The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-21
PERSONAL TOPICS.

HENRY M. STANLEY will stop in Lon
don and write history Of his explora-
tions before returning to the United
States.
THE flag of the Alert, which was
hoisted in the highest northern latitude
attained by the late Arctic Expedition
is now in the Greenwich Naval Museum.
SHACK NASTY JIM, the once famous
Modec, has raised twelve hundred BUSH
els of corn, and wants to learn the pro-
cess of preparing it so that it may be
eaten out of flask.
THEODORE s. FAxToN, of Utica, N.
Y, who began life as stage driver, has
recently endowed three charitable in
stitution in that city to the amount of
over one hundred thousand dollars.
AMONG the guests at the reception
given to Henry M. Stanley by Menier,
the millionaire manufacturer of choco-
late, were Minister Noyes and Mrs.
Noyes, Miss Stevens and Miss Lincoln.
JOSH BILLINGS is described as tall,
angular, stoop-shouldered man, with
hair as long as cats tail, heavy and
dreadfully bulging brow, shaggy eye
brows, long nose and grizzled whiskers." I"
HUMBET proposes to pay his fathers
debts which amount to the princely sum
of six millions of dollars. To do this
he will sell Castle Parziano, the vast
hunting estate bought by the Nation for
Victor Emanuel.
A PRISONER in Jail in Louisville
burned up his pantaloons SO that he
would not be called upon to break stone
in the yard. The jailer purchased him
a pair, of linen ones, and that obliges
him to bounce around these keen morn
ings.
MATRIMoNY among deaf mutes has its
disadvantages as well as its sweets-at
least so thinks the husband at Lafayette,
Ind, who, returning home late found
his door locked against him. No amount
of pounding was loud enough to arouse
his sleeping spouse, and he was forced to
smash window and crawl into his
dwelling.
, Mr.. boANE, of Gold Hill, Nevada,
shot and killed his Chinese cook for
supposed assault on a child. 1t was
afterward shown that the Chinaman was
innocent of any ofense, but as the local
newspaper calmly says, "Mr Doane
could not know so at the time, and is
therefore not to be seriously blamed"
He was not even arrested.
For some time past eleven young deaf
Siamese have heen residing at Lain, in
Silesia, place remarkable for its insti-
tutions for the education of the deaf.
There being no Circumstances die
tionary or grammar, they had to learn
English as a stepping stone for German.
They were sent to Germany in prefer
ence to England, on the score of the
superior dryness of the climate.
WHEN the Duke of Edinburgh was
in New Zealand, he was introduced to
the Rev. Mr.. Observation-Disclosures.
But that clergyman, writes Mr.. Conway,
must hang his head at the curtness of
his name, if his eye should alight on the
report of the trial of clerical brother in
Wales for obstructing highway. The
defendant is described as the rector
of Llanfairpwllgwyngllgog lgogertysiliogog
goch.
VICTOR HUGO is stated to be man of
very robust health, so that he can go
out in all weathers without great-coat.
1t is his freqent custom to take long
ride on the top of an omnibus, and, in
this elevated position, commanding a
view of the busy life of Paris, he jots
down his fast-coming ideas, and when he
reaches home throws them into shape.
1t is asserted that he has written vol
umes upon the knife-boards of omni-
buses.
The Raleigh IN. C.) Observer says:
The keepers at the life-saving stations in
the vicinity of the wreck of the
Metropolis receive only two hundred
dollars a year, and it is perhaps not
reasonable to expect very high order
of service or much esprit du corps for
compensation. The men who are made
of the stuff to brave the dangers which
howl around Cape Hatteras are not apt
to go begging at two hundred dollars a
year.
A CALIFORNIAN is said to have in
vented an ingenius water faucet, through
which, if water is run. it comes out as
cold as ice water. Boiling water placed
in any receptacle, and allowed to run
through, will be found cool and fit to
drink. The faucet contains numerous
small tubes inclosed in large ones, and
between the outside of one and the in
side of the other certain chemicals are
packed, which produce the desired effect.
The inventor declines to give further
particulars.
THE New York eorrespodent of the
Boston Gazette excels his many rivals in
writing gush about the theaters. He
says that, while Modjeska was playing
Camille" the prompter threw aside his
book and wept, the lover buried his
face in his handkerchief when behind
the scenes and shed tears, the hard
hearted father was scarcely able from
emotion to go through his part, and
even the scene shifters were affected
And the correspondent did not intend tt
be funny, as might be inferred.