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Show Cal., has grown forty-five foet in one ' year. The coasters of the Fiji islands will not eat until they can nit flat upon the ground directly over a triangle mado of three small fislibonfs; then they only handle the food with tho left hand. W. A. Fulton, one of Clayton county's i (Ga.) oldest and best citizens, died recently. re-cently. Just as ho drew his Inst breath ; the old clix k, which for forty years had i faithfully kept time, utopjied and has not i run since. I Partially fill a glass with water, lay a ' piece of writing paper over it, press it gently with your hand and ywu can turn tho gl.'iss upside down, remove your hand . from the paper and not a drop of water i will spill. In counting his small change recently i a Michigan man found the most valuable i five cent piece extant. Tho jarring ou ' the table caused tho piece of money to split in two, and from the center rolled ! a gold dollar. I In Austria women are employed to ; carry the mortar and brick to tho build- j ' ers. They work from 7 in the morning till Oat night, with one hour at noon, I and receive twenty cents a day. Most of these femalo hodcarriers aro unmax- I j ried and homeless; j STRANGE TALES. ' J A man named Lowe has taken an am-: V davit that a blue gam tree at WbiUier, I f - . |