The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-01-23
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hlCo paper Is HOb 1IOH AASCs OuI
from the membranes of the bread-trult
tree.
Cheap wooden stockings are adulter-
Ated by the addition of the fiber of wood |
pulp.
Goldfish were first known in China,
and were brought to Europe in the sew
enteenth century.
Fruit wrapped in brown paper will
stand fifteen degrees more of cold than
If not thus protected.
When lovely women were sold in an
cient Babylon, the money thus raised
was used to dover the homely ones.
1t was customary, a hundred years
ago when a gentleman bowed to lady,
10 scrape his foot upon the ground.
White hats are worn for three years,
as q sign of mourning, by every grown
male in Corea after the death of the
royal family.
Ancient" coins, many of which ante
date the Christian era, are made in large
quantities in London, and find sale all
over the world.
1t has been ascertained by expert
ments in the feeding of corn and wheat
10 hogs that corn makes lard, and that
"AOdb LudhCS Iuo ICdn n0dl.
Japan is a corruption of the Chinese
word Sni-pen-kue, which means root
Of day" or sunrise kingdom" because
Japan is directly east of China.
Mime. Regnen, a florist of Roostoen,
Holland. is the owner of giant rose
bush, which had 5000 roses in full
bloom at one time during the past sum-
mer.
Mushrooms when once cooked, should
never be rewarmed, to serve a second
time at the table. After becoming cold,
they are apt to develop injurious prop
critics.
A little bit of cheese and an electric
wire form the latest rat-trap. The
cheese is fixed to the wire, and the in
slant the rat touches the cheese he is
shocked to death.
In recent address President Eliot,
of Harvard, advised students to thus ap-
portion their day: Study, ten hours;
sleep eight; exercise, two; social duties,
one; and meals, three hours.
A Newark bridegroom started on his
wedding tour with a black eye. His
sister-in-law caused it by vigorously
throwing weighty slipper after him,
" SAfO ANOA W OhO
People who live beyond their means
and are very tardy in paying their debts
have been blacklisted in Vienna by
daring publisher. A book containing
their names has met with a big sale.
Professor Ghoost says that if we reck-
on the average depth of the ocean at
three miles there would be a layer of
salt 200 feet thick in their basins should
the waters of all suddenly evaporate.
The largest flower in the world grows
in Sumatra. 1t is called the Ratflesia
Arnold, and some of the specimens are
thirty-nine inches in diameter. The
central cup will hold six quarts Of wa
ter.
An English judge the other day dis
missed an Indictment against pick
pocket who had thrust his hand in
mans empty pocket on the ground that
as there was nothing to steal no offense
was committed.
A priest of Buda Hungary, recently
married very young couple, and, in
stead of the usual benediction, amazed
principals and witnesses by exclaiming
Father. forgive them, for they know
not what they do"
The romantic gorge of Trenton Falls
has suffered great injury, from the
scenic point of view. in the quarrying
of limestone at the brink of the cliffs
and the casting of the debris, thousands
of tons of rock, into the ravine.
A genius in Ashtabula, Ohio, has in
vented what he call 'indestructible we'd
ding cake. 1t looks tempting to the
palate, but is not intended to be eaten.
1t will keep for years, and is so heavy
that a wise mouse would sbun it.
Here is a queer advertisement from
the London Post: "Dogs-A young
lady takes them out daily walking;
meals and toilet attended to; terms from
Is to IS Cd a week, according to the
time required; reduction for several"
A peachy complexion, like that of
young girl, was possessed by the Mar
quis de Crequy even to the close of her
long life. She died at the age of SO,
and for the last forty years lived almost
entirely on orange. She often ate
dozen of them for breakfast.
On the skeleton of lady who died at
Pompeii were found two golden brace
lets, six of silver, four golden anklets,
four earrings, thirty finger rings,
golden collar, golden belt and gold
en- band on her head, while by her
hand laya purse containing 1877 silver
coins.
One interesting result of the abun-
dancy of game in Maine in recent years
has been the development and cultiva-
ton of taxidermy in that state. Skilled
taxidermists are now to be found in eV-
cry small town on the routes that lead
IN ond ont ~ tho nrI-oof foT.oefa opd NIT
infrequently in remote backwoods set
= Elements.
A Vienna paper recently contain
ed the following advertisements: "A
young prince, the owner of lordly
estate of great value, has the intention
TO marry. He seeks a handsome and
intelligent girl of about 20 years of age,
Of good family, and with dover of not
less than 100000 gueldens ($1, $780,
600. Apply" etc.
Perhaps the first stoves made in this
country were cast at Lancaster, Pa,
after the people of that region had
learned that the winter of the thirty
ninth parallel is not to be treated as the
European winter of considerably high
er latitudes. Fifty years ago the plates
of these old stoves were still used for
outside doorsteps and the like.
1t is only possible for February to
have five Sundays three times in each
century, unless, through some chrono-
logical freak the century comes in with
leap year, with the first day of Febru-
ary Sunday, The FIVE Sunday Feb
ruary of this country have been those
of 1924, 1852 and 1880. The next time
this oddity will occur will be in the
year 1920.
At some of the Canadian postofices
the sign is displayed, "U. S. stamps
sold here" This has no sanction from
the authorities, but the clerks are al
lowed to buy and sell for their own
profit and the unquestioned convenience
of Canadians who want to send small
sums by mail, or to inclose stamps for
answers. They charge profit of about
10 per cent on stamps in bulk.