The morning news., 1892-03-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

covered MS ioSt eyes Dy a second jump into q
bramble bush is found in the person of A.
A. Hubbard of Stetsou, Me. The other day
Hubbard dslocated his shoulder by falling from
an OK cart, and while on the way to a nelghbor-
ing lawyers his horse twitched the sleigh In
some way so that the shoulder was forced back
into its original position.
THE castle of Heidelberg is the largest in
Germany. 1t stands $50 feet above the Neckar
river, and was occupied as a castle as early as
1894 A. d. In cellar in one corner of the
ruins is the famous 'tun," or monster cask
capable of holding 49,o 900 gallons This was for
the storage of wine used by the nobility who
dwelt in this castle. 1t is believed that the
Grand Duke OF Baden will abandon the idea
which he recently entertained OF attempting to
restore" the ruins and convert them into a
modern palace.
The ELsTER (Dicd cdnddto) is a bird that is
respected and feared throughout South Ger
many. 1t belongs to the raven tribe, and is
about the size OF dove, with black and white
feathers and long pointed tail. It builds its
nests in orchards, and its life is sacred. If it is
seen three times In succession on the same
house top, in place remote from its home, it
is believed to be a sure sign of death in that
house. If it flies over house where any one is
Ill and gives its peculiar cry the sick person is
sure to die, but II 1t does not scream the patient
may recover. lr
GALAPAGOS ToRToTs Es are the only survivors
of an ancient race OF huge turtles which lived
so long ago as the early part of the Tertiary
epoch. Specimens weighing from 600 to zoo
pounds have been captured, and there is
authentic record of one Individual taken which
tipped the scales at $40 pounds. However
nearly all of the very big ones have been caught
and devoured. and 1t will mot be long before the
race is exterminatec-lterally ''eaten off the
face OF the earth by gllttonous man" 1t is
reckoned that 10000, 900 OF these turtles have
been taken from the islands since their discov-
cry.
AN EXAMPLE of the cunning Of gulls was OBJ
served at Tacoma when several alighted on a
bunch of logs that had been in the water for a
long time, with the submerged sides thick with
barnaces. One was big, gray fellow, who
seemed to be the captain. He walked to a
particular log, stood on one side of iG close 70
the water and then uttered peculiar cries The
other Rulls came and perched on the same side
or the log, which, under their combined weight,
rolled over several inches. The gulIs step by
step. kept the log rolling until the barnacles
showed above the water. The birds picked
eagerly at this food and the log was not aban
doned until every barnacie had been picked.
THE FACT that women are economical and
money savers is difficult to impress upon the
minds Of men as a class The methods adopted
by women are sensible and practical sometimes
ludicrous and often pathetic, according to the
position in which they are placed in regard to
the amounts which fall to- their lots to dispose
of. There are a few Hetty Green's and it is
more wholesome for the race that her class is
in an overwhelming minority. Money savers
Oh neE klnQ are q Q6Lrlment and not q benefit.
One who denies herself even. the common de-
cencies not to mention the necessaries of life,
is not good example for Others. Whenever
woman IS allowed . certain sum or earns a
regular amount, with which all expenses must
be met, then she ia better able TO appreciate
relative values, and she will soon accust ON her
self to the best methods for procuring the most
and best for her money. As q clase, women
| are more saving than men ever think OF being.
IT has been over 1900 years since the rule was
aIODfAd which makam aaka ba Rr-
after the first full m osn after the sun CROSSES
the line, says q writer in the St Louis Republic
BY this arrangement of things Easter may come
as early as March 20 or as late as April 25. As
all readers OF the Republic, forsign-born or
native have some superstitlons concerning this
feast day, have compiled the following facts
concerning the days Of the month upon which
it has fallen from 1903 to 1891 Inclusive. In
the variety OF the days represented, which
include every one in the month of
April except the last five. which as shown
above. are ''Hot in it, Since the date men
toned ds03D it has occurred three times on the
18th. 6ve times on the 10th, five times on the
1st, four times each on the I'd, 18th and 18th
four times each on March 81 four times on
April 8, three times on the 4th. 9Th. 7th, sth,
10th, 18th, l4th and 22d of April and 27th and
28th of March. March %. 1918, was the earliest
date upon which it hrs occurred. Nine days in
March are represented. viz. 22d s3d, 25th, 26th
27th, 2Sth, 29th, S0th and 81st.
in the House varies from five or ten day,
which is about the extent O. the mail of Mr.
Geissenheiner Of New ersey to $50 each day,
which is about the average number of letters
received each day by Mr.. Harter Of Ohio SAYS
the Washington Stor. Mr.. Harter having sent
anti-silver circulars all over the country is re-
ceiving replies which swell his daily mails to the
| highest notch. But about one other member
of the House equals him. That other member
is O.Donnell OF Michigan, who. being an avuwed
n n For Or,1{ro roEfa 3
| Michigan, is writing to and receiving letters
from people throughout the state. Dazell who
| is playing big political game in Pennsylvania
and laying bis wires TO succeed Mr.. Quay in the
Senate, receives an average of about 200 letters
day. Representatives Huff and Enochs have
been getting about 200 letters day during the
session Lodge OF Massachusetts has steady
run during each session Of congress of about
| 100 every day, while Wilson of Kentucky, Peel
of Arkansas, Pendleton of West Virginia and
Houk OF Tennessee run close up to him in their
averages. As rule members representing city
districts receive less mail than any others in
Congress, and altogether are very much less
troubled by their correspondence. The seed
season is just now beginning. and the
overwhelmed with letters from CON
stituents asking for seeds which are given out
by the agricultural department, a certain pro-
portion 20 each district. Each member has
about $500 packages Of seed and 800 agricult-
ural reports to distribute, and most Of the coun-
try members have already exhausted their
stock. Meredith OF Virginia, whose constituents
appear TO be breaking great deal of ground
for the spring planting, has, for several weeks
been getting an average OF fifty requests, each
Tor seed, and Holman has already responded to
letters exhausting his full $500 packages. Be
sides all the letters which members OF the House
receive, each gets daily copy of five papers,
which are sent free by the publishers, and an
average of fifty country weeklies are received
by each member whose district lies outside OF
the large cities. The great burden OF this cor
respondence lies In the fact that those men who
get the most letters are usually the representa-
tives OF class OF people wb1 insist that replies
| must be written by the msmbers themselves,
and not BY the secretaries. IL is quite obvious
that the simple country people who write for
| advice IN their domestic Affairs would be seFi.
ously offended II the reply came IN tine hand
| writing Of an amanuensis ana II is probable
that member defeat would be Inevitable N
| n were aLnMn that be lnLrIl.ll.I a naara nlarL