The morning news., 1891-12-21
ITEMS OF INTRREsT.

In MILLER, VINO represents the Sixth Wis
consin district In the present House, was born
IN Greece. He says that be was the son of a
Greek chieftain who was killed bv the Turks
dursng the Greek revolution His mother soon
died, and he was found, abandoned, by a woman
VINO VINO was poor. and who applied 60 Col. J. p
Miller, an American who had Joined the Greeks
for assistance. The colonel adopted the boy
and brought him to America, settling In Mont
pelier. Mr.. Miller is 81 years old.
GOLD is so very tenacious that a piece of IL
drawn into wire one-twentieth of an inch in
diameter will sustain a weight of 500 pounds
without breaking, says an exchange. It's malle-
aollty IS 50 great that single grain may be
divided into 1000 600 parts and cubic inch into
y. 5s0, eO9, ,529 parts. each of which may be dis
oinctiy seen by the naked eye. A grain and half
or gold may be beaten into leaves of one inch
square, which, if intersected by parallel lines
drawn at right angles to each other and dts
tance only the one-hundredth part Of an inch,
VIII produce 26,0O0OO0 little squares each of
which may be distinctly seen without the aid of
glass. The surface Of any given quantity of
gold. according 10 the best authorities. may be
extended by the hammer 310,Sl4 times The
thickness of the metal thus extended appears
TO be no more than the 566 O2Oth part of an inch.
Eight ounces of this wonderful metal would
gald silver wire OF sufficient length to extend
entirely around the globe.
Il HAVE but one maxim for you," said a sue
cessful and wealthy merchant to a young man
who went out OF his employ 10 enter upon the
study Of profession, and that is never to try
TO save your shoe leather, but always to be
economical OF the cloth that forms the seat OF
Epur trousers" The young man pondered this
Dit or advice long time, bat he thinks that he
never fully understood it until he had been at
work In his profession for several years, says
'worn-out shoe leather was good investment.
y meant, for one thing, keeping up with the
times by gaining Information at first hand. If
sion he said to himself: 81 can buy them with
little shoe leather" and went out aud saw the
men who had the facts to give him. II he had
waited for them to come 20 him, probably they
would never have come. He could not buy the
information with pautalooh material. he saved
much time by taking q littfe.
The LIMIT In the heavipess of armor applied
to ships may perhaps have been reached, and
1t seems natural that, It's development having
run q course much like that of the armor OF
men, may come eventually to a similar end In
the middle ages, when gInpowder was first in
troduced, the armor of knights and men at
arms was gradually increased In weight to meet
the new weapons. AS tine quality of powder
and guns improved armor was added to until
It reached point where Il knight was un-
horsed 1t required several squires to get him
into the saddle again, or IL a man fell he could
not pick himself UP unaided. The next step
was to limit the armor to the more vital por-
tlons, retaining only the curass and helmet
Finally, even these were thrown away. Some
what similar may be the transition in modern
nAvies. The guns having beaten the armor
ships may have to discard their coats of mail
and rely upon offense as the best protection,
just as intelligent pugiltsts defend themselves
by the counter rather than by the simple
guard.
THE most unique and nov el entertainment yet
tried In Maine was at the Lewiston Young
Mems Christian Association rooms at the young
peoples gathering the other evening. A SMELL
Ing contest was the thing that made the most
tun. Mr.. Singer had got the druggist 90 pat
| up eight bottles containing as many different
| liquids OF different odors, all common but one.
and each numbered on the oorks. The game
was 10 smell of these and identity them, and
| write the decision opposite numbers on a card
| Now, is weli-known fact to those who have
STUDIED the matter that the sense Of smell Is
| the most deceptive OF all senses for the reason
that after smelling Of three things m quick sue
cesSion the nose refuses to do duty with most
people. and beyond that everything Is mixed
and confused: A young lady and gentleman
each Identified seven OUT Of eight of them; niue
more identified an but two But generally the
things Written down were wide of the mark
proved Sticker. IL was written down as er.
tract onions, oil Of birthstone. laudanum boiled
cabbage and white rose. The contest was the
funniest kind of fun
On HALsTHD STREET., Chicago, stands little
restaurant which recently opsned Its doors, and
which is bound to succeed IL the business tact.
foresight and enterprise of its troprietor Il
rewarded perhaps 10 is not generally known. "
he remarked to Chicago AdH reporter as he
leaned over a broadstlunch counter 'that sney
roWs-1ust plain common, everyday English
sparrows-are as good TO eat as any game Bird
that reach the market. But IL is a faot never
theless OF course 10 takes great many of
are not II ~ With sparrows for ntes Ta.S'
I'd rather have a iarded sparrow on toast
than quail any day. The sparrow rs
game flavor. Ever est sparrows9 Well you'd
better try it. IF you sample a wellmade spar
row pie you will never patronize the game
butchers again. pay 10 cents a dozen for ths
they M
Is comparatively new industry, III admit he
cause unth the Law put bounty on sparrows,
heads no one could afford to kill the birds for
the market, Now, however, sparrows are worth
about cents apiece, including the bounty. and
! can get plenty of them. Lay prejudice aside
aud you'l hnd the little English pest Is one of
the most toothsome morsels you over 0te
THERE Is q gentleman IN Hartford, Conn.
who has a novel scheme In relation 70 the
liquor traffic, says the Hartford Post. He
would place the liquor traffic wholly In the
hands of the government and abolish the
saloon and instead have number of places In
the cities and towns where drink could be oh
tanned on the 'nckel-in-theslot'' plan. The
places should be public in every sense of the
word, opening from and In plain view of pass-
erS on the street. / would have It SO arranged
that customer would have to pAss throurh
turnstile to get to the fountain and another 10
leave it. The space inside the turnstile should
The plan OF operation would be as fol
lows To obtain drink one would pass through
the turnStile which would lock after making a
quarter turn, drop coin In the slot correspond
ing with the kind Of beverage he wished. and
receive bottle containing q drink which he
could mix with water TO suit his taste and after
he had drank it, deposit the bottle In another
slot which would operate suitable mechanicisn
TO unlock the turnstile for egress and in ieav-
ing, the moving of the turnstile would unlock
the one for entrance ready for the next Gus
toner There should be In attendance a cashier
to change money to the coin for use and a no.
nceman to prevent minors and Intoxicated ner