Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-23
STRAY BITS.

STRAY BITS.
 Ar,b;nedinnlation is the latest name for dancing.
 Jersey City.
 The clock of St. Quentin's, at Mayence, has struck the hours regularly for 5O9 years.
 Among the curiosities of the New York Historical society is Dutch Bible printed in 14T7.
 Miss Eunice Hoose, of Elkton, Ky, has | just completed quilt that contains 24,OoO pieces
 A man at Mechanicsville, Ga., has buried two wives and married a third within three | months.
 W. H. Jones, of Obion, Tenn, has pewter dish which was used by Washington at Val ley Forge.
 During the last year and a half the cotton manufacturing power of Japan has increased more than 15O per cent
 At Irwin, Pa, a company has been organ izsd to manufacture hardware novelties, lawn mowers and other machinery.
 Michigan is to have home for discharged convicts Michael Dunn, well known in Chi cago in connection with similar work, will establish it.
 A mulatto in Mexico, Mo-, committed burglary. He was arrested, indicted, tried and sentenced to the penitentiary for three | ye,lrs, all within twenty y-four hours.
 Of the eight national conventions of the Republican party four have been held in Chicago, two in Philadelphia, one in Balti- mere and one in Cincinnati.
 A farmer in Jackson county, Mich, has spring of warm water on his farm which in winter keeps the snow melted for yards around. The spring serves winter rem dezvous for frogs.
 | A railroad brakeman named Meredith fell under the cars near Terre Haute and four wheels passed over both his legs, but no bones were broken and the skin was only slightly bruised.-Exchange
 In the year 1875 6OOOO buffalo robes were shipped from Benton, M. T., their value be- ing S3O0,OO0. This year only dozen or so
 were procurable there, the buffalo having be-
 come almost extinct.
 The largest horse in the United States is
 owned by Mark Thode, of Mattoon, Ills He
 is only years old, measures nineteen hands
 high, has gained 25O pounds in the last five weeks, and is still growing America has ceased to be the great absorb ent of diamonds Our millionaires seem to , have got enough, and the country that buys most now is China. Shares in African dia- mond mines are almost all at a premium. While some workmen were digging in a ! street at Pensacola, Fla, they threw up some human bones, an old dirk and two Spanish coins dated 1776 and IT'S. The remains are believed to be those of some of the early Spaniards.
 The imperial crown of all the Russias is the
 finest ever worn by a sovereign It is in the
 form of bishops mitre and carries on its crest cross composed of five of the most beautiful diamonds ever cut supporting the ,, largest ruby in the world. s Frank Fallon, of Fond du Lac, Wis. , saved his life during the recent blizzard 1T s Dakota by taking refuge in pig pen H. 9 passed the night with a fat porker resting o1 his feet and one on each side of him ane 8 escaped without a frost bite. 7 The great Orloff diamond, which sur 8 mounts the Russian imperial scepter, is tn s first in size and the third in value in th ? world It once formed the eye of an idol il : temple near Seringham, India, whence i |. was stolen by French adventurer. I ), weighs 1855 carats and is valued at $2, ,399, ,41O | cans are frequently puzzled upon the ques o tion of proper fees for walters The Frenc < method is simple. Ten per cent of the tota < sum paid is considered fair average for tn 7, waiter, and the simple sum in arithmeti F seems satisfactory and an easy solution of v difficulty.
 @ Probably the oldest violin in the Unite r States is owned by Rev. w. M. BeauchamI is of Baldwinsville, N. Y. It was found in th E. ruins of Glastonburg Abbey, which was di. 5, solved in 1538. It was brought to this cou1 o try seventy-fve years ago, and antiquarie @ who have examined it are of the opinion tha @ it dates back to the Twelfth century. ls A curious, lucrative trade in Paris is ths = 'e of ''knot maker" or ''tyer of cravats." I'll 70 trade fourishes chiefly in the season whe
 there are dinners, balls, soirees and reception
 in every corner of the capital. The goo
 'knot maker" jumps into his cab and 7, whirled around to his customers, doing h 'o business in an incredibly brief space of tim