The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-05-03
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ever the whole of Germany has passed
the reichstag.
In Pennsylvania man has been
fned $1,000 for calling another "Mol-
II Mcguire"
Tt is said that large hotel for the
accommodation of colored people is to
be built in Salter, Mo-, by colored
capitalists.
Certain sophomores at Ithaca recent
ly raided the quarters of the freshmen
and forced milk down their protesting
throats.
In store at Athens, Ca, stands an
eld-fashioned clock which was made in
Liverpool. 1t hasn't missed tick for
forty years.
The largest vineyard in the world,
according to correspondent, belongs
to Senator Stanford, of California. It
consists of $500 acres of bearing
vines.
A lot of counterfeit silver dollars
were recently discovered in an old field
near Owensburg, KY. They appeared
to have been buried there in the sos,
though the dates of some of them were
obscure.
With nothing but iackknife, Adolph
Sjohrim, q Marquette Swede, has con-
structed the frame of a clock repre-
senting an ancient castle. He used
various kinds of wood and worked on
the job for two years.
Some years ago in Vermont q
widower who lost little girl had the
following epitaph placed on her tomb
stone: go sleep with ma, Alminy S.
Soon pa will come and sleep with thee"
Since then, however, he has buried
three wives and is healthy get.
Some persons profess to be able to
guess approximately from what part
of Italy woman comes by the length
of her earrings. Italian earrings
lengthen as one goes southwark, and in
the extreme south of IFaly the ear
rings of the women reach almost to the
shoulders.
Nine Allemandi, who died a few
days ago in Paris, left $1,000 to the
Swiss government. $40, 900 to the city
of Basel, Sc, 600 to the Canton Basel,
and 81, 900 to the Canton Solothurn.
The interest of the money is to be
used in paying for the wedding out
tits OF the daughters of poor Swiss
laberers.
An Interesting incident of the in
auguration parade which occurred
directly in front of the grand stand
was the setting free of basket of
homing pigeons. The birds as soon as
liberated circled round and round in
the air in front of the president and
then taking their bearings flew off to
the southwest.
In Germany 200, 900 families are sup
ported from the care of the forests,
upon which about $40, 100000 is ex-
pended annually, 100000 people
more finding employment in the
various wood Industries of the empire.
The forest account shows an annual
profit of between $5,oo0,000 and &c.
600, 900.
In side street of an Italian town a
sign hanging in front of a physicians
Office reads in part as follows: sThe
said Professor Ricca will use for his
salves in making them live snakes and
large serpents, wolves, bears, monkeys,
marmots, weasels and numerous other
wild animals alive and in good condi-
tion."
While some members of the British
parliament are proposing to abolish
courtesy titles in the house of commons,
the Sydney Bulletin has already decided
to abolish all titles conferred by her
majesty upon Australians. Sir George
Dibbs will in future be known in the
columns of that philosophical journal
as Mr.. Dibbs.
A citizen of Jackson, Mich, the other
day wrote message on the back of a
Columbian postage stamp and mailed
it. The postmaster is greatly per-
picked, as, although message can be
forwarded on a 1-cent postal card he
does not think it lawful for letter to
be sent through the mails written on
the back of a stamp.
The old Pohick episcopal church in
Fairfax county, Virginia, for the re-
building of which George Washington
drew plans in 1773, is still standing.
The exterior presents the same appear
ance it did when Washington drove up
to it regularly on Sundays in his
famous coach. The interior suffered
severely during the late war.
The blue color of the sky is proba-
bly, merely the color of the air, seen
through the length of about forty-fve
miles. It has been observed by those
who have assembled about five miles
above the earth's surface that the sky
appears of dark, inky hue, owing to
the very small reflection and disper-
sion of the light while the blue color
NO longer appears above, but below
them.
A member of the diplomatic corps
apparently holds an opinion of Ameri-
cans which will hardly be indorsed by
the most insignificant of this great ma
tion. When asked by a newly arrived
foreigner, anxious to gauge the social
status of some one to whom he had
been introduced, if there was any diff
ference in Americans, the diplomat re-
piled: .Oh, yes-some are rich and
some are not"
The women of Judah, it seems, were
the first wearers of garments in bifur-
Gated form, and man, perceiving the
convenience and comfort of this article
of dress, evolved by the superior in
telligence of woman, appropriated it to
his use, and doomed his womankind to
cucumber their limbs with flowing
robes, which render it impossible for
them to cope with man in the useful
avocations.
The oldest church existing in the
United States is situated near Smith
field. Va. It was built in the reign of
Charles l., between the years 1880 and
1855, the brick. lime and timber being
imported from England. The timber
is English oak, and was framed in
England. It is a brick structure,
erected in the most substantial man
ner. The mortar has become SO
hardened that it will strike fire in col
lisio with steel.
It is hardly in the west one would
leok for white people unacquainted
with railroads and telegraphs, but
Parson Quinn, the oldest settler in
Garfield county, Washington, who
went there thirty-thre years ago, saw
a railroad and took ride on a train
two weeks ago for the first time in his
life. He has not been out of the state
since he entered it in a prairie
schooner. Two or three similar cases
have been noted in the northwest with
in the past few months.