Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-08-21

laub, OF Bremen, VINO Is preparing
Emins geological collections, says: II /
return in safety I will not tempt God
BY further explorations Idesire that
ny collections shall be as rich and
raried as possible"
THEY have Q curious custom at the
burial of unmarried women in Brazil.
The coffin, hearse and the livery OF the
driver must be bright scarlet, the four
white horses drawing the hearse must
be covered with scarlet nets, and scar
let plumes must deck the horses
heads.
The presiding officer of the House
of Representatives is called "the
Speaker" because the English did so in
giving title to the head Of the House
Of Commons, and they chose that name
because that officer is the spokesman
Of the House when addressing the
sovereign.
THE train which went through Range
Creek bridge, near Collinsville, Texas,
recently, was loaded with beer and
liquors. The natives from the sur
rounding country were not long in
learning how much liquor was going to
waste and in few hours nearly the
whole township was druk.
AUGUST ScHATz, Of Oswego, tried to
figure the height of 1OO,OOO,0O0 silver
dollars if placed one on top Of the
other, and because he could not get it
within q foot or two he jumped off o
wharf with suicidal intent. Although
August never had pile foot high he
wanted to be exact about other peoples
money.
A WONDERFUL poplar tree was recent
ly cut in Logan County, Virginia. The
log measures 81 feet long, is 63 inches
in diameter, cubes 1880 feet, or 81, 1876
feet board measure. It will be run out
on the first water that will carry log
Of such dimensions. 1t is probably the
biggest log ever cut and sent to saw
mill in one piece.
Mrs. WINNIE MITCHELL, living near
Rochelle, Ga, has hide-coyered, hair
less trunk, which dates back $50 years.
That it is bald-headed is no wonder,
for it is handed down through seven
generations. IL was brought from Eu-
rope long before the revolution, full Of
British gold, and was used by Mrs.
Mitchell's grandfather while in service
under General Washington.
In some places washerwomen have
found their legitimate occupations al
most gone through the introduction Of
machinery. A great part of the city
Of Troy is devoted to the manufacture of
engines, whizzers, starchers and other
machines Of the steam laundry. The
most interesting machine is the whiz-
zer, which dries clothes in one thous-
and revolutions minute.
DowN in Raleigh the other day q col
ored man who had done some work for
the city called at the collectors office
for his pay. His certificate was o. I'd,
and the auditor called to his clerk to
issue warrant for the colored man,
meaning, Of course, for the amount
due, when, with his eyes bulged ont,
exclaimed: aFor de Lords sake, boss,
don't get no warrant for me, I 'clar ter
gracious, / amt done nothin'."
THE great wall Of China. extending
for twelve hundred English miles along
what was once the whole northern from
tier of the Chinese empire from TWEEN
ty to twenty-five feet high, wide enough
for six horses to run abreast and fur
nished with suitable number Of gates
and bastions contains, it has been
carefully estimated, more material than
all the buildings of the British empire
put together.
A FEW weeks before the census
takers began the regular census the
citizens Of Elm Grove, W. Va, thought
to enumerate their population prepara-
toryto Incorporating the town. The
following Is the remarkable result
Number Of males over twenty one years
Of age, 148; nuber of males under
twenty-one years Of age las; number
Of females over sixteen years Of age,
l4S; number Of females under sixteen
years Of age, 14S; grand total, 592,
SocIETy journalism in Japan, when
it comes, will be a delicate vocation,
for SO sensitive is the Government as
to speaking eva Of dignitaries, that
it has Just sentenced the editor Of tht
Gifes Gazette to penal servitude fol
four years and fine Of G2,000 fol
speaking lightly Of the 2,555th ami
versary Of the Emperor Jimum. Al
American journalist, or even some D
our indigenous specimens, would eithe
smash up ! be smashed up by th'
Government in about week
A MONUMENT to the hfeboat nov
stands at South Shields. said to be th'
lifeboat's birthplace. In 1888 the shil
Adventure was wrecked off the Tyn'
and committee was formed to con
\ aidar the matter of proyiding d life