The morning call., 1890-06-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Black ice cream is a new fad. 1t is col
Ored by the addition of charcoal and the
juice of Turkish prunes.
A Jewish synagogue to be erected in Bal
tinore will, 1t Is said, be the only specimen
of pure Byzantine architecture in the United
States.
a Brooklyn physician is authority for the
statement that the grip is almost as pre-
vaient there now rs 1t was during the past
winter.
While it is fashionable to have a villa at
Newport, it is said not TO be healthy
place, and the cottagers resort to other
places to counterfeit the effects OF the eli
mate.
Whereas Chicago's policemen wear a star
New York's wear a shield. A new design
Of shield has just been given them. 1t is
square with the figures in copper on
nickel ground.
Attention is called by patriotic citizens,
says the New \ Ork Sun, to the fact that
nearly ST0,o00,000 OF American money passes
through the hands of English bankers for
use in the Argentine Republic.
The shield which the London Americans
gave Stanley is a beautiful and massive
piece of silver. In the center is en-
grayed a map of Africa, showing Stanley's
route across the Dark Continent.
The effect Of the electric-light current on
the cOmpasseS of some vessels is so great
that it becomes necessary to determine how
many hours the dynamo has been running
before working out the vessels reckoning.
new electric lantern has been designed
in Vienna for the use of lecturers and med
ical classes. by a combination of lenses
the magn:fed image Of an object Is pro-
jected ON a white screen in its natural
colors.
A colOred boy II years of age, living in
New Orleans, is a musical prodigy. Techni-
cally the boy knows no difficulties, and
there seems no effect, no combination too
intricate or complicated for him to over
come with perfect ease.
Mrs. Huling Rhode Island woman,
being thrown into the water by the filling
of a boat in which she and two lady friends
were rowing escaped drowning by cling
ing to her dog, winch swan with her to the
shore. Her friends were drowned.
The President says the stars and stripes
shall float above the White House not only
on every week day IRON sunrise to sunset,
but on Sunday, too. President Cleveland
raised them only when the Marine Band
played in the White House grounds.
A citizen of Charleston, w. Va, has long
been bothered with smoky chimney, and
the other day he got mason to investigate.
In the tlue was found tin box containing
$1,000 in cash, which some one had hid away
during the war and never returned to get it.
A Gallitzin Pa.) man recently bought a
pair of mules in Clearfeld County for $40,
and discovered while taking them home
that one Of them hal plaster OF paris hoOf
the false part coming off and sticking in
the mud. He returned the mules and de-
manded his money back, but didn't get it.
Saginaw, Mich, has family which lives
in shed 10x12 feet in area. The family
consists of father, mother, three children,
three horses, two cows, two goats, S TX dogs,
a flock of pigeons and six cages Of singing
birds. A bale OF hay separates the So
palla1 bruta norton the family from the
rest.
a quick firing gun, the invention of Mr..
Thronsen, was tested recently at Finspong.
in Sweden. The results showed that ten
shots can be fired within twenty-five sec
Onds, which is twenty-four shots minute.
All the shots were true, and hit tue target
within a space OF nine inches long and six
inches wide.
Mrs. Mary Frohman of New York put
out a big washing" the day her husband
died. Afterward she had the parlor win
dow-shades drawn up and placed in the
window pictures Of herself and husband,
draped in red, white and blue. In the base
ment window were displayed a pair of
scales ana bologna sausage, also drar ed in
red, white and blue.
The sarcophagi of the late Emperor
William and his wife. modelled by the
sulptor Encke. are to be sent to Carrara for
treatment, with the figure of the angel
WHICH 10 " oVunu az ibo iOhu' poi mou
scuptOrs are VeXed that the preparatory
work is not to be carried out in Germany,
where it has been proved that it is as well
understood as i'll Italy.
Saratoga, which was once the gayest of
fashion resorts, is now given over mainly
to the interest of conventions. which are
especially apt to be clerical. The features
of the place are significant. The photo
graphers take ministers at reduced rates,
the local papers are devoted to convention
news, and the insurance companies offer
especial Inducements to D. DIS. and elders.