The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-22
PERSONAL TOPICS.

PEkSONAL TOPlCSs
Mr.. EDIsoN's income from his pat
entsi is estimated at $50, 600 per annum.
ANNIE RUTHERFORD ScoTT, a niece
of Sir Walter, has just died in England.
GENERAL PEMBERToN, who surren-
dered Vicksburg to Grant, has taken up
his residence in Philadelphia.
How many of our readers ever real
lied that Thomas Jefferson was but
twenty-three years old when he drew up
the Declaration of Independence7
News girls are feature in Piladel-
phia. They are much neater in appear
ance than the boys, and sell more papers,
with less noise.
LESS tobacco is used in England and
France than formerly, and N. Leroy
Beaulieu thinks that the rising genera
tion of the latter country smoke less
than their fathers.
GRAY, who tried to kill Booth, footed
up a long column of figures so rapidly
doctors pronounced him an incurable
lunatic.
AN exchange says: William 81. Van
derbilt has added to his extensive rail-
way interests the largest stock-farm in
this country, and will now bull the mar
kets and market the bulls at the same
time. z
Mr.. JOHN A. MCDONNELL, while in
the Canadian Legislative Assembly Sat
urday, arose and, pointing out a mem
ber, said in loud tone: There sits the
liar, mountebank, cheat, and swindler."
Mr.. acDonnell was put out. Wasn't
the other member kind O. put out, too
MILE. ADELAIDE MoNTGoLFIER,
daughter of the inventor of balloons,
lives in France. and is now eighty-nine.
She is wealthy, and has just given to
the museum of the, Aeronautical Acad-
emy copy of the medal executed to
commemorate the inventor of balloons.
A WRITER in the London Truth re-
marks: My grandfather was contem-
porary of Mr.. Fox in the House of Com
mons. / once asked him what was the
effect of Fox's eIoquence on the House.
q 1t produced no effect" he replied, :" be-
cause nine out of ten members could
not understand what he said, he rushed
his words Sc"
RooH, the general executioner OF
France, followed his many victims re-
Gently at the age of ffty-fve During
the eight years that he presided over the
guillotine he had cut off fifty-four heads.
His salary was $1,000 year, with an
addition Of $3.50 on working days. His
disease was apoplexy.
The daughter of the postmaster Of
Nairn, Canada, has lately had nearly q
score of proposals. The young men ad-
mire her, because, seeing a house or
fire, she took ladder on her shoulders
mounted to the roof, through which the
flames were blazing, and with half 8
dozen pals of water subdued them.
A POOR vine dresser of Burgundy
drew from a lottery prize of $50, 900
Thankfully he gave $4,000 for tn,
building of church in his native vii
lage. and then, with his family, he wen
to Paris, where, in one year, he spen
the remainder of his money. He the,
returned to his native village and be
came the sexton of his church.
PETER Fl. GULIcK, the octogenarian
who was sued for breach of promise las
year at New. Brunswick, N. j., die,
lately, aged eighty-one years. Judg
Scudder decided against him, but tn
Supreme Court reversed the decision
and declared that a man of Gulick's ag
could not be sued for breach of promis
of marriage.
| The long. black locks and swarth
face of the Narragansett Indian, Horac
Maynard, who represents the Unite
States in Turkey, created quite an in
preston in Constantinople. 1t is relate
that when he was presented to the Su
tan, that potentate turned to MI
Eugene Schuyler, who stood beside hin
and inquired, /" Is this gentleman a
American dervish F'
The Rev. DIR. Shedd, missionary
!, writes from Hamadan, Persia, that theI
is wonderful movement among the oil
and large colony of Jews at that plac'
Their leaders have been> discussing th
! question whether Jesus was the Messiah
and four of them have decided he wa
, anu Deeu DdptlZeu, WHlle mdHy arc vi
plicants for baptism. About five thoI
sand Jews are represented by the fou
baptized leaders.
CETYwAYo is said to have eleve
thousand wives, and it is in order to So
that he GOES tr war to enjoy peace, bi
the remark would not be original. I
purchase a new summer suit tor each {
his eleven thousand wives costs Get,
wayo about two dollars and ten cent
the entire sum being invested in ia
low for the hair. This, at all events,
the estimate made by the NorristoW
Herald.
BISHOP AMEs was very plain in b
tastes. A few days before he died b
said to an intimate friend: al desil
no display at my funeral. lwould ha,
a plain coffin made of live eak ar
trimmed plainly with trimmings of ga
vanized iron. Let there be no fowe
placed on it. The tendency to extray
; CANT and useless parade at funerals
,, this country is getting to be great al
growing evil, and l wish my example
far as possible to inaugurate difiere
| state of things"