The morning call., 1892-05-01
ITEMS of. INTEREST.

The forts around Paris have sufficient
food to last three years. III: -
:. Only one couple in II 500 live to celebrate
their diamond wedding. -. -. Il. II : =.
!; 1t costs IN lew York City more than 100000
a year for stenographic services: J..
- Over q 100000 postal cards are necessary
to meet the daily demands Of this country:
:: Rhode Island is the only one of the New
England: States where thenegrOes were in
1890 over 2 per cent OF the population. =: 81.
.:MuSk,in Its natural state is said to be the
national perfume OF many tribes, who RnnU..
: ally slaughter thousands Of theratS for their
musk. pouches and their skins. -.
"a female physician, DIR, BIssel, points
~out.the fact, that as tennis is one-armed
sportit has a.: tendency to produce one.
sided DEVELOPMENT" Yet she approves of.
cricket. >. :. =: ::
The politics of New York's police cap :
:tains, all but one of whom have been shifted
in the. late shakeup. by the new Chief, is as
follows Tammany; 10; Republican 10 In
dependent 1; ~ oorhis.. Democrat 1.
/: The late Dr.Walter Charming, one Of the
=leading physicians of Boston,: who lived to
be: 80 years of age, .once told Colonel Hggin- .
SON: that in all of his wide experience he had
never. seen any one afraid to die when the
lastmoment drew near =: -4s>.:. -.-~:@ j.
: During Queen .Nictoria's reign there have
been: only three vacancies in which the.
mia OF the deceased knight: When afOreign
sovereign dies who is a Knight of the
Garter his insignia comes back directly to
the>Iord Chamberlain through the Foreign
Office. :: -. -
:: +Atthe present time the whole mum ber: of:
: double. stars known and recorded by as
tr0n0mers is something over 10, 600, far ex-
eeeding the number Of stars visible to the
naked:eye in the entire armament about
5000, and: others are" being frequently dis
covered BY the great telescopes now in. eX-
istence. -: =: =: :: ~. ,..:
=. Andrew Mapes of Dutch Mountain, Pa,
had an ak :dulled by a hard substance in the
trunk OF an oak tree oiie day this month:
He cut out few more: chips and found
skeleton. of coon in the hollow. While
chipping the rest of the tree into stoVewoOd-
Mr. Mapes came across the skeletons of two:
more e0Ons. '..>. -. s :.+.: -. -,
II The Russians call the grip Chinese ca. :.
tarrh, the Germans call 1t the Russian pest
tine Italians name lit the German disease.
the French: call IL the Italian fever and
the Spanish: catarrh.: The Italians invented
the term: Influenza in the seventeenth CEN
fury and attributed the disease to theinfu-
.enee; of certain planets. - ~ r:
The steel trusses that support the manu-
facturers' building at the Worlds Fair will :
be the largeStin the world. Each truss will
cover span of $50 feet, and from the center
of the roof inside to the ground there will
be distance Of 206 feet: :. Each truss weighs
200 tons, and 5000 tons Of steel will be used
in the roof ofthe building. -
On Mount Washington. in New Hamp-
shire, lives a little colony of butterflies that
never descend below 1000 feet from the sum- -
NIT They are completely isolated from Others
Of their. kind" no""butterflies being found
in any other spot in the Immediate vicinity
1t is supposed that the remote ancestors OF
this curious race were stranded on the noun
tain at che close of:the glacial period
: The late Duke of Hesse made a great deal:
or: fuss over his court balls, and whenever
one came off would send around a big omni-
bus pick up such guests as were too poor
to keep their own carriages. In .DarmStidt
1t did n0tfollOw that because family had
the right of presentation at Court and of in
VItatlOnS to:ltS ~eerem0nials- that they were
IN a position TO afford to hire a hack to carry
them to the palace, =. II: -:
= One of the most remarkable sales OF old
silver ever @held was at Edinburgh lately, ::
It1ncluded pieces belonging TO the late Earl
Qf:Dunmore and the service of st. Martins
Abbey in Perthshire. Several pieces were
bought on commission from New York.
The highest price ever obtained for old "
silver, $50 an ounce. was given. for an early
Italian dou ble-hahdled cup and saucer, $3.50"
being the price. The highest price hereto
fore had been 500 an: ounce -: .....:
:. An odd belief Is current among fhe
Roman populaee that Beatrice Cenci has
finally got into heaven. The legend was
that when she was executed she went ia.
:purgatory, and that she was to stay there
as long as the Borghese family, tO:whom
the Pope distributed the Cenci property, "
kept 1T with profit and enjoyment. The .
Borgheses are now almost ruined, aud SO il
is believed and reported in Rome that Beat
riee'S punishment is ended: -: -.
:: In the northern part of this historic town
OF; Castlne, on the banks of the Bagaducs
River Isl house with a history: II was
built about the year l7S1 by j ohm Perkins
and Captain Thatcher Avery and was at
j. that time. the most Imposing mansion in
that section. In 1914 the British occupied.
it as: quarters for officers of rank, AMI
under the: mantel shelf in the principal
room Is the name of Lieutenant Henry.
Bishop of the British army, carved In bold
1etters-+... -
:. The nom de plume of the late Friedrich