The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
GLEANINGs.

spend the Winter.
In the last letter that Charles Dick
ems wrote (on the day before he died)
he said, 81 will have leisure to-mor-
row."
Father Galway, for MANY years the
head of the Jesuits in Great Britain.
has resigned his Office in consequence
of i'll health.
Edward L. Darling, the composer of
the new comic opera, ''Twelve jolly
Bachelors" which has just been pro-
duced in Boston. is but 10 years old.
Gabriel and Jerome Ravel. survivors
of the quartette of pantomimists ia
nous a quarter of n century ago, are
living at Toulouse in France.
At tine marriage of General Porfirio
Diaz, ex-President of Mexico. among
other gifts presented 10 his bride was q
diamond set worth $685. 900.
The Vicksburg Herald thinks it
wouldn't be bad idea if President
Arthur would select beautiful wife in
the sunny South for mistress of the
White House.
Whenever you see a woman talking
straight at n man. and beginning to nod
= her head and keep time tn it with her
upraised index finger. it is about time
for somebody to climb a tree.
One bitter cold day we said some
thing funny. probably by accident.
Posterity will freeze to it long after
the author is put on ice--E'7afic En-
rique.
dickens baptismal name was Charles
John Huffman Dickens, but being
laughed at by his companions. he early
came to writing his name simply
Charles Dickens.
Josiah Henson, the original of the
hero of "Uucle Toms Cabin" died
lately i'm Canada, leaving a mourning
family of eleven children, forty-four
grandchildren and six great-grandchil-
dren.
The father of St. Louis bride pre-
sented his son-in-law with $4,000 head
of cattle. Papa, DEAR" exclaimed his
daughter, when she heard of it. "that
was so kind of you; Charley's awfully
fond of ox-tail soup"
A writer in the Century urges the
observance of ''lane routes by trans
atlantic steamers, the necessity for such
practice having never been greater
than now. The avoidance of collisions
is the expected result.
Happy is that country whose public
servants are fairly capable second-class
men imbued with a wholesome awe OF
public opinion, rather than first-class
men of whom public opinion stands in
awe.
Mile. Grevy's trousseau was SO SIM
pie one might think it was intended for
Il quakeress. Strange to say, this
young French woman cares nothing. for
laces and puffings, and enjoys nothing
more than following her father, gun in
hand on his shooting excursions
Ills there any opening here for an in
telIectual writer?'' asked a seedy, red
nosed individual of an editor. Yes,
my friend.'' replied the man OF quilts;
"a consiterate carpenter, foreseeing
your visit, left an opening for you.
Turn the knob to the right"
dur esteemed contemporary: 81 am
going down TO see the mind reader il
lustrate mental telegraphy tonight.
and have my mind read" Rival edi-
tor: ''You are evidently not aware of
tie fact that he does not employ the
improved microscope in his readings"
-WcGy'ego5' NehcS.
The New York SIN learns, on very
high authority, that afternoon teas have
had their day. and that the correct
thing this Winter will he cof1ees (black)
from 8 o'clock in the evening till 10.
At these street costumes will be worn,
and they arc expected TO '.bring about
social life such as the citizens of older
countries enjoy"
MFR. Edward Richardson, Of Missis-
sippi. is said to be the largest cotton
raiser in the world, the Khedive of
Egypt coming second. He owns some
50. 100 acres of cotton land, from which
he raised last year more than IL, 900
bales He gins, spins and weaves it,
and has oil mills as well. Mr.. Richard
son has amassed fortune variously
estimnted at from $15, 900, 900 to S2O,-
600. 900.
SamuelJ. Tilden is building an addi-
ton TO his house for the better accom-
modation of the books, which make
one of the finest private collections in
the East Til,len is not n real biblio-
maniac-he does not care for books
merely for their rarity-but he likes,
fine illustrated editions. and is great
reader. His collection is especially
rich in American politics, and has
great many volumes of poetry and nc
tion.
The Chico. Cal. Record tells this
story: A couple of Cinnamon, while
fishing in the Sacramento river, near
Chico Landing. We're attacked by a
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them. The other Chinaman seized
hHtchet and cut the monster to pieces.
They proceeded to measure it, and,
placing together the parts severed. it
measured forty-three feel and seven |
iuchts, and was as large around as a
mans leg.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt, '.long- |
headed as he was, made mistakes. |
One of them was the building of tho |
''cut OFF, from Hudson |
to Schenectady 1t cost 81, 900, 600 and |
was signal failure and a white ele- |
phant from the start. Announcement |
is made of its sale for S5OO,OO to the |
West Shore road, the Central reservine |
the right to complete contracts made |
previous to the sale. The West Shore
enters into possession immediately
The famous spring of boiling water |
in the middle basin of HelPs Half Acre.
in the Yellowstone region, has lately |
become still more wonderful as a gey-
SER Four or five times every twenty
four hours it discharges great column
of water, freighted with stones and OBJ
scurcd by dense volume of steam.
The hollow formation for hundreds of
yards around the orifice trembles under
the upheaval, and the water is thrown
W sb Ol u lctI
A man had q curious race for life
near Meriden, Conn. He swallowed a
large dose of morphine, intending sui
eide, but quickly changed his mind,
and started for the nearest physician.
who was two miles away. He felt the
dangerous drowsincss stealing over
him, and ran with all his might. The
exercise kept him awake, but his mouth
became parched. his eyes filmy and his
strength less. He stopped to pray. but
IN instant of delay warned him that,
lnless he depended on miraculous help.
here was no time to be lost on his
knees. He at length stumbled into tho
ioctor's office, and fell senseless on the
ioor, but was saved by energetic treat
nent-
The Supreme court of Indiana holds
hat the playing of billiards and pool,
where the loser pays for the game, {
which is the usual way, is gambling,
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