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MOXl'IIM JOLRNAL.
KNOXVILLE. GEORGIA.
More than $500,000,000 worth of min¬
eral products came from the mines ot
this nation last year, according to the
report just issued.
Experiments in raising tobacco in
South Australia have been highly suc¬
cessful, and the crop will hereafter re¬
ceive much attention.
About 500,000 persons hold Govern¬
ment tobacco licenses. Fully 500,000
in addition find employment in raising,
handling and manufacturing it.
Dr. Eo’ crt Morris, who recently died
at La Grange, Ivy., was one of the two
poet laureates which Freemasonry has
had in all its history. Robert Burns
was the first.
The late Paris census shows six thou¬
sand nine hundred and fifteen Ameri¬
cans, fourteen thousand seven hund.ed
and one English, and thirty-five thou¬
sand seven hundred and eight Germans.
According to London Truth, the
mother of Germany’s new Empress
would have married in 1853 the Em¬
peror Napoleon III. but for the opposi
fion of Queen Victoria and the Prince
Consort, to whom as Princess of Hohen
lohe-l.angenburg, she wa3 closely re¬
lated.
An estate situated in the bus ness por
tion of the village of Port Chester, in
the township of Rye, N. Y., valued at
$15,000,000, and which was leased for
100 years, is about to revert to the heirs
of its original owners, through the dis¬
covery of a record which has just come
to light.
The decline in value of hill town
farms in Massachusetts is put by the
Chicago Times at fifty per cent, during
the last ten years. A well improved farm
near Greenfield, valued at $7000, brought
recently $5000 at a forced sale, The
shrinkage in several town values has
been from $800,000 to $800,000.
One of the most remarkable mechani¬
cal changes of the day, declares the
Scientific An eri an, is the setting aside
of steel and the readoption of iron lor
some of the most important parts of lo.
comotives on many railroads. It is only
comparatively a few years since the
change was made, on most roads, from
iron to steel.
In the approaching evolutions of the
French fleet off Toulon, captive balloons
are to be employed—a new idea in
naval man r uvres. The apparatus is to
be supplied from the armv aerostatic
school at Chalais-Meudon, and will be
sent to sea on board a pontoon, which
will 1 e towed by one of the vessels of
the squadron, and from it the ascents
will be made.
“An extraordinary scene,” says the
Nashville (Tenn.) Americ in, “took place
at the funeral, in Penzance, of Thomas
Oates, who had drowned himself in con¬
sequence, it was said, of an unhappy
home. He had lived with his wife and
mothcr-in law. Two thousand persons
attended the funeral. When thee'ergv
man left the mob tried to hustle the
young widow and her mother into the
grave. Failing in th s, they stripped
the young woman of her widow’s diess,
bonnet, g oves and wedding ring. A
policeman got her into the sexton’s
house, and he and three volunteers of
the peace saw her safely heme. They
were followed by a jeering and shouting
crowd, the worst among whom were
■women.”
BUDGET OF FUN.
humorous sketches from
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Ode to the Mosquito—An Apprecia¬
tive Listener—He AVas Very
Green—The Cemetery of
AVit, Etc., Etc.
He presented his bill,
And I could not evade it;
In valley, on hill.
Ho presented his bill.
With st,lining ill-will;
And with blood, sir, I paid it.
He presented his bill,
And I could not evade it
—Life.
An Appreciative Listener.
JTiss Holsoule (who is not a thorough
mnsician—“What a beautiful piece the
orchestra is playing now!”
Professor Sne dberger—“Dot! Vy,
dot ,
vas “G'honny getcher-goon !” " |
Miss Holsoule—“I ih nk those okl
German melodies are perfectly entranc
ing"— Time.
He AVas Very Green.
(roguishly)—“Augustus, Walking in the wildwood. Ghe
what tree am
I like ”
birch, Augustus—“You are like the white
emblem darling—the fairest of trees, the
of purity. And now, sweet,
what tree am I like?”
She (demurely)—“The evergreen.”—
Bun inglon Free Press.
The Cemetery of AVit.
She (-in the humorist’s sanctum) “This
enormous scran-book of clippings, Mr.
Jokem—why Chestnut have you labeled it ‘The
Burr’?”
.lokem—“Because I open it in order to
find out what not to •mite.”—Judge.
How Reconcile These Things?
‘ mall Boy—“.-ay, pa. teacher said to¬
day, ‘study hard, boys, time flies. 7 »
Father—“Very Small true, rnv son.”
after Boy—“Well, and a little while
he said, ‘time leaves foot-prints.’
Now, pa, how- can ‘time’ leave footprints
if it flies?”— Judge.
Barbed Wire as a Toilet Article.
Woman (to tramp)—“Why don’t ye
buy your food ’stead o’ begging it?”
Tramp—“Madam, tooth picks.” I’m too poor to buy
even
Woman—“That so? What d’ve do
for tooth-picks?” '•
fences Tramp—“1 have to use barbed wire
.’'—Ncio York Sun.
A Correct Dictum.
.Tones—“What’s the matter with your
face. Charley?”
(. barley—“Eve just been shaved.”
Jones — “Well, the man who hacked
you in that way must be one of the big¬
gest fools on earth.”
Charley (earnestly) “He is, Jones—
He is; I shaved myself. "-Life.
Mr. Posey boy’s Un desired Relation
shi P
Miss Trav;s—“Mr. Poseyboy, may I
ask how many sisters you have?”
Poseyboy— leven.”
Miss Travis—“Goodness gracious, Mr.
Poseyboy! It can’t be
I oseyboy—“Why, yes, i\liss Travis!
There s my own sister and ten other
girls who have promised to be sisters to
me .”—Burlington Free Preen.
Too Much Shortening.
STiss Rural (watching the promenaders)
—“Who is that curious little man—al¬
most a dwarf:”
Sirs. Metropole (shocked)—“Why, my
dear, that’s Hubert High ife. He's the
very upper crust.”
Miss ural — “He is? Then they put
in a great deal too much shortening. ”
They Hnd Met Before.
ne (at the health resort, tenderly)—“I
think 1 have met you before, Miss Smith;
you face is very familiar.”
She (coldly)—“Yes, sir; and those
goods that you warranted would wash 1
tried to give away to my maid.”
And then the silence became so wide
and solemn that you - could hear them
pumping Lije. gas into the mineral springs.—
She Turned the Other C’heelr.
kiss Wiggles—“Arabella, f” darling, may I
you
Arabella—“Yes, sweetest, but kiss me
on the left cheek, please.”
.dearest, Wiggles (doing so)—“And may I ask,
why the left cheek!”
Little Brother (poking his head
through the door)—“Because .lack
Waggles has been kissing her right cheek
all the afternoon and it’s tired.”
The engagement is not yet announced.
He Did Not Know the Ropes.
Foreman—“Here, Charlie, three of the
men night, are and going to work over time to¬
1 want you to run out and
get a little lunch for them.”
Charlie (at lunch counter, a few minutes
later)—“I want six ham sandwiches, six
pieces of mince pie, and a dozen cream
tarts.”
Horrified Old Gentleman (who is un¬
familiar with lunch counter methods)—
“i.eally, my dear young friend, are you
sure you need quite as much as that?”—
Harper's. Bazar.
Honesty is the Best Policy.
“And so you have brought my beauti
fnl honest Alphonse instead homo, have you," like an
man, of keeping him
yourself, as you m'ght easily have clone?”
said the de.ightcd lady, as she fondled
the poodle. “Were you not tempted to
keep the darling creature?”
“No, mum,” replied the incorruptible
man, as he pocketed the reward. “It
weren’t no temptation. I cou dn’t have
so d his hide for two bits at this season
of the year, mum .”—Chicago Tribune.
An American Fable.
A hen who had hatched out a quantity
of ducklings, relates a cynical modern
/itsop, was somewhat surprised one day
to see them take to water and sail away
out of her jurisdiction. The more she
thought of this the more unreasonable
such conduct appeared and the more in¬
dignant she became. She resolved that
it, must cease forthwith. So she soon
afterward convened her brood and con
ducted them to the margin of a hot
pool, having a business connection with
a boiling spring. They straightway
launched themselves for a cruise—re¬
turning they immediately to the laud as if
had forgotten their ship's pap e: s.
Moral: When callow youth exhibits an
eccentric tendency give it to him red
hot. ,
Stabbed in the Dark.
“Martha,” asked a wild eyed man,
emerging with from a dark and lonely closet
a hurried tread, an ill-dissembled
air of composure thinly cloaking a state
of chaotic anxiety, “what is in that high
i shouldered, square, black bottle with a
i short neck, on the third shelt?’ “Xer
osene 'in ment for grandpa’s rheuma
i tism,” replied the good wife. “Why?”
“Dh, nothing,” had he answered, carelessly,
as one who just swallowed an earth
quake in the dark. “Nothing; it wasn’t
labeled, and I thought it might be some¬
thing dangerous.” They said no more,
but in a down town drug store a man of
sorrrowful countenance sat a long time
that night eating raw quinine out of a
saucer with a spoon, trying to get a
strange, foreign looking taste out of his
mouth, which, he said, had crept in
there unawares. — Burdette.
Our Eastern Boundaries.
Miss Hartsen was not a particularly
ant scholar, and her recitations were sel
doin satisfactory. She was sure to
stumble, and oftentimes at the most
simple questions. In the geography
one day, she was asked:
“How are the United States bounded
on the east?”
Miss Hartsen hesitated. In another
moment the question would have passed
to the next, when a schoolmate in the
form behind whispered:
“The Atlantic Ocean.”
Miss Hartsen brightened up, and in
proud confidence answered, in her best
voice;
“The Land o’ Goshen.”
The surprised “what?” of the teacher
and the merriment of the scholars caused
Miss Hartsen to suspect that she had
made a mistake; but she didn’t improve
matters “Well, by that’s explaining: what
Miss Sharply told
me, anyway .”—Chicago Tribune.
Pretty Sharp Legerdemain.
A few months since a man called in a
British tavern and asked the company
if they would like to wituess a conjuring
trick. As the man looked cold aud
hungry the landlord gave consent, and
stated that he knew a few tricks himself.
The man placed three hats on the table,
then asked the landlord lor three pieces
of bread. When these were given to
him he said he could not proceed till he
got three pieces of cheese. When these
were bread brought he placed one piece of
and cheese in each hat. Now for
the trick. The man rolled up his shirt
sleeves, unbuttoned his collar, and
stated that he would eat the three piece*
of bread and cheese, then bring all tin
der one hat. When he had eaten two
I ieces he declared he could not proceed
unless he had a dr nk. A pint of milk
was piece now brought disappeared. him, and the other
soon
“Now, gentlemen, which hat must I
bring it under?”
A hat was pointed to, and the fellow
quickly placed the hat upon his head
and left the astonished men.
The Gentle Bloodiionnd.
“There’s a great deai of nonsense in
the Northerner’s abhorrence of the blood¬
hound,” said a Southern gentleman to a
.'■ew York Telegram reporter. “He’s
not at all a ferocious animal. There is
really no difference between him and th#
fox, stag or other heunds save in train¬
ing. “The
true bloodhound, the old South¬
ern hound, is the Talbot. The hound
of that breed is tall and large, larger
than the fox hound, broad chested, and
utters might a be deep ailed bay. He has a good, what
tremendously i slow a dignified, in^chase face. He’s
walker keep w.th h even if a good
can up m the run
is long), but his scent is rometh ng won¬
derful. He’ll follow a trad twcLe or
fourteen hours old, and through herd
after herd of animals like the one he’s
after.
“But if blood of some other animal is
spilled across the trail, then he s gone;
the blood confuses him and throws him
off. It is from this, and the fact that hs
will follow a wounded animal as accu¬
rate y by the blood as the track, that hs
gets his name, not from any peculiar
ferocity.
“The Talbot used to be trained on the
Eng ish and Scottish borders to pursue
cattle thieves and other marauders.
These sleuth-hounds, as they were called
there, are still kept in some of the big
deer parks in the north of England.
the “There is a dog in the South called
Cuban bloodhound that was some¬
times employed in hunting down slaves,
and is, perhaps, found among the packs
used in following escaped convicts. It
is not a bloodhound, however, but a
cross of mastiff and bulldog. It’s scent¬
hound ing is poor it beside that nothing ot the true blood¬
and ; is good for but to hunt
men, is tierce and bloodthirsty. The
hunt Spaniards Indians, trained it in the first place to
and afterward followed
runaway slaves with it. li has stolen the
bloodhound’s name and given them its
reputation. big Russian
“The gre hound, which
has a cro>s of bulldog, can bj taught t»
follow men like a bloodhound.”
Geronimo’s Scalping-Knife.
Since Colonel Lucas has displayed so
many curious and Indian relics in hit
show windows, others have searched
around their possessions of pioneer day*
and brought in forth relics, some of them
e .ual histor.cal interest to the relic*
of the Colonel. One in particular is in¬
teresting, it consisting of a scalping
kni;e, now the property of Mr. Braun
hart, and sa d to have been the identical
knife with which the famous Apache
chief, Victoria, and the equally famous
Geronimo, removed the locks of the un¬
happy paleface who happened to fall in
their respectiv e ways. The knife is about
fourteen inches long, brass-trimmed and
steel blade, with curved iron-wood
handle. There are still marks of blood
upon the blade. The knife was taken
from Geronimo in 1887,at the time of hi*
capture, by a scout, who presented it to
described Mr. Braunharc. Mr. Sidney P. Waite
the knife, before it had been
shown him, and says that it is the same
knife he • aw in the possession of Vic¬
toria twenty-three years ago. It has an
interesting history, and if the gory old
blade could only speak what a tale of
woe and bloodthirsty desolation it would
pour forth. The knife is prized very
highly by Mr. Braunhart, who says he
would not part w.th it for anything.—
San Bernardino ( Cal .) Index.
A Plague of Felines.
Queensland, in the South Seas, is be¬
ing overrun It is supposed by thousands of peculiar
cats. they are following
the plague of rats which recently passed
through there. The noteworthy fact is
that the cats, which are of ordinary
size and of the domestic species, are all
pretty near of the same color, namely,
sandy, which proves that they have re¬
verted to the original stock. They are
very migration poor condition, showing that
their is due to the scarcity of
their habitual food.— Philadelphia Time».
Development is whitt a child need*. v
than acquirements. ■ . • r