The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-18
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as money in the interior towns.
GEORGE EIFFEL has cleared SO, 900, 900
as his share, of the Eitfel tower
GLADSTONE. Salisbury and Chamber
lain each have son in parliament.
But one person in 10000, insurance
experts say, attain the age of 100 years.
A GOLD coin depreciates per cent of
value in sixteen years of constant use
EIGHTY-FIvE per cent of the people
who are lame are affected in the left
side.
NINE. PATTI has fan on which are
the autographs of all the sovereigns of
Europe.
AN Atlanta lawyer dislocated his arm
while making a gesture to emphasize
his speech.
a SCHOOL of Buddhism has been
founded in Paris and is already overrun
with pupils.
A NORTH CAROLINA woman only
learned to write after she passed the
age of eighty-two.
A GOLD brick recently shipped from
Yuma, Ariz.. to San Francisco, is said
to be worth 100000.
In Finland the women consider kiss
on the lips as the greatest insult, even
from their own husbands.
THREE hundred and fifty seats are to
be reserved for the daily press at the ma
tional democratic convention.
AsAFETIDA is said to be favorite
article of diet with the Hindoos, who
use it in all kinds of buildings.
The authorities of Meran, in the Aus
trian Tyrol, have forbidden the outdoor
wearing of long trains by women
AT Quito. the only city in the world
on the line of the equator, the sun sets
and rises at 6 o'clock the year round.
THOMAS JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, the
newly appointed minister to France, is
great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
The first Negro novelist has appeared,
Miss Sarah L. Faro, of Chicago, wom-
an of good education, aged about twen-
ty-siX.
A MAN in Liberty, Me-, who is five
feet and seven inches in heighth, has
beard six feet and three inches in
length.
THE widow of the late British Post
master-General Fawcett is said to be
one of the best platform speakers in
England.
IT is said that Patrick Mccarthy,
Brooklyn man, lived to be 1O1 years old
without experiencing the effects of
toothache.
THE colored population of New En-.
gland increases so slowly that the race
appears to be becoming decadent in
those states
II would take forty years for all the
water in the great lakes to pour over
Niagara at the rate of 100000 cubic
feet a second.
THE private in the German army is
paid 80 per month or cents Il day,
out of which cents is deducted for
mess expenses.
APPLIANCES connected with a marine
railroad in Elizabethport n. j.. render
it possible to haul l,5O0-ton vessel out Of
water in nine minutes.
A MAN who enlists in the United
States regular army may hereafter, if
he chooses, wear cravat. Hitherto he
has been denied that privilege.
An eagle measuring ten feet from tip
to tip Of its outstretched wings was
captured at Riverside, n. j., few days
ago, after attacking child and large
calf
THE Grand Duke Paul, of Russia, is
so tall that he is obliged to carry his
bed with him, as he can not fina one at
any hotel long enough to hold all of
him.
THE great Astor property in New
York il practically entailed, and in the
hands of trustees: no Astor has more
than life interest in the income of his
share.
GERMAN railway directors are expert
menting with rails made of paper,
which are said to be as superior to steel
rails as paper carwheels are to those
made of iron.
SAN Francisco has an earthquake
and in the form of two hollow squares,
one within the other, arranged SO as to
brace each other,
AT Lubbenau. in Prussia, it is said
that small, reddish-brown mice have APP
peared in great numbers in the fields
and are destroying everything. The
eats will not touch them.
CHrIL, with an area of 293.970 square
miles and population of 5000, 600, pro-
duces 10000 600 bushels of wheat, 24,-
100000 gallons of wines and other
things on like scale yearly.
\ CRIMINAL arrested near Hunting
don. Pa. has already served eight terms
in the penitentiary since the war, and
during that period has only enjoyed in
all year and half of liberty.
MoNzoLU. who says he came from the
Garden of Eden, is creating sensation
by his preaching among the Negroes of
east Tennessee. He claims to be Zulu
king and in support of this wears "A red
shirt. a Turkish fez and an ivory ring
through his nose.
NAsSAR college is to have new Ii
brary, the gift of Mr.. Frederick Thomp-
son, of New York, for whom it is named,
II is built of brick. with gray stone
trimmings. and will cost So, 200. \ new
students hall is to be erected by the
college. and is arranged to accommodate
100 students.
Mile. PAULINA. a native Of Queens
land. Holland, is said to be the smallest
human being in the world. She is
nearly 16 years of age, her height is
eighteen inches and her weight seven