The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

|
Sponge an old leather chair lightly
with warm soap-suds, and thsn rub Il
over with the white of an egg whipped
stiff.
10. you live on Cottage avenue,
right back of Major Magruder?" Pom.
pano-"No; Major Magruder lives on
Belgian avenue, right back Of NO.
Harper's Bazaar.
-Johnny-"Papa, do the good die
young?" Papa-"Yos, my SON" johnny
(after n pause) accordin' to that
what a bad man poor old grandpa must
be. Hos so old. "-Exchango.
Tho use of holly, in particular, dates
back at least to the founding Of the
Roman saturnalia. for tho plant was
dedicated to Saturn and regarded as an
emblem of pcaco and good will
-Servius, ono Of the soven kings Of
Rome, commanded q great fire of straw
to BIO kindled in tho public place Of
every town In Italy to consecrate for
reposo certain day in seedtims or
sowing.
Ono OF the queerest causes of fire Is
detective window glass 1t often han
pens that tho bubbles OF other inner
iections In pano Of cheap glass will
form lens II tho sunlight passing
through this happens TO rost on wood
work in an unoccupied room a confla-
grafton may result-N. Y. Sun.
-Mr. c Brosseau, who, 8 few DAYS
ago. was surprised and disgusted in
seeing small snake como out through
his water pipe, has. on this account
taken an action for $500 damages against
tho city for not providing him with
clean and proper wator. montreal Wit
ness.
The natural tendency of the sampan
to describe circles In tho wator Is over
come in fact by device of leaning 30
upon the oar that 1t forces tho storm OF
the boat Inward, while at the same timo
driving the whole boat forward But
TO acquire the power of doing this is not
given to tho ordinary European
"A correspondent of tho Scranton
Republican reports on hcarsay testi-
mony, tho suicide at Koisor Valley Of a
black-and -tan-dog. Tho dog walked
into tho crook, wadod about until he
found place Of sufficient depth and
then submerged himself, st lying under
water until no was smothored"
Miss Wellalong-"What a spitoful
little thing that Miss Youngly isl Whv.
would you believe it, Mr.. Candor, she
told mo tho other day that was getting
to look old Nov you don't think anv
one would take mo for being old, do
you, Mr.. Candor%' Mr.. Candor-"Wcll,
ono might just for a moment but cor
tainly not aftor he has heard you talk. ~
Boston Courior.
Coming Down to Storm Facts. lila.
ha!' cried Johnny, as he struck tho side
OF tho woodshed with piecc OF lath.
Meet thy doom-thou shalt not escapa
Seventeen ships have scuttlcd." Have
you indeed?" said Johnny's father, who
happened along just thon. well, sup
pose you turn in now and try your hand
at scutuing few quarts Of coal"
1t Is claimed that the first silver
mines worked In tho United States bv
Europeans are situstod in the noun
tains near Tuscon. and although thew
ore represented to havo boon so securely
hidden by the Jesuits orc they wore
driven from the country that their loca-
ton is now unknown. tradition states
some of them were marvelously rich.
"A German inventor proposes 20
mako boots with stone solos. lilo mixes
with waterproof glue suitable
quantity Of cloan quartz sand, which is
spread on tho thin leather solo en-
ployed as 3 foundation. These quartz
solos ore said to DO 1exible and almost
indostructible. whilo thoy enable the
wearor to walk safely ovor slippery
roads.
Juvenile criminals wero seen very
carly to present the most hopeful and
the most important material for roforu-
alton. The first systematic attempt was
made by Popo Clement NJ. in 1904 at
Rome, in the Juvenile prison of St
Michael In England tho Philanthropic
Society organized an asylum for poor
children in 17SS. Tho United States
followed with the New York House of
Refuge in 1928
If" said tho New York drivor,
you will consider the implacable obsti-
macy of tho mule. don't think it will
appear that took unfair advantage of
him built wagon so strong that no
mule could kick 1t to pieces In the
dashboard 7 fixed magnet SO powerful
that the next time the mule kicked 1t
held his feet up. I had good deal OF
trouble getting him away from the mag
net, but it stopped his kicking"
Tho latest thing in tho photographic
line Is camera concealed in the neck
tho now worn so much by women. The
camera, which is very light and flat. is
concealed beneath tho ito. tho lens
forming simulated scarf pin. 1t con-
tains six plates about one and one-hals
inches square, and catches subject at a
distance of two or three feet. Tho shut
tor is set by turning tho top button OF