The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-05-21
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MICHIGAN is free from debt
In Buenos Ayres 1t costs $3.50 to see
the circus.
DON PEDRO is writing for the scientific
magazines
VIcKsBURs is buying up its bonds at
"a cents on the dollar.
GREAT finds Of carbonates and galena
are reported near Barker, Mont.
LORD TENNYsoN is now giving more
attention to govt than to poetry.
QUEEN CHRISTINE, Of Spain, is thirty
hve, very pretty and very popular.
The American girl and her money are
soon parted when she buys foreign
title.
MRS. JOHN DREW is 60 years of age
and has been on the stage sixty-three
years.
THE eight-hour day has been the
rule in Australia for more than thirty
years.
A CONNECTICUT newsboy is cutting
his third set Of teeth. He Is eighty
three.
OUIDA and Patti have earned more
money than any other two women Of the
century.
A CRoss.EYE or squirt Of the right eye
debars man from admission to the reg.
ular army.
A FINE statue was unveiled the other
day at Coloma OF Marshall, the discover
OF gold in California.
ETHEL SPRAaUE, daughter Of Mrs.
Kate Sprague, has decided not to enter
the theatrical profession.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, the Standard
Oil ding, was q newspaper reporter .
quarter OF century ago.
The Pope is frugal man. He is said
to spend less than $1,000 annually on
his own personal comfort.
A "sUNsHINE-RooM" is one of the chief
attractions of the new wing Of the Chill
dren's Hospital in Boston.
THE great Forth bridge is to be paint
ed, and they find that there are twenty
acres OF it to be covered with the brush.
A PARK of thirty acres has been Sc
cured at Manchester, N. H., to contain
monumental statue Of General Stark
MAY began more quietly than the
people expected. The labor disturb
ances did not disturb to any great ex.
tent.
ONE Of the signs Of the permanency Of
republicanism in Brazil is that the gov
eminent invites the freecriticism Of the
press.
QUEEN VICTORIA now copyrights all
official Government publications and
gives notice she will maintain her rights
therein.
New York BARRIERS are removing the
clocks from their shops because custom.
ers get nervous by watching them while
being shaved.
LIFE is not worth living in England.
A youth named Robert Heard has just
been sentenced to six weeks hard labor
for kissing girl.
THE real inventor OF the powder used
for the Lebel rifles is not the colonel OF
that name, but M. Vielle, young
French engineer.
PATTI draws the line somewhere, even
when money consideration is in view.
She recently refused to write an essay
on the voice for $1,000.
Mrs. CATHERINE SHARP, of Philadel.
phia, when little girl sold milk to
General Washington and his staff from
her fathers farm. She is now liz years
old.
The physician-in-ordinary to distin.
guished statesman in China is woman
who goes under the name of DR.. King,
She has an extensive practice in Shang.
hal.
MARY QUEEN OF SCoTs' marriage con
tract with Francis II. of France is to be
sold by auction shortly in London. 1t i,
aquaint old manuscript of nine folk
leaves.
The custom of playing out theater au
diences to the music of 1.-The Star-Span
gled Banner" was inaugurated in sew
eral New York City play-houses the
other evening.
A BERLIN antiquary has discovered IL
a hollow cane the dagger with which
Ravillac assassinated King Henry Nv
of France. The dagger was stolen from
the Palace Of Justice in Paris in 1915.
The German Government proposes tt
put the army on peace-footing BY
adding 5000 men to the infantry, 6,O0(
to the artillery and fifty-four batteries
of improved cannon to the field artil
lery.
The loyal citizens Of Cologne have
provided a magnificent cup of gold ani
enamel, which is to be exclusively used
by the Emperor Of Germany In drink
ing toasts when he pays state visit b
the city.
A LARGR oak tree in the cemetery a
Salem, Va, was split by lightning las
week, exposing silver teapot which
contained the skull of . child. TIL,
date on the teapot was 1928. Its history
is a mystery.
THE Emperor Of Germany is said, OF
excellent Berlin authority, to mediate
q visit to France with the view Of
formal reconciliation, so far as Empero
and President could reconcile. between
the two countries.
A MAN recently hanged in Southern
State was born on Friday, was marie,
on Friday. presented with twins on Fri
day, committed his crime on Friday
and was hanged on Friday. And hi
name wasn't Friday.
The youngest State executive in TIT
country is acting Governor Taggart o