The morning call., 1891-10-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The fireworks of the future will be cleo
| trical.
Whatever the immediate returns may be,
! IL Will pay no man in the long run to be Il
hog.
The European demand for American
made Carts and light vehicles has greatly in
creased.
Pullman-car porters don't like women
| passengers. Men are less trouble and more
! profitable.
Dickel-plated lawn-mower is the latest
| noI sense In the equipment OF snOD' 5
country place.
The trees iu small pear orchard in
| Westerly, Il. l., are now In blossom for the
second time this year.
One of the most agreeable Of dentifriceS is
| to be found in a few drops Of tincture Of
myrrh III half glass of water.
An Adrian (Mich) preacher has been
| eyicted from his lIviug-rooms because he
and his guests prayed too loud.
| An Office may have 10 seek a man oeca-
! sIonaly, but 1t has sinecure compared to
! the wLrk of the average man who seeks au
office.
II men could hold their tempers only half
| as hong as they hold their spite the world
would be more of desirable place to
live in.
The formation of an Irish club has been
| begun in London, the Irish population
there. about 100000, having no such place of
| rendezvous.
big one and will furnish almost berries
| enough for sauce for every turkey marked
for the holiday feasts.
The average salary of ministers in the
| United States is under $500 year, and
| very much more is required of those who
/ = q rtNa y
| $4,000.
| Fast trains promise to take on a kaleidos-
| copic appearance. Already there is the
| ghost train in phOsph0reseent paint The
| Georgia Central has put on q deep-red
| train.
A thousand men are employed on the
Chicago exposition. and work is prosecuted
day and nights in three shifts. Contracts
havr been made Tor buildings TO cost over
S3,000,e00.
A group of seven moose. which has Just
been completed by Professor Dyche, who
| occupies the chair of natural history in the
Kansas University, is the best of the kind
| In the country.
In Brocktou, Mass. the festive inhabit-
ants CHARTER the electric cars for afternoon
| aud supper parties. Boards for a table are
| placed on the backs OF the seats in the mid
| die of the ear.
Cincinnati mOurns the death Of one Of her
OIutNl DdAIRF4o anu hlOSI ColliDdUlC
Henry Peachey. He mad been connected
with the Lafayette Bank of that city for
over fifty years.
The new tunnel of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad under the city of Baltimore
viii cost upward of s6,000,00o. 1t Is being
pushed night and day, fully 1000 men being
at work upon 1t.
Roughly speaking, the earth is supposed
to be capable OF sustaining 6.000, 100000
people, ana at the present rate of increase
this limit will be reached in little less than
200 years from now.
A great event is about 10 occur in New
Orieans-the erection Of a new hotel in the
modern magnificent style. 1t is over thirty
years since any hotel has been built there of
any particular account
Miss Anna Williams, the girl whose
classic profile Is reproduced on the silver
dollar, is still Philadelphia teacher, as she
was when her features attracted the atten-
tiOn of the mint engrayer
The tallest nag-pOle in the United States
is the 1OS-foot Maritime Exchange Station
signal displayer at the Delaware Breakwa
1t cost $1,000, aud can be seen further at sea
than any other signal along the Att .ntic
coast.
The editor OF the Salem (Mass.) News has
had the pleasure Of seasoning his evening
meal with catsup made from twelve toma-
toes which weighed II pounds and 10
ounces, and were contributed by thought
ful reader.
In the hippopotamus the eyes, ears and
Dostril5 are set exactly on the same plane.
This enables the animal to sink its body en-
tirely below the surface OF the water and
yet be able to perceive the approach of foes
by hearing, sight and scent.
The latest man who tried to start a reyo-
luton in Mexico was very promptly caught
shot, and then, to make sure, hanged
Mexico would seem to be an uncommonly
good country for illbustering revolutions to
keep away from just at present.
A wild story comes from Saybrook. Conn.
of two boys harnessing n shark to their
boat and letting the big fish swim his handi-
capped self to death. II only remains now
for somebody TO harness one or two Com
necticut liars and give them free rein.
One great drawback to the aluminium is
that no method of soldering it has yet been
found. speaker at meeting of the Ger
man Society of Mechanical Engineers said
that the difficulties in working the metal
were a greater obstacle that the question of
price.
In southwest Louisiana is the largest
farm in the world. Ut measures % miles by
100 and contains over 100000 acres. 1t is
owned by syndicate OF Northern capital
lists, who cultivate rice, sugar, corn and
cotton. All the farming Is done by steam
power.
One Of the most eopious springs in Great
Britain is the famous st. Winifred's Well.
near the town of HolywelI, in Flintshire.
The well IS an o0long square, about twelve
feet by seven, and its water, say the people
of the district, has never been known to
freeze.
Negro and cockuey so seldom wed that
the romance between the colored gentleman
who was for thirteen years the valet of the
late p. T. Barnum and the young English
girl who has been the maid of the distin-
guished shOwman's widow will attract con-
siderable attention.
The ships belonging 10 the English Chan
mel squadron are preparing for their usual
winter cruise. The nature of the defects
which require TO be made good may be in
ferred from the fact that they will engage
the attention of the dockyard authorities
until November 1st.
A boy and FIVE of his uncles at Latrobe,
Pa, have died from loss of blood caused by
extraction OF teeth and accidental iuries
One of them died after bleeding for Eve
days from wound arising from the extrac-
tion OF hair on the foot. The fatalities
seem to be hereditary.
The largest aquarium in the world will be
built at the Worlds Fair. II will be stocked
with both fresh and salt water fish. and the
supply of water for the latter will be fur
nished by evaporating sea water to one fifth
its bulk and forwarding it to the fair, where
fresh water viii be added in proper Quanti-
ties.
A novel device for instantly locking and
holding the wheels Of an electric car on au
ascending grade, in case, for any reason
such as the trolley leaving the wires, or the
blowing Of a fuse-the current fails, has just
been patented. The device is applicable to
horse-cars, and is arranged TO work by the
pressure Of Il push button.