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Show CLIPPED AND CONDENSED- Athens, Ga., has a cat that weighs sixteen pounds. Marriages of convenience, which have been a social bane in France, are said to be on the decline there. It is curious that there are no direct descendants of Napoleon, Wellington, Washington or Walter Scott. Apartment houses have been multiplied multi-plied to such an extent in New York that a decline in rents is imminent. One hundred swillons, by actual count, took up a night's lodging in n j chimney at aycross, Ca., a few ni;li s ; ago. . One police court in New York in three hours disposed of 120 cases an average of a minute and a half to each case. ' Crews from live different ves;ela attended at-tended prayer meeting on the decK of n mackerel schooner at Portland, Me., on Sunday. It is not gendrally known in fact, popular prejudice points the other way that the last carriage in a railway train is the safest. Locks were used by the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans ana Chinese. Du Cange mentioned locks aud padlacks as late as 1811. An oM chief gave his experience of Indian agents this way: "Spose agent heap bad man. heap swear, steal naif Injun blanket, Injun flour; spose agent lovum Jesus steal all." A woman at Bakerville, Mo., who has a son of twenty years, has not been "down-town" but once in twelve years, and at that time she was taken there against her will. What an anomaly she is. Gone a-shoppiug but once in twelve years! "Our next issue will be our last," writes a Georgia editor. "We are satisfied sat-isfied the people of this town can get along without us, for we have been getting get-ting along without tho people for six monins 'past, mere are some suo-scriptlons suo-scriptlons owing, hut we will not collect col-lect them, as the citizens will soon need the money to defray the funeral expenses ex-penses of the town." Tho country people for miles around Danville, N. J., are arranging for a great double birthday celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Heury Vree-land. Vree-land. The two old people were born within one day of each other aud are now in the nineties. Thoy have been married sixty-three years. Both are still hearty and active aud anticipate the approchiug anniversary glee day with much pleasure. The New York Tribune tells of a fastidious : lady who drove to her butcher's and told that individual that whenever he or his assistants spoke to her through the telephone they must wash their hands and put on a coat. "It is highly indelicate," sho said, "for you to speak to a lady with unclean hands and in your shirt sleeves, and unless you ceas'e doing so I shall have to trade with the other butcher person." per-son." The Indians near Elk Rapids, Mich., cannot be persuaded to cross Bass Lake in winter or summer, and although it is full of the best fish they never cast in its waters. They have a legend that many moons ago, while fishing in the lake, one of their number was seized and borne beneath its dark waters by a great big, horrid monster, just like the one claimed to have been seen this season sea-son by several parties. A Toocoa, Ga., man is totally blind, and has been so from a babe few weeks bid. Although he received no education educa-tion he possesses unusual inteligence ana can solve difficult mathematical problems, giving the month and year In which a person was born, tell tho day of t he week; can toll day from night by the atmosphere, and when traveling can tell when he is passing objectssomo distance from the roadsido, such as a house or tree. While plowing up the ground for the new Central shops at Columbus. Ga., one of the heavy plows struck a six-inch water main and broke it. The water spurted up in a solid stream to a height of about lilty feet, tearing up the ground around with great force. The water ran for several hours, flooding the adjacent ad-jacent spaee, until the superindent of the water works company went out aud, with assistance, repaired the break. Iowa has passed a stringent tramp law. It declares that any male person sixteen years of ago or over, who is physically aide to work, who is wandering wander-ing about begging or idle and who can not show reasonable efforts to secure employment, shall be deemed a tramp t0 jiiil and put at hard work. While in jail ho shall uot be allowed tobacco, to-bacco, liquors, sporting or illustrated newspapers, cards or any other means of amusement.- Tramps "will give Iowa a wide berth. On returning from church a Lafayette, Lafay-ette, da., limn saw what seemed to be two small snakes about the size of a load pencil and eight or ten inches long. 1 hev were barely moving. On closer examination instead of a snake it was a mass of litt le measuring worms, each about three-sixteenths of an inch long, and each traveling on the layer of worms under it. By moving in this manner they escaped the dust which would have been fatal to them if they had separated. |