The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-29
Personal TOPICS.

PERSONAL TOPlCSs
THE Rev. DR.. Tresham d. Gregg, of
Dublin, Ireland, has issued challenge
to Colonel IngersoI to debate, the sub
ject being the latter's book, The Gods. !"
The meeting is proposed for London,
Dublin or Chicago.
THE poet Shelley had strange taste
for turpentine and resinous matter. He
would eat the eludations from fir trees
with much relish whenever he happened
to notice any in passing through wood
land.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, according to Turk
ish biographer, is a Bulgarian, the son Of
pig-dealer, who, goingto England to sell
pigs, pocketed the proceeds and pros
pered. The story sounds like tele-
gram from Constantinople.
THE Princess Carolina, of Denmark,
the egreat-great-granddaughter of George
II, has Just celebrated her eighty-fourth
birthday. She is the Oldest royal
Princess in Europe, though they are not
short lived as class.
A HILLSIDE, Pa, lady hearing a noise
in her parlor, went to see what caused
it. She was much surprised to find
sleek-looking COW standing in the mid
die of the room silently chewing her
cud, and complacently gazing at herself
in the glass.
ROSCOE CoNKLING is the best boxer in
Congress, and when at home often takes
turn with the gloves. His recent re-
mark-"I have known John MOrrissey a
long time. Inever sawhim but learned
something p-is fairly open to more than
one construction.
THE private secretary Of the Prince
Imperial writes to the London Times
that the report that the Empress Eugene
has rented residence in mild climate
because the health of the Prince is deli
cate is untrue. The Prince is said to be
in strong and robust health.
THERE are only two red-headed men
in the House of Representatives, black
and brown hair predominating. Only
two or three members ever depart from
the custom of wearing black suits, Fer
nando Wood and Clarkson N. Potter
having several times appeared on the
floor in gray.
PRoF. RossI, Italian inspector of et-
cavations, has had the luck to bring to
light, on the plain of Nervia, a Roman
amphitheater, constructed in very fine
dressed stone of Turbia. The part of
the external wall SO far uncovered, and
grand gateway, are said to be of a
beauty and solidity really marvellous.
"Go and live in the country if you
want to be President" says a cores
pondent of the Philadelphia Times.
There has seemed to be a political
fatality attending all of the New York
City candidates for the Presidency,
among them Burr, Clinton, Scott, Ere
mont, Greeley and Tilden.
The Hungarian Minister of Worship
has Just announced his decision that
henceforward the marriage, with a
Jewess, of a Christian converted to the
Jewish persuasion will be held as null
and void. This declaration has caused
universal discomfort in the Jewish COM
munity.
A REMARKABLE case of longevity and
bodily and mental vigor is furnished by
DIR. Benjamin Walworth, of Fredonia,
N. Y, the only surviving brother of
Chancellor Walworth, born in Novem-
ber, 1882, and, though in his ninety-fifth
year, still engaged in the duties of his
profession as physician.
LAST year man of miserly habits
died near Pottstown, Pa, leaving his
relatives very small sum and the poor
of Norristewn, Pottstown, and Upper
Providence over a hundred thousand
dollars. The relations have tried in vain
to break the will, but it has just been
admitted to probate.
THE Rev. w. H. 81. Murray asks, :" Is
there any thing in church architectuer,
traditions or management that tends to
repel the people, or at least to make
them prefer more popular places of as
semblageP This remark was called
forth on account of the large crowds
which attend religious services when
they take place in the theaters.
AHARRIsBURG (Pa.) jeweler says that
| neither he nor one of his two workmen
uses tobacco, and both can handle any
polished tool in the shop and lay it aside
unwiped without injury. The other
workman uses tobacco habitually, and if
he neglect to wipe polished tools after
using them rust spots will soon inyaria-
bly, appear.
A LAUGHABLE accident happened at
the New York aquarium recently, when
great splash was heard from the seal
tank, followed by protracted founder
ing and threshing about. Examination
disclosed the fact that a man who had
been sitting on the railing around the
tank had his dangling coat-tail seized
by sportive seal, and been dragged in
to keep the animals company.
FIGARO has interviewed General
Grant, and is highly pleased with him,
though it is suggested that he possesses
what the French term tete de bois. Gen
eral Grant was asked by the interviewer
how he was pleased with MacMahon.
guess we were not made to understand
each other" replied the general. "He
cannot speak English; | cannot speak
French. He made bow, | made an
other; he gave me his hand, gave him
mine, and it was finished"
The range at Dulmen, in Westphalia
belonging to Herr Krupp's establish
ment, having become too short for the
satisfactory conduct of experiments with
the heavy and long-range ordinance now
manufactured there, larger piece Of
ground has been recently converted intt
range at Meppen. The old range was
about four and half miles long; new
one is ten and a half miles in length, anC
can, if necessary, be yet further ex
tended. 1t is, therefore, the longes
range in existence, and will suffice fol
the trial of the longest guns at presen
made.
] PHILADELPHIA Bulletin: This is {
specimen of the average Nevada "per
sonalw "Our citizens generally will
be glad to know that Miss Trewella, VIII
last Christmas broke both thigh bone