Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-11
FACTS AND FIGURES. 80 y5ifag =
,oUNe lady Of Canada has devoted

| SS, ,O00to the Pope@ . - sF4 crNe - ~
THERE are 100000 lots N Brooklyns
and but $4,000 houses.
DIAMONDS have recently increased In
value or speE cent u IAI,iLIW,
effects realized nearly 10000.
MAssAcHusErrs had, the first of July,
| 2, 800 inmates in the prfsohsiof the State. J
IT is stated there are one hdndfed salt
ispringsin the State of Kansasss NOD 1o3
Jan American lady in Paris has Just
bought love ofa bonnet for the trife OF
$3.50. " .ff5,,s, =, go a..
"A FHEEcH psper asserts, that seven per
cent. Of 1una.fcs are made so by the en-
| ployment of hair dyes. GAiHoiA ~
BoeEEsTER points proudly to q littLsJ
chunk of coal weighing oyer eight thou-'
sand pounds.
THEnE are now living in Athens
county, o, sixteen couples who have been
married oyer fifty years.
NICHOLAS LoRGwoRrH once pufchasedO
the business portion of the city Of Ctncin- !
natl for the value of horse,
A CAUTION has been given by the DOC q
tors against the liadissy wearing green
tarlatan dresses or trimmings.
. C1EtccrtENlTI had 5D8 divorce suita pend
ing during the past year, Tof which lib +
were decided. Wives were the petition
ers ID ff5 oftheIn- 5NtY9T O7 I0VESLGe
ei FRoM thsJyear, 1889 to 1857, according
to a recent publication, ], ,266 people were
killed, and 4, ,426 wounded, by railway -
accidentsqa Y stny3OraD 1eHf- ar.g
A BAEeoR policeman owns dog which
amuses itself In its own way all dday, bnt !
at 2 2. m;.aPRes5s s,eS Sn his owners beat ,
THE PhiHipsburg CPa) Jo9rn1l relatsgy Z
how a savage mule near that place killed
a COW, then proceeded TO devour her cali,
leaving but a smalL portion of IT, iaijna1.
ANEW counterfeit twenty franc piece
fust uttered" In France, and made OF
platina and aluminium, Is 20 perfect as 70 q.
time. . 1850 -'hA o3iihisail lsfit tac
Aprss1PATED Knglishman, who commit
ted suicide in Boston a few weeks since,
has had fortune Of two hundred and"
twenty thousand pounds left him, BY, the
death of relative.
StKcE Queen Victdria took her place onT
the English. throne, thirty-thEee years
ago, every throne in Europe, from the
least into the greatest, has changed occu-i
pants. 81, ,-,srrs,,. .,t...,--'. = 81
: A BOY in Portland has had a bean REL
moved from his ear, which had been there
thirteen years, and the only change 1t had
sustained during this long period Of time
was . change Of its color TO black. aas
DR, MENDHL, Of. Berlin, who has been
NAL cavity, finds that the temperature Of
the interior of the skull is lower than the
general Temperature Of the body. EtrIsg
Z. TIE Rural Ns1 Yorker thinks there
viii be great falling of in the 'produc-
ton of wheat this year taking the whole
country into view that there VIII n,Ids 5s a
and full average one Of hay.o1 aso.grr4
SIDNEY SMITH says regarding the un-
necessary consumption of food: sAo-s
cording to my computation I have eaten,
and drank between my tenth and seven
tieth year, forty-fou wagon loads more
than was good for me.e 22i .si1o3
A WRITER in Dublin medical journal
says that many sworn teetotallers IN Ire-
land have acquired the habit of fntodcat-
ing themselves with ether, The annual
consumption of the liquid In the region
about Belfast is 1000 gallonAi. 1H
Mr.. BEssEMER's plan for obyiating sea-
sickness, by means of an oscillating cham
Der, supported on bearings similar to those
of compass, will shortly be put TO a. pIacT
is now in construction in England, and
viii be fitted to q steiner Of about 300
tons. so-- -'''' '7'-y
ltCrNcfHNAT1 has 80 inaurancoeompAniess
76 jeWelry establishments, 700 retail gro7
cerfes, 81 large restaurants, 150 dry goods
shops, 800 shoe shops, SO coal yards 10
candy shops 72 pork packsTies' I49 149 clS.n SyIe
Eenderss and $50 Aiqp9r saloons. biEg
BY placing several individuaIs in cir
Gle, with ioined hands, md observing the
time required 10 transmit the impression
of q hand pressure, several times
around the circle, Prof O.fWy Holmes has
deduced the fact that IT requires about
pass from one hand to the other, through
the nerves and brain, OF an individual.
PROMPTED by various cases Of illness
caused by the use Of syrups sold under
the name of raspberry, currant etc,
Vandevyvere, in Brussels, according 70
the Journal De RAarBldcie d'Anpersy has
analy zed some of these syrups, and found
that none Of them contained trace q
the fruits after which they were named
MANY consisted Of solution Of glucose
colored with aniline red, Rubin ImperS0t,
or fuchsine, and mixed with some tartar1c
or citric acid and few drops OF fruit es-
THE Chinese in California make gold
dust out Of silver half dollar pieces, BY
cutting up the silver Jcoin into particles
which resembles in shape the gold dust
formed In the streams. This Is then col
ored 70 resemble gold and Is mixed Win
genuine gold dust How the yenow color
Il nut upon the silver is a Celestial secret-
The profit of the business must be great
ounce of gold dust, worth about eighteen
dollars.
A NICE little boy in Pittsburgh went To-
the circus the other day, and amused him
self throwing stones at the elephant while
he was drinking. When he got through
the boy tried TO propitiate him by offering
him a piece of gingerbread. Before &C
cepting the cake, the elephant emphed
about sixty-fopr gallons Of water, beer
measure, over the boy, and then slung
him into the third tier to dry on Ibiz
boy is very indifferent about ciIcuses
now. he says he believes he doesn't care
for them as much as he used to.
AN amusing incident occurred q few
weeks ago at a marriage in HanoVerian
\ village. After the marriage ceremony
had been performed, and the people were
| enjoying themselves in the village inns
1 one of the peasants remarked Butt
lschildren, the pastor has not asked II they,