The morning news., 1892-03-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A WOMAN who lives in North Carolina dreamed
the other night that she saw her husband cut il
| two by a circular saw, and the next day her
! dream came true
A COWBOY TOURNAMENT was recently held in
Los Angeles in which the contestants came all
the way from New Mexico and Arizona to dis
play their skill in riding and in using the larlat.
NEwvIADUCT over the River Lea in Bolivia
for the Antofogasta railroad is decribed as the
highest viaduct in the world. It is 9,7S3 feet
ABOVE the sea level, and the hight of the via
duct above the river is 1908 feet. It is 0,497
feet long. the highest pillar is 8, 736 feet, and the
weight OF the structure is 9,115 tons
1t IS RELATED that at the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Sumner Sonle of Freeport Me-, re-
Gently, the minister, in the course of a long
prayer said: 20, Lord, give grace to some soul
today" AS the groom was Known familiarly
as sun" Soule, and as his brides first name
was Grace, the prayer was answered satisfac-
toriy, although the Clergyman was unconscious
or having said anything so well fitting the oc-
casion.
N. G. BARNEY, a retired New York banker,
has an interesting collection of pipes. One of
them represents the trunk of an old tree around
which are grouped party of sporting gentle
men with their guns aud dogs. enjoying a
hunters meal. One Of the members of the
party is cleverly shown TO be cutting with his
jacsknife the name N. @. Barney-to commem-
orate, no doubt, the occasion. Each figure is a
party.
IT IS SAID that at the reception given by Mrs
Potter Palmer to the 110 congressman, even
western etiquette was shocked at the perform
ance of some of its guests. These 1l0 repre-
Sentatives each brought his wife and children,
and the wife of the honorable member from
Texas" came in a linen duster and put her
child to sleep in the library at 10 o'clock.
Another offspring of this same Texan family
amused herself by skating on the mosaic floor
or the drawing room
ANILrNE DYES are noted for their great color
ing power, one part of ros-aniline salt in a
100000 parts of water still possessing deep
crimson color and instantly dyeing a skein OF
silk moistened with vinegar. The dyes are
used for many rposes-coloring toys, sweet
meats, wines, dress fabrics, and other articles.
The fugitive nature of some of them is rather a
drawback. Germany is now the headquarters
of the manufacture of these dyes. Large quan-
titles are produced and used in this country
also.
STOCKTON. CAL, has a sensation in the person
of young street preacher who is well dressed,
apparently an educated man and a good Bible
student and theologian. who breaches and prays
on the streets in the evening. induces his hear
erS to adjourn to one of the churches where
revival meetings are being held, while he him
self repairs 10 the saloons of the town, gets
drunk and conducts himself in every way like a
depraved man. he is thought to be insane. as
such depths Of hypocrisy seem incompatible
WIN any Oub al uhOoidICou
| AN American missionary writes from the
Yangtse river that he tried in November last to
| buy land on which to build houses for the ac-
| commodation of a perty of missionaries who
were coming up the river He thought he La |
secured the land. All arrangements had been
made except signing the deed. Then the man
who was selling the property heard q rumor
| that the missionaries ate Children That ugly
rumor frightened the poor man aud he declined
| to sign the Eapers. The missionary hoped the
mans fright would subside, but at last accounts
| he had not yet succeeded In buying the prop
| erty.
THERE are many mysterious things about
beetles Those Of Brazil are famed for their
| brilliant metallic hues yet no one has been able
| TO find out what makes these colors. Some are
OF gold, others are Of silver, yet others are of
| b.ue enamel seemingly, and SO on. through an
endless variety Of tints. One variety is called
the diamond BEETLE because it is covered
with minute points which reflect the light.
| Their use for jewelry is familiar. They are en-
| ployed for trimming dresses and sometimes q
particularly f1ue one is kept alive and allowed to
, wander over the corsage OF the wearer, attached
| by slender chain.
HIRE man to work at the rate Of one cent
for the first month aud then agree to double his
| salary at the end Of each of the following
| months for term OF three years and sec how
| badly you will be surprised when he calls for
| the grand total of his wages. Here are the
| figures in nutshell: First month, cent; Sec
| ond, cents; third, cents; fourth, s cents:
fifth, 16 cents; sixth, 80 cents; seventh, "a cents
| eighth, rs; ninth, 50 b6; tenth, S5i2:
eleventh.. S10.24; twelfth. $50 49,; thirteenth
so Sc; fourteenth, SS1.92; fifteenth, Si6s. 81; !;
sixteenth, S327 90; seventeenth, S755 8 ;
eighteenth, Sl,911.72; nineteenth, sS623.54 :
twentieth. S5.2i7.09; twenty-first, Si0,4 16
| 976.G4 twenty-fourth. $50, 9562s: twenty-fifth.
| Sl65 90556; twenty sixth. 1881, ,S13 l2; twenty
| seventh, $663 626 2i twenty-eightb, ST .327.
SS2 Is; twenty-ninth, S2654. .5O4 %; thirtieth,
I irt ffres = 9
OiSSs; thirty-fourth S6S, ,944, 1855 T2; thirty
fifth, $lS7 1888 313 a.; thrty-sixth S275 776 625 Ss
| Grand total of the thirty-six months or three
years salary, S552, 2,54I.253. .65.
DR.. ScHwEINFURrH of the National Museum of
Egyptian Antiquities at Bulak has been study
| ing the ancient fora of the Nile valley by
| means of specimens found in mummy cases
| from the catacombs and sepulchral monuments
| which are so thickly strewn throughout Egypt
| the land Of the dead" The large collection
| does not show a sin lie example Of a plant or
| vegetao which does not flourish on the banks
| OF the Nile to-day just as it did 5000 years ago
/ nor does the most minute examination show the
least difference in the fora of to-day and that
which grew the summer the first Pharoah was a
s1cs SGy Some nearly of Ib... fifty centuries
| have been so well preserved that now
after lapse of 5000 years, the colors are
plainly discernible; the red Of the poppy the
blue of the larkspur and the reddish brown of
the saffron being distinguishable, although
| somewhat faded, of course Mustard, fax, Gu
| cumbers lentils. pine combs juniper berries
dates. holly hook, figs, olives, onions and grapes
have been fouRd in the tombs
bearing the marks which prove that
they were sealed up 1900 years
before the opening Of our era. In one tomb of
the fifteenth dynasty 5000 years B. c. some
/ perfect heads OF barley were found DR.
| Sohweinfurth says that there is no truth In the
stories that mummy" wheat and barley have
been made to grow. He says that the great
neat to which they were subjected at the time
OF embalming destroyed the germ