The morning news., 1892-03-30
NATURAL FRUIT HEyoRs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In !s44 Froment constructed motor termed
crank motor" The action was caused by
the suction or magnetic attraction of the mag
nets on an iron armature which operated pair
OF levers working on a connecting rod aud crank
shaft. thereby turning a fywheel somewhat as a
grindstone would be Tevolyed.
CURIOUS and profitable bushes has grown
up in the Maine woods about the saw-mills In
the utilizing of the immense quantities OF saw
Dust by compression. Thousands of tons Of saw
dust are pressed into compact blocks and bales
and in this form is finding a ready market for
Klnollng and fuel In the astern cities.
The English registrar generals annual report
OF births, deaths and marriages in 1890 Issued
on the last day OF 1871 shows that the birth rate
IN that year was 302 per 1000 living and was
tne .i lowest for fifty years. So far as can be
judged, moreover from the figures at hand 1891
VIII snow no Improvement In that respect The
death rate was 1913 per 1000, higher than In the
preceding three years, but still comparatively
A BUREAU Of press clippings in London has
received the royal command to furnish
twenty distinct sets OF newspaper cuttings from
every periodical In the world SO far as obtain
able. referring to the death Of Prince Albert
VICTOR. me sets are TO bs pasted each IN q
separate album. The second devoted TO Ameri-
can clippings should make a very edifyins col
lection, II the bureau is faithful In obeying the
command.
SWEDISH PAPERS describe q novel kind Of con-
struction. termed locomotive steamboat, built
at Kristanstud for the navigation OF a chain of
small lakes, separated by falls. the boat being
ntted Tor this purpose with wheels fitting q
track, and the power may be applied to either
the propeller or the driving wheels of the loco
motive part OF the TRACK; the latter 10 feet 8
inches gauge, OF grades of in 49, and leaving
curves Of radius of 100 meters.
The Irish hero, FipRal, had the felicity to be
under his own thumb. that member serving him
as danger signal, aching in q peculiar way
whenever trouble impendeds when he had only
70 put 1t into his mouth to become immediately
instructed how to overcome the difficulty of the
hour. So, by the pricking OF her thumbs telling
her something wicked this way comes" did
the weird sister know of Macbeth's approach
before her ears caught his football.
MANY WATCHES make beats per second, 800
| each minute, $4,000 every hour. or 1872 coo per
| day Thus it will be seen that half a dozen
| turns of the key once q day taking mn mt =
| Few seconds OF time, stores up a modicum of
power in the spring which is cut up into nearly
100000 beats. II we multiply the daily beats
| oy 365A, the number of days In a year we find
that the watch ticks 57,76S,000 times while the
| earth is making one annual trip around the SUM-
THE most merciful way of destroying cats is
| TO chloroform them. Draw a sock Emitted one
preferred, as being elastic over pussy's head 40
| That tue toe OF the sock is brought to her head
| or nearly SO; then pour about half teaspoon.
| tu or chloroform on the sock close to her nose
| Almost as soon as she has become frightened by
the unusual smell OF chloroform she goes quietly
| OH TO sleep; a little more chloroform is added
perhaps twice-and pussy never wakes
| again.
FROGS EGGS are laid before they really are
eggs in the true sense OF the word They are
always laid under water and when deposited
are covered with a sort OF thin m smb brane, as an
envelope, so as to occupy but little space As
soon as they reach the water however thew
| begin to absorb the fluid very rapidly and in a
snort time the eggs are contained fn the center
| OF Jely-like envelope, like a number of Rlob.
ules They are kept apart from each other by
| reason OF their acquired rotundity and thus
| escape injuring one another.
SUNDAY schools are probably as old az
Christianity. Eusebius says that the APOSTLE
John regularly taught the scriptures and the
aoctrlns OF the church TO yonn< men and chill
| to a limited extent at least Sunday instruction
| OF the cbildren and youth was kept I'D through
the middle ages; but the greatest impulse
| given the Sunday school by the famous
+, cardinal Borromeo, who. In Milan in $780, or
\ ganized system of Sunday instruction and
pur numerous schools Ia operation.
THE London Academy quotes as follows from
an unpublished letter written by Shelly: There
| are two ltalies-one composed Of the green earth
| and transparent sea, and the mighty ruins of
| ancient time, and aerial noun tains, and the
| W rm and radiant atmosphere which Ia inter-
| fused through all things the other consistz Of
the Italians OF the present day, their works and
| ways. The one is the most sublime and lovely
| contemplation that can be conceived BY the i'm
| aRination of man: the other Is the most de-
graded, disgusting and odious. What do you
| thinkf Young women of rank actually eat
you'll never guess what-garlic Our poor
friend Byron is quite corrupted by living among
THESE people; and. In fact, is going on in a way
not worthy of him" :"
| VISITORS to the church in Stratford -on-Avon
where lie the remains of William Shakespeare
| will hear with interest that the cbancel has
| been restored and reopened for Worship saws
| the London Telegraph. 1t has been closed for
two years The whitewaeh on the walls has
| been removed, the worn out pavement rep sced
| and all the windows filled with stained glass
( Some Interesting discoveries have beeu made.
The remains OF Dean Balsall, who "re-edined
l the choir" and died in 1891. were discovered
| and his altar tomb has been restored The
stone which covered Judith Combe, the name
| sake, If not the Rodchild, of Judith Shakes
peare, was found concealed by modern tiles
| and is now displayed to view. The old altar
| slab Of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury.
| erected by John de StratforI, archbishop. was
uneartned, having lain under ground since the
reformation. and although somewhat multi
ated, is now used for the high altar
The MArRoN OF a well-managed founding in
stitution In Philadelphia, says the Press,
when interrogated the other day. said: IT am
almost convinced IL little babies were left to
themselves they would form a curious ian
Ruage OF their own. In it sounds soft and
simple would predominant and gestures would
form half OF the conversation. Have you ever
studied the faces of these little sprites and seen
their big, bright eyes twinkle aud their chubby
little fingers aud dimpled hands restlessIY move
without ceasing, day in and day outi Their
language would be cute enough and all mono
syllables. Without much talk they manage to
communicate with each other so as to be under
stood. and curious little sounds will express
their pleasure, disgust. contempt, love or hate.
OF course we call il baby talk or Infants
prattie, but If they we're to work out their own
way OF communication it would be regular
built language, and concise one, too.