Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS


 -sAre you the head-barber?' asked Spatts. as he took his seat in the chair. '.Yes. sir; replied the artist; you don't see chiropodist's sign hanging up in the shop. do you?'-- s. c. X Co.'S Monthly.
 The Way of Woman. -s'Only love me little bit and will be your faith full, willing slave" 'sBut where is the fun in that? What girl really enjoys is managing an unwilling slave" - In- dianapolis Sentinel
 Do I have to stick this stamp on myself?" asked a dude of the clerk at the post office. 70, mo-" replied the clerk; lyon couldn't go in the mail bags, and besides, this is letter stamp, and you are not drst-class male mat ter. r."--N. Y. Sun.
 No people in the world are more dependent upon boats than are the na- tives of southeast Alaska. They live in region where the coast line is broken into many channels, straits and and harbors by the numerous islands of the Sitkan Archipelago.
 Hourly trains from New York to Chicago are promised by an enterpris- ing railroad for the worlds fair season.
 
 kitchens, one thousand walters, cooks andS scullions, five acres of dining rooms, and numberless restaurants in connection with the principal buildings, 1 there would seem to be no lack of pro- vision for all who may choose to join the great western pilgrimage in 1898 There is lake in Missouri called Devils Lake, which is fifteen hundred feet above the sea It is on the top of | a mountain, about seventy feet below | the earth surrounding it, and has no visible inlet and no outlet, yet it rises periodically several feet, and there is no apparent reason for this rise It is | supposed that the lake is fed by sub- terranean river, or is part of an un- derground river.
 Tt was not until 1752 that the ad- | justment of the calendar, on the plan devised by Pope Gregory in the six teenth century, was adopted in En- gland Even after the change was i made the common people were very slow to adjust their holidays and anni- versaries to agree with it. and many for a long time kept Christmas on the day corresponding with that formerly ob- served, the 18th day after the Christmas of the new calendar.
 A Character Study.-'.Did you ever study the faces in barber's shop of the men waiting to be shaved?'' ''Yea !" ''Did you ever try to distinguish the pessimistic from the optimistic?" "Yes; { and there is very little difficulty in as- signing them to their respective classes' 'Tndeed!' ''Yes; the pessimist is the last man that comes in and who has to | wait until six other men are shaved be- fore his turn comes. and the optimist is the man distinguished by the appella- tion of next '"-N. Y. Press A young man of Buena Vista, Col, decided to try his fortune at Crede, the new El Dorado. and as the first part of his outfit he bought an immense revol- yer. While fooling with it he accident ally shot himself. The Leadville Chronicle remarks that "the revolver, the bowie knife, the dirk. and the slungshot have no place in the Colorado of 1892. Bad men are at 8 discount, and the chap with 8 knife in his boot and a brace of pistols in his belt will find his occupation gone"
 At o'clock Portuguese maiden, l 17 years old, named Conception Sylva, became @ bride at West Berlxley, Cal Four hours later she was widow. The wedding party escorted bride and groom to the station, where the happy couple were to take the cars for San Francisco. While awaiting the arrival of the train the groom, Frank Bispo, placed his lit- tie nephew on his shoulder and amused himself by running mp and down the track. A train unexpectedly came upon them, instantly killing Bispo and slightly injuring his wife and nephew.
 The following story is told of MT. Barnum: A friend once wrote to him that certain MT. Tourgie, of Pennsyl- vania. ''had . nose seven inches in length" ME Barnum immediately wrote to MT. Tourgie to come to New York. and he would pay his expenses. MT. Tourgie obeyed. One look satisfied the distinguished snowman that he was the victim of a practical joke. Without a word he ascertained what his ex- penses were, and handed him the amount MT. Tourgie saw the sights of the city, and went home admiring the liberality of showmen
 | Galapagos tortoises are the only survivors of an ancient race of huge turtles which lived so long ago as the early part of the Tertiary epoch. Speci- mems weighing from 600 to 700 pounds have been captured, and there is authen- tic record of one individual taken which tipped the scales at s70 pounds How ever, nearly all of the very big ones have been caught and devoured, and it will not be very long before the race is exter- minated-literally' ''eaten off the face of the earth by gluttonous man." It is reckoned that 10, 900, 900 of these turtles have been taken from the islands since their discovery.
 They Finished the Gator. A Florida man had an alligator,