Show instructive paragraphs the states of kentucky loi louisiana wa n a maryland mississippi and virginia virgin p per r mit the mar ilage with the consent of her parents ol of a girl ol of twelve the name bridegroom signifying one who ho serves the bride I 1 Is believed originated from the old custom that at the we wedding adding feast it was the duty of the newly married man to wait upon hla his bride bride A kitten forsaken by its mother in an attic ol of a tore to in finsbury ainsbury Fins bury square london has been adopted and cared lor for by a family of rats 4 it has been reported from dundas canada that a we water ter dog or pup fish having four legs and barking like a dog doe has been found in the desjardins canal 4 0 the menu of billy the worlds largest pig consists of four cases of 1 apples eight or nine buckets of milk two bushels of bran 16 or IS 18 oali cabbages bages anil and a tew few extra dishes dally daily ap 40 A sunlight lamp in applying artificial sunlight Is used by a london restaurant to refresh sickly plants and bouquets of patrons patrols while they dine I 1 aw aw among the peoples of the vassal cribs tribe in africa it Is considered undignified for the men to work and the women do all hunting bunting fishing and similar work 6 4 the blarney stone the touch of which ful s su supposed to create smooth and grace ul liars of the first magnitude with a sweet persuasive tongue with women full of guile blanish blandishment ment and potent flattery has been kissed by more than american tourists tourist this year I 1 w 10 V for a short distance a mountain lion can run the speed of an express train A toad obtains its supply of drinking water through its skin 0 4 the word sideburns denoting whiskers on the side of the face Is a transposition ot of the original name burnsides burns burri ldes sides derived from the name of ambrose E burnside Burnsl de union general during the civil war who wore side whiskers and a mustache with shaven chin 4 0 ab an explorer in africa captured EL a tour four year old pound gorilla and left it in a i cage ge when he returned to the un brok e n cage lie he found that the monster had been devoured by ants which left only the skeleton and a few tufts of I 1 hair 4 aw 4 A three karat diamond Is hidden in my second molar at the left remove the tooth before burying me this information written into the will of a french marquis proved correct 4 4 1 B lends blonds are considered by business men to 1 be temperamental too independent inclined to keep irregular hours tactless bluffers bluff ers and inefficient according to 0 a recent survey in austria all women in government em employ ploy must be addressed as frau regardless gard less of age and whether married or I 1 unmarried the pirena a species ot of little fish not more than eight inches long nas has deen been found in the gallia galba district of eastern bolivia IlVia this fish will attack and tear the flesh from the bones of 0 any man or beast that enters the water where it has its habitat aw 0 40 A hound bound on a farm near Cent centerville erville maryland has increased her family of six pups by adopting an orphaned lamb because he always wore his big hat bit irl in the house an atchison Atch lson woman lived with her husband fourteen years before she discovered he was bald headed 0 0 because of the belief that the souls eoula ot of ancestors are transferred to children eskimo rho natives do not punish their offspring 41 40 according to arthur koehler specialist in wood structure of the department of agriculture there are more than sixty different species of timber that have at one time or another been put on cirl the market under the name of n mahogany ho gany 10 american women spent tour four times as in much uch last year tor for permanent waves as the united states government did in building new ships 4 aw from fifteen to twenty tons of waste paper are gathered weekly irom from some of the large office buildings in our cities two to three tons flatly daily from hotels of 0 the large type ten to twenty tons dally daily from metropolitan newspapers and tons weekly by the street cleaning department part ment ot of new york city alone W W 41 in new york on an the grave ot of a soldier of the war ot of 1817 Is a 26 wild flower unknown to the state of new york but native to connecticut it Is believed that the flower sprang from a seed carried in the clothing of the soldier 4 0 buddhist priests irl in japan encourage the doll service in which thousands ol of children pray lor for their broken d dolls in the belief that the spirits of their favorite dolls will be comforted because they th think lk it teaches the children tender sentiments t imerito and kindliness 01 W 4 under our p present resent calendar no century can commence on wednesday Wed wednesday nesda y arl day or saturday october begins always donihe same day of the week as january february march and november commence on the same day ot of the week while may june and august commence on different days the year always fill isnes asnes on the same day of the week as it began these rules of course do not apply to leap years there are about muscles in the body of the normal man one fourth of which are in the neck and face 0 es ar by drinking 35 cups of coffee and smoking 6 packages of ci garets every 24 hours roger ocallis oMa OM llla allis 40 year old insurance salesman of san antonio texas has established a record 0 ot hours without seep there la Is a truck horse in london that sits down on his haunches and takes a rest when a traffic officer turns the signal against him |