Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-27

THE Russian Ambassador at Paris
has only twenty-five servants to wait
upon him.
THE London papers testify that spirit
rappings were heard at the ceremony
of Kate Fox's marriage with Mr.. Jenck-
ems.
NEARLY one-ffth of the population of
Berlin is composed of paupers regu-
larly inscribed on the public charity
list.
ELEVEN new Hungarian banks, it is
reported, are to be formed under Gov
ernment concession, with a capital of
$38, 100000.
QUEEN ISABELLA, of Spain, is said to
look younger and healthier since she left
the country which she governed so mis-
erably. She enjoys Paris and its amuse-
ments with undisguised relish.
SINCE the civil-service examinations
were introduced into England, giving
every one a chance to obtain position
under Government, fully go per cent. of
the entire appointment, have been taken
by Irishmen.
A SPANISH GENTLEMAN frequents the
Paris boulevard in thin alpaca clothes
and straw hat. He is earning bet of
$4,000 francs to dress that way all win
ter. He is lucky not to have under
taken it here.
A JAPANESE loan for $40, 900, 900, just
brought out ON the London market, has
scriptions amounted to five times the
amount called for, and the loan is now
quoted at 81 per cent. premium.
WHILE the Empress Eugene was in
the height of her beauty and position,
some one addressed her as "the envia-
BILE of mortals. - The Empress answered
" Oh, yes. very happy: until one fine
morning they will throw us out of the
windows into the streets p
THE Princess of Wales sets the fash
ion of great simplicity in her boys toi-
lets-her fair, pretty little princes are
always costumed with the neatness and
quietness which are insepaaable from
elegance and taste. A bright-colored
bow at their necks is the nearest ap--
proach to ornament their dresses ever
add to their simple toilets for any public
appearance.
M. PAUL BERT, the French physiolo-
gist, has succeeded in making an arti-
fetal pair of Siamese twins by joining
two young white rats. He cut away
strip of skin from each, sewed the two
together by the edges of the wounds,
and nature united them by the healing
process. They were not amiable toward
each other, therefore he killed both by
poisoning one.
The st. Petersburg Globe says:
"Those who believe that the Mar
chioness de Caux (Adelina PattD is
wealthy, are greatly mistaken. Nearly
her whole fortune has been swallowed
up by the creditors of her husband,
who, when he married the lady, repre-
sented himself as a very wealthy man,
but who afterward turned out to be
little better than beggar."
A Strange Story of Two Female Misers.
IF there is such a thing as "gilded
poverty" an exemplifcation of it was
strikingly manifested in Camden, N. j.,
during the past week. From infancy to
the ripe old age of 80 years, two twin
sisters. named Grace and Charity Kaighn,
have resided in that city. They owned
in their own right property said to be
worth at least one hundred thousand
dollars in very eligible locations, and
were possessed of other property of
value. Yet these two females (they
never married) lived together in almost
perfect seclusion, in the most eccentric
manner Their house on Kahn's ave-
nue. was always kept closed, and no one
admitted except such as came to aid
them in their business transactions, and
they were few. Their apartments were
kept ptalmostas gloomy as prison dungeons,
and day after day, week after week, month
after month, and year after year,
they groped about in the darkness of
l. fo1
selves even the comforts and necessaries
of life. For many years this was their
way of living, and those who knew them
best believed that at any time they might
be found dead in their house from self
denial and neglect. Some. time last
summer they purchased a fine new
dwelling house on Market street, above
Fourth, and moved into it early in the
fall. What articles of furniture they
had were set in the parlor, but were
never put in their proper places. From
that time up to Thursday week they lived
in their old way, without comforts or
anything that would contribute to COM
fort From the Thursday alluded to,
nothing had been seen of them, and no
noise was made in the house to indicate
that Ethey were alive. This created
suspicion that something was wrong, and
officer Heffinger was instructed to force
an entrance. This was accomplished,
when he found, to his horror, the most
sickening sight he ever met with. The
room was bare of furniture, dark and
dirty; no fire had been in the stove for
three days, and there, on settee, with
nothing over her but an old ragged and
dirty quilt, lay Grace Kaighn, cold and
stiff in death. Her sister, Charity, was
found in a corner of a room, almost
doubled up and in perishing condition.
She was Immediately taken care of, and
under the direction of DR.. Armstrong,
the coroner, she is doing well. She did
not know that Grace was dead. On
table near by was loaf of bread and
some butter, which had not been touched.
The coroner took charge of the body,
and had it appropriately disposed of.
He found some thirteen dollars on the
person of deceased, and took possession
of such papers and valuables as were
found until rightful parties to them ap-
pear. Among the papers are several tax
bills for real estate, one of which calls
for $500, which, at the rate of taxation,
$3.50 on the 800, would be for an as
sessed property of 1000. This was
for one square of ground, facing Broad
way, between Line and Pine streets.
They owned large amounts of real estate
in other parts of Camden. Notwith-