The morning call., 1893-03-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
aIt Lake is to have a bouleyard.

Salt Lake is tn have a boulevard.
Canada has about $4,000 miles of railroad.
There are forty-one log schoOlhouseS In
the State of New York.
Some of the stars move with velocity of
nifty miles second.
A fye-legged hog. 1t is reported, is an
animal monstrosity of Howells, Nebr.
The battering ram was beam suspended
In the middle, drawn back and thrown for
ward. 80 -
: Quilts made of perforated sheets of white
paper sewn together are said to be becoming
populartn Europe.
? A ST. Louis paper defines a widow to be
one who has lost her husband, and grass
widow to be one who has simply mislaid
him.
:. .AMichigan man quit smoking on the 18th
OF January this year, and in one weeks
time he asserted TO have gained four pounds.
of flesh.
Theirs are said to be ore ex- Union SOL.
dieTs In Caldwell County. Mo-, than in any
other county In that State in proportion TO
populations.
The largest sheep ranch in the world is
in the counties of DImmet and Webb.
Texas. 1t contains upward of 100000 acres
and yearly pastures from 1000, 600 10 1,60O,-
600 sheep.
Several years ago a small colony of
Italians settled in New South Wales aud
they have thriven so we'll that they are now
among the most prosperous of their COM
patriots in that country.
Seventeen private soldiers of the French
. army tBenaparte's time) by their bravery
and talents raised themselves to the follow
Ing distinguished statiOus; Two became
kings, two princes. nine dukes, two field
marshals and two generals.
In q pair of. fine shoes there are A pieces,
80 tacks. II nails and 20 buttons besides
sllk and linen thread, These pieces are put
together with marvellous rapidlty. and as
test q single pair of mems shoes have been
finished in twenty minutes.
- According to the annual report of the
1oynbee Hall settlement, in the east end of
London, there has been an improvemeutin
tue housing OF the poor, and also in the
condition OF the streets; large increase in
tne ratc oil wages; libraries and baths have
also become more numerous, and, alto
gether, the standard of living has greatly
improved.
Colorado is coming to rank high as coal
producing state, and il Is probable that her
coal resources Will eventually prove a more
important ana valuable factor in tie preg-
i*TesS and prosperity of the State than her
| famous silver wealth. The coal OUTPUT last
+ year was 3, 10000 tons, worth over Sl5,OO0,-
600, and the number of miners now en-
!; plOyed in the coal mines throughout the
|: State exceeds 5000.
= Perth Amboy is the repository Of some of
the finest old colonial furniture in the East
|: The city, which is one of the oldest ports of
| entry in the United States, still retains a
E:few. OF its early dwellings, and some OF these
/ are.CccupTed by descendants of those who
tthhilt:=the houses many generations ago.
|. The consequence is that the old furniture at
|. Perth. AmbOy is never sold save at the death
,Gt seme venerable freeholder, and even then
tits bought in by yigilant relatives or
frienGs.3
-&=ShoQid: the Sandwich Islands really be-
come part of the United States they Will be
the =most. picturesque feature of the great
/ lTepnblc.# They deserve the title 'Flowery
t.klngdQm'g perhaps even better than Japan.
SINCE. blowers bloom on the islands ali The
year round. and are peculiarly beloved hy
AL =the1nlfabitants. The foreign residents.
and eyenEtran silent visitors, catch the native
fondness forfl0wers, and at times people of
sorts go about garlanded with abundant
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