The morning news., 1889-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SOME PEOPLE in Michigan made onions pay
this year. girl up in Dorr raised $50 bushels,
which she traded for an organ. Her father
raised several thousand bushels, held them for
raise and then was tickled when he, at last,
received Ss for the lot.
IN DENMARK the police are trying an expert
ment OF some originality to suppress drunken
ness: man found drunk is carried to his own
residence, ana the keeper OF the saloon where
he bought his last glass is Obliged TO paw the
expenses of the ride, which come high
TIE BRIrGsH BIBLE SOCIETY. of which the
Earl OF Horrowby is president. reports an ex.
penditure for 1888 of 6.164 and receipts of
49, 5iEOlo o. 9ganst i2e5 668 for 1857 The distri
10 0'ooOoOo. They wera in 2S1 languages.
The FRENCH PAPERS announce the arrival in
Paris OF two lions and two Honesses tanned by
| tae celebrated American colonel Daniel
| Boone They are exhibited at the Folies-
Bergere and all Paris is iocking to see the NOV
| Ing spectacle provided by the gallant colonel
ONE Of the most fashionable of Philadelphia
| physicians always kisses his hand when waving
| farewell to his weaIthiest lady patients; but
| sohe OF tnem were comparing notes the other
| day, and found that for visits when he kissed
| MS hand be charged $40, while for others he
| charged only IS.
RHODE ISLAND, FGsHERMEN are unhappy, and
| the glutted condition of the market is the
cause AG meeting tnls week one of them re-
ported that ne made only S33 out of a 4 O00-
| oarrel catch. Another, who sent two barrels
each containing 2l0 pounds of fish to this city
received IN return, by mail, two silver quarters
and a dime.
WoRKNzN digging for the new sewers at Bur
| hngton Vt, came upon a group of three skele-
| tons, supposed TO be the remains of soldiers
| buried during the war of 1912 After the exca-
vation had made further progress six more
| Ske ietons were found, two iron buttons with
| ~. 5" on them, an old coin, a scarf pin and a
| small green glass bottle
| ''IT's mystery to me-" said New York
| dentist of large practice recently. that
woman will make up her face to come to a dent
| lsts chair. Yet many of them do Hardly a
| day passes that / don't have some women in
| here rouged, powdered and penciied to the last
| degree You would think they would hardly
care 70 face the strong, cruel light which en-
pIpy IN my WORK, or my own close, if involun-
| tary scrutiny, but they don't seem to mind
| either Only yesterday I worked for three
| hours over woman whose lips were so be-
| smudged with some vermilion paste that it
| came or generously with every use of the
| syringe to wasa out her mouth. The powder
on her face busted my coatsleeve with every
| motion almost, and L discovered before | was
| through with her that even the veins on her
| temples owed their delicate blue look to some
| outside influence.
The QUEEN DOwAGER MARIE of Bavaria, who
died the other day, was born on Oct Is, 1926 the
| daughter of the late Prince William of Prussia
She was married at Berlin by procuration Oct
| 5. and in person at Munich Oct, 1c. 1872 to the
Prince Royal afterward King MaximiIian RI of
| Bavaria. She was Queen of B4varia till the
year ls64 when King MaXimilian died and tn
| late King Ludwig II ascended the throne Sne
never took prominent place in politics, being
! conte3ted to live and assist her husband in his
| ruiership. She has been well called the Mother
| of Sorrows Her children were King Ludwig
| who Became King of Bavaria in 1854 and who
a xprif1 II, lab
| berg on Whit Monday OF the year 1886 and
| Otto, the present maniac King of Bavaria who
| IS confined at Nymphenburg, while his uncle,
| the Regent LuitpOld, is regent of the kingdom
| He was originally Of the Lutheran faith, but in
| 1874 became a convert to Catholicism.
| HUGH MACLEOD crofter, Morefeld parish of
Loch Broom, county of Ross, Scotland. was
born in the adjoining parish of Assynt, town
! ship Of Elphin, Sutherlandshire, on Nov.
n, 1888, says an English contempt.
| rary, SO that he is now in his 10jth year. He is
| still ''as straight as lamp post" He says he
gets up in summer between and s a. M and
| goes to bed at 9 p. m. In winter he rises at
| a. m. and retires at 10 p. m. Il had, he SAYS
Ito drop the croft. as could not cultivate it at
| last, but l still cut my own fire (peats). and
| carried home on my back a creeifuI of peats
| eighty four pounds yesterday Continuing
| he states: Il take porrldge and milk for break
| fast, as | always did throughout my life; pota-
| toes and Lerrings and fish and mutton (salt)
| when | can get it." While in this humor he OBJ
| served that he had grown font of tea, which
was unknown IN his young days, and that he
was very heavy on chewing thin twist
| TIE seuior officer of the British navy, both as
regards rank and age is Admiral Sir Provo
| Wallis who was lieutenant on board the Shan
non when she captured the American frigate
| Chesapeake on June /, 1913. Both the captain
and the first lieutenant having been placed hors
| de combat early intne engagement, he assumed
| the command and won the victory in that me-
morable action. Born in 1871, he is now 90 years
| of age. ald although bedridden has retained all
| his m sntal faculties. He holds the rank of
admiral Of the fleet, which is equivalent to that
| of a field marshal in the army possesses the
| grand cross Of the bath and a host of war
medals won in the numerous wars in which he
| has taken part. Owing to his exceptionally
| brilliant services he has, Notwithstanding his
great age, been retained on the active list of
| flag officers of the navy and draws his full sea
| pay. He lives in picturesque old country
| house near Chichester with his almost equally
aged wife.
TIE new transuc snt substance intended as a
substitute for glass has been satisfactorily
adopted in some OF the public buildings of Lon
don. and various advantages are claimed for it,
among these being such a deg gree of pliancy that
it may be beut backward ard forward like
leather, ard be subjected 70 very considerable
tensile strain with Lnpun.ty; IL is almost as
translucent a. glass; and of a pleasant amber
color, varying IN shade from very light golden
to pale brown. The basis Of the material is a
threads aoou. onetwetth inch apart, this being
inc!osed, Ike hy in amber, in q sheet of trans
lucent varnish, or which the base is linseed oil.
There is 20 resin or gum in the varuish, and
once having become dry Il is capable OF stand.
ing heat aud damp without undergoing any
change, neither hardening nor becoming sticky.
Briefly the manufacture is accomplished by dip
ping the sheets edgewlse into deep taIks Of
varnish, and then allowing the coating which
they thus receive to dry in a warm atmosphere
II requires somewhat more than dozen OF these
dips TO bring these sheets to the required degree
of thickness, and, when this has been accom-
pishei, the material is stored for several weeks
To thoroughly set.
A PLACE WHERE MONEY IS USELESS is Pitcairn,
an island in the South Pacific It has an area
Of less thal three miles, and was settled about
a century ago by the leaders in the historic
mutiuy on board the English ship Bounty
There were seven mutlneeT5, aud they were &C
companed 70 Pitcairn by SIX other men and
twelve women. natives Of the Island OF Tahiti
The population OF the place is very small, but
the people are contented aud happy, according
to Capt. Bum, OF the British bark Mikado who
called there on his last trip from the East
Indies. The captain, IN an interview with n
New YORK World reporter, says: Il stopped
three hours outside OF the only acctssible
harbor. 30 overjoyed were the people at the
sight OF the vessel mat they proclaimed day
Of thanksgiving. Tns occasion was seized 70
send greetings TO distant friends who
lived in Tahiti When | approached
the island two boats came OFF and
hailed me. Chief Mccoy was in the