The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-14
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CoNNEcTICUT's tobacco crop is worth
SS0,0OO,O 900.
BARTHoLDI's statue of Gambetta has
been finished.
NICARAGUA is advertising for civil.
lied immigrants.
The population of the earth doubles
itself in 26O years.
The Itali an queen is noted through
out Europe as pedestrian.
CHICAGO has concluded to keep the
Worlds fair closed on Sunday.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES is ranked
among the millionaires of the country.
The tobacco crop of Tennessee is the
largest that has been known for many
years.
The Sydney, Australia, lighthouse
has an electric light equal to 100000
candles.
No little damage has been done late.
ly by the drought in many parts of the
country.
INDIA, it is estimated, will produce
11O,000,O0O pounds of tea during the
coming season.
SNYDER's dynamite projectile at it's
trial in Wales was successful. 1t is
Yankee invention.
Bishop COLEMAN, of Delaware, spends
his vacations in pedestrian trips in the
Virginia mountains.
THE duke of Edin burgh is victim of
the craze for collecting stamps, and has
some that are very costly.
THE king of Morocco has just added
to his household pets large black ele-
plant imported from India.
A GENUINE American Negro is GU
riosity to the Germans, for they seldom
have chance to gaze upon one.
SAID that French dealers have obtain
ed options on 10000, 900 bushels of our
wheat at about dollar bushel
UMBRELLAS are now made of paper in
France. They are made waterproof by
gelatined bichromate of potassium.
INDIANS who live along the Pacific
railroad in Western Canada make liv-
ing by selling polished buffalo horns.
THE Princess Ludwig, Bavaria, gave
birth few days ago to her thirteenth
child. Twelve of her children are liv-
ing.
The Shah of Persia has recently be.
come so unpopular with his subjects
that they are said to be ripe for re.
volt.
IT has been announced by Prof. Cons
stock, of the Madison wis Observa-
tory, that the rings of Saturn have van
ished.
In certain portions Of the Ural dis
trict camels are the only working cat
tie used, some large farms possessing
hundred camels.
JOHN PHILIP SoUsA, leader of the Ma
rlne band in Washington, after for
eign tour, pronounces the French bands
the best in Europe.
EDGE, the British bicylist, has broken
the record from London to Edin burgh,
covering the S97 miles in thirty-eight
hours and forty-four and one-half min
utes
SOME one estimates that getting born
costs the people of the United States
$3.50, 600, 900 annually; getting married,
$780, 900, and getting buried $75-
OOO OOO
THE hamlet of Foust, situated in the
lower Pyrenees, belongs neither to
France nor Spain. 1t has over 100 citi-
Zens. They have no mayor nor other
civil Official.
AN Austin Mimi COW is the proud
yet puzzled mother of young animal
that seems to be half calf and half
bear. She ought to start board of
trade with it.
Mrs. HALLE 7. DILLON, M. d. (col.
ored, daughter Of Bishop B. T. Tanner, is
not only the first colored woman physi-
clan, but the first woman of any race tc,
pass the Alabama state medical exam.
ination.
MAJ. WIssMANN has left Europe for
the Dark Continent He will lead an
expedition from Saadani to the in
terror, and will take with him q crew
for the steamer given by Germany for
lake service.
A PRETTY Japanese maiden is about
to settle in Chicago in order to study
her own country knowledge of the
profession which will justify her in
practicing it.
THE balance of nature has surely
been somehow disturbed 1t takes 500
expensive roses to make teaspoonful
of perfume, while pennyworth of
cooked onions will scent the whole
neighborhood.
In London a Negro can go into the
finest restaurants and be served Just
like white man. He can sit at any
public table, if he is quiet, and can pay
the bill White walters serve him with
out murmur.
DECATUR, Mich, has four peppermint
oil factories and they are all kept busy
distilling oil from the plant raised on
the large tract of swamp land near
there that few years ago was con-
sidered worthless.
A SHE bear with two half-grown cubs
meandered through the principal streets
of Vancouver Il. c., the other day,
greatly to the surprise of the citizens,
who did not view the native Americans
with complacency.
The emperor of Germany protesta
that he said ''conqueror," not ''parve'
nue." when he referred to the first Ma
poleon. Doubtless the new whiskers
interfered with his articulation.