Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS

the last time we metq" Jingley-"Yes, and wish we hadn't met the last time.' Detroit Free Press
 -'I say, old fellow, here are the five shillings borrowed of you last weekr' Thanks, dear boy! had forgotten all about it" Hang it. old man. Why didn't you tell me that five minutes ago?"
 The product of some California or cta ards are somewhat astonishing. For example, a siXteen-acre orchard of Ger man prunes in Sonoma county, from five to eight years old, yielded 90, 900 pounds of dried fruit this year and a net pr, fit of S7, 800
 Not long ago a telegraph operator found the words ''orates fratres'' in special dispatch about the praying brothers" It is not definitely known whether the telegraphist or the com positor attempted to translate the words, but it is certain they appeared in a paper as, 70, rats father!'
 Another Great Artist.-"What a wonderful painter Rubens was!'' re- marked Merritt at the art gallery. Yes assented Cora. "It is said of him that he could change a laughing face into a sad one by single stroke" Why" spoke up little Johnny, in dis gust, 'my school-teacher can do that"
 -Dick-''G Grandma, are resolutions very unhealthy?" Grandma-''What do you mean, child?" Dick-"Papa came home from the club banquet with an awful headache last night and told mamma that they didn't do anything except pass few resolutions. ."-Inter Ocean.
 Both the Kurds and the Cassocks believe that Ararat is guarded by an unearthly being and that no man can ascend the peak and live. They have a somewhat contrary opinion, however, as to what kind of spirits are on guard, the former claiming that the devil is guard supreme, the latter that angels are on watch.
 -One of the industries in connection with the tea trade is the collection of the lead with which tea chests are lined. China has been noted for many centuries for the purity of it's lead, and this tea-chest lead, as it is called, is re garded as the finest in existence. There are many uses for it; it is found very valuab in making the best kinds of solder
 Some ingenious contrivances are used by thieves The latest looks like | an ordinary walking-sticll, but is so ar ranged that, by pressing spring at the handle, the ferrule will spread apart and form sort of spring clip, that will take hold of anything that is within | reach. The thing is called ''the conti- | mental lifting stick" and is used to take | things from behind counters when the | shopman's back is turned.
 On the 1st of May, 17O7, the union between England and Scotland was finally established, and though the Scotch, at first, were highly indignant at this event, they soon became recon ciled to it, and later looked upon it as a | great blessing. For years after the union, intrigues for the restoration ot the Pretender (the representative of the eNiled Stuarts) disturbed the peace ot the country.
 l -Dr. c, N. Ellingwood, of San Fran cisco, charged the estate of Walter s. | Hobart $50, O0O for his medical attend
 ance for twelve months on Mir. and Mrs | Hobart, and, although the heirs, three minors, petitioned the court to allow the claim, Judge Levy cut it down tc S10, OO0 remarking that the heirs will ir few years obtain free control of the estate and can then pay the remainder
 if they see fit to do so
 | A Maori whose request for blankets
 had at last elicited decided refusa | from the missionary, exclaimed: "ka | pal (good); no more blankets, no more | hallelu jahs, and thcrcupOn returned t
 the faith of his fathers. No less humor
 ous though in another way, was the
 plea of a Maori in litigation for piece
 of land. Being called on to tell tho
 court on what proof he relied for hi
 title, he pointed to the rival claiman
 and said simply: ''I ate his father"
 There are volcanoes all over tn,
 world. They occur all along the Pacifi'
 coast, on the western side as we'll a.
 the eastern, all the way from Boring
 Strait to New Zealand. There are vol
 canoes in Africa, !n the Mediterranean
 the West Indies, and even amid tn
 eternal ice and snows that surround
 the southern pole. Iceland is especiall,
 noted for it's volcanoes, which hav burst forth from time to time in tn most fearful eruptions.
 It was in Italy during the religion wars of Charles w., under a condition O , society which rendered life particular. , insecure, that the small sword or ra per NdS ttlOplSl dnu AdDIIudAty "Orl
 by military and state officers and gen
 orally by all men whose position il
 society or whose occupation permitted D it. The Italians, who were eXper fencers, were the instructors of the art
 first in Spain and afterwards in Franc
 where, during the last century, fencin was brought to the highest perfection In each wing of an ostrich twenty six long, white plumes grow to maturit . in eight months. In the male thes . are pure white, while those of tn D female shade to ecru or gray. Tn S short feathers are plucked for tips an
 each wing furnishes seventy-tive ( these. The tail feathers are of dee
 old ivory color, and siXty-fve of thes
 have a commercial value. In lat & plucking at the Coronado ostrich far1 r, nearly ROO feathers were obtained fro1 one bird, which, when curled an | dreSSed " i'll he worth SRS The fam.