The morning call., 1891-02-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

London affords for the use of its 5000 600
of inhabitants nineteen free public and
twenty-five commercial bathing establish
meuts.
Two Portuguese pugilsts recently en-
gagged in prZe-fght for 1927 rounds. They
fought six hours day, stopping at noon to
eat and smoke.
The London Vegetarian Society reports n
membership OF 541, but the movement is said
10 have spread throughout England, Europe
and the colonies.
The locomotive engine is said to have a
maximum life of about thirty years The
annual cost of repairs is from 10 TO 10 per
cent of its first cost.
The census returns show that the whole
population of Vienna, including the sub
urbs which form the metropolitan area,
amounts to 100000.
The number of Indians in the United
States who can read English is stated to be
over 5000; the number no can read Indian
languages is over 10000.
Near Bordeaux, France, there is buoy in
the harb0r which is connected with the
mainland by telephone. Ships arriving can
thus communicate with their owners.
The merchants of Sturgeon, No., have en-
tered into an ironclad agreement to enforce
the cash system in that town. " Any one
caught selling goods on credit forfeits ali his
outstanding accounts"
People who are fortunate enough to pos
sess first editions of Burns will do well to
send them into the market while the craze
lasts. a copy which sold for SGG in 1887
sold for $40 last season.
The tramways, omnibuses and UNDER
ground railways which serve the area in
and around London within radius of five
miles leave little for the main lines of rail-
way in that district, and carry each year
about 100000 600 passengers.
While Germany loses only 40 persons per
m
Dir. Br0uardel attributes this astounding
difference to the rigid way in which yaccina-
tin Is enforced in Germany, and to the
carelessness Of his own country in this
matter
y German physician proposes that the
manufacturers of preserved meats should
be cumpelled to stamp their cans with Il
legible date mark. For year or so, he
SAYS, canned meats may remain perfectly
wholesome, but after that it deterioates in
q way defying alike preeaution and explana-
ton.
Gum arabic, which was on &c universally
used, has become very scarce and dear, and
4 substitute for it is being made from
starch, which is subjected under pressure
and at a high temperature to the action of
sulphurous acid. The product after neu-
traliZation is soluble anu extremely ad-
hesive.
a lady missionary in India is reported a s
saying that the boxes of clothing sent from
New York last year contained 1000 pairs of
cOrsets, 700 pairs OF rubber carriers aud $500
dresses ribbed with whalebone and Steel
So severe were civilized fortunes inflicted by
these fashionable garments that the natives
refused to wear them.
james Walker, gentleman who honors
Kansas by residing in it, has recently deyel-
oped peculiar weakness for placing his wife
upon the hot stove, and saying it was his
way OF showing the warmth of his affection
for her. The citizens are thinking of laying
him cut upon the ice aud pouring water
upon him until he is frozen in. 1t might do
him good, but II would spoil the ice
The utility of the microphone for obser-
Walton OF earth tremors and noises was soon
recognized and Italy has for some time held
a foremost place among the nations which
have taken advantage of the special adapt
ability of this instrument. IL is now found
that photography possesses admirable cap
abilities in the way of supplementing the
work OF the micrOphone III making these
delicate records
The mace, the ensign of authority, at
present in the House of Representatives, has
been In use Tor seveEty-five years. 1t Is the
third since the formation of the Govern
ment. The first was taken bv the BIRTHS b
when they burned the capitol in 1914; the
second was an inexpensive and temporary
mace. Every day at noon, when the House
meets, the mace is borne to the hall by the
Sergeant-at-Arms and placed upon its
PEDESTAL
In the late desperate battle of Wounded
Knee, where so many combatants on both
sides were killed, numerous heroic acts were
performed. but probably no man showed
greater goodness in the face of certain death
than did Private Kelly, who was buried at
Chicago last week. From what seems TO be
al authentic source it was learned that he
was shot near the heart. aud, realizing the
mortal nature of his wound, he gritted his
teeth and said to a comrade, "rm gone,
sure roll me around and make breastwork
OF NE. !"