The morning call., 1893-05-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A man inaEvansville, Ind, who is suing
for divorce, is the father of twenty-seven
daughters.
The game Of whist is reported to be
thriving in Maine as 1t never throve be-
fore.
Colured people in Virginia are said
to pay taxes on properties valued at
S13.000,000.
Three years ago WI Hun Penk was
cook in mining camp TD-1ay ne owns
two imbortant mines in Arizona, and is
WORTH about S3,000.000
The five largest arsenas in this country
are at Wes. Troy, n. Y; Watert0wn,
Mass; Sptingfield, Mass; Rock Island,
IL, and Frankfort, Pa.
London contains One-eighth of Great
Brtain's population. has a larger daily
delivery of letters than all Scotland,
birth every four minutes aud a death every
six.
Seamless steel boats. each made of only
two plates, each plate riyeted to bulb
keel bar, which forms also the stem and
stern posts. are being made by firm in
London.
Charles Dudley Warner tersely says the
difference between faith cure" and" mind
cure" is that the mind cure doesn't require
any faith and the faith cure doesn't re-
Quire any mind.
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn, an
nounces that Senator Proctor and other
capitalists will build q marble mill at that
place. which, it is claimed. will be the
largest in the world.
There is a physician in Hsvre named
Dr.. de BoissY, who recently celebrated
the one hundred and first anniversary of
his birth. The medical faculty Of his
native place feted him to q dinner.
Early one morning recently. at Snoho-
mi.h. Wash, large anu luminous OBJECT
| haar uQd mo fha aal- Of
| the Cascade range OF mountains, which
diffused strange light for some distance.
New York is the only State that allows
an uncle 10 marry his niece. In Florida
and Georgia marriage Is prohibited within
the ''Leyilica! degrees" These are set
forth in Leviticus xviii and forbid mar
! raseS of nephews aud auntS, but SEEM
iHgly not of uncles with nieces. No Euro
pean country considers such a marriage
| lawful.
julius B. Gunert of Oconti, Wis, has
been DuSily engaged far some years past
iii collecting specimens OF minerals. quartz,
agates. anethysts, arrnw-heads, copper
knives. pottery. idols, knives. charms and
many other OF the like. His relics have
mostly been gathered from the territory
extending from Lake Superior to Arizona,
and also In Mexico.
The most interesting sight In Prague is
the old Hebrew cemetery. 1t is in the
center OF the city, surrounded by thick
walls. There are thousands of ancient
moss covered slabs, some bearing inscrip-
tious uf great antiquity, which only He
brew scholars can decipher. The ceme-
terry is not now in use, but no other
Hebrew burial ground in Europe can
compare with 1t for age or general interest
10 the antiquarian.
The United States Capitol at Washing
ton is one of the most majestic buildings
in the world. 1t was first begun in 1893,
when the north wing was founded. This
was flashed in 1900. and the south wing
was begun in 1871. The building was
burned by the British in 1914. and rebuild
ing did not begin until 1917. In 1851 the
new extensions began, the House of Rep
rescntaiives first occupying its present
hall in 1857, the Senate its present quarters
in 1859.
Unless all indications are misleading
the Worlds Fair will descend into histery
under a number of alluring or suggestive
titles. Aside from it's regular names of
"World's Fair" or Worlds Columbian
Exposition" it has already been called
"ihe White City" 'the Dream City," "ths
Fairy City" and "the City of Magnificent
Views" And the list is growing. Visit
ors may therefore denote the fair accoru
in. to their temperments. either poeticallJ
or practically.