Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-20

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SoMs American ladies at Copenhagen.
who recently called or. the Queen OF Dem
mark, were not little astonished to see
that she wore a cheap dress, and that on
rising to receive them, she laid on the ta-
BILE acotton stocking, on which she had
been knitting.
TEE Seymour family OF the present gem
Grafton originated in Connecticut. Hora-
tio Seymour, of Vermont, who was Sena-
tor in Congress, was relative of the New
York Horatio, now nominated for Presi-
dent, and Thomas A, Ex-Governor of
Connecticut, is of the same stock.
DURINe the month of May, LOG vessels
left the port of Callao, and of these only
six carried the American flag. Of this
number the great majority were laden
with guano, nearly $4,000 tons being ex-
ported In that month, and $4,000 tons of
shipping left in ballast tor other ports in
order to obtain charters. $50 hsatl s
THE fastest time ever made by a steam
boat was run last week of the Daniel
Drew from Yonkers. to New York, a dis
tance of fourteen and a half miles in thirty
four minutes and forty-five seconds, which
is at the rate of over twenty miles
an hour. We believe that twenty-three
and a fraction knots is the highest figure
ever reached before.
GES.GRxNT made speech to the crowd
which assembled to greet him on his arri-
val at Marysville, Kentucky. A large as
ssembly having gathered in front of the
hotel w. II. Wadsworth appeared upon
the balcony, and introduced the General,
who said rGentlemen,sI I am very glad to
see you, but you must not expect any
speech from me-. leave that with my old
schoolmate, Mr.. Wadsworth."
To raise water melons without seeds, the
following plan has been successfully adopt
ep by planter in Caddo Parish, La:
After the vine is about two feet long,
cover the vine at point intermediate be-
tween the root. After it has taken root
where it is covered, divide the vine be-
tween the old and new root, and the result
will be that the melons will be seedless,
without impairing their quality. .lsa.
Nor long ago the persons in an emigrant
train in Dacotah, who were sleeping in
their wagons by the bank of creek, were
awakened by roaring, which they right
ly supposed to be the coming of freshet.
Though they stopped for nothing and made
all haste, three feetof water struck them
before they could reach a neighboring
bluff, and their wagons were carried away
and washed into the Missouri, three miles
hal lorr < =
asDR.z o. W. HOLMES having been called
upon and considerably bored by gentle
man who had devoted himself to lecturing
in New England without much ability for
doing SO, inquired !" What are you at
about this particular timer" The answer
was, "I.ecturing, as usual. hold forth this
evening at Roxbury." The Professor,
clapping his hands together, exclaimed:
II am glad of it; never liked those Rox-
bury people,"
&c A WRITER in Prussia says that Bismarck
is more the king than the King. More hats
are lifted to him in public than to anybody
else. While the King is planning the ar
!. .rangement of the leg stripes for his soldiers,
: the great Connt is negotiating with the
POFSAc 01db DCs anu diWd . IOI tll6 SOOQ OF
Prussia. He lives in a plain row of build
'@ings, with a thick shaded garden of lime
trees in the rear, in which he often walks
TO obtain relaxation from the cares of over
5 work. Look into any shop window in Ber-
lin, and there is his photograph. His name
( is heard at the hotels and in the cafes.
There are Bismarck gloves, Bismarck aol-
lars, Bismarck rifles and Bismarck ices.
? If any question of State comes up, the
newspapers wait for Bismarck to give an
opinion. 1t is said that he cares very little
for the King, but the King cares much for
Bismarck. At present the great man is ill,
and the people say he is overworked; but
the physicians have said that the trouble is
delirium tremens.