The morning call., 1891-12-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A mixture of 80 per cent cleo and 10 per
ton.
A man who periodically, snake like. sheds
his skin, is reported to the Chicago Medical
Society.
The reason why the ocean is so often
called treacherous must be because it is full
of craft.
A German professor has discovered that
the habit of kissing is dangerous from physi-
cal causes.
Missouri is the most populous State ives,
OF the Mississippi, and is nearly as big as all
New England.
A man never really feels worse than when
he feels not sick enough to go to bed ana
too sick to sit up.
A st. Louis man lives on 81 80 week,
but he probably has an old and well-estab-
llshed lunch route.
Twelve teaspoonfuls OF flaxseed to one of
mustard is the formula for al effective
pneumonia poultice.
IL Is said that the Valparaiso Qnd.) nor
NAL college is the largest private institution
oil lis kind in the country.
HE acrobars lot is an unfortunate one,
lor no matter how much he makes he Is CON-
tlnually subject TO reyerses.
AT Tornea Finland, June 21st is nearly
twenty-five hours long, and Christmas less
. than three hours in length.
George Baldwin OF Michigan has 240
swarms of bees. They made him over
1000 pounds of honey last year.
A $50 gold coin weighs just the same as
twenty seven new 81 notes, but not as much
as much as tWenty-Seven worn and dirty
ones.
There is an oak at Hebron, Me-, believed
to be over 100 years old, with a circumfer-
ence OF 10 feet inches 10 feet from tn.
ground.
In Kansas careful inquiry is said to re-
v4a fhA f,n tlNut. III.
creased % per cent in value in the past
twelve years.
a credit Of 100,0O0,0G0 marks is asked in
the German budget to provide the army
with new field gun. Peace must be pre-
served at any price.
Experts in the man ufacture of perfumery
say that the sense of smell can be developed
just as acutely as the senses of sight. hear
lag. taste and touch.
Long Island fishers say the supply of
CLANS is diminishing, and New Workers are
awakening to the fact that they will have to
increase the supply by cultivation.
A Missouri Sheriff has received request
from Kansas man for two feet of the rope
with which murderer was hanged. He
says he wants it TO "cure fits with"
One OF the most important and valuable
COLLECTIONS OF postage stamps and other
postal devices in the world is in the German
Imperial Postoffice Museum at Berlin.
The Oldest surviving graduate of West
Point Is Colonel William G.. Young, who
lives in Philadelphia. and celebrated on
Thanksgiving day his ninety-seventh birth
day.
Personal item from the Talmud
Moses died on the seventh day of Adar,
the same day and the same month on which
he was borD. his age being exactly 12j
years"
Grocers' coal-boxes with sharp projecting
nails to prevent the small boy sQuatting
thereon are not near SO numerous as they
were when the present generation of meu
were boys.
The peplum was an upper garment an
GENTLY worn by the Greeian, and especially
by the Athenian. women. 1t was without
sleeves and fastened by a clasp on the arm
or shoulder.
The marks 6 d, used as the designa-
IONS lor the principal denominations oil
British money, are an abbreviation for the
Latin libra, solidi ct denarii,' pounds.
shlilIngs and pence"
Women are not only quite able to take
care of themselves, but there are thousands
OF them in this country who are supporting
themselves, with large families and expen-
slve husbands besides.
The powerful chlorochromic battery is
now used in miners lamps in France. The
lamp and battery weigh about the same as
the old oil lamps. The light is much stronger
and the cost is very moderate.
The longest day of the year at Stockholm,
Sweden, is eighteen and a half hours:
at Sptzhergen, three and half months
at London, England, sixteen and a hall
hours, and ut New York about fifteen hours
The German army has swimming school
for troops, where every one must learn t.
swim. The best swimmers are able to cross
stream OF several hundred yards width
even when carrying their clothing, rifle and
ammunition.
The manufacture of buckles contributed
largely to the employment of Warwickshire
and Staffordshire ingenuity during the las,
century. In 1881 all gentlemen of tone
sported on their shoes q large square buckle
plated with silver.
1t is estimated that there are %, OGO women
In the United States who possess medical
diplomas, and one of these is a eolored
woman who has passed the State Board OF
Examiners in Alabama and received il
license to practice medicine.
For real comfort and service the blanke,
is the most desirable OF all coverings, and If
one understands how to care for her blankets
and how to wash them properly an expen-
slve blanket is more economical in the emf
than the perishable comfortable.
In Holland the housekeepe- is poor in
deed who cannot boast Of a linen closet, b.
it ever so humble. 1t is worthy the name If
the stock on hand in the beginning num-
bers but dozen pieces, and it is surprising
now II Will grow by occasionally adding an
article.
1t is fact beyond dispute that the Dutch
housewives cannot be egualed in managing
their houses and servants. They seem born
to command and the servants to obey
Doubtless one cause is due to the regularity
and the precision with which their house
hold affairs are carried on.
A bright little boy from Denver spent
some weeks one summer in the Green
Mountain State, and was much impressed
with Its yerdure and beauty. One day,
walking with his mother along the daisy
edged road, he suddenly exclaimed: ''On,
mamma, the street is EN- embroidered"
unique thing among recent inventions
is magazine pen-hoider, constructed or
the principle of the magazine gum This
pen-holder is loaded" with a supply OF
pens intended to last a given length of time.
and whenever pen wears out IL is elected
and new one is supplied from the reser-
v0ir.
500-horse-p0wer gas-engine, which con-
sumes gas to the equivalent of only 5Oi
grammes Q.1025 pOundsl of coal per effective
horsepower per hour, was recently ill.,
stalled in MarseilIeS works Similarly
favorable results have been obtained with a
100-horse-power engine which is in opera
ton in Rouen.
Hutton Lake, near Laramie, Wyo., Is to
be drained that the body of NJ. Is. Dawson
may be found. He was drowned some time
ago and all ordinary means for recovering
is $1,000 to $1,000 Aside from humane and
family considerations, it is very important
to recover the body, as $4,000 Of life insuE-
ance is involved.
Alpheus Seagraves, a colored man, resii-
ing ut Swain Station, is probably the oldest
man in New Jersey. His age is I03. He
can give his history from the time he was d
years old and has remarkable memory
His wife is 90. The aged couple live oni,
farm and are supported by their son. The
old man is totally blind from old age aud Ills
wife leads him about
The ancient cubit varied among different
peoples. II is the length of the human arm
from the elbow to the tip of tue middle
finger. According to the most recent in
vestigatons, the Roman cubit was 1871
inches in length; the Greek, 1920, and the
Hebrew from 20.2i to 2LSS, the variations
being due to the age and the locality il.
which the measure was employed.
The chief scenes of shipping disaster
that occur off coasts are La England, tn,