The morning call., 1893-02-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Some European soldiers still wear body
armor.
The youngest English bride on record was
2 years old.
During theyears that Henry VIII reigned
1900 thieves were hanged.
In the reign of Henry II OF England
monks were allowed thirteen courses at din
ner.
Eight olive trees now exist In the Garden
of Olives at Jerusalem which are known to
be at least 800 years DID,
A face which does not change expression
in conversation indicates either caution or
stupidity, according TO its other character
istics.
A mine at Iron Mountain. Mich, boasts
of the largest pumping plant in this coun-
thy. The machine, 1t is said, pumps
100000 gallons in twenty-four hours time.
Mount Stuart, Lord Bute's palace in Scot
land, Is said 10 be the most magnificent
mansion in great Britain. The building,
decorating and finishing Of 1t cost S1,500000
The first cornet in England or America
was blown ny Frenchman, name an
known, and the instrument has since, for
that reason. been generally called tie
French horn.
There are estimated to be at present
10000 elk, 1900 deer. 400 bufalOes, 1000
black-talled deer, 800 mountain sheep and
plenty OF BEAR beaver and other varieties
Three-quarters of a second is the time
occupied by the fall of a knife in the guillo-
tine The knife is weighted by 40 pounds
of lead, falls nine feet, and cuts through
flesh and bones as easily as through bar
of soap.
The Oldest armchair in the world is the
throne once used by Queen Hatafu. who
fOurished in Egypt 1000 Is. G. 1t IS made OF
ebony. beautifully carved, and is so hard
ened with age as to appear to be carved
from black marble.
Some of the native women OF Australia
have a queer IDEA of beauty. They cue
themselves with shells, keep the wounds
open for a long time, and when they heal
huge scars are the result. These scars are
deemed highly ornamental.
Annexation or consolidation seems to be
an imperative necessity for Canada, il only
for the preservation of the Queens Eng
lish a hot Tory organ in Hamilton prints
Pan: News" and, unreproved permits it's
townspeople to write Of trousers as gents
paintings"
The small town of Grifton, n. c., can
probably lay claim to more divisions than
any other small place in the country. Tie
village is located, it is said, in two counties
three townships, two Congressional dis
tricts. two Senatorial districts and TWO judi
cial districts.
Wood for tennis rackets requires at least
five years seasoning; that is TO say, 1t re-
quires to be kept for five years in the
rough timber state before being cut up for
use. Wood for pianos is kept. as a Iule, for
forty years before it is considered suffi-
GENTLY in condition TO be used.
Scandinavia sends 10 our shores the few
est lliterate persons, less tan / per cent of
the entire emigration from Norway Sweden
and Denmark. Italy sends the greatest
number, upward of Is per cent of the immi-
grants from that country not knowing how
to read or write.
F. A. Lewis Sr., who lives near Towards
vile, Va, slipped and fell the other dav to
the bottom OF a well said to be 70 feet deep.
He landed, it is stated, In Is feet of water,
and, according to our authority, he soon
rose and climbed uD TO where he could sup
port himself until his friends rescued him.
1t Is strange fact that while paper is
being used for dozens of purposes formerly
mOnopOliZed by wood. or even harder ma
terial. such as car wheels. boxes, barrels,
tubs, pals. ETC., wood is rapidly driving
other ingredients to the wall in the manu-
facture OF nearly all the cheaper grades OF
paper.
London scientists have recently demon
strated that the purest air in the cities Ia
found abont twenty-five feet above the street
surface. Heretofore it had been thought
that the highest floors In tenement-houses
had the best air. The Investigations above
referred to show that the healthIest apart
ments are those OF the third floor.
Kansas society made an interesting inna-
walton in anniversary celebrations at Hutch
inson last week by celebrating a diamond
wedding. from which the bridegroom was
absent because of an untmely death. The
bride was still alive, however, and capable
of enjoying good thing. so that the amt
versary was duly and becomingly eele-
brated.
Miss Ella Hale, resident of Upper San
dusky, O., has had two remarkable expert
enees. The first one occurred about i've
years ago, when she was seized with a
severe coughing spell. causing her to lose
her voice and remain dumb. One day
recently, while In violent tit OF coughing.
II is claimed, her voice returned.
The Electrical World has formulated an
argument for the use of fire inspectors who
charge every fire they cannot account for 20
nm electric wire. 1t runs thus: Electric
ity is something the exact nature of which
is unknown. The cause of the average fire
Is unknown. Therefore, as things equal 10
the same thing are equal to each other the
cause OF the average fire Is electricity"
The teephotoes, the Instrument invented
by 0. Y. Bo1ghton to enable vessels to CON-
municate with each other at long distances,
consists of a series Of wires and electrical
connections operated by q keyboard by
which 106 incandescent lights are con-
troIled and made TO produce the signals OF
the Morse telegraph alphabet The inventor
claims that thrty-two candle-p0wer lamps
can be seen at a distance of ten to fifteen
miles,