The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
: ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A bang-up affair-A railroad colli-
don.
Germany added 1,102 miles of road
to its railway system last year, and of
these the government built 793 miles.
1t is intended to expend 100000 in
hotels by next season on Oak Island
and Jones' Beach. Long Island. ;
Two Georgia farmers grew five
hundred bushels of Irish potatoes ON
one acre of land, and sold them for
s4OO. 80. x
In the Southern States the price of
labor ranges from 312.25 to 1882 per
month. The eayeragecost of subsistlngg
a laborer in 1880 is S7.l1 month,
against $7.14 in 1876.
Since the opening of the Washing
ton headquarters at Valley Forge, they
have been visited daily by tourists and
HOW the register contains page after
page of names.
Poker-playing is one of the recrca-
tions of Americans OH the ocean steam
ers, and the captains not .infrequcntly
take hand. Sometimes the play is,
for very high stakes. The glaiuitcus,
distribution of claret on the steainers
of one of the lines costs 5000 a year.
A citizen of New Orleans hasexhib-
tied fine specimens of fibre from the
banana plant. He estimates that an
acre will yield 10, $40 pounds of fibre,
worth $3.50; this, added to the fruit,
will make the cultivation OF this plant
very valuable I ii NJ e!
The monument. to Robert Burns,
which is to be placed in Central Park,
New York, will represent Burns stand
ing upon the trunk OF . fallen -llsee,
looking up in contemplative atti-
tude. He is supposed ,to, be conlpos-t
ing the beautiful ode, IFros Mary I'M
Prof: Robert rltear phrseiaenate hsa + to the
Kentucky State Historical Society a
plaster=eastagof the FsktIlt~ Of i,aI6el
Boone a6& the orig gina mold inv Och
it was formed. The cast was obtained
by Prof. Peter in 1916, when the re-
mains of SBoone were ,interred iIfJ the
Frankfort cemetery: s44+@4-4iE = .
There are five men to one woman in
Lcadvi}le, Colorado. AT Silver e lftfT
the raGos1s seven TO one at tPifisfiiA
seventeen to one. The older cities IN
Colorado iisuch as Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo. Georgetown, Boulder,
Central and Golden, show a fair pro-
portion of women. % -
The four largest boot manufactures
in Milford, Mass, are employing l,5G0
ha ads, and are making about 1,S00
cases Of boots weekly. Two fine-slIoe
manufacturers are making about 900
pairs o week. = w ifh tire Exception of
two factories, all of the shoe manufac-.
turers have all the business thcy can
attend 10. 81 ~ r-sST3 D. a
The tax rate on banking capital in
New York is nearly double that OF
Boston. The capital of the associated
banks Of New York show decline of |
e23, ,735, 600 in the. last four years and 4
e23, ,945, 900 since 1872, while bank cap
ital In Boston has increased about $1,-.
tCo, 600 during the same term.ss. ts-
A youth. JUST launching out In trade.
Unto . wealthy me erchant said: sft-at....
"Prry tell me. str. what you profess ~
To call the secret Of success?'
The nabob's eyes with pleasure s!ione,s
:. AZ he replied in earnest tone:
"The secret simple is, think,
You'll aPd 4, ?, ~, y, inlprinier1 rpky' >, q Il.
The Ydtstye reports q .ve1y iedrious
az psfhentl lhiadJ in SwasG IL
.rlsnd on the occasion of the federal !.
lete Of singers. A telephone haa been /
placed In the Zurich FesthaIle, and
Two conductors connected with the
Bale telegrnphic office, where a large
audience had congregated. The dis
ance from Bale to Zurich is about so ]
kilomotrcs. The Bale audience en-
oy ed the singing about as we'll as. if 4.
thcy had been placed in the upper cir
sle Of an ordinary opera house. At
tho end Of the. performance they
proved their satisfaction by clapping
hands, which. the telegraphic wires
transmitted with perfect fidelity to
|te Zurich peEtogMeEh .aa,s..-...s.