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information About "Yourself."

The average number of teeth is thir-
ty-two.
The weight of the circulating blood
is twenty-eight pounds
The average weight of an adult is $50
pounds and six ounces.
The brain of a man exceeds that of
any other animal.
A man breathes about twenty times
a minute and 200 in an hour.
A man brcathes about eighteen pints
of air in minute, or upward of seven
hogsheads day.
The average weight of the brain of
man is 81 pounds; of woman two
pounds and eleven ounces.
Five hundred and forty pounds, or
one hogshead and II pints of blood,
pass through the heart in one hour.
The average height of an English
man is feet 9inches, of Frenchman
feet inches, of Belgian feet CT
inches.
The heart sends nearly ten pounds
of blood through the veins and arte-
ries each beat, and makes four beats
while we breathe once.
One hundred and seventy-fve mil
lion cells are III the lungs, which
would cover a surface thirty times
greater than the human body.
The average Of the pulse in infancy
is 120 per minute. in manhood eighty,
at go years sixty The pulse of fe-
males is more frequent than that of
males. Boston Journal of Commerce.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04
KERRECTED.

When Mary Ann Dollinger got the skule daown
thar on Injun Bay
Twas glad, fer like ter see a gal maxim her hon
est way
heerd some talk in the village abaout her fiyiu
high,
Tew high fer busy farmer folks with chores ter
dew ter fly;
But paid no sorter attention ter all the talk
tell
She come in her regular boardin raound ter visit
with us a spell
My Jake an her he'd been cronies since they
could walk
An 1t TUX me aback ter hear her kerrectin' him
In his talk;
Jake ain no hand ut grammar, though he haint
his beat fer work;
But | SEE ter myself, Look out my gal yer
a-foolin with Turk"
Jake bore it wonderful patient an said in mourn
full way
He p'sumed he behindhand with the doin's
at Injun Bay.
remember once he was askin' fer O. my
Injun buns,
An she said he should allus say them air" std
o them is" the ones
Wal Mary Ann KEEP Mt him Study, mornin' an
evcnu long.
Tell he dassent open his mouth fer fear O. talkin
One day was pickin currants daown by the old
ounce tree,
When heerd Jake's voice asayin' BE ye willin
ter marry me:''
An Mary Ann kerrcctin'-"Air ye willin', yeou
sh'd say
Our Jake he put his foot daown in plum decided
way,
No wimmen folks is a-goin' ter be rearrangin
me;
Hereafter say craps them is 1 lk'late, an
I be-
Eff folks don't like my talk they needn't bark ter
what say,
But amt agoin ter take no sass from folks
from Injun Bay;
ask We free an final, BE ye goin' ter marry
me?"
An Mary Ann sez trenholm yet anxious like,
81 bel"
Florence e Pratt in New York Tribune
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04
The Knowing Girl.

The pretty girl held out her right
hand, and on one of the fingers glis-
tened diamond
How much is that worth, please"
she inquired of the clerk, who had re-
covered his composure, He looked at
the ring for moment, and answered.
II can hardly say. One jewclcr would
name one price and another another
price.
But what is your estimated" asked
the young lady, in voice unusually
musical.
II can't say"
why not, pray" somewhat sharp
ly); ,
well, simply because it is against
our rules. | am very sorry, indeed,
that l can't accommodate you You
CAM
But the young lady didn't wait to
hear any more. and before the sen
tence was finished she was on the
street Were you not u little too So
we're In that casef asked the tourist
Not bit Of it. y replied the jeweler.
You don't know all the circum
stances OF course you don't Well,
the fact Is, that charming young wo-
man is engaged to be married, her ex
pectant being young man who is
waiting to astonish the world with his
legal lore, but who isn't growing very
wealthy in the meanwhile. He bought
the ring here, and il only cost him
fifty dollars Of course he didn't tell
the object of his choice what it cost
She might think it had reduced the
not too plethoric purse of her lover to
the extent of cool hundred for all
he cared But like most women she
was curious and wanted to satisfy her
self regarding its value. recognized
the ring i'll moment, and. knew for
the first time who was TO be the future
Mrs Blank
Are all jewelers. US strict as your"
asked the tourist Perhaps not all, "
was the reply, although this has
been one of the unwritten rules in the
craft for years. If it were not gen
orally observed there would be no end
of trouble, and lovers quarrels would
be more frequent than ever. Albany
Journal
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04
THE LARGEST HOUSE.
1t Is Situated in Suburb of Vienna, an,
Is Occupied by 2,112 Persons.

1t Is Situated In Suburb of Vienna, and
Is Occupied by a.112 Persons.
Could you, if requested, give the size
and location of the largest building in
the worldl If, trying to answer such
a question, would you designate the
St. Peters cathedral, the City hall at
Philadelphia, the st. Paul's cathedral
or the Westminster abbey as being
worthy of such high sounding title3
Not one person in 100 would go out
side the above list to find an answer
for the question. Yet it would be
necessary to do so before a correct an
swer could be given. There are many
large buildings both in the United
States and in Europe; many hundred
roomed structures of stone and iron,
glass and brick
Every American, European and
Oriental country has its scores of pub
lie and private mansions, yet Vienna,
Austria, has the giant of them all
The ''Freihaus' free house,, situated
in Wieden, a suburb of the city Just
mentioned, is the most spacious build
ing on the globe. Within its walls u
whole city of human beings live and
work, sleep and eat. It contains in
all between 1900 and 1900 rooms,
divided into upwards of 400 dwelling
apartments of from four to six rooms
each.
This immense house has thirteen
courtyards-five open and eight GOV
ered-and large garden within its
walls. A visitor to the building re
lates that he once spent two hours in
looking for man known to reside in
the house. Scarcely a trade, handi
work or profession can be named
which is not represented in this enor
nous building Gold and silver
workers, makers of fancy articles,
lodging house keepers, bookbinders
agents, turner's, hatters, officers, lock
smiths, jOiners, tutors, scientific men,
government clerks, three bakers, eight
cen tailors, twenty nine shoemakers
and many other tradesmen live in it.
The house has thirty-one staircases,
and fronts on three streets and one
square. In one day the postman's de
1000 pieces to this single but titanic
house. To address a letter to the
house and to the person it is intended
for does not assure the sender that the
person to whom it is addressed will
ever receive it. In order to make as
sur;Slce doubly sure, all letters ad
dressed to the "Freihaus' must be pro
vided with both tho given and the sur
name of the person for whom intended,
the number of the court, the number
of the staircase and the number of the
apartment; otherwise it is as apt to go
astray as though addressed to city
unprovided with directions as to street
and number. 1.-THE present timo2, 112
persons live in this immense building
and pay an annual rental of over 100,-
900 horins st. Louis Republic.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

The Hoosier is no longer the pictur-
esque creature he was years ago.
There is no more homcspun clothing
Ready made clothing has penetrated
TO the uttermost parts of the country,
and the countryman can now only be
detected by his sun burned face and
the swing Of his arms AS to the
young women from the small towns,
they. can only be identified by their
fresh, blooming compilations and
bright eyes In the matter Of styles,
they are fully up to their sisters of the
large cities III fact, the bellies of small
towns are often familiar with New
York fashions long before they be-
come general in St. Louis; this being
due to the fact that the town dress
maker closely follows the plates in
the fashion paper as soon as novelties
are presented -Intervie in St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

l was visiting in Plainfeld, N. j.,
one fall, and two companions and my
self used to go hunting quito often.
Generally we had pretty good luck, as
about fifteen miles from the town, off
on the mountains, there is good deal
of game, such as quail, highholes,
woodcock, rabbits and occasionally a
stray flock of ducks One day, after
tramping until we were completely
exhausted, and not having had any
luck, we camped on the side of the
mountain about forty feet from the
lake that supplies the water for the
paper mills at Feltvillo. On the lake
at the time were flock of tame ducks
that were enjoying themselves i'm
mensely. Well, what do you think7
Before long there came flying along
flock of wild wood ducks and landed
right in among the tame ones. We
waited and waited for them to sepa-
rate, as we did not wish to kill the
tame ones; but after a long time we
got mad and let them have the three
guns, both wild and tame. Strange
to say, we did not kill one of the wild
ones, but killed four of the tame ones,
and then got chased by the owner,
who happened to be near at the time,
within n mile or two of Feltville vii
lage. We never shot at tame ducks
after that. Cor. New York Evening
World
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

Col. Hadley was telling fish story
in the presence Of some friends and
his little boy Sammy.
Eyes," continued IIadley, st took
me half day to land that catfish. |
caught him in the Colorado river in
the spring of the year before the war
He weighed, after he had been cleaned,
just 1875 pounds.
You can prove ii by me, pa, Don't
you remember, pa, how | slung him
on stick and carried him homer re
marked little Sammy.
"Oh, you little liarl | am ashamed
of you, exclaimed Col. Hadley.
AS Sammy is only 6 years old, his
testimony US to what happened before
the war is almost as reliable as the
time seven dollar watch keeps. Tex
as Siftings,
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04
Omen Fireplaces.

How much romance hovers around
the name, open lireplaces." In these
days of steam pipes. hot air registers,
coal stoves and other modern ways of
heating houses, how nice it seems to
hear somebody tell about the time
when our grandfathers used to sit
around the fireplace.
One side of the room was barely SUI
llicient to accommodate fireplace in
style. They were caverns constructed
Of brick and stone, and it required a
small fortune to buy wood enough to
run one. | have seen more than one
of them and enjoyed all its beauties,
and know whereof | speak, for there
are five of them III my home.
1t required labor us well as skill and
judg1nAs1t 10 build 9 Fire. and when con-
pany came and it had to be made in
the spare room, it was us grave an af-
fair as it would be now to build q fac
tory and get the machinery running.
Getting in the back log was a big
thing, as it generally took the grand
father, one or two boys and the hired
man to do it, while grandmother stood
by and gave few general orders,
such as: Mind and not break that
casingT Don't let it slip and roll
on little Tommy Hold on, Gran
ther, you'll fetch it next timer
When the log was placed the and
iron set against it was propped back
by smaller sticks of wood, then the
Goals were stirred up, the forestick put
on and basket of chips thrown over
tl,o ~, 20 f,,n n1
underneath and the old fashioned bel
lows welded by the lusty arm was ap-
piled, and after a great suffering
and smoking. tho flames leaped up
and disappeared out of sight in the
whirl of smoke and sparks up the
chimney. Then the women folks
swept up the hearth, put the tongs
and holders in their place, and the fire
was built. - Eleda in Springfield
Homestead
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04
BETWEEN THE CORN AND THE GOLD.

Between the green corn and the gold,
Between the dawning and the noon,
Love, that at first was pale and cold,
Waxed ruddy with the summer noon,
And hearts beat high and lips grew bold,
Between the green corn and the gold
The primrose, precious key of spring,
Unlocked the casket Of the year;
The flowers flew forth on rainbow wing
Ger hill and mead and mere
To WOO the new year like the old,
Between the green corn and the gold.
Between the gold corn and the green,
Between the midday and the dawn,
The summer woods have lost their sheen,
The flowers have withered on the lava.
And love lies dead where love has been,
Between the gold corn and the green.
Love is not dead; he cannot die,
Although his eyes be yelled with pain;
The woods shall wallen by aud by,
The flowers shall blossom once again;
And we-shall we not wake, my queen,
Between the gold corn and the greenf
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

Il am a jury fixer, myself" calmly
remarked Mrs. Waitalnight, as she cut
off Mr.. WIS last pairof pantaloons at
the knees, and don't care who
knows it. I've fixed one juror SO that he
won't get into a box and be gone till
Monday morning" And she smiled
as she set the afternoon clock ahead
four hours, and resumed her place by
WIS bedside that She might catch his
earliest remarks when he opened his
tardy eyes. -Burdette in Brooklyn
Earia
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

Country Editor would like very
much to see some Of your long tailed
coats.
Clothing Dealel-Sonnething fash
ionable, SUPPOSED
Editor don't care cent about
that Ny wife has put a dark blue
skylight in my light dove colored
Sunday pants, and want coat long
enough to conceal the evidences Of
my being an editor and having to feed
myself to a cane bot,omed chair seven
days in the week. -I'cxas Siftings.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

The sole panacea for every ailncnt
i'll China is plaster. So great is the
national prediction for this method
of treatment that the Chinese have not
inaptly been described as a piasier-and-
blister-loving people.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

Professor Stargaizo (cnIaptured) -
And you really love met thought
your heart belonged to that scapegrace
boy Of mine.
Lucy-No; it is you, you dear old
goose. And, then-as a man of sci
ence-I-thought you would like me
to show you total eclipse of the son.
p;++shlirna Riallatin
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Artthn,eticnl.

She-Do you understand the rule of
three, my dear2
He-Yes, indeed; ever since I've
been in love with you. 1t consists Of
your father, mother and little brother
-Harper's Bazaar.
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There was once employed there a
man who had a remarkably long and
bushy head OF hair, which he always
kept we'll oiled. 1t was noticed that
he had habit of frequently running
his hands through his hair, and sus-
picions were aroused that he was doing
it with a purpose, and at last the sus-
picions were confirmed and the fellow
accused of concealing gold in his hair.
He confessed that he had done so, and
said that he had carried away over
5000 worth of it. 1t is believed that
he got much more. His plan was to
get some gold dust on his fingers, rub
it OFF on his hair, tie oil causing it to
adhere to his hair and then wash it
out every night on reaching home.
In the factories in the east a very rigid
scrutiny Of the actions of the men is
maintained, and it is absolutely i'm
possible there for the precious metal
to be surreptitiously taken away
~ - nj
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

why, Marie, you didn't ask that
young man to call and he seems SO
nice.
II know it, but he's doctor and
changes S. visit. Epoch.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-19
A BLIND GIRLS ENTERTAINMENT.

Miss Mollie Stumhaugh, vocalist
and elocutionist, will give an enter
tainment on next Wednesday after
noon, at 3 O'Clock, in the y. NJ. c.
A. Hall. The entertainment will
consist Of ballads, reCitatiUns, and
= description Of the methods OF in
structing the blind. Miss Stum-
baugh is stranger in our country.
She Is blind, ana has been from her
birth. She is said to he a sweet
singer and a pleasing elocutionist.
In Il notice Of one OF her entertain
mcnts, the EIdorado Times says,
Great satisfaction was given at the
blind girls Evening of Song-ber
performance is truly wonderful and
enchanting for one so unfortunate"
The hour, p. M, is = convenient
one for ladies and children, and it is
to be hoped thai the Y. NJ. c. A..
Hall will he filled on the occasion OF
the poor blind girls performance.
The admission charged is only 30
cents for adults, and % cents for
children.
GAN nature is a sealed book,
Whose clasp cannot find;
Twas never meant Tor me to read,
For l am blind | am b!indl'
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-19
BAD OIL.

Persons who ought to know, say
that there is at the present time
abundance Of unsafe kerosene oil
IN the town. The legal test of 100
degrees is admitted to be too low.
1t should be raised 10 ll5 or more.
This will be for the Legislature 10
consider, 1t appears from the Mar
shars record OF tests that q large
proportion OF tue Oil imported Of
late has been OF . quality just to
stand the test, and but little to
spare; from which it would seem
that clippers OF oil TO this country
aim to make it OF quality to satisfy
the law and no better. II is conf
IDENTIFY asserted that some oil now in
the market doea not come up 70 the
test. We can well understand that
This might be the case, notwithstand-
ing the fact that any oil tested and
not coming up TO the legal standard
has not been allowed to land. In 4
shipment where case or two only
are submitted to test and found sa-
,isfactory, there may be hundreds
Of other cases, not tested, that would
not stand the.test. The test should
be applied 20 greater number OF
cases, taken from different parts of
the shipment. In view Of the dan
ger attending the use OF inferior
oil, it would be we'll for the 2utho-
rites to investigate and ascertain if
there is such stuff in the market as
some people aver.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-19
Ma. BUSH AND THE WHITE
SKINS"

EDITOR BULLETIN -
We think Mr.. Bush is rather hard
on the "white skins" when he
charges them wholesale with being
the cause Of the natives poverty,
and that poverty he charges was
brought upon them by the white
skins persuading them to go into the
sugar business, where they all fail
ed without an exception; which is
no doubt true SO far as failure is
concerned, and he may have added
THAT they also failed-mOst Of them
in other branches OF business.
But we think the white skins cannot
be truthfuliy charged with the fall
ure and poverty OF every !ncompet-
ent and improyident native. II they
are TO blame for that, to whom shall
we impute the failure and poverty
Of the many white skins that have
failed to make fortunes in these isl
ands, although they commenced
business as sugar planters, mer-
chants, etc, as the native had
done, and like the native, failed Of
success. The white skins are no
more to blame for the natives poy.
erty than they are for the poverty
among the Cinnamon and white
men. We read, "The race is not
always TO the swift, nor the battle
to the strong, nor yet riches to men
of understanding, time and chance
happen to all" The natives are
not exceptional. But we may re-
mark that it is the industrious, the
lcvel-headed, the temperate, the en-
terprising and the keep pitching
in" citizen that, as rule, succeeds
in all countries, and iucompetency,
laziness, improyidence, intemper-
ance and vice are great helps to lead
TO poverty.
VIII Mr.. Bush inform MS which
road the natives are travelling, that
he complains of as being made poor?
VIII he at the same time show us
how much more wealth the native
possessed three generations sgo than
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-19

s.s. a, TWO Nicely Furnished
;sfSs3a ] Rooms at Waikiki, on
Ssssa.4s.:3SA SssAa.:S the beach near the bridge.
App'y 10 ANTOINE VOGEL,
55i lw Al L. 3. kerr's.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-19
TIE WAY TO TIE V0iCAKo,

Since the opening OF the Volcano
road, for 10 or so miles, we have
had large numbar of tourists
coming this way TO visit the crater
Of kiauea.
That this is the most attractive
route to see that Wonder Of the
world, is sayiLg only the truth. The
accommodations offered Ivy the Ni-
nau nre not exccIled in our island
waters. Nclder {. Co. furnish re.
turn tickets to the Volcano and back
Tor $50. THIS includes all travelling
expenses and the stay ~ the crater.
Persons stopping over at the town
of Hllo will have 10 pay their own
expenses ior board and lodging
while there. Several places in town
furnish the best ACCOMMODATIONS
from 81 10 - 30 per day. Ho,el ac-
commodatiyns are yet thing of the
future, but no one need be deferred
from coming on that account SIS they
will find that iiilo people will make
them comfortable during their stay
here. A fine livery stable is kept
by Mr.. Wilson, ut which horses aud
carriages can he had a; extremely
reasonable rnte3 fer driving or rid
ing about the town.
Hlo bay affords a good quiet har-
Dor and il the finest natural one in
the islands. Tie town hidden
away among the tropical trees with
its beautiful background of waving
cane fields stretching up 10 the
woods and then the grand forests
reaching away up on to the slopes
of Maunq Loa and Kea, and to ont
top all the lofty snow capped peaks
of those mountains reaching away
up into and GSDuVe the clouds form i
picture nowhere else to be seen on
these islands.
The new carriage road 10 the Vol
canO Mow reaches to Oiaa, the u.d
halfway house aud drive over its
smooth road he'd, through the Waia-
kca cane fields, the magnificent
"Panacwa' forest, and over the
rolling country beyond, is one of
the finest drives on Hawaii ncl. The
probability is that within the next
lS menlhs it will he finished to The
crater, and one then Can drive from
Hilc to kliauea in five or six hours,
through one OF the most Interesting
portions OF this island.
Tourists can spend a week very
pleasantly in visiting the places ot
interest ia and near town. The last
great low OF lava, which SO nearly
threatened iiiio with destruction
from Mauna Loa is but few min.
utes' walk or ride from the landing.
The Rainbow fails, the gorge OF
the Peepee falls, with its boiling pots
and waterfalls, Tie natural bridge
over the Waiul;u, the beautiful for.
est as seen at Buogarville, the linc
sea bathing at C0coanut Island,
coral gathering at keaukaha, visit
10 first class sugar plantations, and
many other places and things OF in.
terest, offer to visitors enough tC
keep them busy for week or ter
days. We expect that Hilo will ht
the most attractive route to thl
Volcano and we know that its people
will always try to make it so.--lli!c
Record.