The morning call., 1891-03-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

New Haven physician VINO refused TO
attend an urgent case on the ground that he
had a previous engagement has been lined
$40.
A new French directory has just been
issued at Worcester, Mass. That city has
10, 166 French Canadians among its inhabi-
tauts.
Seventeen persons who died in England
in 1880 bequeathed to various charities tho
enormous sum Of &4T4, 100 equal to about
2,3TS, coo.
A large number of gold and bronze an
tIquities have been discovered lately IN the
west of Ireland. They will 90 to the museum
at Dublin.
Natural gas is reported to have been dis
covered at Cleveland, in Yorkshire, Eng
land, and the owners of the land refuse to
sell at any price.
Evidence in New York breach of prom
ise suit proved that twenty persons were
present when the defendant promised to
marry the plaintiff
a clergyman in New York has declined
to permit an engaged couple TO rehearse In
his church the wedding ceremony which IS
TO be performed at Easter,
A rare specimen of humanity was picked
up by the police of New York City the other
night 1t is a baby, the offspring of a
Chinaman aud an Indian squaw.
Reports from Maine tell of meteor as
large as the moon. The bright visitor burst
over Madison village, that State, shaking
the ground as if by an earthquake.
A Maine man went sleigh riding with his
daughter who wore bright red wrap, and
they were chased two miles by q bull that
objected to the color of the garment.
A hog remained at the bottom of well
into which it had fallen for forty-one days.
1t only lost thrty-fve pounds in weight
though il was without food the whole time.
scientist says that the arc electric light
results from the IMPORTATION of carbon. Ii
aeTina ad frDnl fbRprptipal grounds that
to produce this over 10000 Fahrenheit is re-
qured.
There is a woman in Atchson, Kans.,
who sets a chair at the table every day for
husband, no died over year ago. In his
plate she never falls to place little bouquet
of flowers.
-Four Baltimore negroes have eaten moth
ing but chicken for the last six months. AS
the fowls deYoured did not belong to them,
they will now subsst on prison fare for
some time.
There are 1885 paper-mills In the world,
turning out 1904, 100000 pounds of paper
annually, half of which is used for printing,
600,000,000 pounds being required for news
papers alone.
The faculty of Harvard University have
permitted a Japanese student to enter the
University, substituting Chinese and jap
anese for the Latin and Greek ordinarily
required at entrance.
An Orange On. J.) clergyman, having
threatened to cowhide young men whom lie
may catch lettering around his church-d0Or
waiting on the girls, local paper says that
one by one tue inducements for young men
to draw near to religious comfort fade away.
a Farmers Alliance representative has
introduced in the Kansas Legislature a bill
providing that any person who will file
petition stating that he or she is of good
moral character shall be permitted to prae-
tee law, whether the petitioner knows any
law or not.
The defeated candidate for Supervisor in
Southfield, Richmond County, \. Y, re-
ports his election expenses as follows: Pro-
fessional services, 40 cents; shoe shine, 3
cents; chewing tobacco, Is cents; Weiss
beer, 60 cents; sarsaparilla, 20 cents; soda
water, 10 cents; copying, 10 cents; beer,
81 o. Total, 81 Co.
A novelty in electrical circles is the handy
incapdescent drop light, by which the cur
rent is switched on or off by pnlling the
flexible cord that supports the lamp instead
OF turning the key in the lamp socket. The
switch is in the ceiling, and the slightest
pressure operates it. One pull will light the
lamp. and another extinguish it.
A farmer residing near Cumberland, n. 7.
has been sent to an insane asylum because
he has a mania for whistling at all times
and in all places. He whistles from night
to morn, and after retiring he whistles until
he falls asleep. Ii he wake1s through the
night he Immediately commences to whistle
and con tinues until he is exhausted.
1t is a curious fact that the amount of
money paid to American artists by the sale
of their pictures at all the regular yearly
exhibitions in, this country, including the
National Academy, the Water Color So
ciety'S exhibit, etc., is not as great as the
amount paid out yearly for the art work in
the Century Magazine and ST. Nicholas.
Last week the Indian railways leading to
the Ganges were almost blocked with rush
a..
This occurs at Irregular intervals, the last
having come in 1864, and the next not being
expected for fifty years from now. The
chief point in it is that it provides specially
suspicious time for bathing in the Hindoo's
sacred river.
A prominent actor was playing MAC
be:h" in Australia, and when he came to
the murder scene he asked in vain for the
blood with which he had intended TO i'm
brue his hands. After abusing the property
man roundly for his neglect the actor,
struck with happy thought suddenly hit
the functionary on the nose, so that a good
supply of crimson fluid was obtained.
Austrian census takers have discovered
score or more persons in the empire who
have passed their one hundredth birthday.
The oldest was the widow of Peter Hane.
She has certificate Of birth dated Deem
Der "a, 1776. OF her four living sons, the
youngest is 20 years old. In Szegedin man
named Isak showed birth certificate 105
years old.
An electrician who has made speciality
Of spectacular electricity says the day Is not
far off when electrical fireworks will super
sede those now used. He declares that for
a comparatively moderate outlay he could
arrange an electrical. display that would last
for many years, and could be repeated as
often as desired. 1t would comprise rockets,
Roman candles, wheels. Niagara Fails and
all modern pyr0technlcal effects.
Ia1f fret iy, nafo Jor
1872, and continued at intervals until 1906,
then discontinued until 1928. The issue
ceased in 1873. The Scent silver coins, first
issued in 1851, ceased in 1873. The scent
nickel was authorized in 1866, and has been
issued regularly to the present time. In
1856 nickel Scent pieces and small number
of nickel cents were coined. The 2-cent
bronze pieces were issued in 1864 and dis
continued in 1873. The bronze cents issued
in 1864 have been coined annually since.