The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A man travelled hastily from San
Francisco to Omaha, on hearing that he
lad been ssremembered' in his fathers
will, and the report proved true, but he
,um of the bequest was one dollar
San Francisco Chronicle.
Statistics show that the growth of
timber in Kansas is yearly increasing
beyond the consumption. 1t was feared
1t the first settling Of the State that the
timber would disappear in d few years.
Chicago Herald.
-Munk Murphy, q brakeman. with
4 claim to eccentricity, has established
t by riding into Boston coiled up on the
ruck under a car, to win a bet that he
could not steal a passage. Lacking a
lag to wave in token of victory, he took
off his shirt and flung it to the breeze.
Boston Post.
"A girl of Southington, Conn, was
discarded by her affianced husband.
Her cousin handed her a bottle of
liquid. telling her to throw it into the
false ones face t. 'smake him smart a
little" 1t was vitriol, which destroyed
his eyesight and horribly disfigured
him.-HarJord Post.
-Iroquois, the Derby winner, and
his colored groom slept in the same
stall on the steamer which brought
them home from England. The un-
easiness of the race-horse during stormy
weather was allayed by the presence of
his sable friend.-N. Y. Herald.
George Geddes says that the proper
time to apply plaster to clover is after
the plants have made some growth, say
after the wheat harvest on clover sown
in the spring. He thinks the plaster
acts directly on the leaf on which it is
sprinkled.-Prairie Farmer.
There is one thing at Niagara for
which no charge is made, and that is
the nightly illumination at the Falls,
which is one of the most fairy-like and
beautiful scenes that a be imagined.
1t breaks the hearts of Niagara people
to think the illumination cannot be
''fenced in."-Bmfalo Express.
A curious change has taken place
in England in the manner of selling real
estate and pictures. Formerly. the ia
vorite method of selling real estate was
by auction; now it is by private nego'
tiation, and the auctioneers have be.
come brokers. Private picture dealers
find their occupation gone, auctions
having usurped the business. The lat
ter change is explained by the fact that
buyers like to see their names in print
Two of the cottage-owners at Ions
Branch have built a protection to theil
property, which is situated on the low
bluff, by building a solid wall, defyins
the heaviest winter storm. 1t is mad,
of artificial stone, and reaches deep int
tho ~,.ornl x,hsIa Sc fa, &c Ao0ral Gov,
promenade, with a slope of green swart
behind. Wooden devices have allfaile(
to withstand the tremendous force o
the waves, and heretofore, withou
State aid, no property-owner has takel
the work in hand on his own account
IN. Y San.
In a railroad station at Birming
ham, England, a runaway daughter wa
captured by her mother, just as she an
a young married man, with whom sh
had designed to elope to America, ha'
got into the train. Catching sight O
the object of her search, the mothe
rushed at the clipping girl, and, shout
ing repeatedly: go, you wicked hussy,
laid hold of her, and threatened to Civ
her into custody if she did not 90 home
The only reply she got was s'Fiddle
sticks" but when a policeman wa
fetched the girl consented to return.
"A North Carolina girl hadher ham
completely severed from the arm by al
ak. The physician, not being in a cor
dition to amputate the arm above tn
wrist, replaced the hand, secured i
with silver stitches and adhesive plaste
and having bound both arm and ham
to a broad splint, ordered them to- b
kept warm with hot flannel cloth. Tn
third day p~ulsation couldbe plainly fel
in the hand, which had also change
its color. Says the physician in charge
81 removed the sutures on the fou1
teenth day, and afterward she carrie
the hand in a sling, and is now-thre
months after the accident-able to e1
tend the fingers and grasp with nearl
the usual strength. "-Rhtadelphia RI
cord.