The morning call., 1893-05-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ROQuefort cheese is made in caves from
Sleeps milk.
Soldiers in the italian army are allowed
cigars as part OF their daily rations.
About twice as much power is required to
stop an express train as to start one
A Michigan man has a pitcher that was
Oropght 10 this country on the Mayhower.
A woman centenarian is reported to live
Tenn.
An inmate of the Michigan blind school
has baked 1922 l0sves of bread since Octo-
Der /.
Gas motors will replace horseears on the
north and west sides of Chicago in about
month.
ireland. 1t repeats eornet note nearly
twenty minutes.
Men attending the pans in salt works are
never known to have cholera, smallpox.
scarlet fever or influenza.
A dictionary of British musicians is now
being compiled which the editors are fluid
ing hard matter to keep within 2000 pages.
The costliest fur known is that of the
black fox OF hamchalka. A single skin of
one Of these rare animals is sometimes
valued at $1,000.
An underground river, strongly impreg-
mated with iron, was found recently near
Charlotte, \. c. 1t is reported that the
SLIthU, WHICH IS 70 IpeC DelOW Tie surface
is 200 feet wide and feet deep.
new torpedo boat is now being buiIt at
Havre for the French Government which is
to be the fastest in the world. The sceed.
if nothing is wrong in the calculations
will be from 29to 30 knots per hour
II the mount at the base of the finger is
high and well formed it intensifies the Oual-
ity indicated by the finger; if lew, badly
formed or altogether absent. it shows that
the quality is weak or lacking in the organ
izatlOn.
Cromlschs, found in many countries, are
rude monuments to the dead. Nearly 10
round towers, from 30 to l35 feet high, are
found in various parts of Ireland. They
are believed 10 have been used in the cere-
monies OF freworsnip.
A curious printers error is perpe.rated in
Luther's translation OF the Bible, Job being
described as perfect, bad man"
"scbicht," upright. differing by one letter
from "Sehlecht." bad, which is substituted
for it. This occurs up to 1889.
The peach was originally a pois0noUs
almond. Its fruity parts were used to
poison arrows, and for that purpose were
introduced into Persia. Transformation
and cultivation have not only removed lis
poisonous qualities, but turned ii into the
delicious fruit We now enjoy.
During the last week OF Januarv 714OS2
paupers received Government relief in Eng
land and Wales. OF these 19S, 446 were
Indoor" and 515 $50 Outdoor" relief cases.
The percentage of paupers to population
that week was 24.3 per thousand. The re-
turns show a general improvement over all
years since 1857. with the important excep-
tion of last year.
There are at present something like 10000
public gas jets in London. and their average
power is that OF sixteen candles-that is to
say, the total is equal to II, 100000. Were
these all clustered together and placed at a
height of 1000 feet the resulting light could
be seen for distance Of more than hun
dred miles, from London TO Grantham, or 10
Birmingham, for instance
Professorships of "folk- music are TO be
established in some Russian universities by
the Government The patriotic object is to
preserve the characteristic native songs OF
the country, rescuing very many from a
threatened oblivion. Russia has II rich store
OF folk songs and music that has no real
relation to the great world of music, but an
Intimate relation to the lives of the varied
people OF the Cars great domain.