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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. ■ . ; 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. / A Polyglot, “Mary Had a Little Lamb”—Not a Songster—How ' He Would Like It—Pain - 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. * __ 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. - 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. ~ „ 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. - 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. - _ 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. - 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. \ -- • - 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', •-Y-