Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
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A BALD eagle carried off a bottle Of
hair restorer from Perryville, Pa.
The highest of the Green mountains
In Vermont is Mt. Mansfield, 1850 feet
In New England there is on an aver.
age, one physician to every $50 inhabi'
Eants.
WILLIAM STFINITZ, the chess cham.
pion is under medical treatment for in.
somnia.
A STATUE of the late Senator Vance
is to be placed in Capitol square, RAJ.
eigh N C,
The total crop Of wheat raised in this
country last year amounted to 1896, 1873,
coo bushels,
PENNSYLVANIA manufactures leather
cigars, but they are for the use of prac
teal jokers,
The latest occupation suggested fol
the fair sex in England is that of girl
auctioneers."
The position of paymaster to the
household of Queen Victoria is worth
$4,000 year.
In the earthquakes which recently
shook Athens, the parthenon sustained
some injuries,
THERE are two hundred divorced PEG
pie living in Memphis, four-fifths OF
whom are women.
The salaries of the Brooklyn teach.
ers are S2,035, 600; OF the New York
teachers, $3,2OOOOO
The largest rose bush in Germany is
now in bloom in Stuttgart. 1t fills Q
space of $50 square feet.
FIVE thousand dozen crabs were
killed by the heavy claps of thunder
in Baltimore the other night
Mrs. JOHN MATTHEWS, of Anderson,
Ind, has been driven insane by the
march of the commonwealers.
Sun SPOTS were first observed in 1911,
and were then noted by several astron.
omers at about the same time
A NORWEGIAN woman living near
Yankton, S. D., is so years old, and said
to be the mother of "a children.
PROF CURrIUs, the distinguished
Greek scholar has just undergone a
successful operation on his eyes.
CHRISTIAN Indians of the Dakota
tribe raised nearly 50, 900 last year to
Christianize their pagan Sioux breth.
ren.
The bank of England will be 2O(
years old next July, and the event
will probably be celebrated in some
way.
THERE were $500, 107 pounds of but.
ter and S,479, 1872 pounds of oleomar.
garine exported from this country last
year
THE cotton cloth made in Lowell,
Mass, every year would extend 145, OO(
miles, it is said, if stretched out al
length,
THE new cable from Nova Scotia
TO the Irish coast will be 2, 200 mile.
long. The work has already beer
started.
Four Cumberland (Me) sportsmer
chased one rabbit with three dogs fol
thirty miles, the other day, and Their
lost him.
EMILY SoLDENE, once well-known as
burlesque actress in this country, il
now said to be dramatic critic il
Australia.
A FLAG carried in the war of 1912 is
relic priced by Mrs, E. c. Blount, o
Waynesboro, Ga. The flag bears bu
fifteen stars.
Mrs. U. s. GRANT says that she ha
not yet decided whether she will re
side permanently in New York o.
Washington
Mrs. HANNAH CHARD is reported t,
have celebrated her 1O5th birth day a
Terrell, N. j., recently. She is an in
veterate smoker.
The lavender plant has suddenly APP
peared in South Australia, and the ma
tives expect to establish lucrativ,
perfumery trade
THE largest Sunday library il
the world is in Washington, d. c. y
is the proper ty of the assembly of tn
Presby terian church.
They have muscular thieves in Chi
cago. A flagstaff weighing six tons
has mysteriously disappeared from tn,
Worlds fair grounds.
The 3OOth anniversary of the birth o
Gustovus Adolphus, king of Sweden
will be celebra this year with grea
pomp in that country.
A LONDON suburban street whicl
once bore the name of the great Ad
miral Nelson, has been renamed afte
Mr. Rudyard Kipling.
BABIES are cared for in a specia
room in the new Congregational churc,
at Middlesboro, Mass, while their par
ents attend the service.
DR. j. w. TAYLOR, a wealthy Texa
stockman, is taking steps to corral
herd of forty wild buffalos recent
seen along Devils river
IT is estimated that the annual con
sumption of wheat for food in tn
United States averages about four an
half bushels per capita,
DARTMOUTH college will celebrate it
125th anniversary on June 90, and tn
alumni are, looking forward to the CON
mencement with much interest.
THERE are 16,Osl, 13o horses in tn
United States. OF this great numbe
Iowa has l,36T, 500; Illinois, /, sos, III
Texas, /, 1883, sos and Missouri, l,OOS
sol.
MRS ARMoRY, of New York, ha
started school where she and seve
servants train mattresses, The servant
so trained are in great demand, it
said.
The Boston park commissioners hav
decided to equip the park police wit
bicycles, believing that they will be {
great value in covering the grea
amount of territory required to b
patrolled
PRINCESS TON is an Alaska India
women. She is the richest of her rae