The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-07-29
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school teachers.
THE local pension agent receives .
salary Of 81, 200 a year.
THE sardines Of the Maine coast fish
cries are plentiful this yesr.
THE Historical Society Of Pennsyl-
vania was chartered in 1925.
THERE are twenty-three acres of land
to every inhabitant Of the globe.
A family of five generations live nm
der one roof in town IN Louisia9a:
ILLINOIS still leads in the list Of PEN
sions granted, with Indiana close sec
ond.
ONLY four of the British officers who
took part in the battle Of Waterloo sur.
vive.
THE mercury in some parts of Califor-
MIA, recently ran up to III degrees in the
shade. ------
A BROOKLYN woman's will, consist
ing of ten words, is contested by her
mother.
THE empress of Russia and her chill
dren will make tour Of the Holy Land
next winter.
DURING recent parade in Cheboy-
gan, Mich, ten red-headed girls rode on
/. ten white horses s&
WASHINGTON is experimenting on
Pennsylvania avenue with the Paris
system Of street cleaning. Ji
A PORTABLE telephone for use on the
battlefield has been invented by .
Frenchman named Roulez.
ANNA SHAW, the woman preacher,
says she wears short hair simply be.
cause she was born that way.
BARON HIRscH now owns the house
which Lord Revelstoke was building
previous to the Barring failure.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN loved dancing and
thought that no man ever became too
old to enjoy the pleasure in 1t.
TOBACCO merchants are said to handle
larger amount of ready money than
any other class Of business men.
IT is reported that the emperor and
empress Of Germany are discussing the
idea of visiting the United States
TWICE during the year man feels the
need Of rest-once just before his vaca-
ton and again Immediately after.
A COUNTERFEIT $50 bill has been re-
turned to the county treasurer of Atch-
ison county by the Kansas state treas
urer.
The state Of Nevada has . popula-
ton Of only 45,7s1, yet it has two Unit
ed States senators and three electoral
votes
OREGON claims cave that is said to
be on much grander scale than the
celebrated Mammoth Cave of Ken
lucky.
SOHO, w. Va, has an unique railway
station. 1t is built around giant elm
tree, and the roof is shaped like an um-
brella.
LEOPOLD II. king Of the Belgians,
prides himself on being workingman.
He rises at 6 and does two hours work
before breakfast.
IT is reported that an English chem
list has discovered practical substitute
for platinum in the manufacture of in
candescent lamps.
ELECTRICITY is now being introduced
in every portion of Paris, and that city
has spent 100000 in an installa-
ton or plant of its own.
Two brothers, who were born at one
birth, and who were greatly attached to
each other, were killed by one bolt Of
lightning near Admission, Ala, few
days ago.
The women in Prussia, according to
statistical reports, far outnumber the
men. The latest estimates show a diff.
ference of almost 600, 900 in favor Of
the women.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY miles of
the Oregon Pacific railroad cost 81 ,OOO,-
900. No wonder the people who put up
money are asking sarcastically if the
rails are of gold
CONDUCTOR MACE. of Belfast, who
has been connected with the Maine
Central railroad for twenty-five years,
figures that he has Travelled 1889, 100
miles in that time.
THE queen of Saxony maintains three
physicians, whose sole duty is to attend
the ailments of the suffering poor. The
queen pays the physicians out of her
own private purse.
A COMPANY has been incorporated to
construct an elevated electric railway
between Chicago and Milwaukee. The
distance is eighty-five miles, and the
projectors say it can be traversed in
one hour.
A LARGE copperhead snake crawled
into bar-room in Mannheim, Pa, the
other day, and the assembled topers
were Mortified until they settled the
question whether it was a symptom or
an ophidian.
A MAINE farmer who recently sent
ten cents TO man who advertised to
send for that amount directions how to
run farm without being troubled with
potato bugs got this reply by postal
card PLANT fruit trees instead of po-
tatoes"
THE Columbia gas well at McKees-
port, Pa, has been plugged up. The
result was that all the water wells in
the neighborhood began to bubble and
so tasted Of petroleum that they were
unfit for use. Suits against the gas
company are talked of.
A SWANSEA man has applied for a
pension on the ground that he lost his
voice reading war news to the farmers
who used to meet nights in the village
grocery. His gall wasn't injured.
LIVERPOOL is making "kick" at the
census takers, who declare that its