The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
GLEAEINGS.

practiced in Baltimore.
Ageneral complaint is heard through
out Kentucky about the bad condition
of the growing wheat.
The authorities of Cleveland, O., are
mixing an example of peanut-venders
who use false measures.
Or. Carter has raised $500, 900 for
Williams college siace ne became its
president two years ago.
Wasps are beset by the danger Of
spontaneous combustion, the wax and
the paper Of the nests making tinder and
fuel.
Some boys k6ar Columbus, Chic,
made horse drunk to see the fun and
be nearly killed half a dozen persons in
his spree.
The Norristown Herald thinks that if
Theresa Sturla is going on the stage some
actor should attempt to shoot an apple
off her head.
The Pope has made his last will aHd
testament, and is Thought to havc be-
queathed the greater part of his proper
ty to tho furtherance of education.
A Toronto scotsman has sent larse
assortment OF Canadian forest tree seeds
to Germany, to be used ia replenishing
the German forests.
Ex-Representative w. A Phillips. of
Kansas, is paid $4,000 year by the
Cherokee Indians to look after their in
terestssin Washington.
"A Georgia photographer advises pee-
pie living in the country that, as small
pox is about to strike, they should bring
in the whole family to have their pic
lures. taken before It is too late.
1t is said that Mrs. Da Ponte, of New
Orleans has gone to Washington for the
purpose Of selling to the United States
the original parchment draft of the
Confederate States constitutional she
can. -
A citizen of Bowling Green, KY, who
was recently stabbed by lunatic. has
brought suit against the authorities for
allowing the man, who was known to be
dangerous, to be at large.
The London Practitioner records q
case of severe hysteria, with contrae-
tions of the lower extremities, which
gave way to treatment with bread pills
prescribed under the name of piluls
mice pannis.
Queen Victoria is the owner Of much
real estate in New York. An advance
in rents has recently resulted In a
change of tenants in one of her build
ings on Broadway, near Eighteenth
street.
A female infant at Helena, Ark, is
more abundantly equipped than most Of
her sex for conversation, having three
tongues She is otherwise perfect
child physically and enjoys excellent
health.
1t is not vegetables alone that attain
remarkable growth in California. A
Petaluma paper acknowledges the re-
ceipt of hens egg which measured
6} inches in circumference at the mid
die and n inches around Its length.
Colonel Ingerson says that colleges
are where bricks are polished and die-
monds dimmed." A Connecticut editor,
whose sanctum is not far from Yale, re-
vises the saying as follows: Colleges
are where bricks are worn in the hat
and diamonds are pawned."
A horse habitually walks into saloons
at Fort Worth, Tex. stands up at the
bar like man and drinks glass after
glass of beer as long rs the bystanders
will pay for them. He closes his lips
over the top of the tumbler, lifts hi.
head and the beverage gurgles down.
In the Sussex County (N. J.) Jail is
a haunted cell, .;hich all night long is
trot. by spirit With 5, heavy tread, as
of cavalry boots. s prisoner who late
ly occupied the cell was discovered
throwing Goals at the ghost, which he
could hear but not see, and all the cells
inmates have been disturbed by the
same sound.
That was an economical couple whom
Chattanooga justice OF the peace
found sitting on the doorstep of bis Of
flee the other morning. They requested
him to marry them as quickly as posi-
BILE, as the groom did not want to be
docked on his days work, and had nc
time to lose.
Some idea of the active work being
done by Mormon mission aries may be
Cleaned from the fact that one of their
papers, in its last issue, publishes re-
ports from twenty. eight saints wha
were seeking converts as far West ss
Nevada, rs far South as Alabama ane
as far North as Oregon.
The inhabitants OF the Sandwich L.
lands are very fond of shrimps, and eat
them uncooked. 1t is no uncommon
sight, at n banquet In that country, tt
see the crawling things tumble of ths
plates and squirm over the table. The
islanders, however, scoop them up nnC
go on eating as unconcerned as posi-
Bile.
The divorce statistics OF Maine fol
the past five years give an unpleasant
picture of home life in that state. There
have been about 9, 400 divorces decreec
during the period in question, and thu
nearly 5000 persons have been released
from the bonds which were assumed with
at least nominal solemnity. The ratio
is probably one divorce to ten marriage.
in Maine.
There is much worldly wisdom ex
pressed in the remark of Il Nevada Chi
naman, who was. angered by being re
fused payment for laundry work done
by him. A friend tried to pacify him
by telling him that there are no gooc
men in the world. "Oh yessee," replied
the Mongolian, 1.-TWO good man. Ont
him dead, nudda one him no born"
The widely-spread rumor that Mrs
Theodore Tiltou had been obliged to be
come n nurse in order to obtain live
hhood is pronounced by friend with
out particle of truth. She does no
weigh more than seventy or eight,
pounds, and is of such an excessively
nervous temperament that she is more
apt to need a nurse herself than to &C
as one for anybody else.
The meanest man in tho world live.
in Trenton, N. j. He recently engaged
two BOYS to shovel the snow off his side
walk. About 100 square feet of wall
had to be cleaned. The boys worked
like beavers for more than half an hour
while the man watched them from hi.
window. When the work was completed
he raised his window and handed then
a cent apiece.
A few days ago large statue of D
OConnoll, in Limerick, was daubec
over with yellow paint, giving the Irisl
patriot instead of his favorite green, ar
orange garb. When this came to the
knowledge of Mr.. Ambrose Hall, ont
nf tho M a oi stra tae for tho citv of imor