The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
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France exported shoes to the value
of 63, 909, 945 francs in 1890.
A New York dealer advertises that
he will pay cash for old teeth.
French statesmen have offered ST.
600 reward for the best athletic game.
A distinctive church dress for women
to wear on Sunday is proposed in Eng
land.
1t is reported that $4O.00O,OOO of
British capital are invested in Para
quay.
The once mighty Indian population
of the United States has dwindled tc
pa, 075.
A man recently arrested at Williams
port. Pa, for larceny, gave his occupa
ton as that of dude.
Patti will be obliged to remain in
South America nearly two months in
order to earn $780, 900.
A bald-headed eagle that measured
nine feet from tip to tip was shot at
Ocosta, WASH, short time since.
A Galloway County, Missouri, man
is the proud possessor of a gourd which
was brought from Wales in 1858.
The richest man in the next Congress
will be John L. Mitchell, of Milwaukee,
who is credited with fortune of $40, ),
600, 600.
One of the visitors to the New York
dog show wore a bearskin overcoat
which he said twenty-eight dogs helped
him to get.
High heels. it is said, owe their origin
to Persia, where they were introduced
to raise the feet from the burning sands
of that country.
Previous to the time of Elizabeth the
only article to assist in eating was the
jackknife, which also served for sundry
other purposes.
Tamagno, the Italian tenor, is at
Nice, but he is not happy. There are no
free lunch counters there, and it costs
him franc for square meal.
Mary Anderson advertises all hel
stage clothes for sale, and those ac-
tresses who have been waiting for her
mantle will now have chance to bid
on it.
A man in Missouri sues for divorce
from his wife because she would not
90 anywhere with him, but insisted on
his remaining at home to take care of
things.
The man who hauled the first load
of sand used in building the Polk coun-
ty Qowa) penitentiary has just been
sentenced to that institution for six
months.
lobe Lewis, colored man in the
county workhouse of Hamilton county,
Tennessee, claims to be 1877 years old.
and has documents to show that he is
over 12O.
Recent statistics show that French
railways annually kill one person out
of 1000, 600 carried. while in England
21, ZOO, 900 are carried before one meets
violent death.
The petriied remains of "a giant"
have been found on the Bad Lands of
Choteau county, Mont. One leg is said
to be eight feet long, a rib measured
two and half feet.
An official letter from the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum, of Virginia, to the
Governor of that State states that one
of the inmates has been there for fifty
four years and is 100 years old.
Jack Campbell, son of the late Bart
ley Campbell is one of the most popu-
lar young men in New York's theatrical
circles. He stands fully six feet two
inches high in their estimation.
The Chinese spend $200,000,0 900 an
nually on their religious worship.
There is spiritual side to their re-
ligion. and spiritualism, pure and SIM
pie, has existed in China for ages.
A portion of the red men who were
sent from Arizona to Florida with Ger
onimo have been returned to within a
few miles of their old stamping ground,
against the protest of the citizens.
An illustration of the plentifulness
of musical talent in New York is given
through the report that there were
nearly 300 applicants recently for the
chair of organist in an uptown church.
Miss Mollie Talmage, niece of DR..
Talmage, was born in China and lived
there some time as missionary. She
could speak Chinese before she learned
English. She says the Chinese language
is very difficult to master, because SO
much depends on the tone or pitch in
which the same word is spoken. For
instance, the word Gee" has eight
different meanings according as it is
pronounced. The word "Ku-je" means
''precious, and it also means devil"
One American who was studying the
language referred to his wife as his
''Ku-je." and as he did not get the
pitch right he called her devil.
1t Was a Great Invention.