The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-11-09
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Forty-nine per cent of the days in
London are said to be wet.
According to ancient tradition Moses
wrote the book of Job at 20.
1t is said that the "snake stones" of
Ceylon will invariably cure snake
bites.
Life is shorter in the valleys and
lowlands than among the hills and
mountains.
Statistics prove that the negro in the
south lives longer than the negro in
the north.
Over 1000, 900 postal cards are ne
cessary to meet the daily demands in
this country.
A giants skeleton has been unearthed
at Brunswick, Ca, which is nearly
nine feet long.
Connecticut spelled in an Indian
dialect, Quin-neh-tuk-gut, signitied
"land on long tidal river"
There are said to be apple trees in
Japan ,Aly four inches high which
bear apples the size of currants.
The fshhooks of the bronze age
have precisely the same heads as the
most popular patterns of today.
The Columbia river contains trout
with large red spots on their bodies.
They have been named Dolly Warden"
trout.
The official title of the governor OF
Rhode Island is captain general of
Rhode Island and Providence Planta-
tions.
Eight nationalities are said to be re-
presented in choir of sixteen little
girls at St. James mission, New York
city.
%Masrium" is the name of the new
chemical element which has been dis
covered in the bed of an ancient Egyp-
tian river.
At the poles, where all meridians
converge, there can be no natural
standard time, for it is every hour of
the day at once.
A bushel of wheat for every citizen
of the United States, with enough
more for fall seeding, is the product
this season in Kansas.
Southern California produces $780,
0,000 oranges year-not enough to
give three oranges to each inhabitant
of the United States.
The longest canal in the world is the
one which extends from the frontier of
China to st. Petersburg. 1t measures
in all 4,472 miles.
A train mile and quarter in
length was lately hauled over the
Reading railroad by a single engine.
It consisted of $50 empty freight cars.
Russia has recently celebrated the
nine hundredth anniversary of the
foundation of the first Christian bish-
opric in Volhynia, under the reign of
Vladimir.
Rev. Mr.. Wainf1eet, a parson at
Molesworth, Me-, is the poorest paid
preacher in the country. He strives
to prolong life on the slender salary Of
$S week.
At Aix-la-C Chapelle there is news
paper museum founded by Oscar Won
Forckenbeck, which contains files o1
specimens of more than II, 900 different
newspapers.
More than $4,000 letters are put ir
the post offices of the United States
every day that, through the misdirec
ton or miscarriage of some kind
bring up in the dead letter office.
Cabbage has been said to be a cure
for intoxica ton. The Egyptians ate
boiled cabbage before their other fooC
if they intended to drink wine after
dinner, and some of the RENT dies solo
as a preventive of intoxication on the
continent contain cabbage seed.
The Boston Herald would like t.
have the European custom of selling
fish alive in the markets introduced il
this country. "Our fashion of selling
fish in the market" it says, "would I'll
German with disgust. In the Ger
man cities fish is almost invariabl,
sold alive"
The largest artificial stone in tn
world forms the base of the Barthold
Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's island
New York harbor. This immens
stone was made from broken trap rock
sand and American cement. Fiv
hundred car loads of sand and owe
10000 barrels of cement were used i
manufacturing this monster.
Attention is called to the fact tina
the present is the first time for half
century that New England has not ha
a representative in the cabinet, e1
cepting only about five weeks unde
President Polk, and during the sun
mer of 1874, between the resignatio
of Secretary Richardson and the al
poinment of Postmaster General JeWe
by General Grant.
A correspondent of the Herald write
"The largest tarpon ever caught wit
rod and reel was caught by Mr.
George T. Stagg, of Frankfort, KY
on May 2, 1891, in the Caloahatch
river, Fort Myers, Fla.-length, seve
feet three inches; weight, 205 pound
time, 1:25. This statement can /
verified by affidavit and the fish ca
be seen at any time at Mrs. Stage
address.
There has been in England an inte
esting discussion as to the moral 81
periority of spinsters over matron
from which it is shown that wome
who have achieved real greatness
history and shown greatest valor ha7
been as a rule unmarried, the most
lustrieus examples given being Quet
Elizabeth, Charlotte Corday, Joan
Arc, Florence Nightingale and sist
Rose Gertrude.
Among marine architects it is
ginning to be serious question
iron is not better than steel for sh
building purposes, and the cases OF t.
old Sarah Sands, Great Britain al
Great Eastern are quoted as provil
that iron-plated ships, with their
creased thickness and better rivetin
are much stronger and more lastil
than any steel constructed vessel J
put to breaking-up test.
Duels Among Indians.
1t is a fact that among Americ
To5;ono ofe tho coroo ba tbo11