The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE first grain elevators of America
were built in Chicago eleven years ago.
SOUTHERN RUSSIA is the chief source
of the salt supply to the other govern
ments of the empire.
THE farm animals of Great Britain
represent about one-haf the total value
of those of the United States.
TIE moa, or dinorsis, was a huge bird
being three times the size OF an ostrich.
TIE mountains round Great Salt Lake
bear evidences of the existence at some
early period of much larger lake In the
same locality.
THE island of Ceylon and the king
doms of Pegu and Burmah contain
almost the only ruby and sapphire mines
of the world. -
JAMES WATT congratulated himself
| that one of his steam cylinders only
lacked three-eighths of an inch of Being
truly cylindrical.
TIE blood of the negro and Esqui-
maux is of the same temperature, al
though the external atmosphere in which
they live may vary by 800
RUINS of houses, fortifcations and
dishes made by prehistoric people
have been found in Southwestern Colo
RADIO and Southeastern Utah.
A NEW use has been made of dynamite
in the slaughter-house A thimbleful
placed on the forhead of an animal and
exploded causes instant death.
CELERY is the cultivated variety of
the English weed smallage. It was in
troduced into England about the time of
the Reformation, by some Italians, who
gave it the Italian name, cellerS.
THE harpy eagle of Southern Mexico
has plumage SO elastic and compact that
buckshot, striking on the wings or
breast of the bird, at certain angle,
glance off or fail to penetrate vital parts.
AMONG the natives of Senegambia
pulmonary affections are unknown, yet
year spent in the over-crowded man.
develop consumption in its most viru-
lent form.
SEVERAL years ago the bleaching pow
der made in the world was 55, 600 tons
per annum, whereas it is now over 150,-
900 tons. By this increase every sheet
of white paper and every yard of calico
made in the world have been chespened.
A COLOSSAL eolian harp was made in
Milan in 1875, by the Able Gattoni. He
stretched seven strong iron wires from
the top of a tower, sixty feet high, to q
house near by. This giant harp was
heard, in a high wind, at distance OF
several miles.
ACCORDING to q German economist,
the income of the world is $13, $40, 600,
600; debt, $40, 926, ,000, 600; taxes, 3d.
002, 900 600; capital, $S5, ,612, ,0O0, 600.
Sweden has the smallest debt, or $50,.
900, 900; France the largest, or s., 140,
100000. The United States has the
largest income.
WHEN Henry w., while Prince of Ma
: varre, WIS playing dice, . few days be
fore the massacre of st. Bartholomew
the party broke up in alarm at thinking
they saw on the dice spots of blood. Th'
phenomenon is now explained scientifi
, cally, not as an omen, but resulting
from the simultaneous contrast of colors
, The story Of Cinderella has its origin
probably, in an old Egyptian legend, il
which an eagle steals the shoe of fai
lady, while she is bathing in the river
and carries it to the king. He, admir-
ing the shape, and seeing a fate in tn,
manner of its being brought to him
s summons the lady and marries her, as il
i our modern story.
The much-abused dragon flies are pei
b fectly harmless to human beings the
neither bite nor sting, but destroy vas
quantities of mosquitoes, flies and othe
insects. They can be brought into tn
house to catch flies and mosquitoe.
which duty they perform if unmoleste6
While in the larve state they perfor1
t the same good work.