The morning call., 1891-10-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

and monitors.
| A French Baron has won $1,000 by cross
ing the ocean in the steerage.
The school census of Alabama shows a
gain of 24,855 pupils during the past two
years.
The waters of Lake Erie are to be piped
into Cincinnati, taking in other cities en-
route.
Philadelphia is filled with the pleasant
odor of baking bread at or o'clock every
morning.
There are 700 Americans residing in the
houses they occupy.
Sawdust and shavings when reduced to
powdered charcoal are now used in wine to
absorb unpleasant odors.
Laporte, Ind, contained only two houses
when Mrs. Margaret Armstead, recently
deceased resident aged 102, settled there.
A Kenneth Township Pa.) farmer has
been stricken blind during his Sleep caused
by a rupture of blood vessel back Of his
eyes.
Over 200 persons have been injured. some
seriously. by the collapse of a circus tent at
Muncie, Ind, during violent wind and
rain storm.
For carrying marble blocks on their heads
from the quarries Italian women receive 20
cents per day, but they have just struck for
3 cents more
nv DtIS VI OISFciauuJ OHio,
are doing all in their power to secure the
suppression of the many scent shops which
abound in that city.
1t is beginning to dawn upon citizens of
Chicago that the high building business has
been oyerdone. and that it should be re-
stricted by legislation.
The Board of Aldermen IN Boston have
ordained that screens must be used by stone
cutters when at work on the streets to avoid
injuries 10 the eyes Of paSserS-by.
Owing to the immense number Of recruits
wanted In the French army the STANDARD OF
height has constantly been reduced 1t is
at present little more than five feet.
A lazy burglar at Bellows Falls, VT,
packed his grlp-sack with plumber and lay
down for a nap behind the store counter,
where he was found fast asleep in the morn
ing.
A large flock of apparently tame quail has
appeared at CarrOlltun, Ohio, and taken
possession of the public square. They ex-
hibit no fear at the approach of the resi-
dents.
The oldest mule in the United States is a
venerable object of interest in Bay County,
Mo. Its name is Julia, it is SO years of age,
and its voice is in perfect state of preser-
walton.
A result OF the recent ''shake-up" near
Fillmore, Ind. was the formation of bot
tOmlesS hole. eight feet square, filed with
visited the spot.
The recent hot spell at Manchester. n.
H.. mDlned with the drought, was taken
advantage by the milk-dealerS, who adj
vancrd the price Of the tactical fluid from %
10 90 cents Il can.
Low water and an accumulation of refuse
in creek at Auburn, n. Y, have engen-
dered an epidemic of typhoid fever Over
fifty cases are reported, many Of which
have proved fatal.
Nearly all the Eastern railroads are show
ing an increase in their net earnings as
compared with the same period of last year,
These earnings are sure to Increase the re-
mainder of the year.
Jasmine is an Indian shrub. Its starry
waX-white blossoms are indescriably sweet.
All the burning pain and passion and
pathOs and mystery of the Hindoo race seem
to rise up TO you in its breath.
Americans who buy tea at twenty-five
cents a pound may be- surprised at the fol-
lowing current item: Really gilt-edged
tea keeps going up, A parcel of golden
tips" grow on the Mahakettiya estate Cey-
lon, has been sold in London for S175 q
pound.
The enormous apple crop in the vicinity
of Reading, Pa Is being turned into an i'm
mense amount of cider AMI apple butter,
and the farmers are scranbling for barrels
and pots in which to store their products.
premium.
The railway companies of Great Britain
carried in 1890 about 500, 000,000 passengers,
OF whom only eighteen were killed by acct
dents to trains, rolling stock, permanent
way or other causes connected with their
conveyance. From the same causes 1876 pas
sengers were Injured.
1t must be evident even to the youngest
inmate of a school that, as the world now is
the person without knowledge must take II
low place in the industrial scale. He can
be nothing but a drudge, unable even to
handle the tools which a workman of high
gradge is obliged to use.
novel cure for nervous diseases is being
practiced at WOrishofen, Bavaria. The
treatment Is the outcome of the study Of an
old priest, and consists chiefly in spraying
water over the body in various places,
dressing Mt once without drying and brisk
walking Immediately afterward.
In Sangamon County, ILL.,. one crash after
another was heard in a cave during the re-
cent earthquake, and upon investigation a
number of large assures were discovered in
the rock, masses of stone had fallen from
the ceiling, and subterranean lake had en-
tirely disappeared. In the stony bottom of
the lake are large assures, which emit fumes
OF burning sulphur.
The continental papers have lately been
circulating an amusing story about rich
French nobleman, who always pretended to
be great friend Of the Legtimist claimant
to the French throne. When it was pro-
posed to raise fund OF 90, O00, 600 francs to
aid the claimant an agent called on the
wealthy royalist, who promptly replied !:
My blood is always at the service of his
majesty" Yes" rejoined the agent. but
we are not going tostart sausage factory"