Griggs courier., 1892-06-24
MlscEllLANEous.

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In. IN. Y. Journal.
When hoarse, spe1k as little as pos,
sible until the hoarss1ess is recovered
from, else the voice may be permanent
~ lost, or difficulties Of the throat pro
duced.
AN apartment IS SO Convenient
said Mrs Trotter; ''when you see any.
one coming to call that you don't want
to see. all You have to do is to walk
down stairs while they are coming up
In an elevator."-N. Y. Sun. :
What do you think Of your little
sister, Osgoodson?" inquired his father.
''She may improve upon more ex-
tended acquaintance . replied the little
Boston boy, regarding the new infant
critically, 'but at present she seems alb
surdly crude and immature"
Prince Bismarck has one hundred
and three decorations Fourteen are
set in diamonds of great value. He be-
longs to no English order. The late
car Of Russia gave him the order Of st.
Andrew. the most important in Russia.
Bismarck's diamond star belonging to
the order is worth O,OO0.
The department Of Agriculture IL
about to introduce to the people Of the
United States q new vegetable food re-
sembling the Irish potato, but longer.
It is the root of the scalla lily, which
grows readily and without much culti-
vation in swampy land, yielding enor-
nous crops. 1t is commonly used in
Egypt and Japan, and Florida farmers
have begun to raise it for market
TO mark steel tools, just warm them
slightly and rub the steel with wax or
hard tallow until a film gathers. Then
with needle scratch your name on the
wax, cutting through to the steel. A
little nitric acid poured on the marking
will quickly eat out the letterA Wipe
acid and wax off with warm, soft rag,
and the letters will be clearly etched.
"A glass of water and a napkin are
no longer the only accompaniment Of
. drink of liquor in the small bar-rooms
The fashion is now to hand to each
customer q small handful of water
crosses in a saucer. The bartenders
have suddenly discovered that there is
wonderful medicinal virtue in water
crosses, and they boast that it cures
half the ills to which man is heir.
Russian tea is gradually making it's
way in New York. The Samovar is
scarcely ever seen in any restaurant,
though it is maintained in few Rus
sian households. The tea has been sold
for some years in the Hebrew quarter
of the tenement house region, and an
importer who shares the shop of q far
East Side matchmaker reports the de-
mand growing. A few uptown grocers
keep the tea done up in black paper and
labeled in Russian characters.
Adhesive postage stamps were in
troduced in England afty-two years ago,
and in this country one year later.
They were the invention of James Chal-
mers, q printer of Dundee, Scotland.
The advance made in the business of
carrying letters is indicated from the
TACT that so late as 1916 It cost eight
cents to carry a letter of a prescribed
size and containing q single sheet of pa
per distance of forty miles.
One of the vegetable curiosities of
Central Park, New York City, is maple
tree standing just west of the west side
tennis lawn. The tree is fully five feet
In diameter at the base, but instead of
rising as one trunk it splits into seven
teen distinct trees of which sixteen are
alive, and several are at lenst ten inches
In diameter. The seventeenth, a trunk
four inches in diameter, is dead, having
perished apparently from some defect
Of nourishment. Near this tree is
another maple split into eight trunks.
-Bootblacking in New York costs all
the way from ten cents at the hotels to
two cents, or even less. in regions
where tiny lads compete for trade.
Washington square is the favorite re-
sort of small Italian boys. who tempt
tngly hold up three fingers to indicate
the price of q shine and lower one in
the presence of an unwilling customer.
The same thing is encountered on the
far east side, but no boy on any fire.
qucnted street dares to enter upon this
:utthroat career lest his competitors
visit him with summary punishment
I'm May, 1881, Gen. Greene com.
menced the siege of Fort Ninety-six, in
Abbeville district, South Carolina, with
less than thousand regulars and few
raw militia The garrison was command
ed by Lieut.. Col. Cruger, of New York
loyalist. The siege continued from MAY
% until June 1s, when an unsuccessful
attempt was made to take the works by
storm. The siege was raised on the fol-
lowing evening, and the Americans re-
treated beyond the Saluda river Greene
lost $50 men during the siege.
"A movement is on foot in New York
10 induce the legislature to donate that
states building at the worlds fair to
the Chicago organization known as the
Sons of New York, which is composed
of Chicagoans born in the Empire state.
A wealthy citizen of the worlds fair
city, it is reported, has offered, If that
should be done, to donate site ON
Michigan avenue, to which the building
may be removed after the fair and