The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
BITS OF INFORMATION.

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MEssRs. is an abbreviation Of Mes
sieurs. .~eZ E5sfgs
MEx1oo's population is put at 10000
600.
THERE are 271, IA school-teachers
in the United States and the Terri
tories.
The deepest well in the world is at
Buda Pesth, Hungary. 1t has a depth
of 5000 feet, oven three-ffths of q mile.
FoR the loss of an arm or a leg, q
pension of $24 per month is allowed.
DISSECTION for one year is sufficient
ground for an absolute divorce in Ar
kansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Missouri and Wisconsin.
ILLUMINATING gas, as made from coal,
was described by DIR. Clayton in 1739.
It was first used for street lighting in
London in 1907. In Paris, not. until
1918.
PRINTING wal an early institution in
Scotland, if it be true, as Mr.. Robert
Dickson, of the Society of Antiquaries,
stated, that Andrew Miller printed O
book there in 1905.
THE method of voting in England is
quite different from our simple and In
formal fashion. A voting ticket contain
ing the names of all the candidates Of
both parties is supplied by the Sheriff.
officer to each voter after he enters the
polling booth. He must use this ticket
and no other. In a private box, secured
from observation, he makes a cross upon
the names of the candidates for whom
he wishes to vote, and then deposits his
ballot in the box.
THERE have been many estimates Of
the number of Indians that were, in
100, in what We now know as the United
States, but none are satisfactory. In.
deed, even now estimates of their mum.
Der vary widely, the census of 1876
placing them at about $50, 600, while
others offer estimates which show thai
the Indian population is about zoe, 900
The more moderate place the number
in the neighborhood of 275,000 Of
$50, 900.
THERE never was such q coin as
"bit" in the United States. The Span
ish coins formerly circulated freely il
the South, and one Of them, of the valu,
of 12} cents, was generally known as
"bit." This custom spread Throughout
the West, and forty years ago this coin
if the pillars on the face of It were fresl
and unworn, was called a "long bit,
but If worn smooth it was called !,
"short bit" and was worth but 10 cents
The American dimes also came to b
called "short bits"
PoPLARs are called "popples" in En-
gland and the United States. The wor'
Is used as a localism. Under rulings Q
the Secretary of the Interior poplar
not considered timber. By that ofieia
timber is defined to be that kind @
wood which is proper for building or 70
tools, utensils furniture. carriages
fences, ships and the like; and, In an
other decision, pine, oak, ash, elm, wal
nut and hickory are especially referre
to as timber trees, and to this list cot
tonwood was added.
THE air known as "Yankee Doodle
was originally "Nankee Doodle, " and j
as old as the reign of Charles II. It iva
known in New England before the Reve
luton, and one account of its appropris
tion in America as a national air is the
after the battle of Lexington, the brig
ade under Lord Percy marched out {
Boston playing 1t in derisive allusion
the then-popular nickname Of the Ne
Englanders ; and that afterward the Ne
,Englanders, saying that the BIRTHS
troops had been made to dance to "YaI
kee Doodle" adopted the air as they ha
adopted the nickname. The citizens
the United States do not now recogniz
"Yankee Doodle" but Hail Colun
bia' as their national air.