The morning call., 1891-08-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

bridge.
so far there has not been month in this
year, excepting the present one. without Il
1rost IN Connecticut.
Mlldewe1 linen may he restored by soap
ing the spots aud while Wet covering theit
with powdered chalk.
IL was Boston boy who recently defined
wedding as nothing but pray er-meeting,
with sociable after it.
Ihe newest tonSorial fad comes from New
ork, where young men like TO have their
hair sprlnkled with gray.
a Sandusky Ohio man has been fright
eneu INTO dead faint by harmless snake
Crawling up his trouser-leg.
A resident of Parkersford, Pa, has a
ring-dove which is 81 years old and has
been IN one cage all his life.
When in q carriage and the horses run
away the best thing to do is to Sit still. The
worst thing you can do is to jump out.
Salvador has GA, 513 inhabitants, or sew
ehty TO the square mile, greater number
country.
The skin of a boiled egg is the best remedy
ior boil. Carefully peel it, wet and apply
to the boil. 1t draws out the matter and re-
lleVes soreness.
1t is said that old sailors are made sea-
SICK Dy the excessive amount of vibration
caused by the propellers of some of the
hish-speed cruisers.
More than sixty women have notified
Engineer Colwell of Connecticut that they
are willing TO go up in balloon with him
to become his wife.
AT recent silver wedding at Stonehayen,
Mass, the bride and groom were presented
Win 10 bright silver dollars, the sum OF
theis respective ages.
A wealthy Montreal widow has been cap
tivated by the handsome features of her
coachnan, and their marriage Is a nine DAYS
wonder IN the vicinity.
a Burlington (Vt) barber recently beat
all records by going out and getting married
Whlle a waiting customer was getting
lathered by his assistant.
While endeavoring to reach box of
cigars on a nigh shelf a New York bar
Tender inadvertently grasped an eleetric
llght wire and instantly fell dead.
Fall River (Mass) liquor-dealer is de-
'enuant IN SlO,OO0 damage suit brought
against him by an indignant mother, Tor
selling whisky To her boy. minor,
A servant in London was dismissed for re-
1uslng to wear cap. She brought suit and
the court sustained her on the ground that
she mad not refused to obey lawful order
A New burypOrt (Mass.) woman recently
Iound copper cent in boiled eg! which
she was eating. How the coin got there is
one OF those things no fellow can find out"
over 200 worshiperS were recently mere
VI ireo AnJuleu py HsutnIng during church
service near Osborn, Ga. Several we're
seriously bruised, but no fatalities are re-
ported.
SlXty-one years ago, the survey having
Deen made and the town laid out, the first
map of Chicago was duly recorded. The
population then was 550 Chicago has
grown
A Ripon (Wis.) woman, crazed by domestic
lnfelicties, took three ounce of Paris green
ana then laid her stomach open with a aZor
perforatlng the vital parts. She lived four
hours after the deed.
p George w. Bush. who died recently at
Baltimore, IN the ninetythlrd year of his
age, was father OF twenty-seven children
thirteen OF whom survive him He also
leaves nine grandchildren.
Dix unhappy women of Mount Holly, n
D., are applying for divorces from their hus-
bands. The reason assigned in one Case is
tnat the husband IS professional poker
player and Is never home at night.
The Arab sailors believed that the high
seas off the coast of Abyssinia were en-
chanted. and whenever they found them-
selves among them they recited verses
which were supposed to subdue them.
New York thief makes a specially of
eonhscating brass and silver mounted signs.
DIaSs and bronze door knobs, etc. He
steals nolhlns else, and was recently cap
tuted with twelve knobs in his possession.
Two missing cows at Serbia, n. Y, were
recently 1ound with their horns so securely
lnterocked that the combined efforts of three
men were unable TO separate them. The
farmer was obliged to saw off horn of one
COW.
A recent invention of interest and yalue
Is device for numb eriDg sheets of paper as
they are beIrg manufactured. Watermark
characters are pressed again st the sheet OF
pulp, and the number is changed with each
impression.
There has just been completed in Munich a
huge microscope. with magnifying power
of II 900 linear perspective. ELECTRICITY is
Drought INTO service in the operation of the
great instrument. The cost of the miscro-
scope is $3.50.
a new sort OF worm with depraved ap-
petite Is eating the foliage of hemlock trees
IN New York State and threatens to deyos.
tate the forests. A worm with no better
sense Than that will not last long after the
cold weather sets in.
seyenty-year-old Uxbridge (Mass.)
widow has sueided from grief because
her son deserted bis wife and eloped with
married woman. He left many creditors,
anu MS misconduct, added to his mother's
feeble health, caused her 10 take her own
life.
"A Scranton Pa.) boy is in critical con-
uitlon and may die as the result Of being
stung by wasp on the hand. His arm up
as lar as the elbow is swollen to twice its
hohui al oiAc' OuOulu tuo swelling extend [ o
the Dody, which Is probable, death will!
ensue.
-Four young ladies from Kingfeld, Me-.
while raspberrying left some nearly filled
pals ana went off some distance TO pick
more berries. When they returned they
found the berries eaten and mashed UP. 1t
Is supposed bear took luncheon in their
absence.
A Paris Crex.) farmer who endeavored to
cremate humble bees nest in his meadow
not only accomplished the feat but sue
ceeded in burning fine horse, all the grow
ing grass ana 300 bales of hay. Every bee
escaped and took up new quarters on an NJ
burnt portion Of the farm.
Somebody wants to know WHY great men
always wear bad hats and men who are nnt
great wear good ones. The reason is thai
when man has anything inside his head he
Is not so particular about the outside cover
ing, white II he has 10-cent brain it al WAYS
needs $40 hat to protect it.
A well at Henrietta, Tex, usually CON-
tains about eight feet of water. but when
the wind blows from the north the weH
goes dry and remains so until a change of
wind, when the water again flows in and
resumes its normal height. This strange
phenomenon has been observed for several
months.
A writer says that the inhabitants of the
moon, II there be any such beings, the
earth appears sixteen times larger than the
sun and of blue color. That the auror..
borealiS is the tail to the earth like the tail
to comets, and as seen from the moon
streams out behind our globe in a bright and
beautiful trail.
No one can suggest cure for headache.
In severe cases the aid of physician is
needed TO ascertain the cause and give the
proper advice; but in most instances an
intelligent person may himself ascertain
the cause and secure In the main exemp
tion from attacks by attention to the general
laws of health.
Holland has some peculiar customs In
many towns bulletins are affixed to the doors
of houses in which persons are sick, in or.
der that their friends may be apprised of the
state of their health without knocking or
ringing, and in Haarlem the birth of child
is announced by means of small placard
adorned with red silk and lace.
A tobacco drummer who has travelled all
over the country says that Maine uses more
tobacco per capita than any other State in
Union. Tobacco dealers drum the State
harder than any other large firms kpepnp