The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-03-10
ODDS AND ENDS,

The estimated population Of the
world b 1, 450, 100000
1t is we'll known that rabbits. rats
and squirrels all eat apples
The camel will eat figs with all the
relish that person will
While the girl of the period is shining
in the parlor her mother is shining in
the kitchen.
The lace ruffs of the cavaliers were a
a cause Kissing and an offense in
Roundhead eyes.
a lady visiting hospital gave sol
der who had lost both his legs a tract
on the sin of dancing.
France spends nearly 1, 900, 600 francs
a year in providing warm meals for the
poor school children.
The English Law Times reports gen
eral complaint among lawyers of lack
of business. Crime and contention
are both declining"
1t is we'll to varnish an oilcloth twice
a year, and if you do good one will
last you as long as you want it to.
In Athens fifteen public schools re-
manned closed all last year because the
teachers refused to teach until their
salaries should be raised.
Mir: ". W. Aston pays S25, UtU a year
rent for his London house.
Dead men tell no tales, but they
leave no end of them in print
Every father thinks there's no baby
like his baby. and all the other fathers
are glad of it.
Victor Hugo spends fifteen years in
writing Lies MiserabIes, and we per
ceive how largely genius is patience. -
Last year the London youth wore
their hat briIns within half an inch OF
the nose. This years fashion tits the
hat backward
The state pipe of the shah of Persia
is the most valuable tobacco pipe in
the world, being worth $50, 600. 1t
is richly inlaid with precious stones.
In the new Anglo-French telephone
cable the four cores are wound around
each other in a spiral or strand to OBJ
vlate the effects of induction
Wear laced shoes that fit s;i.. long
enough and broad enough to allow the
foot and toes their full natural expan-
sion when standing your full weight
upon them
a commission has been appointed in
England to inquire into the effect of
coal dust III originating or extending
explosions in coal mines.
There is bell before the temple OF
Arnarapura, Burnah, which is hung, |
after the japanese fashion, low down
near the ground, and which weighs
over eighty tons.
The Rev. DIR. Theodore Cuyler has t
written book on ''How to Be a Pas
tor, F." in which he tells the best methods
of looking after all sorts of church
work, from visiting the sick to conduct
ing reyivals
Angles may be converted into curves
by proper diet and the breathing OF
fresh air. Eat plenty of starchy food
fresh bread, potatoes, corn, beans;
drink chocolate or, better still, milk.
Eat paddings and as much fruit as you
like.
A Wheeling journal announced that
he people of that town would soon
nave the pleasure of seeing a certain
actor in his great role of King Lear in
Macbeth !" The paper has, however.
lnce stated that it was misinforned as
o the particular role, and interest in
he approaching event has abated.
A man living in Talbot county. Ga.
is reported, has never attended serv-
ces at church, has never ridden on
RAIN and never been to city. Re
emily gentleman offered to pay his
are to Columbus, but he refused to 90.
The highest chimney in the world. !
hat at Halsbruckner Hutte, near Fret
urg. Saxony, has been finished. 1t is ]
bO feet high. Its diameter at base is /
3 feet and 16 feet at the top, the inner
iameter being 8 feet It is built OF
lay stone.