The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE English Government will arm the
fast ocean steamers and draft two thou
sand men Immediately for regiments serv-
ing in India.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, the pugilist, is super
stitious on the subject of white specks on
his finger nails. He digs them out with his
penknife, regardless of pain.
A NUREMBERG chemist says that paste |
made of starch, glycerine and gypsum, |
will retain its Elasticity and adhesiveness
longer than any other cement.
y A MAIDEN lady, over eighty years of age, |
in Stratford, Conn.,, is preparing to get |
married. She is evidently one of those |
who believe that while there's life there's |
hope.
MISS ADDIE KURTz is the deputy sheriff
of Franklin County, Pa, and she recently
escorted seven male prisoners from the
county jail to the penitentiary at Phila-
delphia.
STANLEY HUNTLEY, the brilliant humor-
ist, whose "Spoopendyke" papers have CIV
en- him a national reputation, is lying at |
the point of death. His malady is bright's
disease.
PITTSBURGH is agitating the question OF
removing house-top signs and swinging
signs over the streets. A young lady was
killed and another injured by the falling OF
sign, a few days ago.
PROF. &. NJ. Brooks, aeronaut, will COM
plete at Burlington, Conn., next month, a
large balloon that will lift ton, and will
use it for scientific purposes, taking photo
graphs from great heights, etc.
SAMUEL, William and Charles Robinson,
k-I L.. e. =, oh
tall, with four sisters averaging six feet
two inches, make up the family of the
highest standing in Knoxville, Ia.
A PROFESSIONAL athlete says there is q
great knack in climbing stairs easily. His
advice is: "Do not lean forward. Do not
hurry. Do not spring from stair to stair.
Step firmly, leisurely, and keep erect"
THE latest craze among young ladies is
the collection of military buttons. One
young Miss of the Astor family has re-
lceived string of these in which nearly
every Government in the world is repre-
sented.
The Mahdi began marrying when he was
sixteen years old, and has kept on doing
it until now he has accumulated collec-
tion of thirteen wives, which looks as if the
False Prophet found real profit in matri-
mony.
COFFEE made with distilled water is said
TO have a greatly improved aroma. 1t
seems that the mineral carbonates in COM
mon water render the tannin of the coffee
berry soluble, but the drug will not dis
solve in distilled water.
WILLIAM PUTNAM ENDICoTT, father of
the Secretary of War, lives, at the age of
eighty two, in Salem, Mass, still hale and
hearty, following the formula of no spec
tacles, some tobacco and other things
within reasonable bounds.
PRoTRAcTED drought and extensive irri-
cation in the neighborhood have reduced
Tulare Lake in California from length of
forty-two miles and breadth of twenty two
miles to length of twenty-five miles and
a width of fourteen miles.
A YOUNG lawyer of Sylvania, Ga, went
through that town the other day driving a
portion of his first law fee-a yearling
steer. The fee consisted of eight dollars in
money, a stack of fodder, silver watch,
an old SOW and the yearling.
A BILL has been passed by the Nevada
Assembly imposing a fine of $40 on any
person who treats another in a saloon. The
bill does not prevent any number of per-
sons from going into a saloon and drinking
together, but requires that each man shall
pay for his own drink.
WHEN baoy begins to ask questions
wise men take their departure. A "two-
year-old" can run the profoundest scholar
to ground in ten minutes. One of them re-
Gently examined the eyes of its sister and
asked, Mamma, where does the Lord get
his blue dust from"
SHALL feet being the subject of a con-
troversy in New York, venerable partici-
pant writes to the New York World: 81
have the smallest feet in New York of any
grown lady, pronounced so by my shoe
maker. wear No. 12, children's size, and
I am grandmother"
MRS. W. T. SMITH, of New Haven, Conn.,,
wrote President Cleveland's inaugural mes
sage, 1858 words, on a postal-card in two
and a half hours. She sent it to Mr.. Cleve-
land, with request for his autograph, and
he has returned it with his signature across
the center of the card.
OCEAN steamers will be kept busy, ever
IL cholera somewhat diminishes the num-
Der of summer tourists, for a great many
soldiers must be shipped this season
France is now unable to obtain the trans
ports required for the prompt reinforce
ment of her army in China.
The oldest bank note probably in exist
ence in Europe is one preserved in thu
Asiatic museum at st. Petersburg. 1t date
from the year 1899 5. c., and was issued
by the Chinese government. 1t can b.
proved from Chinese chroniclers that, a
early as 2697 B. G.. bank notes were curren
in China under the name of "fying money.
A SCHENECTADY paper tells sad story o
how two lives were blasted last summer b.
a fy's misstep. A couple were marriet
several years ago, and lived happily unit
one morning, when fly fell into the Wife
coffee. 1t was scooped out by her husban
and accidentally tossed'upon her plate Sh
became angry and left the house. The sepa
ration ID final.
In the town of Warwick, in Rhode Is
land, is a bowlder so poised on anothe
rock that person standing on it can roc
it from side to side. When it is rocked
dull booming sound is given out which ca
be heard for miles over the country on
still night. A legend says that in thi
manner thn Indians were accustomed t
summon their warriors to council at thi
place.
A STRANGE sight was presented in tt
streets of Tucson, Arizona, recently.
woman appeared carrying child's empt
coffin on her shoulder, followed by lot {
little girls. Later the scene was reverse'
and the coffin was borne by four little girl
followed by several women. 1t is no III
common sight to see coffin borne to tt
grave on the shoulders of a man, but
woman rendering the service was a nov
spectacle.
SIR JOHN MCDONALD, Premier of Cam
da, once paid the rebellious Riel $500
keep quiet. This time it will cost far mo
A.. n, ,ak IN sur,nrass the fellnv.