Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

In Hamburg the authorities tax
dog according to its size.
VALUABLE gold discoveries are re
ported near. Neihart, Mont.
FARMERS in Caribou, Me-, are ship
ping potatoes to New Zealand.
TwENTY-EIsHT fish were found in 0
can of milk in New York recently.
lowA's census shows population o.
-2,O57t25o, as against l,9ll,s9G in 1890.
A GARDINER (Me) man has made 8
violin out of STOCK one hundred years
old.
THE longest pier bridge is said to be
that of Victoria, at Montreal, 9,l44
feet.
The deepest mine iu the world is
in the silver region of Bohemia, 1890
feet.
The most intense cold yet produced
artificially exceeded 400 degrees below
zero.
BILL Cook, the Oklahoma desperate,
is writing book, called Men Have
Killed"
"A NCoitiAN WIN ~ III SCb-
ting divorce gives concerts to cover
the expenses.
THE tallest monument composed of a
single stone is at Karnals, in Egypt los
feet 10 inches.
A PAIR of lovers, aged so and "a re.
spcctively, were married in Randolph,
Me-, recently.
AN express train at Bristol, Pa, cut
in two John Miller's wagon, but he
was unframed.
THE longest tunnel, including all APP
proaehes, is that of Chemnitz, in Hun
gary, 1927 miles
The portrait show of prominent and
society people of New York comprises
just 400 pictures.
THE longest trestle bridge is over
Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans,
twenty-five miles.
The supreme court of Missouri will
be called on to decide whether drunk
enness is crime.
THE butterfly collection belonging
to Prof. Neumoegen, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is worth 100000.
THE largest clock is said to be in
Buffalo, n. Y. Its dial plate is twenty
five feet in diameter.
PAsTEUR's successor in the direction
of the Pasteur institute is M. Duclaux
formerly sub-director.
ALUMINIUM is likely to be employed
largely in the future for the manufac
ture of travelling trunks.
GENTLEMEN of fortune who rob 4
Texan bank take the gold and green
backs and leave the silver.
THE largest wrought iron pillar is a
Delhi, in India. 1t is sixty feet higl
and weighs seventeen tons.
A NEW edition of Chambers encyclo
peedia has been begun. The volumes
are to be published monthly.
TANK cars are nov being used fol
the transportation of wine in bulk b,
some of the French railways.
A HUNTER in the Maine woods re
Gently accomplished the difficult tasl
of killing two deer at one shot.
AMERICAN EXPRESS messengers in tn
west win be supplied with rifles ant
revolvers TO resist train robbers.
THE Market street cable road il
Philadelphia has given way to cleo
tricity after a service of ten years.
For the first time in history Gran
berry picking on Cape Cod had to b
suspended because of a snow storm.
A PEMAqUID Me man picked tween
ty-three bushels of apples from ire
over one l.un red years old the othe
day.
THE longest recorded hair growing
on the female head was eight feet
The longest recorded beard was twelv
feet.
IT costs 81, 900, 900 a day to run tn
government of the United States
Pensions absorb ab&,t half of thi
sum.
GLADSTONE conducts a considerabl
share of his correspondence by posta
cards He uses more than 1000
year.
A NEW volcano, which is emittin
: immense quantities of smoke, lava an
fire has been discovered at Jalcotar
Mex.
MISS MEIYu SHEI, Chinese girl, ha
been elected secretary of the scnio
medical class at the University c
Michigan.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC gun has been II
vented, which takes a photograph c
the field in front of it just as the she
is fred. ~.
CHRIS. ScnREAD, of Bridgeport, ct
fed five rabbits to his rattlesnake tn
other day-enough 10 last him unit
next July
TELEPHONE charges in France are I
be reduced to five cents for three
minute conversation within radiu
of fifteen miles
The bicycle craze has started man
new industries-for instance, the NAL
ing of leggings, for which big fa'
tories now exist
For the loss Of an arm that was CT
off by Lehis n Valley train, at Betl
lehem, Pa, Salvation Stanner got
\ verdict for So, 666
SHERIFF CANNON, of Ell Reno, Okla
can ride one hundred and seventy-fiy
miles in one direction without gettin
outside his jurisdiction.
A YEAR old baby recently died fro
nicotine poisoning 1t had pipe
play with for short time and mus
have put 1t in its mouth.
Dl GRACE, the great English criclS'
PLAYER, has received $685. 600 from til
popular shilling testimonial subscril
ton recently started in his behalf
TIE lines inscribed on Huxley
tombstone are part of poem by MIR