 25 cents.
The late Richard A. Proctor began
Euclid at the age of II years, and his
whole future course is said to have
been greatly influenced by it.
Wilkie Collins has row of pigeon
holes attached to his desk, and in each
he keeps IL story. One is IL love-story,
another humorous, another mysterious,
etc., and he works on each according
TO his mood.
A Port Huron. Mich, undertaken has
had large tent made. Whenever he
has a funeral on rainy day he will
place the tent over the grave so that
the service may be held with but little
inconvenience.
Queen Kapiolani'S gold watch, pres
ented her by his Majesty, the King of
Hawaii, was recently stolen by an
adroit native thief. When recovered
the outer case, bearing the inscription
of presentation. was missing.
The latest thing in barometers has
three little landscapes representing a
stormy, fair and variable sky. The
rise or fall of the mercury causes a
thin mica plate to cover orreveai these
pictures, in accordance with the indica-
tions.
The yearly report of failure of the
Labrador fisheries and starvation of
the coast population has come to hand.
Pitifuf stories are told of the condi-
ton of the unfortunate fishermen.
They should be removed from such q
country.
A beetle as large as sparrow has
been received by the State Entomoleg-
ist of New York 1t came from Gem
trail America. He has another curiosi-
ty that resembles two green leaves at
t1CtlcO w al tWIf IL 10 NdiICo S'uISi
cricket, and was produced in Texas.
When Bismarck is staying ut Kis-
sengen he goes regularly three times to
be weighed. and, as the young girl i'll
charge of the weighing machine says,
.'makes himself very agreeable and
talks most friendly to me-" At his last
visit he weighed Is stone and 3pounds.
The important information that the
prince of Wales and the car of Russia
are no mean performers on the banjo
is communicated to gasping world.
The prince, it is added, can, after re-
turning from opera or opera bouffe,
pick out the tunes ON the banjo with
remarkable facility.
The s'silent Won Moltke" isn't at all
silent at home. He is, on the contrary,
charming, lively, and amiable COM
panion. He is very fond of the wife OF
his nephew, who presides over his
household, and her children. He loves
whist and roses, and of these flowers
cultivates great variety.
Prince Eugene, youngest son of the
king of Sweden, is studying art in
Paris. The painter Gervex is his most
intimate friend. Eugene is good
deal of a democrat, and has been nick
named the .'Red Prince" 1t is to be
hoped that this is not because he is in
the habit of painting Paris red.
At Marseilles. France, man who
fancied his wife would look we'll in
ostrich feathers entered railroad
truck wherein We're several birds Just
arrived from Algeria en- route to Paris.
The poor fellow selected Il fine speci-
faa sf
out when the ostrich kicked and killed
him on the spot.
Charles Dudley Warner begins to
show the effects of the hard work he
has done as a literary man. His hair,
beard, and moustache are very gray,
anu give him an older look than his
years warrant He is in good health,
however, and his firm step shows that
his sedentary habits, though they have
whitened his hair, have not weakened
his body.
Patrick Houlihan's bulldog was set
to worry rat on First avenue, New
York, but instead of attending to legit-
Innate business he construed some en-
icouraging signs made by the bystand-
ers, and chewed at three men, among
them its owner, and another dog. 1t
took thirteen bullets from a police
mans revolver. many hard blows from
night stick and finally heavy show
el to kill it.
The whipping post for wife-beaters
still exists in Delaware and the Detroit
Free Press thinks that it is fortunate
for some of the citizens of Michigan
that it does not exist in that state. A
citizen of Lansing, for instance, is re=
ported as horsewhipping his wife
publicly on the street. The public is
said to have paid little attention TO the
spectacle for some time until one citi-
zen thought it had gone far enough
and compelled the husband to desist.
There is Congressional boot
black" and his name is Dan Appleton,
aged ten. He managed to make his
way from st. Paul to Washington, and,
going up to the mouse. asked for Con-
gresham Nelson. The Congressman
came out and the boy said: | am Dan
Appleton, a abootblack from Minnesota,
and l want you to give me the priv
liege of backing Congressmen's boots
in this building" Nelson took the
boy to Architect Clark, who gave him
the privilege, and the lad is making
money,
A few years ago well-dressed, fine
looking stranger called on Professor
Packard, of Bowdoin College, and
asked permission to look over the col
lege buildings. The Professor court
eously showed him all about the insti-
tuition, and when the stranger went
away he left his card, on which was
the name Henry Winkley. A short
time afterward the college received
Mr.. Winkley's check for $4,000 with
which to found a professorship of Latin,
and now upon his death the college re-
ceives $4,000 more.
A Cincinnati barber and lady
school teacher were in love, but the
latter's friends objected to the intim-
acy. One night last week the barber
had customer half shaved when the
lady love appeared at the door. He
excused himself to his customer, saw
ing he would return in moment. On
the sidewalk Bertha told Joe she was
ready and wanted to be married ut
once. Joe was only too glad of the