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KNOXVILLE JOURNAL, KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA. $ Brooklyn’s credit stands high. The city has just negotiated $500,000 of her permanent water loan bonds at 100$. Every State in which fertilizers are sold taxes the business ostensibly for the protection of the farmers. It is a mat¬ ter, declares the New York Times, to which fanners should give their careful attention. The proportionateculture of grass may be taken as a measure of the prosperity of agriculture, asserts the New York Times. Grass conserves the fertility of the soil, while the growth of grain crops expends it. Prince Bismarck recently gave a fete to his servants and tenants at Friedrichs ruhe to celebrate the despatch to Berly of 5000 telegraph-poles cut in his forests. Bismarck has supplied Germany with 100,000 telegraph-poles during the last ten years. The value of the fertilizers used by farmers amounts to a yearly sura of about $o0,060,000. It was more than half this Bum in 1880, and the trade has certainly doubled in extent since then, In North Carolina the tax on fertilizers yields more than $40,000 yearly. The Chinese are making such large de¬ mands upon soap that in time they may rank among the clean nations. The im¬ portation of foreign soap has increased 133 per cent in five years and SCO per cent, more is wanted now than was sought after ten years ago. , Says the Detroit Free Press-. “Volapuk did pot die with Fr. Schleyer, its father; and we htme there is peace in Heaven for the man who, in translating into his new lingo two of the sweetest words in every language, deliberately called a maiden a vomul and a bride a ji-gam.” The Director of the German Statistical Bureau „ has , issued , , a report . on „ ,, the status „ of the German population. There arc in the empire now about 45,000,000 people, but this official believes that theeouutry can supporta 1 v very 3 large 0 addition to the present number without any trouble. A St. Louis diamond broker makes the singular statement that the amount of money invested in diamonds in that city is greater than the volume of actual money used ia business. Nearly every family in the city, he says, even many in humble circumstances, has a collection of the piecious stones. _ Tourists . . abroad , , complain , . that , . the ,, de- . lightful calm and quiet of Heidelberg, the great German university town, has given way to noise and manufacturing , bustle. A number of tall ch. mucys injure ■ ■ the view from the castle grounds and the fearful foghorn Iron various tugs dis ' tnrbs the quiet of the Neckar. A first-c’asa editor achieves the big gest ” kind of success,declares tlio Atlanta tonsMution, when , , he salary , .. secures a o. $10,000 a year, and the best American novelist thinks that lie is doing wonder fuilvwell when lie earns the same sum maycar. And . , yet . a fellow , „ whose , stones , . don’t come under the head of literature, whose style is course and ungiammati cal, can make" three or four times as much as the cultured editor and novel i»t. . . c buck writer It. 1. Halsey, . a is or Brooklyn.theauthor of the “Old Sleuth” detective stories. Mr. Halsey’s facile pen yields t. him an income of from $30,- ’ non jo «M/> non a „ „„„ year. — budget of fun. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Romance of a Phonograph—A Great Similarity —Why He Was 8o Earnest—Theory and Prac¬ tice, Etc., Etc. He loved a blushing maiden. But his soul was full of fear, So hesfoke into a phonograph The words he’d have her hear. Her father moved the lover, And before the d >y was done That phon graph was guarded By a bull-dog and a gun. —Judge. A Great Similarit y. “Whenever I see Barkins I think of the trade winds,” said Ismythe. “VY hy so?” queried B ones. “Oh, lie is always blowing about his business.” Why He Was So Earnest. Maud—“Are you really engaged to Mr. Hawkins, Ethel?” “Ethel—“Yes, i hardly know whether I love h m or»not, but he was so earnest that somehow I could not refuse him.” fused Maud—“Yes, him last I know. When I re¬ summer he told me he was going to marry somebody or burst before Christmas. ”— Terre Haute Express. Theory arid Practice. “What is the half of twenty-five?” asked the teacher. Little Johnnie scratched his head and didn’t answer. it Well, I’ll make it plainer.” she said. “If your father bought one cigar that sold two for a quarter, how much would the dealer iharge h.m?” nie “fifteencents,”returned .—New York little John¬ Sun. A . Wise Suggest „ . on. often? jJ arf you change cooks so “Because you are always complaining ® n°, Well, I won ..... t hick any more. Just hang on to one individual and give my stomach a chance to get acclimated.” A Literary Butcher. Visitor—“What a beautiful library you linve! I really envy you.” Retired But her—“Yes; and just look at the binding of them books.” Visitor—“I see; they are all bound in calf.” Retired Butcher—“Just so,and I killed all them calves myself what furnished the leather.”—Tents Siftings. ^-- / Expensive. i . Barrowly— “I’m not feelingvery well, doctor. My head aches and I feel all broken up generally.” Doctor—“You don’t take enough ex ercise. You ride down to business in stead of walking, as you should.” Barrowly—“But ’ 1 ean’t afford to walk, it makes me so hungry, and lunches cost money .—Harper's Paurr. Trimming: His Sails. Gus—“Do you carry two watches, Jack, or is that double chain a bluff ?” Jack—“No bluff,Gus; 1 carry a AVatcr bury in one pocket and a Jurgenscn in the other.” Gus—“AA’hat’s that for?” Jack—“When a man to whom I owe money asks me the time I consult my Waterbury, but when a stranger or a ^ ,vant8 information it’s the Jurgensen that gives it, and don’t yon f or get it .—Epoch. --- A Man or Inventive Genius. Carpenter- “ You say you want a bureau made on a new plan s” Citizen—“Yes, sir. 1 want it made shoulders with legs so that it.” I can get my head and under Carncnter—f course, I will fill your order,"but you might satisfy my curiosity ft s to why you want a bureau made in that way.” Citizen-Well, T want to be able to find my f collar button when 1 want it „ uhm t raoving ' the bureau.” - Boston Courier. -- — — . , , A 1 *' Klobson- “Hud a little tea fight at our t house last night.” “Indeed!” Dumpsey wife said there ought to be “Yes; my two t’s in better, and I said there ought to be only one.” right.” ; “ Your wife was njjjjl Right? For heaven's sake^ don’t tell her, or she’ll never let up on me. I’m president of the Burlington Business Men’s Literary Chib.”— uur lingtonJF.iee < ■! Press. ___ Lpoks Black for tile Witnesses. *’* Yes, sir,” said the witness, “he fell out of the sixth story window. There* were six of us in the room at the time; there was no quarrel; we were all friends, and there had been no drinking. lie was sitting suddenly in the open window talking, and lost his balance and fell out.” “ What was he talking about?” asked a juryman. “ He was telling some smart things his six year old boy said.” And very p, omptiy the coroner held all five of them to await the result of the wounded man’s injuries. She Was All Right. “That Mrs. Ostentatious is outside, sir,” said the clerk, entering the private ottice, “She wants to open an account with us. ning “Lmph!” returned the tailor, begin¬ to meditate. “Do you know any¬ thing about her, Griggs?” “No, sir; but she says she ia promi¬ nent in social circles.” “How often did she return that last dress to be altered?” “Fifteen times, sir.” “That s all right, -Griggs. Credit her with all she needs.”— Life. Getting Things Mixed. Magistrate (absent-minded, to pris¬ oner —“Stand up! You hereby solemiy declare, in the presence of these wit¬ nesses, that you will love, cherish and protect this woman until death do y ou part.” Prisoner (badly * what’s that, honor?” frightened)—“Wha yer beg Magistrate (rousing himself)—“Oh, I pardon! It’s ten dollars or thirty days. Different Jfow. She had been reading of the latest kid napping “George, outrage. she asked her “how dear,” lovei, much are you worth?” “About $5000, love.” “George, suppose these horrid kid nappers should steal e, would you give that $5050 to get me back?” if “Willingly, darling, instead willingly. of Aye, it were millions thousands I would give it up without a murmur,” he answered, as he folded her in his Jov ing embrace. They are married now and the $5000 still goes, but with this difference, that George now Siftings. wants to give it to the kid nappers.— Her Last Request, “It's all over, Lil. Carl refused me this morning. 8top on your way down town and get me a two-ounce bottle of laudanum. It’s my last request.” “Don’t take it so to heart, dear. You’ll get over it in time.” "I never shall—-never! I tell you I won’t live another day. And say! stop into Miss Criimnins’s on your way back and see if that dove-colored opera cloak of mine is linished. She promised to have it done by Thursday, so I could wear it to the opera with Harry Jenkyns. He’d be so disappointed if I couldn’t go.”— Judge. AVit.hin the Gates. Slender Youth—“I am very anxious, sir, to enter the noble profession of journalism, ‘to become master of the great questions mold and mighty truths of civilization, to public opinion in theright-” Editor-“ Certainly; Able I under stand your feelings perfectly, and I am ever ready to extend ;t helping hand to aspiring youth. I will give you editorial a trial at once. Did you notice my this morning denouncing the brutal sport of prize fighting and referring to Jake Slugger as a low down, cowardly blot 0/1 the face of humanity?” ®* r *” • 'AY ell, we are short , - of , reporters , to day, and I wish you would interview Slugger and see what he thinks about it .”—Philadelphia Record. AA liy Didn’t She Say So. “Ob, Mr. Bixby; wait a moment, you_” I ain’t time wait. “Oh, got to Its time for my car now, and ” “But, I only-—” “I shan’t have time to go gallivanting around doing "Hanged errands if for I-” you to-day, Mrs. Bixby. “But James, I simply wanted “Oh, I know-you simply want spool of number 30 thread and a card pearl buttons, and a basket of and a yard of elastic, and forty-nine other things; and-” “James, I ust wanted- v “1 tell you its time for my ear, and I shall be too busy to get anything, to-day, for--” “Wait, -Tames; I-” “Well for heaven’s sake say it quick, then, and let me go. I don’t see why “I simply wanted to tell you that youi collar was unbuttoned and that your ucckt e had slipped hall-wav round.” “Well, why the deuce didn’t you say so, instead of keeping me here all day -and there goes my car!”— Time. Happy Hottentots. The Hottentots in the Jardin d’Aceli matation continue to attract the at¬ tention of Paris ans, but the poor crea¬ tures have been shivering in the cold weather which ha3 prevailed lately, they have been brought to iaiis by a German, who relates that he got them to start for Europe almost by force. Herr Thege, the energetic person in question, firstnegotiated with “Mother Elizabeth,” the most intelligent member of the troupe, who is herself on view in the Bois de Boulogne. The natives were enticed to the railway carriages, into which they were unceremoniously packed. When they arrived at the wharves at Cape Town they were so dazed that they allowed themselves to be carried like children on board the steamboats. The Hottentots, however, have litt e to complain of in Paris ex¬ cept the bad wen (her. The men received as pay SID per month and the women $!. On Sunday they are well “largessed” by the crowds of visitors who flock to the garden to visit them, and “Mother Elizabeth,” who takes care to put herself in evidence and to show that she is the most im¬ portant personage in the troupe, make-) lifty francs or $ 5 at least on such occa¬ sions. “Mother Elizabeth,” however has a formidable rival in “ aeob,” the head mah of the Hottentot troupe, who is a mighty hunter and has slain alien. The chief orders the minor Hottentots about, and every evening des’gnatcs the cook for the following day, the functionary o’clock of the kitchen haring to rise at six in order to chop wood, cemposed light tires coffee and make soup, which is of and salt. When they are at home in Africa, Herr Thege’s troupe are not par¬ ticular as to what they eat. They re¬ main in a state of utter laziness until they are hungry; then they go oa the trad and eat auything they can get.from a buffalo or cat to a toad. Porcupine* form their daintiest dish, and lizards, bats, owls and even worms are not de¬ spised. “Mother Elizabeth,” the ven¬ erable Hottentot dame, has two lingers cut off, to show that she has been twice married .—Graph ie. New Japan. The young Mikado, Mutsuhito, the 123d Emperor of the Dameless dynasty, was Vo* first of the line to take the oath as a ruler. u tue 12th of April, 1808, he made oath before gods and men that “a de¬ liberative as embly should bo formed all measures should be decided by public opinion, and that intellect and learning should be sought for throughout the world, in order to establish the founda¬ tions of the empire. This oath was reaffirmed October 12 1881, and this year 18 jO is fixed as the time for limiting the houses imperial preroga- parlia¬ gative, and forming two the government of ment, transforming into a constitutional monarchy. 'lhe Emperor's capital was changed from Kioto to Yeddo, which was re¬ named and called Tokio. Feudalism, or the holding of fiefs by the damio. came to an cntl in 1871, by imperial edict, and the whole of great Japan was again directly under the Mi ¬ kado’s rule. The titles of kuzc and daimo were also abolished, both being re -named simply (ju >n-a ~o km), or noble families. The distinctions between the lower orders ol people were scattered to the winds, and even the despised outcasts were mafic citizen 0 , protected by law. the Japan The degrees in rank among esc are now as follows: 1 irst. The Emperor and the royal families. Second. The luiasoku, the noble families. Third. The Shi/.oku, the gentry. Fourth. The Ileimin, the citizens in general. —From “Great Japan: the Sun rise Kingdom, by Ida G. Ilodnett, in St. NicnoJ.AS./or November. Nothing will turn a woman’s head so as a bonnet- that passed by,
