The morning call., 1892-04-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

New Zealand, is said to be the most slu2-
giSh animal in the world.
Paris dailies announce that Queen Natalie
is about to go to London incognlto to hnd
publisher for her memoirs.
A couple in Bddeford. Me-. have sep
arated four times and reunited three times
since their wedding in May.
The Democratic Slate convention of In
diana, to be held at Indianapolis. April q,
will consist of 1903 delegates.
English locomotives have neither bells,
headlights nor cowcatchers. Warning Is
given by the shrillest OF whistles.
Automatic bootbacks will be put on the
market soon by Nuruberg firm. They
will be run on the nickel-in-the-s slot plan.
There is boy in Portland. Me-, who has
only one arm, but two hands. The right
hand grows directly out from tie shoulder.
An authority on such matters states that
the United States have lost more men in
war stree 1776 than any nation in Europe
Lepers in India were treated with shock
ing inhumanity before Christianity entered
that country. Many Of them were buried
alive.
The Prince of Wales will make extensive
improvements in the house and gardens of
Sandringham in the course of the next six
months.
DR.. Schiiemann found bits of glass in his
excavations at Mycen8, though Homer
does not mention it as substance known in
his time.
A Bible recently issued from the Oxford
University press is only so inches in
length. 21B inches wide and q of an inch in
thickness.
There is a woman in Benham, Tex, who
does good business in sewing buttons on
mems wearing apparel. doing the work on
the streets.
More than 81, 100000 worth of Michigan
lumber will be used in the Worlds Fair
building. and S450, 900 will go to Michigan
contractors.
The rug of fashion just at present is of
silk mohair. The combination of color is
light, though rich dark blue is the favorite
background.
Georgia man boasts possession of an
ordinary school slate which has been in con-
slant use for more than fifty years, and is
yet unbroken.
The largest electric railway in the world
Is to be constructed in Russia, froT St.
Petersburg to Archangel, a distance of more
than 500 miles
The famine In Europe does not oeem t.
interfere with the rich harvest which IA
yorlte actors and actresses are reaping in
st. Petersburg
The microscope shows 1000 muscles in the
body OF the common caterpillar and that
the eye of the dragon fly contains $4,000
polished lenses.
Cincinnati is wire center and claims to
make among other things 10000 bird cages,
5000 rat traps, 10000 fly traps aud 100000
sleeves annually.
Fred Murdoch of Wea, Ind, disinfected
his house with carbolic acid. but he used the
acid so freely that the fumes Frustrated
himself and family.
Mhe castle of Heidelberg is the largest in
Germany. 1t stands $50 feet above the
Neckar River. and was occupied as castle
as early as 1894 A. d.
The University Commission of Scotland
m xyisfov
Tor TIE teaching and graduation Of women
IN all its universities
A large banquet given by the New York
ers' Association at Kalamazoo, in Michigan.
was conducted entirely by women, who also
made all the speeches.
We are familiar with the rush of the ex-
press train as it flashes past US at the rate of
on miles an hour, but light actually travels
IL, 179, $50 times as fast.
From 100000 to ESQ, 100000 is lost
yearly In the world on the turf. of which
from $50. 600, 900 to $50 900. 600 is sopandered
in the United Kingdom
1t is unusual for persons ewes to be
equally strong. In only three cases ont of
ten does it happen that the eyesight is
equally good in each eye.
The earth is nearer to the sun in winter
than In summer but the cause of the cold
weather of the former season is the oblious
inclination of the suns rays.
one OF the Ameer's latest acts is To order
that funeral expenses be cut down, because
Oh verse OF the Koran which condemns
prodlgais 10 the lower world.
The Japanese cite 269 color varieties of
6ne chrysanthemum, of which 60 are yellow.
81 white, ~ purple, 30 red, 81 pale pink. II
russell and IA OF mixed colors
citizen CT Hume. Me-, traded horses with
friend and was SO delighted with his bal-
yam ttat ne leo the animal into the house
twice for his wife's inspection.
The ielIyfiSh hasn't opv t,oth -
himself Just as if he were piece of paper
when lie is hungry. getting his food and
then wrapping himself about it.
Electricity has been used in Sweden as
SUBSTITUTE LOT dynamite in blasting. A
strong current is turned into the rock. ana
the intense heat causes 1t to crack,
Bricks made of plaster of paris and
cork are now used in the construction Of
powder-mllls. In case of explosion tber
oner slight resistance and are broken In
atoms. "
solution called diamond ink ha, been
invented. which enables one to write upan
glass. 1t is necessary to allow 1t to remain
upon the glass about Is minutes before win
ing off. "ip-
The savages of Amazon region fed the
conllhon green parrot for generations with
the lat OF certain fishes. thus causing ii To be-
come beautifully variegated with red ana
yellow feathers. Gnu
Inc Governor OF PetrovawodZ, Russia has
issued proclamation declaring that judges
caught indulging III strong drink on the
bench will be prosecuted and all their das
cisions annuled
The projected elevated road in Rosto,
will almost Craze the old South Church anu
the old State House and will cross very
nearly above the ground OF the famous
Boston massacre.
BY the aid of old manuscripts at Paris
Vienna, Venice aud Munich, NJ. Bertbe,os
maintains that the invention OF guuboats
and armor-protected guns is as old as the
fifteenth century.
Three of the partners of a large yarnlsh
factory near London have died within a
year. leaving an aggregate fortune of over
ten millions of dollars In personality. besides
arge estates In lands.
Rapid progress is reported on the tunnel
at Niagara Falls The work il shout three
quarters finished. and it Is expected that
the falls by July next.
Gustav Willisch, Berlin shop keeper
was fined $50 by Police Court two weeks
ago for having called tslephone,girl who
kept him waiting fifteen minutes "a miser.
able, brazen-faced woman"
Huxley said that any nation would do we'll
10 expanding $500. 900 In discovering sueh
man as Faraday, and in spending $500. 0o0
more In educating him. He was worth
more than that In the commercial value of
his discoveries. "a
The Plea Of insanity