The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-04

in making his proposal of marriage,
and she had sufficient forethought to
preserve the writing.
The highest bid ever made for q
greyhound was the offer of G1,500 by
Mr.. Mayer of Derby for Princess Dag
mar before last years Waterloo Cup
had been run for. This was at auc-
ton, but her owner, Mr.. Reilly, re-
served her at f1,7O0. She was sold
the other day for breeding purposes
for $50 guineas.
A most extraordinary and painful
phenomenon has lately occurred in
Warsaw. A lady died under some
what peculiar circumstances, which
gave rise to report that her death
had been caused by her husbands i'll
treatment. Hence, several weeks af-
ter the interment her body was ex-
humcd for ~post-mortem examination,
when it was found that in the grave a
perfectly healthy child had been born.
The exclusion of marriage insu-
rance companies letters from the
mails has broken up that form ofspec-
ulation, which had assumed aston
ishing proportions throughout the
Southwest. Men who ought to have
known better invested largely in the
swindle, and with few exceptions lost
every dollar. Afianced husbands
thought that by taking out a policy
and then getting married without de-
lay they could get the sums which the
insurance managers promised them
on their weddingd day, but the collapse
came too 500 for a realization OF
their plans.
An extraordinary fact connected
with army management is the enor-
nous number of desertions. These
amounted during the past year to nc
fewer than 1921, although the total
enlisted strength of the army was only
23,O14. The assertions, then, were
nearly one-sixth of the entire force
yet in many Of the garrisons there
should be neither opportunity MOI
motive for desertion. Gen. Sherman
has suggested that the proper remedy
for this astonishing state of things
would be to pay the soldier higher
wages, besides making the punish
ment for desertion more sure.
The wife of fasting DR.. Tanner ha:
lately taken up her abode in France
having obtained a divorce from he
eccentric husband underline following
circumstances: DR.. Tanner, itappears
is peculiarly addicted to eXtraordina
~ tancies, and some time since h,
thought that he had found out tina
the human character becomes modifi
ed according to the food taken by tn,
individual, and especially in relation
TO the vegetables consumed. Carrots
he AYERS, make people fidgety and sly
turnips produce extreme amiability
while a prolonged diet of French bean
induces great irritability Of temper
} The carrying out of This theory ha
brought great trouble into Dr.. Tan
ner's home. He made a heavy wage
ON the question with some friends
and experimental On Mrs. Tame
with French beans, giving her to ca
; about three pounds Of this vegetabl
daily. 1t is not altogether to be Won
dered at if, after such a regimen, Mr.:
Tanner became rather more irritabl
, than was perhaps contemplated, an
: threw a jug at DR.. Tanners head
l The doctor, however, gained his bet
and, more thoroughly convinced tina
ever of the truth of his theory, put hi
( wife on the turuip diet, SO as to max
! her as amiable as she was before IL
+ French Gean regimen. This time, how
ever, Tie result was not so strictly
l accordance with the theory. Mr.
Tanner objected to being any longe
4 subject for these vegetarian expert
ments, sued for q divorce. and, wins
IL moro sinmulGr. Obtnined it.