The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-15
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In the last three years Annie Besant
has fed no less than 120, 1000 school |
children in the Tower Hamlets division.
A man run over by train at Lam |
caster, Pa, exclaimed: If am GO |
ing to die give me a chew of tobacco !
first"
An Albany tobacconist scatters his
garden well with tobacco stems, which,
he says, makes an excellent manure.
1t also kills noxious insects.
A woman in Flint, Mich. adver-
tises for a position as housekeeper.
and says in her advertisement that an
offer of marriage will be given atten-
ton.
In the case of a man who killed
himself recently, an English jury rem
dered a verdict that the deceased
committed suicide at the instigation
of the devil"
A letter of George Washington, dated
May 2, 1776, and addressed to Colonel
George Clinton, sold for $50 and an
other, written from Valley Forge,
May %. 177S. brought $S9.
In Winnipeg they ask 500 a foot less
for a corner lot than for an inside one,
because it costs so much more to clear
off the snow in winter around corner
lots that people don't prefer them.
The new census shows that Phila-
delphia is the greatest manufacturing
city in this country, exceeding New
York. The value of Philadelphia's an
nual manufacture is 500, 100000.
Charles Tappan, who built the fa-
nous New York Tombs prison, is still
living in that city at the age of 95. He
has seen the metropolis grow from a
town of less than 100, 600 Inhabitants.
Queen Victoria is getting tired OF
being made a show for the general
public and has given orders that here
after the regulations limiting presen-
tations at court shall be strictly en-
forced.
The remains of William Innes,
which two years ago were buried at
Corunna, Ind, when exhumed the
other day were found to have become
petrifed, increasing in weight from
175 pounds to 500.
.sOld Archie" a horse belonging to
Martin Kendall, of Upton, Ind, is
dead at the age of 81 years. In the
fall of 1862 he went to the front with
MS OWu6T. duO S0INSu OuCiO Gam uLIi
the close of the war.
The largest flowing well in the
world has been struck two miles west
of Huron, S. d. The well is 935 feet
deep, but will be put to depth of l.,
600 feet, if possible. The flow is esti-
mated at 10000 gallons per minute.
A Philadelphia paper, in describing
a New York preacher, said: He is
like an auger; takes hold right away,
cuts all the time and quits when he is
through. 1t might have added that
such a preacher never bores his hear,
ers.
The late Prince Jerome Napoleon,
for various reasons, always refused tc
be presented to ex-Premier Crispi, os
Italy. By strange decree of fate
Crispi was one of the two witnesses tc
the official announcement of the
Princes death.
A book on social etiquette, as ap
piled to New York City, says that 6
fashionable man must have at least
eight overcoats As to whether ht
changes eight times in eight days Of
wears the eight all at once is question
not touched upon.
General Butler lives on a scale tha
most millionaires would regard as ex
travgant, keeping up establishment
in Washington, Boston and Lowell
Despite the belief to the contrary. ht
is remarkably generous man, ant
gives away more money than do many
people who have regulations for phil
anthrophy.
In a house on Farnham street il
Lawrence are number of interesting
relics of an old-time Bostoniau witt
several years. records of the Boston
Post Office. The latter date back t,
1902, and show the curious fact tina
then ten letters received in a single
day was good mail. while on SOM
days but one incoming letter was re
corded.
Browning. it is said, during the las
years of his life, made as much as SIG,
600 year out of his poems. Mr.
Swinburne has for many years pas
made an average income of So, 900 pc
year out of his poems, while Lort
Tennyson, it is said, has for at leas
twenty years past been drawing an in
come of more than $4,000 yea
from his muse.
police in Boston the other day on
charge of breaking into a carpeute
shop and stealing $1.50 in coppers
They used the carpenters tools in tn,
shop to try to break open the safe
When the police made an examination
of the premises they found a book en-
titled How to Break Safe" whic
had been left in the shop by the bo,
burglars.
One of the obligations assumed b
Mrs. Lawrence Barrett some time ao
was that of paying off the debt upol
the Cohasset Catholic Church. Th
Boston Journal announces that it will
be met by that lady, although at tn
time of its assumption Mr.. Barrett
prospects seemed far brighter thai
the result warranted. The Barrett
dwelling and grounds at Cohasset ar
offered for sale at $4,000, which i
said to be far below the original cost.
Bishop Williams recently wrote, il
reply to young Hartford man abou
to be married: II regret, sir, that
is without my province to order th
word obey omitted from the marriag
service. There is no way that this ca
be done except by vote of the House O
Bishops. The house next convenes il
1892. and if you will postpone you
marriage until then / will take pleasur
in presenting your petition to the hous
for its action" The young man con
cluded not to wait.
Kelley. the motor man, explains tn
latest cause of delay. as follows: -
am making sympathetic harness fo
the polar terrestrial force-first, b
exciting the sympathetic concordan
force that exists in the corpuscular in
terstitial domain. which is concordan
to it; and, second after the concord
ance is established, by negatizing tn
thirds, sixths and ninths of this con
cordance thereby inducing high velo
cities with great power by intermitten
negation, as associated with the domi
nant thirds.n
1t is related of Won Moltke thai
after the capitulation of Paris in 1871
he went to Colmar, and, meaning t
stay there few days, did not disdai
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