The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

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drcd thousand tons of ice still remuin
stored around Lake Champlain.
An illuminated vellum fan will last
for centuries. Illuminated paints are
body water colors that preceded the dis
covcry of oil paints.
q wish could voto," remarked a
Pittsburgh girl to her bashful admircr.
''You can't do that" replied the young
man, but you Canyon can" "Can
what?' Pair with me."-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
We know now that arctic and polar
creatures depend ultimately for all
their food upon the swarms of little
| pelagic or open sea animals which are
carried northwara by warm currents to-
ward the frozen regions.
The violet has often been the en-
blcm of royalty and was also the Nnpo-
leonic flower. 1t has been mentioned by
Homer US the lovliest of blossoms, and
1t nestled in fragrant banks against
Pliny's villa at Rome
Somebody with o 7sorm-eatcn brain
wants to jump from the top Of the Wash
mgton monument, simply to enjoy the
sensation of falling. To man like that
we Should think u mothcr-in-law would
be downright luXury.-Ram's Horn.
MIR. Sapmind-'.Beg pawdon, Miss
Clawa, but l wathcr awnticipated a
more tlattering weply. Cawn't you love
me more than just a very httlc2- Clara
-"Iow can l, Mr.. Sapmind? It's i'm
possible for me to love any more of you
than there is?"-Boston Courier.
SO that's the An-ge-li-us." re-
marked u spectator, adjusting her eve
glasses; then utter puusc, '.My! Isn't
1t sweet? Hos just proposed" YES
returned her companions; land don't
She look shy"-IIarvord Lampoon.
AT fire mt Augusta, Gu. recently.
man ran into the burning building.
and. Notwithstanding the peril of the
situation. rolled out large caslx of gas
oline The cask was surrounded by
flames, and when gotten out was pretty
hot
Ladies were not always excluded
from Parliament In the reign of Henry
III. and Edward /. four nbbcsscs were
summoned to Parliament and in the
reign OF Edward III. great many coun-
tesscs were represented in Parliament
by their proxies
"A Sharp Proceedings What are
You doing thcre?" he asked, coming in
Just as the other was taking the razor
from his foot been guilty of cutting
mn old acquaintance, was his answer,
putting bit of corn plaster on the spot.
philadelphia Times.
-lenjamin Capcn, of Passport. Me-,
IN his sevcnty-scvpnth year, is able to
outSkntc ans man, young or odd, in the
town Every afternoon and evening he
con bc seen on the idc. and the Amcri-
can eagle he cuts on the CLASSY surface
is done in thirty seconds and is perfect
in outline.
In the year i773 John Wilson planted
fsear tree upon his farm in West Vir-
efnia, few miles above Wheeling.
Judge Gibson l.. Crammer, of Wheeling
eays that the lower branches of the tree
arc still in bearing. 1t is still in the
possession of the Wilson family.
81 have On answer to my advertise
mcnt for child's nurse said Mrs.
Snithers. sit is from an English girl. :"
swell, you want to be careful she is not
q oockney. We can't have baby drop
ping his rs NO" returned Mrs. s.
cts all right. I've looked the letter
over, and the h's are all there. liar
7cr's Bazaar.
An expert declares that no pick
pocket can touch man who exercises
reasonable care. They never try to.
Their victims are the half drunk. half
asleep. careless portion of the public,
who are half the time losing their
watches and wallets without any aid at
all. Not one posted man out of every
10000 is ever touched. "-Dctroit Free
Press.
Ono of the children won ring in a
prize package of candy, and it made her
excessively proud. She changed the
ring from finger to finger, and in such
artleSs ways as n child of six or seven
can compass called attention to the bau-
bic whenever she got chance whats
all that noise about?7 asked pater fam
ilias, as the wearer of the ring was re-
citing for the hundrcdth time the story
of her great good fortune 20, it's only
julia and her brass bandr" replied an
elder sister
"A prisoner was III the dock on a
serious charge Of stealing, and the case
having been presented to the court by
the prosecuting solicitor, he was or
dcrcd to stand up. "Havc you a law
ycr?" asked the Court. mo. SIR care
you able to employ onc?" mo, sir"
"1)o want lawyer to defend the case?"
"Not particklcr, sir" well, what do
you propose to do about the cnsc?"
"We-ll-ll." with q yawn, as if wearicd
of the thing, I'm willin' to drop the
case. fairs I'm concerned"