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K1X1LI JOURNAL.
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
The largest railroad system in the
•world is the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe, which operates about 8000 miles of
road.
There is more insanity in California in
proportion to population, says Texas
Siftings, than in any other State in the
Union.
Valuable documents relating to Mary¬
land’s colonial history have been recov¬
ered in England and will be sent to Bal¬
timore.
The cause of the cold weather hang¬
ing on so late last spring is laid to the
number of ice-bergs drifting down from
the Arctic regions.
The London Medical Times thinks that
the treatment of snake bite by putting
gunpowder on the wound and touching it
off with a match may be thought rough,
but it is often successful.
The frame house in which General
Grant was born has been floated down
the river from Point Pleasant, Ohio, on
a raft, and hauled up to Race and Canal
streets, in Cincinnati, where it has been
placed on exhibition, under a canvas.
Glasgow will soon be the second city of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Its boundaries are to be extended so as
to include a number of populous sur
burban towns, and it i3 estimated that it
will then have a population of nearly
800,000.__
Shortsightedness in California is at¬
tributed by some physicians to the ab¬
sence of color in that country, the pre¬
vailing tint being dull brown or drab.
In the land of perpetual sunshine white
houses and white concrete sidewalks are
said to be most injurious to the sight.
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The deep-sea soundings which have
recently been made in the Atlantic under
the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy,
Dublin, proved that at a depth of over
7000 feet beneath the surface of the
ocean, exists animal life possessing both
variety and vigor. The ocean’s bed is
one of the most remarkable pieces of
furniture on the globe.
There is no better soil or climate in
the world for raising coffee'and sugar, as¬
serts the Farm, Field and Stockman, than
that of Mexico. With a little importa¬
tion of improved machinery, an exten¬
sion of the railway system and improved
transportation in general and a consider¬
able infusion of Yankee enterprise and
energy, Mexico might supply this conti¬
nent with, both sugar and coffee.
Explosives more powerful than dy¬
namite are constantly being discovered.
Melanite and bellite are among the latest
of these, and now it is announced, by the
New York World, that another more
potent than any heretofore perfected has
been made by a Russian chemist. Gun¬
powder is gradually taking its place as
an old-fashioned and comparatively
harmless agent of destruction.
According to the Young Men’s Christ¬
ian Association “Year Book for 1883.”
which has just been issued, there are
1240 associations in America and 3804 m
the world. The American associations
have a membership of 175,000, own
buildings valued at $5,609,205, and have
a total net property of $7,261,658. There
-are 752 men who, acting as Secretaries
and assistants, devote their entire time
to the work of the different branches of
Jhe associations.
A) iRTTH/lFT U 1/Uijl Otf ul A; T?TTW l J
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
Y- VARIOUS SOURCES.
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A Polyglot, “Mary Had a Little
Lamb”—Not a Songster—How
' He Would Like It—Pain
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ful Suspense, Etc.
„ . ENGLISH.
Mary nad a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went*
The iamb was sure to go.
La Petite Marie FRENCH.
had le june muttong,
y.e wool was blanchee as ze snow.
And everywhere la belle Marie went,
Le june muttong was sure to go.
Wun CHINESE.
Fleacee gal named Moil had lamb,
all samee whites snow,
Evly Ba-ba place Moll gal walkee,
hoppee long too. *\
Dot Mary german.
haf got ein leedle schaf,
Mit hair shust like some wool,
Und all der place dot girl did vent,
Dot schaf go like ein fool
. Mary had IRISH.
a little shape.
And the wool was white entirely,
An’whenever Mary would sthir her sthumps,
That young shape would follow her com
plately.
—Omaha Bee.
Not a Songster.
Ella—“Are you fond of birds?” ,•
Jack—“I adore them.”
b .EU,-“W M ch i, taorile.ingiog
d„S73 e Mrd 1 io ™ ,to
Ella—“Ah jack-"<jiuion what is it?”
tt. w .. T .. ¥ .
“T think t win I,,.' some photographs i * .
taken “Hav^von inlin ntr y toherbusbal 4
Have you knv any preference as to posr
t
side^i’n? sideration. 16 u ‘If T P f ied you ’ after were S + to uffi ? have ient your con -
picture sewing taken, dear, while in the act of
buttons on my shirt it would be
a counterfeit presentment that I could
contemplate able with a good deal of pleasur
motion. "—Harper's Bazar. *
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Painful Suspense.
, lT ___ .7’. T on ® 3 do . y° u , know .
“ ' ’
about , Griggs:
,7°’ ow but s I a shall this _ afternoon.”
“
(iT i , lent , , him . two dollars yesterday, and
he promised to pay it back at 3 o’clock
to-day. Lpoch.
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Growing „ . Old and Feeble.
Brown—“That note I hold of yours,
Burnley, is long overdue. Can’t
take it up, as I need some money?”
Burn Icy -“Well, n-no, I cau’t at pres
ent. Why don’t you get it shaved?”
Brown “I’ve tried to, Dumley;
the ,, brokers all they
trim its say wouldn’t even
whiskers.”— P. H. Welch.
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„ Mages , the Whole World Kin.
feller , , a ‘ hem’ tramp—“Can’t dollar:” you lend a poor
a
American youth—“Get out. You
look as if you’d had five square meals
* "° Ur b ^ e ' You’re not hungry.”
.' 11 ^ ®> r I’m not hungry nor
i
eithcr. I do odd jobs around free
saloons for a livin’, but I ain’t got no
money to see the baseball game
1 ‘Poor fellow! Here’s a dollar. ”—
Omaha World.
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Destination . About the Same.
“My friend,” he said to a young man
who bore signs of dissipation, “do you
realize that the road you are following
leads eventually to death?”
“Er—well, “Aye, yes, sir.”
it leads eventually to death!
And do you know where the road of so
briety and virtue leads to?”
death, “Yes, sir; that leads eventually to
also.”— Life.
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_ The Same “Feller.”
Young lady—“I heard somebody kiss
you in the dark hall last night.”
“Yes, at - but i!‘Y° that’s u kissed, the young too.” to
man
whom I am engaged to be married. There
is no harm in that.”
“I’m glad to hear it. He was the
young man you heard kissing me in the
hall last night.”
A oung lady faints .—Texas Siftings.
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A Broken Household.
“Martha.” said a minister to his wife,
“I have some'^ad news to break to you,
and you will need all your courage to
bear the burden of this crushing and un
expected •‘Oh, John,” blow.” she
have happy exclaimed, “and we
been so in our home and
our children!”
“I know it, Martha,” he responded,
hoarsely, chasteneth.” “but whom the Lord loveth
He
“John, dear,” and she devotion, said, with true
wifely courage share “tell me
what it is, let me it with you.”
“A donation party.”— Life.
Intelligent Dogs.
Senator Kenna and Senator Black¬
burn are great sportsmen, as every one
knows. Each is the owner of a pointer,
the relative merits of which they are fre¬
quently engaged the in discussing in the
cloak-rooms of Senate, much to the
annoyance of their more staid col¬
leagues. The other day Kenna said to
Blackburn, lighting a fresh cigar:
“Joe, you may talk as much as you
like about your dog, but mine won't go
out with me when the cartr.dges don’t
fit my gun.” audible smile around the
An went
room, and everybody thought: “Well,
for once, Joe Blackburn has been beaten
at his own game.” The junior Senator
from the Kentucky, however, looked was equal to
occasion. He at Kenna for
a minute and then quietly remarked:
“Well, Kenna, I admit that your dog
exhibits an intelligence almost akin to
reason, but I don’t mind backing mine
against him. I and was in the fields one day
Wlth d °?’ a man 1 was not a ?~
auainted with came along , near us. My
^CSlg" 8 5Lrd: sr ctd f.duoo h
m °iv. n ;„£ , 'S‘>ss».
with your name?’”
1 Y>
Without another word Kenna took
Blackburn’s arm and both disappeared
i n the direction of the Senate restaurant,
followed by the shouts of thei- Mends
_ Chicago Herald.
He CapuTT^ Squaw,
After . .. the defeat of Burgoyne, a de ,
tachment of soldiers, which had been
sent to the American army from Lunon
bur S- Mass -’ returned > bringing with
thcm three J oun g squaws, who were held
as hostages for white people captured by
the Indians. A number of soldiers and
young officers were then waiting in
Lunenberg needed. to be sent where most
One cold, blustering morning several
of these officers were riding through the
town. Seeing the squaws decked in
Indian finery, one of the officers
shouted: “Now' for some fun!” and
dashed toward them.
“Won’t you ride?” he asked, as he
drew rein.
“Yes,” answered a squaw,
He pointed behind to a block from which she
could mount him. His intention
was to prick his horse with his spur as
she leaped and let her fall to the
ground.
But she jumped so quickly that she
was astride of the nag before the officer
could spur him. The beast was fright
ened, and started off at a speed which
the officer could not check.
The squaw wound her arms around the
officer’s body; her long black hair
streamed out behind her; the horse flew
over the road, followed by the other of
fleers, shouting - “An elopement! White
man running off with Injun 1”
hoisted, Doors were of which flung open, astonished windows
out while stood gazed in the
women, men street
wondering what it meant. Away dashed
the horse to his stable at the inn, in
front of which he stopped, to the sur
prise of a crowd of idlers,
“Tanky, the sir!” exclaimed the squaw,
good leaping ride, to but ground. did “Had mighty
make my hair whirl!”
The mortified officer dismounted amid
the cheers of the crowd. — Youth's s Com
panion. \
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Dangerous Practice of Barbers.
It is noticed that many New l"ork and
Brooklyn barbers fleck superfluous lather
from the face, while shaving, with the
back or blunt top of the razor. This
habit was thrust upon a patron the other
day, and he stoutly objected. He said
that even barbers are but human and
liable to mistakes, and that he remem
hered a painful scene in the West, where
a barber thinking he had the blunt top
turned to a customer’s face, essayed to
fleck the soapsuds frqm the face and
actually used the glittering edge and
made a gash that the unfortunate one
will see until the coffin lid closes over
him,— £T<no York Svn, — - — —
German Dowry Schools.
An European lettfer, in\ noticing agri¬ *the
culture in general Europe, has
following in relation toThe dairy school
of Paeselez-Meinersen, near Luneburg,
opened in 1884, and under the direction
of H. Hasselmann, says the pu.pils follow
four household sections managament, of work—the and dairy, the kitchen school,
and iiower. gardens. The schooling is
confined to reading, writing and arith¬
metic, the latter with special reference
to keeping simple accounts. The flower
and kitchen garden, in the light work
of which they lake part, is limited to
cottage and farming wants. The house¬
keeping kitchen. is in great part restricted to that
of the For the dairy the girls
have to assist in all the processes of
butter and cheese-making, to keep a
register of the yield of each cow, and to
test gives samples of the milk. The director
every theoretical explanation re¬
quired. school manipulates
The sixty-six
gallons of milk daily—the pupils being
seven girls. from Some milk The is furnished by
contract farmers. Laval hand
separator is in use. From time to time
the Swartz and Holstein butter systems
are tried. Since the adoption of the
hand separator more butter, and
of compared a superior with quality has been obtained
as older methods.
respecting The experience the utilization of M. Hasselmann
of the skim
milk is important. He considers it is
but very suitable for excellent making into cheese,
is, above shows all, by for feeding
calves. He his books that
when skim milk is made into cheese, or
employed for hog when fattening, it is not so
remunerative as given to calves.
His plan is fresh to and give calves uncreamed ,
milk able daily* their pure; five on their being
to consume quarts he sup¬
plies them with as much unskimmed
milk as they can take. In the course of
eight or ten weeks they are fattened, not
very fat, but fleshy. M. Hasselmann dees
not believe in the theory that to obtain
is whiteness essential. of flesh feeding maintains on whole milk
He that the
the aptitude from for its whiteness mother, is is dependent inherited by
calf on
race, and the kind of food given to the
cow. variety M. of Hasselmann substitute for has milk tried in every thqe |
rearing and fattening of cattle, and con- j
eludes that substitutes are of little utility, | 4
but often quite the contrary, as they can
prove a danger. — Farm, Field and Stock • |
man.
A Bird Hall of Courtship,
There is a decided tendency among
birds to select special localities or places
for the better expression of their emo-1
tions. The perfection of this idea is |
seen in a class of birds found in Austra- ;■
lia, and allied to the birds of paradise. !
They their not only have certain places for j
meeting, but little halls of court
ship are erected. architectural The amount of in
telligence volved and formation ability in¬
in the of those halls is
wonderful, and were there not so many
well authenticated accounts, the stories
concerning them would be classed as im¬
probable. During the mating season the
male birds become exceedingly active,
and, having selected some secluded!
spot, fice that they begin the erection of an edi¬
from is entirely separate and distinct
the rest. The bird selects a num¬
ber of twigs, which are deposited as a
this flooring, base all and carefully interwoven. Upon
in the centre of it the hall
of courtship is erected of twigs still
more delicate. These twigs are carefully
chosen and inserted in rows, so that
forming they fall over, meeting at the top and
an arbor. These saloons are
often two or three feet in length. Flow¬
ers, ly-colored bright shells, feathers, gaudy hits of stones, high¬
insects or any¬
thing decorating that will the attract the eye is used in
apartments where the
courtship the is carried on, The male tosses
decorations or pecks at them in play,
and in many other ways shows his de¬
light considered and gratification. These edifices
are marvels of constructive
ability .—Boston Globe.
Two Men.
I. Grab All.
A miser this man is, a human pike.
All greed, keen, close, his secrets never
'Had he babbling; hundred hands. Briarous
"They’d a always be employed like,
grabbing. in grabbing,
II. Give All.
A And, good glows man this with man love is, for his heart expands
every creature
Had be, giving; Briarous like, hundred hands,
a
Th|ey’d ing. always be employed in giving, giy-.
x —Boston Gowks',
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