The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-04-13
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IHERE ~ prospect OF TIN mill at Du-
luth, MINI.
BABY ALFONSO is on the new Spanish
postage stamp.
AN inverted rainbow was seen few
days ago near jefferson, la.
New WORKERS propose to go to the
Worlds fair in private yachts.
THERE is falling off of 500 in the
registration of women in Kansas.
The city of Philadelphia is sued for
100000 by heirs of Benjamin Franklin.
BISMARCK used to say that Salisbury
was pine lath painted to look like
IRON
EMPEROR WILLIAM is planning to go
whaling excursion off the coast of
Norway.
IT will take two years to complete
the ironclads the United States is pre-
pairing to build
The school children of Japan on one
day of the year are taken on rabbit
hunting frolic.
A Poor RICHARD ALMANAC" of 1853
sold for S35 at an auction in Philadel-
phia a few days ago.
A "CHILDREN's TEMPLE" is to be erect
ed at Camden, N. j., attached to the
Trinity Baptist church.
A CROW with only one leg, and upon
that leg only one toe, was a curiosity
shot recently at Lenoir, N. c.
premier LoUBET said France would
not tolerate politics from the pulpit,
and would close offending churches.
PROBABLY the only monument to Co
lumbus in the United States is in Balti-
more, and was erected 100 years ago.
The decree prohibiting the export of
wheat meal from Russian ports on the
Azof and Black seas has been repealed.
IT was the Boston Courier man who
discovered that "a chaplain in a peniten-
tiary never has to exert himself to hold
his audience"
A COCOON of a well-fed silk worm will
often yield thread 1000 yards long,
and one has been produced which con-
tanned 1926 yards.
AN Eskimo village, inhabited by from
Nifty to seventy-fve natives of the frozen
regions, will be one of the sights at the
Worlds exposition.
b. +. HULL, on his place near Orlando,
Fla, has grape fruit tree 81 inches in
circumference, and an orange tree As
inches in circumference.
A MONKEY in the Philadelphia ZOO
tried to commit suicide by cutting his
throat with piece of glass, after his
mother had whipped him.
In prosecuting her mission for the
lepers of Siberia, Miss Madden has trav-
eled 1000 miles on horseback and has
secured $1,000 for hospital.
QUEEN MARGHERITA. of Italy, will
lend her famous collection of laces to
the Chicago worlds fair. 1t is said to
be one of the finest in the world.
PULLMANs daughter Julia selects the
names for all of his sleeping and. palace
cars, and he is said to pay her $1,000 a
year for the exercise of her ingenuity.
Paufs cathedral in London will have a
face thirty feet in diameter. The ham.
mer which strikes the bell weighs 6sO
pounds.
The people of Rome get their supply
of water, which is said to be remarkably
aqueduct that was constructed 2,0OC
years ago.
Rev. Mr.. Twice, of Middletown,
Mo-, is not only an eloquent preacher
but also skilled trapper, He has Jus,
sold s99.75 worth of skunk skins of his
own catching.
Cool as a cucumb er," is scientifcal :
ly correct Investigation shows that
this vegetable has a temperature one
degree below that of the surrounding
atmosphere.
WOMEN from the land of Isabella will
find sisterly welcome at Chicago. A
Spanish club has been organized by a
number of Chicago women who speal,
that language.
UNDER 100 of the wills probated dur
ing last year in this country the be-
quests for religious, educational and
charitable purposes have amounted to
about S7.00O,00O.
JOHN II. lNMAN, the richest man OF
the south, was drummer toy in the
confederate army, and when the wal
was over he did not have cent or a
friend to help him.
A LOCOMOTIVE, drawing four passenger
coaches, has recently done mile in 30 i
seconds on the Reading road, which
would come very near to 100 miles an
hour if maintained.
Nor even a charming wife and big
salaries for lecturing can keep Henry
NJ. Stanley from Africa. He will go t.
the Congo again next summer. il is re.
ported. to look after new interests OF
the independent state.
SENATOR GAIIINGER, of New Hamp.
shire, who was once a printer. has ac.
cepted an invitation to deliver the dedi-
catory address at the ceremonies incident
to the opening of the Printers associa.
ton at Denver in May.
LEMONS are used for soap in many
countries where they grow. When the
men and women of the East Indies want
10 wash their hands they squeeze the
Juice of lemon over them briskly in
water until they are clean.
OXFORD county, Maine. turns out
nearly all of the spools on which the
thread of this country is wound. They
are made from white birch timber and
are produced by the million.
Gov. EAGLE, of Arkansas. is by oc-
cvpation farmer and by inclination a
preacher. Baptist congregations some.
fir,,aS invite him IN fiji tba nr,Init and