The morning call., 1891-03-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Thirty-three steamboats, navigate the
Congo River.
The largest public park in the world is
the Yellowstone.
The highest altitude ever reached by a
balloon was seven miles.
A Snow Hill (Md.) man ate half a gallon
OF peanuts at one sitting the other day.
A Michigander mistook strychnine for
smoking tobacco. He recovered, however
Indian elephants cannot live in Central
Africa, the home OF larger and more hardy
species.
Among flock of black irds that visited
Gardner, Miss, few days ago was one that
was pure white.
In Great Britain there is one eleetor to
about six of the population; in Belgium only
one to about forty-six.
The Congo River is fifteen miles wide In
some places. Steamers often pass each
other, but out of sight.
A woman heavily yelled visited Sherman's
grave recently and beSOught the guard to
sell her some dirt from it.
The greatest ocean depth ever found by
measurement was in the Atlantic near
Puerto Rico-4651 fathoms.
There is opposition in Buffalo to propo-
sitlon to erect monument there TO the
memory of Willard Fillmore.
Perhaps the strangest case that has been
known III Racine in many day is that Of
Justice who forgot to tax his costs.
Sitting Bulls two widows are ready to
sell the dead chiefs cabin to the highest
bidder. because they say it is haunted.
Since the est blishment in 1902 Of West
Point Military Academy, 1884 men have re-
ceived diplomas from that institution.
The oyster is one of the strangest Great
ures on earth. The force required to open
an oyster is more than 1900 times its weight.
The NEST watery county in the United
States is Monroe County, Florida. IL is
chlehy composed OF small ISLANDS, or keys.
The organs of smell in the turkey vulture
and carbon crow are so delicate that they
can scent their food for a distance of forty
miles.
Joseph Maeheca, one of the Italians killed
In New Orleans, was a large steamship
owner. and his estate is estimated at
100000.
1t has been suggested that the phono-
graph shall be used as a cash register.
Every sum The cashier receives might be
called In the photograph and there recorded
as check Oh the accounts.
The wife of Boston broker sailed for
Peru to visit her sister. and when she az
rived there she sent him cablegram which
cost MIN 500 to announce the fact. The
most of the message however, told how ner
dog fell overheard and could not be saved.
The olfactometer recently exhibited to the
Academy of Sciences in Paris is little ap-
paratus for testing the smelling powers of
individuals. 1t determines the weight of
odorous vapor in a cubic centimeter OF air
which is perceptible by the olfactory sense
of q person.
The recent duel in St Petersburg between
Prince Wadbolsky and Lieutenant LOmo-
nossoff, which resulted in the death of the
latter officer, greatly incensed the Gar.
When informed OF the sad end of the clever
young eff er his Majesty declared that the
dues in the army must end.
The Crown Prince of Greece has q chapel
and altar for use upon the field When he
hapJ ems to be engaged in warlike opera
tions. The forethought of his mother pro-
vided the young soldier with these very
necessary adjuncts TO the baggage wagons
of brigade of light infantry.
Wisconsin is TO have law which provides
that When husband disappears and is not
heard of for three years by his wife she
is divorced without further action. The
Enoch Arden business in that State will
thus receive ii bad black eye, and the man
who goes out to feed the hogs will be quite
apt to return.