The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-02-16
GLEANINGs.

GLEANINGS.
The salary of Rev. DR.. Scudder, of
Brooklyn. has been raised to $4,000.
Both senator's and six of the eleven
members Of congress from Massachu-
setts are in favor of suffrage for women.
General Nathaniel p. Banks is still
popular i'm Massachusetts, as lecturer.
He is is years old, is as handsome as he
ever was, and he knows it.
1t is said that there are eleven nuns
in the Hotel Dieu Convent, Quebec,
who have each completed over fifty
years in the sisterhood-
There are now 2.2OS school districts in
Pennsylvania, with Is, ,S35 schools. Last
year 81, $50. 705.01 was spent on these
schools, which were under the charge
Of 81, ,352 teachers.
Burlington Hdrkeyc: A new religious
novel has Just been issued entitled:
"Who did it?" We are not going to lie
about it: we honestly believe it was
Robert Ingersoll.
M. Gambetta is trying hard to acquire
the German language, and to that end
has lately surrounded himself with per-
sons almost exclusively acquainted with
that tongue
A drcssmaker of Leeds, Eng, was se-
ItOtiSN hIQkCu Ol kCCPinS titCodS Va
silk in her mouth, because it had a
sweet taste. The tastc-was due to sugar
of lead used in coloring.
Mrs Langtry's excellent elocution on
the stage is said to be a gift she has in
herited from her father, the Dean of
Jersey. Much Of her beauty, too, comes
from that exceedingly handsome digni-
tary-
Mrs Attorney General Brewster's
father. Robert j. Walker, was secretary
of the treasury under Polk, and Mrs.
Secretary Lincoln's father, James Har-
Ian, was secretary of the interior under
johnson.
The wife of the Chinese minister at
Washington has not vet made her ap-
pearasce in society. One of the chief
reasons, besides official etiquette which
keeps her in seclusion, is that she does
not understand a word of English.
The Washington Star says that
caller at the White House, who wanted
to see the President very much, wrote
on his card as an inducement to be let
in: MY wife is a personal friend OF
one of your groomsmen."
George w. Childs' collection of clocks,
at his residence in Philadelphia, foreign
and domestic, is said to be valued at
$4,000. For one of them, cased in
onyx and verde antique and crowned by
n female figure in silver, Mr.. Childs
paid $1,000.
Oscar Wilde may, perhaps, be inter-
ested in a little family conundrum late
1y put by a snariing Diogenes. ''Who
was the first esthete?' asks the cynic,
and answers in the next breath: ''Ba-
laam's ass, because the Lord made him
to (o) utter"
United States Senator Charles w.
Jones, of Florida, who is about to mar
~ n wealthy young lady of Newbury-
port Mass, is said to be unusually well
read in the works of English statesmen.
He is tail, robust, pale-eycd, sandy
haired widower.
4 fashion correspondent writes: ''The
Princess OF Wales was once almost as
tasscless in dress as her mother-in-law,
but the visits of this charming lady to
Paris have gradually developed a genu-
inc taste, and she is almost as much of
a sovereign dictator in dress as Eugenie
was"
A iguor-dealer in a Massachusetts,
town received last week postal card
signed Justice" and reading: .'hIr
-, Runseller, Wes.ficld: please
attend the funeral of man whom you
have tried to kill for the last ten years"
Oil City Derrick: A wag describes a
teacher institute as place where the
males go to look at the females, and the
females to look at each other, while bits
OF learning are sandwiched in like the
Glove the young man goes cut for be-
tween the acts.
The monument to Garfield, which the
society of the Army of the Cumberland |
proposes to erect. is to cost 100000, |
and will probably be placed in Wash
iBgton. The society has appointed n |
committee to attend to the work of col |
leeting subscriptions.
Near Knoxville, Tenn, an intoxicated
man fell across the railroad track n few
feet IN front of the engine, which had
begun To move. when Miss Sarah Shea,
a young girl, darted forward and jerked
the man from the rail, thus saving him
from u terrible death. The railroad
company has honored the young lady
by q lifetime pass over the road, which
Is all very well. but there is yet room
for further romance if the rescued is
single man and properly appreciates The
noble act of a heroine.
1t is said that the Rogue's gallery of
Paris contains about GO, 600 photographs,
collected during the six years since the
system was adopted. They lie in con-
fusion, however, which puzzles the most
patient explorer. 1t has been suggested
that they be classified according to those
characteristics of the subject which his
cannot disguise, as height,
color of the eyes, length of the foot,
shape of the head, ETC., thus separating
the vast collection into groups, any one
of which could be easily examined
whenever an individuals identity is in
dispute.
Edmund Yates says: 1.-The American
Christmas ispurely due to Charles Dick
,ns- When he invented, or, rather. re-
yived Christmas, the Americans took up Z
he matter warmly. The celebration
iad long been made out in the States to
De the festival of the winter solstice and
! purely pagan affair. Dickens infused
lew life into it, and the Americans have ;
AIKEN Christmas at his estimate. Be-
ore that they had only three festivals
he Fourth of July, New Year snd
Christmas became the
ourth and is now very popular among ]
who delight in entertaining
my Briton who may be among them"
The last census shows rapid advance I
nent in the growth of cotton and food
PRODUCTS. In 1870 the amount of cotton ]
Produced was 4,352, ,317 bales; in 1880
more than 5000, 600 bales. In 1870 the
mount of corn raised was 76O, $40, ,594 '
'ushels; i'm 1880, 1,751, ,449, ,43j bushels.
During the last decade our agricultural /
PRODUCTS were increased nearly 100 per
ent- During the year from 1879 to
$50 our export trade largely increased.
Inc cattle export rose from S13.0OO,C0
D S14,OOO,O 900; wheat from S167. sos. 900 E
D $3.50 900; flour from S35, ,0O0, 600 Z
D SIS. 100000; cotton from S209, ,Sj2, ,0OO II
D S2i5, $50, ,39l; and pork from S5,OOO,- "
90 to SS,OOO,O0O annually.
A shrewd little female scamp in St.
.ouis collected about $50 during tIrs
olidays from benevolent persons in the
manner: She would get into