Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1884 — SPLINTERS. [ARTICLE]

SPLINTERS.

Three-fourths of tho officers in the German army wear corsets. Herbert 9pencer has started for Australia, a long sea voyage being recommended for his health. Wiggins claims to have predicted the London earthquake, and he says there will bo another about May 20. Chief Bushvhead, of the Cherokee Nation, has been afflioted with a severe ataekof scarlet fever, but is now recovering. The Bank of England has just opened ft reading and eating room for its clerks.