The morning call., 1891-12-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Africa has 700 languages.

COnsulS were nfst appointed IN 1900
Woman is supplantng the male hotel
clerk.
Tbs scalp wants a monthly shampoo at
least.
The fortune left by Actor Florence is
about 100000.
The pecan crop is one of the largest on
record in Texas.
The average weight Of an adult man is 40
pounds ounces.
November was the ninth month of the
year at one time.
A New haven man has worn the same
coat for thirty-five years.
The average height OF clouds above the
earth is between one and two miles.
Chess is an old game 1t was played by
the Chinese ia years before Christ
Manchester, n. H, has a woman who
works regularly with her husband in his
blacksmith shop.
In Chicago there are COCO saloons, making
one for every 200 inhabitants The churches
average about one to every 1000 people.
There is a serious propos ton advanced
in Philadelphia 10 furnish free MONDAY
lunch for the pupils i'll the public schools.
French cigars have deteTorated so much
Of late that the consumption decreases
yearly, TO the advantage of the foreign i'm
ports.
Papier mache oil-cans, which are now be-
ing made. are very endurable and impervi-
Gus TO any spirit or oil likely to be used in
machine-rOom.
Daniel Webster was in college at Is, gave
evidence of his great future before lie was
%, and at 80 he WAS the peer Of the ablest
man in Congress.
Mary Matchett is the appropriate name
of II Buchanan tMieh.) woman, Sc years DID,
who is a grandmother and who has been
married five times.
A severe epidemic of influenza is reported
! from Muensterberg in Siles!a. The number
of cases is said to be about SO, and several
| deaths have taken place.
| A citizen Of Paris. KY, was fined 81 for
! allowing his own cat on his own premises to
| kill his own chickens. And yet some peo-
| pie claim that this is free country.
One Of the small annOyances of life occa-
sionally is the attempt 10 draw an obstinate
glass stopper. Immersion N hot water for
SONS minutes is sometimes tfhcaciou5.
The American people are subject in their
domestic relations to forty odd codes of
| law, an anomalous condition not to be
found in any other civilized country in the
| world.
There are in the United States z07
| women's colleges, with $4,000 studepsS. A
| few years ago you could have cophtSu me
| womeGs colleges on the tI''t' VI oo'A
hands. 49,, -
a woman's exchange las las P pa f success
fully organized in .,e. tinr srlarton SobpuI,
pose is to gsperalIy aJSsncs o ths ms
| in that city sEc Senei"l4s au'anee 'ne ln-
A hear JrOke out of cage in a baggage
! car At Earnett, Kan, recently and drove all
| hanse outside. The train was laid out an
| h-dr and the animal was only Subdued by
che use Of chlUr0foTm.
Nicholas Stalter, aged So years, hearty
New Jersey ditch-digger, died recently,
famous as the father Of tweniy-four chill
dren by two wives. Eff children and
grandchildren attended the funeral.
ID r5,fo,
are made with separate apartments for each
toe. This crinkle is said to be a sure cure
for corns, which are CAUSED by the rubbing
of the skin against that OF the neighboriug
toe.
Going to Europe In 1891 was as common.
or more so. than going to New York and
Boston twenty-five years ago. The lists Of
cabin passengers alone show that 100000
Americans have visited Europe during the
year
Louis Groux of Marshall, Mich, has a
game chicken which he has trained to walk
the slack rope, turn hand-springs, perform
perious feats on the flying trapcze aud
personate Nero fddling during the burning
OF ancient Rome
The Ohio State Asylum for Epileptics.
now in course of erection at Galipolis, is
the first Institution Of its kind in the coun-
try. OF the large number of epileptics in
OHIO about one thousand are expected to
enter the new home.
The failure Of Thomas Gales, the Camden
On. j. darkey who in attending to butt
with his head all express locomotive from
the track was thrown thirty feet away, eX-
plodes the common superstition as to the in
ylncibiilty Of the colored Uranium.
Six thrifty jurymen at Willimantlc, Conn.
refused to render verdict in civil suit
the other day until they had been paid their
fees, alleging that If the case was appealed
they wouldn't get their money tor four or
hve years. The cash was promptly forth
coming
The Countess of Castelvecchio, who has
become well known in London as weA as in
Paris as lecturer on music and art, ia of
Corscan birth. She Is only 81 years old.
but she speaks four languages we'll and has
made an enviable place for herself in Euro
pean literary circles.
Several English medical journals have re-
Gently called attention to a fact. sustained
by common observation, that the young
women OF the present day are better de-
veloped ply sically, taller, p!umper, stronger
aud healthier than the young women of so,
100. $50 or 200 years ago.
Aun Shraer, en- old maiden ladv who
lived hermits life at Allentown, Pa, and
who was found dead in bed few days ago.
lett Will saying monument costing $1,000
should be put over her grave. The rest of
her money, which was considerable, she
divided among number Of friends
The life of Turkish woman is like that
of pampered. petted child. She is con-
siderd totally irresponsible, and, therefore.
is never given the control Of anything ex.
cept the choosing of her wardrobe, the fur
| nishings OF her own private apartments.
and the liberty TO embroider and do fancy
work.
Two oldtOwn (Me) hunters had an odd
experience. They were after partridge.
Very suddenly, however, as they were
walking in the woods startled deer sprang
from the bushes and made tremendous
bound, going over one hunters head. He
had no time to take another leap before he
fell victim.
The Turkish Government has a desire to
encourage longevity, ana recently Mustapha
haoa, an cid gentleman, who has feted his
one hundred and ffty-second birthday, has
been granted handsome pension. If he
should be asked to prove his age this cente-
marian and half could produce a grand
child aged 80 years.
When you find 1t necessary to inclose
stamps In letter cut couple of parallel
sllts III the top margin of the sheet and slip
the stamps through them; they will thus
pc heid IN place until removed, and save the
pussy recipient hunt for them after they
nave slipped under the miscellany on the
desk or dropped to the floor.
solomon Rood, who died at Dimond le
| MICH, recently, at the age of So, was a
pioneer IN that vicinity, being accustomed,
when he first settled there, to pole his pro-
visions up Grand River for twenty-five
miles. he was stalwart old fellow, and
tbs week before he died he walked TO Lans-
| iBg-nine miles-and back.
Observation step-ladders are the latest in
novation in the Belgian field artillery.
They are intended to enable the commander
| OF concealed battery to better direct the
fire Of the gunners. Every ladder is about
seven and half feet high, Of iron. and