Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1883 — GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

GLEANINGS.

The Lancaster ffinglvani Alills, at .-Cliuti. Ala-s. an 1 l! • io.iurot m : l:; of - tin- kind in this coiiiilFvT Tli’cv'evnpfny 2,Q00 I iambi and |>n>tl ;c. ■ •-’>‘ ;>.»«,>, Oi s* y a c- 1> of doth every year, Their proilin is arc sold mainly in .Pennsylvania aryl the Stmt Invest. A century since Die Hawaiian* were savages and’camtibaU. Now there are over ;10U telephone, wires in use in the ._ei;y of Honolulu, and the application of ti:e ielt'pis-.i,'!' i< made iltroiigiit/iit ihe nta-tams: Some <_>l' t! i e planters - arc now cutting their cane all -upclit Sepy, pn>■',>hl.of elei-u-ic light. TheqtraeiieaUiiilyAif phuiaymphimr Iniidscapcs from the windows of a train nrnning at the rate of forty miles an hour lias been recently proved by Dr. ( aiidize, who uses what lie calls a 'gyros <■ rapii for the piirpose_. An exposure of onfv- orre uii>•-htin l l reilfch of a second was lUwdotl, an:l after a little practice wondei'fully district views were obtained. A\'itli 40.000 square iniles of almost unbroken forests, it is estimated that in ten years tin* limber in North Carolina oviil exceed in value the present total valuation of all the property and- laud in flic state. This region will be rapid--1 v opened to the Aronhrni and Eastern lumber markets when the new railroads an* constructed. An extremely affectionate husband and wife at Larnvbee, (ta., do not mean to be separated in death. They have-, had a eollin made wide enough for two, ami a grave dug to hold it. 'Their plan is that when one diies tin* other sliall immediately eommit suicide. so that their bodies m'gy be bnr’ed at the sMtiut time. while their EQuls simultaneously enter eternity. Missouri is ahaut to spend $50,000 in limling out about herself. She suspects font she contains some of the richest ores on earth, and a geologist-is to make a thorough investigation. Her soil is peculiarly rich, and has commonly been regarded as a decomposition <>f linvespvio and sandstone, but a scientific analysis will now for the first time deter- j 1.1.:e tlrO question.-- - - | Tin, ('oin-ii'rgerie. wlieh* Prince Ka- j polOnn was coiitineE has twice served] asia prison f«:r l'.iembers of hi s fitmilyl Napoleon, afterward Emperor. . v as. shut up there in 1-S4O when he was av. ay: big his trial before the Cliansber J of t'ofs spy-his lloiirtogiie expi'dith.u: • r-d Piince Pli i’re HonapiirtT was dels?. d there, in' 1870 after his man-' slaughter of Victor Noir. AVhat is called “one of the inost gi- ; gttutic'swindles ever perpetrated in this j ! e,-entry '’ is,said to have keen unearth- • ’ «*d n-ecntly in New York. The -h r, ' i >; s i!iat a diamhiuijn’ok'er lia> : w i. the habit of.puling,Jii?lots' to ti cw i c.' .gio.uoo (i'amonds which loo!; e. ! !,e ms. irf the lirstwater, but whieii, alter-1 a luge wear, proved to be cheap yellow j I that bad been ;>ainted with a s>>- | i :i. :i. n t Id: it gave to them the -appearance i ; o: i!;e purv-t brilliants. ■ or the L'AA rallies ernp.loyed in the} P: i'adeiphia 'ik Reading (’ompa.nyis j I wijiees but few so-- thedighf of day oiiee j i a wear, anu some. Hotwitener than jviige j ] in.: -;i years, Mhi'tibrought, to the light j j they aiV-stone blind foi’ a few days, and j | s tilt forerciV the sunlight.-'paralyzing j, i the oj.itie nerves, init it. igti never been j | known -to affect tieyir-appetite or kick- j ]' ing qualities, They are jegflytated to be j i -S3 iy?r> eent cheaper than horses for pit j ti,-.*l k,- | | A point in etiquette recently decided j | a lawsuit in a queer way. A traveler | j otKa < iermafi railroad .-train -attempted * 1 to .At a inn <i while on the journey.—j i Vv'hih' -putiing a ]>ieei.‘ of Ixdogna san- | i wAuv.inJ.is’inoiith tlii- train stopped sinl-1 I denly, i an- his ehei kl(f ie* badlyeittd jonlli.e edge of pis knife. whi'Ch he Vast busing. The maj* sued the eonqiany for 1 damages, lmt his claim Was not sustiiinon IhCvground that it is a breach of ! _ egi juette to eat with ti knife. 1 ' I Jay Gould began life as a book can-vae-er. ;lxo woifdet that he has always considered the public as Ids prey. The proper time, to have killed him was when be first started around with the “Lite of Napoleon'’ in monthly part**

.complete In twenty-four mini tiers with a fvill page steel engraving in every mmibev, and waited around In hiding for three days, until he could strike :ui unhappy- subscriber, without aeeut in Ids pocket.. , r A law student had just fieen admitted to the lloston bar, and- had opened an olhee for practice, when the death of-liis father left him $30,000. He'was in such haste to get and spend the money that lie left the olliee without stopping to lock t!ie do.!>r. aband'-ming Ids fine- library a»d furniture, to his creditors, lie wasted Ills fortune so. wantonly that It only lasted a year. Now he. is pointed orHtnt~T.eirixtorrr7-IVI-t*.- r -ar-4H I Hk eii-dow n drunkard, living on the charity of old aequaintaue.-s. Col. It. J. < ’hairnet's, of Clebourne, Tex.,- has the largest eat ranch in the world,. In the Mffivmcr of lK.fi 'flip, wheat on the farm-was' thrashed ami se considerable quantify of straw was left in rail pens. A fyw-etits aii oneiv tobkposstissioirof the pens. They have multiplied until now irt least 500. eats, black. White, yellow, gray, spoffCib-whrAaef-(*very color known to the feline, tribe, to say nothing of kltleiis—can lie seen •with lmt little trouble by-visiting tin* ■ jams. r; _ Old Red Cloud, tin* Sioux Chief, lias good horse sense, if he is a savage. In vNiting tin* Hampton ■lndian School, hr said to the students: “We are Indians, but. this is what. 1 want you to learn; such as wagon-making„ farming, and the other work. We want you to learn ''UTiAfl&egnuiaiA'PnAy-iH Hud i'ligs a-.beuetit to you. You see that man standing there —who lias charge of you. J want you ,to listen to ail he says-. He has brains, lie lias eyes, in* w ill take -good.. • •are of volt,”

A (h'rrrpit old raiilo at FlrrOlissbulaT - M aifana t<*rritoa’, was condemned t-b (leatji, and tin* crack shots of the garrison were (letaikd as exeeutronerb. Ata distance of sixty yards, thirteen shots were tired siiceesslveliv. and the mule was only scratched on the can Tireguard. feeling that e'vervtliing else but the mule was in danger,'grasptnLapick ahd kilied tluvaidnial, while the cruet shots ;•> thydie t.-ll varus about, their avl>lo;!s in sharp-shooting. Tim A'anrhester (N. H.) Union tells about a lady who entered a store in that city and asked for a 2-vent postage stamp. Upon being informed by the storekeeper that*:he had only those of ■tii'-? 3-cet)i (ienoni ipi tion. she rep]iet! thatssho utiderLoird tluiTTbcyjnul-iieerr inas3i©ihiU>vv:i to 2 cents--she had- aund.' it In the ’paper. ‘-'Well, we liaven't marked down here .-Vet, perhaps' they have at the Tost Office;'’ returned the 'storekeeper; “you had better inquire them*.” ' Stithinotlierlmportant canal "is talked of in Europe. By it is contemplaft*n qtajhlng h'ss thme44mswMHU'-«it-ioit-of l:u:d and fjy a war nvay from tbe .’*(>:«anr I’iviH ti.v tliirßiyc]- Tyne. Aa engineer, is at . present working oil the f;tr early pptdtcntloHv-Tlds-eanaUvvMili-l--li-ave: a iengdli. of .only.eighty mijes, or twenty miles less than the Sue/,. It would, of covwsi *.,' a t i'b n l a-v erv convenient short cut acn >ss tln - ei cur. > "y for been u s lea liters. Some fort;.' y rat's :<:;•( a' ..scheme (if t 1;;.! same kind -\as tab;--1 of. It i,s estimated that; there are about 1 21.01)0blind'persons in France, and very little has thus i'.rr been done to improve their (’Ondit ion, . .gjlbom 2j.M receiveqn’o- . fessiomi! edueation in the National in--FtitwtioTj for Bitn ! Youth, as- ttwiw niwe are tatighf in small eliarit.ible estabiishmeiiTs, and national iiicliiittion mainlaius about pensioners: big at legst 27,00;) Ytiifor: unab sare without resource or prospect of improvement. Tim cruelty of this i.egu.cl.has been -■'tkiugly illustrated, 'ey the experieuei* of a society formed iu IhS-i i.,i erect i.orksliops for the blind. A lit tic money was collected and tiu* .iciet vvvi ta l one small.vorkIsiioj’, übwhiffb Ivaemy-iive jini'eiiq li'i.m ir.si me 1 e. 1 viLurliig_th(,;__hi.st- vi-ar, ewry one (if whom, it is.beljev**d. :k■(j>tuu-Vil in six.mouths tire means of earning-a support for the res! • of bis life bv makin« bi'obms; lirusiies, basket-'-, tool-handles, -P-ii* s, etc. —-