The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-17
GLEANINGS.

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at college in this country.
Gold worth $50, 800. 600 was dug from
Uncle Sans rich soil in 1884.
William Black makes about $40. 900
year from his novels.
Sunset Cox has had his photograph
taken in Turkish uniform.
An pathological puzzle was flock
OF countless humming birds at Edmon-
ton, Ky.
Madison Morton, who wrote ..Box
and Cox" is living on public charity in
london, at the age of Sc.
Bishop Taylor writes that mission
aries with big families are wanted in
Africa. They can dig and teach, hoe
and preach.
A large green stone taken from q
cocks gizzard in Alexander County,
South Carolina, turns out to be q 81
600 emerald.
Perhaps the most beautiful writer
among well-known Englishmen is Mr..
g. \. Sala. whose letters are as easy
as print to read.
Neither the Capitol nor the White
House is iireproof. Notwithstanding the
huiiOuS, tudL udt6 Dc0u eApcHuCu up
on them to make them SO.
A great English authority on -dys-
pensia speaks strongly in favor OF milk
buildings and stewod fruits for the
dyspeptic, the bilious and the equity.
Mr.. Gerhardt, the artist, has been
offered $40, 1000 for the Grant death
mask, but declines to sell it, nor Will
he part with it till he shall be ready to
present it to the Nation.
Ten copies OF. the new ordinary
edition in fac simile of the Vicar of
Wakefield" and ten copies of the large
paper edition have been bound in wood
from the panels of Dolly's chop-house,
where Goldsmith, johnson, and Gar
rick were accustomed to meet
Physicians in the Sandwich Islands
have come to tho conclusion that the
only way to stop the. alarming spread
of leprosy is 10 begin vaccinating with
leprosy microbes, but mo- one has yet
been found who is willing to submit
to the operation.
Capt. Shackleford, master of Jay
Gonld's yacht, is on terms of social in
timacy with the millionaire. Itis said
that he will soon be in Morosini's
shoes, as Mr.. Gould has never felt the
same toward that unhappy man since
the Huelskamp scandal
Mrs. Langtry, not satisfied with the
natural color of her hair. which was
beautiful, and of which she took in
cessant care, has painted it q kind of
reddish color-which. it appears, is be-
coming the fashion in Paris-and has
much injured her appearances.
Jonathan Findlay, now a resident of
Montreal, Canada, was more than sixty
years ago a pupil of Carlyle's, who. Mr..
Findlay says, was a cruel, tyrant, ru-
ling class of trembling boys with
rod of iron. He was rough and un-
ceuth in his appearance, and no one
suspected that within him were the
elements of great and successful
writer.
Brass faucets are to shinelno longer
behind New York bars. Health Off
GERS are busy going the rounds of the
10000 taverns of that thirsty town and
the order is that John Barleycorn's
blood shall be drawn through harmless
wooden or glass-lined faucets, instead
OF through the communicating metal
The new White Gross Army is grow
ing. 1t has a membership--of 500 in
New York, and is being established in
all the large cities of the country. In
Glasgow il is $1,000 strong. His in
creasing rapidly in London. All its
members sign pledges to maintain per-
sonal purify and to see their influence
in repressing immortality. indecent
language anu coarse jests.
The queen wrote TO ALI her family
and announced her marriage to them,
says Charles Grcville in his memoirs.
When she saw the duchess of Glouccs-
ter in town and told her she was to,
make her declaration the next day the
duchess asked her if it was not nerv-
Gus thing TO de. She said. Yes, but
did much more nervous thing a
little while ago." "What was thatp"
Il proposed to Prince Albert"
Charles Summers Washin gtea homs.F
his only home during the later years of
his life. now belongs to William w.
!Corcoran. No traces of its former
illustrious occupant remain. The fur
niture, selected with much care. has
been scattered far and wide under the
hammer of tile auctioneer.t = HisH Hpic-
lures are all gone, and there are few
things at the capitol to.femind one of
the upllolder of the Union.
In the great Northwest it is no longer
.''Hail Columbia, but "Hail Columbus.
The latter song Is to be sung By many
Thousand throats at the next meeting
of the National Saengerfest. The song
Is in German, and was written by Carl
Joseph Brambech, of Bonns Germany.
TO whom has just been paid $1,000
the Plankinton prize. 1t was Joel
Barlow of old, who began his epic
thus:
sing the man who first unfurled
An Eastern banner DER the Western world.
At Middlesboro. England. the other
day, DR.. Strathern appeared as a wit
mess at Petty Sessions, but declined to
take an oath, on the ground THAT it
was very serious thing to kiss book
which was handled by all kinds Of pee
iple." After some argument the doctor
Offered by way of compromise to kiss
1.-THE book if clean sheet of paper were
placed over the cover. The bench de-
iclined to accede to this or to allow the 1
doctor to make an affirmation, and
eventually he consented. under protest, 4
TO run the risk of catching disease.h
In 1851, when Louis Napoleon was
President of France, some coins were
struck with his head upon them. He
examined them, said they were all
right. and told the mintmaster to 20
ahead with them. A little later he
noticed q stiff-looking lock of hair over
the temple, such as We call q cow-liek,
land ordered now die made. That
was done, but in the meantime twenty
three of the pieces had gone into circu-
lation, one of which is said to be In the
possession of Queen Victoria One
Thousand dollars apiece has been Of
fered for these rare coins, without
takers.
A sheep-raiser in Texas went to
telegraph office to send a message to
his ranch. He dictated this to the ope-
'rator: 'Meet me with two horses and
.Shep. Shep was the name Of his dog.
The operator wrote, s.Meet me with i
rtwo horses and sheep" He showed it
to tho sender, who, evidently being as
little familiar with spelling as writing.
pronounced it satisfactory. When the
Texan reached the specified place he