The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

QeeH nave Dlue eyes, A.
THERE are twenty seven peaks in Nevads~ 4
exceeding 10000 feet in height.
A GREEN rose is one of the newest pro
ductiOns OF botanical science.
"A PINCH of snuff large enough to produce
good sneeze will cure hiccough.
Mr.. BEECHER's lectures in England arr !
sold on the streets at penny piece
THE Rhode Island census shows aprepon
derance u 1900 women in that Stale.
TRsRz Fare numerous Masonic lodges il
France composed exclusivelyof women.
SJAY Gould gives it as his opinion that
telegraph rates will never be any higher.
THERE are seventy-three students now il
the Harvard annex for women, with more
to come. L II
IT is now claimed that Robert Hooke, in
1854, was the first to indicate the use Of the
telephone.
THERE Is not over six pounds Of waste to
the largest OK now kill at Chicago pack,
ing house. y RFnERi Egf
sTHs flow of water from the famous arte-
sian well at Belle Plain, Ia, is gradually
decreasing
The value of the exports of breadstuffs
from the United States during September
was $l4,272,52S.
IT is estimated that the prlne crop in
Santa Clara County, California, this season
is worth 81, 10000.
Denis KEARNEY has appeared upon the
political stage in San Francisco again. He
wants 10 DO q sheriff. ~ q
FRESH air and pure water have been
called twin sisters, and as such they should
be welcomed in every home.
THERE is man in Boston who swallows
live frogs. He can easily take in six before
he begins his regular dinner. b ii
GENERAL BBAuREGARD visited Grants
tomb at Riverside, the other day, and left
bunch Of violets on the grave.
THE constitutionality of the United States
Statute against importing labor was affirm
cd at Detroit by Judge Brown.
HENRY GEoRas, workingman's candidate
for Mayor Of New York, at one time during
his eventful life, was q tramp printer.
IL somebody will kindly remove the
ruins from Virgins PROSTATE form 1t may
yet be time to catch his expiring predic-
tion.
Mn. X SToSB WreGIxs, the Canada,
earthquake and general weather prophet
parts bis hair as we'll as his name, in the
middle. Is ss
TIE mortality from Alpine climbing has
been unusually high during Ne present
season. There hsve been twelve fatal 40
cidentA # n & - NA
BOARD at Canadian hotels il advancine
sorapidly that cashiers Of modsrate steal,
ings will soon have to look up some less OK.
pensive retreat
The lion and lamb paradox Is Knocked
into insignificant flinders by Cedar Rap
ids Qa.) cat which has adopted mouse a.
her nursing and special pet.
The grape IL the most easily digested Of
all fruits. 1t contains sugar, gum and glu,
ten, together with vegetable acid, and 10
therefore very nutritious.
WHILE 1t may be true that the tobacco
crop has been injured by frost in some sec
tions, we have the assurance that the cab.
base crop 10 in prime condition. )r
MAXWELL, the condemned murderer OF
Preller, has lost the indifference that char.
actsrixed him during his trial and il re-
ported TO be completely unnamed u
A SoREisN astronomer has Just predicted
. terrible earthquake for the latter part Of
600. This is something like business and
itgives every one an opportunity to pre-
pare for it . ,nil"s ii. Hg.a, p
THERE are in Iowa about Il, 975 school
houses, 3,ll9 teachers, 623, l57 children of
school age, with an enrolment in the
schools Of 4T2,966 and an average attend
ance Of 24s,4S
DAYLIGHT is to be let into the patent
medicine bottle in Darmstadt. The city
chemist Is to analyze every drug of the
sort and print statement 50 that he who
drinks may read
Tn. number of deserters from the U. s.
Army the past fiscal year aggregate but
1850, against 9, 100 in 1885, 5000 in 1884, and
about An equal number in the four or five
preceding years. ,, .,itl,,,,,-
THs Lowell Courier claims to have con
structed the fol owing ingenious palm.
drome: INC, it is opposition" A palm.
drome is sentence that reads the same
forward and backward.
Our Of the 7Q4A words composing tn.
revised Bible I'll ,672 are the same as found
TO- L. enA aAi sv,1 n,,l
nine per cent-70, 772-have been changed
G,56 have been excluded. 1 '-
BosroN's yachting mania had such hclt
on one suburban congregation that on Z
recent Sunday foral yacht adorned tn.
pulpit to the scandal Of the conservative,
element among the wcrshipers.
A Bie eagle that measured nine feet from
tip to tip, captured last spring near Bing
hampton, Y, was released the othel
day. On its leg is a brass tag giving tn,
date of its liberation, and Offering casl
prizes for the return Of the bird
Tn manufacture of solid carbouic aciC
gas has become settled industry in Berlin
1t is put up in small cylinders, aud if KEEP,
under pressure will last some time-that 10
acylinder N inches in diameter and
inches long will take five hours to melt into
gas,
A'sALEsLADY" Of Philadelphia who ha,
been twenty-five years behind tue counter
says the great burden in store life lies mo-
in the work but in the fact that womer
don't like other women. Some days girl.
feel bad, end to have their own sex bully
them and browbeat them is more than they
can bear. The women in front Of the