The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-10-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

V1a:tora Ito. the White Mountains
will build monument to Harry Hum
ter, the Pittsburgh printer, whose
body, after. six years, was found on
Mt. Washington.
In an old drawer at Bowdoin col
Ieqe, Maine, 1873 rare and choice draw
ines have been found, collection
made in Europe more than seventy
years ago by Governor Bowdoin.
The highest mine in the United
States anil probably in the world, Is
the Present Help, ON Mount Lincoln,
Park county, Colorado. This mine
lies IA, ,157 feet above the sea level.
Prof. Haas, the renowned church
historian, has celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of his nomination to his
professorship at Jena. The letter ap-
pointing him was signed by Goethe
as minister of Art and Science OF SAKE
Weimar.
Nathaniel Thayer, one of the largest
railroad capitalists i'll the country, and
O citizen of Boston, has retired from
the board of directors of the Phiiadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore OIL
account of increasing age. His son
has been elected in his stead.
1t is estimated that during the past
eighteen years $4,000 worth of real
estate has been deposited in front of
Atlantic City by the ocean. Many
buildings have already been moved
| seawarri to the made grounds, and
many more are bound to follow.
Mrs. J. w. Mackay, who has the
| distinction of being the richest Amer
ican lady in Europe, has been subject
ed to great deal of annoyance by the
actions of woman who personated
her in Paris, and contracted large bills
| in her name.
Sunday in the family of Sir Roland
Hill's grandfather, a rich dissenting
tradesman, was observed as follows. ::
| Silent breakfast at s, extemporary
prayer, chapel S to II, chapters from
Matthews Henry read aloud, also
PRAYER till dinner at noon, OH boiled
pudding. At 1, chapel till 3; after
which the father smoked and the
children were free till 5, when chapel
recommended. At & 80 the mother
taught her children i'll her own room
| until they were called down for
| another sermon and long extemporary
prayer from their father.
A few months ago Shakespeare S
comedy GAS You Like It," was per-
formed for tile first time in the theatcr
at w lima, Russia. The play gave great
satisfaction, and the delighted audi
ence began uttering loud cries for the
author. The manager in great cmbar-
rassment-fOr he knew no more of
Shakespeare than the audience-at
last came TO the front, prepared to
trust to luck for his excuse. Finally.
afler much preliminary ycrbiage. he
regretfuHy announced that MIR.
Shakespeare, the author of the piece
in question, had been dead for nearly
twenty-five years. Expressions of re-
grct arose from the crowd, who, how
ever, were quite satisfied with the eX-
plailatiOn, and the manager retired, to
Congratulate himself upon his success
| full historical romancimg.
The proposed channel tunnel be-
tween England and France seems like
ly to be built. One shaft has been
ascertained that in about eighteen
months at least two and a half miles
| will have been bored under the chan
mel and that the work will be conf
pleted in four years, probably by bor-
ing from each end. There are evil
IDENTIFY, however, contingencies, such
as O break in the rock, which may de-
stroy the whole enterprise. Mean
time another bold scheme for crossing
the channel contemplates a line OF
| steel tubes sixteen feet in diameter
ballasted so as to make it weigh ono
| and quarter tons 10 the foot less than
the water displaced, and held at d
depth of thirty-1ive feet below the
surface ESQ as not to impede naviga-
tion) by being anchored by chains to
| caissons sunk to the bottom. Through
this floating tunnel OF twenty miles
OF so it is proposed that railway trains
shall pass.