The morning call., 1891-09-01
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tramp population of the United States mum
bers G0,0e0. = =: : T. :: T. FL. =: -.
" Edis0nis said to think the time Will come
when.aman can heat and light his home Tor
60 cents a year. n 49,: :.
" Middleton. n. Y, has two residents who.
/ have Passed the century mark and are IN
excellent health: ''' g II ~: II
South .Norwalk, Conn, boasts of: dog
which. recently swallowed ut one gufp
goed-sized live chicken. - ~.
A.Nebraska girl recently dug a we'll on
her fathers farm sixty feet in depth. She
has since received several offers of mar
rage: II: -. --:.: .',;.. - 80. : -,
Houston. Tex. has a brave policeman. 4
street-car.drlYer was held up and robbed OF
S19.. in the presence of this officer, who
failed to Interfere. He said he was afraid
to do SO. ...<. s = +: u.
s IN washing blinds ard dark paint always
add several tabiesp00niulS.o of ammonia TO-
the water, and when dry rub the paint with
kerosene oil. =. - -. =: -. -
Reports from the Eastern cranberry re-
giens ard promising, and everything looks
faYOrabie for big Thanksgiving turkey
day in November.
=. A Brooklyn man has taken novel method
OF disposins of an objectionable suitor for
bis daughters hand by accusing him ok
robbery and malicious mischief. +.
Pure air and sunshine are natures health
giyers, and care should be taken so admit
them literally into every room. Give your
children plenty of boths indoors and Out.
Frank S. Walker of st. Ignaceo Mich.s
claims TO have been ahe youngest veteran at
she recent encampment ut Detroit he en-.
listed Whan he was 10 years and 10 months
old.
Az recent session Of the Southern Dem
tai Association al Morehead Cityo N. c.,
part Of the proceedings consisted OF the ey-
traction OF teeth by she most skilled opera
tors.
1.izzis Arnold Of Fenson, Mich, weighs
only eighteen pounds and is q years Of age.
She has received UvertuTes from circus man.
ayers, but her parents prefer to keep her
home.
At Waco. Tex, recently on an excess
sively warm day the reflection of the sun
through plate-glass store window ignited
| the goods therein and caused q loss OF
$3.50. coo.
A Davenport Iowa practical joker
dropped dummy from ffth-story WIN
dow. For while it was thought 10 be
real man and occaSioned considerable eX-
element.
Ar a recent picnic In Texas a lemonade
yender posted up his certificate OF Daturall-
cation with his license to sell, surprising
display Of the first mentioned paper Was re-
Quired by law.
The first canal-maker in England is said
to have been Morton. the Bishop of Ely.
who in the reign OF Henry VII constructed
| cut Tor navigation between IeterD0To and
| the sea forty miles long.
Seven hundred printers and other night
workers have sent petition TO Mayor
Washburn of Chicago asking that one or
| two downtown restaurants be permitted to
remain open after midnight.
Not far from Portland, Me-, barn was
! set on fire by tightening. The same bolt
| that fired the building shattered pipe that
| connected with q water main and the flow
| OF water eXtinguished the flames
| The greatest mancures in the world APP
| pear TO be the Sakgnis of the Congo region.
| Among their tribal customs is the pairing Of
| the mails down to the quick with an instru-
| ment designed for that particular purpose.
| a Greensburg tPa.) widow who had in
| CURED the enmity Of her neighbors is ac-
! cused OF enticing little girl into her house
| and poisoning her with q mixture Of sugar
| and arsenic. The child is in critical con-
| dillon.
Some people will insist that merit will win
| in order to persuade Simple-minded people
| 10 gamble with them. Merit does not want
| TO depend on chance and trickery. 1t has
| something better than these. Merit has
| won already.
| a Philadelphia drummer has recovered
| S12JD damages from Il railroad company Ter
| being elected from q train by the conductor.
| who cOnfscated his mtleage-bouk and de-
manGed payment Of fare, which the ag-
GrleVeu man T. fused.
! The ruins OF the palace of the Queen of
| Sheba have net been found in MashOnaland.
whence the wonderful gold OF Ophir is sup
| posed to have come. But the Zmbali ruins
| show that this strange country was once the
scene OF mighty civilization.
| Jose Cordova is dead at San Antonio,
| Tex, aged 105. He was a native of New
| Orleans and fought under General Jackson
at that city. being at that time q years OF
age. He retained his faculties to the last
| and leaves numerous progeny.
| A tremendous plethora of novels is re-
| ported In Paris. For example, 5000 copies
| of the last production of popular writer
| have been returned to the publishers. 1t is
| said that another publisher has 100000
volumes on hand which are unstable.
The mystery Of toad in locomotive
| water tank has puzzled Maine Central Rail-
road men. II is the generally accepted ex-
| PLANTATION that be vas snapped up by the
scoop that drinks from the trough in mid
| track While the engine is going at full speed
| OF all abominable things at table d'hole is
the rapping on plate or tumbler with knife
| to attract the attention of waiter. A man
or woman who does this has been accus-
| toned to dining without tablecloth and
! eating dinner without the assistance Of q
| fork.
A blind tiger" has been raided by the
| police in the basement of the Georgia State
| Capitol. Il blind tiger is a secluded place
| in strictly temperance Town, where you
| wink your eye and the bar-keeper pours you
out glas. of col0red sOda-water from u
| dcmilUhn
| 4 lady book-maker" has appeared in
| England. She Is not novelist, but q fire.
| quenter of race-tracks, where she caters to
| the fashionable betting element. She dresses
| in fearful and wonderful suit of her own
! devising," but she is not supposed 10 be a
| dress. refOrmer.
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| been found in an Arkansas boy of 10, who
has been convicted of bigamy. He entered
| upon his matrimonial career at the age Of
| IA. and without taxing the trouble TO extri-
cate himself fIom the first venture plunged
| blindly into his second.
Just now there are sixty vacancies at
| West Point. Such thing never happened
before and ought not to again. The require
meDts for admission are sky high, and the
| probabilities are that by the time young
man has prepared himself for entrance he
| has not vitality enough left to apply.
A suit of much interest is about 10 be
| tried in New York, where resident is de-
| manding $500 damages and the removal of
1 two arc lights from the front of his flats be-
| cause they make his rooms uninhabitabe
| by their strong glare and draw so many in
sects that his windows cannot be opened in
| the hottest weather. st.~
The cash value of mo. 90" the Pennsyl-
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leaves New York, is $3.50 East of Column
bus the train is run in two sections, and the
| cash value is increased by $4,000 when the
train reaches Pittsburg, The most valua-
BILE train running into Indianapolis is the
new MonOn-C Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day.
| ton solid vestibule.
Complete suits of fire-proof asbestos cloth
are now made for fremen's wear. As the
material is indestructible and bad con-
duetor of heat as well, the wearer is pro-
| tected in the midst Of flames. or course
air for breathing must be supplied through
| tubes in some such way as il is supplied to
| the diver when he is under water.
A Philadelphia policeman in ill-health,
| who was unable to follow his physicians
advice and go to the seashore. mas built a
| bath-tub about the size of an ordinary coal
| bin in the yard adjoining his house and
| filed it with water. lie pours a bushel of
salt into it daily before bathing. and the re-
suit has been that his health has improved
| wonderfully.
| An old couple were recently married at