The morning news., 1889-04-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE United Kingdom fisheries employ 250,0O0
/ persons. The money value of fish landed in a
year is nearly &S,0J0,000
A CITIZEN of Clackamus county, Oregon, is
asking the poor board for help. His strongest
I plea is that ne has family of eighteen children
| 10 support.
SAMUEL AMsTUTZ. a Wayne county, Pennsyl-
vauia, pioneer, is dying at the age of a. and his
| hair which has been silver gray for years, is
| turning black.
THE Yturbide, in the City of Mexico is proba-
bly, the grandest hotel in the world. 1t was
built by the governor for his palace and cost
! S300O10 IL contains room used by Gov.
Yturbide for a chapel that is fresc oed in solid
| gold.
| FARMER DUTToS of Ellisville n. Y, searched
high and low for his fathers will after the old
| gentleman died, nearly ten years ago Last
week he took up the family Bible and the miss
| ing paper was found between the leaves. 1t
| had been there all the time.
| The rise in the price of sugar in Europe is be-
lieved by the Prague and Austrian trade jour
mails to be in consequence of an international
sugar trust. Scarcity and the proposed aboli-
| tlon of sugar bounties are also believed to have
| something to do with the rise.
| SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO John Morris left home
at Gobleville, Mich and without a word of
warning TO his friends lit out for California.
]
uatlon, and as Mrs Morris still waiting for
him, they will go to California together this
time.
THE Sons OF AMERICA of Reading propose to
purchase the old bell recently shipped from
Trinity Lutheran church TO bell foundry, and
have it placed on pedestal in the City Park
| The bell was cast in 1855 and was rung in Read
ing when the declaration of independence was
proclaimed.
The largest electric railway system in the
world has been put in operation in Topeka,
Kan. The plant has been established at cost
of 5000, 900. There are sixteen and half miles
of track in the system Richmond, Va has for
some time claimed the largest plant but it only
operates twelve miles. A speed of fifteen miles
an hour can be easily attained, but Topeka only
permits maximum rate of eight miles. The
cars are lighted by electricity, and move with
little noise.
L. YOU'VE of Greenbush, one Of the most noted
bear hunters in Eastern Maine, heard his dog
furiously barking in the woods a short distance
away from home few days ago. He started
to investigate the cause of the noise, and saw
the dog making faces at large bear which was
looking out from under an old log Delighted
with his find, he disposed of the bear at one
Shot and looking up the tree he saw two cubs
not much larger than kittens, which he took
into his possession and carried home The
little animals are so small that they can easily
be tanned.
THE real Shetland pony is only 30 or at most
40 inches high. Those commonly seen in this
country are from the north of ireland. being
bred with the horses there. and are larger than
the real Shetland, for the genuine pony is hard
to rear. The country of which he is a native is
bare, and the farmer is sharp, and when the
little creatures survive the rigors of the climate
and the effect of having but little to eat the
farmer values INN so highly he only sells him at
high price. 1t costs great deal to ship tneIn
and they die ou the voyage, all of which goes to
rgf fgarr rFs4ra harr,f 81.
us.
AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLERS state that the interior
of Australia is by no means the desert it has
long been supposed to be. Though now unpop-
ulated, it is pronounced capable of supporting
a large population. Gold has been found there
and the travellers brought home stories of vast
pasture lands, abundant water, and finally OF
desp blue lakes at least one of viii b is of large
and as yet unknown extent. A great railroad is
to extend across the continent from north to
south, through the eastern part of the country
I once supposed 70 be a desert. It is predicted
that the desert will disappear as that in
America has gone.
The 9-mOnths Old son of a DauvIlle, III citi-
zen after having suffered with congestion of
the brain for some weeks, was pronounced in a
( dying condition b. the attending physicians
I shortly atterward, ' the story goes the in
fant ceased to breathe, and those who we're
present pronounced it dead Reports of its
death were sent TO and published by the local
! papers, but it seems that it was only case of
suspended animation, in which death is so
closely initiated that those used to death-bed
scenes are deceived. just before showing signs
OF life again the little fellow coughed heavily
and then began breathing. His pulse at the
same time commenced to beat. Funeral prepa-
rationS ceased and hopes are now entertained
OF the child's recovery"
An ExCHNGE tells the following story of life's
vicisstudes: Five years ago Morris Shultz. a
clerk on a salary of 81, 500 year in St. Louis
rescued lady from drowning. An attachment
sprung up and after brief courtshlp they
were married. But the wife extravagant
and tue young man was soon IN debt, and even
worse Resorting TO gambling, he Staked every
dollar and won $4,000 With this be decided TO
begin life anew, and confided his resolution to
bis wife. That night he chlorOformed while
asleep, and when he came to himself wife and
money were gone For four years he searched
for her. and last week he found her in Wilkes
barre Pa. There were tears aud reconciliation
ard the wife, who had misery enough, gladly
accepted her husband s forgiveness and renewed
her VOWS of fidelity
THE New Haven men who endeavored to
have the legislature prescribe by law the weight
of bread, made an unc onscous effort to revive
some of the early laws Of the colony. In tue
code of laws ordered printed by Se general
court of New Haven, October, 1865 it was or.
deredkhat each baker have distinctive marx
for his bread and the weight of the bread yas
now III Connecticut. That is in the state
library, and ninetee times its weight in gold
was paid for it. The code remained in force
100 years These early laws were founded on
scripture, and the liJtle volume contains many
references to the Bible. Death was the penalty
for wtchcraft, sabbath breaking blasphemy.
the worship Of false gods and other offenses
| The pillory and the branding iron were among
the instruments Of punishment.
SINGULAR CHARACTER resides in South Addi
son. Ne. He is a man about 30 years old, of res
pectable connections. When young it is said
he became victim of religious excitement.
Later on he became a reader of the Koran and
finally embraced the Mohammedan religion
Within the past year he has taken to hermit
lie, and lives in StOrehouse n "a wood In the
center OF his domicie, resting upon four posts
Is wooden box which serves as a bed He is
strict IN his devotional exercises, PRAYING three
times each day. When at prayer ne assumes a
prostrated attitude, resting his head upon a
stone. At sunrise, after rising from his bed he
washes his feet and hands. aud bow to the east
which custom Is repeated at noon and sunset
He takes out two meals during tue secular
days, aud from Saturday night till the following
Monday ne entirely aosta4ns from food.
SPEAKING OF CHEvRBUL. a. writer in the
Nation says: first made the French chem.
lists acquaintance in 1871, when he was in his
ojth year Though what we call "welI pre-
served, - he showed no marks of an unusually
vigorous constitution. His stature was slightly
ABOVE the average, and his temperament If il
deylated at all from neutrality WAS what Cnl.