The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-09-09
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The skins are worth from - To SIO
each, according size and quality.
An unfortunate Rochester woman
took her baby to its papa, by brcvet,
laid il on his lap, went away, and has
not since been seen. The happy father
tried to work the infant oil on some oil
the charitable institutions, but with
out success.
John NJ. Pfaudler, of Rochester, N.
Y, has invented machine to regulate
the fermentation of lager beer, but as
George Bartholomae, of Chicago, Is
introducing q similar machine, which
he discovered in Germany, Pfaudier
proposes to. institute lawsuits to es-
tablish the priority of his invention.
Snow is largely used for packing
fresh fish for transportation, instead
of ice. One dealer Mt Carleton, n. B.,
had three houses filled with snow,
which was packed hard, 80 that none
of it has been lost since warm weather
came. The cost Of putting up fish by
this means is greatly reduced. while
the labor is less.
Some time ago Lord Ashburnham
was willing to sell his Invaluable coll
lection of MSS. partly to the British
museum and partly to the National
library i'm Paris. These two great Ii
braries could not afford the sum asked
by Lord Ashburnlani, and he is about
to sell his MSS. to the Royal library
at Berlin for f12o,0OO.
The queens baker having received
the first barrel of flour OF this years
American wheat crop, has presented a
loaf thereof to her majesty, and issues
a circular TO his customers saying that
of the many wonders of the nineteenth
century, to eat bread which is the re-
suit of an 1850 harvest in May, 1880,
is not one OF the least marvellous.
The production of honey is becOm-
ing All interest of some Importance.
1t is estimated that there are about
2,OO0,OOO bce-hives in the United
States, each yielding OH an average
about y pounds OF honey, and rev.
enue of about 81, 600 900, and. i'll addi-
tion, the Industrious bees supply us
with "a 100000 pounds of wax.
The census which was taken during
last summer states the population of
Bosnia and Herzegovina to be nearly
million and u quarter, which pretty
we'll taiIies with the estimate given by
the Turkish government. The figures
are roughly given as follows: Mussul-
mans, 442,OOo; Orthodox Christians,
5OO,OO0; Catholics, 2OS,OUO; Jews, 81
O00. Total, 1,l53,UOO.
Sleikh About Huda, the chief adj
wiser of the sultan of Turkey, is about
80 wears of age. lie has q great rcpu-
tation as well for his learning as for
the purity OF his life. He traces his
descent through the patcrIIal line to
Seeid Ahmet Rifal. the nephew of the
prophet, and by the mothers side to
Khalediou-velid. the conqueror of
Syria.
Mr.. fambrO, Cr Sandcrsville. KY,
has large rattleslake, about five feet
long, which he captured ON the 9th
of last October, and which lie has kept
in bob with wire-net front ever
since that time. Though he has had
it seven months, the snake has never
eaten anything at all since it was cap
turcd. 1t. olives on air." and ii it
could be converted into the genus
homo, retaining its natural habits, it
would make splendid newspaper
man.
The retail coal trade Of Philadelphia
have formed an organization pledged
. not to buy coal from any coal COM
pany, operator, or colIiery owner, who
shall, either directly or by agents, sell
coal to private individuals except
manufacturers who have railroad sid
ifigs in their establishments, and lime
burners and brick-makers. This af-
fects the Reading, Old Lehigh, and
the New York companies, which have
been retailing coal In Philadelphia.
A public meeting was held in Eat
n fn dfsf.rsl. tho. OF
white woman and a black man. a
resolution to drive the couple out of
the village was discussed, and voted
down.
1t is shown by statistics relating to
the years 1872 to 1879, that. while the
total income of the population OF
Prussia has not diminished. the large
and very large incomes have fallen of,
and medium incomes have increased.
The fear Ofan aggressive accumulation
of " ealth in few hands seems to be
groundIess, and the real core of the
nation, the middle class, is extending
and gaining strength The buying
power OF money in the country, after
having undergone an almost unbrokeh
diminution from 1852 to about 1874,
seems in the subsequent interval to
have become steady, and even to have
partly risen. n -
A movement, originated by Sir An
drew Gait and n few enthusiasts, is OH
foot for n British emigration scheme
ON gigantic scale. The idea il u COM
bination of the leading classes, to help
out, with aid from the state, emigrsi-
fion TO Britnh colonies, for it is noted
with alarm that those now seeking
eIbow-rOom outside the strained and
crowded limits of England, go to
swell the growth and greatness of the
United States, instead of aiding to
build up the colonies. In fifteen years
out of two millions of people who
left the United Kingdom for lands be-
yOnd the sea, only quarter of mil
lion went to Canada, seven out Of
every eight Q,75O,OOU going to the
United States
An expedition of twenty miners,
escorted by n sailing launch from the
United States ship Jamestown, left
Sitka for the ChiIkute river on May
~, with six months supplies. The
intention of the party is 70 prospect
for placer diggings OIL the Yukon riv-
er and tributaries. They arrived at
Chilcat on May 26, and had q consult
tation with the Indians there, whom
they found disposed to be friendly,
which was, perhaps, owing to the
fact that the expedition was escorted
by three officers and sixteen men from
jamestown, under command of Lieut..
L. p. Mcclellan, with instructions to
enforce permission for them to enter
their country, which had heretofore
been always refused.
London expects great things from
Col. Beaumont's compressed air engine
which is said to haul 22 tons ii miles
with but one change of air. This en-
gine would be great thing for ele-
Vated railroads, rs it has no sparks,
grease or coal to drop, and it is
thought that it might be used to draw |
carriages upon common roads. Edi-
son is also at work trying to run en-
siues with electricity. He has built |