The morning call., 1892-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The circular saw was invented by Bent
ham, an Englishman, In the year 1870.
4 patent has been issued for lock which
can be operated only by magnetized key.
According to statistical reports, 10000
Chicago husbands are supported by their
wives.
A Brooklyn man has invented an cleo
trical apparatus for automatically winding
a clock.
"Jane Eyre" was the first work of Char
lotte Bronte, written when she was % years
old.
Westminster bridge in London was first
brilliantly illuminated by the electric light
Ia 1858.
The boundary line surveyors have so far
found no variations of the line between
Mexico and the United States that viii
affect the original survey.
a hunting-hoTn in Limoges enamel, made
in $780, and which is believed TO have for
merly belonged to Horace Walpole, was
sold recently for $500 guineas.
a fishing party in Texas took the follow
ing with them: Six fishing rods, loaf OF
bread, three cans of sardines, frying-pan,
one towel. one bar of soap, thirteen bottles
and two jugs.
Comparison of the result of the sunshine
recorder at Greenwich. England, for fourteen
years shows that throughout the year the
average daily amount Of sunshine is little
lnoTe LHdu three hours.
In Orion is fine telescope object now.
The great black space in this nebula is
known among uupoetic stargazers as the
coalh0le. No star has ever been seen in
this hole in the universe.
CrystailiZed nitrogen IS one of the great
est chemical curiosities. By cooling nitro
gen gas down TO 367 degrees below the
freezing point, and then allowing il to ex-
pand. solid snowlike crystals are formed.
fho nAS
to reach the earth, such sounds. instead Of
reaching US In the space Of about eight min
utes, as light does, would only arrive after
period Of nearly fourteen years.
Black glass was once used for mirrors, as
well as transparent glass with some black
substance on the back. 1t Is related that
tie Spanlards found mirrors OF polished
black stone, both convex and concave,
among the natives Of South America
CateTpllars from six inches TO foot ing
are common in the vicinity OF the Darl-
ing River, Australia. The natives twist
them together and boil them in kangaroo
grease. Travellers who have tasted this
delicacy say that 1t is not altogether un-
palatable.
The open fireplace In the new public
library building at Machas, Me-, will be
constructed Of stones which were used for
ballast oD board the British war schooner
Margaretta, captured by the Americans
Revolution.
A device to be used In signaling along a
length of FIRE hose is recent invention.
Wires are carried in the hose and insulated
therefrom, so that by making battery con-
nections a fireman from one end of line
can send signal to the other without leav-
ing bis post.
The African Is better protected against
the evil effects Of the excessive heat than
his white brother in two ways. The text
ure of his cuticle is exceptionally well
adapted to encourage free perspration and
his natural temperament does not incline
him to borrow trouble largely.
The free-luDch eaters of New York City
consume daily two tons Of potato salad, q
ton and half of beans, $50 gallons Of beef
stew aud hundredweght Of caviare, not
to mention the large quantities Of cheese,
FrankfuTter sausage, pickles, olives, corned
beef, macaroni, etc.
1t is not often that asparagus, the dainti-
est and most expensive Of vegetables, is
used as food for cattle, but the asparagus
crop has been so large all over Brunswick,
Germany, that in some villages nobody can
be found to pay a cent for pound. and
whole basketfuIs were given to the cows
and sheep.
Mr.. Glads tone is the owner of the largest
lead pencil in the world. Ii is the gift of a
pencILmaker at KesWick and is thirty
tomary rubber cap IL has a gold cap. Its
distinguished owner uses it tor a walking
stick.
A wealthy Scotch gentleman. who had
intended TO give each of his daughters a
legacy OF her weight in 9l bank notes. had
an official OF the Bank OF Scotland 10 figure
on the matter for him. 1t was found that
the larger would get as her share 80, 344; the
sinner 8, 200.
Several 0bservant ladies have discovered
that vegetarians have clear compilations.
and have either renouneed the use OF meat
entirely or partake Of 1t sDaringly. Lady
Paget, wife of the British ambassador of
the Austrian court. is one Of the recent con-
yerts TO yegetarlanism.
There has been recently queer ladies'
strike in Germany in one Of the garrison
towns The conduct OF the men, w no neg
lected the unmarried ladies In order to dan ce
with the wives OF their friends and acquaint-
ance, displeased the sighted maidens and
their mothers, and at the last regimental
ball not an unmarried girl was present.