The morning call., 1890-07-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A colored man at Albany, Ca, has served no
less than twenty-one terms in jail for lighting.
young woman at Madison, Ind, being fright
ened. screamed loudly aud dislOcated her Jaw.
Four pearls found In the river near Galena.
$500 5A'' "''A' "e'' '0'u 0H'As0 ''"'''' 'O'
A derrick used by shipping company at Ham
burg can pick up u ten-wheeled locomotive with
perfect ease.
In the nav OF a COW killed near Darlen, Ca,
few days ago, was found pound of six-penny
nails aud 6-cent piece.
A Georgia man has been pardoned after sery-
Ing sixteen years OF life sentence for murder
OF which he was innocent.
At a pie-eating contest In New York "for $40
and the championship of America" the winner
ate f1ve pies in nine minutes.
A counterfeit dime heavily plated with pure
silver on a body OF German silver has appeared
In Goshen, Ind. 1t is dated 1889.
A Cooper monument is to be erected Ia the
New York Town that James Fennimore Cooper
made famous by locating his home there.
There are 5000 insane people in the city OF
New YORK, and experts say that the ratio of lu-
natlcs IS Increasing much faster than that of The
population
There is said to be striking similarity be.
tween the sign language used by deaf mutes aud
that IN vogue among the Indians of North and
South America.
Out In Michigan bolt of lightning ripped off
the trousers legs and boots OF William Dickinson,
but did not hurt him, though 1t put him To sleep
for halt an hour.
Columbia is the weathiest of American uni
versltles and Harvard comes next, with property
valued at SS,oO0,00O and yearly income
amounting 10 1868. 12l.
Female type writer's abound in Washington
and ma their profession very lucrative One of
them refused $1,000 cerkship the other day
because she could more.
The mineral called turfa, or brazolina, recently
discovered in Brazil, furnishes an oil akin 10
petr0 cum, paraffne suitable for the manufac-
ture OF candies and a good lubricating oil.
Experiments have founa that the Atlantic
breakers have a force of three tons TO the square
loot. Thus surface OF only two square yards
su>tains blow from heavy Atlantic breaker
equal 10 "a tons.
A practical exposition Of Mr.. Bellamy's ideas
In Looking Backward Is started In Loudon.
The members OF The society pay Cd month and
Labor, working for each other, paying each
other iu labor instead of money!
AT the meeting of the National Council OF
Education one OF The SPEAKERS said that not
twenty-five years hence lie expected TO see boys
aud young men Knocking for admission into
Vassar and other young ladies' Summaries.
A supplement is nearly ready In London to
"Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil," contain.
lug many contributions by relatives, friends and
contemporaries OF Dickens. There Will be eight
lions.
Virginia woman who has had thirty seven
cnldten has been found by the census man, says
an exchange. Her naMe Is Martha Gray and
her record is thus given: six tripleis. eighteen !;
six twins, we've; seven singles, seven; total,
thirty-seyen children.
The Detroit Museum OF Art managers, who
have swathed In draperies the classical statues
on exhibition are not unique. There are known
to be families not far 10 HE West who trim with
rare point lace the pointed corsages OF decollette
figures oil French paintings.
English senior wranglers, who attract great
deal of attention, do not all become distinguished
men by any means. list OF them fos the pres
eDt century contains only five Judges four Blsb-
ops and Dean, and some six or eight eminent
astronomers and mathematicians.
The Mexlcans and indians in Texas say that
every animal has brains enough to tan Its own
skin, and SO the latter, In the case OF the wolf,
panther, Wild cat aud some other animals, Is
mainly prepared by rubbing into the flesh side OF
1t the brains OF Its former wearer.
One of the queer condolences of the census "a
reported from Eastern Maine, where the gain In
population in two cities for the past ten yeats is
exactly the same. Brewers population was $40
In 1880, and Is now 1905. Calais had GIG per
sons In 1880. and now has Zoo, tile gam in each
case being 925.
Henry Willard is writing his autobiography 70 r
the use OF his children. The story OF his early
days Is written Ia German, the chapters devoted
TO his school-days in French while the portion
relating TO his career in America will be recoI ded
In English. The concluding chapters will prob
ably be written in legal phraseology.
Professor TOtten Of Yale has actually dis
covered the date of Joshuas long day. BY a
series OF calculations lie proves 10 satisfaction
that the luDcture OF the sun and the moon which
marked Josluas long day took place at 1I:13
A. M, exactly 3435 fun lunar years ago, or, In
other words, In the 365th Sabbatc year
The great Bear River Canal In Utah, for the
construction OF which 81 900, 900 has been pro-
vid d, Is expected TO be one OF the most extern
slye irrigation works In America To get the
river along the side nil along Bear Creek Can
yon and out on the plain, near Plymouth,
VIII necessitate moving 22O,oo cubic yards OF
solid rock.
Last year France herself produced only o.
100000 hecloli'res OF wine and she alone con
sumed 45,o00,0o0 hectolltres. AS to how the
necessary amount for expectation is made the
foreigner can console himself with the fact that
lie is more apt 10 get good wine than the French
man, The genuine article standing expectation
much better than adulteIatiou
The estate OF Marwood. tie famous English
baugman is IN bankruptcy. 1t appears by his
books that his business. although very active
was by no means in a nourisilng condition at
the time of his death. Marwo0d was shoe
maker by trade. In HOrncastle, Lincolnshire
where he lived, the people thought he was
wealthy aud they were surprised TO learn that
lie had died insOlyent.