The morning call., 1892-02-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Chicago has woman's baking company.
Around Oldham, England, there ard 101
cotton spinning mills.
network Of electric elevated railroads
is about to be built in Berlin.
Pumpkin pie made of squash is one Of
the many gastrOnomc decisions and snaTes
Of the age.
In the last ten years the average mans
life has increased five years and woman's
eight years
The State of Pennsylvania has increased
its railway mileage nearly 300 miles during
the past decade.
The Oldest widows of Revolutionary SOL
dieTS are said to be Ann Young, aged 1Ol,
and Nancy RaineS, 100 years old
a ghost of an old man, ''who grins and
says nothing" is reported to be making the
occupants Of a New York house uncOmfort-
able.
1t is a common sight among the Eskimos,
according to a travellers story, 10 see
nursing infant with quid Of tobacco in It's
mouth
A baby, months old aud weighing but
four pounds, Is reported from Georgia. Ii
is said to be perfectly healthy ''and the best
baby alive"
Women get 40 cents a day for carrying
hOds in Austria. II they drank beer ard
smoked tobacco they could not support their
husbands comfortably.
u OFALtdu luNtuIOL - TtDOEltu 10 nave
devised an ingenious camera for taking
photographs of the internal organs OF
human beings and beasts.
A single pair Of sparrOws in ten years will
nave p. 0OO0O0 descendants if all the birds
are permitted to live. In single year
pair will rear twenty young ones.
new wrinkle in the manufacture Of en-
velOpes IS TO put gum both on the flap and
on the body OF the envelope itself 1t is
done by machinery and Is valuable inYen-
ton.
In olden times, when every part of the
body had its price. the beard was valued at
20 ShillinRS-a large sum for the time
while the loss OF leg was only estimated
at ~ shilliDgs.
To Clean stone jugs aud jar, fill them with
hot water, adding tablespoonful of baking
soda to each gallon of water. Let it stand
over night. Ii not thoroughly Cleaused re-
peat the operation.
The rule of eight hours for work, eigb.
Tor recreation and eight for sleep would not
do Oh the majority of FARMS but if yeu
need eight hours sleep, take it by all means
Some need only six.
The cotton mills in the Southern States in
1890 consumed 100000 bales, or one-fourth
Of the entire quantity worked up in this
country that year This is gain over 1880
of more than 400,060 bales.
There are some twenty-five pensioners
among the cOnYlctS in jackson (MieH)
prison, and there is nearly 900 pension
money which has accumulated in the hands
of the officers of the institution.
The Confederation OF Women'S Clubs now
represents $50 clubs, some of which contain
asmany as 800 members. Chicago and san
Francisco have the largest clubs, but Nec
York claims the piOneer-SOrOss.
An Atlanta man owns two valuable relies
of Washington in the shape of cut glass
decanteTs that once adorned the sideboard
of the father of his country. Every now
and then it is discovered tia, the father of
his country was human"
Mrs. Shane of Wyoming hasHa mining
claim in the locality known by the poetic
name Of Jawb0He Gulch, and with her own
hands keeps up the assessment claim and
teaches the public school while she waits
until the mine Is developed.
The other day neatly dressed, respecta-
BILE looking man appeared on the streets OF
Philadelphia with pasteb0ard placard on
his hat, on which were the words: Il have
tried every means to get work. viii S0ne-
body please give me situations?
The reportof the Census Bureau on the
subject OF mining shows that "the average
earnings OF all persons employed IN tn
gold and. silver mines during the year 1852
| were S725 year, while the average output
per man amounted to SIPS a year.
An unmarked grave in Taliadega, Ala,
near which an iron furnace has recently
De6n erected, contains the remains OF TIE
| fifteen soldiers who were killed in the ba tile
| of Talladega, in which General Andrew
jackson fought against the Greeks.
The bison lives to an age of from so to 81
| years, the bull being more lOng-lyed than
the cow. When they grow very old both
bull and cow become blind and lose their
teeth, so that they cannot provide them
selves with sufficient food, and finally dwin-
die away and die.
Eight years ago the Episcopal Church at
Albion, Mich, was burned and with it a
silver communion service was thought to
| have been destroyed. The latter has, how
| ever, just been found in bag in the river
and the fire is believed to have been the
| work of an incendiaTy.
| A number of placards advertising barber.
/ and their excellence and pTice-lStS of hair
| cutting were thickly Strewn about the
! cloak-room of the hall in which Pader-
! ewski lately played in ST. Louis. The per
son who played the joke must have been
| deeply grieved upon learning that Pdder-
| ewSki did not relish it.
A German professor of music at Phila-
| delphia excited the indignation and aston
ishmeut Of a new pupil, a Young lady,
| few DAYS since by eXclaming earnestly
Il wish you would go to the Dr. He
| finally told her be wanted her to 90 to tht
| high ID, when the truth dawned on her that
| itiwas not a case of profanity.