The morning call., 1891-11-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

listed In the regular army.
The Chinese are NOS permitted to own
guns or possess gunpowder.
kanorado is in Sherman County, Kans.
1t is a combine of Kansas and Colorado.
Nothing is imported direct from the
United States by Siam except kerosene oil.
Though the Fifty-second Congress has not
yet held session, seven members of 1t have
| died.
Wheeling, w. Va. has on exhibition two
pumpkins, one weighing 125 and the other
13S pounds.
A recent Pttsburg municipal ordinance
strictly prohibits masquerade balls, either
public or private.
From the American aloe tree is made
thread, ropes, cables, paper, clothing. soap,
sugar and brandy.
Harwlnton, Conn.,. mourns the death of
It's Oldest resident, Enos Frlsbee, aged 10C
| years and months.
Milleps famous picture, 1.-THE Angelus. "
is kept insured for $4,000, and Nelson
| ier's "1S1f" for $4,000.
a story comes from Patten, Me-. about O
turtle which makes journey of fifty miles
every year to deposit her eggs in a certain
place.
Nothing is more disheartening to a man
than the discovery that he has married q
woman who loves to keep his writing table
| IN order.
a wal Ndihit'S Uu HIS DluQ IeeL ana car
| rylng porcupine In his fore paws, was seen
by resident OF Copper Falls, Mich, few
| days ago.
Uncle" Jacob Gress, the Pocono Noun.
| tain hunter, has killed eighty-two bears and
| hundreds of deer. lie is 81 years old, but
| still lusty.
The almost incredible report comes from
| keyrort, y. j., that an old resident Of tina,
place was found frozen to death on the 18th
of October.
The sturgeon is toothless and draws In
| us 1ood by suction, but the shark has hun
| areas oil teeth set in rows that sometimes
| number ten.
A MillviIle On. J.) man has a tomato
pant winch measures ten feet in height and
twenty-seven feet around it. lie has picked
2Ss tomatoes from it.
An island near Menominee, Mich, Is lit
! orally alive with worms that swarm over
everything. and another one is so infested
| WIN snakes that no one will visit it.
Ii graceful young man prefers to culti-
why let him do ii. He may have to waltz
around from house to house after his meals
some day.
II yon want to get married cheaply 90 to
| Jacksonville, Ind. The Justices OF the
Peace there are engaged in bitter rivalry
and are marrying couples free of charge ex-
| cept kiss from the bride.
In September last 1888 prisoners ware
committed by Justice liver at the Tomb,
| follce Court, New York This is the larp.
est NUMBER ever committed in one month
at any police court in that city.
"A farmer who lives near Mount Vernon.
| Mich, and who takes the cake in the pro.
eraStinatlon line, Is now just huSking his
| 1890 corn crop, being compelled TO get MT il
IN order TO prepare for his fall seeding.
Cats are nuisance, but be careful now
| you shoot at them. The Brooklyn young
man who aimed at one and hit boy In The
leg Is evidently one of those people who do
| not understand that il takes genius to kill a
| cat.
The arrest and confinement of a Lowell
| (Mass.l man as a deserter from the army has
| proved case Of mistaken identity, and the
aggrleved man will sue both the private de.
tectlve who arrested him and the Govern.
| meDt.
A White Pigeon (Mich) bar5er-sbop toke,
| new grip on public favor in the announce.
ment that the proprietor. having purchased
| 800 face-towels, wont have to use the sauna
| towel on more than one customer before II
| is washed.
The people of the West are darker than
those OF the East. 1t is easy to see that
Drowned by the sun and rougheped by the
winds OF the prairies. This is as true of the
women as of the men.
About $500 in bank notes and iewelry
have been found concealed on the person OF
a recently arrived woman immigrant al
New ork. 1t Is said that she deserted and
robbed her husband in Saxony. She will
| probably be returned.
| The Delaware Indians have Just received
S454, 000 being half the sum given them by
the Government for lands in the Indi an
territory. There has never been an in
| stance OF such benevolence toward an equal
number OF white men in this country.
An attractive bit of furniture that one
| has planned ones self possesses an especial
| charm. Ii may be only simple wall cabl-
net to hold ones choicest bric-a-brac, but
VINO so well as the owner can plan the posi-
ton and space to be given to each piece?
The Grown Prince of Japan, who Ia a
| pupil in the School for Mobiles, in Toxic. is
| said to be bright and Industrious boy. He
| has Just finished the fourth year in the ele-
meHtary department. 1t is said that he did
not miss one day at school during the last
year.
Among the effects of victim of a reeen,
| railroad accident at Maiden, Mass. were
twenty-seven pounds of silver coin-all 81
pieces. lie was an empl0ye of the company.
and always insisted upon his pay In silver
! dollars, which lie carried with him in a grip
sack.
Manuela Fmbres, the only woman con-
victs in the Arizona Territorial Prison, was
pardoned by the Governor and discharged
recently. She was provided with plenty of
comfortable clothing and sent to Tucson.
where the Sheriff OF Pima County sent her
on to Mexico.
The most powerful telescope yet made has
| Just been finished in Munich. Its ordinary
power Is 1000, which can be increased 10
10000 An electric lamp Of minute type is
| used In 1t, and special device which SPRAYS
| minute particles of liquid carDonic acid il
used to Keep 1t cool.
Samantha Phillips (colored) of Jefferson
| vile, Ind, claims TO be LOG years old. She
is very small, weighing but ninety pounds.
and is only four feet in height Every day
she walks one mile, carrying dinner to her
| ereat-great-g randsOn, who is employed in
| the Government depot
| 1t is said that the Princess of Wales IL
| forming secret society for the purpose of
stamping out the habit of tarrying too long
at the wine, now very prevalent among the
| high born women of England Let it be
hoped she will succeed ere red noses be-
come fashionable fad.
One Of the most useful and valuable
Libraries In the country is that of the state
| Historical Society of Wisconsin,. IL is the
| property of the commonwealth. but is fref
| from partisan interference and has lepisIa.
tive aid The library now numbers about
$4,000 volumes and $4,000 pamphlets.
| Two Kentucky women have lust gradu.
| ated from the Cincinnati Technical School
Their names are Mary Riggs ana ,Julia
Bedinger. They took the course of enpi
| neering and carpenter work and hacama a.