The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-01-22
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livelihood in England.
THERE are 1852 women missionaries ana
preachers in England.
HEREAFTER the New York Star will show
Its light but once q week.
- THE newest craze is to collect every kind
and shape Of parlor lamps.
Tbs highest priced pew in Grace Churc
NaSs York, is $1,000 per year.
THERE are 800 professional beauties in
London who don't work at all.
The number of men employed on she
Panama Canal works is 1900.
IT is wise woman that knows her own
sealskin sack from dyed beaver.
THERE are 452 women editors in England
and ,3o9 female photographers.
In New York and London musical circles
the "See-Saw" waltz is the craze.
: 1T may become necessary to quarantine
against those foreign earthquakes.
A PEARL has been found on the Western
Australian coast valued at $4,000.
THERE are 1885 English school teach
ers, nearly all of whom are spinsters.
The poor of Paris are now crying for
bread. They may soon be clamoring for
blood.
WINDsoR's great park costs the Queen
.S125,oO0 q year and brings in rentals of
:S25,OOO.
AS AN outcome of the hard times, no
ishut down of a brewery has yet been re-
ported.
FOREIGN students in Paris complain of
determinations and of being treated as in
1truders.
A NORWICH, Conn, lady has a banana
plant on which several bananas are now
ripening,
IT is said that Miss Mackey will never
permit her italian Count to go into the pea
nut business.
In London LAO tons of chloride of lime
sare daily used for the deodorizing of the
ssewer outlets.
AUSTRALIA has ninety three species OF
snakes, fifty eight venomous and thirty
1--we harmless.
JOHN B. JERvIs, the eminent civil engi-
Fneer, of Rome, N. Y, died the other morn
Ting, in his ninetieth year.
MRS. BELvA A. LOCKWOOD has petitioned
Congress to see that the votes cast for her
fer President be counted.
:, VICE PREsIDENT-ELEcT HENDRICKS sell
sdom smokes Hoosier tobacco. He won't
Havana kind but the best.
The close of General Grants career bids
fair to be as full of trouble as his meridian
was luminous with glory.
In the German army suicide is rendered
reasonably sure, by sentencing to death
every soldier who attempts it.
The Emperor of Austria has an income OF
81, ,0G0, 900 a year, and the Gar of Russia
1receiyes about twice that sum.
PENNsYLvANIA's fame will never die. On
sher soil was raised the man with the cour-
age to marry his mother in law.
A BILL was introduced in the Senate to
increase the pensions of widows and minor
children from s. to So per month.
AwDow named Watson, of Limetown,
Pa, her son and two daughters were all
married on the same day, recently.
! THOMAS CLYDE, wealthy ship owner
and founder of the Clyde steamship line,
died in Philadelphia few days ago.
DURING 1884, So, 100000 was built into
Chicago structures and $45,000,000 invested
in real property lying within the city limits.
A RUNAWAY horse in Stockton, CAL, ran
supon babyIcarriage, dragged it fifty feet
and kicked it into splinters, and yet the
baby,escaped.
PEOPLE who dislike to have their win
dows frosted in cold weather can prevent
it by rubbing the glass inside and outside
with glyccrine.
FERDINAND WARD, the jailed partner of
General Grant, used to adorn his private
theater box at an expense of over 500 a
might for flowers.
A WEsr-BRooKFIELD (Me.) citizen has
hoor, do 70 h1ood
caused by wearing a new red mitten over
scratch on his hand.
GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, has the
reputation of being one of the most bashful
of men, and various anecdotes Illustrating
this are current in Albany.
PRINCE HENRY of Battenburg, has al
ready seen 10000 of his photographs sold
in London. Such is fame and an engage
ment to queens daughter.
A KINp-HEARTED lady of Gilroy, Kan,
has constituted herself the good angel of
all tramps. She not only gives them a
square meal, but wine and cigars.
TOWELS are embroidered with mono
gram. 1t is now considered inappropriate
to put indelible ink on any article which
has any claim to delicacy of fabric.
WoLsELEY isn't having such a large
time with Ell Mahdi as he thought he would
have. The False Prophet may yet proceed
to have some fun with the Englishman.
Mr.. GLADsToNE's son, the rector, is to
marry a Miss Mary Williamson, the
daughter of Liverpool doctor of large
practice and ample means, but savage
Tory. Love knows no politics.
THE total amount of authorized street
railroad capital in England is $91 ,250, 600,
and the length of line opened for traffic 1852
miles. The number of passengers carried
last year was nearly 331 100000.
JACOB AND MARIA Hoop, who were mar
ried June 1, 1920, celebrated Mrs. Hoods
ninety eighth birthday on New Years, at
Springfield, Mass. Her husband was
ninety three years old on Christmas day.
PATTI loves a parrot, Modjeska adores a
black cat, Langtry wastes her superfiuous
affection on little Chinese monkey, called
Ii Chin, and Mary Anderson chatters to a
pair of yellow canaries while studying
Juliet's blank verse.
WILLIAM BARRY, young Irishman who
went to London to make his fortune almost
twenty years ago, is said to be the hero OF
Mr.. Blacks story, "Shandon Bells" His
solitary book was a volume of sketches en-
titled "Moorland and Stream" in which
the young author gave brilliant promise
which was blighted by his early death.
TEE largest mat in the world covers the
circus or ring of the Covent Garden Thea
ter. It is made of unbleached cocoanut
fiber, and has a soft pile four inches thick
thus making an excellent substitute fol
sawdust. The weight of this enormou.
mat 10 over two tons.
THE English laws require bakers to carry
scales when they bring bread to customers
American bakers are put to no such trouble.
Their bread is heavy enough. There is NJ