The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-02-25
ODDS AND ENDS.

| destroy all the plantations and build
iDgs In Havana province which offer
shelter to the Cuban insurgents, those
whom the order most distrubs should
recall General Grants Commands p
Sheridan regarding the Shenandoah
Valley.-Providence Journal.
The parish Church of Grove, on the
borders of Bedfordshire and Bucklng-
hamshire, but situate in the latter
country, Is said to be- the smallest and
most curious church in England The
parish contains under twenty inhabit-
ants, and the church will comfortably
seat few more than that number.
It is suggested that, perhaps, the
very fact that DR.. Rainford's time is
divided between the very rich and the
very poor impresses him with the idea
that there is an overwhelming chasm
between the two, and blinds him to the
fact that the existence of the great mid
die class preserves the social equili-
brium.
Aspirants for fame or pelf from lit
erary labor will be interested by the re-
cent statement of q prominent English
publisher that out of 315 manuscripts
submitted during the past year for pub
lication his firm accepted but %. An
other publisher stated his ratio OF ac-
ceptance at about in every 100 manu-
scripts received.
The advertisement of "a piano for
sale by maiden lady with carved ma
hogany legs" finds its counterpart in
local notice in a Solomon City paper,
which declares that the fag-pole is
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the Byran Free Silver club to which
the school trustees have had several
feet added. kansas City Journal.
An Iowa man has a patented ma
chine for writing music, operated sub
stantially the same aa typewriter.
The sheet of paper containing the lines
Is placed on fiat bed, and type keps,
upon which the notes are placed, can be
depressed at any desired position on
the paper, the different keys containing
all the signs and characters necessary
for use in writing music.
An interesting thing about Watts's
Wounded Heron" now on exhibition
in London, is that it was first exhibited
at the Royal academy sixty years ago,
in the year of the queens accession.
can say as much of any picture of his
own. His boyhood work was sold by
Mr.. Watts years ago, lost sight of and
then repurchased by the palmer for $25
from a Scotch dealer.
A member of one of the most noted
boat building firms in this country Sc
verely criticises the work of artists who
put sea craft into their marine views.
Artists make very pretty and pictur-
esque looking boats" he says, but you
never could sail in them. The lines are
altogether wrong. People who ven
tured into such vessels on the water
would take their lives in their hands
on the calmest seas"
Bonnat, the artist, sitting next to NJ.
Maspero at a great dinner one night,
said to him: "Maspero, you who are so
near-sighted, tell me how does M,
away down there at the foot of the
table appear to you?" WELL" replied
NJ. Maspero, 81 see white spot, which
| know is his shirt front, and flesh
colored spot, which know is his face"
"Ah!" cried Bonnat, how / wish my
pupils could see things in that way!"
The most 'emarkable gold beetles in
the world are found in Central Amer
lea. The head and wing cases are
brilliantly polished with a luster as OF
gold itself. To sight and touch they
have all the seeming of metal. Oddly
enough, another species from the same
region has the appearance of being
wrought in solid silver, freshly burn
ished. These gold and silver beetles
have market value. They are worth
from $25 to $50 each.
OF biggest books in the world"
there is no end, but it is believed that
the blank book of greatest weight, size
and bulk belongs to an eccentric physi-
clan of Baltimore, one DR.. Fahrney II
was made in Chicago in 1891. 1t weighs
exactly $50 pounds and seven ounces,
and has leaves made of the very best
rope MANILA. The cover of this giant
of books weighs so pounds, and is pro-
vided with two complicated padlocks.
The book cost the doctor $65.
A complete racial survey Of the liv-
ing adult population of Switzerland is
proposed by DR.. Rudolph Martin, OF
Zurich. The observations of each in
diVidual would include measurements
twenty-eight in all-with few simple
instruments, together with color of hair
and eyes, complexion, shape of head,
face, nose, etc. The object sought is
to determine what types among the in
habitants represent pure varities and
what others indicate hybrid forms.
Krupp, the great German manufac-
turer of cannon" has lately completed
a number of paper field pieces for the
~ e of the German infantry. Their cali
bre Is little less tSan two inches; and
the pieces are so Fight that one soldier
can easily carry one. But the resist
ance is greater than that of field
piece Of steel of the same calibre. These
paper guns are intended for use in situ-
ations where the movement of field ar
tillery would be impracticable.-
naut
The word lingo seems to have es-
tablished its place in the language, and
has taken on a certain character of
legitimacy which may give it perma-
nence. BY lingo Is a common Basque
oath and means "By Cod" the dialetic
forms OF the word being lingo, Jinco,
Jainco, Gincoa, Yinco and Yainco. The
Jingos lin strict chronological sense) ,
are, therefore, the swearers, those with
out moderation or restraint, prone to
premature explosions, boastful, vain,
oVerconddent.-N. Y Tribune.
A distinguished general instructed an
officer serving under him, who had
special qualification for the work, 10
prepare scheme of defence for a most
important town. This officer prepared
report, entering into the most min
ute details. which he duly forwarded