The morning call., 1892-02-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The house dog in Egypt was domestic.
working at his trade, only his trade was one
III which we have ceased to employ him.
1t has been proposed to put jinrikshas,
the Japanese sedan chairs on wheels
drawn by men. in the streets of London.
For an assistant mistress in school in
Wiltshire, England. for four MONTHS there
is offered salary of hYe shillinGs week
Michigan turned ont 5,9I0,000 barrels of
salt last year. There are 113 firms in the
State engaged in the manufacture Of salt
a Philadelphia Deanut-Vender assures his
customers that he owns farm in New
Jersey, where he raises all the stock he
sells.
"Sukev ellis of Dpmopois, Ala, has lust
died at the age of 130." The absences of
cigarettes or grip from that dispatch is sin
gular but assuring.
Thomas Damn English, representative
from New Jersey district in the present
Congress, gained note as the author of
Ben Bolt In his younger days. de IS 70
years old.
After Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. MeHugh of Kali
amaz0O Mich, had cared for little waif
Tor fifteen years, and she had grown TO be
big waif, the father turned up and took
her away from them.
Three women IF Rockingham County,
Va, on their way home from church freed
a 'possum. One of them assembled the tree
other two caught him.
The severity of the recent drought in
Maine may be realized when it is stated that
Tor several days a Machias farmer was
obliged to give his cattle cider TO drink, no
water being Obtainable.
Andrew Carnegie'S generous gift for a
great library in Pittsburg which now ag-
gregateS S2,1C0000 provides that $4,000
snail be annually devoted to the purchase Of
American works Of art.
The census of 1880 showed that there
were In Maine six men and five women who
had attained the age of over 100 years. Cur
rent report gives the present number as SIX
men and fourteen women.
Buttons are now made from potatoes.
The tuber IS treated with acids, hardened
by means of great pressure, and the buttons
manufactured from it cannot be diStIn-
guished from those of bone.
The only genuine cOlored man in Hold
rege, Npbr., Familiarity known as ''NiggeT
George" died the other day He was a
slave before the war, and when he came
north he settled in Hodrege.
a late census of the city of Lima. Peru,
shows it to have population of 1913, $50, OF
which 40, $50 are males and 81, 1o6 are fe-
males; 7096I Of the inhabitants can read,
and 81, 995 can neither read nor write.
Charles Heft, prominent citizen Of Free
mansburg, Pa, died of aggravated mic
oughing lie hiccOughed for eleven days
Inc case was an extraordinary one and ut
tracted much attention among medical men.
According 20 the figures of Professor w
=. McGee, 1t IS only question Of time when
the slow but neYer-ceasing inrOads of the
ocean will .eDgulf many pOpulOus cities Of
the Atlantic Seaboard, and perhaps whole
States
1t is stated that the Germans cannot af-
ford to pick their men for the cavalry arm,
but that in spite of this and the fact of their
saddles being badly constructed their horses
show greater endurance than those of yar-
Gus other nations.
A Scranton (Pa.) man has invented an
electric sewer-gas Indicator A flexible or
elastic diaphragm is placed in a seWeT-pipe
IN combination with a suspended contact
point which, when it comes in contact with
screw, sounds an alarm.
Tie color of the Botocudos OF Brazil is
light yell0Wish brown. 1t has been said
that they are capable of blushing OCCASION
ally, which would seem to be an accomplish
ment worth having, inaSmuch as both sexes
commonly go stark naked.
There is time for everything in this world
and so it is that the best time 10 get fitted
10 shoes is the latter art of the day. The
feet are then at their maximum of size A.
tivity naturally enlarges them. Much stand
ing tends also to enlarge them.
Mrs. Hamk0, Empress Of Japan, has some
pretty advanced notions, and likes almost
everything either American or English l
she dared she would probably dof thu
Japanese costume entirely, and have her
dresses made in New York or Paris
Rev. DR.. a. j. @. Dubbs, who has re-
signed as pastor of Salem Reform Church
Allentown, Pa, after being in the ministry
forty years. preached 5000 funeral sermons,
performed 1000 marriage ceremonies and re-
ceived 5000 persons IN church fellowship.
FOrty-eIght Stage-cOaches carrying the
United States mail were held up in this
country last year, and relieved OF their
valuable letters. In no instance were the
highwaymen hindered. This is not hand
some tribute 10 the stage-driYers' maFksman-
ship.
John Marchant Mundy, the blind sculptor
of IarrytOWn, has completed the model for
a statue of Washington ITyiHg. lie car
scarcely distinguish light from darkness
without the aid of an opera glass. bat his
work has been done almost entirely by the
sense OF touch.
There are two mOnarchs who are said to
be more easily got at in their palaces than
the President is in the White HOuSe-Em-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria and the
Queen regent of Spain, both Of whom it is
stated, are easy of access to the bumbleSt
OF their subjects.
In buying beef at a cafe or shop in Paris
you run the risk of getting horse meat. Its
long hbeTS and DinkIsh blood tell the tale.
Americans watch for it with eagle eyes, ana
their first meal Of horseflesh is described
with all the mlGuteueSS and gustO of the
first trip up the Effel Tower or the frs
visit to The Grand Opera.
Walter Besant the author, is man who
looks as if he was a vigorous representative
of late middle life and, though he is gray
haired and wears a grZZled beard, ne has the
voice and manners OF younger man. H.
resides near Hampstead Heath in a pleasant
house aud has library of which any LON
don historian might be proud.
Messrs. Cuttings and Patterson, operating
saloons at KngmaE, Ind, were warned By
tie ladies' that liquor must not be sold TO
habtOal drunkaTds nor in violation Of law
No heed was paid thereto, wherefore the
ladies called upon the saloons en- maSse.
knocked out the glass fronts with powders
and demolished the bars, wTeckipg both
places.
The school for the boys of the Apache
tribe a the Mount Vernon barracks in Ala
bama is a success. The Apache bows there
are taught 20 speak tie English Language
and give up the ways Of say5Eery; they
wear vide Guck trousers and coats; they
even surrender the glory Of their tribe,
which is their long black hair, and some
Of them are said 10 be anxious to make
money"
Iu Upper Burmah they have faith in thr
efficacy OF rain making eXprdient>. \ Will.
ago Lieutenant Pitcher was ordered to as
eend hill 1900 feet high and fire of tw,
heavy charges Of gun-cottOn of thirty and
forty pounds each. The Sky had been
cloudleSs before. but the explosions were
followed by gathering clouds and a c0pious
fall of rain The people there are con-
WINGED that there is abundant rain in Upper
Bprmah, if 1t only can be shaken cut.
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