The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-17
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Or all Italians 6S per cent. are unable
to read.
PROF. KocH's lymph is called para
tolidin.
THE latest trust is threshing-ma-
chine makers combine.
VERMONT is the fourteenth State to
adopt the Australian ballot law.
THERE are now II, 900, 900 mon in Eu-
rope ready to be called into the field.
LORD BALTMORE's portrait in oil has
been offered to the city of Baltimore for
$780,
The first theatrical performance since
the food is soon to be given in Johns
town.
PARNELL's career is good deal like
Samson's, Delilah has shorn him of
his strength.
ANNIE LAURIE has been arrested in
Philadelphia for obtaining money under
false pretenses.
THERE are seven American girls
among the students at Newman, Cam
bridge, England.
The London underground railroad is
nineteen miles long, was opened in 1868
and cost SO, 500, 900 mile.
MRS. SHAW, the whistler, in Europe
piling up fortune in defiance Of the old
proverb about girls and hens.
THERE was an increase OF nearly co.
100000 gallons in the production Of
whisky during the past fiscal year.
IT is not so much the present dance
OF the Indians that interests the coun-
try IS what will be their next STEP
D CHANG, the celestial Chinese giant
has become q naturalized British SUBJ
ject and an earnest Christian worker.
THIRrY-EIsHT thousand pounds have
been collected for General Booths
scheme to deal with Darkest England.
The clothes of Oliver Cromwell when
baby are still to be seen at the famous
house OF Chequers, in Birminghamshire.
AT present England imports million
Holsters annually from Norway, rep
resenting money value of ESQ, 900.
SINCE Queen Victoria assembled the
throne Of England the Royal family has
cost that country more than $170, 00O, 0O0.
PROF. ELLIOTT, of the Smithsonian
institution estimates that there are now
about 100. 900 seals left in American wa
ters.
A MAN near Sedalia, NO., is doing a
good business raising owls. He finds q
ready market for them among saloon.
keepers.
Hon. JOHN Hicks, United States Min.
lister to Peru, has presented q collection
Of antiquities from that country to Law.
renee university, Wisconsin.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER's old house in
Brooklyn hes been turned into q board
ing house and his large library cut up
by partitions into bed rooms
DURING the year the United States
Government life saving stations rescued
$3.50 persons and IS, 451,S4S worth Of
property from 1884 shipwrecks.
SOME practical German has made up a
compound Of sugar and condensed milk
and tea, from which cup Of tea can be
had by simply pouring on boiling water.
The word electrocution is bad enough,
but here comes New York paper that
speaks of the machine that does the
work as an ''electrocute." This is toe
cute.
MILLET's "Angelus" brought him
only 972, but painters are rare who can
produce a picture going at $500 and ris-
ing in price through seven subsequent
sales to $4,000.
]. STANLEY BnowN, who was Garfleld's
private secretary and who married Miss
Mollie Garfield, has lately become pri-
vate secretary to Secretary Rusk, Of the
Agricultural Department.
AN invalid's chair propelled by cleo.
tricity is among the late novelties The
battery is capable of propelling the chat,
over an ordinary road for nine hours al
the rate Of six miles per hour.
TEDDIE GOODWIN, six years old, Of Ca
melia, Ga, is little hero. The gown Of
his two-year-old sister caught fire. and
with commendable presence of mind, he
tore off his jacket and smothered the
Games.
TWENTY-FIVE years ago sweet young
girl in France married wealthy old
man of IS. He has just died at the ripe
age of 100, and the widow is too old tt
marry again. The story seems to carry
its own moral.
THE monkey-wrench is not called 81
on account Of its fancied or actual re
semblance to monkey, or because it i.
handy tool to monkey" with, but sim
ply because it is the invention Of MIR
Charles Moncky.
MRS. JOHN BIGGER, of Aurora, ILL.,, put
some coal on the Are and among tn,
coal was loaded cartridge. The cart
ridge exploded and struck her over thu
heart, but was turned from its course b,
steel in her corset.
TIE English have no sense Of humor
Fancy Miss Florence Sinjin recoverin,
$500 damages in an action for libe
against a London newspaper for alleg
ing that she had lost her own diamond
for advertising purposes!
THE fate Of DR.. Koch is coupled will
that Of his tuberculosis remedy. Eth
alleged cure proves success, DR.. Kocl
will be wise, good and great medica
scientist. II 1t fails Of what has beel
represented of it, the Doctor must g
down as crank and a quack.
SENATOR MORRILL,, in spite Of. his
years, is devoted heart and soul to tn
improvement of the Capitol building a
Washington. 1t is to him that is TO b
given the credit for the beautiful tel
races which add so much Of elegance an
beauty to the Capitol building.