The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

The new violins made from the
American spruce tree have been tried
by several European virtuosi and have
been pronounced equal in tone to the
old instruments of the Cremona max
ers.-N. Y. Herald.
Kentucky has been honored with
the speakership of the House of Repre-
sentatives eleven times. Next comes
Virginia with seven elections, followed
by Pennsylvania with five.
The marriage of a girl ten years
and eight months old to a man of thirty
wears is reported by good authority
from Suwanee county. The girls
father is a minister, and the ceremony
was performed by his consent.-Madi-
son (F1a.) Recorder.
If you are sick or think you are,
don't send for the doctor unless you
mean to follow his directions. You will
only worry yourself i'll by knowing
what he thinks of you, while you do
nothing to better yourself. -Phitadel-
phia Bulletin.
"A lake, comprising 125 acres. near
the village of Riverhead, Long Island,
Has uccu uIdiucu, dlu Lie UObtOIu,
which is found to be sandy, is being
leveled and stumps pulled up and holes
filled for the purpose of establishing an
immense cultivated cranberry marsh
N Y. Tribune.
The commission appointed by the
Spanish Government to investigate the
great Andalusian earthquake last
Christmas report that over II, 900 build
ings were injured in Granada and
Malaga, of which 400 were ruined;
745 persons were killed, and 1,4S5
wounded.
"A horse was sent up from the farm
to be shod. Having a number of
ready-made shoes on hand, the job, in
the absence of the boss, was given to
an apprentice. After an interval the
following note came to the superin-
tendent: .'This horse don't fit none of
our shoes" Carlisle (Pa.) Indian
School Morning Star.
One of the largest manufacturers
of gloves in England recently issued a
circular to the fashionable dealers in
London, pointing out that the habit of
attempting to wear gloves too small
has grown to such an extent that it
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the factory, and urging the dealers to
exercise their influence against this
expensive manifestation of vanity.
Though the great West doesn't
suspect it, at the Eastern centers of
civilization the dude has been replaced
by the Gussie, he supplanted by the
Jimmie and the latter's successor is
the gou-gou, who is the reigning favor
lite. The name gou-gou is an exact
reproduction of the first sound made
by an infant. We don't know whether
it was intentional Buffalo Express.
-Blotting paper saturated with a So
luton of oxalic acid and dried, will not
only absorb the ink of a blot, but will
remove the blot itself, if the ink does
not contain indigo or aniline color. 1t
might be dangerous in removing sigma
lures from important papers, but the
trace of the writing will remain, and
can be made legible by adding ferrocy-
made of potassium or gallo acid.-Sci-
entJfc american.
"A young man in Buffalo, attended
q turkey-match. A bad marksman hit
him with a bullet from a rifle. The
missile pierced his overcoat, coat and
vest, and struck his watch upon the
edge, forcing its way into the interior
and completely SCATTERING the works.
A Scent silver piece, which was also in
the pocket, was bent double by the
conclusion, and the bullet, which
| proved to be a heavy slug, was found
cut completely in two. by the watch.
case. The young man escaped unin-
jured.-Bufalo IN. ~ Express.
Frank Brewer, a favorite negro
minstrel of olden times, walked into
the barroom of the Metropolitan one
morning, dusty and unkempt from a
long journey, and asked for a glass OF
brandy. The barkeeper handed out
the brandy, and then, suspicious Of
Franks appearance, said: ''Just pay
for that before you drink it, will youe"
Frank, who was as well known in New
York as any man about town, looked
up, astonished, and stammered
"W-w-what?" ''Just pay for that
brandy before you drink it," repeated
the bartender. "W-w-why," said
Frank, leaning confidently across the
counter, sis it SO im-m-memdiately
f-f-fatal in its effect?"-M. Y. Citizen.
There ought to be a stringent stat
ute making it a felony to arrange &
prize fight in any State, to enter into
negotiations for arrangement Of a prize
fight or to engage in such prize fight il
any manner, either as principal, second
assistant, stakeholder, trainer or ref
cree. The statute should also forbit
persons to leave the State to carry OF
such prize-fight or to assist in it in any
capacity, and it should empower ant
direct the officers to make arrests wheI
persons are about to depart on sucf
crrands. These regulations, made sui
ticiently comprehensive and explicit
if they did not stop this disgracefu
brutality, at least would compel it t.
keep under cover. 1t is now open ant
shameless.-N. Y. Herald.