MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7464, 12 September 1892, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

The corkscrew is warmm» its war kt> the favor of the public. A machine has been invented which makes 30,000 corkscrews every day. A farm iv Ptthole, Ph., which was bought tooie years ago duiing the oil excitement by Chicago speculators for I L3OO 000 wia sold recently at a tax Bile for L2O. " Sea here," said the star to the manager, " if you are going to have bouquets handed to me every night, why don't you get deceot ones 1 Look at this to night ; its ail fadtd. Why 08u'c I h»ve as good a bouquet as 1 had last ni^h'. ' "As good a bouquet as you had last n gh"J" shrieked the manager. " Why, its the same one !" Forks vrere fiVst introduced into England before the reign of James I, The Ejglibh derived this piece of re finemont from the Italians. The use of forka was at first much rid.culed in England aa an effeminate piece of luxury.

•« Eva," he Baid eoltiy as they BtroMed through the park, "let me call you Eve ', it will make tao place more like the Garden of Eden." " Certainly, Q-eorge," replied the bewitching maid; "but I cua't call you Adam. You — you are not my firat man, you know. Not by several, George."

The foil iw ng waa overhead between a Cjluinbia a udebt and his best girl : " Üb, Win ! wUhD love'y floweia ! They look us if they hud juat bten gathered. Wby there is a lutla dew on them." Will (hlightly emb t irr<»Bied) : " Njt a cent, I asauro you — aot a cpu'."