The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
GLEANIEGS.

Dig mines OF poor coal have been dis
covered in Africa.
There are only 262, 900 Indians in the
United States.
In the three fan districts of Japan
100, 200 persons make fans.
A man at Americas, Ga, claims to
nave rooster which crows twelve
Tunes at noon and midnight.
King Alfonso has lost his youthful
face and has the appearance of having
gone to seed.
A ball was recently bowled against a
young English cricketer's forehead,
killing him instantly.
The Harvard ''annex' for women is
emnently successful. Two ladies out
OF u class OF five have become engaged
to their teachers.
The reason advanced by Henry L.
Taylor, of Belair, Md, for asking for
divorce is that his wife will not let
him read the bible.
Women in New York who make
shirts for living earn about As cents d
day; those who serve as waiter girls in
| beer saloons make $1.2
The granddaughter eff Davy Crock
ett is living in San Antonio in feeble
health, poor, and with three little chill
dren dependent upon her exertions.
King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Is
lands, can get no groceries at the stores
unless the order is accompanied with
cash.
A st. Louis actor made his debut dur
ing violent storm, and q local critic
observed that seven the heavens recog-
nized true greatness, and Numbered
their applauses."
1t is proposed at Bismarck this win
ter to construct big house of blocks of
ice, which shall be used for skating
rink, after the plan of the winter pal
aces they build in Canada and Russia.
Bismarck is said to have become SO
suspicious and tyrannical toward all
officials of state that it is believed that
if the Emperor dies before him the
Crown Prince will not hesitate to dis
miss him from Office.
Hannibal Hamlin should be placed
in charge of the next arctic expedition.
A gentleman who can go through the
climate of Maine every year without
an overcoat would not be likely to re-
turn without the pole.
Waynesboro, Ca. society is in fiut.
ter. owing to the discovery that a cele.
brated colored cook, who has been EN-.
ployed in many first-class families, is 9
man and not woman as was supposed
The fellow has masqueraded as q female
for many years.
A New York jeweler has Just import
| ed diamond as bic as hickory nut
the biggest ever brought into this coun
try. 1t weighs 125 karats, and viii
lose thirty karats in cutting. Th,
Koh-i-noor weighs 1924 karats. The
New York diamond is valued at 500,
900.
While hotel cook at San Diego
Cal, was preparing some chickens TO
dinner, he discovered about $40 wortl
of gold nuggets and four ounces Q
gravel in their crops. The fowls ha,
been recently purchased from farmer
but the cook does not remember hi
name.
Eastern farmers in other section
than New England are learning tina
spring crops are more certainly profit
able than winter wheat. The latte
has the advantage of being q bette
crop to seed with, but in money return
it is less profitable than oats or barley
and much less so than we'll cared fo
corn and potatoes.
Mrs Peterson and Mrs. Deckard, c
= Boise, Idaho, started up the mountai
a side on II ramble, taking with them
d claw-hammer to knock off any bits {
n rock that might attract their attention
In doing this they broke off picc
!. from a ledge, which they were snrpri
# ed to find was rich galena ore. Mr.
Deckard has been offered 81, ,00O.for he
Z half interest.
, Mr.. Fitzgerald. of Rochester. N. Y
f having been paid $500, put it unde
q his pillow. The next morning he con
). planned at police headquarters tha
: 5000 had been taken. He suspecte
q his wife, and she was arrested. Sh
j. tainted on being made prisoner. o
r recovering she said that she had take
d the money for safe keeping. She wa
/, released.
: Bob Rowland is the name of a genis
:, fellow in the far west who is ealle
u the ''Jonah of mining towns" 1t
: said of him that when he arrives at
new camp he starts restaurant, an
f all the miners qnit work and max
!, boarding with him their sole business
g The supplies all eaten and the mean
# OF buying exhausted. Bob marches fort
a at the head of the demoralized deniz6n
l. of the camp in search of new worlds
l. conquer.
e A whitefsh-liver supper, says tn
Il Monroe Democrat, is the latest thin
y to tempt the appetites of Michigan ep
s cures. The liVers are fried like oy.
e ters, and whom washed down with oil
wine or champagne are said to be MOI
excellent Another way is to boil an
J mince them, and when cold serve wit
= salt, pepper and sharp vinegar. White
:. ~ fish gizzards nicely dressed and frie
:, in butter, are said to make an exceller
a dish, much sought after by those wh
= know what to eat and how to eat it
y A Lewiston, Me-, lawyer was recen
ly greeted by a lady in his office wit
the remark; "You don't know me,
d reckon" He said her face was fami
d lar, but he couldn't recall her name
II was divorced from my husband La
term. | want to sue him for breach
PROMISE" said she. She and her hui
band were divorced, parted, and me
1cll III Iofc iS dlu, COultcu anO SHo VIZ
IS won. The marriage intention W:
'e published, and the day set. The ma
). reached for the west. and the abandon
r ed wife lover will take it out of him
=. money damages.
- F. NJ. Shields, of Mississippi. has il
9 vented a murderous gun which he cal
l. the Sweepstakes 1T shoots"
% says, 81, 900 balls at the explosion
S one cap. 1t will kill and wound 81
: men out of q regiment of 1000 men
- " a distance of 800 yards. 1t has fort,
J nine barrels all combined in one, an
5: each barrel shooting one degree an
twelve minutes on horizontal plan
id from the others. Shooting u distant
" of 100 yards. it will cover space {
K 100 yards, filling a long felt want"
u Walter Davie, brown and Drawn
from life in the Scotch Highland
~ reached New York the other day, Il
~ was dressed in the regulation Highlan
costume, and when he appeared in tt
III Battery Park he attracted a good de;
or of attention. With piece of chalk