The morning news., 1889-05-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| A LAPEER (dICR. NAN froze one of his hsnds
one day recently while the thermometer stood
at So in the shade. He was running an ice
cream freezer, and his hand was so badly
| frosted that he had TO wear il in bandage for
several days.
Ben DAVIS Of Elk Rapids, Mich. says Mike
Gay buried some maple syrup IN the spring of
| 1873, and has Just dug It up to find il as fresh.
| and sweet as ever Ben didn't know where the
stuff was buried, which is one reason it
| kept SO well
The poorest memory on record is that of the
fellow tried for burglary In Brooklyn the other
| day. He testified that he had never been ar
| rested before sut when his memory was logged
| by certain evidence, admitted that he had a
| DIN recollection of being convicted of murder
once and twenty years sentence.
AN unusually large haul is reported from
Biarritz.m than 100 900 sardines being caught
in single cast Of the net The fishing boat
| Petite Marie was not only crammed TO overflow
ing with llsn, but small steamer which hap
pened TO be near was requisitioned as we'll
TIE Poughkeepsie IN " Horse Railway
Company mas just disposed of horse that has
travelled $4,000 miles on the road in that city,
| having been 10 the service of the company ten
years During all that time il has been sick
but -FOUR days. The animal was still in good
| condition
THE 12-year-old son of Thomas Withrow Of
Allegan, Mich, is fisherman of the first water.
Last week be captured ninety-pound sturgeon
| with 25'cent frog spear. The fish pulled the
! doughty fisherman into the water and took
| turns IN being on top, but the boy proved the
| better man of the two and finally reached shore
with his prize, which he took home in wheel
! barrow.
AN Eccentric GERMAN has created a sensa-
tion at Mount Holly by announcing that he has
offered his will for probate in order to have his
estate settled up during his lifetime A clause
ko hale
| estate shah go to his wife as long as she re-
| mains his widow, and when she marries again
| the other half shall be paid her, "as it costs
| more to keep two than one"
| DAKOTA PEOPLE are queer lot. A member of
of the legislature in that territory was told by
a number of his political opponents that he was
| crazy, and he concluded that maybe he had bet
| Ter look the matter up. He wanted TO be reason
able about it and find out authortatively, SO ne
| went down TO New York and submitted his case
! 10 an expert. Tine doctor put him through his
| mental PAGES, talked with him long time, and
studied him. Then he gave the Dakota man a
| certificate of sanity.
! DR.. Elliot, in recent lecture at Toronto gives
| the four principal conditions that must be OBJ
served for the treatment of inebriates to be
successful: The first is abstiuence: this must
be absolute, and on 10 plea whatever of fashion
| OF physlc, or religion, ought the smallest guam
tlty or an iftOxcant to be put to the lips Of the
! alcoholic slave. The second condition is to as
certain the predispssing and excitisg causes of
| lneOflety, and TO endeavOr to remove these
| causes, which may lie in some remote or deep
seated physical ailment. The third condition is
! 10 restore the physical and mental tone, and
! Ihe Io9rth condiolen is employment; let the
mind of the patient be kept occupied by atten-
ton TO regular work
ALL of the Burmese people smoke-men.
women and children, according to one of Frank
| g. Carpenters letters in the Now York World.
He says: Il have not yet seen any babies leave
| the breast for whiff 4f a cigarette, as books
| on.Burmaa state they do, but see many 8 and 4
year OLD children smoking, and the Burmese
| maiden learns to smoke as soon as she can
| walk. All Of the girls are adopts in rolling
cheroots, ana in Burmese courting the girl
gives her lover cherootS rolled with her own
hands, and the two take, doubt not, whiffs
| about in the smoking oil them IL is common 10
pass the cigar from one friend to another. aad
| IN group of three girls, whom watched having
! their fortunes told under the shadow of the
grea, golden pasoda, l saw that one cigar
cid for the trio"
The following instance of how easily measles
may be spread is reported to have occurred in
| Glasgow. During the month of January forty.
two persons belonging to the congregation of a
Gaelic church were taken ill with measles. TAX
ing twelve to fourteen days as the recognized
period Of incubation, DR.. Russell, the health
off1cer, connects two serious groups of cases
| with the attonaance at the church of two girls
on Dec. 80 and Jan. l3, respectively. One Of
| while the other had actually taken the disease
| two days before Dr.. Russell continues that,
unless something like perfect isolation and dis
| infection can b" guaranteed to a person who is
suffering from u sectious disease in a house all
healthy memb n of the household should be
debarred from 4l tendance at school, church, or
| other places of concourse.
LOCKWOOD, the sap or juice of which is ex-
tracted very largely for purposes OF dyeing in
| different colors, grows in Swanpy places on low
lands In the West Indies. The trees are some
what shaped like elm trees, with large branches,
but these are more tortueus and hnky, much
| more ciumsy-looklug, in fact The leaves of
the foliage do not grow with any luxurance,
! but are dwarfed and grow close to the limb
they are simmer and f6ager. The natives. in
/ securing the wood, cut down the trees with
! huge, heavy headed axes, like beeties and cut
off the bark and sap wood with these and ma
chetes long ciBetar or cutesS- ike knives. The
( heavy heads Of the axes assist them in beeaking
! of the limbs when nearly severed, and they
proceed 10 cut these into convenient lengths
The heart wood, which is red (the sap wood is
Yellow, is used fer dyeing, and is filled up and
carted down to the shore or quay, where it is
piled up by the natives for shipment.
A DISPATCH from New Haven relates that a
couple were recently married in the highway
in the town of Harwinton. Conn, under cir
cumstances which show the genius of young
people on marriage bent" a handsome yankee
farmer, about % years OF age, had arranged tC
marry one of Harwinton's young ladies. The
knot could not be tied until a license was had
from the town registrar, and the husband elect
procured one in Harwinton. Then he and his
affianced get into a carriage and went to a
| cergymans residence in Terryville where
many Of the Harwnton people attend church.
But, when the license was produced, the clergy
man told him it was good for Herwinton, but
not in Terryvqle, aud he could not violate the
law The unhappy couple we're in a Quandary,
as they intended starting in an early train on
their wedding trip; but they finally adopted
the proposition of the clergyman that he get
into the hnck with them and drive over into the
town of Harwinton, and there tie the knot The
driver put his horses through in quick time
and the parties went beyond the town line into
HarwiuteH. and there in the middle of the
road and with uncovered heads, the marriage
ceremony was quickly performed. The driver
acted as subscribing witness and they all got
into the hack and drove rapidly back in time to
take the train.
A MAN came into the Philadelphia Inquirer
Office q few days ago with handful of what
looked like duh reddish golden eyebals. They
we're Of various sizes. DO you know what
these areg' said he. "You will never guess nor
do believe there are many persons In Phila.
delphia who can tell you. They are taken from
the mummiss of the Incas of Peru When |
was stationed out there some years ago, when
in the naval service got whole lot of them
The mummies were thrown up and in some
cases destroyed by seismic conyulsions. There
are thousands OF them about, particularly
near Arequipa. These that / show you are
taken from the skull and are believed TO be the
rpal eyes of the IQcaS. and are resDaptad ne