Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-25
DEMOCRAT FRIDAY JANUARY 25 sss
STRAY BITS.

only the electric light.
 The slot device for ensnaring pennies, nick els, dimes and quarters originated in England. There are moro than 4,OOO people in the United States who are over 100 years of age.
 The annual income of tho population of the United Kingdom is estimated at fl 200, ,000,- OOO
 It is said that after fifteen or twenty more interments are allowed in Westminster abbey the room will all be occupied
 The Arctic whaling season for 1888, which is about over, resulted in catch of 16i whales, against 293 last year.
 The cheapest Christmas present sold by one jeweler in New York city cost eight cents: the most expensive cost s50,0OO.
 A musical manuscript of Mozart was sold a few weeks ago ill Berlin for 555 marks and letter from Lessing for 800 marks.
 The Eskimos are naming their children after By Thunder" ''Go to Halifax" and other expressions used by English sailors
 Philadelphia has s47, ,ooO people and 17o,oU houses, while New York, with 200, GOO in. habitants, is said to have but 92, 900 houses.
 ''Che Mah," the Chinese dwarf, the small est iliputian on earth, aged 50 years, is SC small that you cover him with dinary plug hat.
 The water is colder at the bottom than al the surface. In many bays on the coast of Norway the water often freezes at the bottom before it does above.
 An alum mine has been discovered in Utah. It yields 80 to 90 per cent pure alum, which can be extracted by simply placing the crude material in boiling water.
 In the single industry of iron and steel ill the United States 37,75O men are employed, who receive every two weeks $9S9, 800 iu wages, or $2S, ,4S7 500 a year.
 One of the best lawyers in Virginia says he would on no account leave his chil dren any considerable amount of property, and he gives away not less than $4 600 @ year.
 An English joker took down the calendar in business office, and hung up one two years old. Dates for important papers were taken from it, and loss of $3O,OO0 was the result.
 The latest estimate of the coal supply of the world gives us fuel for the next S00 years, by which time some genius will have invented way to make one corncob heat a big house fol a week.
 The Amalgamated Union of American Car. penters has 4G4 branches and 2, ,226 members It is the rival of the American Brotherhood of Carpenters, which has a much larger mem bership.
 An Indiana court has decided that unless woman is pleased with her photographs sue need not pay for them, no matter if dozen Of her friends declare that they Hook just like her." \
 The Texas census bureau has estimated re turns showing the population of Texas in L., bers, 2,O25, 900, an increase of 26]5 per cent since 1880.
 A singular accident happened at Albany recently. horse being ridden was suddenly paralyzed and its hoofs gave way, turning uI to its fetlocks, while the horse came down or its ankle bones.
 Of three women living in one house in Walker county, Ga., there are two wives two mothers-in-law two daughters-in-law, three mothers, two grandmothers and enc great-grandmother.
 A Floridian states that it takes just half as much food and clothing for his family iu Florida as it did in Tennessee, where he for. merly resided. The difference in temperature effects this economy.
 The corner stone of a hotel for women has recently been laid In London. It is proposed
 
 ing and housework, and the rent of rooms will vary from Sl.25 to s2. 50 per week.
 In a lately published story book for boys the author has boy 13 years old capture three burglars, save four persons from drown ing, discover and put out a fire save a city from inundation and find $50, 1000 in an alley
 The greatest depths of the ocean of which soundings have been taken is off the coast of $,y. %1ot :., deep, and on the bottom, even at that enor- nous depth, traces of animal life have been found.
 The attendance at the meetings of secret societies of St. Louis is on the decline, and 1t Is believed that unless new methods are adopted they will gradually dwindle away. A member says ''moss grown entertain ments" no longeS draw.
 A large box of supposed silver dollars was brought to light by steam shovel at Ta- coma, W. T. The worImen made rush for the treasure, and all the coins were soon safely stored in pockets. Afterwards the men found, to their great disgust, that the money was counterfeit.
 In one year Frank Davis, a Des Moinea youth, got into jail, broke out, saved two boys from drowning, discovered and put out fire, had bis arm broken stole a horse, shot at a burglar and put out his brothers eye If he lives to grow up he will be 8 hustler.
 There has been begun in Paris campaign against trained nurses, and a return to the old system of nursing by Sisters of Charity has been strongly advocated. It is alleged that the mortality in hospitals is 4 per cent. higher since the introduction of trained nurses.
 The man who claims to be the most cele- brated horse thief ill the world is now under arrest at Lorensberg, Kan. His name is Washington Waterman and he is 7s years of age. He acknowledged the theft of 100 horses in Kansas alone, and the authorities of the state are willing to admit that he has made of with five times that many.
 Among the possessions of family of emi- grants at the depot at Milledgeville, Ga., the other day, was a straw mattress, the inside of which was worth about 25 cents, and yet the farmer was paying g to have it trans ported, as he said he could sleep sounder in a strange country if he had beneath him even small portion of Baldwin.
 Marriage may be a failure, but wequestion whether it Is as great as bachelorhood A Paterson, N. J., woman walked the other night into gambling room where her hus-