The morning news., 1889-05-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

cense to p>.ddle will be z anted only to meri-
can citizens. The petition recites taat 1.-THE law
is inhumane, unjust, unreasonable and uncon-
stitutionI"
IL a csrtain town in California the Coo of
the calaboose are left open all might. l the
morning the constable goes to the Jail and
closes the door, and as a general thing has
from six to ten vagrants insid'. Tlen the men
have far ,ica tr i, are found guilty and or
dered to leave the town, while the justice of
the peace and the constable pocket fat fes in
each case. Soft thing.
A Boston GIRL was married last week to a
Chinaman named Charley June. The ceremony
proceeded with much difficulty. When the
groom as ed if he would take the bri e to
be lis wed led wife" !" h beca ne confused; the
c ergyma suggested that the usal re0ly was
Il will but 1t was not till the bride had
warmly said, Say yes or no. one or the other"
that June came to ii ne with Il will.
An Allegheny butcher has discovered that
rats have been st aling from his till for the last
year. Saturday $40 bill disappeared, and SIS,
which h thea placed in the d. aw as bait
also soon among ,e missing. de made an eX-
animation and found part Of the S. note in
rat hole leading ON the back of the drawer to
the ice b x This encouraged him nd he made
further searches, opening a side of the b1x,
whe e he found enough fragments of currency
to FIJI half peck measure. He took the find"
to the Gust m house, I'd the officials there IN
short time succeeded in matching bits to the
extent of Si16
FRANK SHEPPARD of Soutbbridge, Conn, in
stabling his horse late the other night, stepped
Gu strange animal He had no time to make
an exam nation, for the beast grasped him and
an encounter followed Sheppard got the bet
ter of his opponent aud was rapidly reducing
the latter TO insensiblity when two men, who
had been sleeping in q distant part OF the barn,
heard the struggle. a %. ruShin to the scene,
separated the baligerents. They then explained
that the animal was tame bear, and belong
to them, I'd that tle two were spending the
mig i in the Ul ce. having gained permission
from one of She ephard's family.
The dancing bear nuisance has become so
great in New Orleans that the police courts
have taken action on the matter. and ordered
the seizure of ali be- rs found u0on the public
ro al unless Gagged. There is scarcely a house
IN L 1nisiana that has not been visited by wan
der ng Turks and their bears. If dime is
given to one of them to get rid of him, the un-
happy donor will find a dozen bears aud Two
dozen Turks at his front door next morning, all
asking for the same recOmpense. If they get
no money. they will ask for TO d. and if refus d.
they will lie down in front of the mousse and eX-
press their intention OF dying there.
ONE of Scrantoa's wide-awake m TX peddlers
is single woman 81 or 2j years old. She drives
around in a covered wagon with windows in
front and sliding doors on each side, and she
doesn't Leave her seat when she serves her
customers. The lines run through co pie of
holes in the wagons front. She drops them
and rings a bell as soon as her horse stops at a
custo ner's house, and the servant trOts out and
gets serve1 by tue rosy -cheeke mIkmlid. Her
horse Kno ys every lstomer's place as we'll as
she does, and the jolly young woma Sc ms to
enjoy her life tip-tOp. 1t makes no difference
wnat the weather is she IS regular as the sun
the year rOu d.
WHAT are known by the name of iron bricks
have been sati factorily introd lcei as paving
material, in some parts of Germany. These
bricks AZ made by m;xiu equal parts of finely
ground red ar Ia 'eoLs slate AMI finely ground
clay, with the addition Of per cent. of iron ore.
The in redients thus mixeI to ether re en-
mostenad with a In ion of p per cent. of su-
phate of IRON, to which fine iron o Ore Is dde1,
until the mass SHOWS consistency Of So.
Baume After this the conpou I'd is s aped in
a press. dried, dipped once more in nearly
cJnceatrated solution OF Il ely ground iron ore,
and then baked in an oven Or about forty eight
hours in a reducing flame.
IT is not often that a rooster has any particu-
lar desire to take a bath, but a few days ago
Port Dram On. J bird showed that und the
pressure of necessity. he could Swim like a
duck. He was chased by dog to the edge of
the Morris anal, AMI, seeing no other mode of
escape, he mped in The dog followed bHt
the rooster, u ing bot wings and feet as pro.
pellers, forged rapidly through the water. An
eyewitness reports that the winged one
cl arly, the faster swimmer, and when be
struggled up the opposite bank the dog was
bad second. The triumphant rooster stood
upon the shore and crowed for over a minute,
and, while thus indul ging in selflaudation the
dog landed and almost succee led in catching
him by the tail. He saved himself by fluttering
lnLo tree.
The French council of state has concluded
the examination of a series of public admins
tr2tive rules applicable to the various modes Of
burial AM cremation. With regard TO the burn
ing Of the bodies of the dead, no apparatus for
cremation is to be ma le use OF without author
ty from the prefect VINO will grant it after con-
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burning of body is to be authorized by the
registrar on an appl cati n from the family, and
the production of certificate from the doctor
who attended the deceased that death was due
to natural cause, or. in the absence of this, a
report of the inquiry cond cted by the mimi
cipal doctor A report will be drawn up record
ing the reception of the body AMI its incinera-
tion, which will be tran Smtted TO the m nicpal
authority. The ashes will not be allowed to be
depostei Professionally anywhere except
in places of burial regularly e,tablisned or to
be removed without consent Of the municipal
authorities.
The system of asphalt paving introduced so
extensively in Paris has proved it would seem,
admirably adapted for the great driving streets,
but not so well for those subjec ed to heavy
busin IS tr ffic, and among the adyantag IS
principally at ributed TO it are those of homo
geneity of material, noiSe issneSs, perfect sur
face drainage, aud the rea iness with which the
roadway can be repaired; that is assuming that
the asphalt material is of good quality, instead
of the unreliable compo ions consisting of
crude mineral tar or manufactured tar mixed
with pulverized minerals of earth. In all relia-
BILE asphalt payem nts the asph ltum rock is
heated to 20)o or , 90, is compre ;sed while hot,
aud when co assn nes all the essential quail.
ties Of the original roc II appears that so sat
isfactOry has this kind of imp owed pavem mt
proved in B.rlin hat already some 600000
square meters of roads and streets are now COW
cred with it, its hrmneSs of wear as well as all
other qualities, givin, it a decided preference.
ONE of the links that COM It the present
with the Cromwellia era in f gland will soon
be sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson Woods,
of London. 1t is a massive silver cup covered
with handsome engraving, and belongs 10 Mrs
r scom of Billion, Rugby The curio has been
the bone Of content VI in several legal suits in
stltuted TO gain possession of it, and It's history
is an interesting one bringing as it does promi-
nent actors on the stage Of the seventeenth CEN
tury bef re the footguts of the present age.
II was originally presented by Oliver Cromwell
to his lnin-aw. Henry lr 3 n, who in 1915 gave
It to Dame Ursula Wholewood. II then de-
scended as a family heirloom to the late DR..
Wnorewood of Willoug by, Rugby. He died
about five years ago and by his will the cup
was TO have gone to q then Lord SherbOrne,
but his lordship had pre-deceased the doctor.
Mr. Riscon. great friend of the doctor. came
ilto ssession Of the household effects and
cllimed the cup opposing the claim asserted by
the heir of Lord Sherb b rne, mentioned in the
will. The courts decided, after several trials
in favor OF Mr., Riscom, who having since died
his widow is the present. owner II is expected
been put on view In London.