The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1880-05-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There are eighty-two Mormon
churches ia England and ireland.
Charges and counter-chargesa are made
in every retail store.-Nea0 York Nesgs.
The gold yield of Victoria, Australia,
in 1879, was less than half what it was
in 1868.
A little girl said she liked sea- bathing,
"only her mouth leaked and let in the
salt water"
Kioyte Bakin, the popular Chinese
novelist, has just finished new novel,
in 106 volumes
There is Bible in the library of the
University Of Gottengen written on
5, 476 palm leaves.
s'I never do things by halvesw said
the urchin, when he ate whole pie he
found in the cupboard.
To stop the squeaking of boots and
shoes, boil linseed oil and saturate the
soles with it thoroughly.
Only 829 of the 2, l26 commissioned
officers in the United States army are
graduates of West Point.
The beauty of man parting his hair
in the middle appears to be that it gives
both ears an equal chance to flap.
No matter how fine book you wish
to purchase, you'll first want to find the
books Marathon Isadepe,sdent.
The egg has been regarded from time
mmemOrial in Egypt, Persia, Greece,
Rome and Gaul as an emblem OF the
universe.
The valuation of the real estate of
Maine is $222, 1888, 1874, not including the
wild lands, estimated to be worth some
| IS, $50. 600 more.
The man who tried softsoap to osmooth
| the harshness of his Wife's tongue says
| it made it run much faster.
M. Geordigiana, of Florence, recently
painted, in little less than two hours,
fine portrait of Philadelphia public
man, for which he received $500.
The railway system is rapidly extend
ing in Japan, two lines having been re-
Gently completed in the island of Niphon
and third in the island of Yess0, the
most northerly of the Japanese group.
How many are there in the world
Devised by Gods great plan,
Who can look into looking-glass
And see an honest man.
--Stsubenvilie Herald
Cards are said to have been invented
in France in 1891, to amuse Charles ~.
during the intervals of melancholy
disorder. Piquet and all the carly games
are French.
A very complicated astronomical
clock, for which the owner, Felix Meier.
has Leen offered $45, 900, is exhibited in
Rochester. Meier passed ten years 9f
constant labor making it, and it is de-
scribed as wonderful piece of mechans
| ism. A skeleton strikes the hour.
The $4,000 Cinnamon on the Pacific
coast in 1875 have been reduced TO about
sc, ,OGO. Of the 25,000 who are gone
about 5000 went to the Sandwich Is
lands, 10000 returned to the @ lestiaI
kingdom and 10000 have gone East and
to other lands.
One reason, says the Detroit Free
Press, why Leadyille las no schools is
because all the schoolma'a who go
there find husbands between the depot
and the hotels, and don't care a cent
whether school keeps or not.
There is man at Luray, Va, who be
came convinced. when young, that
kissing was wicked, because Christ was
BETRAYED by kiss. He resolved never to
kiss anybody. He has been married
| twenty years. and is the father of eleven
| children, but has never kissed his vile
or one of his offspring.
| A young lady who read that "it is
lucky to pick up horseshoe" happened
| in blacksmith shop the other day. and
| picked up one. The surprising sudden
ness and piercing shrek with which she
dropped it showed that it was unlucky.
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