The morning call., 1892-01-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

New York City has $4,000, 900 invested in
clubs.
Salt was the ordinary money of the Abys-
sinians.
Fshermen'S lies often seem to have reel
! foundation.
Wolf-lunting is becoming popular sport
| in Wyoming.
A quarter of a million dollars worth of
| fish is sold every week in Blllngsgate, Lon
dun.
England and Ireland together drank a.
000,C00 gallons more beer than Germany in
1890.
There are 1850 postoffices in this country
which are used as lOuDging places by the
public
In 100 years $500 worth Of pennies would
only be worth $3.50, so quickly does copper
money wear away.
Under the new State Constitution there
Will only be one election in Mississippi be-
tween now and 1895.
The horse has no eyebrows, and If much
white IS visible in the eye itself it is sure
sign OF vicious nature.
A sign of poiiteness in Thib't on meeting
person is to hold up the clasped hands
and stick out the tongue.
In England and Scotland Saturday, Sun
day and Monday are considered lucky days
on which to get married
PATHS appearance is said to have been
greatly improved by the abandonment Of
her golden couture for her natural dark
locks.
The past year has been a profitable one
at Monte Carlo, the total receipts from the
gaming-tables having amounted to $4,000
600.
Venezuela has ffty-six holidays every
year. On these occasions the people close
their stores and enjoy themselves in chicken
fights.
l.. Z, .
lear any strange objects that appears at
night The Southern darkies think they
fear ghosts.
Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout,
has been in the service Of the Government
since 1868, when, as boy of 10. he enlisted
in the army.
Among the curiosities of game shown in
Bangor recently was jet-black hare, which
is so rare that even the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition lacks one.
The remains of ancient hot-air baths and
sweat-houses still exist on the island of
Rathlin, on the northeast coast of County
Antrim. Ireland.
Philadelphia is one of the great peanut
markets OF the world, usually distributing
10000 bushels OF the fascinating COOLERS
year. But last year the crop was a virtual
failure.
Mr.. Winters deafness is increasing, but
otherwise he wears his years with comfort
| The kind and gentle simplicity Of his man
ner goes far TO make him a most loYable
| old man.
On the old Boston and New Haven turn
/ pike in the southern part of New London
| County, Conn, Is an old milestone, nOJched
and moss grown, that was set there by Ben
| jamin Franklin.
John Groenleaf Whittier began his eighty
/ fifth year December nth. The whole ma
! ton hopes that December II, 1892, will fad
| him in the unimpaired enjoyment of a serene
and healthlul old age.
Watch crystals are made by blowing a
sphere OF glass about one yard in diameter,
| after which the disks are cut from it by
| means Of a pair of cOmpasSes having a dia-
mond ut the extremity of one leg.
! Scientists have decided, after long calcu-
| lation, that 1t may be anywhere from 10000
| TO 100000 years before another glacial
] period when the earth will be covered with
! ice. No need TO worry then for few weeks.
| One teas poonfu of ammonia to a teacup-
| full of water will clean gold or silver lew
| elry; few drops of clear aqua ammonia
| poured on the underSde OF diamonds will
| clean them Immediately, making them very
| brilliant.
! A Lake Odessa (Mich) man, while whip
! ping his youngster, happened to strike the
| pocket where the lad carried the matches
! with which he lighted his cigarettes A
| c0ntldgratIOn was the result and the young
ster was suddenly dumped into barrel of
! water
The broken idol that stands at the corner
! Of the plaza at Granada, known as the
! Eiedra de Ia BOca, or the stone with the
! mouth, always has its mouth stuffed with
flowers whenever a revolution is pending,
and during earthquakes people have been
| caught wOrShiping It,
| Rosa Bonheur has finished the largest
animal picture ever painted. 1t is called lie
Depiguage, and represents ton horses large
/ fn Il inn III, ~
! still used in parts of Southern Europe. She
| has been working on it for three years, and
| has refused an offer of 500 900.
the sermons Of the German Emperor.
| which lie has delivered on his yachting
| voyages, were not written by him, but by
| Dr. Richter the Chaplain-General of the
| army. They were written by command, in
| order that by reading them William might
! Illustrate tile duty of every sea captain.
| The first Methodist minister to proselyte
! in Clark County, Ind, was Rev. Jack Bates
| of Kentucky. who was so enormously large
| that the pulpit had to be strengthened to
! bear his great weight. Even the door had
TO be enlarged. Great objection was made
! to Mr. Bates because he was stakeholder
! a pretty girl of Cambridge, England, has
been arrested under the old law which for
bids woman walking the street with
| university man. How happy our Ameri.
! can girls should be that no such muSty law
! can be resurrected in this country. We do
not classify our college boys as dangerous
! characters.
1t is computed by leading psychologists
| that since one-thlTd of a second sulices to
| produce an impression upon the brain, q
man 100 years of age must have collected
on or in his brain matter 9,467, $50, 900 i'm
pressiOns. Or, again, take off one-third of
the time for sleep. we still find 5,311, $50 900.
This would give 3,155, 100, 600 separate wax
ing impressions on the man who lives to the
| age Of 30 years.