The morning call., 1890-07-19
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

There is plague of moths In Brooklyn and
the suburbs OF New YORK.
The IDEA Of reducing the price of the London
lines TO penny has been abandoned
French schonl-buys wear uniforms and every
Institution OF learning has its distinctive dress.
are propped up. reprinted and thoroughly re-
stored and surrounded by elaborate pleasure
grounds.
a surveying party has discovered that one of
the Hudson Bay Company's stations is on Amer
lean territory.
Horses. with fine silk parasols over their heads,
have been common sight In Chicago during
the torrld weather
A barn near Fairmount. n. j., is covered, it is
sald by shingles that were put on 1t when the
structure was built In 1881.
The Emperor OF China has sent the German
Emperor large box OF playthings-little dragons
and livingston his tye little sons.
In a cemetery at Roadstown. n. j.. on an old
tombstone, Is this inscription: LAS | am SO you
must be; tell no lies, but follow me-"
ChautauQua has had its annual spelling match.
The first victim was bashfu speller who in
sisted upon spelling quaf with only ons l."
Owing to capitalists from the North, there has
set in an era of house restoration in Virginia.
Old Southern mansions reduced 10 mass Of runs
A new model school In Germany, which has
been built at cost of S225, 900. contains large
diDing-room where 700 poor children can be fed
In winter.
novel summer charity in New York provides
summer excursions for little girls who are
obliged to take care of younger children while
their parents are at work.
Sullivan is of the opinion that prize-fghting
has seen It's best days in this country. II he had
added that he himself had also seen his best
days the statement would have had just as much
weight.
Poisoned ice cream does not appear to abate
the appetite OF the ice-cream girl for that cooling
beverage. Ii is very cold day when she Is not
open for ice-eream engagements With her best
young man.
During marriage ceremony In church at
Chrlstianburg, Va, recently, goat went in and
broke up the party by giving the groom grand
sena-otf with his head. The bride fed TO the
pulpit for safety.
teresting relics TO the Beethoven House at Bonn
the four ear-trumpets which were made by lie
court InStrument-maker MaelZel for the great
master in the year 1914.
The NiZam OF Hyderabad recently purchased
IN Madras magnificent diamond Tor 10000
is said TO be the best, purest and most brilliant
stone known to c0nnosseurs.
A scientific observer declares that the house
cats OF the world carry at least thirty per cent OF
The ordinary fatal diseases from house 10 house.
But If 1t comes to that why single out The cat?
Rats might do the same thing
The weayers of the Eulengebirge have petit
TONED the German Emperor 10 help them. BY
working fourteen hours Tor SIX days out OF seven.
they say they can earn only 81 20 weekly Their
wives eau earn about Go cents each, weekly, at
the looms.
A New York woman who had received $4,000
was advised by her lawyer to deposit 1t in
bank, but preferred to put the money in bag
money are missing and she is advertising for
their return.
The United States at the close OF its first GEN.
fury has as many cities with a population of
over 900 600 as Europe New York has I,627.-
227; Chicago, Lose, 900; Philadelphia. l,040,-
499. London. 4,35l, 73S; Paris, 2.2G0,9 95; Der.
lin, ,4S6,682.
There are $50 authorized guides In the Alps.
One hundred and nlnety-four OF them have taken
Il regular course OF instruction III their profess
sion and have received diplomas. Thirtyive Of
lpfWpan GO 10 n 40
six are over 20.
There is real floating island in Norway Lake,
Me. 1t has an area OF one and an eighth miles,
formed OF quagmire made up OF a mass OF
roots, weeds and hbers and a growth OF small
trees. 1t has for years been breeding place
for ducks and other birds.
There is very curious stone about which very
little is ever heard. 1t Is called The Alexandrite,
in honor of Alexander of Russia who was very
fond Of them In The daytime they resemble an
emerald, except that they are some what darker,
but at night they are deep purplsh red.
A Massachusetts man mastered six foreign Ian
guages and acquired TWO wives in six months.
He deserves praise Tor his enterprise, but he
would have been locked upon as a greater hero
il be haG mastered six wives and acquired only
Two foreign languages in SIX months-Norris-
town Herald.
They got mountain lion at Dallas and put two
bulldogs into The Enclosure TO fight him. The
dogs pitched into each other and the lion lay
down and chucbled No single dog would fight
him, and every time two were put in they would
fight each other, and the show was failure
Detroit Free Press.
While passing along street In Des Moines the
other day. relaIes the st. Joseph News, COnsta-
BILE Allen noticed a woman digging In a garden
and turning up peculiar looking vegetables
After she had loaded her apron ana left the
scene the Constable went over aud did little
digging on his own hook, unearlhng several gal.
Ions OF whisky,
lot Of ten-year-o ODDS were told by teacher in
a Pressure Isle (AIe.) school the other day to write
names OF five persons of whom they had read.
The question was poser for most of them, but
one rose 10 The occasion and handed in a list He
was told to read Il and did so as follows: " The
Lord George Washington. Buffalo BIZ, DIR,
Boone, Mrs. Willard" In answer to a question,
he further explained that DIR. Boone was n man
who went out West among the wild Indians.
The swift-runnng elevator Is one Of the curl.
osities Of the present time. The competition OF
builders and experts has succeeded In acceer-
ating the speed until in some Instances il has
reached 500 feet minute. A few years ago 200
feet was considered very rapid travelling. II Is
encouraging to hear from an expert that there is
not much actual danger in the modern swift-rlln.
ming elevator IL an accident should happen the
advice is 10 keep cool and remain still until the
car reaches the end OF Its journey. Then it Will
StOD quietly of its own accord.