The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22
Personal TOPICS.

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voted to telegraphic interests, states
that at tho present time there exists in
working order over 62,0 900 miles of sub
marine cable, in the hands of eighteen
companies.
ANOTHER attempt to break down the
law of primegeniture in England has
been made. It resulted, however, in a
failure, as the bill, though supported by
Sir William Harcourt, was defeated by
thirty-siI votes.
A MILLION and quarter of Roman
Catholics in the Netherlands form an
"Old Paper" Society, and devote to the
Pope the proceeds of the waste paper
they sell each year. Last year the sum
thus obtained was over five thousand
dollars.
THEY have long preserved with re-
igous care in Germany fragment of
the, rock to which John Huss was
c,sained Just prior to his death at the
stake. This precious relic has now been
conveyed to Prague, and is to be depos-
tied in the National Museum of Bohe-
mia.
A CHILD four years of age wandered
off from its parents and was finally
found near the Independence noun
tains, Nevada, twenty-five miles from
where he started. He had travelled four
days during intensely hot weather,
and was a maniac when found, but re-
covered rapidly.
The ancient lake-dwellers of Switzer-
land are supposed to be of African orr
gin. One Of the discoveries which point
to this conclusion is the fact that the
fax found in their dwellings does not
belong to the species now generally cul-
tivated, but to that which was culti-
waited in ancient Egypt.
In Summit, Pa, there is a cavern 300
feet below the surface of the ground
where ice forms summer and winter.
At the bottom is a spring of clear, cold
water entirely surrounded by ice. The
ceiling and sides of the cave are solid
ice, and by continual dropping water an
ice monument from floor to ceiling has
been formed.
FORTY foreign Bishops in attendance
on the Lambeth Council preached in
and about London on Sunday recently.
And not the slightest mention of the
fact was made in the metropolitan jour-
mails. Of the number twenty-six were
American Bishops, and their friends are
greatly disguised at what they term a
want of enterprise in London journal
ism.
ACCORDING to a New England paper,
Ira Paine has been rivaling DR.. Carver
in feats of rifle shooting in New Hamp-
shire. At Manchester he hit nineteen
glass balls in less than one minute. He
hit base ball fifteen times in success
sion, thrown with curves by Leary the
professional pitcher of the Manchesters.
He also shattered with Colts navy re-
yolver ten out of twelve glass balls,
which were thrown at his head at a
distance of thirty yards.
A MUCH-ADMIRED dress in the Park
last week has excited some curiosity as
to its construction. ] have the permis-
sion of the fair owner and designer-an
Irish beauty, by the way-to reveal the
secret. 1t was made of thirty. y.nine silk
pocket-handkerchiefs (you know the blue
and white things that stick out of fash
ionable breast pockets just now, and
parasol and hat were all en- suite. The
effect of the symphony in spots," as a
passing Whistlerite called it, was really
very pretty.-Lor,don World.
A NEW anecdote of Plus IX'is told in
the 'Recollections of a LIFETIME" by
an aged Italian journalist. A very
wealthy French lady, whose husband
was abroad in the diplomatic service of
France, undertook a pilgrimage to
Rome with her sons and daughters.
When the audience was obtained, the
lady kneeling, said: ''Holy Father, ]
shall not rise until you tell me what
favor may bestow upon you" "Rise,
| my child, said the Pope, "because the
favor require you cannot offer me;
thatis pair of new legs"
WALTER T. MATTHEWS, steersman of
New York steamer, has saved nine
people from drowning. He says he al
ways Jumps in with his clothes on, and
describes the mode of getting at people
as follows: 81 have to use great caution
in approaching them. I generally LET
them get pretty well played out. II
wouldn't do to attempt to clutch them
right of, for if man has got as much
strength as l have, he's sure to drag me
down. I always wait until the last mo.
ment, and then clutch them by the
hair or clothing. have several times
had to dive to get out of their reach u