The morning call., 1891-06-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

are 5000 specimens Of journalism from all
| parts of the world.
1t is tOlerably well established that con-
seriousness and acute suffering continue for
three minutes after decapitation.
| The advance man gave passes to the teach
| ers of the public schools in Kalamazoo,
| Mich, and school "let out" or circus day.
OverwOrk caused Kalamazoo justice to
| faint while eating dinner at Grand Haven,
| Mich. Court adjourned to give him rest.
| The latest industry is the manufacture of
mummies, which was brought to light in
| Egypt by the recent conviction Of the in
| genOus manufacturer.
The mud is so deep at Topeka, Kans., that
it became necessary to detail an elephant to
| lift one of the circus wagons out Of the mire
| at that place the other day.
An English exchange says that noble
mastiff plunged into stream and rescued a
smaller terrier that was being carried toward
| death by the rushing waters.
The Red River in Texas Is away above
| the high-water mark. The rise was very
rapid and unexpected and many people
barely escaped with their lives.
Thanks" said Sheriff Mattice of Shia-
wassee County 20 the Marshal of Corunna,
Mich, who had impounded his cow, sit is
worth that much to find the cow" and he
! paid 81.
| A Nebraska detective who, by feIgniug
sickness. managed to induced eight Lincoln
| druggists to sell him liquor on Sunday, has
| been arrested for getting goods under false
| pretenses.
A powerful electric light is to be placed
| on the summit OF Mount SD0wdOn in Wales,
| where it will be visible not only over a great
| part of Wales and England. but far over
| Ireland also.
| Lincoln University in Nebraska has the
youngest college President in the country,
| Professor K. A. Turner, who, though only
90 years old, has honorably filled the posi-
| ton for two years.
A lawsuit involving thousands of dollars
was recently settled in a peculiar way at
| Charlotte, n. c. An absent juror being
| found insane mStriai was declared and q
| compromise effected.
By an arrangement Of mirrors the photog-
| Tapher now takes four different views of
| one subject This enables his patrons to
select the most advantageous view of them
| selves at one sitting.
| A shoe-dealer says that girls between 16
and Is have bigger feet than after 20 and a.
! The foot is fleshy at that time and large but
| as years come the foot decreases and the
muscles grow more firm.
A very extensive domestic industry in
| Russia consists of the manufacture of
wooden spoons, which are made to the
| amount Of 10000, 900 annually. They are
| nearly all made Of birch.
A commercial traveller who makes trips to
| South America says the natives are very
| fond of roasted monkeys, and that in his
| opinion it is more toOthsome than turkey or
chicken or even canvas backs.
Emperor Wilhelm usually travels with an
| irOn-bound trunk filed with decorations
which he bestOws on those who please
him. He will not take it to England as
Englishmen cannot accept foreign orders.
Charles King of Salem, Mass, who was
kicking baby when CORVALLIS surrendered
to George Washington at Yorktown, is dead
at the age of 10 years. leaving more than
600 direct descendants through four genera
tons.
The Bank Of Venice was founded In 110l,
that of Genoa 1907, the Bank of Hamburg
1919, that of Rotterdam 1885, the Bank OF
England 1894; the Bank # France is Of
more recent origin, having been established
in 1903.
A man walked into a Lowell (Mass.) bar
room, bought % cents worth of cigars and
offered a $1,000 bill in payment. He was
somewhat taken aback when the saloon
keeper p0cketed the bill and counted out
S999 IS in silver.
In some parts Of Cornwall It is considered
unlucky to have any washing done in the
house between Christmas and New Years
day, the superstltiOus believing that II a
washing takes place some of the family will
be washed out of life.
In the year 1900 chimneys were scarcely
known in England. One only was allowed
In religious house, one in a manor house
| and one IN the great hall of a castle or lords
house, but In other houses the smoke found
its way out as it could.
The girls Of Thomaston. Me-, have distin-
guished themselves BY giving negro min
strel show. They had four lend men " and
the usual variety of local gags" They
played to a great crowd under the apt name
of the Smoked Pearls"
frada iOrrpal hoe IN - pubIiebad aoD,o
statistics concerning poultry in France. 1t
states that there are in the country 45,000,-
| 600 hens, which, at an average price of
francs 90 centimeS per head. represent O
value of 112, 050,000 francs.
| An oil lamp in Reading, Pa, Salvation
Army tent exploded and the "Colonel," who
| was making an address at the time, at once
! directed that a collection be taken up to
| buy a new lamp before he attempted TO
| learn whether or not any one had been hurt
Base ball playing on the house roof is the
| novel though dangerous way I'm which
number Of factory hands in New York
| spend their dinner hour. A long cord is at
tached to tae ball and then tied TO the chin
ney, so that the ball cannot get out of reach.
Charles Cameron of POttSvIlle, Pa, who
| deserted his wife in 1860 and who was sup
| posed to be dead, recently returned. but the
woman, who has been happy with her sec
oud husband for the past twenty years,
SuOnCN MN biO COlu anu lH6 QOOT.
West Bay City. Mich, has Jack the
| Hugger," who assails lonely women in dark
| places and hugs them. He is tall and slim,
! wears light overcOat and SLOUGH hat pulled
| over his eyes, and seems TO be a genuine
| member of the tribe Of mysterious kissers,
| huggeTS, etc.
Baltimore compOsitOrs object to the es-
| Enlistment of printing Office at the House
| Of Refuge on the ground that the boys can
not successfully learn the trade at the iusti-
| tuition, and after they are thrown upon their
own resources they will find they are poor
| mechanics.
Before Mr. George Vanderbilt made his
large purchases at Bltmore, near Asheville,
| n. c., the revenue derived from freights at
that depot by the Richmond and Danvile
Railroad amounted to $1,000 per year. Mr..
| VanderbltS freights alone now average
| $1,000 per month.
Mrs. Ida May Davis, who has been elected
member of the city school board Of Terre
| Haute, is the first woman in the State of
| Indiana to hold such position. Though
! still young woman she has been a teacher
| for ten years and is the author Of consider
| able literary work.
A most curious clock is displayed in the
| window of t0bacco-store in Philadelphia.
| The frame is made from cigar-boxes fitted
together. The round dial Is marked by a
| coating OF smoking tobacco. Two clay pipes
| of different lengths serve for the hands, and
the figures are made of cigarettes.
Kissing comes high in Atlanta, Ga. A
stOre-keeper there, who ''stole sly one"
from female clerk, had to answer in court
for his audacity, and was fined 500. He
paid the fine without hesitation, though he
protested that he did not kiss the girl, but
only touched her ON the shoulder.
A Colorado man killed sheep and hung
il up and dressed it. He was still at work
| when a mountain lion crept between his
legs, pulled the mutton down, and although
given good kicking, held fast ana got
away. The man wasn't bit thankful that
he wasn't taken in place of the meat
The members Of the Centennial Board of
Finance at Philadelphia have asked to be
| discharged. The cash balance on hand
| amounts m gI3 103 81 hut q, tbara orc