The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-03
GLEANINGS.

Gen. Lew Wallace has two novels in
course of preparation.
The farms of the United States are
worth at least 81, 1000, 100000.
Gas Injuries leather. Russia and calf
suffer most and morocco least.
The present coal beds of the world
will be exhausted in 10,875 years.
The cost of shipping a ton of wheat
to Liverpool via Cape Horn is Sl4.
c. P. Huntington. ihe railroad king,
is c. years old, and worth S50.000,0OO.
According TO tradition, famines oc-
cur i'll Japan every forty or fifty years
OF the SIT students at the University
Of California, 319 intend to practice
law.
The red rose is the national flower of
England where it first appeared on the
Great Seal in the reign of Edward lV.
Miss Katherine lyman, young Irish
girl, has written a book of poems
which is attracting no little attention
from foreign critics She appears to be
q sort of feminine Tom Moore.
A man went down to Rome, Ga,
from Atlanta and opened female
barber shop. but before the place had
taken in So cents crowd of 100 indig-
nant wives had made wreck of it.
Western hog growers prefer black,
red or mixed colored animals to those
which are white, as the latter are less
hardy than the others, consequently
are not so we'll adapted to hot, dry
climate as the colored ones.
A man in Rockville broke his neck,
but DIR. Storrs etherized him and pulled
tho dislocated vertebra into place and
the man still lives, although in very
critical condition. There are more
than six cases on record similar to the
above.
Scotch shepherd dogs are now em-
ployed at the Cape in hcrding ostriches.
work which they perform with saga
city. Two men on horseback and one
dog will drive troop of 100 to $50
full-grown birds with as much ease as
six OF eight men on horseback.
Celery plants may be nicely kept for
use during winter, it is said. by stand
ing them. after being cleaned, washed
and tho ends of the roots trimmed, in
tub or barrel containing few inches
= of water, or pack them in box in wet
moss and keep standing upright.
a. 1t is said that the Astors have paid
at the rate of Sc, 10000 per acre for
land in Wall street. The land for the
Drexel property, corner of Wall and
Broad streets. which was bought dur
ing the highest period of imitation, cost
at the rate of $l4 0O0 0J0 per acre. =
Montana has over $4,000. 900 acres
within her boundaries, of which TO-
OOO,O acres are fine lands, suitable
for agriculture or grazing. Nearly
20, 0O0, 600 acres are mountainous, but
among these 10000, 900 acres are To-
Gated some of the richest mining
camps in the world.
Sportsmen who have allowed their
thoughts to run toward Alaska with
fond anticipations OF some day visiting
a land without mosquitoes, may as
we'll give up decamping. The mos
quito seems to be everywhere. A
traveller says the peskiest, largest,
most poisonous, and persistent mos
uuisoes he ever saw are in Alaska.
A southern physician has studied the
subject of the difference between tho
complexion of the nortlferners and
southerners. In tropical countries the
2 complexion of the people is that of con-
valescing from fever, and indicates
that the conditions of the blood are no
longer susceptible TO febrile influences.
The number of red corpuscles in the
northern blood rapidly disappear in
tropical regions subjected to malaria.
Milton Meister. formerly of Lancas-
ter County, Pennsylvania, and now of
Utah Penitentiary, remarks i'll Il letter
to friend: Il am now serving out a
six months sentence for loving, cher
-ishing, and caring for my dear families,
consisting of three of the best. noblest,
and leveliest wives in the Union and
twenty-three just as good and pretty
: children as ever came from Heaven 20
sciourn for season On this mundane
sphere"
1t is said that soft shell crabs when
out of water are very sensitive TO thun-
der and lightning, and whether on
train or steamboat or in crates i'll the
market Is per cent, according to Il
New York dealer, are killed by thun-
derstorm. The cause OF this is not un-
derstood, but the dealer in question
thinks they are scared to death. Pos
sibly the changed condition OF the -.
mosphere, caused by the currents of
electricity passing through it, may be
the cause of their death.
The present Queen Of Roumania.
now forty-three years old, has had Il
romantic career. She was born in q
quaint little white country house on
the banks of the Rhine, and was a
great romp in girlhood, fond of out
doors and fairy stories, impatient oil
control, self-reliant, and with an ex.
traordinary poetic talent Her ambi-
tion, after much travel, was to be a
teacher, but Prince Charles, of Hohen-
zollern, whom she had met during heI
absence from home. asked her to be
his queen. 1t is fifteen years since She
married. Sue has seen much sorrow.
has written much poetry, and has won
much love.
Have you heard. says gossipper,
about Miss Mary Flynn, who halls from
Cincinnati? She has walked up TO find
herself famous through the attractions
of esoteric Buddhism. 1t is just a
month ago since Miss Flynn was ad-
mitted into the Buddhist community III
the native college, Colombo, Ceylon.
Tho recorder, describing the rite OF re-
ceptiOn. says tue ncophyte took hel
seat among circle OF yellow capped
priests, who questioned her as to hel
reasons for ahjuring the error ot
Christianity and embracing the true
faith. The novice, with native modes
ty, explained that, having thoroughly
studied the various religious systems
of the world (ovcr 1900 | believe)
she found Buddhism alone in accord
ance with her reason and common
sense, On this the Ulema anointed hel
forehead with the consecrated spittlt
in token OF acceptance, and Mary be
came a member of the largest church
in the world.
Nine. Modjeska has just completed