The morning call., 1893-03-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Bottles are blowed by machinery at Vine
land. n. J.
A Milwaukee man put Grape on his door
on bis daughters wedding day.
A building and loan association for boys
and girls is talked of at Mexico, Mo.
A lad at Palmyra. Wis, has begun to col
lect his second million of postage stamps.
An earthquake wave once crossed the
Pacific In II hours. or over six miles
minute.
An American flag made entirely OF
acorns is curiosity exhibited by Baltl-
moro man.
Two hogs stolen from farmer near Fair
bury, H., were found in bed at the home Of
the thief.
the possession of Mrs. Myra Gleason of
Vicksburg, Miss.
a Baltimore firm has invented a boiler
which, 1t claims, will reyolutouize the use
Of steam on the water.
A boy at Baraboo. Wis, was rescued alive
after having been swallowed by circus boa
constructor,
Pneumatic tubes are now filed by means
OF multiplied pressure, a machine having
been contrved tor the purpose.
American buffalo will soon be the greatest
animal curiosity in this country and will
command high prices for show purposes.
Over 20o0 schools in Pennsylvania out
side of Philadelphia are already supplied
bv The respective boards with free text
books.
safety envelope just patented is so
folded and pasted together that it cannot
possibly be opened without being entirely
destroyed.
Mexlcaus have the reputation OF being the
most persistent gamblers in the world, and
yet the first mining stock exchange in the
nation has only just been organized
Human Province gouth of fle Vanotea
contains probably 16, 100000 people. 1t is the
largest solid mass of heatheuism in the
world with one resident Protestant mis-
sionary.
For quarter Of century not siagle
house was built in Yarn, village in York
shire. England, which thus earned for itself
the title of THE Only Finished City in
Europe"
The Edmore (Mchl Marshal has a good
way of keeping tramps away from that
place. He locks them in the baste drawing
room, builds good fire and puts q liberal
quantity OF pepper on the stove.
A negro boy at Arrow Rock, Mo, started
to town on mule. On attempting to ascend
hill the mule couldn't make it," when
the boy took off his overshoes, put them on
the animal and rode him 10 town without
any trouble.
Maple sugar makers say that this will be
great season for the sweet product of the
maple tree. A good season always follows
q close, cold winter. The maple sap is
always sweeter after period of intense
frost, and the flow is larger.
They are dredging some very queer stuff
at NcNear's basin, Petaluma, Cal. They
struck it few feet below the surface, and
have cut through about twelve feet in depth
of it thus far. 1t is the very embodiment of
tOughness. 1t requires to be cut into shav-
ings, as il were, by one passage of the ma
chine. and then in disenGaging and lifting
IL the 3N)-hOrSe n0wer maphiua q ctr in n6
to the utmost.
While the railroad companies are some-
times blamed for not living up to their cou-
tracts with the Government in the matter
OF carrying the mails, il happens now and
then that trains are delayed through the
slowness or incompetency of servants of
the Postoffice Department. Two firms of
attorneys have been organized in Washing
ton, d. C., for the express object of prose-
cutting the claims of railroads against the
government for damages arising from such
delays and errors.
new color has made It's appearance 1t
is called chrysoprase," and is named
after the gem which is the fad of the hour.
Moonst61es have had their day. They are
replaced by another stone. said to bring
luck to the wearer-the chrysoprase. And
a very becoming and lovely colored stone it
Is; something like the aquamarine. of a
Dalo green color, but less clear in tone.
Velvets, silks, gauzes, nay, even gloves and
en0es, are 10 be found In "chrySOprase'
hues, and this delicate color has thrown
purple and "chaudron" quite into the
shade.
Old English silverware is much in demand
Just now, and genuine pieces, especially
those OF historic interest, fetch high prices.
There is special interest in tableware of
the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nine
teenth centuries. As both tea and coffee
came into use in England in the middle of the
seven teenth century, some of these coffee
pots and tcapots are among the earliest of
English make. Even then the device of tho
wooden handle. designed to interpose con-
conductor between the hand and the hot
metal, had come into use,
The British museum contains many rare
and beautiful snuff boxes of the last GEN.
tury. plain and enameled. made of papier
mache, horn. silver and gold. simple and
complicated, small and large. Curious ma
terials were sometimes used in the manu-
fac ure Of these boxes. Some sixty years
ago potato snuff boxes were in common use.
They were made of potato pulp. which,
mixed with some glutinous material. was
pressed into molds, dried, vanished and
slightly fired. The best quality of potato
boxes was made at Brunswick, and hence
they were sometimes known as Brunswick
boxes.