The morning call., 1891-07-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Denmark the lighthouses are supplied
with oil to still the waves in storm.
Minneapolis claims to be by long odds the
nrSt lumber city N the United States.
Camden, n. j., is proud of its blind bar
Der, who can shave as well as if he could
see.
An amateur gardener at Belfast, Me-,
planted his bean-poles all right, but forgot
to plant his beans.
Clouds on the sun of great dimensions,
not perceptible by the naked eye, are said to
be revealed by photography.
At the New York Worlds festival for the
Children 1920 quarts OF Strawberries, 200
quarts of ice-cream and $4,000 cakes were
consumed.
A lady was pstting goat at Richmond.
Me-, the other day, whes the creature
snatched veil off her face and swallowed
1t without winkiDg.
A man dropped dead in an Iowa church
on recent Sunday just as he was putting
his hand in his pocket at the approach Of
! the eontribution-box.
1t is reported that housamaid would not
engage with a Newport famIly the other day
until she was informed whether there would
be ball given the help.
1t is not all fun for Southern vegetable
| growers. At Gainesville. Fla, Strawberries
are selling at thlTty-tw0 cents bushel and
cabbages are given away fot cattle feed
a well sunk 165 feet at Spencer, Iowa, has
a current of cold air rushing from 1t with
great force. 1t Will raise man sitting on
board placed over the mouth Of the pipe.
Time thins down the number. The re-
turns of the pensE0ned veterans who fought
under the Great Napoleon, who now receive
| $50 year, put their number at 112, instead
OF $780, as in 1888.
A highway robber at San Antonio, Tex,
was recently arrested, tried. convicted and
| sentenced to fifteen years Imprisonment
within fQFtV.piUhi EOUrs from
crime was committed.
| Chilled steel vaults have been completed
in Philadelphia, which increases the Mint's
capacity TO 500, coo in silver coin. In
one vault there IS S33,000,o 900 in silver. The
concrete floors rest on solid rock.
A Camden (Ae.l lady who pledged herself
10 earn doliar IN some unusual way for
church carpets carried out her contract by
digging WORRIES fOr her br0ther-in-iaw to use
i0r bait on his fishing expeditions.
marrying craze is reported to have
broken out among the schOol-teachers of
Detroit, and nearly half OF them are TO be
welded during the present summer. Trou-
bic is anticipated in filling vacancies.
The women OF England are not afraid 10
pick up the trade OF men. \ London WO-
man announces that he is about to open a
barber-shop WHERE all the BARRIERS shall be
women, and the newspapers speak favora-
bly, OF the scheme,
IIlClC ndo q uldL Ol Tie jury recently In
Osborne County, kans., who had formerly
been in the insane asylum, and the strain OF
being compelled TO sit on the jury again I'M
balanced his mind aud he went home and
tried to murder his family.
According to Herr Japing the hourly rate
of water falling over Niagara Falls is 1O0,-
100000 tons, representing 10000, 900 horse
power, and the total daily production of
coal in the world would just about suffice To
pump the water back again.
F0olscap is derived from corruption of
the Italian '.folioeapo," which is a folio
sheet. size generally II inches by IA. From
the thirteenth century till the seven teenth
the water-mark of that sized paper was
fools head with cap and BELLS
A gargle of vinegar will dissolve small
bones quickly. Where large bone happens
TO lie across the windpipe or throat dex-
ferrous use of the finger Will disIodge il when
other means are lacking. provided both the
operator aud patient keep calm.
Writing by telegraph, now SO much talked
about was tried In France twenty wears
ago Signatures were sent from Pau to
Paris, and the experiment was considered
entirely successful. After that the whole
matter was suffered to fall into abeyancr.
Uph0lsterers and other workmen are
busy nowadays refltting the Houses of Con-
gress for the next session. New carpets
viii be put down. new desks will take the
!, place of many of che old ones, and the halls
oil legislation VIII otherwise be put in order
and frightened up.
Cats are not always afraid of the water.
| A feline at Austin, Wash, whose premises
were overlooked, brought out a kitten in
her mouth to place of safety, and then re-
turned through flood and debris to her bed
and rescued the rest of her progeny, which
| size landed in safe place.
Maine men are no laggards. 1t is related
| that citizen of Augusta bought lot and
| III less than three days he had the founda-
| lions in and the carpenters we'll under way
| on his new two-st0ry house, and also had q
garden planted, tomato plants set out and
| other similar work attended to.
a Plainfield On. j. minister. who was in
bad odor with his flock, was astonlEed to
| nhd en- leaving the church that MS horse
had been painted with gorgeous stripes of
| red, white and blue. When tie pastor
| drove home behind his piebald steed the
| young men jeered at him from the roadside
He threatens legal action as soon as he can
| secure evidence.