Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

on straight?"-Somerville Journal.
r-"Why did everybody laugh so long
over that story of old Boreby's? 1t
wasn't bit funny" They were
afraid he would tell another if they
kept quiet Vogue.
Mrs. Nuwife- John, I'm sure
hear burglars downstairs" John
"What would you do if you were in my
place." Mrs. Nuwife-''Do? Why tell
them about the baby's new tooth, of
course, Inter Ocean.
We comprehend nothing In the
world we are in, but by the light of the
world in which we are not; we are
much nearer to what we call the other
world than we are to this.-Martin.
81 say" said Fuddles, who some
times thinks he is smart, what sort OF
fruit can you raise on an electric
plant?" But Paddles, who also thinks
he is smart occasionally, promptly re-
piled Currents. Washington Star
Have you seen Scratchley's last
book of poems?' "No; didn't know he
had written any" "Why, you are
reading them now" "Well, we'll. ]
said I'd not seen any poems of his,
didn't Pointer Ocean.
--"How did it happen that Johnny got
TO be head of the class? He is not
bright boy" 1.-The teacher asked
where the north pole was, and nobody
could tell. At last Johnny put up his
hand" "And where did Johnny say it
WASP" SIN the north"
July was the fifth month in the Ro-
man calendar and was called Quintilas,
the fifth. Originally it contained
thirty-six days, but was reduced by
Romulus to thirty-one, by Numa to
thirty, but was restored to thirty-one
by Julius Caesar, in honor of whom II
was named July on account of his hav.
ing been born during this month. II
was also so called from the goddess
Juno.
You may see in small shops about
town horseshoes inconspicuously hung
up, not for luck, but as souvenirs of a
| somewhat famous horseshoe making
contest in Madison Square Garden.
The shoes were turne out at the rate
of one every half mihute, and were
| seized at once as mementoes of the &C.
casion. Some have been gilded and
| used as ornaments, while others are
preserved in all their original CT udity.
In villages near Chicago may still
be seen few log cabins of the pho.
neers-cabins that are as rude as any
on the frontier, if we have any frontier
now. Another architectural curiosity
in the neighborhood of the city is seen
in the houses raised above the ground
on piles to lift them out of the wet.
| But wind mills and the eucalyptus
tree have sucked good deal of fever
| and ague out of the soil within recent
| years.
| Wolves and coyotes are increasing
in numbers on the stock ranges in
| Southern Alberta as in the Dakotas
and other northwestern states, and are
causing serious trouble and loss to the
ranchcrs. AT year old they begin
their depredations on sheep and young
cattle, and occasional hints and round
ups afford only temporary relief. The
question how to deal effectively with
these pests is becoming serious all over
the range country of the northwest
Port Penn, the little village at the
head of Delaware bay, now congratu
lates itself that the quarantine station
recently established hard by on Reedy
Island will help to make market fol
butter, eggs, and other country prod
uce and for shad AS farming and
fishing comprise the entire business
interests of the place, the prospect of q
demand for the products of both LAND
and sea reconciles most of the people
to what at first seemed an unmitigatec
evil
Two hotel cars, to be run from the
east to Chicago, have just been finished
at Wilmington, Del, at a cost Of $40, 0Ot
each. They are new in design and un
usually large. Each car has sixteer
passenger compartments, fitted up aftel
the fashion of the most luxurious hote
rooms. A space twenty-five feet Ions
in the cenier OF each car is occupied b,
complete kitchen, and beneath eacl
kitchen is a large space for storage
Gas tanks supply both fuel and light
Oregon newspapers tell of double
headed lizard alleged to have beer
found recently near The Dalles TIL,
heads are said to be at opposite ends o
The body and the feet $50 arranged
that the reptile could propel itself il
either direction" The tail is not &C
counted for. The story comes suspi
ciously close after one printed recent,
about the "double-ender snakes" O
California, which are described as beiny
,, built according to specifications simila
to The Dalles lizard.
In former days it was usual for
couple seated together to eat from on
trencher, more particularly if the rela
tions between them were of an intimat
nature,.or again if it were the maste
and mistress of the establishment
Walpole relates that so late as tn
middle of the last century the old Dul1
. and Duchess of Hamilton occupied tn
: dais at the head of the room and pre-
9 served the traditional manner by shal
t ing the same plate, It was token @
attachment and tender recollection @
v unreturnable youth,
e "A citizen of tie world being aske
( what his russell shoes cost replied tia
= he did not know. This was not becaus
Q he had not paid the shoemaker TO
!, them, but, as he explained, becaus
:, cost of maintenance must be take
( into account in estimating the price @
s russell shoes, 1t happens that no ma
: polishcs his own russell shoes, and tina
9 the usual price for polishing them
l. ten cents, OF double that of polishin
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