Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

indeed" said the primary teacher. You should visit my school some time and hear them.'
 Miss Candour (aged ', to lady who has been singing with a good deal of tremolo to her mothers guests)-"l gargle in the nursery. Tit Bits.
 -Patient-'I guess I'm about well, ain't l?" Doctor-''Almost" Patient "What's my bill?' Doctor-''You're not quite strong enough for that yet.''
 -Mike-''Where did yez say was Pat Murphy's birthplace?" Dennis-'Cork'' g Mike-"Bedad. it's no wonder he is al ways stuck at the mouth of bottle, thin. Inter Ocean.
 The largest return of jcwelry made to the tax assessor by any private citi- zen of Atlanta is that of negro The | books of the Atlanta tax receivers show | a phenomenal increase in the wealth of | negroes residing in that city.
 President Harrison receives his sal | ary in monthly installments. On or about the 26th day of every month the | treasurer of the United States sends to | the white house, sometimes by messen- l ger, and on other occasions by mail, | check for S4, 166.66.
 Many newspapers in different parts |
 
 tickets to the worlds fair as premiums for subscriptions. Tickets are also be- { ing offered in schools, by the school au- thorities or, by private individuals, as prizes for excellence in scholarship
 -'Literature certainly runs in the Greensmith family. The two daugh- ters write poetry that nobody will print, the sons write plays that nobody nt In IS that nobody will read" And what does the father write?" 70, he writes cheques that nobody will cash.'
 A patent has recently been issued for new style of shoe. The foot and rear portion of the shoe are connected by hinge plates, an insole attached to the front piece curving over the joint. Two tongues of leather are adapted to pass through loops, the lace securing these in place around the foot. The in ventor claims that the combination se cures greater comfort than with the or dinary form of shoe.
 Old B. has just turned fifty-eight, and finding himself a widower after twenty-five years of married life, is pre- pairing to lead to the altar his new bride of twenty-two summers. His friends, alarmed at the wide differences in their ages, remonstrate, but in vain. ''What! you say my intended is too young?" B. exclaims in utter astonish ment; ''why, she is exactly the same age as my first wife when I married her. r."-Journal pour Rire.
 The first commercial intercourse of the English with the East Indies was a private adventure of three ships fitted out in 1891. Only one of them reached India, and, after a voyage of three years, the commander, Capt. Lancaster, was brought home in another ship, the sailors having seized his own; but his information gave rise to a mercantile voyage and the establishment of com pany, whose first charter, in December, 1900, was renewed in 1909.
 The Boston chapter of the Ameri- can Folk Lore society purposes to give an entertainment nex6 fall at which the street cries of American cities will be illustrated practically and with photographic reproductions of the | criers. The society has recognized the value and interest of such study and the need of prosecuting it before it is | too late. Many of the most character | istic local street cries, especially in the l larger cities, are dying out rapidly and ! arc seldom heard nowadays.
 | tions for musical enter tainments at the worlds fair have been decided upon, and the construction of the necessary buildings has been or | dered. They include recital hall, seat | ing 500 people; music hall, with ac- commodation for 120 players, 800 sing CTS, and an audience of 5000; festival hall for performances upon the largest possible scale, with 200 players, 2,OOO | singers an audience of 1000. The music hall will contain fine concert organ, and in festival hall will be placed an organ for chorus support.
 Few people know that almost in sight of St. Louis stands the largest artificial mound in America, if not in the world. The Cahollia mound is over 700 feet long by 800 wide at the base, and 90 feet high. It covers over eight acres of ground, and has upwards o1 20, ,00O, ,0O0 cubic feet of contents. When one reflects on the low degree of civil
 ization attained by the people who
 built this mound, and the inadequate tools, transportation and machinery employed, it was for the Indians a more stupendous undertaking than for us
 would be the building of another city ! llHc SU. LOu1Ss Ills lnOuuI IS really {
 mountain, and every handful of eartf
 it contains must have been carried s thither in hand baskets. How long i | took or why it was built at all are ques tions that will probably never be an
 swered, but the stupendousness of the
 work cannot be called in question.
 The determined and successful eff forts that have been made to save fin'
 trees in Central park, New York, a
 points where they are especially needed
 have resulted in the production of man. vegetable curiosities. One of the mos l interesting of these is a linden in tn
 northern part of the park. The tre | stands on what appears to be an arti
 ficial mound, at the junction of a foot , path with that portion of the drive di rectly below the Block house. Tn
 perils of youth had evidently threat
 ened at various times to destroy tn
 tree, for the trunk gives evidence of a l ear1v cleft Rut the tree was of Stu rl