Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-12-25
All Sorts.

AMERICA imported ia lawyers and
23O doctors last year.
A GENIUS IS popularly supposed to
be one who can do anything except make
living.
HISTORY makes out that the height of
the great Napoleon was only five feet
two and seven-tenths inches.
DoG-FIaHTINa has been prohibited
throughout Japan, and any hnman
transgressors in this respect are to be
fined and the dogs will be killed.
The vote in New York on the PROPOSE
tion to amend the Constitution by ap-
pointing, instead of electing, Judges,
stood: lis, 1897 for, and $685. against.
The annual report of pensions shows
that 16, 405 new pensioners were added
to the rolls last year, and 1928
dropped. The total pensioners of all
classes are 23S, AL.
STEEL BARS are to be experimental
with at a. church in England as a substi-
tute for bells. 1t is claimed that the
bars have a clearer and purer tone, and
are not as liable to crack as bells.
CALIFORNIA has about 5000, 900 head
of sheep. The wool crop in two shear
head, would amount to $4,000, 900
pounds, or $1,000, 900 more than the
total product of the United States in
1871.
STATISTICS show that the larger part
of crime committed by men is COM
mitted by young persons between 20
and 80 years old, and of the crime COM
mitted by females the greater share is
committed 10y persons between 80 and
40 years of age.
The principal lines of transportation
from the West to the East include 1O,-
600 miles by railway, 1000 miles by
river, 1000 miles by lake, and l, 900 by
miles by canal, and the total amount of
through freight carried over them in
one year QS71-72) was 1888, 214 tons.
EXCLUSIVE of its branches, the Erie
canal, from Buffalo to Albany, is 352
miles long, and upon it 7, 140 boats run
9,358, 100 miles in one season. The
number of men and boys employed on
the boats is 2S, 900, and the number of
horJes and mules used in tow is about
16, 1000.
ONE of the charges for which an artil-
1ery officer was recently cashiered, speci-
fed that on a certain occasion he entered
store in Sitka, Alaska, and seating
himself on the floor beside an Indian
squaw, took her pipe and smoked it.
Such conduct was considered unbecom-
ing an officer and a gentleman.
In Vienna, recently, Prof. Hyatt de-
| ivered lecture on mercury, when he
exhibited the leg bone of a man whose
death had undoubtedly been fastened
by that substance. On striking the
bone heavily upon the table, out fell
thousands of little glittering globules
of mercury, which rolled about upon
the black surface before him, collecting
here and there into drops.
PROF. LOOMS deduces from the
weather reports of the last two years
that the average rate of progress of a
storm in January is $50 miles a day,
and its average direction five degrees
north of east for February, 74O miles,
and direction thirteen degrees north
of east March, $40 miles, eleven de-
geees north of east ; and for April, 615
miles, sixteen degrees north of east.
The question whether a man can talk
or not after his tongue has been cut out,
has recently been decided in the affirma-
tive. The Lancet describes case to
| the point, occurring to the Royal Free
Hospital in London. In order to re-
move an ulcer, the patients tongue was
wholly cut out, leaving the floor of the
mouth entire. Within q week he was
heard to say distinctly, 81 should like
some more beef tea."
| I SAW three ships come sailing in
| On Christmas Day, Christmas Day;
1 three ships come sailing in
On Christmas Day in the morning.
| Oh, they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
Oh, they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas Day in the morning.
And all the bells on earth shall ring
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
And all the bells on earth shall ring
| On Christmas Day in the morning.
| And all the angels in heaven shall sing
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
| And all the angels in heaven shall Sing
On Christmas Day in the morning.
Mr.. MAG1NNIs is the Delegate from
Montana, and he tells some rathe