The Van Buren press., 1893-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

evening ana you have an engagement
for the theater." Maude-Yes; that's.
why asked him to come.-lnter Ocean.
--She-sWhy do you toy so nervously
with that fan-are you afraid Of it?'
He (gallantly)-''I am afraid Of any.
thing that could produce GOODNESS be-
tween u.s."
-Visitor-sI've not seen any OF you
In ever SO long. How is your little
brother coming on?" Tommy-"First-
class. He can whistle for himself and
wear my pants.'
Professor Bighead-"T madam,
contains 800 rarest varieties of the
genus ScarabeidG." Mrs. Worlds Fair
20, but, Professor, for variety you
should see my collection of wedding
rings. IN. Y. Herald.
"A burglar entered a dwelling in
indianapolis. and was proceeding noise-
lessly to gather some valuables, when
he was paralyzed by sudden burst OF
profanity. 1t came from parrot, and
its noisy CALCULATIONS awolse its master.
just as the burglar fled, without any
booty.
"A chicken in the barnyard of John
Mangham, at Thomaston Gu, has but
two toes on one foot. At the knee
joint a third toe has formed, which ex.
tends to the ground. The hen is said
to walk about as perfectly as though
its foot was we'll formed.
About the year 1868 the beats and
calls of the drum then used in the
service were put into permanent
shape. The tattoo, or beat of the drum
calling soldiers to their quarters at
night, was once called '.tap-too,'' from
the Dutch word signifying mo more
drink to be tapped or sold.''
lis his lordship at home?' asked
gentleman of a well-powdered funky.
Don't know, sir, Tn sure. will just
inquire lie returned with the mes
sage mo, sir; his lordship desires mo
to say that he has just gone out. Ahi
thank yon very much. Kindly give him
my compliments and say didn't CALI"
lid Bits. lr
After a struggle, in which the ex-
pressman and the big cousin joined
forces, the lid of Bessie's big Saratoga
trunk was crowded down. 'sOhn' said
the girl, smy dinner dresses! They'll
be ruined!' NO" said the big cousin,
"when the trunk is opened you'll see
their loveliness in creases. ."-Boston
Herald.
| Several students at Bethany, W.
Va, saw that Buffalo Creek was covered
with oil. which had issued from we'll
several miles above, in Pennsylvania.
They set fire to the oil, and soon tn.
creek was a sheet of flame. When the
fire had gone out, the water was almost
boiling. About hundred students
waited for the creek to cool, and then
went in bathing.
National banks put up e10O,0O0 In
United States bonds in Washington TO
secure $4,000 in currency. The cur.
rency of the National banks has this
advantage over the old State bank
notes, that it is current at its face all
over the United States. There are In
the United States some eight thousand
banks. OF all kinds, nearly half Of
which are National banks, and the>rest
State banks or private banks.--Rand-
McNally Bankers Monthly.
Two of the original mud stills OF the
old Madison & Indianapolis railway
have been taken from the bed of tho
track at Champion, Ind, where they
have been for. sixty years. They vera
Of white oak. IS feet long and 10x12
inches square hewn. They were found
in perfect state Of preservation but
had turned in color almost blue. The
Madison & Indianapolis was the first
railroad in Indiana, and one Of the first
In the west. The track was laid on
longitudinal slcepers with a strap iron
on one side, like many Of the early rail-
roads
The class Of 'ss, which was gradu-
ated from Yale in June, 1892, has .
class boy. He was born Saturday, April
.2, and is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdi-
nand A. Houston. The parents of the
class boy are both pursuing post-gradu-
ate courses in the philosophical depart
ment of the university. 1t was only
last fall that women were admitted to
Yale. This is the first child ever born
to the university whose parents are
both members of it, The mother was
prior to her marriage Miss Helen Daw-
BULL ouu was kTduuuUcQ IrOuA clulbu
college in the class of SO. She spent
several years studying in Germany,
and, returning to this country, married
Mr.. Houston shortly after he gradu-
ated last June.
Information has come to the two
important scientific bureaus in WASH
ington, the geological survey and the
Smithsonian institution, of absolutely
inexhaustible deposits Of bauxite ores
in Alabama and Georgia, which give
promise of solving the chief difficulty
heretofore encountered in the cheap
production of aluminium for commercial
purposes. Specimen Jumps OF these
ores, recently analyzed at the Smith
sonian institution, show 4s per cent. of
pure alumindm in the light tints and
10 per cent in the brown shades, where
rs ordinary clay contains on an average
only 80 per cent. Bauxite derives It's
name from the fact that it was discov-
cred first near Baux, or Beaus, near
Aries, France. Besides France it is
found to limited extent in Austria
and elsewhere in Europe and In work.
able quantities in Arkansas and other
states and territories of the Union.
The American provincial troops
serving with British regulars in the CO..
lonial wars were generally without
uniforms. At the close of the Reyolu-
tion some of the colonels of infantry
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