The morning news., 1889-05-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AFEw DAYS AGO youth entered the store Of
:. P. Kelly. RuEs1a'e, Pa. 70 attend TO some
business Ee had with him turkey. ted By
the legs. Pending lis business ira 1sacc5o ons
the youth deposited the fowl on the floor
Shortly sft=rEard dog rushed into tie store.
Inls frightened tie tursey. Immediately the
blT1 vas al commotion. L futterei among
the queenswETe until It had broken IS worth
and ibel s-nssne1 plate glass wln1oT. TIE
stO-ekeep-- wants damages but he hasn't de-
eld=1 whether re ought 70 sue TIE boy. the tur-
key o. TIE dog
TRE POLICE Of Dunkirk, France arres-e1 two
grocers On tie charge OF having for several
months sold large quantities Of dried leaves un-
cer tAe name OF tea Both the trad=snen were
able II snow tbat they hal been supplied by q
y 1cle ale Arm n Paris samples were accord
i1Sly oousat from the firm am were sent 70 3
chemist his report l1di a,es hat the leaves
submitted 10 hin are lot tea leaves Tl-y are
O. orONuls1 color. c-t this is hidden under a
tim coating u o.uish- green substance which
easily ruos Of. Tceir APPEARANCE was exact Y
Ike t1at OF gEnpowder tea
GEN. ALsERSoS S BATES, retired osEicer Of
the British army, arrived recently at the Occi-
dental hotel il Seattle, " T, from England
and as ne entered the diniag room was greatly
surprised 10 fad MS son, John Bates, aged - q
handsome young man, engaged as q waiter.
which position he had held for some SIX weeks
past The young msn lcft England several
years ago. and served in the Winnipeg rebellion
as volunteer, making a brilliant record for
himself. After wandering about Canada he
finally drifted 10 Seattle. The meeting between
father sne son vas most etf-cting OUe. They
left for Vancouver and VII taAe a t-ip TO
Alaska.
BRIDGEPoRT. CoSX., has hen with a head
for mathematics. SIZE sat this spring and
hatchei out few chickens, when were taken
from her and added 10 another 1iocS. But she
would not give IL up. Instead, sle went outs. de
f.afs4 .7r- -a.A
Ee- proper number Of chicGens- 10 more. no
Iess-and struttsd about with tlen 1t her heels
tn9 tFoud-st fowl IN all the Nutmeg state.
When the young ones were big enOu sh TO 20 10
roost they feared 70 follow heC 70 such hig1t,
50 SIZE took them one ny one upon her back
ao1 s9t thcn 0t carefully n row, then
p=rched al the head Of them ecnh1-nt that she
had discharged the whols duty Of a hsn.
AssENBLYMAS McADAN.of Oneida county New
York received a moakey al the capital ct Albany
by express one night recently. The monkey was
put in the lobby outside the Assembly chamber.
nut L squeakeI 50 that il could b. heard inside.
Ar. Nase went out and kicked the box which
made the monkey howl more. 4 committee OF
the assemblEmea took charge Of il and escorted
X INTO the library, where Il was fed on crackers
Tne aSsenblvnleu tried 70 catch il and pu. il
bacg II lis box, but il climbed around over the
bookcases. AM 4 WGs 50 much more intere- L
lag tlan the proceedings Of the assembly tlat
Tor while there were hardly enough men in
the House 20 pass bills M lfcAdam finally
pur it bacz in is b3x after another ASSEMBLY
man had knocked It OF the bookcase with q
broom.
GATHERING FRUIT can scarcely be called trap
ping, and YET there is a stra-a.em attributed TO
that walking bunch Of tooth picks called the
hedgehog which may properly have a place in
t1at category. II seems that fruit is frequently
found IN the hedgehOg's sleeping apartment
and its presence tlere IS explained in this re
markable way. IL IS known that hedgehogs
often Climb walls and run OF ucOa low bOughs
and, instead OF scremblilg down in the sane
manner they boldly make the leap from the top
70 the ground, sometimes 10 or p feet. They
coil into ball in the air strike upon their ar
NOR OF sp.nes, aud bound away unaaruet In
taxing this jump they have been seen to
strike upon fallen fruit, which, thus impa,ei
upon their spi1es, was carried away by then
and this has gwen rise 10 tle opinion thai il
some such way they may have stored their win
ter homes.
OSE # the most Interesting achievements il
modern engineering is the electric mountain
railway recently opened 10 the public at the
BurgenstOck, near Lucerne. The rails describe
one grand curve formed upon an angle Of 1l2
degrees, and the system IS such that the Journey
is made as steadily and smoothly as upon any
Of the furIc1l1r lines. The Bu-genst0ck is
| almost pe-pendicular-from the shore Of Lake
| LuCer1e 70 the BuTgenstOck is 1880 feet and II
| Is :, 80 feet above the level OF the sea. The
| total length OF tie line 3 93s metres. and II
| commences with a gradient Of j. per cent.
which IS increased to s. per cent. after the first
40 metres this being maintained for the rest OF
| the journey. a single pair Of rails is Us ]
| throughout, and the motive power. electricity.
| is generated by two dyuamOs each Of twenty
| five horse power, which are worked by q wa er
| wheel of nOminslly 125 horse power, ereCtsl
| upon the river Aar az its mouth at Buochs three
miles away. the electric current being conducted
/ By means of insulated copper wires. Tne loss
| Il transmission IS estimated az . per cent.