Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
CURRENT TOPICS.
VERDI, the composer, is the son OF an
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MIss lIugDRRDMARK Ia an applea Mt
Tor post Office In Minnesota.
CoNDoRs have been killed in Peru
With wings of forty feet spread
9 The secondhand stores at Lawrence,
Kan, keep tooth brushes for sale,
A HENS egg, resembling pie. II is
'iaimed, Is an oddly Of Elliiny, ua.
The longest bridge in the world. over
She st. Lawrence river, Is 0,i44 feet
TuE avcrog. weight OF adult Bosto.
'ians OF both sexes is only l9a pounds.
Or 1000 deaths In Europe sixteen are
~ violence; In tho Omitted States forty.
ane.
THE highest falls in the world are
HE Ribbon falls al the Yosemite-S,3 SOC
Iect.
SOLDIERS In the italian army nre al
Owed cigars as part OF their daily ra.
lions.
A LIFE-sAvINo kite, invented by Prof.
Davis, wns successfully tried at New.
port r. I.
THE income OF the duke OF West
minister Is twelve and one-halt ccnta
per second,
MRS. c. II. GREEN Is secretary OF the
society Of Cliff Dwcllcrs Archaeology
Of America.
A sMoKELEss powder for field guns
has been invented by Leonard Mason,
Virginian.
ALABAMA Is TO have the first post OF.
fee named Bissell, In honor OF the post.
master general
ANUGoET OF galena, said TO weigh
1000 pounds, was recently unearthed
near Joplin, Mo,
EACH OF the four British Australian
colonies has Scotohman at the head
OF the government
The first paper published In the his.
tory OF the Indian territory recently
made It's appearance.
Two pigs that have only three feet
each are said to be owned by colored
man neur Boston, Ga.
PULLMAN sleeping and dining cars
are now In use on all OF tho three rail-
roads In South Africa.
Miss S. e. FULLER, OF New York, Is
the first woman to receive government
contract for engraving.
CHURCH near Pittsburgh Is reported
TO have paid It's debt by opening an oil
well In the churchyard.
FRENCH Canadians, at the rate OF
about 1903 day, are reported to be leav-
ing Quebec for the United States
In Albany, N, Y, about 1914, the frs,
carriages were made, all previously
having been imported from England.
A CLOTH Of very Inc texture is made
from the bark of the paper tree, mul
berry growing In the South Sea islands.
THE late VIM. p. Astor's personal cs
Safe in Great Britain has been officially
valued at f204 900, or about 81, 1870, 900
GREEKs have become SO numerous in
Boston that q journal has been started
In their interests In the modern Athens
1T is said that Frank James and WI
liam Dalton, u brother of the notorious
outlaws, intend opening saloon In
Chicago.
AT the coming commencement Of
Roanoke college, Virginia, a full-blood
ed Choctaw Indian will be among this
graduates
Mrs. DR., ELDRIDaE, OF TOXIC, Japan
has made a collection OF 1000 teapots
which she intends exhibiting at tho
Worlds fair.
WHAT Is claimed to be tho largest al
In the world Is owned by William Nc
MILAN, of Atlanta, Ga. The az weigh,
$500 pounds
A MARyVIrLE, Mo, man recently SOLE
hog for thirty-scven dollars and with
seventeen dollars Of the money bough
good horse.
MRS. CHARLES STEWART PARNELL Il
TO publish n selection OF the private
documents and correspondence OF hel
late husband.
A DETECTIVE from st. Louis, who
went down into southern Missouri, wal
twice arrested by local officers for the
bad man he was after,
Mrs. HENRY WARD BEEcHER, although
eighty years old. is an interchangeable
worker with her pen. She spends hour
at her desk every day.
THE champion lady steeplechase ride
In Europe is the blonde Counties
Ugartc, one OF the ladies In waiting o
The empress OF. Austria.
A YOUNG child OF Charles Z, Lambert
living at Williamsport, Pa. died from
the effect caused by an orange ses'
which lodged in her lung.
TmR oldest member OF the Philadel
phia police force, Daniel Kendig, Is s
years Of age, and still does duty as
guard at the mayors Office
AN old cannon, probably q relic o
the revolutionary war, was dug up b.
dredge In the Savannah river, OF Sa
vannah, Ga, one day lately
A PHILADELPHIA girl who had fur
nished house and completed all othe
arrangements for her wedding post
poned the event because she couldn'
get good servant
In New York the odor OF ammoni
that comes from stables Is regarded a
disinfectant, and there is popula
belief that burial In stable manure Is
cure for smallpox.
ACRYsrAL MAZE Is one Of the noveltie
Of New York. The maEc Is constructc
with apparently numberless mirrors, 4
which the wanderer finds himself N
fected in every direction.
PRINCE BISMARCK is determined t
never grow bent When taking hi
daily walk he carries a stout cudgo
across his back, held between his e
bows; this helps him to keep himsel
erect.
THE Rock Island railroad has hi
upon a combination which beats tn