Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-15
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


The Albany cypress says: "Dur;n~ IN.
Of the warmest days Of he past week ~
old resident u the town Of G ldsrland H.
David Hart, aged ninety nine years. ho,d
air hundred and .fiffy hills Of corn in Quar-.
ter Of day!
G.slght is, after all, nothing but soco,,
hand sunlight, or the sunlight Of other DAYS:
for our illsminasing gas Is made from Ca
which was produced by the action Of N,
suns rays upon vegetable matter durins
the ages.of the distant past.
Crystallizipg flowers is done by suspend.
ing or repeatedly dipping them in water sat.
urated with alum. This, however. can Il.
done only with dried specimens. III
freshness and beauty Of flowers an be pre.
served by dipping the. in glycerins.
i little daughter Of David Hoover. in
Oaage county, Kansas, gathered and so,d
e22 worth OF Wild goosebeiries during ,hs
present season, and attended school reru-
larly. That girl will do to keep house o,
q hotel.
The Portland Press says . turtle VA,
captured off Scquin. recently, which il sup.
posed to weigh twelve hundred pounds. =
lie is OF the African species, and 10 70 be
sent to Boston to delight the Aldermen q
that city.
A new and scientific way to light cigars
aud pipes consists Of pouring phosphorus on
the end Of the former, or on the tobacco in
the bow, Of the latter, which, by quietly
breathing gently upon it, becomes incan-
descant, and in condition 10 light. What
next?
The Geological Garden at Dresden has
been destroyed. The smaller animals were
given away or turned loose; the larger
beasts were killed /; and the ground has
been lcvelel for fertilization.
1t is said that large quantities of small
fish were killed in Baltimore by the recent
hot weather, ard now float in the various
docks. emitting a stencil almost intolerabie.
Mayor Booth, of Brooklyn, New York.
has, purehas d large iron key, weighing
about three pounds, which fits TIE lock upon
the main door OF the Petersburg prison, in
which Union soldiers were confined during
the latter months Of tho waning rebellion.
1t is zen inches in length, rough made and
not entirely free from rust.
Recently, a painter at work on the fourth
story Of the New York Times building.
iokingly remarked that if no should miss
his footing he would furnish IN item for the
papers. Almost Immediately afterward Ne
fs 4 to the pavement AID vas Instantly
killed.
A Paris correspondent say 5 that the whole
Of the 4ih Of July the Emperor sat BY bis
telegraph wire in the luilerics, and iii very
late in the night, talking with Berlin, Vienna
and Florence. Alone with only his tele-
graph operator, he settled, by direct COM
with the Emperor Of Austria,
after midnight, the details Of the transfer Of
Vcnetia.
A boy Of ~ years has recently been res>
cued from she VOLTS den in jungle rear
Delhi, Tnuia Ike R1mulus and Romus,
he had been sucked by her, and when
caught ran on all tours v,ry swiftly, and
was fonder Of raw mca' than anything else.
So says the Delhi Gdzette
An old minister enforced The necessity of
difference of opinion by argument Now
il ever, body ad been oil ny opinion, they
you'd al have wanted my ODD woman
One Of the ieacons who sat Just behind him
responded, Eyes. and il everybody was of
my opinion, nobody would have her.
A lady writer taking umbragc at the male
criticism OF feminine apparel. is down on
the present fashion of short coats, which
she characterizes "unbcccming, ungrace tul
ard mmodest--presentngt to a person nt all
bolliserent 4 temptation scarcely to be over
looked. tx.
The Lendon Sportsman of the 18th inst. 4,
says there is every chance that Jim Mace
and Joe Goss will engage in another Eight
for the English championship, IS the form.
or has accepted the latcr's challenge, and
staked $3.50 to make good match TO fight
in six weeks for either 81 900 or 81, 500 q
side. Goss has covered Nace's money.
Two packages, containing I'll 900, we're
a. Baltm re and on the same day the
wife Of clothing merchant in that city,
eloped with an ex cavalry Colonel and .
like surn Of her husbands money. Pur-
suit was made and the wife was secured,
but minus the Colonel and the money.
There is an item Of 100000 in an ap>
preparation bill before Congress to build .
special fire proof edtice for the Currency
Printing Bureau Of the Treasury Depart.
ment. This indicates that Mr.. McCulloch
expects to continue permanently in the pa
per money making business.
One Barry is giving swimming exhibi>
tons down East. He allows himself to he
tied up in bag and thrown overheard, af.
ter the manner Of cats who have been con-
demned 20 die. but like them, he always