The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
4 MISCELLANEOUS.

dangerous thing to the party about
whom it is known.--Kate Fields Wash-
angton. Bd e. 8Su0A sd ieTfffOs
I'VE are naturally displeased with
IN unknown critic, MS the ladies are
with a lampooner, because we are bit
ten in the dark. -Dryden. - - ite
.A-"What a superb FACET SAID one
girl to another, Us they stood before a
marble. head of Minerva. YES" said
the other. what q nose, for specta-
cles!"-Harper's Bazaar. ~, zs'.
-"Please give me a nickel to buy a
dinner WITH" said the 'tattered little
boy. II am so hungry" t'What canyon
get for five cents, asked the old lady,
giving him the money. }''Pie, ma'am,"
said he, with . grateful smile, u 49,
The park policemen of San Fran
cisco use the lariat to stop runaway
horses, and all are experts with tho
rope The captain of the Golden Gate
Park squad says his men can stop a
horse within a distance of fifty yards,
without the slightest danger to our
selves, and he, implies, though he
doesn't distinctly say So, without dan
ger to the runaway or its rider. ~
Lon the Way TO- Santa Maria. ~
Christopher Oolumbus--.Have. i.you
written up the log book, Don Alonzo?'
Don Alonzo Penzon-."'How in thunder
can / write up any log book in weather
like this? Here's the caravel been
standing on its hind legs since yester-
day morning. Bet you drinks, Christie
pher, you can't go down in the cabin
and stand any hard boiled egg on end
to-day.'-Broolslyn Life. 53tssE 4tl
la,-At the corner of Gates and Frank-
lin avenues, Brooklyn, q man is kept at
work oiling the street car rails. That
is because the neighbors complained of
the creaking Of the cars as they went
around the curve. The creaking re-
suits from placing the rails fraction
of an inch too near together Con-
slant wear of the wheels will widen
them SO that oiling will not be neces-
sary after time is@ - = - i'fliel
There is-a singular likeness be-
tween ferny places in the northern
woods and an average 'sbitp. in Florida.
1t is the palm that spreads and feath-
| ers in the warm lands and the fern at
the north. The effect Of the two is
quite similar from a little distance.
The fern not infrequently attains n
length of five feet In New England,
and in the northwest, where all vege-
tation is more rank, 1t grows larger
still. ,..44.-..=...,..s
-"The other day. said a New York
citizen, 81 saw colored newsboy; he
jumped aboard a street car quite In the
usual way. There may be other col
ored newsboys in town, but this was
the first one had seen, On the same
day saw another newsboy who at
tracted my attention-a white news
boy who wore spectacles. There may
indeed, be other newsboys in New
York who wear spectacles, but i have
never seen them."lG u0'iu1tssB6
Richmond, Va, contains among its
population IS George Washingtons,l II
Andrew Jacksons, IA Thomas c'Stone-
wall }. Jacksons, Thomas Jeffersons,
Robert Lees, 8 John Randolphs, |
Jefferson Davis, 2 John Marshalls, 10
John Tylers, 4sHenry Clayss Zachary
Taylor, 2 benjamin Harrisons, 2 W., ii:
Harrisons, and Daniel Webster. They
are all colored except 9 John Marshalls,
Henry Clay, 8 John Ty1ers, 2 l'enja-
min Harrisons, Zachary Taylor, Robert
Lee and Jefferson Davis ~ ,3HiAy
l''i-It may not be known to many that
the points of the compass, may be de.
termined with the aid of an ordinary
watch. 1t is simply necessary to bring
ha <oh i,,c ,>Acs%sNr, hat ~
hour hand is directed toward the sun.
The south then lies midway Between
| whatever hour it may happen to be and
the mineral X H. on the dial Let us
suppose, for instance, that it is 40 clock,
and that the timepiece is held in the
position indicated. The direction of
the number II. will then be the, exact
south. If it be 8 o'clock the mineral
| X. will indicate the exact southerly
point. i'si'5 l-St ai1I 10 4SlS 1ssitg .
About the last thing done to silver
ware in the factories is to cleanse the
| surface of all grease and other material
used in the polishing, . process. that
usually involves deal of hand labor.
| A mechanic who had noted the expen-
! sive character OF this work invented a
bath in which the foreign Substances
that cling to the surface of silverware
are easily and quickly removed From
this bath the silverware comes Glenn
and brilliant The employers of the
| inventor have patented the process
with his consent, and the patent is re-
garded MS q valuable property. ~
Ls'Watch stopped, Q HIS it%' asked
one traveller OF another. &"Now, L sup
pose you'll paya dollar to, clean it.
But let me give. You, tip. Open both
of tho back cases SO, hold 1t with open
side down and tap it with your finger
nail dozen times Don't be afraid
Snap it again. Now move the second
hand. Is it oil right? 1 Thought so,
"A drummer put me up to sthattrick.
Probably there were only q few specks
of dust in the works and you'y We raped
them out. Very likely it, will run now
for a year, and you've saved your dol
lar. If It doesn't run after the little
Jar that you gave it then it Is time to
take it to the jeweler." fgi shi
--Itis one OF the anomalies. of mod
! ern hotel life that the more you pay
the less you expect in, return. In the
huge caravansaries of the large Ameri-
can cities, where man pays seventy
five dollars week for a room, without
board, he never thinks of asking any
service of the employees without paying
literally for 1T; he is charged for a fire,
| for light after midnight. for the use Of