The morning call., 1892-06-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Between the ages Of 30 and 40 prisoners
die OF consumption much more rapidly than
people outside Of confinement but whether
this is owing to the confinement or to the
previous lives OF the convicts Is not clear.
Few criminals of any kind live TO be old
men.
A fowls gizzard, where so many lost
articles turn up. is a curious trap as well as
q necessary vital organ OF the fowl. Dia-
monds, pearls coin, buttons, taekS, orange
peel and about everything else save dyna-
mite, have been found In the gizzard OF
fowls.
Mrs. Jacob Kirchner. OF Fort Dodge, Ia,
is suing for q divorce on the ground that her
husband would not let her kiss him and had
killed her pet cat. Mr.. Kirchner alleged in
reply that his wife was accustomed to kiss
her cats, and had already kissed several to
death.
The people Of no race have such persistent
and deep-roOted carelessneSs In regard TO
human life as the Chinese. They are not
oBly capable of committing suicide to spite
an enemy. but they neglect the simplest pre-
cautions for preserving themselves from
death.
The idea of a canal along the present
route Of the great Suez was considered pTac-
ticable, and excavations were actually COM
menced upward OF $500 years ago, aud in
the time OF the reign Of Ptolemy Philadel-
plus, 273 years before Christ, the union Of
the two seas was perfected.
Philip Bullion, an old and impecunious
soldier, has been for more than two years in
Jail for debt in ElKhart, Ind, The debt for
which be is imprisoned originated In a store
bill contractor by his wife, to pay which he
borrowed money and gave his note. lie is
sentenced TO remain In prison until the debt
is paid.
In Russian Industrial establishments the
difference in the working hours IS some
thing extraordinary, varying from six to 90
Ii is remarkable that these great diYeTg-
ences occur In the same branches OF indus
try within the same inspectors district,
and among establishments whose produce
realizes the same market price.
An employe of Barnum & Bsiley's circus
stole a cage Of lions the other day. While
the circus was at York, Pa, he drove Ihe
cage aboard a train and started West with
it to join circus in Nebraska A Chicago
detective stopped him there and sent the
lions, which were nearly starved, back to
their owners. The value OF the cage was
$500.
A large electric locomotive is now being
built at BeTne, Switzerland. 1t will be
fitted with dynamos of a total OF 1900 horse
power which power Will be transmitted to
eight electric motors arranged on the same
number of axles. 1t Is said that this loco
motive will attain higher speed that steam
locomotives. Trial OF its capabilities will
be made this summer.
An account of tree-climbing pig comes
from Australia. For number of years
wild pigs have been very numerous In
Queensland, and the theory is that the COM
mon pig has been changed, partly by neces-
stiles of his wild life, into the variety dis
covered. The fore feet are furnished with
hook-like claws, but the hind ones with only
two hooks upon each hoof. The tail is
thick, about foot long, and curled like the
figure s.
Quill pens are still much in use In Great
Britain A tradition exists in the law
courts there that no document would be
strictly legal if written with any pen other
than a Quill similar tradition used to
obtain in parts of New England, and it is
notable that Governor Russell of Massachu-
sets follows the precedent OF bis prede-
cessors and signs all legislative bills with
new Quill pep-used once for that purpose
and never again.
Primitive man originally subsisted on a
diet consisting purely of fruits and roots;
but he soon became omnlyorOuS from me-
cessity, and his stomach readily adapted
itself to every kind of food. If the OAR
winian theory be accepted, and the descent
of man from Simian ancestors be granted.
we have further argument Ia support OF the
fact that flesh eating was the outcome of
civilization and climatic necessity rather
than Of natural craving
There was quite sensation near AM
prior and AlmOnte, Ontario. over the dis
coyery on farm of stone with Masonic
inscription and date on 1t. 1t has sur
face three feet square, faced very smoothly,
and square and compass ehiseled IN the
rock, with large &C. in the center. Two
hands, thee initial letters and the date 1904
were also carved in the stone. 1t has teen
identified with Champaign, who passed
through that country in 1873.