Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-11-18
NOTES & GLEANINGS.
N o TIE S.

Countess Sohms, the richest heiress in
Germany, is just one year old She is safe
from fortune-hunters for bakers dozen of
yelrs.
There may he good deal Of 'm,ltria'' So
srcted IN the White House. but there's many
man who would be willing to live in itas
Inc Boss" all the SINE.
I President Arthur wears froc&-coats on state
and other occasions This aas made the null
titudnous owners Of swallow-iails in Wash
''s'o" exceedingly pcrplexcd.
4 Gsuiiss 80 .....,.,,. 49,, . -
-''s photographs. sold by Washington pic
turemAking. His scalp would fetch quite a
sum-if he wants to sell that.
A disespectful theological student in Shil-
oh Baptist Seminary wrote an essay on "The
Efficacy Of Btptism in an Ul-cloth Salt b
For this he was turned out Of the seminary.
1t was whispered among the temperance
women who called on President Arthur the
other day that they "smclt alcohol on his
breath" lfthe President has taken 10 rrnde
alcohol he must he in bad way The ladies
probably smelt good sample Of Senator
Jones sherry.
The Blaine manifesto on American rights in
the lsthmus aud General Buffers gloss unon
it, declaring that a Panlna ctnal would give
Great Britain the sovereignty Of the Pacific.
are said to have a dampcning effect upon the
holders Of Panama Rtilraod shares, the sale
Of which to NJ. de Lesscps depends on the
canal being Quilt.
John Mackay, the bonanza banker. has re
turned home. His wife, TO whom he has Maid
a visit, lives in high style in Paris and John
foots the bills like a dutiful husband Tho
ex-washcrwoman is one of the ornaments of
the best society in the gay capital, and no.
body would know, from the way she carrie.
herself that shd was not born duchess.
Prof Putchinaon in one Of his lectures
mentions very interesting fact ascertained
in Berlin. among Roman Catholics, who
prohibit marriages between persons who are
near blood relatives, the proportion of deaf
mutes is to 5000: among Protesiants, who
view such marriages as permissible the pro-
eFlion is | to ,, O0Ol while among Jews, who
the dRgc ntermarriagc with blood relation,
o,. Sutes are as in 400.
were sla otrtions Of breadstulr. is in 1850
1870. s72 GOO ~; in 1860, S24,OoO,o o7; in
increase Of o. N 1880, S2ss 900, ooo-an
200 Der cent ,nr ut. for the first decade,
third. Preserving the g. s. an 'oo 'of 'ne
crease in 1890 will be 40 per r'''o' 'ne ~
I5o,Oo0,ooO in value Freight Oh a." ~
will he $500, 600, 900, which we cannot ..o"o
to pay to foreigners; yet we must DO it uni,u
we secure control of the shipping trade.
The Original 100000 giycn b, Mr.. Geora
Peabody To- the erection of model lod,in,
buildings in London, has now become $500.
900 hy the accumulation from the rental
The entire existence arrangement OF the trus
costs less the $500 per annum. The death,
IN the Peabody buildings, calculated upon
sixteen years experience, have been at III,
rate ofonly sixteen and seven, tcnths "cr thou.
sand per annum, while the general death rat,
for the metropolis during the sumo period has
been twenty-thrce and four-tcn;hs. The death
rate in crowded districts in the surrouudino
buildings may be taken at thirty or forty
"a tle ahousanl