The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-11
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post offices kept in saloons.
THERE are q, 900 cases on the docket
of the United States court of claims.
Mr.. GEORGE w. CHILDs is about to
set out on ten-thousand mile journey
A PARADE, participated in by "a, 200
bicyclists, may be sigh. at the Worlds
fair.
DURING last year 1900 girls were
graduated from the Boston cooking
schools.
A LADY of Savannah was married on
Easter Monday, 1891, and buried Easter
Monday of this year.
THERE are about 5000 varieties of
postage stamps now used by the differ
ent nations of the world.
A BUTTE CITY (Wyo.) woman found
three diamonds in the craw of chicken
bought from local butcher.
A NEW underground railroad, four
miles in length, is to be constructed in
London at a cost of 100000.
LATE fad among womankind is a
gold band ring for the thumb of the left
hand. 1t is of Grecian origin.
A NATIONAL convention of the Ne
groes of the United States has been
called for Cincinnati, July and 5.
SENATOR SToCKBRIDGE, of Michigan,
is heavily built man of medium stat
ure, great lover of good horsefesh.
A THOUSAND people per day pay to
enter the Worlds fair grounds and
watch the construction of the buildings.
THE queen of Greece is the best royal
needle woman in Europe; she cuts out
and makes most of her own under-cloth.
ing.
A BATH truckman, who owns two
horses, has named one McGinty and the
other Annie Rooney, both being chest
nuts.
Two men fought in the courts of Kan.
sas City, Kan, over the possession of a
dog worth $3.50, until the costs amount
ed to $780,
AUCTIoNEERs' fees in England and in
the United States are paid by the seller.
In France and Holland the purchaser
pays them.
THE ant is Taid to have the largest
brain, in proportion to the size of its
body, of all animals, and the elephant
the smallest.
A TRUCK farm man processes to have
discovered that turnip seed increases
its own weight fifteen times in minute
when growing.
DoNA IsADoRA COUsINo, of Chill, is
said to be worth 5000, 1000, 900, making
her the richest woman if not the richest
person in the world.
! Miss MOODY, daughter of the WELL
known evangelist, is travelling in the
Orient. She writes wildly of the scenes
and scenery of Egypt.
On farm at Palmyra, Me-, is a tree
utterly devoid of bark. Its trunk is
smooth and of light buff color and
the tree fourishes finely.
IT is strange, though true, that in
Asia and Africa, where grass will not
grow, the most beautiful flowers and
shrubs flourish to perfection.
GEORGE PEABODY left fund of $780,
600 with which to build tenements for
the poor. 1t is now more than S., 00O, 900,
and only thirty years have passed.
In the cave of Smelin, near Viborg.
Finland, stone thrown down certain
abyss makes areverberating echo which
sounds like the dying wall of some wild
animal.
BE sure to keep in mind the fact that
a plant exposed to strong winds and
warm air requires much more water
than it would if in a sheltered place,
like the greenhouse.
Those who have observed the Prince
of Wales say that one of the pcculiari.
ties that stick to him is that of redden.
ing about the cheeks and forehead
when suddenly veXed
THE average number of letters writ
ten per head of the population is: Eng.
land and Wales, 40: Scotland, 50; Ire.
land, IS; United States, 21; France, 15
Germany, 10, and Italy, Z.
A COPY of Audubon's Birds of Amer,
lea" was sold in London recently fol
nearly 81, 700-as much as, if not more
than the combined annual income OF
Audubon's two daughters.
PROLONGED borings have failed to dis
cover any rock under the site for the
new public library in Chicago, and there
is grave doubt whether g. foundation
can be constructed which will uphold
the rroDoScd buildinr
THE various life insurance companies
in the United States annually disburse
SS5.000.000 in claims. Their premiums
In the same time amout to $780, O00, 900
and the interest on their investments
aggregates S35, OOOO a year.
Mrs. ANNIE RoUsH, an old woman OF
West Virginia, who has just died at the
age of l06 years, is said to have been the
head OF the largest family in the world
having had at least 1000 descendants
Her grandchildren numbered 1856 ans
her great-grand-children 500.
THE Calf of Georgia is reported to be
almost choked with large schools OF
herring. The Washington and British
Columbia fishermen are catching the
fish by the ton with no trouble what
ever, and are making good money by
packing them for shipment east.
THE city of Paris has 1888 trees in
its streets, and each tree represents 9
cost to the city of lis francs. Thi.
makes in round numbers $1,000, DOT
worth of trees in the streets.
Miss LALLA HARRISON, of Leesburg
Loudon county, has beer selected a:
She most beautiful woman in Virginia
To represent that commonwealth as one
nf the thirteen original states at the
Worlds fair.
NEWFOUNDLAND exhibits much orig