The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-29
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More than half the street railway
mileage in the United States is now op-
Grated by electric power.
A Spanish musician has devised sys-
tenn of musical notation by which the
flat and sharp system is done away
with.
In China man who killed his father
was executed, and along with him his
schoolmaster for not having taught him
better
The teachers of Junction City, Kan,
have been forbidden by the local edu-
cational board to attend more than one
dance per week.
The colored element is increasing
much less rapidly than the white not
only in the country at large but in the
southern states.
German civil engineers will erect
monument in Berlin to the memory of
DR.. Werner Won Siemens, the famous
electrician and inventor.
Nearly two-thirds of all the letters
carried by the postal service of the
world are written, sent to and read by
English speaking people.
The most easily digested meats are:
Cold mutton. mutton chops, venison,
tenderloins, sirloins, steak lamb chops,
roast beef, rabbit and chicken.
A New York undertaken displays,
among other funeral emblems, clock
made of immortelles. The timepiece
bears the inscription: "The sad hour. "
Boats are now compelled to land
nearly three miles below Vicksburg, ex-
cept during high water. A railroad
carries passengers and freight to the
city.
Scientific cleanliness is to be promoted
in French schoolrooms by boiled drink
ing water, damp cloths instead of dry
busters and brooms, and an antiseptic
cleaning once week.
The Berlin Royal Library has ac-
quired Semitic manuscript by He
brew doctor of the fourteenth century
which promises to throw much light on
the history of medicine.
The largest death-rate of any city in
the world, from the use of alcohol, is
recorded in Stockholm, the Swedish
capital. The number of deaths from
this cause in ninety in 1000.
A jury at Wabash, Ind. acquitted
conductor charged with knocking
down." The principal witness against
the accused was a "spotter," and the
Jury refused to be believe him.
A Cincinnati man cut his hand and
his physician recommended arnica.
The sufferer took the medicine internal
ly, and now he is sore all over, his
wounded hand causing him the least
pain.
A dealer in aquarium supplies in Har-
lem, New York City, has fish board
ing-house, where members of the finny
tribe are properly cared for until their
owners return from their summer va
cations.
North Middle, one of the oldest DOR
mitories of the old brick row at Yale
College, is being demolished. It was
erected in 1900 and was originally
known as Berkeley Hall, in honor of
Bishop Berkeley.
The ranlie fiber is tough and wears
well. It is said that in China where it
is used for making clothing, it lasts so
well that children frequently wear the
clothes which their grandparents wore
when children.
It is known that trees have attained
the following ages: Elm, 335 years;
cypress, $50; ivy, 450; larch, $40; chest
nut. 600; orange, $50; palm, $50; olive,
700; oriental plane, 720; cedar, 800;
lime, 1,10o; oak, 1900, yew, $500.
A Kentucky calf, one day old, per-
formed the wonderful feat of jumpin g
from cliff to the river below, dis
tance of 500 feet, without rumpling a
hair. The calf was taken down the
river and hauled home in wagon, safe
and sound.
1t is said that glacial action has in
places on the Union Pacific Road moved
the mountains down on tie narrow
right of way along the Columbia River,
where the cliff rises often 400 feet above
the track, leaving now hardly footing
for the track.
Mexico will bring out its first series ot
pecially attractive design having beer
chosen. The various denominations
will represent the growth of mail trans.
port in Mexico, advancing from man
and mule to stage and railway.
The consumption of alcohol per in
habitant in the various countries of the
world is: Germany, II quarts per in
habitant; Austria-Hungary, 6.39; Bel
gfum, 8.86; United States 5; France
8.07; Italy, 1.97; Holland, 8; Russia
6.3; Switzerland, 6; Great Britain, 5. 40
The latest fad in mems dress is tc
have the skirts of the long frock coat:
lined with silk that rustles. In some in
stances fashionable tailors are putting {
certain kind of material between the
silk and the cloth TO supply the Swish
when the silk doesn't sufficiently rustic
"You may buy everything have OF
for 5000, . said young man in nea
outing costume. Then he summed W
his apparel as follows: Hat 70 cents
coat, So; cotton shirt, $1.50; cottor
duck trousers, 81; shoes, So; necktie
stockings and underwear, $1.75; belt z!
cents; total, $10.75.
The Russian newspapers recent,
spread the report that the ministries O
agriculture and imperial lands intended
to employ women in thet work of thei
departments. The result was mass O
petitions from women, and it took
denial in one of the official papers tt
convince the ladies that they had dis
turbed themselves uselessly.
Central Asian potentates are CROWN!
very European in their ways. Sine
the Emir of Bokhara visited St. Peters
burg he has quite adopted western hab
its, throwing open his palace to Russian
ladies and giving regular balls. Afte
European comforts he finds his palac
very bare, so he has invited Frencl
architect to build another in European
style.
A new remedy for diphtheria is be
ing tried with success in New Zealand
1t is very simple. Put five drops @
sulphuric acid in tumbler, given 8
the child can swallow it. If the throa
is obstructed give it with a teaspoon un
til the passage is cleared, then admin
lister wine glass every two hours
Burn sulphur in the room as strong a
it can be borne.
Japan laments the decrease of for
eign visitors, who formerly spent S
much money in the country. Since tn
agaitation about the treaties has arouse
a regular antiforeign feeling, peopl
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