The Van Buren press., 1894-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

tlon than IN Europe.
-Father-"Well, young man, un-
derstand, then, that you love my daugh-
ter?" Nervous Youth-"N-n-n-no, sir,
wish to marry her."-Inter Ocean.
1T is estimated that every Ameri-
can drinks u pint of water day,
which makes the daily consumption
s,125,0O0 gallons.
The governor Of Oklahoma esti-
mates the population OF the territory
at Isl, 304 and that OF the Cherokee
strip at 100, 900, making total Of 251,-
804.
Her Father-"Does he work hard in
business, my dcar?" Herself-"WorkP
Why, papa, it takes all his energy to
be gentleman. "-Philadelphia Press.
-"Jaggs is after everything in sight.
! believe he'd like the earth" mo.
he wouldn't" "Why wouldn't hep"
"Well, because it's two-thirds water"
Inter Ocean.
Millions for defense, not cent for
tribute.-[Charles Pinckney, in speech
made concerning the Jay treaty with
England. These words were used with
reference to France, the treaty being
ill-received by the directory, which
limited that money payment would
smooth over the difficulty.
Man Y. Palido, OF Madrid, Is the
only woman lawyer in Spain. Her por-
trait, which represents her as re-
markably handsome young woman,
occupied conspicuous place In the
Spanish exhibit of the Woman's build
ing at the worlds fair. Near by was her
special permit to practise in the Span
ish courts-Boston Woman's Journal.
Stable keepers in New York seem
long to have known the trick Of do
mesticating the vagrant pigeons that
seem to find the town SO attractive. All
considerable stables are visited by
large or small focks Of these birds,
and some stable keepers put up tiny
shelters where the pigeons may rest
and breed. The metropolitan instinct
of the birds keeps them faithful to
these adopted homes.
"A Baltimore newspaper is quoted as
saying that the terrapin was unknown
to epicures thirty years ago, but what
CNCA Aiuy NC viz "a uOh 10 w AS0AV "
the terrapin was looked upon as Q
delicacy by eastern shore men thirty
years ago and long before. As long
ago as 1860 terrapin was SO great lux
ury that even eastern shore folk of con-
siderable means had 1t upon their
tables only now and then. II was
sometimes served then with sauce
like thick soup.
Temple OF Ephesus was famous
temple Of Artemis, or Diana, in an
cient Ephesus, Asia Minor. The origi-
nal temple, erected in the sixth GEN.
fury, b. c., was Intentionally burned
by Herostratus, with a view to gaining
notoriety, on the same day on which
Alexander the Great was born, B. G.,
$3.50. The new temple, which occupied
more than two centuries in building,
was one of the largest and most gor-
geous of all those erected by the
Greeks, and was regarded one Of the
wonders Of the world. Scanty remains
of it still exist.
Everybody knows" said boy,
that it Is more difficult to black new
shoes than old ones. The other day
when l bought pair Of new shoes and
saw in the store q sign that said:
New shoes polished free,' thought
would get mine blacked so as to see II
they did it in any different way. They
BACKED them just as anybody would
except In this: The very first thing
they did was to give the shoes good
rubbing with q cloth, just as they do
for the last final polish. l asked the
bootblack why he did that and he said
that new shoes were generally little
oily and that that first rub was to rub
the oil off. Then he went ahead and
BACKED them without difficulty"
81 should certainly count myself
person Of at least ordinary intelli-
gence," said middle-aged man, but
as grow older find there's great
lot of things don't know. Take the
matter of pronunciation. for instance;
am making discoveries in that all the
time. find that there are words that
have been calmly mispronouncing all
my life, to the dismay, doubtless, of
those better informed. For example,
take the word memorable. Do you
know that until few years ago when
heard somebody pronounce 1t correct
ly, had always called that inexoaf.
able? Sounds dreadful, doesn't 1t? II
does to me now, and yet got along
comfortably enough with inexoarable
for good many years."
More roses are grown in the pretty
New Jersey village, Madison, than any.
where else in the United States About
twenty years ago three wealthy resi-
dents conceived the idea of raising
roses to supply the New York market;
and, beginning with small greenhouses
the industry has increased until there
are now not less than one hundred and
seventy-five greenhouses in the vicin-
ity, and twenty-five more houses are In
process of building. The average daily
shipments amount to about thirty.five
thousand buds. Among the most popu-
lar varieties are the American Beauty
with its long stem, rich crimson petals
and spicy perfume; the pure Nephetos,
the yellow Perle, the Marechal Neil,
deep yellow, and the blush Mermet
Everywhere about the valleys of
New Mexico, invariably upon emil
nences, and usually upon high fat
topped mesas or table hills, are the
ruins of houses Of the ancient semi
civilized Indian population that lived
here and titled the soil before the COM
ing of the Spaniards, four centuries
ago. The numbers Of this old popula-
ton can only be vaguely inferred by
the numerous cobblestone foundations