The morning call., 1891-11-11

Red silk stockings are rapidly coming in to
favor.
A big saw-mill is being built at Thoroho-
lampi. Finland, and equipped with ma
chnery made in the United States.
The British pOacher Is now being followed
by the electric search-light. light several
miles away recently detected and Identified
a couple Of them
At Milwaukee recently more than half of
a panel OF 1l2 jurors drawn for murder
trial were rejected being unable to speak or
understand English.
Mrs. Egerhart, an aged Shenandoah Pa. }
widow. caught burglar In the act, screamed
murder and paved the way to the capture
of Joseph Robinsky, the robber.
TO the pair whose constant struggle since
the day they were made one has been to
make 81 do the work OF 81 there seems no
greater tTusm than that money is the root
OF all evil.
There are five thousand clubs in the
United States whose aggregate membership
is half a million, and on whose lists are
enrolled the names Of many of the famous
men Of the day.
An English noblewoman has arrived in
Boston with an anti-ltquor petition contain
ing 100000 names, which she will exhibit at
the Forthcoming convention of the w. c.
I. U. in that city.
The stockholders of the bingham Mass
Social Library, which was started IlS wears
ago, have voted to close up the organization
and give the 5000 volumes belonging to it to
the Public Library.
Mrs. Rebecca Seth of Westchester. Pa,
has rounded out her one hundred and third
birthday. Her father was a Drum Major
under Lafayette in the revol ution, She is
blind and failing fast.
During the first nine months of 1901 this
country exported S35, 900. 900 worth OF cere-
ais and breadstuf more THAI it did in 1890
hn hat I'm A -
playing in luck this year?
The aged Louis Kossuth, the HUNGARIAN
patriot, knows English remarkably well.
He learned the language while a prisoner,
with only dictionary, Bible and a COPY
Of Shakespeare to aid him.
Although the Grand Trunk tunnel at Port
Huron. Mich. is not yet in regular use.
trains are occasionally run through il when
to do so is convenient So far tue results
have been very satisfactory,
The average expectation of life on the
principle of heredity may be found. accord
Ing to statistician. by adding the ages OF a
man parents and grandparents, il dead,
| and dividing the result by six.
| Americans are the greatest letter ritinp
people on the globe. or the fifty odd billion
pieces OF mail which are posted in the
| world every year, nearly three billions 20
through the postoffices of tho United States.
1t is said that Mime. Patti and other
women Of high standing on the stage pre-
serve most carefully the boots they wore at
their debut, which they consider lucky to
| wear on the first nights Of engagements for
| ever after.
| Chatelaines for watches are rivainp queen
chains in popularity Wrought gold resem-
bling old-fashioned twisted brooches and
terminating in two short chains to hold the
watch are produced in numbers. They are
| very pretty.
| Now that steel is to be made still, more
elastic and strong by alleging it with nickel.
It seems as il an advance were at hand ms
important as that due to Bessemer when he
gave the world steel at cost little more
than that Of iron.
Ball-playing is unlike any other trade o,
profession, and while there are ever 30Ol
young men making 1t a business. vet lass
than 900 OF these receive anything like good
salaries, and less than 100 draw what is
! known as fancy salary,