Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

 ceed, proceed, succeed. It is interesting to note that only four English words end in "cion," namely, coercion, epine- cion, internecion, suspicion, and only four end in ''dous," to wit, hazardous, jeopardous, stupendous, tremendous.
 A happy family dwells in an engine house in Madison, Indiana, and the an- tics of the members afford amusement to the fire company. The family is composed of coon, a cat, a pair of rab- bits, two white mice and a shepherd dog. They occupy the same apartment sport together and eat from the same vessel.
 George All Right. When George asked you to be his wife," inquired the mother, wasn't he good deal fustered and confused? 'Yes mama," 'replied Laura, looking admiringly at something that sparkled on her shapely finger, but what he said had the right ring about it.'-Chicago Tribune.
 The Hawaiian islands were dis covered by G@tano, a Spanish navigator, in 154?. The independence of these islands was recognized by the United States in 1929, and more formally in 1S43; by Belgium in 1S44, and by En- gland and France later in the same year.
 -Gorham Gray, inventor of kind of wire by which the conductivity is in the core instead of on the surface of the wire, says he is convinced that te1e- phony Is practicable not only between this country and Europe, through the Atlantic ocean, but for g, 900 miles from New York through to San Francisco and Hawaii Hello. there!
 An Equivocal Puff.-'Did you see the notice I gave you?" said the editor to the grocer ''Yes, and don't want another. The man who says I've got plenty of sand, that the milk sell is of the first water, and that my butter is the strongest in the market, may mean well, but he is not the man want to flatter me a second time"
 Secretary Blaine is very proud of the success achieved by his eldest son, Emmons, who has just been appointed assistant to the president of the Balti- more & Ohio railroad, with general charge of the western department of the road. Secretary Blaine has never recovered from the shock of his son Walkers death, but his pride now cen ters in his eldest son.
 Better Than Azure Blood d-Pater- 'So you don't like MT. Fahrweste?" Daughter-'I don't. He's too coarse. l don't believe there's a drop of blue blood in his veins" Pater-'Never you mind that. He's mine owner, and the contents of his veins are ores that as say twenty thousand to the ton" Daughter-''I'll wed him. Pitts burgh Bulletin.
 A Worldly Mite. - Sick Child Mamma, do folks that die and go to Heaven wear white robes and crowns, and have harps to play on when they want top Mamma-"Yes, dear" Sick Child-'And do they have bicycles to ride and sponge cake to eat?" Mamma No" Sick Child-'"Then I guess you can bring me that medicine didn't want to take. ."-Pharmaceutical Era.
 A strange story comes from Bruns- wick, Me. A worthy citizen of that town was breaking ice, preparatory to making some ice water. In the middle of the square of ice he discov- cred dark brown substance. Cutting. closer to this object, he saw that it was a toad. While the gentleman was gag 1uR III dI1dZSIASIlUs dU 1Cs Gu0 UOdO, WHICH at first seemed lifeless recovered ami nation, and leisurely hoped away.
 It is evident that there was no con- troversy about the source of the Mis- sissippi when the treaty of 17s3 con- frming the independence of the United States was signed. It was stipulated in that treaty that the boundary between the two countries should run from the northwest corner of the Lake of the Woods due west to the source of the Mississippi. It was not discovered for many years later that the sources of the Mississippi are far south.
 Hundreds of mistakes creep into maps through transformation given by savage or semi-civilized people, or the misunderstanding of explorers Here is one instance: A conspicuous place, the capital of the Laos country east of Burmah, has been known for many years as Zimme and the name has ap- peared in large letters on the maps. The real name of this place is Chineg Mai The Burmese can not pronounce this name, and the name introduced on our maps is their mispronunciation of it.
 One of the most successful practical inventions recently perfected in Dres- den is a knitting machine which can be employed on all varieties of fancy work as well as on round and flat work capable of producing colored, striped and vari-cOlOred patterns without changing the machine. It knits Cardi- gan stitch, pearl Cardigan and two-and- two rib For durability, however, no machine has ever taken the place of the knitting needle.
 MT. Theodore Bent, who was sent to investigate the famous Zimbabye ruins in South Africa, writes home that these ruins are undoubtedly of Phoeni- cian origin, and that the inscriptions and other evidence he has found un- mistakably indicate the form of wor- ship, the manner of decoration, and the system of gold smelling practiced by the vanished people who erected the structures. They are relics of people who were far advanced in civilization,