The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-04-02
GLEANNGS.

SHo ten Is 10 keel, WarH.
Over &C, 900 residents of New York
City live at hotels. and there are lW,-
uN strangers in town every night.
In certain cases of aggravated
eilense, Bombay husbands cut of their
wives noses a. means of punishment.
Fifty years ago the only fuel at
Washington was wood maple. oak.
walnut or pine. brought III by the
neighbofing farmers.
There are $40 churches in London
within radius OF twelve miles In 3ol
daily PRAYERS are said: in IA there are
no services except On sunday
policeman on the Brooklyn force
has been dismissed for au attempt to
hirt with Young lady VITO was IN
kind enough to make complaint.
One OF the most attractive objects at
the Nice ENhibiri"n is said to be
Chinese CLOCK, which Is stated to date
back StAJ wears before The birth vi
Christ.
The Duke of Wellington was once
in great danger OF being drowned a.
sea. 1t was bedtime, when the captain
Of the vessel came TO him and said: III
will soon be all over with u ''fery
we'll. answered The Duke. then |
shall not lake OH nv boots.
An electrician predicts that within
generation person can Stand At the
telephone and not only Ialk 10 the man
at the other end bul see his face and
features: also that the wires will be 80
improved and perfected That signals
will travel at the rate of 5000 feet j
second.
The latest application of wood is AS
8 dressing for wounds in the form of
what is termed "wood wool" 1t is
timely ground wood. such as is used ia
the manufacture OF paper. 1t is deli
cate-tibered, soft. yellowish-white sub
stance capable of absorbing an i'm
mense quantity of liquid. d
The average duration of life among
wen-to-do people is forty-iive years;
among the middle class it is twenty
. fiye years; among the iaboring class
twenty years. Among 10J people the
I wealthy would not number more than
five, the middle class no more than fif-
teen, and the working class eighty.
Crocodile farms are becoming COM
mon. The largest animals are killed
and skinned, their flesh being used to
feed their hungry descendants. That
these breeding places are of no mean
dimensions is shown by the fact that
the owners of one of them supplied
tanner at St. Louis during the current
year with no less than 5000 alligator
skins.
j. S. Baldwin. of Newark, n. j., has
conceived the startling idea of building
an inverted railway. He proposes that
the car wheels should be stationary
and operated by stationary engines,
while passengers and freight would be
transported in long troughs, with
keel moving upon the wheels in per-
manent shed extending the whole
length of the line.
A Vermont farmer made net profit
of $43, so from the produce of single
hen turkey during the past season.
This is equal to 100 bushels of wheat in
Kansas, at 43 cents per bushel, with
this difference: 1t would cost as much
to raise and harvest the wheat as it
would bring, while the proceeds of the
turkey were clear gain 0ncord ca.
H People and Patriot.
A writer in Science. discussing the
subject of rainfall in Kansas. finds that,
while this has increased 20 per cent in
kuS CIstCIu pd1e "a liiC its
occupation by white settlers. Western
a.. Kansas hats little increase Of rainfall 10
boast of and little To hope for. He
greatly doubts. indeed. whether half of
the state, living outside the Immediate
track OF vap0r-laden winds can ever
have 4 rainfall adequate 10 maintain
successful agriculture.
Two OF Mr. Gladstone's particular
friends and associates in the Peers are
Scotch EarlS, E;u<s.bcrry and Aberdeen,
vino are of the standing of his own
eldest son. Lord Aberdeen has clever
managing wife, who has had a large
share in pushing him into prominence.
His father was "a shy, timid person.
dreadfully snubbed by his father. the
Prime Minister. and his own elder
brother preferred sailing rs mate on an
American vessel 10 assuming the Earl
dom.
A lady said When | was yonng
girls began with single rose. Now
they carry bouquets OF them. as large
as haH-busLel measure. And this
is quite true. 1t is also true that these
Immense bouquets OF roses are awfnlly
expensive, SO much SO that some Young
ladies announce they will not accept
any flowers this season. out OF com
passion for the straitened purses of
their admirers. Who shall say the
Washington belle is not girl uf good
ssnses Letter Prom HdshingfOn
A Gainesville. Ca. family named
Smith is the pos>es>or of An uld-time
clock which kept good time for twenty
awe wears, up to about six Years ago. I
when it stopped, and no amount of tiN-
ing could induce its pendulum to work. /
Several Meeks ago, the husband being
confined TO his bed with fatal disease. /
the long-fOrgotten clock at midnight
pealed forth the hour of l2. The clock
did not rick, but stood as silent as be-
fore. Precisely twelve days afterward.
and on the twelfth hour. Mr. Smith
died.
Inc San Franciscans are very proua
of what they term their Golden Gate
Park OF over a thousand acres. OF all
the great parks of the world they assert
that there is none so picturesque and
none having SO many resources for
variety of arboriculture. Nearly all
semi-tropieal trees will thrive in it. For
ten years the work of tree-planting has
been going on, and the park is rapidly
becoming most attractive spot. One
"a tue DCSt lCdtuIcS vi GuC pldCc Is Tic
ocean view, the park being located on
the shore of the bay, with a driveway
along the beach.
In religious paper an English rec
tor has lately given examples of the
way in which children in National
schools are taught to gabble over the
church catechism. One wrote, ITO
bear no manners or aired in my
heart" Another, ITO sucker my
father. obey the Queen, and all that is
put in thority; to submit myself to my
govorness, teachers, spirit pasters."
Another, Suffered under the Fontius
PLATE, was crusified, he descended in
TO heaven" Another, My duty to-
wards my nabour is to do to no man as
! would, and no to obey the Queen"
etc. These are samples of fifteen ex-
anples of what is called religious in
struction.
The first coin ever issued in this
country was the oid-fashioned cart
wheel cent. The first issue was in 1898.
and there were three dies made. With