The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-05
GLEANINGS.

paratory to learning the moulding
trade.
Bismarck says gentlemen of elo-
quence are like ladies who wear boots
much too tight and always try to show
their feet
Tobacco has been found upon analy-
Sis to contain sugar in quantity vary
ing from mere trace to as much as
10 per cent.
Springfield, Mass, has local gym
mast who packs himself into box
measuring 22 inches long by II wide
and Is high. r...
Mr.. Drummer j. Adams. n mechanic
of Kittery, Me-, claims to have discov-
cred process by which he YIELDS cop
per as perfectly and securely as iron.
A new stalactite cavern has been
discovered in France near Gordon.
Naturalists are busy exploring. in the
hopes of finding some remains of past
races. a
A wholesale tobacco dealer in New
York City claims that cigarette smok-
ing is dying out, and that $4,000, 900
less cigarettes were sold in 1888 than
in 1882.
According to the Consultation, "soci-
ty" in Atlanta, Ga, is giving evidence
that it demands greater intelligence
and higher education to meet its re-
quirements.
The population of Mexico, including
natives, Indians, Spaniards and those
Of mixed blood, numbers about 10000
O00. The area of the country is nearly
800 900 square miles.
Mrs. Dubuys, of Pass Christian,
daughter of General G. I. Sherman, is
the owner of one of the loveliest rose
gardens in Mississippi. She has $50
varieties of roses in it.
Rose Coghlan, the actress, smokes
cigarettes, and is said to be the only
woman in America who can puff rings
of smoke from her mouth. Rose is un-
doubtedly very accomplished woman.
The Franklyn cottage at Elberou has
one room entirely lined with cork. 1t
is arranged in flat, narrow pieces about
one foot ia length, which are made to
fit in each other. 1t has the effect of q
light-colored wood.
There are $500 Edison lights in ten
cotton mills in Fall River, and so pop
ular are they that the hands in one
mill have struck against all work by
gaslight in mill where they refused
TO put in electricity.
The rage for armor continues, and
clocks now come in the steel breast
plates and shields ready 10 be placed
on large frame of plush, shield-shape
with vizors, spiked balls, battle-axes
and other warlike surroundings.
Oleomargarine has found its way
into the English market from this coun-
try. and is creating considerable talk
among the people there. 1t is certain
to encounter fierce opposition, and
there is q strong probability that string
ent prohibitory laws will be enacted.
DIR. Charles f. Clark, of Boston,
while rummaging around in junk
shop in that city recently, found some
valuable Colonial documents, worth
their weight in gold. The papers were
bought by Abbott Lawrence and by
him they have been given to the Boston
public library.
Statistics recently gathered. show
that the colored population of the
United States is increasing at the rate
of nearly two hundred thousand n year
"a fact that does not look much like
the immediate exstinctiOn of the race
which has been so freely prophesied in
some quarters.
Mrs. Reeves, the wife of Sim Reeves,
said the other day: ''Why, ladies come
TO me and say, L have daughter who
sings we'll. want her TO appear in
public. How long do you think il
would take to train her-nine months? p
Nine years, madame. Even boot
maker takes seven
A Spanish Mormon has just COM
pleted the translation of the Book OF
Mormon into Spanish. and began mis-
sienary operations in Mexico. He
makes out that the Mexicans are de.
scendants of the various tribes spoken
of in the book, and teaches that Mcx
co is TO become the land flowing will
milk and honey. This suits the greas
ears exactly. as they are constitution
ally opposed to work. The conse
quence is he is making progress.
Bank of England notes will stand al
most anything. They will hold togeth
er ~ the bottom of the sea and COM
out Of furnace intact, but they will
not outlast the scrubbing, the bleach
ing, and the mangling of the laundry
That trial, to which they are some
times subjected through the inadvert
ence OF ladies who send them to tn
wash in their pockets, usually deface
them. though even after it their genu
iEeness Is still recognizable.
A writer in the Boston AdUertise
complains that teachers in that stat
are frequently removed without jus
cause, and he calls for the abrogaJio
of the practicJ of electing teachers 70
q single year. Let this annual humil
iation," he says, 'this crippling anxiet
and this liability of keen and cruel in
Justice cease. Let teachers be electe,
TO serve during efficiency and good be
havior. Let us have no possibility 0
this worse than Greek ostracism il
Massachusetts,.
The gossips have found out what
was that broke down Lord Randolph
Churchills health, and made him leav
parliament some weeks before the clos
Of last session. One night he and som
fellow statesmen were standing on tn
Thames embankment, ut q friend
garden gate, when Big Ben struck mid
night Some one remarked upon tn
deliberateness of the ringing. and won
dered whether a man could run from
there to the tower steps before the las
note was struck. The young Tory lead
er thought he could; wager wa
made, the following night was appoint
ed for the enterprise, and Lord Ran
dolph won; but he SO over-exerted him
self that the others had to carry him t
bed. and next day his physician order
ed him off to Gastein.
Lady John Manners impcaches mod
ern luxury in the National ReVieaO. Th
account she gives of the aristocracy i
England is certainly not little sul
prising. for she represents them rs dc
ing little else than eating, drinking an
dressing, and the number and compile,
ity of their meals suggest the idea of
perennial gorge, necessarily rcsultin
in apoplectic safety and mental stupo
Not satisfied with this continual fee,
ing, however, the men appear TO smok
like limekilns, and Lady Manners d.
clares that "in a few instances the c.
pcnditure in cigars amounts TO G5
day." Who are the amazing peop
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