The morning call., 1890-06-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A system of electric homeopathy is said to be
successful in curing leprosy. Ii is used Ill India.
The New York Flower Mission last season
distributed over 100000 bouquets among the
sick.
An EngIishman was shot dead in Genoa re-
Gently by a sentry for not replying 10 chal-
lenge.
club in Guatemala offers a premium OF
$1,000 tor The best hymn for the Central Ameri-
eau nation.
A saloon keeper at Reed City. Mich, has been
fined $500 for selling liquor TO w0ulan's huS-
band after he had been notified not to do so.
Al MOnIezuma, Ca, swarm Of bees took pos
session OF the soda fountain IN drug store on
Sunday and put an end 10 business for the rest
Of the day.
A Cleveland lady, who discovered a thief in
her dining-room helping himself TO her silver,
ware, promptly covered him with revolver and
turned him over TO the police.
The tablet Just erected TO Professor Guyot at
Princeton College Is set In stone that was de-
posted ON his parental farm IN Switzerland by
glacial action iIom Alpine heights.
The synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Gnu eh mas forbidden the use OF liquors and to-
bacco by church members No Que viii be ad-
united 10 membership who uses either.
Seven Waterloo veterans Will celebrate the APP
preaching seyenty-1lth anniversary OF the battle
at haatlCm, in Holland. SIX out of the seven
are without penny oi their own IN The world.
lie editor OF The Somerset Democrat was alb
sent in Philadelphia last week, and the devil"
assisted by lie comps, got out The paper The
issue was an improvement over former numbers.
There Is cOloled man Ia Galveston who is
worth over S350,0 He has Il tue house in
the most desirable residential portion Of the
city, and his vile employs none Dul white ser
wants.
Two little children, supposed to be asleep on a
Georgia railroad tracN, were un over by IA train
The entire train passed over The younger with
out iuluring the child. Ii cut OF The leg OF the
Older one.
While farmer was driving TO Grand Haven,
Mich, on load OF hay. his wagon wheel rubbed
against The rack, and the friction generated hre
he lay was consumed, bull lie farmer escaped
with his horses.
y Vermont editor boasts that he has stub
tailed one-horued COW, with pedigree, which
not only furnished the milk Tor his family OF ten
persons last year. but 500 worth which he sold
| 10 his nelghbUrs.
Horses could not stand the compressed air
| which the men breathe while working in the
| Port Huron tunnel, and mule power was suDstl-
tuted. The mules get fat and sleek on IL, aud do
not seem 10 mind the pressure.
ST. Louis claims TO manufacture more wagons
than any other city in the country. The entire
| South and Southwest are supplied from this
point, while fancy wagons aud carriages are
shipped 10 Europe and AUSTRALIA.
The Berlin Boersen Courier estimates that
| there are $4,000 different kinds OF postage
stamps In the world. Last January the I'M
| perial Postal Museum possessed $500 sorts,
and is now supposed TO have at least 2Uo0 more.
Ladies' cooking schools are the rage all over
England, at tuition prices OF from 500 10 500
| per twenty lessons, according TO the grade of
cooking which The pupil desires TO learn. In
Scotland The craze has assumed popular form
and lessons are gwen BY the dozen as low as so
| cents TO 81.
1t is reported from Rome that there are alarm
| Ing assures in the dome OF st. Peters. About
| century ago similar state OF things reme-
| Gied by enclrcling the dome with strong band
! Of metal The band was heated aud It's coutrac-
ton on cooling was found TO be suiclent TO close
| up the cracks.
Some statistlcian has figured out that for the
annual n0urishment OF 5000, 900 cows and r.
100000 horses there are needed 10000 900
tons OF hay, 9o,00O,O0O bushels Of cornmeal, the
same OF oatmeal, 275, 100000 bushels of oats,
100000 bushels OF bran and 30,OO0,000 BUSH
els OF corn, al cost OF S45O,OOO,OOO.