Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-03-06
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tary in some families.
MRS CAuDLE is running a boarding
house at Rockport, Mo.
BonLNG tar applied to masonry
makes it impervious to water.
A GHOST in boomers has made its
appearance in Alameda, Cal.
A STEAMSHIP line has been estab.
lished between Mobile and Guatemala.
A PHILADELPHIA suspenders vender
rejoices in the name of Adam Fay
ker."
AT the age of 40 man usually at.
tains his greatest weight, woman
at So
PHOTOGRAPHS have been taken of the
sea fully five hundred feet below the
surface.
AN ice gorge in the Maumee river
carried away bridge near Toledo, o.,
worth $50, 600
ONE of the reforms Introduced in
Formosa by the japanese is a system
of free schools.
STATISTICS show that Maine is the
most economically governed state in
New England.
WnITELAw REID has found his health
greatly benefited by his sojourn in
Phoenix, Ariz.
SIBERIA has forest 1900 miles from
east to west, and 1000 miles from
north to south.
APPLICATIONS for space in the Ten
nessee centennial buildings are pour
ing in at a rapid rate.
The English geographical expedi.
tion to the Antartic continent will de.
part early in the fall.
EVANGELIST MOODY has lost the best
gift that the gods give to man, and
that is good mother.
Gov JONES, of Nevada, is said to
have cancer of the stomach and his re-
covery is despaired of.
The book of Job, written about 1920
H. G., describes very accurately several
processes of smelling metals.
Miss EsTELLE REEL, state superin.
tendent of education in Wyoming, is
. seriously talked of for governor.
ALABAMA received twenty gold,
seven silver and twenty-nine bronze
medals at the Atlanta exposition.
JAMES DILIs, who died near Paints.
vile, Ky. recently, was credited with
being only nine days short of los years
old
APEw in Calvary Episcopal church
in New York was sold at auction the
other day in default of six months
rent.
KING MENELEK' terms of peace are
short, but comprehensive: Let the
Italians go home and all will be for.
given.
Mr. GLADsToNE's father owned nm
extensive sugar plantation in British
Guiana and was a large slave owner
there.
JAPAN will invest the whole of the
o,0OO 600 taels of silver received from
China in battleships and coast fortifi.
cations.
ALAsKA's output of gold last year
is estimated at S3,000,O0O. OF this
100000 came from the Yukon placer
mines.
THE new statue of Stephen Girard fol
Philadelphia will be placed in the west.
ern plaza of the city hall 1t will cost
$4,000.
In the new Oxford English diction
airy now in course of publication the
devil occupies six pages, or eighteen
columns.
The annual report of the Alabam,
railroad commission shows there ar,
3,44l miles of railroad in operation il
that state
GEO. FISK was arrested while pick
ing pockets at funeral in the German
Lutheran church on Diversey boulevard
in Chicago
THERE are about 1880 people EN-
ployed in the mills i'll North Adams
Mass, of which 1000 are men ant
$500 women.
The Waukesha ,Wis.) water-work
plant has been purchased by Jas. Par
sons, of Philadelphia, Pa, bondhold
err, for $4,000.
Ex-PREsIDENT HARRIsoN's one-hou
argument before the supreme court il
the California irrigation case won hin
fee of S10,O 900.
The kangaroo court" in the Pal
myra MOI Jail has ample powers an,
recently inflicted 60 lashes on fellow
prisoners bare back.
THE famous collection of coins whic
the late Mr.. William Baync spent 6
years in getting together is to be sol,
at auction in London.
A NEW YORK railroad has made
contract with the British government
to deliver 100000 bushels of coal a
various points in Canada.
THE paper mills soon to be estat
lished at Waycross, Ga, will utiliz
the palmetto plant which grows i
profusion in that section
IT is announced that man at Cherc
kee, Ia, has succeeded in making IN,
lasses from corn cobs that is perfec
imitation of maple syrup"
Mr. j. G. TANNING, of Washington
la, has an ear of popcorn raised o
his place that was popped on the ca
by the excessive heat of the sun.
"CHoIcE BLOCKS" in Middlesborougl
KY, which, during the boom, sold fo
$40 to $500 front foot, are now NOR
usefully employed raising potatoes.
The United States minister to Turk
ey has demanded an indemnity of $lOO
600 for the burning and pillaging o
the American missions at Marash an
Kharput
TIE cotton goods industry in Rhod
Island, which was so active and pro.
porous while ago, is in conditio
which is causing manufacturers som
uneasiness.
ACCORDING to Sir Benjamin Richart
son, the normal period of human lii