The morning call., 1891-11-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Miss Braun, the organizer of the German
barmaids, has been exiled
Fulton street, Brooklyn, is said to be the
noisiesL street In The country.
A newly born baby at a Cincinnati hos
pital has two perfectly formed thumbs on
its left hand.
Seventy-six years ago Napoleon Bona
parte arrived at st. Helena, and thereafter
remained q prisoner.
An inveterate user of the tweed" at Allen
town, Pa, has been fatally strangled by q
quid of tobacco lodging in his throat while
asleep.
In the Public Gardens of Milan. Italy, is a
Gothic building containing twelve mich
cows from which the visitor can get milk at
cents glass
Three inhuman boys at Kalamazoo, Mich,
have been arrested for crucifying cat
while initiating the representation Of the
Passion Play"
Although diamonds will stand very high
temperature when held in vacuum the ad-
mission of air causes them to burn almost
as readily as coal.
The Mayor and City Council of Newport.
KY, were recently ordered to be jailed for
six months for refusing to obey an order OF
the court, but the order was afterward sus-
pended
1t is said that ex-King Milan of Servis is
about to mortgage his remaining estates for
use at the gambling table. They will prob
ably be handled to better advantage when
they are out of his possession.
Xenophan, Promotheus Themist0ces
and Cicero regarded a sneeze as a favorable
omen. Among the HindoOs and PsrSianS,
however. sneezing and yawning were as
cribed to demonlacal possession.
Mrs French of Jacksonville, Ind, is the
master of vessel plying on the Ohio River.
Her husband owns the boat, which Is a
floating theater. The fair skipper sells
tickets, mans the wheel and bosses the crew.
When the late Count Ludwig Won Arco
Valley first arrived in this country as the
German Minister he had some difficulty in
having his name registered in hotels. 1t
frequently appeared as Count Arco and
valet"
The Pleiades appear to the naked eye to
number six or seven or a dozen stars.
Viewed through three-inch telescope one
may see perhaps 800. Ii sensitive plate is
exposed for four hours 1t will show from
the group 1926 stars.
The frequency with which hunters in the
woods are mistaken for game by other
hunters has prompted the sportsmen Of
Bangor, Ne, to invent protective vest
ment, consisting OF flaming red coat,
green trousers and helmet.
The trees in the dense forests on the bot
tom lands of Missouri are bending with their
heavy crop Of hickory nuts. walnuts and
bntternuts. Knitting parties are the proper
caper, and the gay participants come home
with wagon-l0ads OF the fruit.
Care for the security of human life, and
especially of the poorer and more exposed
part of the community, is not so striking q
feature of our civilization as the ease and
rapidity with which we build railroads and
subdue the wilderness and make money.
The latest hurricane item comes from
Hazleton, Pa. where it is SAID that during
heavy storm great gust Of wind lifted a
49, A, fAAk a,,1 rfn1 Ia - At-rAk
of 100 feet. He reached terra TRINA again
80 feet from where he started not bit
hurt.
Professor Koch announces that he has
succeeded IN producing lymph purified Of
all inflammatory matter. The indifference
sents remarkable contrast to the wild ex-
element upon this subject which prevailed
only few months ago.
In parts of the South, and perhaps else
where, the word dip" Is used to designate
any liquid sauce for pudding and other des-
erts. 1t comes down from time of simple
manners, when sauce was applied by dip
ping each persons portion of food Into
common vessel containing the dip"
Apples are plenty through Bradford
County, Pa, this year, and farmers are
feeding them to the hogs. 1t is said they
cannot get price enough to warrant the tax
ing of them TO market, and that to take
them to the cider-mll and back would be
simply wasting valuable time and good
money.
They offer bounty for the ears of rabbits
in Idaho. The discovery recently Of sew
eral live Dummies" minus their ears has de-
veloDed the fact that active bounty workers
are trapping the jacks, clipping their ears.
and then turning them loose to breed a
future crop for which bounties will be OBJ
tanned till the end of time.
Great indignation exists among the citi-
zens Of Stuttgart, Ark, because the phys-
clans of that town have formed blacklist
against those of their patients who are tardy
in settling their bills. at a mass-meeting
of over 800 residents Of the county 1t was
resolved to boycott the doctors unless they
revoke the obnoxious decree.
A dabber in medicines In Plainfield, N.
j., before experimenting npon himself, has
been in the habit of trying them upon his
dog, secreting the drugs in meat. His last
experiment has caused the dog to lose the
power to bark. 1t goes through the mo-
tons. wagging Its tail and opening its
mouth, but no sound comes from its throat.
His neighbors rejoice. for it was a nuisy and
restless dog, especially during the hours
Christians devote to slumber.