The morning call., 1892-02-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The morpha habit IS increasing in Paris
at terrible rate. ..=.
The net Indebtedness Of theswOrh in 1890
was S26,gl7. 100000.
BMghamtOn On. " man. bears the
name Of Abpanaln. .''.s
A s15,00OOG0 railroad tunnel is TO: be
bored through the Alps. -:
Coal is mined in thirty-one States. out Of
the forty-four in the Union. ::
The average Southern pine lands cut
1900 feet Of lumber 10 the acre. =.
Belgian is the. first country to make hyD>
nothing an otfenSe against thelaw Of the
land. 49,
1t is estimated that 100000 Europeans:
Will come to our fair and spend $500 each
Of foreign gold. -
The old Appomattox Wa) Courthouse
was burned recently with all its records.
and furnishings
BY means of pneumatic tubes mail matter
is whiTled between Paris and Berlin, 100
miles, in thirty-dye minutes.
The hen so common in these DAYS orgi-
mated IN the BankiVa jungle, where wild
chickens are still to be found.
The Government of Nicaragua offers 200
acres OF coffee land to every married immi-
grant and 40 10 every single one.
1t Is one OF ChicagO's boasts that as a city
she gives more money annually to charities
y
The WOmen's Club Of New Orleans has
taken up the study of the history of Louis.
lana from the days Of the ab0rigines.
a fur establishment In Chicago has COM
pleted Tor feminine resident an ulster in
which there are 125 mink skins and $50 tails.
Coal tar, formerly considered a waste and
regular nuisance to gas-woTkers, is now
utilized as one OF the most valuable color
producers. =.
Tho 000O ton ornicar buildip,, -,
LOrlng. OF Boston is to be named the Marble "
head, in honor of that historic town. OF
Massachusetts. - -" :
One of the new. professors in the Chicago.
University only speaks and writes eighteen. e
different languages, but he is young and !.
studying others. ::.-'
At this season of the year, on the average.
about 500 London policemen are .incapaci-
tated At present there are 1900 OF duty
from the influenza. ..... -.
David Orner Of Gettysburg, Pa, aged Is
years, has been put under 5000 bail.
charged with setting fire to a sch0ol-hOuse~
1t was his fourth attempt. T.. -: -:
There are dozen women piano-tuners iii
philadelphia. The new Conservatory :Of -,
Music Of that city will give instruction In
piano tuning and regulation -: =. g.
Lancaster County, Pa, grows more to-
nacco than any other comfy nj the United
States. The crop grown there in 1889
amounted to i9, 217, 800 pounds -. -
Following the example of India and
Japan, the SIamese are about to establish
a school for native girls Of high rank under q:
the management of English ladies' =
A fresh fish should be firm and elastic to :.
the touch. II you can make an impression;
on It with your finger, and the preston
remains, 1t means decay has begun.
a descendant, Of General James OgIe-
EoEpe, tue iOunQef OF Georgia, IS suing for
a large portion Of Savannah real estate to
which he believes himself entitled. J..
Fhe:Swedish servant girls are admittedly
. the.s:best...ln the world. They are kind, =
Iobiiging, polite, neat. skillfuf. and seem to
nave their employers interest at heart.
. Nv lille. man was lecturiBg in Chattl=
nooga,..Ienn:; a few nights ago TO hus bands.
iand:uTging to treat their wives better,
ne,Was. arrested on charge of bIgamy.
-. There lives near Macon, Ga, a man 81
years of age who has never been in debt.
There are many men in this country nearly
rs old no have never been out of debt
Philip StehleT of Marine City, Mich, who.
died the ether day. aged % years, was buried
in his: wedding shirt, a garment which he
had kept slXty-three years for that purpose
TIE Chicago authorities have decided
that a license cannot be issued to a saloon
on wheels, as was proposed by an enter
prlslng caterer to gang Of sewer-Duilders.
The family of Herr KeuntzeI, a victim Of
the .NHu massacre, recently received an
anonymous giftof 100000 marks. 1t now
transplres that Emperor William was the
donor.
A woman who applied for a divorce in an
Indianapolis court testified that she only
met her husband four times before she mar.
ried him. and on three OF those occasions he
was drunk.
Suppose that each baby born this wear
weighed eIght rounds, 1t would take half q
dozen cradles of the size, capacity and
strength Of our new steel war cruisers 10
hold the infants.
According to a law enforced among soma
American aborgines, a widow is always
compelled to carry about with her for four
years the bones OF her dead husband in
closed in casket.
For rheumatism take half glassful Of
lemon juice for ten nights Always take il
on getting into bed at night. Wear flannel
next to the skin, aud in cold weather sleep
in warm blankets. =.
A Cedar Rapids QOwa) woman entered n
saloon where her husband. who is a habit
ual drnnkard, bad purchased LIQUOR aud
thre atened immediate prosecution unless
she was given money. She got SIS.
"Embroiderers' cramp" is the newest
maladay. It's victim is the fair devotee
who has labOrIOu6ly wrought the stole for
the popular young curate or stitched the
elaborate altar cloth for the fashionable
church.
DR.. Beverly Robinson described curious
aural complication Of the influenza in which
the patient could not hear words spoken
in any ordinary tone but could hear the q
ticking OF a watch placed at some distance
from his ear.
Egyptian parents choose a name for thee
baby by lighting three wax candles. To ::
each OF these they give r name, one OF the
three always belonging to some dignihed
parsonage. The candle that burns the
longest bestows the name upon the baby
Ii Is said that the human mouth is surely.
but steadily moving toward the left of the
face, owing 20 the tendency to chew with
the teeth of the left jaw. IL this be true
there is more reason tHan ever to get on tile
right side of girl before attempting TO kiss
her.
Paris is celebrated for dolls and meehani-
cal toys; JumeauS is one of the great doll /.
factories. Switzerland is another st6re-house
of toys. Pewter TOYS are mostly made in
London and Birmingham Ohrduff exports
porcelain toys, and many plaster toys come
from Russia.
In the ninth and tenth centuries the
greatest kings and princes OF Europe all
wore wooden shoes; not wooden boots like
those worn 0y some of the Germans Hol-s
landers and Frenchmen of today. hut
wooden. soleS fastened to the feet with
leather htongs
In the South Atlantic it rained on one
occasion Tor over IN hour when the sky was .
entirely free from clouds. In the Mairitius
and other parts of the sOutherAj hemisphere
TINS Is not rare occurrence ;ebut in FurODe
IL Is, ana the greatest known length of its 90
duration was ten minutes at Constantine ple .
On the Way to Paradise.
Let rs hope that the people who habltually dis
regard their health viii reach that desirable place