Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-05-18
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ASTRONOMERS catalogue 1000 double
stars.
CHICAGO has y practical female un.
<lertaker
THE United States is tho richest ma
tion on earth
ITALY pays tie lowest wages of the
European counties
ELECTRIC Locomotives are in use on
two French always,
THE ordinary railway locomotive ia
made up of ., 41e pieces.
THRILLED shirt fronts are coming in
style again in England.
A MAHOGANY child's chair" was re.
Gently advertised forl..le.
The bottom of the sea is being pho
tographed by Frenchmen.
OF 100 patients treated for obesity 80
are men and GA are women.
A SOCIETY of vegetarians has been
organized in New Orleans.
AMONG flowers, chrysanthemum live
che longest after being cut.
WALsINGHAM, Eng, claims to be the
healthiest place in the world
HE first paper mill in America
was built near Philadelphia $780,
AUTOMATIC nickel-in-the-slot t.le.
phones are Chicago experiment.
The English poet William Morris 1,
made i'll when he sees purple silk.
IHE meat of animals which have
been bled to death keeps the best
AUSTRIA now owns more than one.
third of the railroads in that country.
The average strength of the union
army during the civil war was 431, 600
IT is said that only two Americans
were naturalized in England last year.
OCCUPANTS of a balloon mile high
command radius of ninety-six miles
AN international cat show has Just
closed very successful season in Lon
don
A HOUSE that was built at Canton,
ct, in 1860, is still occupied as a dwell
ling.
In Germany ninety per cent. Of tho
railroads are owned by the govern.
ment
In France by far the larger part OF
the railroads is owned by private COM
panies
The beet sugar product OF the United
States last year amounted to $1,000, 900
pounds.
AN $4,000 hennery is to be built at
"Uplands," the country seat of Robert
Garrett.
GARMENTS taken from Egyptian
mummies have been found to be dyed
with indigo
THE vertical system of handwriting Is
being advocated by educators for use in
public schools.
In Pennsylvania there is brewery
run by monks and famous distillery
by the economies.
THE entire church membership Of the
United States is put by the census sta
tistics at 90, 643 900.
HORSES are so plentiful in Chilli and
Buenos Ayres that it is not uncommon
for beggars to ride.
A CATAMoUNT in Mt Zion settlement,
Clayton county, Ga, Is killing the
calves thereabouts
THE amount of candy consumed in
the United States every year Is esti-
mated at 20, 600 tons.
ITALY has the greatest proportion OF
criminals. They number ola. to the
million of population.
The labor unions are now nomi-
mating Judge Caldwell, Of Union Pa.
cific fame, for president
AFTER being abolished for twenty
five years, tho death penalty has been
resumed in Switzerland
RICHMOND, Va, has actively entered
the lists as a candidate for the Grand
Army encampment In 1898.
Gov. TILLMAN, of South Carolina,
figures out profit OF Sal, 1885, 40 from
his state bar for three months.
A GREAT religious revival 10 being
conducted at Newberry, s. @, and
many converts are being made.
ONE of the pioneers of California u
Wong Zip Nong, who came from Hong
Kong in a sailing vessel in 1874
IT rained salt in Idaho recently. The
salt came from the Great Salt lake o.
Utah, nearly 800 miles southwark.
THE license law of San Bcrnardino
Cal, will not allow two saloons in the
same block on one side OF the street
THERE is talk Of running trolley OBJ
servation cars across Niagara falls
suspended fifty feet above the water.
THE bonded debt Of the Pacific rail
roads, together with interest due tn,
United States amounts to $3.50, o0o 900
SINCE the beginning of the century
the English tongue has risen from fifth
place in the worlds use to first place
UNDER law recently put in force IL
France only physicians graduated II
Franco are allowed TO use the It'll
doctor.
LAWYER d. d. HILL, of Albany ant
Washington, has just argued and VOL
his first case In the United States su
preme court
REV, A. G. DIXON, tho we'll known
Baptist clergyman Of New York, i
preparing a series Of lectures In repl.
70 Col lngersolL
ST. JAMES, L. l., boasts the highes
and strongest windmill in the world
1t frequently fills 65, 900 gallon reser
voir in two days
ONE of the czar's amusenents wher
he visits Denmark Is to spend the earl.
morning in the green meadows il
search of mushrooms.
ADMIRAL BENHAM says the war shi
New York rolls badly and needs gun
of heavier caliber Similar defects hav
been noted in her namesake.
THE physicians of the United State
now number 11S 453 New York lead
with LII; Pennsylvania has $50 an
Illinois ranks third with sOO2