The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The death q IN Dakota Is only
five in the thousand.
The Great Eastern is to be moored
at Gibraltar as a coal hulk.
1t is illegal in Paris for . news
dealer to lend out a newspaper to any
n for reading purposes.
"A silver box, smut at a wedding in
Hartford, Conn, the other day, Is to
be kept under seal, like that of Pam
dora, till the time for the silver ami
versary, twenty-five years hence.
"A horseshoe has been invented that
comes on and off like a mans shoe. A
rim at the bottom and buckle at the
back hold it in place. A pad protects
the bottom of the hoof.-Troy Times.
Three hundred and ffty-eight GRIM
mails, who have escaped from Georgia
in the lastfew years, are wanted in that
State. The rewards offered for them
aggregate one hundred Thousand doll
lars.
1t has been discovered at Austin.
Tex, that one-haf the thirty million
acres of school and university lands
have been free-grazed for years, the
State deriving no income from the cat
tlemen.
1t is reported from Dakota that
prairie fires will not cross fields Of
clover or timothy, as there is q green
sprig at the bottom which checks it. It
is the dry buffalo grass that the flames
run in. As the land is improved and
tame grasses are sownt this scourge will
be checked.-Chicago Tribune.
Blue Ribbon beer, manufactured
in Toronto, and claimed to be q tenn
perance beverage, was tested q few
days ago on two men, each of whom
drank seven glasses in an hour and .
half and then. became drunk. The
court ~thereupon decided that the stuff
was intoxicating.-Mica Herald.
The advantage of fresh air from
has received strong proof from an Incl
dent of the cholera in Spain. In the
house of q rich merchant the cholera
attacked, first of all, the one person
who slept in the only room Of the
dwelling which was without q window.
Tossing as high in air as. possible
the dryest Of the long seed pods under
the maple trees, is suggested by the
Lawrence (Mass.) american as a new
diversion of school children for recess.
1.-The peculiar motion while falling may
surprise those who have never tried il.
1t might be called the game of butter
Hy."
/ If a wife's feelings are injured one
hundred thousand dollars worth by tho
killing of her husband in Texas, where
men are plenty, what must be the ex-
tent of damage inflicted upon her affec-
tionsin aparallel case in Massachusetts,,
where the reserve supply is about sew
| enty thousand shortPSCharleston rs.
| C. JNeus.
-M;nino Was -nrosnected w;th;r a
| few miles of Nooales- Cal three hur-
dred and three Years 400 avs the Mo-.
act. aces before the Ground was dis
fnrbed Inv the miner n;ck in anv Of
| the ~so-cailed older States or Terr;tories
| and tbe nrasent ;nd;cat;ora oro+bat or
LONG the most ;mnortant m;ning fiel6
of fiat remote ner;od If ant;cn;fy viii
kecome the most ;mnortant ii modarn
times
Thoro 4. ,.dn - 4ho WITT.
| House the other day who always goes
| to call on the President when she
| makes a wedding trim. and she has en-
| loved three of these ~interesting excur-
| sions since Grant came in. By STRANGE
! i'll luck, the husband, in every case but
| the last, has sickened and died soon
after the visit to the President. The
lady is from Massachusetts,, and she in
tends to persevere in her custom. She
announced to n of the doorkeepers
| that she would be more careful with
| her present. husband than with those
who preceded. him.-Washs,oton Posi-.
From Greenland comes tbe storv
| that little bamIets occnnied bv the de.
scendants of the Norsemen are in exist
ence, and that they contain q happy and
contented population, uninfuenced by
the events passing in the outside world.
and unruf1ed by politics or base ball.
Centuries ago the coast of Greenland
was the Danish fishing grouud, and
the country, which then boosted a less
rigorous climate than that which it ID
credited now, was not deemed unfit for
settlement. 1t is something to know
that other than Esquimaux humanity
is negotiating there.-Pailadelphia Press
Tho torr;+orv If tho Tinted s.oto.
uhoro bons aro srooessf,1in r,own =
Werv 1;mited A rsJins of foTfv miles