The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16


condition of the prisoners in Jail a
statistical paper was read to prove that
large proportion of crimes arose from
Sunday dissipation. The Congress at
Heidelberg passed series of resolutions
advocating the observance of Sunday as
a day of rest from work and from ener-
waiting pleasure. The third resolution
says; " Sunday rest must find its highest
end in Sunday hallowing, and where
this is neglected the moral strength of
the people suffers"
For scarf pins and finger rings the
cats eye has become one of the most
fashionable stones used. It il a species
of the sapphire, and the most desirable
color is of yellow-green tint. 1t has
threads of white asbestos within it, and
the light is reflected from these in an
intense and peculiar manner. When
this stone is properly cut white band
tof light is seen floating in its interior
that changes position as the gem is
moved before the eye, which popularity
probably suggested the name by which
it is generally known.
TIE work on the great East River
suspension bridge in New York is to be
prosecuted through the winter, except
when the gales are too strong to make it
tnsafe, and it is hoped that by spring
the work will be ready for the main ca
bles that are to suspend the structure.
, A foot-bridge wire-rope was raised and
anchored on the Sd inst; it is thirty
seven hundred feet long and two and
fve-eighths inches in diameter. All the
ropes and cables thus far thrown across
are only preparations for the suspension
of the great cables in the spring.
A GREAT deal has been said of the i'm
possibility of Russia making war, owing
to her financial embarrassments and the
difficulty of raising loan. The fnan-
cial embarrassment is considerable, and
a large loan outside Russia is probably
not to be raised, but national loan on
the Napoleonic principle would produce
some millions, and Russia has one op-
pressiye and extravagant but effective
resource. She can procure nearly every
thing by issuing inconvertible paper.
An Issue of e3O 1000, 600 (s15O, 900, ,OO0)
would only increase her paper currency
ne-fifth, and probably only raise the
agio on gold twenty per centum, which,
as America has shown, can be borne
without paralysis of industry. 1t is
most ruinous expedient, but Russia has
resorted to it twice already, and each
time has survived.
THE eighth National Cat Show was
opened on October 20 at the Crystal Pal
ace, London. There were three hundred
and eight cats on exhibition. Some
were arrayed in white, gray, and silver
dresses, and some had coats of wire that
emitted phosphoric sparks when the fur
was rubbed the wrong way. One of the
exhibitors set value of twenty-five
thousand pounds on Little Brownie"
shorthaired tabby aged three years.
This highly esteemed little puss was de-
scribed in the catalogue as being of
thoroughbred descent from cats in the
possession of the owner and her father
for nearly thirty years, and tabulated
pedigree for seven generations, framed
and glazed, was affixed to the sales Office
in the palace. Notwithstanding the
feats of Little Brownie" who was re-
ported to be famous rat-cateher, having
on many occasions dispatched five rats
in minute, the judges awarded in this
class the first prize to another cat, which
the owner valued at the more modest fig
ure of four pounds.
On recent day every school in Prus-
sia had to make return of the black
and blue and brown color of the chill
dren's eyes. Many of the pupils came
home on that day telling their parents,
with a mysterious air, that their eyes,
and hair, and skin had been examined at
school. The results of this anthropolog-
ical commission have been published.
The number of persons examined in
Prussia was 4,127, 766, and of that num-
Der 4, 4,070, ,923 were under fourteen years
of age. With regard to the color of
their eyes, AZ 81 per cent. had blue, and
2431 per cent. brown eyes. With regard
to the color of the hair, p per cent. had
blonde, 26 per cent. had brown, and
1.2l per cent. black hair. With regard
to the color of the skin, Prussia had only
6.53 per cent. of the brunette comp lex
ion. In Bavaria the brunette CON-
plexion claims Is per cent, the black
hair 5 per cent, the brown hair Al per
cent, the fair hair 81 per cent; and it is
argued from this that the darker COM
plexion in Germany came from the
South.