The morning call., 1891-01-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The deepest hole ever bored into the earth
is the artesian well at Potsdam, which is
$500 feet deep.
Long kid gloves are going out of fashion.
The lace OF silk gauntlet substitute has al
ready appeared.
The largest county in the United States, it
Is said, is Custer County in Montana, which
contains $4,000 square miles.
Half a dozen New York ladies earn a
handsome living by holding conversation
classes and giving private lessons in that art.
1t is when the tired man, the laxative
barber and the dull razor get into conjunc-
ton that something has got TO let 90 or
burst.
An immense shoal of porpoises, number
ing thousands, has been cast upon the north
ern shores of Zanzibar Island in dying
condition.
a Toledo man has invented a corkserew
which fold up so as to exactly resemble a
Jack-knife. He is shipping his entire make
10 Maine.
Mrs. Albert Carpenter of Prairie Ronde,
Mich, although 81 years old, made 2246
pounds of butter last year, doing all the
churning herself.
Captain Silas c. Casey takes command of
the Newark February ID. and will have with
him Lieutenant Commander Samuel w.
very as executive officer and Lieutenant
Benjamin Tappan and Ensign j. Is. Ber-
nadou.
Sitting Bull could read and write, but he
did not ratronZe the English language more
than he could help. But if there was any
good agency whisky or quiet pistol practice
On deck the old man could be as happy as
boy at dog-fght.
Professor Shaw of the Guelph Agrcul-
tural College calculates that Canadian
farmers viii suffer by the Mckinley tariff to
the extent of S600,000 on the egg trade and
81. 100000 on barley. Professor Shaw has
not much faith in the English market.
Athletic young ladies are coming TO the
front again, and muscular development is
quite the rage among fashionable girls. This
has very threatening aspect. A future
generation OF powerful mothers-in-law is a
something which cannot be sneered at.
Judge LOOMS OF Suffield, Conn. durin
the past week has been sieighing in an and
cient sleigh which belonged to his great
grandfather, and is believed to be nearly
100 years old. Ills horse wore sleigh bells
which were owned by the Judges grand
father
The decree for the Enlargement of Vienna
having now been signed the arduous work
OF reorsanizing the city's administration is
about to begin. The new Vienna will cover
III square kllometers, have circumference
OF 63 kIlometers and include population of
100000
The pillow is one OF the most ancient and
valuable of mans inventions but long he
fore he existed the land was, in fact, regu-
larly piowed, ard still continues TO be thus
plowed, by earthworms Few other animals
nave played parts so important in the his
tory OF the world.
George Estes and Fannie Hogan were
married at a country church III Marion
County, Ala, recently. Just as the cere-
mony was concluded a shot was fired through
a window and the bride fell dead. A dis
carded lover is suspected If the murder, but
has not been arrested.
raiIuav foo
ratus being experiment ed with in England
has given great satisfaction. BY means OF
metal rail at some distance from the ordi-
nary signals. sliding contact on the loco
motive completes an electric circuit and
works the signal indicator.
The hungarian Government Is going to
try an interesting experiment in vine cul-
ture. As the phyiioxera does not attack
vines growing In sandy soil ii has been de-
clded TO plant with vines the so-called Delhi
blat sand region, between Delliblat and the
Danube, and to establish there 5000 families
OF vine-dreSSers.
The sight of gang of convicts in prison
suits OF broad black and yellow stripes at
work in the public parks of Richmond
strikes a Northern man as a peculiar feat-
IRE OF the Virginia refUrmatory system.
They work even in the shadow of the State
House, keeping the walks and lawn in
order. They are short-term men and do
not require much watching 10 prevent their
escaping.
The third wealthiest man in Prussia is
Baron Won Bleichroeder, the celebrated
banker of Berlin. to whom MANY of the
noblemen of that Interesting capital are in
debted. The Baron has an income of 9. 520,-
000 marks and pays tax of 1880 marks
Next to him are three men with incomes of
1870. coo marks. 1,200, 900 marks and 40. 600
marks, on which they pay respectively
$4,000, $4,000 and 81, 200 marks taxes.