The morning call., 1893-08-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Mexico and Peru there were colleges
of augurS which practi ced no other means
of divinatiOn than watching the course
and processing to interpret the songs of
| birds.
An Arkansas cow got into a patch of
corn and died Before she could be identi-
| fed someone skinned her and as her
owner could not be found the city had to
stand the expense of dispOsing of the car
| cass.
A congress is meeting in Paris styled
the Congress of the Repopulation of
France. BY adopting this title the Ali
ance of Savants and Philosophers seem TO
Imply that the French race has died out
altogether.
An old negro near Humboldt. Tenn. has
perfect mark of a mans hand on his
| breast. The old mans son has tie same
mark on his breast, even more perfect.
| The old man says his father had the same
mark on his breast.
| A Chattanooga negro has invented what
| he calls flying horse" II is wooden
| image of nag mounted on wheels, and
will run like scared rabbit. Unfortu-
nately, the matchmaker levied on the in
| ventien for an unpaid bill.
| The skeleton of full-grown Indian and
that of a dog were unearthed in Waits
burg, WASH. last week. The bodies must
have been inferred MANY years ago, as the
UldCb WltIo lHty WFTt QiSCONcT6u WAS tnc
center of a wheatfeld as long ago as 1866.
Extraordinary qualities are possessed by
the river Unto. in Spain. 1t hardens aud
petrihes the sand of its bed and if stone
falls in the stream and alights upon an
other, in few minutes thew unite and
become one stone. Fish cannot live in its
waters.
The ant has brain larger in proportion
10 the size Of its body than any other
known being. Ants are not only endowed
with high quality of instinct but they
display reasoning ability and good judg-
ment, as well as powers OF reflection and
calculation.
na GSus,. t the small inde.
In the Lower Pyrenees, abous ten miles
from Oieron. between tie bouudari, OF
| France and Spain. The ijeople sneht
ianouage # their ofSrs r~ees setis5sss =
French and Spanish.
One sees now and then among the tai
ian women of New York the genuine cle&.
olive complexion 90 rare and 80 striking in
any race. AS often as not this peculiar
charm seems to remain long after its pos
SCISSOR has passed the age at which the
average Italian women has tanned and
wrinkled TO parchment. Al rare moments
the beauty Of the pure olive complexion
is tinged with the faintest suggestion of
pink.
new naval port has been established
at Lbau, Russia. The place selected is
specially suitable. The sea is nearly al
ways open; there is. at distance of barely
two miles from the sea. a lake, which forms
port. and which will be connected with
the port proper. Quite a small town has
sprung up in connection with the port now
IN the course of construction, at which
10000 men are employed during the sum-
mer months.
A most ingenious gen eral-informatinn-
automatic-machine has been set up outside
one of the Melbourne railway stations. 1t
is seven feet high and four feet broad, and
will, it is said. give reliable information OH
one electric button and list OF the best
hotels in the city appears; touch another
and theater play bill slides out: third
discloses to view list of the principal
omnibus routes, and another the cab fares
to the varionS points of interest.