Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1883 — GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

GLEANINGS.

The Russians consider bathing once a week an effeminate luxury. Mbs. Mabt Doyle died ip Kentucky recently at the age of 109 years. . Within five terms, covering fifteen months, divorces. Postmaster General Gbeshaj* has received the degree of LL. D. jirom both Wabash College and the Indihna State iJntvjfffity. Ten well-preserved teeth'of the sabertoothed tiger .were recently %coavated at the Nevada State prison quarry, close to prehistoric tracks ,j A discoveby of pozzuolana has been made in California, a substance which takes its name from Pozzuoli, Italy, and which forms the most durable cement A jilted youth in Mnnrhonlwmi N. H., stole the presents he had made his inamorata, and also stole the lounge on which he had done his courting, and was arlisted therefor. Tag tallest Princess in the world is the Crown Princess of Denmlgk. She is six feet two inches high. She isgtery fond cf dancing, but has often to' fmfcego the pleasure, because, being keenly sensiblenot' ridicule, she does not wish To have air’lnadequate partner. When Sara Bernhardt-'passed through Hamburg recently, on her way to Copen bagen and Stockholm, she had forty-six trunks lull of baggage, and W&£«|l fuiious when the customs officers instated upon examining the contents of everS" Jbe to the very bottom. ** At a wood-cutting contest in McKeai® county. Pa., a few days agd, two women wo* the first prize for ci oss-cut sawing. There are probably few divorces n Pennsylvania,remarks a practical philosopher. A great deal can be overlooked in a woman who can saw all the wood