The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-06-13
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A Pineville, Ga, man has a duck
which he claims was hatched from q
hens egg.
George Washington still lives. His
name is found twelve times in the New
York city directory.
Cuban iron ores are being doomed
by party of Americans who have
been prospecting there.
The gilded youth of Fresno. CAL,
have organized tally-ho club and or
dered four complete outfits from Lon
don.
Three systems of elevators two
French and one eAmerican-will be used
in the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Expo
sition.
Apopular st. Louis girl recently re-
ceived during temporary illness
candy.
1t is said that during a series of
fwenty-one years there has been only
one drought extending over .he whole
of Kansas.
Hannah Battersby. the fat woman,
was advertised as weighing 300 pounds.
She was weighed after her death and
the exact figures were 343 pounds.
The first thing George Sheldon. of
Indiana, did when he got Il legacy of
$4,000 was to buy $4,000 worth of
diamonds and thousand dollar team.
A Lawrenceville, Ca, cyclone car
ried part of q fence twenty feet and
set it down again just as it had stood,
every rail from the ground up in its
place.
In Pelham, Ga, spelling bee q
minister failed on "bailiff,' an amateur
florist couldn't spell bouquet" and a
high school professor went wrong on
.'frankincense."
A Port Allegheny, Pa, man who
by jolt of the train, exclaimed in an
unconscious way, '.Don't-don't-Tll
get up and start the fire."
A man at Springfield, Mass. who
does not believe in the efficacy of
prayer offers $1,000 to any church
congregation who will lpray for given
thing and have it come to pass.
A Leary, Ga, man wondered why
his fine COW suddenly ceased giving
milk, until one day the milkmaid
found the cow lying down while a pig
was industriously helping itself.
Pittsburg used to have 720 saloons
and an average of IA arrests per day
for drunkenness. Now she has 9S sa-
looms and does not average drunks
per day. Misdemeanors of all sorts
have decreased one-half.
A student of the theatre notices the
negro is not such popular character
on the stage as formerly, while the
Irishman is continually source of
pleasure. His wit and humor will
never cease to enliven the stage.
Belva Lockwood says: 1--WE will in
augurate woman as President twen-
ty-ive years hence" 1t must be a
ahat she will then have passed the
aimit of availability in point of age.
Gen. Francis E. Spinner: s.But such
is history. / have seen much of it
made, and have seen how it is re-
corded. I said to Gen. Logan one
day: General, nearly all history is
1ie.' He answered: Yes, all but nov
els"
A Pasadena, Cal, woman who was
deserted by her husband fifteen years
ago has found him in the person of
millionaire named Getchell. She
claims that his real name is Muir
head. Mr.. Getchell is a high roller
and very gay.
Dennis A. Volozan, a Frenchman,
painted portrait of Washington in
1901 which is still in the State House
at Dover, Del. 1t was hung in 1902,
and for eighty-seyen years has been
untouched except once, when it was
brushed up by Jacob Eicholtz.
The advance agent of dramatic
company made insulting remarks to "a
Tacoma, w. L. woman. In the eve.
hotel pulled him out of bed, marched
him into his wifes presence and made
him kneel and beg her pardon.
Ten years ago the superintendent OF
an Iowa railroad booted tramp out
of his office for having the cheek to
ask for pass. To-day that tramp is
the superintendent of that same road,
while the man who lifted him on his
boot keeps restaurant and sends him
over lunches.
Some tricky youngsters in Belfast,
Me-, put one of their number in the
bottom Of bag covered him with old
iron, rags, ETC., dragged the whole in
to shop, had the bag weighed and
were just settling with the man of the
shop when the hidden boy sneezed and
spoiled the trade.
The bones of mastodon were un-
earthed on the farm of G. G. Tremble,
near Windfall, Ind. One of the teeth
was seven inches long and six inches
in diameter, and tusk of the mon
strous animal measured nine feet.
When the air struck the bones they
crumbled to pieces, and but few OF
them were saved.
The Rev. DIR. Edward Beecher, who,
in his 80th year, is rapidly recovering
from the amputation of one of his
legs, say that in his opinion the vitali-
ty and endurance which he possesses
are due entirely to the care he has
taken of his health. He never used
tobacco nor drank ardent spirits in
any form, and from boyhood has not
permitted day to pass without in
dulging in some form of exercise.
Mrs. Isabella B. Barrows of Boston
recently accomplished one of the most
remarkable feats in modern Journal
ism. She wrote verbatim report of
a speech made in German by Carl
Schurz, which she turned into English
while her pen was flying across her pa
per in stenographic characters. To
write stenographically and translate
from German to English Simultaneous
ly was remarkable piece of short
hand reporting.
There is a young married lady in
EFberton, Ga, who is snake charm
er. She has no fear of these reptiles,
and will capture with her hands any
snake that she finds in the woods, and
has tanned several of them for pets.
Once she captured large snake that
seized her hand. This lady did not
experience any trouble from its fangs
and continued her sport of capturing
them. She seems to have strange
power over reptiles, and it is seldom
they offer any resistance.