Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-05-11
CURRENT TOPICS.

ASTRONOMERS catalogue 1000 double
stars
CHICAGO has practical female un.
dertaker
THE United States is the richest ma,
lion on earth.
ITALY pays the lowest wages of the
European counties
ELECTRIC locomotives are in use on
two French railways.
THE ordinary railway locomotive is
made up of 8, 4ls pieces.
FRILLED shirt fronts are coming In
style again in England
= MAHOGANY child's chair" was re.
Gently advertised for sale.
THE bottom of the sea is being pho
tographed by Frenchmen.
OF 100 patients treated for obesity 80
pre- men and Ga are women.
A SOCIETY of vegetarians has been
nrganized in New Orleans
AMONG flowers, clirysanthemum live
the longest after being cut
WALsINeHAM, Eng, claims to DO the
healthiest place in the world.
The first paper mill in America
was built near Philadelphia 1890.
AUTOMATIC nickel-in-the-slot tele.
phones are Chicago experiment
The English poet William Morris /,
made i'll when he sees purple silk.
The 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, 900.
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 1850, is still occupied as a dwell
ling.
In Germany ninety per cent. of the
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 40, 1000, 900
pounds.
AN IS, 600 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 Whereabouts.
THE amount of candy consumed in
the United States every year is esti-
mated at 20, 900 tons.
ITALY has the greatest proportion OF
criminals. They number 5,14, 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. the death penalty has been
resumed in Switzerland.
RICHMOND, Va, has actively entered
the lists as candidate for the Grand
Army encampment In 1895.
Gov TILLMAN, Of South Carolina,
figures out profit of SAL, 1893, 40 from
his state bar for three months
A GREAT religious revival Is being
conducted at Newberry, s. @, and
many converts are being made.
ONE of the pioneers of California Is
Wong Zip Nong, who came from Hong
Kong in sailing vessel in 1874
IT rained salt in Idaho recently. The
salt came from the Great Salt lake OF
Utah, nearly 800 miles southwark.
THE license law Of San Bernardino,
CAL, will not allow two saloons in tho
same block on one side of thN 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
~ tnAS -.
United States amounts to $3.50, 600 600.
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 in
France only physicians graduated In
France are allowed 70 use the title
doctor"
LAWYER D. b. HILL, Of Albany and
Washington, has just argued and wor
his first case in the United States SUI
preme court
REV. A. G. DIXON, tho woll known
Baptist clergyman Of Now York, i.
preparing a series of lectures In reply
to Col Ingersoll
ST. JAMES, L. l., boasts tho highest
and strongest windmill in tho world
1t frequently fills 5000 gallon ressr
voir in two days -
ONE of the cars amusements when
he visits Denmark is to spend the early
morning in the green meadows il
search Of mushrooms
ADMIRAL BENHAM says the war shiV
New York rolls badly and needs gum
of heavier caliber. Similar defects hav'
been noted in her namesake.
THE physicians of the United State
now number lis, 453, New York lead
with 11,17l; Pennsylvania has Q, $40 ant