The morning call., 1890-07-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The word artist is going out in favor OF the
simple and unpretentious painter.
A ship-canal twenty-sX feet deep is projected
from Heyst, on the North Sea, &c Burgess.
Tolstors "Kreulzer Sonata" has been forbid
den in Austria as dangerous to The State"
Stained ivory is said to be superseding white
ivory for all sorts OF articles including those OF
the toilet.
The indarubber tree grows wild III Lee
County, ria, and In Fort Myers it Is used as
shade and ornamental :ree.
Ioast is more easily digested than plain bread,
II the toast is eaten soon after it Is made. Toast
HAT has grown cold is not so easily digestible as
bread.
Porpoise shooting is the newest sport at Cape
May. The seaward end OF the pier is The favor
lie rendezvous Tor those who want to get a shot
at tie swiftly moving fish.
Union, In Tolland County, Connecticut has no
doctor, DO lawyer and no minister IN charge of
parish. The only minister Is an "elder' with a
license TO preach, who deyoteS himself TO agri-
culture.
vides that upon her death her body shall be eX
aminsd (nOt disseced as TO prevent proper
buriaD by students OF Ihe Massachusetts Hosplt-
al in The hope that science may be aided in alle-
waiting suffering.
There is a great futter among the dovecots of
quackery In Italy at present. Under tie new
law as 10 the illegal exercise OF The healing
arts 450 cases of unqualified practice Of one
Kind or another were tried In the first three
months OF The present year.
Tie recent decision OF the Minnesota court,
which ruled that the photographer can only use
The picture of The sitter with his her consent,
Ouly applies TO the professional or one who takes
Il picture for a consideration, which implies
contract on The side Of both parties.
The newest and most select club about London
is the Two Pins Club composed chiefly of
Punch's young men, with the addition OF a few
persons like Sir Charles Russell and Lord Rose
berry. The two pins In question come from the
names Of Dick Turpin and John Gilpn.
A vertabe monsrosity WAS found in an empty
tenementhouse in Galena, H.. IN the shape of a
kitten having four distinct heads, eight front
feet and four hind feet, all attached to one per-
fecIly formed body. The kiIten was apparently
about a week old, and was one OF a litter OF
eight.
A farmers wife living near Dover, N. j., broke
duck egg into irylng.pan few days ago
wien out rolled an egg OF smaller size The
larger egg was OF ordinary size and contained
perfect yolk. The inner egg about inch
aud half long, with perfect shell and normal
IN every way.
A hostess OF authority In Paris has adopted the
innovation of seating large dinner party at
small tables. II Is said that the French view OF
irritation. from when their young people nave
hitherto been carefully guarded, has materially
changed, and that 1t Is to become an admitted
feature of their society.
There is great wailing among English tIpplers
because OF the burning Of the distllleries of Glen
levat, the oldest OF all the distillerles OF Irish
whisky. This is the famous distillery which
big George Of Genlevat ran century ago.
against all the Illicit distillers who did their best
TO ki him and ruin his trade.
Avery practical suggestion has been made for
Canal. The Idea Is TO apply to the traction OF
the boats The overhead trolley system now used
for street railways, on the ground that there Is
serious mechanical difficulty. ana that
economy OF at least 90 per cent would be
ELECTED.
Bacteria of various kinds have been found in
ice and snow. and DIR. Fontin, a Russian observ-
err, mas now proved that bailstones are not free
from them. He has found that the water pro-
dueed by the melting of hailstones contains on
an average 729 bacterii per cubic centimeler..
Neither Yeast fungus nor mold present, but
nine different kinds of bacteria we're found.
Two Cincinnati women thought they would
make fortune by opening a restaurant and
hanging out a sign, "Home Cooking Here" But
the patronage was so poor that they were threat
end with bankruptcy, when recently married
man advised them to change the sign SO as 10
read, mo Home Cooking Here" They are now
doing rushing business aud viii soon retire
with fortune.
The Superintendent OF Public instruction of
New YORK State has announced the vote for the
State flower as follows: GodenrOd S1,30S, rose
1865, daisy 33,603, Violet 1,176, p3nsy
21,2o2, lily 16.43s, lily OF the valley II, 626,
ins ~ o45 total siSo7s. ' The seal teplns Votes
Were distributed through 121 different varieties.
New York Tribune.
A French paper announces that successful ex-
perimentS with navlgable balloons have recently
been carried out al The Meud0n Arsenal. After
a number Of failures NJ. Renard has succeeded
III constructing an electric motor OF seventy
horse power, OF very small dimensions, weighing
only 4S0 kiiogranmeS and working for ten hours.
Ii is believed that with tie aid OF this invention
the problem OF navigating balloons may be hnally
solved
Coffee Is brewed by electricity in Berlin cafe.
In the center OF the room are several large glass
jars. through which passes platinum wife In
spiral form. The electricity, on heating the wire,
speedily raises the temperature of The water in
the Jars 10 tile boiling point, and prepares the
coffee In the sight OF everybody Lastly small
electric railway transmits the coffee TO the varl-
Gus tables, SO That The guests may help them.
selves 10 their liking.