The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-04
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last year, 206 being suicides
QUEEN VICTORIA is assisted by Eve
maids when she makes her toilet.
THERE are about $4,000 teachers in
the public schools Of Pennsylvania.
KRUPP, the Prussian gunmaker, has
An annual income of about 81, 100000.
AT present nine American women are
matrimonially engaged to titled foreign
ers.
A RESIDENT of Paw Paw, Mich, has
receipt for tax paid by his ancestry in
1909.
EMPRESS AUGUSTA will accompany
Emperor William and his wife to Eng
land.
WHITE onions, eaten raw, are more
and more recommended as cure for
insomnia.
WAGNERIAN music has been barred
out of the Metropolitan Theater, New
York City.
The largest peach orchard in the
world is at Blownwood, Tex, which
contains 1000 trees.
OUIDA perfumes her hair with stuff
that costs $50 an ounce. There are some
advantages in being bald.
MR.. THEODORE CALF and family have
petitioned to the Kansas Legislature to
have their name changed.
ACCORDING to the census report there
are only 5000 members of the Salvation
Army in the United States,
MRS. LELAND STANFORD has given no
less than $4,000 to the kindergarten
Association of San Francisco.
The constitution of the new State Of
Washington limits the session of the
Legislature to sixty consecutive days.
The late General Spinner met his
death from a cancer caused by an
abrasion on the nose produced by eye
glasses.
KAISER WILHELM's sister, the Prin-
cess Of Meiningen, has developed tai
ent for literature that is regarded as re-
markable.
BROOKLYN has crank who creeps up
behind young girls in the street and
ships off portions of their tresses with
q scissors.
ONE of the industries of London is
the selling of sea water, which is de-
livered at the purchasers house for two
pence a gallon.
THERE are twenty-six monarchies
and twenty five Republics in the civil
lied world. Sixteen Republics are il
South America.
The last report of the Illinois super
intendent of education brings out tn,
fact that there are still in that State II.
log school houses.
The United States Treasury nov
holds in gold and silver in coins of al
denominations, and bullion, the hand
some sum of 1856, 77O,s27.
Two Portuguese pugilists recently en-
gagged in a prize fight of 1,127 rounds
They fought six hours day, stoppin!
at noon to eat and smoke.
FREDERICK L. AMEs, at S25, 900, 900, j
reckoned the richest man in Boston
and his cousin, Ex-Governor Ames, so
of Cakes Ames, is worth about $40, 900
600.
A SWEDISH engineer has invented
machine for making horseshoe nails on
of iron rods. 1t makes 14O strokes pc
minute, each stroke producing tw
nails.
A LITTLE flock of sparrows come REG
ularly three times day to the windo,
Of u young lady of Bristol, Pa, to re
ceive the crumbs, which she spreads fo
them.
MRS. ELIZABETH FoGG, who died re
Gently in New York, left $945, 900 in spt
cific requests, of which ,ver 5000,
goes to educational and charitable inst
tutions.
A FARMER in Holt County, Mo-, ha
twenty-six living children, none {
whom are married and all of whom al
at home. There are eleven pairs {
twins in the family.
THE public, or that portion of
which believes in Virgins, will be r,
assured at his assertion that no MOI
earthquakes need be looked for unit
about the 18th Of August, 1904.
ARCHpuCHEss MARIA DoRoTHEA
one of the beauties of the Austrian in
perial family. She is above mediul
height, with dark hair and eyes and
fresh complexion. She is noted for he
charities and for her skill in piano pla,
ing.
The venerable French author, Jul,
Simon, does the greater part of h
writing while in bed. He lies fat @
his back and writes on tablet of pap,
held above him. Despite this extraord
nary position his chirography is ma
vel of neatness.
BLANKETS are loaned to the poor du
ing the winter months, free of cost,
o kindhearted citizen in Brunswick
Germany. They are stamped, to pr
vent them from being sold or pawne
and they are returned at the close
the cold weather.
The most precious bit of dog fles
outside of coursing greyhound is g
ing to quit England for America. tt
noble animal is the St. Bernard,
Belvidere, sold by T. H. Green to E.
Sears, of Boston, for $500. This d.
hasn't as yet left a prize untaken.
AT a german in Boston the 9th
evening partners were allotted
means of a slot-machine, which fu
nished the names of the women print,
on dainty roll Of chocolate.
SIR MoRREL MACKENZIE objects
large hospitals on the ground that u
added virulence Of gems from the bo
les Of many patients is as dangerous
that of those emenating from dead DO