Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-11
FACTS OF FRESH INTEREST.

FACTS OF FRESH INTEREST.
 A SLOT machine gives you proper sized spectacles.
 CHICAGO has now 6,OO0 miles of buried electric wires.
 THE biggest gas well in the world has been discovered in Ohio.
 SINCE 1860 moro than billion of dollars has been expended in pensions by the United States.
 CHICAGO has the largest Common Council of any city in the world. With the recent additions the Common Council numbers sixty-eight.
 As s1RoN expands with the heat, the Eiffel tower is sad to be five inches taller when the temperature is high than it is in the cool of the day.
 WE are now to have the Eiffel tower in paper-weight, inkstand, thermometer and letter scale, all from Q celebrated Paris bronze workers place.
 A MRS. FANNY VERTUM claims that she holds the title deeds for the entire ground on which Minneapolis is built and has be- gun suit for possession.
 QUEEN VICTORIA has spoken into one of Edison's photographs, as a compliment to him. He will probably hand 1t down as an heirloom in his family.
 PREMIER CR1sPI, of Italy, has sent his check for a thousand francs for the Colum- New York are raising.
 A MOST patient research has revealed the fact that our language can boast of no less than S27 different terms, all of which ex- press the state of being in love.
 NORTH DAKOTA will be the first State, as g State, to make provision for system of manual framing. Forty thousand acres of land are set apart for that purpose.
 FAYETTEVILLE, N. O., Is preparing to cele- brate the centennial of North Carohna's ratification of the Federal cons Mtution, which took place there November 21, 17s9.
 THERE arc ruins near Gallup, Gal the foundation walls ot which can be traced for two miles, indicating the existence of 8 large town in the locality in bygone times.
 THE White Cross University of Science has decorated George W. Childs, James Gordon Bennett, Thomas A. Edison, John W. Mackay, Cyrus W. Field and William w. Hubbell
 THE old double log cabin long ago occu- pied by Andrew Jackson, near Nashville, Tenn, has been repaired and preserved for another century at least by the enterprise of a local association of ladies.
 THERE are several good reasons for the attempt to train swallows for military mes- sages, instead of carrier pigeons. The swallows are swifter and moro difficult marks to shoot at. Tho experiment. so far promises well.
 THERE is a secret organization in Baltt- more, Md. the object of which Is to protect its members from unfortunate marriages. When one of the club feels that he is falling in love he confesses to his fellow members and they appoint committee to investigate the matter and advise him therein. LUDv<H P1ETscH, the celebrated German critic anu author, has written long articles to the periodicals of his native land in praise of the exhibition of American artists in the Paris exposition. Herr Pietsch is surprised at the general excellence of the paintings and considers them equal to any in the exhibition.
 A BODY of five female sanitary police is now established in Chicago, under the ap- pointment of the Commissioner of Health, according to an ordinance of the City Council The duty of the new female sani- tary police is to inspect factories and tene- ments for the protection of the health of working women.
 A PORTRAIT statue of General Mcclellan Is to be erected on the south front of the Philadelphia City Hall. The figure will be of bronze, and witp the pedestal will stand thirty feet high. The designs are furnished by PaulJ. Pelz and Henry J. Ellicott, and the cost of execution will be about $30, 900. The anniversary of the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1890, is the date fixed for the unvailing of the statue.