The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-10
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have decided to open showroom
near the Kitano Temple, where "no
article will be admitted that is less
than 1000 years old"
The pear and apricot yield at Orange,
CAL, was so great that a rancher used
GOO feet of lumber to prop the trees on
two and one-half acre lot, and even
then they broke down.
Mr.. Bryan. once department clerk
in Washington. organized the post
office system of Japan. Since his re-
turn from that country he has been in
receipt of 100000 year.
There are so many green" hunters
in Northern Michigan that the land
lockers and lumbermen are coming
out of the woods. They can't stand it
to be so often mistaken for bears, deer,
etc.
Mrs. Carrie B. Kilgore is the only
woman lawyer in Philadelphia. She
has an enviable reputation at the bar,
and there is not Judge in the city
who does not respect her for her legal
ability.
A sparrow with white wings leads
flock of 100 of the brown nuisances at
Rondout. N. Y. 1t is treated with
great Difference by its companions
who follow all its movements at a re-
spectful distance.
One of the lucky spectators who
have made fortunes in Washington
real estate is General E. F. Beale, who
was Minister to Austria under General
Grant He owns at least $1,000. 900
worth of property in the capital city.
The Chinese are making such large
demands upon soap that in time they
may rank among the clean nations.
The importation of foreign soap has
increased 133 per cent in five years and
$50 per cent more is wanted now than
was sought after ten years ago.
The first man to use toboggan in
this country, Arthur j. Torkyns, of
Auburn, n Y, has just made great
improvement on the ordinary chute.
He has changed the angle so as to in
creased the speed. This item is not
especially timely, but it is interesting.
The value of old boots does not con-
sist wholly in their ease. The leather
has Il distinct commercial value, anu,
what is perhaps not so well known. the
nails nloae pay for the OLD shoes. BY
means nf magnets the iron nails and
Jacks aud brads are separated and sold.
The Atlanta Constitution tells of a
loVe-srk spider. He seems To be enanI-
Gr.d of some married woman, and
spends his time working her name into
his web. About fifty people have call
ed to watch him. At last accounts he
had completed the letters Mrs. w. w.
w. V.
If this were not written by woman
it would, no doubt. be regarded as
lfbelouS:
A worrying woman you never can please,
She's always unhappy and never at ease;
And with nothing 10 veS her, she'll worry, no
Because she has nothing to worry about.
A cooking school lecturer has brave
1y attacked the custom Jfthe multiply
ing of little dishes upon the table. She
says that the greatest need of the
American table is not variety, but va
riation; variety in food does not neces-
sarily preclude a certain amount of
routine.
Gen. Schofield, successor of Gen.
Sheridan at the head of the army of
the United States. will be obliged to
live in Washington boarding-house
because his salary of 81, 800 a year is
not sufficient to enable him to set up
such an establishment as his position
demands.
A unique milk cure is established in
Normandy. The cows, being made to
drink ferruginOus water, give medicat-
ed milk which nourishes and strength
ems the system at the same time. Milk
in France has become the panacea OF
all diseases, perpetuating youth and
regenerating age.
There are only three salamanders in
this country, but even three have been
large enough number to prove the
falsity of tine old belief, that salamand-
ers live in the fire. they like to be
where it is warm, but they cannot live
in the fire. Their diet consists of
worms and jelly fish.
One of the medals awarded by the
Massachusetts Humane Society bore
the inscription, .'To Harold NOVEL;,
four years old, and was given to the
little fellow, as another inscription
said, sin recognition of his remarkable
presence of mind and courage in saw
ing from drowning Cora Robbins on
Dec. 16, 1887"
William c. Eudicott, secretary of
war and descendant of a Mayfiower
family, has just signitied his approval
of novel weapon for the members of
the hospital corps. lis Il cross between
a short sword and bowie-knife The
knife is not for use as an offensive
weapon, but is for employment in case
of emergencies.
There recently died at Flint, Mich,
q man who had made careful prepara-
ton that nothing should be said at his
funeral that would not meet with his
own approval. He had written his
own funeral sermon, the hymns to be
sung at his funeral, the words of con-
ISOLATION to his friends and the epitaph
for his tombstone.
A rather inconvenient disability
which affects well-known naturalist
is color blindness. 1t is difficult for
him to distinguish insects from leaves,
yet he keeps up his pursuit with en-
thusiasm. 'Is that a butterfly?" he
asks OF friend as a great red and
brown creature settles on q green leaf
eft looks like leaf to me-"
There young woman in Athens,
Ga, who. unlike most well-favored
and right-minded young women, OBJ
jects to being looked at. She had a
negro arrested the other day for look
ang into the window as he was walk
1ng by the house, and she followed
that up by writing to a prominent
young man of the town, threatening
him also with arrest if he didn't quit
looking at her when he met her on the
street.
A Michigan farmer, after losing three
shoats. moored large boar to the hog
pen to grapple with the bear that was
fasting on his stock. The boar pos
sessed long tusks, and pounced upon
bruin the moment he appeared. The
bear attempted to hug his enemy, but
the poker was too cute, and, after a
hard fight, ripped the intruder open
with his tusks. The farmer then came
up with lantern and Drained the de-
predator with an AK
An amiable young female peda-
gogue residing in the Mohawk Valley
prides herself on the close relations Of