The morning call., 1891-06-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Russian experts manufacture glue from
the refuse Of whales.
An Iowa court has decided that signish
another name to a mileage ticket Is D0t tOT-
gerry.
oue-pound mite of humanity has made
its debut into this world Of trouble at ithaca,
Mich.
The sale of books descriptive of the
JohuStOwn disaster has reached over mill
ion copies.
Because fve-year-old child stuck out her
tongue at him, L0ckp0rt (N. " man bru-
tally hOrsewhipped her. He is under ar
rest
Men of science declare that the orange
was originally berry, and that its evUlu-
ton has been going on more than a thousand
years.
An Effngham (Kans.) woman avoids the
expense of keeping nuTSe-gIrl by lariat-
ing her children out alter the manner of
cattle.
Perfectly lovely" and similar express
si0ns are among the phrases interdlcted by
Lexington (Ky) young ladies anti-siang
society.
a Liberty County (Ga) man has found
oysters growing at the bottom Of MS sixty
foot well, and has some Of the shells to show
his neighbors.
A Brooklyn man, mourned as dead by his
family, has returned after three mouths
stay in an hospital where lie had been taken
after an accident.
Delicious sandwiches and cheap ones can
be made by mincing fine raw Deefstedk.
Seas only with pepper ana salt. These
are excellent for inyalIdS.
The grandson of Detroit millionaire is
earning pocket money by selling newspapers
after school hours. His habits Of Industry
are to be commended.
Keene, n. H., is meditating on the cheek
0f a r0Eidant w n Ia rpa Ont6nnF TpIIRf
from the town and who paid Il tax Of 80 tue
other day on his three dogs.
Memorial day in a Georgia town was post
p0ned for month because of the scarcity
of flowers. So lamentaDle a contingency
could never arise in California.
The Czarowitz during his Indian tour re-
quiTed no less than thirty tongas or carts
for his luggage aud about 800 pairs Of ponies
to draw the same Impedlmenta.
A scientist of Tennessee thinks that the
Gulf Stream every day passes through
thousands of miles of SuOterranean channel
that is surrounded by living fire.
A cigar receptacle designed for bach
elor'S room is the exact reproduction of q
telephone, and upon ringing the bell two
cigars are mysteTlously dropped from it.
Aaron Nichols OF Bow, n. H., has cele-
hFated the one hundTedth anniversary OF his
birth. He lives close to the spot where
stood the log housein which he Was born
Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas OF Gadsden County,
Fla, are the happy parents Of thirty-two
children, all living, most of them twins aud
triplets. The couple have been married fif-
teen years.
Two citizens Of Palmyra, Me-, have had
so MANY Quarfels that few DAYS ago a con-
tract was drawn up between them that in
future they would have nothing to do with
each other.
A member Of the Chicago Board OF Trade,
in onununpinU his rafiramant aSf0niaha1
his fellow-operators by declaring that he
has all the money be wants, and viii hence
forth live in ease.
4 Kansas boy, who had buried his body up
10 his chin in hole, while at play, was at
tackled by savage hog while in this de
fenSeleSs condition aud his face mangled
so fearfully that be died in an hour.
Abraham Higgins of Muncie, Ind, ap-
piled to the township trustees for money
with which to purchase license that his
eighteeH-year-Oh son might marry. The
trustees refused, and the Wedding was ID
definitely postponed.
The Presidential ScraD-book has become
very volumiuOuS. tt now EN- braces thirty
volumes, seven of which are filled with pO-
liticaI matter and the remainder with fnau-
cia judicial and miscellaneous clippings.
A book has already been filed with articles
on the ltata.
The late Samuel Morrison was the oldest
ClttLcn VI Inus, auu LH6 HESb
white child born in Dearborn County, his
birth occurring March /, 1898. Mr.. MorrI-
son drew the first map of Indiana that was
ever published, which was in 1916, when
there were but thirteen cOunties i'll the new
State.
A French cook gives the following pre-
ventiVe of tough pIe-crust: Use less water
and never use bit Of -four about your crust
unmixed with lard, and, after rolling out
your pie-crust, sprinkle some of the mixed
-four over the crust to make it fiaky. l
have never failed in making good crust
SINCE"
The members of the imperial family of
Russia have definitely settled to spend a
part of the summer in the Crimea A. Sam-
pany with the CZarowitZ the Gar will
proceed to Orenburg IN August, to witness
the celebration in honor of the three hun
dredth anniversary of the establishment of
the Ural C0ssaeks.
Admiral Wor1eH, who commanded the
original Monitor in its historic fight with the
Merrimae, still shows in his face the heavy
peppering with gunpOwder which he re-
ceived IN that engagement by the explosion
of a rebel shell at the peephOle 10 which his
eye was applied. He is living unoStenta-
tlously in Washington.
Mother and Babe Deserted.