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Show CLIPPED ANtTcNd3 I France claims to have sm J millionaires. e" The milk bill of London . I 50,000 daily. m el Just 2.-i0.000 women are J yearly in England. " New hay of the first harvest ln I to appear in the New York mark I Tho coins of Siam are made of J lain; those ot Japan are mmli iron.- H Heligoland has a national uV,t Tho revenue is between 'Hal 9000. mi A failure of the potato eronU,! ened in Ireland, and famine will .1 if it happens. 11 'I W. L. Osborne, of Pha?nix Ari I collected ten tons of honev tS'l son from 171 hives. ' 'i A hunter of Chepallis, WasJ ccntly killed a cougar which n,B,J 0 feet 5 inches in length. 1 It is becoming more of a custom! men to carry umbrellas to 6hieldl from the sun in hot days. I A Los Angeles pickle factory J eighty tons of cucumbers at AnJ recently for one cent a pound. He is a cruel cynic who UeeWI people who eat the most at Sl hotels are those who are said to 1 valids. 1 A West Virginian of Gilmer J venoered a black oak log with tJ and sold it. to a confiding CinciniJ as a genuine black walnut and to I for it. 8 I At an equality of age the male J erally heavier than the female, J toward the age of twelve, when! average weight in both sexes ii J the same. Farmers in outlying seclionsof J ern New Jersey report a superfia 1 rabbits this year. That game faj been so plentiful before in fifteen they say. '1 A negro who was caught roljbinJ till of a merchant at Arredenodo 1 was given fifty lashes by the col people residing in the neigborhoodl then set at liberty. I A unique horticultural exhibition! in England is devoted to carnations! ferus. One large tent is tilled witbl button-hole carnation, and the ail heavy with perfume. I It is reported that a judge tt a has declared that the baby carriapl nuisance, when it runs into law-abil citizens. There is no appreciation! the poor baby anywhere. I A Charlestown lady became if sick the other day and vomited aJ live fish. She does not knowwncl passed down her throat, butsuppoJ did so with a drink of water. 1 The Pacific coast has not a mowi on big trees. There is Cyprus treel Enterprise, Fla., that is ten and si feet in diameter and has a trunk fj feet in length to the first limb. I The seven-year-old daughter of Pel Olsen, at Ludington, died iu terrl agony the other day, within tn J uies after she had been bitten in snake in a huckleberry swamp. I A warm salt water bath is said lal very refreshing to one sutiering tl bodily fatigue. If away from the 1 shore a cup of rock salt dissolved! warm water and added to the bathpf duces the same result. I A triplet steer team is one of them osities to be seen at Old Orchard. 1 steers are hitched to a vehicle n blings those used in the chariot ncul circuses, and ten cents pays for ill! ride in this novel turnout. I The day of paner car-wheels lor rl road cars is passing. The chief ml is alleged to be that the iron m last not only longer than the pil ones, but are cheaper as well ccsj about one-sixth as much as the pil wheels. , I A huge lobster was caught by Hii Dunbar in the bay off Penobscot. I was thirty -four inches long and vein twenty-one pounds. The gnestiit I Penobscot house had the pleasure! discussing the lobster, which was mpI soon after the catch. I Jane Jones died recently atCtal near Carnarvon, Wales, in her one m dred and. second year. Her huibij died three months before her, irj ninety-eight, and two years ago jl celebrated their diamond wedding,!, ing completed seventy-five yew I married life. I The St. Joseph (Mo.) News ml that the mayor of Keytesville, thatftl was arrested the other day for a tion of a city ordinance, which proHl its the throwing of paper in the trl The city mashaf caught him in tM and the mayor fined himself one 01 for the offense. I Miss Dorothy Tennant's last actaif unmarried artist was thesaeojl picture of "Street Arabs at flap great soap-selling firm for Pl3 advertisement. She expressed MII ingness that the picture should M w for that purpose if it was not cnsnj in any manner. Leigham Court, Streatham, London, comprising sixty-six acres, just been sold for 90,000. It "' many years the residenee of IM " M. J. Tredwell, a railway cjntrw who began life as a navvy. His m stili preserves the pick and show' which he worked as a laborer. All the officials in the various dV ments along the Jersey Central w road have been notified by tne j pany that hereafter employes m"" stain from the use of in'011"" liquors while on or off dutyanflu-entering dutyanflu-entering saloons, either during or working hours, will be dischargeo- Lunacy is rapiuly increasing land. Last year the lunacy cob sioners had on their books the n 84,340 insane persons. This year -began with 86,087, and increase 01 Tho great majority of the insane.' found among the lower classes, of the patients being helpless pf" It isunderstood that the depart committee appointed to consia;L advisability of permitting an '( stamps to' be affixed to cards "J public for transmission tDroU . post, on the same terms as po . issued by the government, haveae in favor of allowing the change w made- . jtM At a breakfast given by J?-lister J?-lister to Newport fashionables-scene fashionables-scene being a platform in a snaoTJ the table presented a F appearance. Most noticeable ' sheaves of Scotch wheat standing four feet high, tied with sashes w-let w-let ribbon . In the tops of these w scarlet dahlias. ' j While a roofer was at work ot roof ot a school at Greenville, J other dav, he was overcome "J fl heat and rolled down the and over the edge. His suspender caught on a hook in the roof g""V., kept him from falling to the g ,t He hung in mid air until bis workmen rescued bim. A social cyclone is reported to raged at Bar Harbor in conseqnen the hostess at a reception setting a private r,ooui, where she feastea ( naval officers and a few friend' , regal manner, while the rem" J large company of the elite were : ( into a large dining-room to u-refreshmenls u-refreshmenls of n ordinary q"1"' |