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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