The Newtown bee., 1880-02-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The lay of the land-Eggs-
 An unpalatable dish--Cold shoulder The State debt of Iowa is only $500, ,OO0.
 Virginia has now 2,49l schools, in- structing ,o74 pupils.
 Jug Corners is the name sf hamlet in Allegan county, Mich.
 Guilford county, N. C., kills and sells 100000 rabbits annually
 Leap-year is always popular with the ladies' YonherS GGsette-
 Railroad projects are now heard of everywhere from Maine to California There's one leap year in every four,
 Breathes there man who'd ask for more? It has heen estimated that it costs 30. 0OO, 900 day to carry on the world. A tornado is great blow to any country. Philadelphia ChTon icle- Herald. The debts of English towns and cities for sanitary improvements amount to S230, 100000.
 Five years have increased the acreage of cereals in the United States from 74,- COG, ,000 to 95.000.0O0.
 During the past year there were built in the shops of Altoona, Pa, fifty con solidated locomotives.
 The work of building steel bridges in Pittsburg for the West is rapidly be- coming great feature.
 The men who advertise all the year around walk of with the lions share of ftrade.--StiilrateT LSInabermaan.
 The president of the French republic receives Sl20, ,0O0 year, with ike sum tor household and other expenses.
 Whats the use of sea captain telling the truth on shore, when his vessel is lying in the stream ?-NesO York NeScs. The total number of deaths by acci- dents on the great American lakes dur | ing the year was l67, against I24 in 1878 Ex-Gov. Bagley, of Michigan, gave | SI00lin silver coin to each of five chari- ties, in honor of his recent silver we'd ding.
 It cost nearly S5OO,OOO to light the city of New York last year. There are g, 1S6 public lamps and s6l miles of gas mains ill the city. l It need not be inferred that railway companies are scared because they have been making tracks 90 rapidly.-CiH- cinnati Commercial.
 Blue eyes are said to be true. We don't know now this is, but certainly there are many lies told about black eyes.-NesC York Nous The difference between q man who digs in the ground and one who digs in books is that the former digs for hire and the latter for lore. l It is very much the same with popping corn as wish popping the question. IL is usually accompanied by some agita- tion and good deal of warmth. ] Mir. William Morris, of Groenock. Scotland, has made discovery by which he can photograph undernealh the water at depth Of ten fathoms. General Grant has ordered his Etl,an l Allen colt, now on the farm of General Bcale, near Washinton, to be sent by the next steamer as present to the Mikado of Japan!
 Large quantities of United States jewelry are continually being smugg.ed into Montreal, a recent large consign- ment crossing the line in coffin, which was supposed to contain a corpse.
 The United States annually pays to foreign countries no less than S23. .ooo,- GOO for silk, all of which, it is claimed, may in due time be saved to our people by proper encouragement of silk-culturc-
 The greatest elevations in the Black Hills are said to be: In the northwest, Devils Tower, 5, 100 feet; Crows Peak, 6,75O feet; Elk Mountain, 6,75o; Warren's Peak, 6.90o. In the northeast, Bear Butte. 6.000 feet. In the west, Inyan Kara Mountains, 6,750 feet. and Crooks Monument, 7.600 feet. In the south, Harney's Peak. 7,740 feet.
 BEAUTY DRAWS Us BY SINGLE HAIR. Pass the butter gently, Mabel; Shove it lightly through the air;
 In the corner oi the dish, love,
 You will linda nut-brown hair.
 What fond mem 'ries it awakens Of the days ere we were wed,
 When upon my good coat-collar
 Oft was laid your little head.
 Lovingly I stroked those dresses,
 In the happy days gone by;
 Now strike them every meal time
 In the butter or the pie.
 -Chico9o Tribune.