The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-13
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A storekeeper in Brockton. Mass,
displays this sign: Homemade Corned
Beef"
Tobacco seeds are so minute that it is
said thimbleful will furnish enough
plants for an acre of ground.
1t costs four times as much to gov
ern American cities as is spent for the
same purpose in English cities.
Rubber heels are to be attached to the
shoes worn by French soldiers. 1t is
claimed that they decrease the fatigue
of marching.
1t is illegal to erect in Washington,
d. c., on business streets a building
over ITO feet high, or one ninety feet on
residential streets.
Boo, the exclamation used to frighten
children, is a corruption of Bah, the
name of a famous Gothic general. 1t
has been used as terror word for GEN.
turies.
The sending of a message and reply
between Manchester, England. and
Victoria, B. c., recently, occupied only
ninety seconds. The total distance by
wire, out and return, is Is, miles.
A 1+year-old girl at Beecher Bay,
B. c., killed with Winchester the 9TH
er day big panther which her dog had
freed; and another girl, IL years old,
Of Benton, Oregon, killed a cougar
which was making off with young
pig.
The maxim murder will out" is dis
proved by statistics. In the ten years
ending with 1886 there were 1,766 muir
ders committed in England and Wales,
and in 1904 of these cases no trace of
the criminal was ever found that led to
his apprehension.
There were 1.073 desertions from the
United States army during the year
ending June 80 last, as compared with
S,627 in the year ending June 80, 1884.
This improvement is attributable to bet
ter rations, better barracks and better
chances for promotion.
There is breed of cats little known
outside of Maine, and designated in chat
state as ~coon" cats. Animals of this
species are tortoise shell in color, and
the fur is remarkably thick and long,
and the tail being so bushy as to sug-
gest that of a young fox.
The reason why red infuriates MEM
bers of the OK family is because red is
the Complementary color of green, and
the eyes of cattle being long fixed on
herbage while feeding, when they espy
anything red it impresses their sight
with greatly increased intensity.
One of the queer customs of Russia is
shown in the recent death of the czar.
When the disease of Alexander at
Livadia was announced the people
made merry over the accession of the
new ruler, and after the festivities were
concluded they began mourning for the
dead monarch.
American walnut is a high-priced
wood. partly perhaps because of its
scarcity, but the Italian walnut, and not
the Americana is used in the finest carved
furniture. The Italian is of much finer
texture than the American and is pc
culiarly rich and beautiful for massive
pieces of carved work.
Desiccated milk began to attract at
tention more than half century ago.
1t was then called lactoline, and, ac-
cOrding to accounts of the period, an
addition of nine parts of water would
reduce it to fresh milk. The modern
condensed milk is an improvement up
on this earlier product.
Twenty-four carat gold is all gold;
22-carat gold has % parts of gold, of
silver and of copper; 18-carat gold has
18 parts of pure gold and parts each
of silver and copper in its composition;
12-carat gold is half gold, the remain
der being made up of 1-2 parts of silver
and 1-2 parts of copper.
1t is said that heat holidays have now
been established by law in the public
schools of Switzerland. Recognizing
the well-know fact that the brain cam
not work properly when the heat is ex-
cessive, the children are dismissed from
their tasks whenever the thermometer
: goes above certain point.
Two women in Baker county, Ore,
own silver mines and are running them
in person. They do not actually ham
die shovels and work the dirt, but they
superintend the working of their prop
erty, and while they admit the business
has rough sides for woman they are
making money and propose to hold on.
An attempt to propagate blue points
and other noted varieties of eastern oys-
ters on the Pacific coast is soon to be
made by the United States fish commits
sion. A car load of oysters from the
east are to be planted in Willapa Bay,
Washington, inst above the mouth of
the Columbia River, where there are ex-
tensive oyster fisheries.
The latest advertising device is to dec
crate shop windows with what appear
to be big cracks in the plate glass. This
is called decoration advisedly, for it is
put on with French chalk and paint.
Gray or blush lines, radiating from a
center, have a surprising likeness to a
break, and the device serves it's pur-
pose of causing people to stop and look.
The value of the electric light as a
saver of time is strikingly illustrated in
a return Just made of the average time
occupied by ships in passing through
the journey is accomplished in eight
minutes under twenty hours. With
out the light thirty-one hours and twen-
ty-four minutes is the time usually re-
quired.
One of the oldest publications is the
pamphlet on cooking issued by the de-
partment of agriculture. 1t contains
an Introductory essay on the nutritive
value of common food, followed by an
elaborate presentation by Edward At
kinson of his theory as to the proper
cooking of foods. 1t is the first time
that Mr.. Atkinson's plan of cooking has
received official sanction.
The skeleton of man with rusty
pair of handouts clasped about the wrists
was found in the Greek country of the
Indian Territory by deputy sheriff 6
few days ago. The bones of the skele-
ton were broken and strewn about, evi
IDENTIFY by wild animals. The grew
some relic undoubtedly told the story O.
some prisoner who had escaped from
his guards only to perish in the woods
According to one of our consuls Amer
lean artificial limbs would have grea
sale in Germany where there agencies
established there by the manufacturers
The German makers of artificial limb
are less ingenious than their brethren
in America, the limbs are heavier, lesi
convenient and not more durable. Odd
ly enough, not a single American man