Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A young man, "who can paint and talk
Ruskinesque, adyertises in the London
Atheneunl for "a place.
The last distinct words spoken by
| Robert Toombs wore Cunning to a rela-
tive); LEND me one hundred dollars"
Glue is rendered waterproof by first
soaking 1t in water until il becomes soft,
and then melting it, with gentle heat, in
| linseed oil.
The total number of deaths from small
pox in Montreal during the late epidemic
exceeds 5000, distributed among over
| $40 houses.
John w. Mackay, the California million
aire, is grandfather. His daughterj the
Princess Galatro-C olonua, has just been
delivered of son.
High license has decreased the number
of saloons in Chicago from $4,000 to
5000, and added nearly 81, 800, 900 to the
revenues of the city.
The late Lord Dudleys famous
Raphael, "The Three Gracos," has Just
been sold for e25, 900 to his Royal High.
ness the Due dAumale.
THE value of the pig iron produced il
this country in 1885 was 5000, 900, OF
nearly as much as the combined values o.
the gold and silver products.
The recorded RECOMMENDATIONS of MikadC
80 far are Me-kAr-dough, Mick-add.o 90
My kay-dough, Mike-ah-dough, Mike-ah
doc, Mike-a-doo, Me-cad-der.
A telegraph man says that the first mes
sage sent through a new cable or com
pleted land line is invariably the prosai'
phrase, do you get me now!"
Pope Leo is said to have an income o.
81, 500, 900 annually, and it is stated oil
the authority of Monsignor Capel that th,
pope's personal expenses are limited Il
81 50a day.
Some of the medical papers say that I
great deal of quiet tippling, especially
among women, is carried on by means o
the qunsi- medicament called "beef, iroi
and wine"
"Thc Lay of the Lark" has just beef
rejected BY the Burlington Free Press
which, however, informs the poet that
few specimens OF the lay of the hen woul'
be accepted.
Paul de Saint Victor, the late famou
literary critic, had u superstitious fame,
that he could write we'll ouiy by using nj
inkstand which lie had purchased il
Switzerland
recent report to the English Roya
Society of Arts shows that of the IL, 90
deaths which have occurred in coal mine
!, since 1876, only one.fouith have bee
caused by fire damp.
. NJ. Lockroy, Victor Hugo's son.in Law
besides being rich, with decided literar
ability, is keen and successful polit
clan. lie is radical Republican an
aspires to the premiership.
A soldier, W. P. Moore, was robbed {
Q, $3.50 many years ago while stationed I
E, Liberty, Mo. lie was,a week or so ago.
recipient of over SOL, sent anonymousl.
m to pay the principal and interest.
Governor Hoadiy of Ohio, says he wi
pay his share, S60,000, of the recent
discovered deficiency in the unfortuna
Purcell fund, and that he will hay
enough money left to live on after that.
A funeral cortegc in Macon, Ga, d
or two ago was broken up by two of h
mourners- brothers-In- law of the d
nc ceased-engAging in tistic encountt
Knives were drawn and the men bad
I'd cut.
| lut tull yin llb Nlplhg Will
~ lately rose ont of the sea Just sou
It's of the Farce Islands, and was prom
nent landmark to sailors, has fall
away, leaving only a dangerous reef up
ne its site. E.-..5..-
ell Musical virtuoso at concert: -"A
there is largo movement. am 80 GLAD
ed Unmusical friend, misunderstanding
$50 am l; music is all well enough, |
Ill it is never SO good MS when il ends W
II lager movement"
MD The Oregon Legislature has passed
law to the effect that tricyclists and
ing cyclists must stop riding whenever Il
approach within 100 yards of team, {
'o9 after dismounting remain standing III
It's the team has passed.
Chicago rejoices in the possession o
,,,,. regularly chartered Mental cience I
pu' vcrsity. The kind of mental science
nm be taught is made clear Ivy the fact {
its president is litor OF the Mind G
to Joarndt of that city.
-, A building in Atlanta only feet "
70 commands II rent of 800 per month, n
us ii is and has been for long while II
site as snloom the more curious arc anxi
to learn what disposition will be mad
| u NtNi li'uiol'ioh bNVN ihto ehVSe'
.tol A gigantic engineering scheme is to {
meet the Caspian Sea With the PER-
,mc Gulf by way of the valley of the Eupl
ties. This would make Asitl an island,
would change the tides Of travel and b
RE ness throughout the Eastern world.
At one OF the schools in this city
terday the master, in general exerC
wrote the word dozen" on the Ill
board, and asked the pupils to each "
or q sentence containing the word. He
somewhat taken ahack to find on on
the papers the following unique sente
al dozen know my lesson. Meath
part Herald.
The persons who invested in the di
speculation to obtain e10O,00 wortl
al gold which was sunk years ago in
ship Alfonso XII of the west coast
Africa, have been rewarded by har
of gold from the gray sand fields.
divers have got mp nearly all the gold
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