The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-01-08
Items Of Interest.

AVCnAO Va lAtCA CCCs
Over 5000 patents on churns have
already been granted by the Gov
eminent.
A bed Of oyster shells as large MS
dinner plates was discovered by a
Tallahassee, Fla, man while digging
a we'll.
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The total production Of cigars in
this country, as estimated by one
of the largest manufactures, is
about 3,O0O,O00,O0O a year.
The scent Of sassafras is said to
be destructive to grain weevils. A
few leaves of it scattered through
the grain bins viii, 1t is said. de-
stroy the weevils.
A curiosity for the museums Is
| said to have been produced in Ne
braska by cutting of the ears of u
calf and quickly adjusting pair
which had bseu removed from a
mult.,
It does not seem to follow that in
order to be long lived we musthave
long lived ancestors. Sir Moses
Montchore aged one hundred, says
tina, his father died at forty-four
years.
! Recent decisions In Illinois are to
the effect that liquor seller cannot
shield himself behind the plea that
Ia N not know the customer, was
drunk fcr 4 minor, mt ~ ihast
know that he is sober, or Of age, as
THE aese may be.
svslme6t which had almost loo,-
O00 children in her common schools
in 1870, has now less than 7aO00
children In them, though the num-
Der Of those Of the population un-
der 20 years Of age n only Ave- pr
seAA less now than In lsio.
cAfapaninY, ii mn i1ch retirement
In Italy, is q cattle-raiser. wine
maker, miller, silk-grower, tenor
singer, Sunday-School teacher and
farmer-exhibitiug vast versatile.
.ty, not particularly characteristic
of Campanini in his opera days.
Paper from the yucca, hairy
plant found in Arizona, New Aexi.
co and Lower California, is becom.
ing popular in Great Britain. 1t is
readily bleached and has a abre al
most as strong as hemp. 1t can be
manufactured at about the same
cost as paper made from mixed cot.
ton and linen rags.
In a recent sermon at st. Paurs
London, Canon Liddon told a story
of the late Sir Robert Peel with
quiet dignity ordering his carriage
when at q dinner party Christiani
ty was denied, saying that he was
sorry to retire, but that he was still
q Christian.
! According to vulgar error, cur
rent in bygone times, the elephant
was supposed to have no joints,
notion which is said to have beer
first recorded from tradition by
Ctesias, the Cnidian. Sis Thoma.
Browne has entered largely int
this superstition, arguing from
reason, anatomy and general anal
ogy with other animals the absurd
ity of the error.
About 400 streets and $500
houses were reduced to ashes b!
the great London fire of 1856. TIL
!, city was rebuilt in a very littl'
time, and care was taken to maxi
, the streets wider and more regula
than before. London becam
, more healthful after the fire. Tn
plague which used to break GU
! twice or thrice every century al
most entirely disappeared.
; Canadian merchants and manu-
facturers whe have large mails saw
a third in their postage expenses
it is said, by sending their mai
matter in bundles to the neares
! Post Office on the United State
J side of the boundary line, wher
they mail it ut the two-cent rat(
whereas they would have to p,
| three cents if the matter were mai
ed on the other side.
: Lace is lavishly worn again, b
( in this century the demand for
$ is confined to women, whereas i
the seventeenth and eighteent
: centuries men, too, expended hug
e sums on ruffies and wristbands. 1
: 1890 the expenditure OF William III
| for lace was sS,ol5; in 1894, nearl
$4,000.