Fact And Fancy

Piof. Beckmoro saya that Jobster are now taken ajmost entirely from deep water, and at tho present rato of decrease wili stiortly become curiosities, to be found only in museums. Brick houses ave a long-feit want ia Texas, according to Tlie San Antonio Times, which chronicles with joy the fact that preparations are being made at Colunibus to orect such buildings. A beginner in Latín was asked to translate a senteuce which, properly rendered, would have read: "Honey redolent of age." But ho preferred the frcer trauslation: "Tliis houey smells like time." An old man in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, veceivcd $5,000 froin bis chirdren on agrucing not to warry a fascinating girl of 17. Tlicn ho niarried her and gavo her tho nioney, and she disappeaied with it. A suit for $5,000 damagos has been instituted by a resident of Koine, Ga., against a loca) groccr who displayed in front of his store a card with tho name of the prosecutor on it and the words "Deadbeat, $6.38." The dude collar this season, it is authoritatively annonuced, will be narrow and will have the corners slightly turncd doVD. He will now have an opportunity of lookiiigaround him and of seoing wiiat is going on in the world. The UaUirnore American truly says a man who will give np tho editorship of an Influential Amorioau paper for a second-rato foreign appointmeut is not made of that sterner stuft' which enters so largely into tho make-up of all good editora. It is well, sometimes, lo have a caro and not yawn too loudly or to open tho mouth to wido while indulging in thls peculiar pastinie. A Rochester lady a few daya since was unfortunate enough to dislócate her jaws while indulging in an ordiuary everyday yawn. "Yes, sir," said the entomologist, "I can tame fiies so that wlien 1 whistle they wi!I come and alight on my hand." "Psliaw!" said the bald-headed man, "that's ïiothint;. They come and alight on my head withoul my whislling. " Tlu; uc'lotuologist sat down. A citizen of Boston, in looking over the genualogical records of his family, noticed tho following: "Abiahdied 171)!), aged 17. Traiütion says she went to a ball dressed in tho nianner of later days, 'beauifuüy but not warmly;' caught cold, and died four days at ter. Tho dress was an heirloonj in the family of Ira." A man at Union City, Pa., puzzled his neighbors by frvquently carrying a paper biva, cvidontly containina; sornethiDg heavy, to his room. What he could do with so mach ilour was a mystery, but the other night the matter was erplained wlien tho man lipped apon the ico and burst the Dag, üiseiüsiog a tin pail ulied with beei The kirniess whicli opened recently in New York is a festival which originated iu tlie Nethorlands niany years ago. It is supposed that tho word is derived from kerk, the Dutch foi chureh, and niesse.feast and was origi nally a chureh festival. Tenier anc other Fleniish artists have illustratei the old-time scènes of tho "kermesse,' as it was then called. The many Araericans who hav viewed with wonder and admiratio the remains of Heidelberg castlc splendid even in decay, will Oe glad t learn that tho reported injury to th foundations by tho raihvay tuunol be Death them existed only in imagina tion. A commission áppointed t make an exaiuinatiou says it intls th foundations in perfect condition. Capt. John Ayres, of Santa Va, Xe Mexico, who went to New Mexico wit the California vohmteers in earl' days, and for a tiran was in conimant of Fort Marcy, publishes a two-col umn article reviow, stating that ho ha discovered the original warm minera springs which the Aztecs tilled up am hid at the time of theSpanish invasión The spring is about íour miles east o Santa Fe. Mr. D. C. Robbins, iu his "Aiimia Review of the Drug Trado oí New York," statcs that in 1884 wo import ed 1,268,732 ounces of quinine an 2,088,807 pouuds of cinchona bark We are importing more quinine au inanufacturing less every year. h 1884 we imported twice as niua quinine and half as much bark a3 in 1882. In 1883 more opium was im ported for smoking (2lJ8,153 pouuds than for all other purposes put to gether. The largo duty placed upon this form of opium reduced the impor for 1884 very considerably. A letter was received at the postónico in Portland, Oregon, the othei dav, addressed to "Olynipia, Oresron, State of California." The laughtei oaused amono; the employés by this funny address had notdied away when another letter was discovered addressed to some postoflice in Oregou which looked much like "Sow Bellio." After everyone had wondered for some timo the expert of the eslabhshmeni discovered that the address was "Sow Piellie," which was quickly interpreted to be the Chinese fov "South Prairie," and thither tho letter was sent.