The morning call., 1892-08-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The { urch of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn
is repor@d to have piece of the Plymouth
Rock in Cts walls.
The dor of the sharks egg is black, of
leatherys texture. thin, tough and in form
similar % a hand barrow,
An Oilspainting constantly hung in a dark
place loses some OF its vividness and there
fore depeeciates in value.
The ar Of stereotyping was invented by
Frenc&maD. DidOt. in 1898, and was first
brought;to America in 1913.
According to a census bulletin just issued
| there ara only $1,000 female persons to every
| 10000 bales in the United States.
One aan in Wicomieo County, Nd, on
the eastern shore, shipped this season nearly
$4,000 q:!arts of huckleberries in a single
week.
. In the: executive mansion at Raleigh. n.
c., Is card-table presented to Governor
Darlington by King George II about the
year 179j.
The Danish Government has issued
decree torbidding the importation of dogs
from any foreign country except Sweden
and Norway.
The guests at a Springfield hotel recently
presented one of the mattresses with pair
OF roller skates, in hopes of being waited on
more rapidly.
An anti-cancer league has been organized
IN Parls, Its purpose being to seek means of
relieving humanity from one of its most
dreadful scOuTgeS.
VI IA hrst-class racers now on the Atlantic
four are German built, one halls from France
SIX from the Clyde. two from Belfast and
one from the MerSeY.
An old soldier in Kansas recently re-
ceiyed from the Government cents. which
had been due him without his knowledge
Tor more than 30 years.
English medical authorities are coming
to the conclusion that the smoking of pure
opium IS not nearly so injurious to China
men as mas been supposed.
Russia has recently celebrated The nine
hundredth anniversary Of The foundation of
the first Christian bishoprie in Volhynia.
under the reign of Vladimir.
According to Miss Frances E. Willard the
only industries in which women are not now
engaged are those relating to railroads.
paving stones and numbering.
Maiden man has invented device for
lifting the lid OF a street leiter-box by touch
Ing the foot on a treadle at the foot of the
post TO which the box is attached.
Squirrels are bothering the farmers in
oregon, and destroying their crops. Many
acres or grain have beer completely de-
str0yed IN various parts Of the State.
At Aix-la-Chapelle there is a newspaper
museum founded by Oscar Won Forcken-
beck, which contains files or specimens of
more than 1900 different newspapers.
How do yeu pronounce Cwm? EaSily
V. a.
tehentsah. Tbrondhiem? Just tronn-yen.
kirzezeeki? Simply k(e)rzh-tehets-kee
= Mrs. Anna Jack of Farmington, H.. was
taken with a severe coughing spell some
time ago, and lump was elected. which is
reported to have been a mass of common
pins.
More than 1900 letters are put in the
poStoffices Of the United States every dav
that through the misdirection or miscar-
riage of some kind, bring up in the Dead
letter Office.
Maine orellardsts. whose crops will bs
fairly large, expect to reap golden harvest
this year on account of the practical failure
of the apple crop in New York and Michf.
gan. the two great apple producing States.
Rhode Island will present its Worlds
Fair building to Chicago after the exposi-
tion closes. The structure will be very
picturesque in appearance, being q repro
duction In part of the famous "Old Stone
Milf at Newport.