The morning call., 1893-01-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A st. Adams (Vt) farmer used five casks
of cider in an attempt to put out fire in
his house.
The wide skirt, under the name of fard-
ingale, first appeared in 1889 at the court of
Francis |.
Some 50, 900 lambs are being fed and fat
tened in the Cache la Poudre Valley, Colo,
this winter.
In Boston they are getting to call after
noon teas smoke talks" because the host
ess usually has incense burning in little
oriental incense burner.
At Lexington, Miss, the postoffice and
telegraph office are in charge of a woman,
the chief express agent is woman and her
two assistants are women.
The Panama Star and Herald announ ced
a recent event of Importance In probably
the briefest dispatch inspired by 1t. Here
it is: Jay Gould died at 9:15 this morn
ing"
There are three places In this world
where green snow is found. One of these
places is Mount HecIa. Iceland
another fourteen miles east Of the mouth of
the Obi, and The third, near Quito South
America.
c. o. D. are the initials of an express
messenger at Atchison, Kans. Signed to
his various documents they may be, prob
ably are, the innocent cause of embarrass-
ing mistakes. but undoubtedly on the safe
side always.
A hog killed at Scic, Or, last week was
found TO have two perfect stomachs and
two complete sets of intestines. The owner
never noticed anything unusual about the
animal when it was alive, except that 1t
had wonderful appetite.
The movement for shorter work-dsy has
at last reached the South, and Georgia has
made an eleyen-h0ur law for hsr factory en-
ployeS, and q ten-bOur instead of twelve
do do m 6ef in
with some chance of success. it is said
Texas has tfty-seven counties, each larger
than Rhode Island. two larger than Con-
necticut and one larger than Massachusetts.
The area OF Texas is more than equal TO
that of New York. New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio, Indiana and New England
combined.
The number of persons carried by the
railroads of the United States the last year
was, in round numbers, 600, 000, 600. Owing
to the Worlds Fair, the Der for next
year will probably be much increased.
though it is not likely to reach round
LOCO, GOO, COO.
Mrs. Annie Besant was snowbound in
Oregon last week for two days within fif-
teen miles of where an eager company Of
Tbeosophists was waiting to hear her.
They waited and wondered, knowing not
that she was so near, and one wonders what
Mahatmas are for any way.
Copper and brass can be melted in an iron
meting-pet, because their fusing point is
belpw that of iron; but most metals are
melted in earthen pots-crucibies is the
technical name. These are earthenware
jars of various sizes and shapes, which
stand tremendous degrees Of heat
1t is a curious fact that the father of
Alexander Grahame Bell once devised an
alphabet Of visible speech" TO represent
all the sounds of which the human voice is
capable. and that his son, from teaching
deaf mutes, should have enlarged the posi-
bilities of sound almost to tninity.
Two men in Tacoma few days ago dis
covered sure way to beat the faro game.
Wearing masks, they walked up to the lay
out as 10 stake their money. and each poked
big revolver at the dealer and banker.
Then they lifted about S1700 from the bank.
backed out, and got safely away with the
plumber.
petition written 10 parliament in 1913
has, IL is said. just been discovered in Maine.
1t is written in ink, on handmade paper,
and the sheets are fastened together wi h a
brass pin That an enthusiast with COM
pleted petition should have omitted to pre-
sent it is the only thing that throws donbt
on the story.
A miniature thunder factory has been
constructed for the science ana art depart
ments at South kensingtOn. England, with
plates seven feet in diameter. which, it is
ucllctcuy WOuIu give spdIho thirty IuCUeS
long, but no Leyden jars have been found
to stand its charge, a, being pierced by an
enormous tension.
A writer who has looked up the statistics
OF crime declares that France possesses a
capital in which Ii Is said more murders
take place In six months than occur in Lon
don, Berlin ana Vienna together in twice
that length of time, but altogether more
murders take place in the United States
than in any other country.
An effort is to be made to pat product
OF the mesquite bean on the market as a
substitute for coffee. A company, said TO
be strongly backed. has been formed at San
Antonio, Tex, with this purpose in view.
Ii Is said that in tie lower Rio Grande region
a beverage made from the mesquite bean
has long been used, that resembles coffee,
aud is an excellent drink.
The boys In New South Wales school
recently struck for ''less Euclid, less aige-
bra, less Gaming and more holidays" A
deputatlOn was appointed TO interview the
head master. He received them with q
cane and then showed them the error of
their ways. After this the rest Of the
school did not need to be convinced and the
I strike came 10 an end.
A grand wolf drive was participated in by
| $50 farmers near Virginia. ILL.,, recently. A
| circle was formed, which was narrowed
| gradually, to drive the wolves toward the
| center. there 10 be slaughtered. When the
| mob of hunters came all In sight OF Que
| another two wolves only were discovered
| within the circle, ard somehow, In the ex-
element. these animals escaOud.