The news & observer., 1896-12-30
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
1t is said that Russell Sage controls
more ready cash than any other man III
this country.
No matter how big de fish is, folks won
be happy ez long ez they think dar.
bigger fish Observation-Disclosures Consu-
tuition.
In China. while the dentist pulls the
tooth. an assistant stands by and browns
the lamentation of the victim IN the
noise of a large gong.
paw" said Tommy Tucker, ''am l
descended from the monkeyP Not on
nv side Of the house." replied Mr.. Tuck
er, with much positiveness.- s.-Tit-B Bits.
New York and Pennsylvania in 1896
cast a larger vote than all the United
States did in 1S40 The total Presidential
vote in 1910 was 2,410,778.-Chicago
Inter0cean.
81 wonder what got Bluebeard starting
TO cutting off his wives headsW
Every likely the idea occurred to him
while he was at the theater behind big
hat Journal.
The greatest depth at which earth
quakes are known to originate is about
thirty miles. 1t has also been calculated
that a heat sufficient to melt granite
might occur at about the same depth.
The Gar Of Russia is very fond of a
pipe. Like President Faure, of France,
the Emperor is never so happy as when
smoking a briar-wood, which he infinitely
prefers to the cigarettes that he usually
smokes in public.
The assistant professor in the lola High
school of Kansas, Miss Donica, has re-
fused a $40 increase of salary giving
as a reason the remark attributed to
Agassiz, that she couldn't afford to
waste time in making money"
To facilitate the rapid slicing of bread
a recently patented bread box is fitted
with an automatic step-by-step feeder
operated by the action Of turning the cut
ter blade around by the crank attached
thereto, the blade increasing in diameter
to certain point, when it again decreases
in time to allow the loaf to slide forward
for cutting the next slice.
A Swiss professor claims to have solved
the problem Of making wine without alec
hol. Fresh juice of grapes is placed in
air-tight bottles, which are deposited in
a vessel containing water heated to- 158
degrees Fahrenheit. The heat kills the
particles necessary for the development
of alcohol. This pure juice Of the grape
can, it is said, be kept for years.
'Whom do you consider the greatest
inventor of the times?" asked one WO-
man.
my husband" replied the other,
proudly.
"Why, didn't know he ever invented
anythingw
''You should hear the excuses he gives
for coming home at two in the morning p
Comic Cuts.
The people of Paris are hippophagus to
a remarkable degree, consuming, on an
average, over 10000 horses and donkeys
annually. Last year, according to the
returns the Parisians ate 1886 horses,
439 donkeys and Sc mules. This horse,
donkey and mule flesh dressed ready for
the butchers block weighed 5,879 tons
and was sold at prices varying from 2
sous to l franc per pound, the latter be-
ing the price paid for the best horse
steaks.-St Louis Republic
He had listened to her upbraidings for
two hours by the down stairs clock
"My love-" he said mildly, don't you
think it is about time for you to adjourn
sine dep
She knew her Cushing's manual like
a book.
II shall adjourn sine die presently
she coldly remarked, 'and then-I vii
at once call an extra session"
And the poor henpecked husband
rolled over with a hollow groan.
An old man who had buried a fourth
wife, and dutifuIly erected a tombstone
over each, determined when it was decid-
ed to move the cemetery that for ec0nomi
cal reasons he would move his wives
himself, and in so doing, in some incredi
BILE way, got them slightly mixed; and il
his honest simple mindedness the stones
which had formerly served would not
do, so he caused to be erected in the cen
ter Of the new lot one very imposing
stone, on which was inscribed this touch
ing verse:
Stranger, pause and shed a tear,
Hmily Church lies buried here,
Mingled, in some mysterious manner,
With Mary, Matilda and probably Han
neT.
Judge.