The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Lcap-ycar Girl = "Liveryman, is
this horse gentle?" Liveryman-'Yes.
marin, exactly what you want; he is
used to being driven with one hand"
Tho English, Spanish and Aus
tralian governcsses of the insantas OF
Spain each receives 81, 900 annual salary
besides home in the royal household.
-'"lfyou like" said the young man
ut the desk, "I'll have your poem sub
mittcd to the editor" mo" she an
severed positively, ''rll read it aloud to
him. prefer to have the editor sub
mittcd TO the poem. "-Washington Star
1t is reported that upon the next
occasion Mr.. Gladstone has to be in at
tendance upon her Majesty ut Osborne
he will proceed there via Rydc, so as to
keep rs far away from Cowcs as posi-
blc.-Judy.
Little James, four and a half wears
old, was pointing at COW to play
mate. See the bell around her neck"
he said; do you know what that is for?
That's what she rings when she wants
to tell the calf that dinner is ready"
1t Was Hard on Townley -'Tcrri-
bic thing about poor Townlcv, amt it?
lie has had to live on water for the last
week" Don't say so! What's the
mattcr?' Just got back from abroad.
Took him seven days to cross. "-Isrooll,
lyn Eagle.
Lake Ronkonkoma, on Long Island,
New York, also another small lake in
the Adirondack region, increase in vol.
ume of water for q number of years,
until they are nearly double their aver
agcsize and then they gradually shrink.
The cause is not known.
-Pat-"Avast that noise q moment
Nora, while Pm a-listcnin'l" Nora
What We a-listcnin' to, Pat?" Pat
I've just been asllin' myself where I've
laid my pipe, an now I'm a-listcninp
Tor the nswer"-IIarpcr's Bazaar.
Tho first tomatoes in Indiana are
said to have been raised by Daniel
Guernsey, of Memphis, in 1880. He i'm
ported the seed from England, his old
home. At first the fruit was thought
to be poisonous, and was planted simply
as an ornament, while it was called the
love apple.
In the limited space between Worth
street and the Battery, New York, where
there are many large wholesale houses.
1T is stated that 10, 900 women are en-.
ployed rs typewriters. A single type.
writing machine company finds en-.
ployment, through its various offices,
for 10000 women 4 year.
just before the sermon the othe,
evening, in Cam bridge (NIass. church.
the electric lights went out But they
were not initiated in that respect by the
congregation. On the contrary, every.
body stayed and listened to the pastor.
while he threw light on the subject he
had chosen for his sermon
Tho trainmen on Central Vermont
railroad train found deer caught in n
wire fence near Pittsford, VT, short
time ago They succeeded in capturing
the animal uninjurcd and brought il tc
Rutland, VT AS it is against the law
to capture a deer in that state at this
season OF the year, the trainmen were
forced to take the deer back on the re
turn trip and set the animal at liberty.
Tho pottery tree, found in Brazil, i.
curious and useful. One would scarcely
expect to find pots and jars and pitchers
growing in, if not on. a tree but the
material for them certainly grows ir
this tree. 1t is found in the form OF
silica, chiefly in the bark, although the
very hard wood of the tree also Weld.
1T. 10 make this curious pottery the
bark is burned, and what remains i.
ground to powder and mixed with clay
Historically it has been an almost
universal practice since the time of the
Dutch to extend East river to Throg'.
Neck, and this practice has been uni
forlnly followed by the coast survey
Taking physical view of the matter
Goldthwaite's Magazine says: eve MAY
say that the name East river is a misno
mcr, that instead of being a river the
body of water is really n strait. The
strait commences where the tides mce-
at He'll Gate"
The year of greatest growth il
boys is the nth; in girls the 14th
While girls reach full height in thcil
18th year, they acquire full weight a,
the age of 30. Boys are stronger thar
girls from birth to the 18th year; ther
girls become physically superior unit
the 18th year, when the tables are
again turned, and remain so. From
November to April children grow very
little and gain no weight; from Apri
to July they gain in height but lose ir
weight, and from July to November
they increase greatly in weight, but
not in height.
lie Took the Boys Part-An immi
grant from limerick was taking hi.
first walk in the woods near his home
in Nottingham when he came across &
boy and man saving log of wooc
with cross-cut saw He watched the
two for second, pulling and pushing
and then he suddenly sprang upon Tho
man. After getting the surprised saw
yer down on his back and frightening
him with the fear of murder, the Hibcr
MAN said to the boy: "There now, take