The morning call., 1890-06-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| persons have become the pest of friends with a
leopard, tigress or a lioness in menagerie.
| In Philadelphia they eat pepper on straw
berries. The fashion was set by a gentleman
uom South Africa. 1 he elect Is said to be de-
| lightful.
The old monitor Saugus, which fought at Fort
Fisher, and has In Its turret thirty dents made
by Confederate shot, is TO be broken up and sold
| for old iron.
The powder-magazne at Mount Hope, Pa,
| was burgarized, aud man who would rob a
| powder magazine would rob a contribution box
| in blind asylum.
| Obearing rock Is said to have been discov-
ered under Big Rapids, Mich. but as quick as
| the borers found II they plugged the hole and
| teegraphed the stockholders.
| For the first time IN its history the Boston
Dental College wlk graduate woman. This
lead her class and to De the recipient Of several
| prizes.
| An average of $500 900 in mutllared currency
| Is received weekly at the Sub treasury in New
| York for REDEMPTION. Judging by the character
OF the small bills in circulation The amount ought
| to be four times as great.
Bees swarmed from hive at Quincy, Mich,
anQ settled on their owner, Almon Ames. and an
| old horse he was driving. The horse was stung
| TO death, but Mr. Ames, who is 20, will recover,
| although very sick man.
The influenza was not wholly an Ill wind. On
| account OF its sway the beef extract companies
have been unusually successful, one company
| having lately declared dividend OF per cent In
addition TO bonus OF 10 per cent.
But once in the history of Massachusetts has
| United States Senator been nominated by q
| State convention. Charles Sumner was so noml-
mated at Worcester In 1862. The issue was
anli-slayery. Sumner actively stumped for him
self.
use for flowers that was novel, II not Alto
gether new, was made on a train AT Jersey City
| by convict. He carried huge bouquet In his
hand 10 hide the handouts which encirced his
wrists. He was being taken 10 serve out his SEN
tence.
Isaiah Powers OF Curtis, Nebr., has an orchard
OF Russian mulberry trees that are gifted with
second bl0ssomiug. The trees blossomed out
nicely at their proper season this year, but frost
completely destroyed the blossoms, aud now the
trees are again in bloom.
The narrowest dwelllng-house in Brooklyn is
10 be built this summer. 1t Will measure "a by
30 feet. The lot upon which the building Is 10
stand is In one Of the best streets IN The city, and
has been thought by many to be almost worth
less because OF It's small size.
The Nipuck tribe OF Indians in Massachusetts,
has become extinct. The last survivor, an old
squaw OF 70, having died last week. Massachu-
sets always waged the most unrelenting war
against The indians OF any colony State and
drove the hardest bargains with them.
Bread and milk Is one Of the most popular
dishes served for lunch at the CONCESSIONS /
Restaurant In Washington. Glasses of pur g
cream or OF half cream aud half milk are greatly
in demand among the Congressman who come
from cities, but they are avoided by the rural
members.
funeral was In progress at Kicking Grove
Church, near Dasbyie, Mo-, the OIL her day, when
lightning struck a barbed-wire fence to which
many horses were tied. Twenty one were
knocked to the ground and four killed. Mrs.
robert RiRirle, 10 the church, was shocked In
sensible and badly burned about the face.
Isabella County, Mich, has genuine hermit
His hut Is full of scientific Instruments and
two OF his brothers are professors in Lslpsic and
Heidelburg. His Greek and Latin are proficien
enough TO make the textbook makers blush for
ignorance. What fate drove him TO his lone
some, friendless and studious life in the woods
nobody Knows.
LII Paris the thousands OF sardine ana other
tin boxes that are thrown away every mouth
form the basis for an Industry which has reached
vast proportions and in which the entire youth
OF tile country are Interested. These refuse
cans are stamped INTO tin soldiers by suitable
machines, and sold so cheaply that The poorest
children can possess them.
rich BOst0nan, Mr.. Franklin W. Smith, has
built at Saratoga an exact copy OF Pompeiian
villa, his model being the famous House of
Pansa." MIR. Smiths intention has been to
build museum where the splendid decorative
art of The first century could be thoroughly
studied and where the environment OF the great
Roman mobiles could be illustrated.
Peter Leehner Is known as the most lonely
man IN Europe. He Is connected with the
Weather Bureau service, aud Is stationed on top
OF the Schonn blck Mountains in the Austrian
Alps. There lie lives mouth In and month out.
1t Is the custom OF the villagers on Christmas
day 10 cut their way up and bring him presents.
Throughout the year this Is the only time he
sees human face
A novel way to pay Off a church debt has been
adopted by Trenton MOI woman. She Is now
selling 1000 common bricks at 81 each for the
church fund. Tho buyers expected to cut
their names in the bricks ana return them, when
they Will be laid III the outer walls OF the church
ediice, that ali future generations may read
the names The supply OF bricks, it Is to be hoped,
Will be equal 10 the demand.
The Queen OF Denmark, it is said-and all
honor TO ner II 1t be correctly sad-bas for-
warded to the Gar all the accounts of the cruel
treatment of political prisoners In Siberia. Ac-
cordng TO the Berlin correspondent OF the Daily
News the Gar has answered In long letter that
he would order strict investigation into the
cases mentioned and punish severely all ex-
cesses committed by officials.
A railway postal clerk who runs on the MON
Pacific a day or two sIDce found among the mail
passing through his hands a mail carriers hat,
which had been mailed at Butte. Mont. say the
Portland OTegonian. Attached TO ii was a card
| on which WIS written 'Round the world to beat
aloag TO San Francisco. and says thai as the hal
Will not have 10 stop 10 eat or make speeches IL
| viii probably beat Trains record
Even the historic Sevres porcelain mandatory
| is threatened with being gobbed by an English
syndicate, said to include some OF he more I'M
portant cllna-makers OF Great Britain. or late
years the product OF the Seyres works. which
always have been under the direct control of the
French Government, has been steadily running
DOM in public esteem. The mandatory has
received an annual subsidy of something more
than 800, oU0 but a commission has reported l
favor of aboiishing that The annual sale of
porcelain produced al Sevres now scarcely ex-
ceeds 100000.