The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-01-09
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EDITOR DANA says the only kind OF
novel he likes is one "chock full of love-"
De LEssEPs wept when his Panama
scheme became too heavy for his should
ers.
IT is said that sx- Empress Eugenie has
expressed desire to be cremated after
Asath.
BALLOONS and parachutes have been
sent to Suakim for the use Of British
troops.
VICTORIA Woodruff has given $500, 900
to Paris school for the free education Of
women.
IT is reported that Russia and Japan
have entered into a secret treaty against
England.
The total resources of the widow of the
lats Prof. Richard Proctor are stated to be
only $3.50. -4Et 4
The effect Of color on patients afflicted
with brain disorders Is the latest thing in
medicine. afntt "a aI 4F .H
IT is said the Australians are Catching
on" to baseball as played by the Amer
Z ..car mines. ,W5f5tdFfs 3lsttt
The, richest woman in the world, Dona
Isadore Cousins Of Chill, is coming to
New York. ''-' ..-,.,.,,
SoUrHBRIDGE, MASS, manufactured a
million and half pair OF spectacles the
past year. "
4 Mr. LIMBURGER of Newark, has petit
toned the New Jersey Legislature to
change his name .tB
ID SEVENTEEN of the twenty. FIVE cities in
Mo- phna tfs To-, uHf 4
the recent election. .
QUEEN VICTORIA and her daughter, En-
press Victoria OF Germany, spend much
time playing chess. ~
The faculty Of Dartmouth College has
decided not to grant scholarship to any
person who smokes.
The New York board of aldermen has
passed an ordinance requiring vegetables
to be sold by weight
r.. 1t is unfortunately true that the leading
ceremony Of Christmas has taken the
form OF swapping Of gifts.
WoMEN's watches are now characterized
by their srnallness. Some of them scarcely
bigger than the thumbnail.
WILLIAM H. has no salary as Emperor Of
Germany, but his allowance as King OF
Prussia is 20, $50, 0O0 year.
COUNT Won MoLTKE has at his home one
of the finest flower gardens in the world.
His favorite flower is the rose.
TEXAS doesn't take kindly to the propo-
sition to carve her into several States. 1t
breaks her all up, SO to speak.
The White Caps are seeking popularity.
They have sent threatening notices to coal
dealers who give short weight
THIS is the season when the baseball
umpire lives in peace, and the managers
contne their fighting to themselves.
LITTLE FANNIE LEVY, of New York. gets
tail street-car. The bobtail must go.
ONE out of every five school children in
Philadelphia is obliged to wear glasses
and the proportion is rapidly increasing.
PINE Cry, W. T., claims to have the
smallest living woman. She is % years
DID, 30 inches tall, and weighs SO pounds.
THE granddaughter of Abraham Lin.
coin, the daughter of his son Robert, will
make her entrance into Society" this win.
ter.
A GERMAN patent has been issued for the
preparation of wood fiber for spinning.
Strong fabrics are made from this pro.
duct
The young lady whom the Duke of New
castle is about to wed is an English girl
For once the American girl has been out
done.
The passion for green has brought the
demand for emeralds up with q rush.
Jewellers find the green stone is remarkably
popular.
A New York paper says the latest thing
IN women's purses has a cash and candy
compartment 1t should contain third
for che wing gum.
Six European cities have advertised the
speedy arrival in their midst of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. journalism is in
a very bad way over there.
FIVE of the cadets of the Virginia mill.
tary institute, at Lexington, have been
dismissed for "hazing," and others are
to be tried for the same offense
MISS DAVENPORT, an Irish lady, is the
governess of the King of Spain. She get.
$500 year salary, and will have life
pension, when her task is done, of $780,
IT is said that Saxony furnishes the
largest percentage of suicides Of any civ
iized State. The number last year was
one to about every 5000 of the population
BosToN CoRBETT, who killed JOIN
Wilkes Booth, has escaped from the Kan
sas Insane Asylum, where he was con.
fined, and at last accounts he was IN Mex
leo.
BOLIVAR, the big elephant, was present
ed to the Philadelphia Zoo as Christma
present by Adam Forepaugh, who says hi
is too much trouble to carry about til,
country.
The American newspaper men have trie(
to interview Lord Sackville, who is now il
Paris, but he sends down word that b,
wants no communication with the Ameri
can press.
NoToRIErY is worth as much as money /,
these times, and if managed shrewdly il
apt to bring money. DIR. Tanner. the faster
is about to marry the daughter of Pari
millionaire
THIRTY thousand dollars is q pretty
price to pay for a young gelding, but tha
is the figure at which the three year. OH
Proctor Knott was sold to Mr. j. B. Haggi,
the other day.
STATISTICS in Illinois show a consider
able falling off of the rural population anc
a corresponding gain to Chicago. Tn,
trend OF the population in many parts O
the country is towards the great cities.
ONE woman in New York makes none,
by conducting strangers to the shops wher,