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KNOXVILLE JOURNAL. KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA. An effort will be made in the Vermont Legislature at the present session to adopt a more effectual and satisfactory common-school system. Sergeant Kendall, of the British Army, can exhihit forty-eight different wounds received in the line of duty. A bursting shell inflicted twelve of the wounds at one time and one bullet left three scars. The last summer was the wettest that England has experienced since 1879 and the coolest since 1800. In most parts of the country the sun did not shine more than an average of four to four and a half hours a day. In Scotland the daily average was about five hours. According to the statistics published by the Minister of the Interior the total number of cases of cholera during the last epidemic in the Chilian republic were 26,878, of whicti 10,3S8died. The government expended the sum of $387,- 563.29 for combating the disease. Until three years ago it is said that Mexico was free from mosquitoes, If this is true, says the Atlau ta Constitution it is a very interesting fact. Mosquitoes are common in much colder countries than Mexico. Where do they come from, and what are the conditions that breed them? A newly organized political party in Japan has for its programme: The reduc¬ tion of the land tax, the abolition of centralization in the administration, the introduction of the volunteer system into the army, and the revision of the existing treaties, with the view of put¬ ting Japan on equal footing with other powers in international intercourse. The Berlin Borsen Zeitung vouches for this statement: “In 1873 the Crown Prince Frederick William caused twelve copies to be taken by a copper-plate process of the diary which he kept dur¬ ing the Franco-German war. Of these copies he presented one each to persons who particularly enjoyed his confidence, the plate being afterward destroyed. The recipients were requested to take special care that the diary was not pub¬ lished until fifty years after the death of its author.” The Berlin Borsen- Courier states that a geometer of Laibach, Austria, has offered himself to Pasteur as a subject on whom to experiment with cholera inocu¬ lation. The would-be martyr to science makes the following conditions: Travel¬ ing expenses for himself, wife and daughter to Paris; expenses of a month’s sojourn there previous to the inocula¬ tion; in case of an attack of cholera, treatment by physicians of note; in case of recovery, free passage to Laibach; in case of death, suitable provision for his wife and daughter. What makes Holland, whose old King is dying, a particular object of envy to the neighboring nations, declares the Times-Democrat, is the enormous develop¬ ment within the last ten years of the tebacco-growing facilities of Sumatra. The importations of Amsterdam amounted last year to nearly $15,000,000 worth of this product, of which more than one-third fbund its way to the United States. The dividends of some of the companies have been almost in¬ credible, and as more acreage is being put under cultivation every year, the value of this staple to Holland in the near future can only be conjectured. In Indiana the illicit sale of oleomargarine b so great that the creameries in nearly •very county have shut down. BUDGET OF FUN. humorous sketches from VARIOUS SOURCES. A Vegetable Maid—Hoist With His Own Petard—Got It dust the Same—* Etc.. Etc. In glancing through the “ads” of all the From daily the papers, for the “strong and active girl to the “lady In the “situations drapers,” duly wade, vacant,” through which I There’s none that takes my fancy like the vegetable maid. Lettuce try to picture her—commencing at the top: Of course her head (of celery) is surmounted Of fern by a crop called maiden-hair, so delicate and Which green. needs the use of monkey’s-cap to keep it nice and clean. Descend a little lower and her ears (of wheat) Perchance descry, they may be barley, or oats, or even rye. With cheeks a little radish, and a turnip nose Her (to smell), mouth a stalk of tulips—which are cherry red as well. We must not fa 1 to mention, though it cause That she you beets some surprise— an old potato in possessing great black eyes. But, unlike that poor old tuber’s, hers can both blink and flash, And certainly are not cut out when going fora “mash.” No doubt the marrow in her bones is vege Her palms table, too. are cased in foxgloves of bright While magenta hue, round her neck, the choicest furze she wears with London pride; Though an old man with his sage advice is often at her side. She drinks from out a buttercup this Canter¬ Her bury bell (e) name is Rose or Violet, but which she will not tell: Some thyme perhaps in fuchsia the secret will leek out, But that it is a floral name, can anybody doubt? —Yankee Blade. Hoist With His Own Petard. Nervous Old Gentleman—“What on earth is that burning Charles?” Charles—“Eb?" Nervous Old Gentleman—“I say, what makes that terrible odor?” Charles—“Why, of father, I am smoking one your cigars. "—Bazar. Got It Just The Same. “How about the defaulting cashier you williger were of defending?” lawyer. “Did inquired Ter a you succeed in getting a stay of proceedings?” “No, I didn’t,” returned the lawyer, “but the cashier gat a stay of ten years in the State’s prison .”—New York Sun. Medical Changes. Citizen (to-elderly physician)—“You don’t bleed patients as often as you did fifteen or twenty years ago?” Physician (looking over package ol unpaid bills)—“No, we don’t bleed ’em at all; they bleed us!”— Life. It Would Seem So. “Why do doctors always write their prescriptions Johnny. in Latin?” asked little do “My that son,” replied old Brown, “they in order to give the druggist a chance to add a dollar on the prescrip¬ tion for translating it.” A Husband’s Sympathy, her “My wife always comes to me with troubles,” said Brown. “Quite right,” replied the minister. “A wife should always look to her hus¬ band for sympathy. And how do you console her?" “Why,” her."—Sun. replied old Brown, “I laugh at Reduced to a System. Two vagrants called on a kind lady in the suburbs of New York. “To which of you two shall I give this nickel?” she asked. First Tramp—‘ ‘Give it to him, madame. He has purchased the route from me, and I am just taking him around to introduce him to the cultomers.”— Siftings. Giving Her Away. Snobberly- “Have you ever 1 the ocean, Miss Flirty ?” Miss Flirty—“No, Mr. Snobberly, I have a dread of the water. I don’t think I ever could be induced to embark in a ship “How of any kind.” about a courtship, sis?” asked Johnny, Siftings. Miss Flirty’s younger brother. — Long Visits. “What’s the matter, Darringer? You look dispirited.” “I’m troubled with too much mother in-law.” “That is bad, old boy. How often does she visit you?” “Twice a year.” “That isn’t often, Darringer.” “No, it isn’t—only that she stays six months at a time.”—Time. Tlie Clerk’s Diplomacy. Shoe Dealer (to clerk)—“William, why did you insist upon selling to that old gentleman a pair of small.soft shoes, when he called for large cowhide boots?” “Well—er-” “I insist upon knowing.” “The fact is I call on his ctaughter quite frequently in the evenings.®— Lin¬ coln Journal. An Awful Day. “Come right in the kitchen, Johnny,” said Mrs. Brown, “and get your supper. Don’t make the least noise, and as soon as upstairs you are bed.” through you must get right to “What’s the matter, ina,” cried little Johnny, putting his finger in his eye. “Hush, dear,” she replied, “your father has been putting up the stoves this afternoon.” Could Afford to Wear Any Kind. “The young man who accompanied you to church last evening, Laura,” said Miss Garlinghouse, “has a fine, intel¬ lectual face, but it seemed to me that his —pardon me—his trousers were some¬ what baggy at the knees.” Kajones, “Quite, likely, Irene,” replied Miss with some hauteur, “Mr. Hankinson is, if I mistake not, one of the heaviest stockholders of the Bag¬ ging Trust .”—Chicago Tribune. Harmony in the Party. Mrs. G.—“I understand that you have had trouble with your servant girl.” Mrs. H.—“Not at all.” Mrs. G.—“Oh! then I was misin¬ formed.” Mrs. H.—"It was nothing. I was going to have a reception, but she had arranged for one herself that night.” Mrs. G.—“And she gave hers up.” Mrs. H.—“No, I gave up mine, so we are still the best of friends .”—Boston Courier. No Use For a Foot Rule. A laborer in a shipyard was one day given a two foot rule to measure a piece of iron plate. Not being accustomed to the use of the rule he returned it, after “Well, a good Mike,” deal of time. asked his superior, “what is the size of the plate?” ‘‘Well, replied Mike, with the smile which accompanies duty performed, “it’s the length of your rule and two thumbs over, with this piece of brick and the breadth of my hand and arm, from here to there, bar a fiuger.”— Youth's Com¬ panion. Two Ways of Selling Goods. “What do you git fer them crab apples?” boy. asked an old lady of the grocer’s “I’m very sorry, marm,” replied the boy, “but I’ll have to charge you a dol¬ lar a measure for ’em. ” “Huh! that’s too much,” and she turned to go. “Can I do anything for you, madam?” inquired the proprietor, approaching. ‘ ‘I was askin’ the price o’ them crab apples,” she said. madam, “Well, that, I’m very glad to inform you, make seeing them you’re an old cus¬ tomer, I can crab apples to you at only one dollar a measure. “All right. 1 guess you kin send me two measures.— Epoch. Couldn’t Afford to he Cheated. A Poland man once had occasion to borrow a horse of ex-Governor David Dunn, the famous Poland lawyer, having to ride several miles to see several peo¬ ple. He made the trip, returned, drove to the Governor’s house, found no one at home, put the horse in the stable and then went ‘to the store, where he found the Governor talking with some friends. “I put the horse in your stable and fed bim. ” “All right.” “Now, what’s the bill? “Where did you go?” “I went first to Leacon Smith “How far do you call that?” “Three miles.” “I know better. It’s three and a half.” “Well, call it so. Then I went over to my brothers.” “How many miles does that make?” "Seven.’* r “It’s all of eight.” This examination continued until the entire route had been covered, when the man who borrowed the horse said: “Now, Governor, what is the bill? Tell me, and if I’ve got money enough I’ll pay it now.” “The bill?” said the Governor. “I don’t want anything. When you want the horse take him. I didn’t care how far you went, but when you undertook to tell me I couldn’t afford to be cheated in the miles .”—Lewiston {Me.) Journal The Age of Trees. When the zone test can be applied, we know that the age imputed to the tree will not err in the way of excess. A clearly marked ring infallibly denotes a season’s growth. Assuming an unfavor¬ able season to have resulted in an unu sually thin, or perhaps an undistinguish able layer, one year’s credit will remain unentered in the tree’s automatic ledger. On the basis of computation the follow ing ages have been strictly verified in land Germany. In that country, as in Fin¬ attained and Sweden, from the pine 700' and fir have to 500 to years. The greatest ascertained age of the larch (in Bavaria) is 274 years, while the silver fir has reached 420. The o dest known specimen of the holm oak near Aschaf in fenburg) all the numbered 410 years; while common oaks above 320 years old the heart was be¬ ginning to decay. The maximum ages of other German trees—as found by counting beech the rings—is as follows: Red 245, ash 170, elm 130, birch 200, aspen 210, and alder 145 years. The lime, beloved of the Fatherland, generally evades this test. Probably one of the longest-standing in sound of all, it is seldom found a condition at an advanced age. At the Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition, four years ago, much interest was shown in the sections of two Scotch firs, one 25 feet in circumference, distinctly vouch¬ ing its own age to be 217 years, the other lb feet in circumference, showing a clear record of year-circles to the number of 270. As the site of both was known, as well as the dates of the felling of the one, and the biowing down of the other, it might have been possible to ascertain why the larger tree was so much younger than its companion. As an excellent example of what can be effected by such an investigation, the following incident is especially worthy of notice: A few years since, an American engineer had occasion to clear a plantation of hemlock trees, in which species the marking of the annual zones that the is peculiarly distinct. He found layers were of very unequal breadth, indicating a growth five or six times fuller in some years than in others. The trees were of various ages, but every tree told exactly the same tale. “If you began at the outer layer of two trees, one young and the other old, and counted back twenty years, when the young tree indicated a growing season by a full layer, the oldest tree in¬ dicated the same. ” A similiar concur¬ rence happened with the meagre seasons, though icity the there was nothing of like period¬ in return either. By such a identify comparison particular as this we are enabled to years as those of un¬ usual increase, or the contrary; and, by turning to the meteorological records for these years, to ascertain the nature^ ol the weather which has been favorable to the growth of the wood .—London Stand/ ard. A Monster Mushroom. The sensation of last year’s “goose¬ berry season,” toad says weighing a Paris letter, was a monster which discovered many pounds, was of and at some attracted place in the centre France visi¬ tors from all parts of the surrounding country. Now the phenomenon is a gigantic mushroom, which has sprung up in a garden The in extraordinary the neighborhood of Limoges. effort ol nature was first noticed in a plot of cab¬ bages. It was then as large as a hen’s egg; now it measures over two feet in circumference. In a few hours it had added three centimetres to its dimen¬ sions, and its owner and his neighbors, who may be said to be watching it night and day with the utmost solicitude, de¬ clare visibly—swelling, tney can actually old see it growing as Mr. Weller would have Indeed, remarked, mushroom before “their wery eyes.” the is the wonder, and, pride and delight of the whole district, as the snails of that part ol the country have taken an equal fancy t« it, the connoisseurs argue that it cannot be poisonous. The average vineyard is exposed U twenty-two different each season.
