Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-23
STRAY BITS.

In European Russia from 1870 to 1877 no less than 2,270 persons were killed by light nrag.
 There are S,064 languages in the world and its inhabitants profess more than 1 GOO re- ligions.
 An experiment recently made in Scotland proves that the tortoise can walk mile in four hours.
 We have over 100000 miles of railway in the United States, and this year we shall build 16,000 miles more.
 The Russian minister of railways has is- sued an order that in future all passengers who play cards will be ''judicially pursued"
 The occupants of an Astoria, Ore, hostelry fish from their bedroom windows and haul in their supper from the surging water about the hotel foundations.
 There are on the earth 1000, ,00O, 900 inhab- itants. Of these 33 ,O33, ,O33 die every year, 9l,S ,S54 every day, 3,73O every hour, and 60 every minute or one every second.
 James Miles, an Idaho man, refused to chip in even nickel to bury fellow townsman, and bolt of lightning killed thirteen horses for him on the day of the funeral
 The London Telegraph has received 1000 letters on the question, ''Is Marriage Fail ureW an issue, after all, which can be prac- tically decided by two persons better than by million.
 Less than fifty years ago there was not @ photograph camera in the world; today there are 15,O00 photographic establishments, to say nothing of the thousands of amateur outfits, in the United States.
 It is estimated that there are s, S,0OO, 900 men in America who get shaved three times week. That means an expenditure of thirty cents week, or $15.60 a year for each man, or for the 5000, 900 S15, SOC, 900 annually.
 A few days ago spring burst voluntarily forth from the ground immediately in front of the Central hotel in Las Vegas, while the artesian we'll borers in the same town are searching fruitlessly so far at depth of HOO feet
 Archibald Campbell, while out driving near Cincinnati the other day, pulled out his handkerchief to wipe his nose. Mrs. Osborne was at her gate and thought he meant to flirt with her, and she followed him up and shot him in the arm.
 The physicians at Bellevue hospital have advertised for four handed baby. year ago girl baby with three nearly perfect hands attached to her right arm was brought to the hospital and the physicians wish to re- discover the phenomenon.
 It has hitherto been thought that Buenos Ayres was one of the most expensive cities to live in, a medium sized house renting there for $2,500 year. It is learned, though, that an eight room house in the outskirts of Syd- ney brings s1,75O year.
 It is said that in eight cases out of ten if q man gets $50,000 all of sudden he will either go cracked in the head or make g laughing stock of himself. That's doubtless the reason why Providence keeps $5O,OOO away from so many of us.
 The practice of running trains on the left hand track is now being largely put in force by railroad corporations throughout the United States The custom originated in England, and affords the engineer better and fuller view of the tracks ahead
 A singular coincidence occurred at As toria, Ore. Mrs. Clooney died at o'clock in the morning quite suddenly, after having been in good spirits all day. Her canary bird, which had been singing all day, died at the exact time of its mistress death.
 The famous French physician Charcot, the specialist in nervous diseases, has a royal in come from his practice. His fee from the emperor of Brazil alone amounted to $S, 900, His reception room, where patients wait their turn, is filled with costly paintings and statuary and carved furniture, while stained glass fills the windows and Gobelin tapestry covers the walls.
 A correspondent writing from Gotts' Isl and, Me-, claims that this favored island harbors neither tramps, rats nor musqui- toes. No rum is sold there, neither is there any mud. He has never seen aa intoxicated person on the island, and but one house was burned for over 100 years. The people arc not afraid of thieves and seldom fasten their doors at night, except in cases of gales of wind and there is not a dog on the iIland