The morning call., 1890-05-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Over 100 colored men now control news
papers in the United States.
The English language was used in franz
ing a recent treaty between Russia and
China.
The first electric cars in Germany are to
be introduced at Halle. The American
overhead system will be employed.
The man who tries to do business with
out advertising usually lasts about as long
as the paper that tries to run without ad-
vertisementS.
With sardonic humor the st. Louis Globe
Democrat alludes to the extra editorial
function which Murat Halstead assumed as
editing bed quilt"
A blanket fish is one of the curiosities
seen in the gulf between Key West and
Tampa. 1t looks like an untanned cow
hide floating in the water.
The American dinner at London to STAN
ley is to be given on May 30th. AS Minister
Lincoln is in mourning for his son Consul
General New will preside.
A vandal who inscribed his name and
that of a young lady on the battlements of
Guys Tower, at Warwick Castle, was
prosecuted and fined $50 for the foolish act.
The members of the French Chamber Of
Deputies have the free run Of a buffet con-
nected with the Chamber, except ii they
want champagne OF abslnthe they must pay
for 1t.
A child born to Mrs. Wallace at Kelso,
WASH, had no openings at the eyes, the
skin completely covering those members.
A surgical operation was performed to sup
ply the deficiency.
A London phiianthropist is engaged in
improving the appearance of flower girls SO
that they may be as attractive as the pretty
little Partisan sOuDrette in her trim costume
and jaunty white cap.
On the west coast Of Africa there are
now 200 churches, 1000 converts, 100000
adherents, 2750 schools and $4,000 pupils.
Religious books have been translated into
So dialects Of the section.
A usurer at Aschersleben, Germany, has
been sentenced to six months imprisOn-
ment. 1000 marks fine and five years police
surveillance Tor charging an army officer
1S0 per cent interest on money loaned.
A book by the late Ella Haggard, the
mother Of the novelist, will soon appear un-
der the title Of Life and Its Author; an
Essay in Verse;" Mr.. Rider Haggard will
contribute to the volume memoir of his
mother.
peared in Western France. A farmer be-
longing to village near Dole, in the Jura,
slept four days and nights, and woke in
such an exhausted condition that he died
two days later.
If the range of firearms continues to in
crease, the old joke Of the inability of a
petty German pOtentate TO fire his cannon
without shooting into his neighbor's terri
tory will become an embarrassing fact
Paris Edition Herald.
New York has quite large and i'm
portant Japanese colony, with clubs and
other institutions for mutual benefit. There
is not single Japanese pauper in the city,
and every Japanese resident possesses at
least moderate means.
The Office boy of the North Amherst Re-
porter not only sweeps out the office, inks
the towns on the press and folds papers, but
also does the cooking for the editor, who
keeps bachelors hall in the Office and sleeps
on the bed of the press.
The rage for decoration grows In New
York. Wealthy families leasing expensive
apartments often put many thousands of
dollars upon the walls. A tenant with a
five years lease in the Dakota fats has
spent 5000 in decorating the walls of his
apartment.
With the exception OF Austria, which
| contributed S480,000 to the Pope's support
| In the shape of Peters pence last year, no
nation contributed more to that fund than
| Italy. The Italian contributions amounted
to $3.50. 900. and precisely the same amount
came from France.-Paris Edition herald.