The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-08-03
as the result of a joke.

treatment of leperS exist IN Ihe
state of Louisiana and Massachu-
sets and the City of San Francisco.
The first foreign diplomat dismis-
sed from the United States was Citi-
zen Genet, the representative of the
French government, whose recall
was asked by Thomas Jefferson be-
cause of his efforts to commission
privateers here to prey on British
commerce.
Although every man knows the
size of his hat few are aware of how
that size is reckoned. According to
the hatmaker, the familiar number
inside the band las in "size 7") re-
lates in inches to one-half the sum
of the long and the short diameters
of the hat.
The mysterious sunspots which
have worried astronomers through
many ages, are believed to be enor-
nous holes or rents in the gases
called photosphere-tha surround
the sun. Local disturbances ac-
count for these holes, much as a
storm on earth influences the for
nation and character of clouds.
Like most naval things, the broad
collar that is a part of sailor S uni
form had its origin in a strictly uti-
litarian purpose. In the days of the
American revolution, and long after
wards, sailors wore their hair in
queues, which hung down their backs
As the sailor had to purchase his
own uniform, and as the grease with
which the hair was anointed had an
unhappy knack of spelling clothes
and thereby depicting Jacks store
of ready cash, he evolved a shield OF
blue jean cloth, which hung over the
Jacket and took all the grease, and
which had also the advantage of be-
ing cheap and readily washed.
The leading agricultural states,
reckoned on the total value Of all
their farm crops, are Illinois, Iowa,
Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Missouri, Kan
sas, New York and Indiana.
The figure appears to play an
odd part in the European conflict
The naval battle of Jutland, the
greatest in the worlds history, oc-
Cured on the 666th day of the war.
Lord Kitchener was in his 66th year,
while England received the news OF
his death on the sixth day of the
sixth month of 1916.
September of this year will mark
the 250th anniversary of the great
fire of London. 1t began September
2, 1866, in a bakers shop in Pudding
Lane and destroyed in the space of
four days, SO churches, the city
gates, the Royal Exchange, Guildhall
and many other public buildings, be-
sides 1920 dwelling houses.
The earth's population reaches a
grand total of 1,70O,O0O,0OO persons
The American people consume
100000 gallons of ice cream a
year.
Philadelphia is to have a new con-
vention hall to cost nearly $780,
900.
The principal hobby of the Do
wager Queen Of Spain is the collect
ing of playing cards.
The deepest trench in the seas yet
discovered is off Mindanao in the
Pacific, 32,088 feet deep.
The moons surface contains
about 14,685.O0O square miles, or
nearly four times the area of
Europe.
The two English words Of ten |
letters containing the letters a., b,
c, d, e, f, are fabricated and bifur-
Gated
Kate Richards O'Hare of St.
Louis is the choice of the Socialist
party of Missouri for United States
senator.
Elephants have only eight teeth,
two above and two below on each
side, big yellow molars as wide as a
mans hand.
During the first half of last year
more than $22,00O,O0O worth OF
diamonds were produced in South
Africa.
Six absolute monarchies still ex-
list in the world. They are Siam,
Morocco, Oman, Abyssinia, Afghan
istan and Monaco.
Norway owns nearly 800 submar-
inc telegraph cables, but their COM
bined length is considerably less
than that of one translantic cable.
Experiments on the Philippine
Island of Mindango seem to indicate
that the finest qualities of rubber
can be produced there with profit.
Statisticians figure that thirty-six
million babies are born into the
world each year, about seventy a
or more than one every
second.
Owing to the shortage of paper
the Australian postal authorities
have appealed to the people not to
use two half-penny stamps when a
penny one will do.
British coal production last year
amounted to 253,000,000 tons, of |
which 100000 tons was exported,