The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-03-21
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and industry has appointed commit
tee to organize an International con-
gress of popular tradition.
A carload of Holsters from the East
were planted partly at the mouth OF
Columbia River q few days ago and
the rest at Port Townsend, w. T.
It is reported that large number
of cruciform tablets in the Hittite lam
guage have been received at Berlin,
and that the problem of the Hittite in
scription has at last been solved.
A colored woman at Still Pond, Md,
who claims to be one hundred and six
years old, is in full. possession of her
faculties, tills her garden every year
and daily engages in active employ
ment.
A Nova Scotia paper states that
Joseph Palmer, who lives at River
John, Pictua, will be one hundred and
eight years old if he lives till next
May. He is an Englishman by birth.
His faculties are well preserved.
A Russian officer who made a tour
of observation through India, concludes
that English rule there is ''far from
tottering to its fall. 1t has struck out
so many deep roots that to disturb it
WOui0 De no easy tdsk'
The owner of patent medicine
which is declared to be remedy for
all the ellis that flesh is heir to" is
woman in Brooklyn, n. Y.,who is such
an invalid that she has not been out
of her room for twenty-three years.
The greatest emigration society at
present is the Argentine Republic. 1t
will spend this year S.. 900, 900 to bring
immigrants from the north of Euprope
alone. Ships from England. Holland
and France are taking them over in
thousands.
Bismarck's famous dog, which died
recently at the age of thirteen, was an
unusually large slate-colored Danish
boar hound called Tyras. Bismarck
got his first Danish hound when he
was seventeen, and has had one ever
since.
The average weekly earnings of
working-women are found to be larger
in western cities, according to Colo
mel Carroll D. Wright's report. San
Francisco leads with an average of
$69l week; of all cities the average
is 1924. 1t may be seen that Boston
pays sum slightly above the average,
5.64.
Victoria's will was made in 1876, en-
crossed on vellum, and is now great
bound volume fastened with lock,
with several blank pages left for CO.
dicils. The last was made recently
and distributed the jubilee gifts. Some
are left to the state, and the others are
distributed among the members of the
royal family.
In Michigan University s'a larger
n
taking by choice the tull classical
course" President Angel reports.
Men are becoming scientific rather
than classical, on account of the new
openings in scientific professions. while
women study Greek and Latin, to meet
the requirements of teachers.
Arrangements for hoisting people to
the top of Eii1elS tower, are to consist
of two lifts to carry fifty to one hum
dred person each to the first platform.
Two others will ascend from the
ground floor TO the second platform,
112 meters high, in a minute. They
will stop at the first platform to take
up or leave passengers. The complete
ascent will take four minutes, and it
will be possible to take to the top $50
visitors an hour.
ton against the manner in which the
waltz is overwhelming and suppressing
all other dances. round and square. A
spokesman in behalf of the men says
that they are too busy and untaught to
carry the figures of the square dances
1n their heads sufficiently to give them
requisite assurance, and hence with
fhem it is the waltz the best of the
round dances-or nothing. 1t is sug-
gested that some new quadrilateral
should be invented of easier move
ments.
Captain L. C. Owen, of Vineyard
Haven, Mass, has prepared and pre-
scented to the committee on commerce
in Washington a chart of the Arctic
Ocean. showing the location of the loss
of every whaler that has been wrecked
In that ocean. There have been sew
enty-six such losses, and iifty-eight
of them were near Point Barrow. The
chart was prepared 1T the request of
the New Bedford Board of Trade and
of certain San Francisco firms, mainly
as an argument in favor of establish
ing house of refuge at Point Barrow.
Says the New York Medical journal:
'1n an experimental observation of
fhirty-eight books of ali classes of So
ciety and of average health who had
been using tobacco for periods rang
ing from two months to two years,
twenty-seven showed severe injury to
the constitution and insufficient growth
thirty-two showed the existence of
irregularity of the hearts action, dis
ordered stomachs, coughs, and crav-
ing for alcohol; thirteen had intermit-
tency of the pulse and one had con-
sumption. After they had abandoned
the use of tobacco within six months
one-half were free from all their former
symptoms, and the remainder had re-
covered by the end of the year,
Ii Hung Chang is reported as say
ing: Before half century has passed
China will be covered with railways as
with net. Its immense mineral re-
sources will be developed. 1t will have
rolling mills and furnaces in many
parts of the country. and it is not i'm
possible that it may do the manufac-
turing for the world" The viceroy is
exceedingly sanguine, but there is no
Immediate reason for American and
European manufacturers being fright
ened at the prospect of the competition
of the Flowery Kingdom. A place
once lost is rarely recovered. The
Chinese were once the leaders of the
world, and fell behind in the race. 1t
is not likely that they will again take
the lead. Turkey was once in ad-
vance of Europe.
A scheme has appeared in Bucharest
to found union of the Balkan States,
including Greece, Roumania. Servia,
Bulgaria and Montenegro. The Fed
eral States are never to go to war with
one another. When any of them quar-
rel the subject of difference is to be
submitted to council of representa-
tives of all the five allies, under the
presidency of Greece, as being the old
est independent Christian orthodox
state among them. There is to be no
appeal against the decisions of this
council. The members of the union
are not to attack any Christian power,
though it looks as if they were to be
at liberty to attack Turkey. In case
any of them are obliged to defend
themselves the cooperation of all is