The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-03
COLLATED FACTS.

HORSE leather is largely used in Ger
many for making boots.
THE Royal Palace in Amsterdam is
supported on 13, 695 piles.
ALGEBRA originated about the middle
of the fourth century of the Christian
era.
MAN is the only living creature that
can walk or stand erect in a perfect
manner.
ALTHOUGH the aborigines of America
had 450 languages, thread of connection
runs through them ALL
LOWER CALIFoRNIA, which belongs to
Mexico, is bleak and almost barren
country, but little populated.
/ The first dissection of the human
body for promotion of the cause of science
took place at Alexander Egypt, So B. O.
FIFTEEN thousand persons were killed
or injured by the fall of an amphitheatre
| at Friden, near Rome, in the time of
Liberius.
On Prices Hill, Dorchester, near Bos-
ton, stands q house built in 1640 It is
still occupied by the descendants of the
builder.
The Gatling mitrai1leuse has discharged
90 many dS OOf IOuHuS III Two IuluuIoS.
The Martini Henry rifle has fred 25
rounds in o minute.
The Roman Colosseum was able to
seat 102, ZOO spectators. In its center
was an arena 2S1 feet by 176. Its height
was 1S0 feet, and it was covered with an
awning.
AMULETs of stones, metals, strips of
parchment, animal preparations and
other articles have been worn by those
who believed in their ability to charm
away sickness, withcraft and other evils.
THE Anaconda of South America is
sometimes over 80 feet in length, and is
called the water serpent from freauenting
swamps and rivers. The natives kill It
for an oil which is obtained from its
carcass.
In the skeleton of an adult there are
about 200 bones, but in the child they
are more numerous, for in the process of
consolidation of > the skeleton certain
bones originally distinct become fused
together. q.
| MANS spinal column is very power
| full structure, being able to hold. up. not
only the weight OF his head and body,
| but of all the burden which he puts on
| the shoulders or back or takes in his
hands or. arms.
| AafURATH w., Sultan Of Turkey,
captured the city of Bagdad, in 1888,
and disgfaced his victory by slaughter
ing 80, 900 Persians in cold blood. He
died at the age of 30, after life of al
most perpetual inebriation.
R1FIED guns have pretty generally
surpassed smooth-bores in the rma-
ments of all civilized nations. Elongated
| projetiles, which are impeded by the
resistance of the air much less than
| spherical ones, being in all cases EN-,
ployed.
The awkward Mexican language when
1 literally translated makes some serious
| showings. For instance. the Mexican
says ''1-fesh-eat" as a single word, or if
he wishes to emphasize, 'I-it-eat, the
flesh" Or, 'Iit-turn-give, the bread,
my son, for 81 give my son the bread. I"
AMURATH or Murad L, Sultan of the
Turks, 1360-S9, was q great statesman
and conquerer, but was SO destitute of
literary culture that he signed his treaties
and State papers by dipping his hand in
ink, and impressing the mark of three
fingers together, with the thumb and
forth finger at slight distance at each
side.
MACHINES in a watch factory will cut
screws with $50 threads to the inch-the
finest used in the watch has $50. These
threads are invisible to the naked eye,
and it takes IA, 900 of the screws to
weigh pound. A pound of them is
worth six pounds of pure gold. Lay one
on piece of white paper and it looks
like tiny steel filing.