Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

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you have stated your side OF IT,
--Leap-year Girl - "Liveryman, is
this horse gentleS' tiverymln-"Yes,
marin, exactly what you want; he is
used TO being driven with one hand,'
The English, Spanish and Aus
tralian governesses Of the infantas of
Spain each recaivesa OO0 annual salary
besides a.lome in the royal household.
IF You like" said the young mau
at the desk, 'g'll haye your poem sub
mitted to the editor" "No," she an.
swered positively, 'Ill read II aloud to
him. lprefcr to have the editor sub.
mitted to the poem, Washington STAR
1t is reported that upon the next
occasion Mr.. Gladstone has to be in at
tendance upon her Majesty at Osborne
he will proceed there via Ryde, so as to
keep as far away from Cowes as posi-
ble.-Judy.
Little james, four and half years
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 -"Terri-
BILE thing about poor Townley, amt it?
He has had TO live on water for the last
week" Don't say so! What's the
matter?' Just got back from abroad.
Took him seven days to cross, brook
Ign Eagle.
Lake Ronkonkoma, on Long Island,
New York, also another small lake in
the Adirondack region, increase in vol
ume of water for a number of years,
until they are nearly double their aver.
agesze, and then they gradually shrink,
The cause is not known.
--Pat-"Avast that noise moment,
Nora, while I'm a-lstenin'p Nora
"What we a-listenin' to, Pate" Pat
'I've just been askin' myself where I've
laid my pipe, an now I'm a-listening
for the answer, "-lIarper's Bazaar
The first tomatoes in Indiana are
said to have been raised by Daniel
Guernsey, of Memphis, in 1890 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,
it is stated that $1,000 women are en-.
ployed as typewriters. A single type,
writing machine company finds en-
| ploymcnt, through its various offices,
for 10, 900 women year.
Just before the sermon the other
evening, in a Cambridge Mass 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.
The trainmen on Central Vermont
railroad train found deer caught in a
wire fence near Pittsforl VT, short
time ago. They succeeded in capturing
the animal uninjured and brought it tc
Rutland, Vt. As it is against the las
to capture deer in that state at this
season of the year, the traiamen were
forced to take the deer back on the re
turn trip and set the animalat liberty
The 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. tree, but The
material for them certainly grows il
this tree. 1T is found in the form O
silica, chiefly in the bark, although the
very hard wood of the tree also yield
it. To make this curious pottery the
bark is burned, and what remains il
ground to powder and mixed with clay
Historically it has been an almos
universal practice since the time of thu
Dutch to extend East river to Throg
Neck, and this practice has been uni
formly followed by the coast survey
Taking a physical view of the matter
Goldthwaite's Magazine says: 1--WE ma,
say that the name East river is msno
mer, that instead of being river tn
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strait commences where the tides NEE
at He'll Gate"
The year of greatest growth i!
boys is the 18th; in girls the 9th
While girls reach full height in thei
18th year, they acquire full weight a
the age of 20. Boys are stronger thai
girls from birth to the 18th year; thel
girls become physically superior unit
the 18th year, when the tables ar
again turned, and remain so. From
November to April children grow YER
little and gain no weight from Apr
to July they gain in height but lose il
weight, and from July to Novembe
they increase greatly in weight bu
, not in height
He Took the Boys Part An imm
grant from Limerick was taking hi
, first walk in the woods near his HON
in Nottingham when he came across
boy and man saving a log of WOO
with cross-cut saw. He watched tn
two for Il second, pulling and pushing
, and then he suddenly sprang upon tn
, man. After getting the surprised saw
yer down on his back and frightenin
him with the fear of murder, the Hibel
Man said to the boy There now, tax
your saw, me boy, and run wild it. 1t
, spalpane of a man that'll snatch sa,
from a small boy"
"A Vancouver furrier was exhibitin
short time ago what he claimed wer
the pelts of five white foxes. The ma
is an expert naturalist, and has bee
dealing in furs in the northwest fc
, forty years. He says these are the fir:
white foxes he ever heard of, but he
, absolutely sure the pelts are genuin
, fox skins. The conformation has bee
, carefully preserved, and the big brus
is, of course, attached The fur
, snow-white, spotless, and beautiful
, soft The furrjer bought them from
, seal hunter vino caught the foxes at til
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