The morning call., 1890-12-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

At the beginning of the fourteenth GEN.
fury the library of Louis TX contained only
four classical authors, and that of Oxford
in 1900 consisted of "a few tracts kept in
chests.
A concern in an Eastern city advertised
that every person who paid in S44s could
draw out $1,000 six months after making his
last payment. Apparent as the swindle was
to all persons Of sense, the agency collected
$4,000 before skipping out.
Professor Charles Richet states in the
Progress Medical that fifteen grains of
sulphate Of auinine, administered two hours,
or four hours at the most, before embarking,
will completely free even sensitive subjects
from the horrors Of seasickness.
This is the latest from Paris: Sealskin is
the proper material for the overcoats of the
Italian greyhounds, toy terriers and all the
short-haired, charming pets of swelldom.
Poodles and fluffy powdel-puff dogs are CON-
sidered more elegant in cloth coats.
Two young girls in Abbeyville County, n.
c., have made two bales of cotton apiece
this year, and besides that have supported
themselves for some time by their beautiful
machine work. They do this regardless of
their fathers aid. who is wealthy farmer.
In late trial in Binghamton, n. Y,
every juror on the panel who claimed not to
have read of the case was challenged off,
leaving twelve men who had read and dis
cussed it, and court, lawyers and public are
ever rendered by jury.
They are having good times in Kansas.
sit took five bushels of corn to get into a
circus in Kansas in the autumn of $780,"
says the Wichita Eagle. This autumn you
can get into the main tent stay to the con-
cert, go to the side show and get picture
of the Circassian beauty, all for one bushei."
William Chamberlain, Chicago youth,
on Sunday morning successfully fOug hit off
desperate burglar by bombarding him with
jars of raspberry jam. He finished the
fuSiliade with bottle of catSup. The rob-
Der escaped, leaving no clew except trail
of jam and catsup that reached to the gate.
There may be an Indian war dance at
Calvin, Mich, while the half-breeds are
waiting for the return of an Indian called
Long Chief. He went among them with
fairy tale about Government money they
were to receive. and assessed each person
with mixed blood IS cents for the interest he
was taking in the matter. lie secured 100
assessments.
While dredging on the oyster beds near
New London an oysterman brought up some
thing which at first looked like lifeess sea-
serpent covered with immense scales, but on
examination it turned out to be a strip of
hose, seven feet long and three inches in
diameter, completely hidden by the bivalves
which had become fastened to it, By actual
count there were over 1000 oysters on that
piece of hose.
pulled derailed car from one station to
another, distance of six miles, and over a
long trestle, apparently without the knowl-
edge Of the tralDmen. The wheels of the
derailed truck had cut up the ties the entire
distance In most frightful manner. In
some instances the spikes were laid bare
and in other instances they were drawn up
from the ties.
A duel was recently witnessed between
an old gray rat and weasel which lasted
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tinn of the former. The rat fought
with great pluck and determination,
but his antagonist was too much for
him and drew blood at every bite
while the rat, which displayed the most ac-
make much impression upon the yielding
hide of the weasel. After the death OF the
rat the weasel was too exhausted to leave
the spot, and the stick Of the spectator made
short work Of him.