Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

GHck m the Qark IS because 4G 0 1ms possible to sec the point-Rochester Democrat
 'Murilla thinks a great deal" Millicent-"You surprise me" Estelle-"She thinks she is pretty and thinks so all the time."-Puck.
 -Wife-"Don't you believe the gas meter Is defective in some way?" Illus band-"It may be, but I notice that it is able to i'll the bill every month. Inter Ocean.
 -Fenton-"I had n letter from my wife that has made me happy all day long," Friend-"Full of love, was it?' Fenton-'Not so much that, but sho didn't finish up by asking for money" Inter Ocean.
 Will They Wear Their Stock?-First Burglar-''No use to break into that place tonight" Second Burglar "Why?" First Burglar-"It's the night of the diamond merchants banquet."- Jewellers Weekly.
 Friend of Mamma (to little girl)-
 ''Lottie, if you drink so much tea you | will be an old maid," Lottie-"O, I don't believe that at all, MT. Harold. | Mamma drinks tea and she has been married twice, and she isn't an old maid yet"-Harper's Bazar.
 Can the Yankee Mind be Deranged? |-Primus-'A detective must under | stand human nature. Where would you look for a clew for that fellow who
 throws ink on fine dresses?' Secundus -'In the lunatic asylums." Primus-
 "Humph! I'd shadow the soap ped.
 dlers. "-Judge.
 | Mrs. Jones was telling Mrs. Smith
 that her husband intended giving her
 an insurance policy. 70, that's noth- ing" replied Mrs s. My husband is
 going to give me S1, ,OoO bond, and he
 has cut all the coupons off so that
 wont't have any trouble with it"-
 Newport News
 | Navigation in the Mississippi at
 Memphis was seriously interrupted
 several days in January by ice foes, a
 condition that has not prevailed there
 in twenty years. A number of boats
 have stopped making trips, and nearly
 all the packets were ice-loczed near the | bank. The Cumberland river was
 frozen over at Nashville for the first
 time in fifteeny years. This has occurred
 only twice in thirty years.
 Paterson, N. J., has in the falls of
 the Passaic not only the source of enor-
 mously valuable water power, but n
 piece of rare natural scenery. Unfortu
 nately for the city, however, the land
 immediately about the falls has been
 almost barred of trees and rendered
 thoroughly unattractive. According to
 local tradition q resident of the neigh
 borhood once enclosed and beautified a
 park about the falls, expecting that it
 would be popular resort. One day it } was thrown open to the public, and next morning it was found to be in a , state of ruin.
 The revenue returns for last year
 show that Canadians drank, per head of population, 7.O1 gallons of spirits, l. 01 gallons of wine. and 35. 16 gallons of beer, as compared with 7.45 gallons
 of spirits, LII gallons of wine, and 37. 90 gallons of beer in 1891. But few days ago evidence was given to Q royal com
 mission sitting at Montreal that 'illicit distilling in Quebec Is very general, and vast quantities of contraband liquor
 find their way to the market without : paying revenue" It is not unlikely that this ''moonshining" may explain
 tho apparent reduction in consumption
 shown by the revenue returns
 The Delaware society of New York issues by way of Q year book a tiny folded sheet giving list of tho officers of the organization and of members and persons eligible to membership. ' There arc about 800 natives of Della
 ware residents in this city besides some former residents of Delaware not na
 tives, but by the constitution of the so-
 ciety eligible to membership. Small as
 is Delaware's population, the little
 state scnls out annually a conside able I | nf f0 sock c fortunes. The Delaware colony 1T $ Philadelphia is so large that the local < society has been able to set up clul 5, house.
 A former captain in the Confeder y ate army, who was stationed nea ', Charleston during most of the civi r war; says that the change from thu y happy confidence of it's people on thu c morning when Sumter was fired on, tt l. their terror when the Yankee gum s were turned on them, later in tn IS struggle, was obvious in the appear lt ancc of the town itself. Everything Is was "slacl1" damages were not re g. paired and the exodus of the people t D. safe places were so rapid, that before }, the siege was over, some quarters wer' k nearly vacated and rabbits appeared il IS the streets When Q large fire occurre'
 there, Gilmore's Swamp Angel droppc'
 four shells into the burning building il
 order to break it up and spread flame in through the neighborhood, nn1 anothe If shell went plump into the mdl!e O: ,S fire engine, tearing it into pieces an f, killing several people.
 ly A revolving grand stand. which x. designed, ani mayhap destined, t IF make the sport of racing doubly dc fl lightful to the onloolIcrs ant to disp1 a the main discomforts and drawbacks b. has been invented by an Iowa mar 1T The stand will be place in the ccnte lv of the loop of the kite-shapei track an VI the middle of the ring of the circula
 course, will revolve with tho rLcArs
 and keep the occupants always fa in
 the horses. It will affori for evcryon 10 clear and comfortable view. wit lou craning of neclxs, of the whole rlc h from start to finish. And instead ( h half the race being viewed at grea H distance. the whole race will be see > from half the present average distance r The stand will be set in a shallow baSt