The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-06
GLEAN1NGs.
The Indian population of the United
States is estimated at 800, 900.

cities fn'the State of New York.
- The famous trotting horse Dexter is
still alive and well. He is twenty-six
years old.
Mr.. Lowell is the only American who
has slept at Windsor Castle as the
guest of royalty.
The French military authorities
have tried feeding horses on cocoanuts.
with highly satisfactory results.
1t is said that 955 farms in Iowa are
owned by women, and that twenty
dairy farm are managed by women.
The people of New Orleans have rea-
son to be proud of the practical results,
whatever the financial outcome may be,
achieved by the exposition. on.-Ba!ttnaore
San.
By actual count, said to have been
made there recently. 22.308 vehicles
passed certain point on Broadway,
New York, between the hours of a.
m. and 6 p, m.
Since the Brooklyn Bridge opened,
May IL, 1888, no less than 26, 455.O7
people have crossed. The total num-
Der of vehicles that have crossed dur
ing the same time is 1,3O6, ,655.
1t was Sunset Cox whose attention
was first called to Eugene Schuyler as
possessing q knowledge of international
law and as fitted for foreign service.
Cox aided Schuyler with Seward.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Education Eaton shows that the
school population of the thirty-eight
states is IA, 227, 7S4. OF this number
there are in daily attedance 4.919. 4OS.
An accident in Melbourne foundry
has led to the discovery that plunging
iron castings.into mixture Of treacle
and water softens the metal to such
degree that il can be punched, bored
and tapped as readily as wrought iron.
A prominent hat manufacturer says
the average Pcnnsylvanian's s size Is
6k. tho average New Workers. z, and
the Western and New England heads
rang from 74 to "a. He thinks the size
of the head is increased by excitement.
1t is estimated that 1000 Danes will
come to this country this year, most of
whom will settle in the Northwest.
Most of the emigrants from Denmark
are farmers in good circumstances.
The majority own farms, and when
they come to this country they bring
considerable money with them.
In the Gazette Medicale dc France
some details are given of the life OF the
great opium eater, DIR. Charles des
Etangs. He used the drug for the
forty years proceeding his death. and as
long ago as 1868 was able to take three
and one quarter ounces OF the drug at
one Dose He wrote several medical
works and highly sensational political
papers.
The rapid increase of tobacco manu-
facture in this country is worth noting.
Last year 3, 457, 3O9, ,O17 cigars and 994. :
334, 600 cigarettes were made in the
United States alone. requiring over
$1,000, 600 pound of leaf. In 1872 not
10000, 900 pounds were used. The vast
bulk of tobacco, however, is consumed
In s'other manufacturers, which re-
quired 217, 451, 600 pounds in 1884.
The railroads in Guatemala are run
ON the credit system. Freight charges
are seldom paid upon the delivery OF
the goods, but merchants and others
expect three or four months and some-
time more time. If package arrives
with your address upon il the railroad
company is expected to deliver it at
your residence. unless it happens to be
very bulky, and 4 few weeks after a
collector comes around for the freight
money.
President Grevy. of France. likes often
to retire to his country home. He is OF
medium height, with broad shoulders,
and solid. wcll-proportioned body.
He enjoys outdoor exercise. and his
excellent physical health gives evidence
of the fact. His face is strong and in
telligent, but there is nothing in the
lineaments to betoken brilliancy or
poetry or genius. And, indeed, M.
Grevy makes no pretension of possess
ing these qualities.
Paris is cleared of rats by her NUM-
cipal Council offering premium for
their skins. Two years ago the pro-
mium was So per ZOO, hut it has re-
Gently been raised to SO per 1000 in
order to get the city cleared of the
pests. The rats are of the Norway
kind. and breed four times a year. The
skins when collected are sold to glove
makers for cents each. and 20. 900
skins are said to have been made into
''genuine kid" gloves last year.
A distinguished physician believes
from his practice that infants generally,
whether brought up at the breast or
artificial, are not supplied with sufli-
Gent water. the fluid portion of their
food being quickly taken up and leav-
ing the solid too thick to be easily di-
gested. In warm, dry weather healthy
babies will take water every hour with
advantage, and their frequent fretful-
ness and rise of temperature is often
directly due their not having it.
Hens eggs were in great veneration
with the ancients. The Romans ex-
hibited them with great reverence in
their festivals OF Ceres. The Greeks
equally honored them. The Japanese
are very fond of eggs. They eat them
at dessert like fruit. and very often
with oranges. The rich Japanese are
very particular concerning them. They
will not eat those of fowls which have
full liberty and feed on what they pick
up. They must be fed on rice, and
lay their eggs in rooms prepared for
that purpose.
An old lady over 80 years of age. and
who was once Il great beauty. died re-
Gently in Paris, leaving after her a
diary in W hich she endeaVors to show
mp the alleged vanity of women. From
the age OF 20 to 80 she spent thre5
hours day at her toilet, which foots
up for the period one year ninety-one
days and six hours employed in dress
ing her hair. powdering her cheeks.
and painting her lips. From 80 to so
the toilet labors amounted 10 five hours
. day. the extra hours being consecra-
ted to the covering of the tracks of
time. including the obliteration of
crows feet and other necessary filling
In and grading. Time, four years and
forty days. Alter so. her efforts had
to be redoubled. To the last she resist
ed the effects of time.-N Y. San.
Eula Brown of Courtney, Tex. is the
youngest telegraph operator in America
possibly in the world. She is but little
over years of age. Yet there is hard
ly duty or detail of railroad telegra-
ply in Texas that she is not thoroughly
familiar with. Her father has been an
operator for years, and the little one
has passed all, or nearly all, her time
in telegraph office since she first