Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-21
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Paris has adopted the American arnbu- lance system.
 A Georgia man has celebrated his golden wedding with his second wife
 A planter in Brooksvi1le, Fla, cleared $10,- 900 of a cabbage patch of 100 acres
 "Woolenite" is new word used to dezig- nate the man who wears garments entirely of wool
 More than million men are employed .by States
 There are about 30o,oOo children in the United States. under 12 years old, whose lives are insured
 An ounce of silver may now be purchased in England for 41X pence, the lowest price of the present century.
 A judge at Harrisburg, Pa, has sent a young fellow to jail for kissing his afianced wife on the street against the lady's will K A student at civil service examination in England stated that ''Sir John Moore was killed in battle just before he set sail for England"
 T. R. Bennett, of Wukesbarre, Pa, has a Bible that was published bysJohn D. Hayes, Cambridge, England. in 1876. being now 212 years old.
 An Alaska Indian, sentenced to prison for ninety-nine years for murder, wants to know if the government is going to keep him alive long enough to serve the whole term.
 A well known London firm of refreshment contractors recently advertised for 4,OOO ad- ditional walters, and 10, 0,00o applications were received in response, the whole of the candi- dates claiming to have had experience.
 The gum chewing mania is still increasing rapidly among the youthful bellies of the aristocracy, the proper and correct gift for young lady being now 8 box of gum, deco rated in dainty fashion and tied with pretty ribbon.
 Atriumph in electric lighting was achieved recently in Vienna, when, during perform ance at the opera, more than 5000 seventeen candle power lamps were burning for more than four hours without flicker from first to last
 Boston had nc Indian Rights association in 1881. But it is recorded that on the 27th of September Mir. Josias, convicted of stealing from the Indians, was sentenced to the pun ishment of being deprived of his title, and to be thereafter known simply as Josias
 Alfred M. Horton, of Middletown, N. Y., although totally blind, is expert in the use of carpenters tools, and does repairs about his hSOS0 SSAN oGoOASSs 41S IS LULU O1 uO(SSSs duO buys and sells them with good judgment, judging them entirely by his sense of touch.
 Frank A Hardy claims to be the oldest fireman in the United States. He joined a fire company in Hollis, N. H., on March IT., 1887, and has been member of some depart ment continuously during the succeeding ffty-one years He is now secretary of the fire department of Piqua, o.
 Some fashionable New York women have solved the difficulties of the oft recurring dressmaker's bill by paying their dressmakers fixed sums by the month or year, hiring them in fact, as the Chinese do their physicians One woman pays her dressmaker $50 a month, and for this sum she obtains all the gowns she wants.
 The female employees of the government printing of1ce and of the bureau of engrav- ing at Washington do all kinds of work, dirty we'll as clean. They help manage the presses, their sleeves are rolled up high above their elbows, and their plump, round arms receive many an ink spot during the day. About ], 800 women are, employed in the two offices, and colored women work side by side with white women without clashing