Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-26
FACTS AND FIGURES.

FfFTY.oNE societies, associations ald
conventions have appointed Philadelphia
as place Of meeting, this summer.
THE total weight of the new Portage
bridge on the Erie Railroad is 1,000,3t0
pounds. The towers weigh 097 $50 pounds,
and the Superstructure 412, 400 pounds.
Or. SAMUEL BIRCH, OF the British Mu-
scum, says that one cannot study history
intelligently without first understanding
the pottery of the people. This may be
true of original Investigators, but hardly
applies to the general public, who have no
time for side studies.
A SELFISH man counts up iD the Gin.
cinnati Commercial his expenditures for
forty-fvo years, as follows: Night lunch
es, 1880; theatricals, $5,625; billiards,
$3.50; tobacco, S1,125; cigars, $6,570;
bar bills, $7,S75; champagne, $2,750
carriage hire, $2,350. And yet he met
the slightest request for little pleasure
made by his family with the reply: "You
must practice economy"
In India 100 dialects are spoken by the
240, 900, 900 of people who belong TO a
great number OF distinct races, and whose
habits of life to-day are essentially similar
to those practiced by their predecessors
5000 years ago. Three hundred years Of
labor in that peninsula have brought 12,
100000 souls under Russian sway. The
English in one third of that time have ex-
tended their power over 200,000,000.
A PARLIAMENTARY return of "the re.
ligious persuasiOns of the English navy,
and also of the royal marines," states that
of the seamen, %, ,S1G belong to the Church
of England, | ,150 are Presbyterians, 2, CTS
belong to other Protestant denominations
and 1896 are Roman Catholics. The re-
ligious classification of the marines is as
follows: Church of England, 9,545; Pres
byterians, 462; other Protestants, ,295 /;
Roman Catholics, 036.
AT a recent meeting of the Asiatic So
ciety of Bengal, in Calcutta, piece of
telegraph cable was exhibited showing
that the india-rubber covering had been
pierced by grass. The piercing was so
complete, and the contact of the grass
with the copper so perfect, that the q" dead
earth" as it is technically called, was pro-
duced, and the efficiency of the cable de.
stroyed. The species of the grass, owing
to its drled-up condition, could not be de.
termined. 1t was suggested, as a proba-
BILE explanation, that the seeds had be-
come attached to the core when under wa
ter, and had afterward germinatcd when
the core was stored"
FIFTEEN of the Chicago hotels OCCUPY
ground valued at $500, 900, the cost Of
the buildings aggregate $5,200,000, the
furnishing of the same $2,500,000. The
fifteen hotels contain nearly 1000 rooms,
and will in case of emergency accommo-
date nearly double that number of guests,
without resorting to "cOts." In the
course of a year these hotels are visited
by 100000 transient persons, and these
persons, aside from mercantile purchases,
expend at least $40 each, or $4,000, 600
These hotels employ $50 female servants
and 47S male servants, making a total of
l 1,00S, who receive in total sum $35 900
in salaries. These hotels consume annu-
ally /, 100000 pounds of fresh meat, 270,-
600 pounds of salt meat, 225, 900 pounds
of fish, 20,400 pounds of tea, 100, 900
pounds Of coffee, 230, 900 pounds of sugar,
100000 pounds of flour. The total amount
expended annually in the stewards line
is $SOO,000 They combined burn A, &c.,
600 cubic feet of gas yearly, and consume
$4,000 tons of coal in the same time
Chicago Times.
AT the annual meeting of the Silk Asso-
citation of America, recently held in New
York, the reports read showed that the
American silk manufacturers are prosper
ing, and rapidly meeting the demands of
home consumption. The total value of
American silks manufactured in 1915 was
1927, ,15S,071; American silk ribbons man
ufactured were valued at 81, ,S07 1886, and
the value of imported silk ribbons was
only $2,9S4, ,271. American manufacturers
of sewing-silks and twist are said to be
competing successfully with the English
manufacturers in the Canadian market.
Steps were taken to establish "coEdi-
tional bureau" in New York to determine
the amount of moisture in raw silk, which
is sold by the pound, and is very sensitive
to moisture. A marked feature of the in
creased activity in the silk trade at Pater4
son. n, j., last year, has been the immi-
grafton of a number of so-called master
silk weavers from France and England.
These men individually own several
looms, which, in some instances, they
have brought with them. They carry on
weaving at their homes, one or more
rooms being fitted up for that purpose.