The morning call., 1892-01-05
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

Mrs. Elizabeth Lou of York County, Pa,
| is 1913 years old.
A few animals are voiceess, as the giraffe,
the armadiO and the porcupine
A microscope is being made in Munich
which will magnify 1000 diameters.
| The fail of snow this year in the Andes
| is greater than has ever been recorded.
! walnut tree 6lb feet in diameter and 80
| feet to the first branch will be the unique
| exhibit OF Missouri town a. the Worlds
| Fair
| A smokeless fuel called "Massute" is b.
| ing used on steam-rolers in Vienna. The
| fuel is composed of the liquid rreSiduum Of
| petroleum rehnerieS.
| Ceylon has spider which spins yellow
! web, the threads of which are almost as
large as buttonhole twist. Its webs are
often from six to eight feet across.
When a man goes wrong there is always
a woman at the bottom of it," When man
goes right we never hear that there is
woman at the top OF it, but there Is
In Queensland, Australia, sound horse
can be bought for s., and in some parts Of
New South Wales horses are 50 over
plentiful that they are got rid Of by shooting.
In the Austrian army suicides average
10000 a year. This does not include foiled
attempts, and it represents 20 per cent Of
the general mortality AMONG Austr IA
soldiers.
A house in Dedham, Mass, built in 1885,
is occupied by. II family, the descendants Of
the original builders. They appreciate the
antiquity, and will show visitors all
| through it for % cents.
| 1t is said that the first regular theatrical
company to perform In the United States
| came from England in 1852 and landed at
| York, in Virginia. It's first public appear
ance was at Williamsburg, Va.
Senator-elect Proctor, recently in charge
| OF the War Department, has long worn
fpti han oh.
| lp. He Is now growing mustache, and it
Is SAID To change his appearance greatly.
The Emperor of China has commenced
| the study Of the English language. When
| he gets into the second Speller he will prob
| ably regret that he ever commenced to
| monkey with his native tongues pigeon.
| A farmer in Missouri has half-galloa jar
| of peach preserves that have kept in perfect
| condition for more than thirty years They
| were recently tested and found to have IT.
| tanned their flavor as well as their looks.
| Mrs. w. II. Long, living near High Rock.
| Ind, has given birth to daughter that
| weighed bat one pound. The child is per-
| fecty formed, and is as lively as a cricke;.
| The parents of this midget are large and
robust people.
| The smallest railway in the world is that
| from Ravenglass to Boot. in Cumberland.
| The gauge is three feet, the engine an alb
! surd little thing, and the carriages like
| miniature cages. As TO the stations they
| resemble double bathing boxes more than
| anything else.
| Felix Bohannon and Miss Americas Lagg,
| living near English, Ind, have been united
| IN marriage. The groom is aged Sc and the
| bride IS. The bride was reared by the oil
man, who has no family OF his own, and the
marriage is thought to be a step toward
making the bride his sole heireSS.
The State Of Virginia owns about mill
| ion aud half acres of oyster lanis Tne
| n oil
| that they shall yield proper revenue to
| The State IS to be taken up by the Virginia
! LEGISLATURE, now in session. 1t is ques-
! ton of Importance to the State Government.
An engineer on Swiss railway was not
| fed that he would be dismissed at the end
| of the year. In vengeance for that he de-
! llberately drove his engine past tie adverse
| signals into q passenger train coming from
the opposite direction. He was killed, with
| his fireman, and three passengers were hurt.
A Vienna jeweer while selling a lady'S
watch OF small size took 1t IN his mouth.
| He had cold, SneeZed violently and swal-
| lowed tile watch. The purchaser, who had
| paid for the article. was dumfounded. But
| the jeweler treasured aim and secured the
watch again very soon with the help of q
| physician.
a popular notion is that the whereabouts
| of n drowned person may be aScertained BY
| floating a loaf weighted with quicksilver,
! which is said at once to swing toward and
stand over the spot where the body lies.
! lies. This is a very widespread belief, and
/ Instances OF It's occurrence are from time TO
| time recorded.
| A gentleman offered the city of Buffalo a
| S25, 900 house and S25,G0 in cash TO found
ali eye and ear hospital, but the City Coun-
! Gil criticized the gift 50 extensively that the
! offer was WITHDRAWN. What do the Buffalo
| mans want? 1t would seem as though $50
| 600 was little too valuable gift to throw
back in the donors face.
Samuel Gardner, the oldest native born
resident OF Ransom Township, Pa. is dead,
aged 80. de was member of the first
| family that settled in that region in 1863
| His grandfather, John Gardner, was tor
| tured 20 death by the indians few days be-
| fore the Wyoming massacre. Deceased is
| survived by fifteen children and 100 grand
| children.
| Eugene's small and elegant foot, once the
| admiration of the French court, has nov, it
| is said, become swollen out of shape by govt
and rheumatism. This foot, in the days of
| Its fame. was so Cinderella-tike in its tint
| ness that its discarded shoe could be
worn only by children, for there was no
woman in all Eugenie's train whose foot
was small enough TO fit them.
There is no accounting for tastes, even in
| music. Crickets are bought and sold in
various parts of Africa. People capture,
| feed and sell them. as the natives are very
| fond of their music, thinking that it in-
| duces sleep. Superstiti0nS regarding the
| cricketS chirp are varied. Some believe
| that 1t is ominOuS OF sorrow and evil
| while Others consider ii a harbinger of Joy.
! The John Brown monument erected at
| OssawatOmie, where Senator ingalls, deiiV-
| cred the Grafton, is an ordinary shaft, not
| more than ten feet high. and Disappointing
| TO the curious visitor. OF late it has be-
come more monument to the spirit OF
| American vandalism than to TIE man it
| commentaries, for it has been Clipped and
SCARED and carved by relic-hunters, aud is
! covered with pencil marks.
| A very subtle distinction made by Man.
| chester Judge shows not only the im-
! portance but the usefulness Of profanity.
| To cau man thief, Judge Lawrence had
occasion to say, is slanGer0us; but to call
/ a man a damned thief is not. The ex-
preston damned thief is mere abuse, and.
! however vulgar and reprehensible, II is not
| cuSation that man is q thief
At recent christening in London ca
| thedral the baby, the daughter of a noble
man, was attended by thirty little maidenS
| between the ages of aud 8. They were
| dressed in white and formed circle around
| the front. The baby itself had its breast
| covered with mass of stephanOtiS aud
| OtheE white blossoms, but it resented the
| ceremony just as if it had been an ordinary
infant
| An English newspaper saws that church
bell-ringer was ringing the bells when one
| of the heavy weights swung over and he
| was pulled up to considerable height by
the rope. He lost his grip and fell on his
! head on the stone floor of the belfry. He
arose and walked home. The man had
| been an epileptic, suffering frequent at
tacks, but since the fall In the belfry he
has not had any attack Of epilepsy.