The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
GLEANINGS.
Texas has 4,6oO,O 900 sheep, valued
21S. 400. 600.

Texas has 100000 sheep, valued at
S1S,sO0,OOO.
1t may be right occasionally to take
bull by the horns, but it is always well
to keep in mind that the horns belong
to the bull.
The intelligent compositor left out the
letter d in a paragraph about a beauti-
full. actress, and informed the public that
crows fiocked to sec her wherever she
went.
Among the inmates of the Pittsfield,
Mass, almshouse is Fred. L. Willis, not
vet 40 years old who has squandered n
fortune of $4,000 since attaining his
maierity.
The faculty of the state university of
Oregon have decided not to permit stu
denfs TO carry more than three studies
at one etime without special permit.
A Vermont boy who went under the
ice and wasn't pulled out for nine min
utes says it was the incest dream he ev-
er had, although he kept clutching
around for the bedclothes.
SAINT. Fe NeW MertcGn: Eastern peo-
pie would be surprised by the announce
ment that there is in Santa Fe blanket.
made by Navajo Indians, valued at 500.
Valuable blankets are frequently brought
into the city for sale.
A corporation has been formed to
build an underground railroad in Phila-
delphia The tunnel will be ventilated
by air shafts communicating with the
surface or by the system of suction ven
tilation employed in mines.
1t is kind of disgusting to clergy
man, after he has pointed to the situa-
ton of condemned murderer as a
warning against crime, TO have deacon
rise up and say, 1.-THE man was pardon
ed Yesterday. ."-BoStO7a Post.
The Oil City Derrick says Patti can
speak seven different languages with
her eyes shut and both hands tied be-
hind her. just imagine Patti, or any
body else speaking French with her
hands tied behind her!-1Strne1'S Falls
Reporter.
A Sullivan county, New York, tanner
recently purchased a $50 diamond
shirt-stud, and also its exact counter
part in paste for S1.50. They aftcrward
became mixed, and he has been obliged
to take them to a jeweler to have them
identified.
A Connecticut concern is making large
quantities of vaccine points of ivory.
Orders Of from 10000 to 100000 are
coming in, which shows that the spread
of smallpox is waking people up to the
necessity of vaccination as a prevent
i've.
There is wealthy brewer in Montreal
who built church, and inscribed on
it: This church was erected by Thomas
Nelson, at his sole expense. Hebrews,
XXX chapter Some of the McGill col
lege wags altered the inscription SO as to
make IT read: "This church was erect
ed by Thomas Nelson at his souls ex-
pense He brews XX."
Philadelphia Chronicle: Large white
buttons are now seen on fashionable
overcoats: This is an excellent idea. By
having the wearer's name and address
painted on the buttons, the policeman
who finds him after midnight clinging
to lamp-post would know where to
take him.
Colonel A. II. II. Dawson lectured at
New York recently in favor of cremation;
and among those who regretted that
they could not be there was Kate Field,
vino wrote: Il hope the lecture will be a
convincing argument in favor of crema-
ton. have no desire when | die to
poison earth, air and water"
In II small grove which adjoins the
Schoenberger residence near Cincin-
natl, all army of crows take shelter
every night. They assemble by thous-
ands an hour before dark, and an old
man living near the place, says that
to his personal knowledge the same
grove has been their dormitory for sixty
years
How long would it take to go to the
moon?' asks an occasional reader. 1t
much depends upon the route you take.
If you 70 by way of q rock blast, or a
dynamite upheayal, you would probably
arrive in about fifteen minutes, but if
you won't by the Guiteau trial express
you'd .trike it about when the twilight
was settling down upon eternity.
Sentinel.
There are only 113 works in the Eng
lish language which the blind can read,
Producing books in raised letters is very
expensive, and of course the sales are
small, SO that their publication is a mat
ter of charity. The Perkins Institute OF
Boston has almost raised a fund of 500,
600. with which it will issue twelve
books "a overwhelmingly.
Rev. DIR. Newman says of Mormon
ism: 1t is a crime against nature, and,
above all, crime against woman,
God best gift to man. The Mormons
dreams are of an empire with Utah as
the center, the United States a depend
enov and all the wOrldtributaries The
question is whether it shall be suppress
cd while it is confined to Utah, or allow
ed to spread over Colorado, Wyoming.
idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona and
New Mexico"
"Do YOU believe in Bronson Alcott' 5
LIT.
Boston lady of her Chicago admircr. Il
don't know what Bronson Alcott' theo-
~ of aesthetic eating is he answered,
''but when I'm hungry brace of NUT
ton chops, some pOrterhouse steak, a
dozen or two buckwheat cakes, four
soft boiled eggs and plate of hash
make meal that is aesthetic enough for
lue. - Eyes, yes, bat you don't under
staad me-" impatiently added his fair
interrogation; 'Mr. Alcott's theory has
reference topersOns, not to pigs.-BrOab-
tyn Eagle.
The practice is common among the
engravers and watchmallers of Germany
of hardening their tools in sealing wax
Tie tool is heated to whitcness and
plunged into the wax, withdrawn after
an instant, and plunged again, the pro-
cess being repeated until the steel is too
cold to enter the wax. The advantages
claimed for this method are that the
steel becomes almost as hard as the dia-
m0nd, and when touched with little
oil ar turpentine, the tools are superior
for engraving, and also for piercing the
hardest metals.
There is type of Justices in Louisi-
ana that will bear cultivation. Dennie
Dunlap, three-card monte shark, trav-
cling with circus. swindled country
fellow out of 5000 at Assumption. A
Justice issued a warrant and went in
to Dennie's tent to serve It personally.
Dennie was angling with another vic
tim, and offered the Squire 500 to hold
of ten minutes. This being declined,
the rascal whipped out q revolver, but
the Justice was lightning on the draw"
and neatly dropped him with bull
let through his heart. He then took
the 5000 from the Villains pocket, and
went calmly about his other official du-
ties.
No doubt Florida orange grove is a
good thing to have, but how shall man
CunOort himCalf while tho tIapC ara