The morning news., 1889-04-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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THEY have careful housekeepers down east.
A family in Hope. Me, has been keeping house
for thirteen years, and never broke a lamp
chimney until last week. 1t was another in
stance of ill-luck following the number 13.
A CHURCH in Southern Illinois is about to have
a fair in which one of the features will be the
pigsin clover with real pigs. A large fac simile
of the toy will be built in the hall and a prize
will be given to the man who pens the porkers.
THE consideration for which Bombay Hook,
near Wilmington, Del, was transferred by its
originvl owner an Indian chief was two bar
rels of rum, two Shotguns and four handfuls of
powder The land is worth now about $500, 900.
Quite appropriately. the sign manual OF the
Indian chief was goose.
SURROGATE O'NE1L OF Jersey City, received
$40 bank note as fee, on the edge of which
was written in India ink Anybody having
this in his or her pocket will never be busted.
Hang onto it as long as you can, for 1t is the
last Of my S5,00o Pm busted. This is better
in your pocket than 500 on running horse"
A CENTURY AGO the law of Maine obliged
husband to pay all debts of his bride in case she
brought him any property As outer clothing
was legal property, which could be taken for
debt. an unfortunate couple who were deeply
in love resorted to the experiment Of marrying
while the bride was clad only in her night
clothes.
The MEMBERS of the Salvation Army at
Goshen, Ind, are indulging the remarkable
freaks. One of the recent converts went into
trance and threw herself against hot stove,
the SKIN being burned off her hands and arms.
Strange orgies take place nightly. Members of
the band fall to the floor, rise on their arms and
remain for hours perfectly rigid. The lady cap
tain of the band is said to exercise mesmeric in
f1uence over her followers.
HENRY c. WHITE of New York, in letter to
the Tribune, says: There is really no ground
for the theory of the formation of deaf race
OF men, simply because out of the 33 900 deaf
mutos, fully 80 per cent. lost hearing from sick
ness or from purely accidental causes and the
defect is not repeated in the offspring; on the
other hand, congenital deafness has been
decreasing. as is shown by the annual reports
of every state institution in the land"
A DAUGHTER of Charles Havins Of West Rox-
bury, Mass, was amazed lately while looking
through the museum attached to the dead letter
office Washington, to see two miniatures that
had been stolen from her father six years be.
fore. Upon examining the records of the office
10 was found that the articles, in an unaddressed
envelope, had been dropped in Boston letter
box fewtSays after the robbery and in the
ordinary course of events were sent to Wash
ington. She was given the property
FRED L. AMEs, the millionaire capitalist. has
at North Boston the finest and most elaborate
conservatory in the United States, and it is de-
voted almost exclusively to the cultivation of
completed recently and on Tuesday it was in
spected by the members of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society. Mr.. Ames' collection of
orchids is believed to be unsurpassed in this
country, there being upward of 1900 varieties
HERE is a story told as a solemn fact: Ladies
and gentlemen said the manager of Boston
theater coming in front of the cnrtain at the
end of the fourth act, 1--WE have just discovered
the cause of the sitting temperature from which
you have all doubtless been suffering The
house has been on fire for nearly half an hour
In assuring you of my regret at the occurrence
and the unavoidable necessity of bringing the
performance to close. you will permit me TO tx.
press my heartfelt joy that we have succeeded
at last in thoroughly warming up a Boston
audience"
ALPHoNsE LEDUC the half breed who accom-
panied Lord Lonsdale part of the way to the
Arctic region, is in Chicago, and still maintains
that, with funds and material he can reach the
North Pole. His idea is to go overland by sled
He thinks that with 300 men line of commun-
ication for supplies north and news south could
be maintained without great difficulty. Head
quarters would be on the peninsula of Boothia
twelve days by courier from the nearest tele-
graph TO Winnipeg. Leduc will attempt to in
terest number of newspapers to get them to
back him. br
CITIZEN of Xenia O., had the family horse
clipped and then told his wife and daughters
that he traded off the faithful animal. Both
were astonshed, and began immediately to
criticse the new one. How ugly his color is, -
said one of them. What an ungainly shape
too" remarked the other "And see bow wild
and restless he acts" said the mother who al
ways dotted on the gentleness of the old horse
In this way they dissected the new horse for
quite while, and when told the truth could
hardly refrain from apologiZing to the old horse
they had so Slandered.
AN AMUSING STORY comes from Japan of na-
tive doctor who had SO far assimlated his prac-
tice to European methods that an English resi-
dent being i'll, sent for him in the absence of the
only European doctor in the district. The En-
glishman having elaborately described his
symptoms, the Jap doctor in his turn made a
long and very vague statement, from which it
was impossible to gather anything really def
mite, But come, DOCTOR" exclaimed the pa
tient at last naturally anxious to know the ma
ture OF his complaint. you have not told me
what it Is p "Ah! you ask what it is?" returned
the native medicc, in what he intended to be
his best European manner, well, l will tell
you, sar, it is shillingsn'
BROOKLYN CORONER, while examing some
papers, unearthed receipt for valuables that
were found on the person of man who dropped
| dead near the bridge. Among the things
acknowledge by it were almost 81 600 in cur
rency, several large books, some iewelry and
| papers. The widow of the man was known
and the officer to save her the trouble of going
TO his office, sent the effects to her residence
| There were score of articles in all. and they
made pretty bulky bundle. When the mes
| senger delivered them to the widow she care
| fully went over each Upon concluding her ex-
| animation, instead OF thanking the messenger.
| She startled him 0y saying: There was a pair
| OF scissors! Where are they p
RATHER CURIOUS EPISODE in natural history
occurred on board the French steamboat Add
| elKader during the passage from Marselles to
! Algers. Just as the vessel was about two hours
| out the sky became quite black with swallows
| IL was then alb ut O'Clock in the evening The
birds alghted in thousands on the sails ropes
| and yards of the Abd-el-Kader. After a perky
survey OF the deck from their emnences aloft
| they descended coolly on deck, hoped about
among the sailors and passengers and eventually
found their way into the cabins both fore and
AFT The birds we're evidently fatigued after q
long flight. and allowed themselves to be caught
by the people Of the ship. who gave them a
welcome reception and provided them with
| food which they enjoyed heartily. The little
| winged strangers remained all night on the
| vessel and in the morning at O'Clock the
| whole flock made for land
The OLDEST BANK NOTES are the "hying
| money or convenient money first issued in
China, 2697 b., c. Originally these notes were
issued by the treasury, but experience dictated
change to the banks under government in
specton and control writer in a provincial
paper says that the early Chimes "greenbacks"
were in all essentials similar to the modern bank
notes. bearing the name of the bauk date of
issue, the number of the note the signature OF
I Nhn IL .sv.a.s s...l.