The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-02
THE WORLDS WONDERS.
Electric Llghts AstonIsh the Inhabl-
tants OF Jerusalem

| N-~N'
According to Chinese reckoning the
present year is the year 7,9l0341.
There is woman living in Manhat.
tan, Mo-, who has written over 1000
songs.
During the year 1890 S,5SS new
books were issued by the American
publishing houses.
A proposition is strongly urged in
New York to build an elevated park
high upin the air.
1t is proposed TO build an open-air
theatre at the Crystal Palace, London,
with a seating capacity for 5000 pee.
lplet
The eeysers Of Iceland, which have
heen among the restest eitractions
Of the island, ar gradually losing
their force.
| A Michigan jur was looked upon a
whole week before they could deter.
mine whether or not two men set fire
to haystack.
Since the establishment in 1902 Of
West Point Military Academy, 1884
men have received diplomas from
that institution.
One million oranges were used in
building the pavilion at the Caliior.
MIA State Citrus fair now in progress
at Los Angeles.
On the farm OF Levi Fetterman,
near Vera Cruz, Leehigh county, Penn.
stands a pear tree, $50 years old.
One at Monroe, Mich, is still older.
A Young couple It Evansville, Ind,
have chosen to be married on top Of
the scafiolding used in erecting
smokestack for the Fulton-avenue
brewery, 1876 feet above the ground
Two Australian theatrical managers
have bottled up in monographs for
transportation to the antipodes the
Y ices Of several American actors,
singers and statesmen.
A French physician has declared in
favor OF "good cry" He says that
groaning and crying during a surgical
operation bring down the pulse and
benefit the patient -
| A bottle thrown into the Atlantic
Nov. "a, 1887, from the Ce2halonia.
about 400 miles out from Boston,
recently washed ashore on little Is.
let in the caribbean Sen, $500 miles
away.
Elmer Sherman, u Kent county
(Mich.) man, wants a divorce from his
wife because she makes life burden
to him by keeping revolver in the
house for the express purpose Of show
ing him who is boss
In England in the seyeniecnlh cen
tury there was renowned hangman
named Derrick who erected pibhpts
and attended executions by hanging.
Hence a machine with ropes for hoist
ing took his name.
II is perhaps not generally known
that every important factory in Rus
sis is opened with diyineservice. Jan.
10 a great brandy distilery was
opened near Kazan on the borders II
the Volg with services conducted hs
the clergy Of that lo ality,
The greatest mat eaters in the
world are the pe,plo Of America
whose average consumption Is 175
pounds per annum The English
come next. with an average Of little
, over ITO pounds. The French eat
: only halias much meat as the English
By way Of diversion distinguished
hostess, Of London, gave dinner To a
number OF bachelors, with Indies
dressed as maid servants to wait on
them. Another dinner is expected
soon, the women to dine and be waited
on by gentlemen.
e The great Lick telescope reveals
It about $l00,000,00O Of stars, and every
one Of them is sun, Theoretically and
by analogy giving light and heat tf
y its planets The Lick telescope re-
y veals stars 80 smlli that it would re-
. quire 10000 of them to be :vi1ible Il
y the naked eye.
4 The first coins struck by the UniteC
Il States mint were some half-dimes, ii
II 1872; the FIRST dimes were struck ii
% France from old silver family plat,
'e furnished by Washington, the coin
y heing known as Martha Washington
Dimes" from the circumstances 4
noted, and an adaptation Of tie Lit
erty head to that OF Martha Washing
ton.
DR. John Edmore, Of Reading, Pa
says he will wager $1,000 against s
that he can take the blackest colore
boy at 10 years old and make him 4
fair as any white boy by the time he
IS He claims TO do it through Ii
a blood entirely, and sa.s the trestmel
will not cost over $25 per year. VIII
IS better off the boy would be is som
u thing he hasn't figured out.