The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-07
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complete her late husbands biography
before sailing for Europe.
A guide much patronized by Ameri
can tourists in Amsterdam, Holland ,
bears the name of Vanderbilt.
Miss Rebekah E. Roberts is the
second woman lawyer who has been
admitted to the bar in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Catherine Smiley. of Salt Greek
: township, Muskingum County Ohio, is
hale and hearty at the age of one hun
dred and two.
Two centenarians living in the neigh
borhood of Alton, England, have been
great smokers and moderate drinkers
all their lives.
A Fremont, Mich, man owns a hen
which lays at night proceeding which
he claims is as phenomenal as though
she ate hay like horse.
In China, when the rain is too abun-
dant, the officials set the images of the
native gods out in the rain to induce
them to stop the down-pour.
A dramatic representation of the ad-
ventures of Stanley is being prepared
for one of the English theaters, which
will present it in grand style.
Aunt Mary Flareity, of Jonesboro,
Me-, aged ninety-one, has solved the
have help and does her own work.
How are the mighty fallenl A heroic
size figure of the British lion is to be
used to ornament the grave of a patent
medicine man in Yankee graveyard.
J. A. Howells, recently appointed
Postmaster at Jefferson, Ohio, is a
brother of William d. Howells, the
novelist. They are now both men of
letters.
'Who will punish you if you tell a
lie?n asked London police magistrate
of small child the other day. NO
body" answered the little girl, con-
fdently.
1t is said that the Empress Augusta
left very full and carefully written
memoirs, in which clear account is
given of her differences with Prince
Bismarck.
In Denmark most of the girls are
trained in agriculture, which is there
an important industry. The owners of
farms receive pupils, who undergo a
regular training.
Eight varieties of leprosy are recog-
nized in China, and the disease is re-
garded as contagious, infectious and
hereditary, but is said to disappear in
four generations.
Jules Ferry has returned to Paris
from the south of France very much
changed for the worse. His whiskers
are snow-white, and his face is marked
by lines of age and care.
One of the most beautiful women in
Paris the marquise de Galliffet, is suf-
fering from a peculiar form of insanity.
She goes into convulsions whenever she
sees her face in a mirror.
In Philadelphia cemetery there is
planted the lower limb of a prominent
Grand Army man, who visits the place
on each holiday to decorate the resting
place of his deceased member.
Count Wilhelm Bismarck, the second
son of the Prince is pre-eminently the
favorite of his father. He is man of
ability, and holds the position of
Governor of the Province of Hanover.
Christopher Columbus lives at Egg
Harbor City, N. J. He recently testi-
fled there in murder case. Christie
pher said that death, in his opinion, was
not too great a punishment for an ex-
travagant wife.
Ex-Minister Foster says that the for
eign debt of Mexico now aggregates
1920, 900. He estimates the amount
of American capital invested in Mexican
railways, mining, and other enterprises
at 800, 900, 900.
A practical joker at Slatington, Pa,
circulated the report that young man
of the place contemplating matrimony
wanted piano, and his life was made
miserable by piano agents,who swarmed
from all directions.
The whole cost of the great Forth
bridge is estimated at $10,O00,O0O 1t
has been calculated that the chief
struts of the bridge would stand a
thrust of more than forty-eight thousand
tons before showing signs of giving
way.
1t is said that in the depths of Africa
the natives still retain the memory of
Sir Samuel Baker, and especially of his
wife, who travelled there with him MANY
years ago. They call him, it is said,
..Longbeard, and his wife Morning
Star"
Chief Bushyhead of the Cherokee
Nation offers an original suggestion for
the solution of the race problem. He
would send all the blacks to Africa and
all the whites to Europe. Then all
the land would naturally revert to the
redskins, the original owners of the
country.
The Viscountess Kingsland, who re-
Gently died in London at an advanced
age. led sad life. She was the widow
of the last Viscount Kingsland, who
died more than fifty years ago. Through
the dishonesty of a trustee the Wis
countess was reduced to extreme power
ty and was forced to earn her living
with her needle.
Seth G. Maker of Seattle claims to
have beaten the worlds record on
typewriter, writing 125 words in one
minute, or 396 letters and seven pune
tuation marks, without mistake
The fastest record heretofore was made
by boy in Chicago, who wrote 121
words or 3S4 letters in minute. Mr.
Maker has written over ], 900 words in
ten minutes several times.
Carl Schurz does not appear to
change particle in appearance and
can be recognized as easily today by
the cartoons Tom Mast drew of him in
1876 as he could then. Mr. Schurz is
not handsome man either in figure
or face. He is lean and cadaverous,
with red whiskers and sharp nose
that is habitually elevated in the air
as if catching an unpleasant odor.
A convict for theft, after thirty-two
years of service in the galleys at Genoa,
was liberated recently, at the age of 81.
A local paper commented ON his liberia
ton, and said that his fine personal APP
pearance warranted the suspicion that
he possessed strength enough to 90
through with many more years of pun
ishment, whereupon the ex-convict
wrote letter to the editor threatening
him with lawsuit for slander.
Miss Marlowe, who has jumped so
suddenly into success in New York, is
a great friend of the Ingersoll family. /
Colonel Bob is her enthusiastic admirer,
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