Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

world is that on tho Paris observatory,
which is over sixty feet IN diameter.
DURING the year 1893 the police Of
New York made 1852 arrests. OF this
number 1882 were women and girls.
A TRAIN which runs at the rate Of
eightyfve miles requires mile in
which to stop, when going at full
speed.
The currency of the Argentine re-
public consists altogether of paper
notes, ranging in value from cent up
to $780,
A WOMAN without arms was recently
married in New Zealand. The ring
was placed upon the fourth toe Of her
left foot
Hon. RoB'T c. WINTHROP pronounces
Rufus Choate 'the most eloquent of
our jurists and the greatest jurist of
our orators"
BROOKLYN pays 100000 annually
for the education of 100, 900 children in
her public schools, or twenty dollars
foy each child.
A NEW idea is to have bath tub on
wheels. The tub can be thus filed and
wheeled into bedroom, where the
bath can be taken.
A TRIPLE soMERsAULT is turned by
Nine. Adelina Antonio, of Bucharest,
performing in London, during drop
from high trapeze
THE loving care of an Emporia (Kan.)
husband drove patient wife up tall
tree and made her stay there all night.
She asks for alimony.
A FIvE-YEAR-oLD daughter of George
Sneats, Glen Campbell, Pa, found her
fathers self-acting revolver and shot
her one-year-old sister.
SIMS REEVES receives $3.50 per hour
for teaching at the London Guildhall
school This is in addition to the fees
he receives from pupils.
TIE Rio Gralde for more than 200
miles above Ell Paso, Tex, is probabl
the crookedest and most widening
stream on the continent.
SLATER, Mo-, with population Of
less than 1000, has among her resi-
dents ten native Virginians who are
over elShIy years VI dBS'
SEALsKIN is totally out of favor this
season in Paris Astrakhan and sable
are the furs most in fashion. Blue fox
and beaver are also used.
IT is reported that a >navigable bal
loon, made in Paris, has been tested by
Russian military commission at War
saw with satisfactory results.
A MONUMENT is to be erected to the
violoncellist and composer, Jules de
Swert, in the Ostend cemetery, where
he was buried last February.
THE. onion is one of the oldest Of edi-
BILE vegetables 1t is supposed to have
been native OF India, and the Egyp-
tians knew it Q, 900 years ago.
In thirty-six state prisons in this
country solitary confinement is used as
punishment and in twenty the pris.
oner is handcuffed to the wall.
ALANDLoRD in Lynn, Mass, to get
rid of an Objectionable tenant, stopped
up the chimney. They stood the smoke
for three days and then moved.
BALTIMORE church people have organ
lied under the name of Workers and
Witnesses for Christ" to engage In a
Parkhurrt crusade in the slums.
ELLEN G. WHITE, Mother of Ad-
ventism" in Michigan, declares that
the end of the world is fast approach
ing, as she has learned in dream.
EUGENE FIELD, who has not had good
health since he was attacked with
pneumonia couple of months ago, has
gone to the Pacific coast for the win
ter.
EIeHTY-FIvE per cent of New Eng
land farms are cultivated by their own
ars and three-quarters of such farms
are wholly free of mortgage indebted
ness.
THE European trout introduced in
New Zealand waters some years age
have increased largely in numbers
making the sport of catching them {
decidedly popular one
In suit in Brooklyn recently it wal
developed that the receipts of forty
eight nickel-in-the-slot machines useC
in the sale of music, etc, at Coney Is
land for three and half months were
S4,471.
A FAMILY named Walker, living IL
Mitchell county, N. c., consists O
seven brothers and five sisters, all O
whom are over six feet in height One
of the brothers is said to be feet
inches tall.
Two roma ntic San Francisco soull
hired steam launch to take them anC
minister several miles out on the Pa
cific where their matrimonial bark wa
launched.
THE North Congregational church o
bridgeport Conn, will celebrate it
second centennial on June Is, 1895
Preparations are already being mad'
for the celebration.
THE longest voyage on record in I
balloon was made by John Wise, from
ST. Louis to Henderson, n v, ia July
1s59--a distance of $50 miles, which wa
made in 10 hours, or at tho rate of q
miles an hour.