The morning call., 1893-11-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

As general thing rum Is purer than
brandy.
Missouri has railroad loop seventy
miles long.
An APPARATUS for heating air by steam
has been invented.
The whisper of slanderer can be heard
farther than the thunder.
Meetings to urge action upon Arizona's
claim to statehood are being held In that
Territory.
In Hong-Kong and Shanghai there is no
duty on spirits, almost the only thing I'M
ported free.
Sometimes the crop from an acre of
orange trees in New Zealand amounts in
value to $1,000
! The period of mourning for parent l n
England is twelve months, and for
brother or sister six months.
The biggest check ever drawn was for
81, 949.O52 20 and was written by the L.
II. h. to pay for the p, W. and b. X. h.
Instead of being married on the day
fixed for her wedding Miss Blanche Hol-
lin baugh of Osbourne. Ohio, changed her
| MIND and eloped with another man.
NJ. l.. Henry and Miss Sallie Jesse were
married at Louisville last week, the cul-
mination of an engagement made thirty
years ago. Both are well on in years.
The first envelope e-making machine was
invented by Edwin Hill. brother of Row
land Hill, and De La Rue's machine for
folding envelopes was patented March II,
1S45.
The cabman's lot at Melbourne cannot
be a happy one. In order TO meet the
competition of omnibuses and tramcars
penny fares have been started as an ex-
pertinent.
A baby whose eldest brother is a grand
father was born 10 Richm 0nd, Ky, re-
Gently. Its mother is 68 and her husband
Y years OLD. Great and fecund is the blue
grass region.
my wares can be left. out of doors over
night and quite unguarded without fear
that anybody will carry them away" said
| dealer. "Fhey are things that nobody
wants-tombs tones"
| Coin collectors regard the collecting of
| old Greek COINS as their most formidable
task. not because OF their rarity, but be-
cause fully 1000 independent cities had
distinctive series of coins.
| Ii is prOphesied that next year will be
| locust year over the greater part of New
| Jersey. The insects generally make their
appearance during the last days of May
or early in June, and remain about one
month.
In the colony of Natal tea continues to
! be largely grown in the coast districts,
chiefly in Victoria County and the Lower
UmZlmkulu division. The area under
|
| 2200 acres.
The SINNERS Company claims to be one
| of the oldest in the city of London. In the
! reign of Henry VIII many rich foreign
| furs were imported, and then the trade of
| the SINNERS was hOurishing and i'm
| portant Industry.
| Lightning played a curious freak at
| Washington, Ca, during a late storm. 1t
! struck large bush under which a hen
and three chickens had sought shelter.
| The former was instantly killed. but the
chickens were found alive under their
mother.
Quite recently household was laid low
with scarlet fever, due to the contagion
brought by a domestic pet which had been
| in the room OF its owner, who was TecOv-
ering after an attack of fever. Diphtheria
and smallpox have also been spread
| through cats in this manner.
A mountain. about fifteen miles from
Tumacacori, near the boundary line of
Arizona and Mexico. is said to have great
emblance to the Tower of Babel. Il is
OF soft sandstone and pumice formation.
and has many roads cut on its side The
mountain is about 1000 feet high.
| Wild grapes are scarce in the suburbs of
| New York, though the vines are compara-
lively plentiful. There are still a few
pungent little chicken grapes hanging in
| close punches in the region north OF Van
| Cortlandt Park. bet it is difficult at any
time to find really well-developed bunch
| of fox grapes.
One of the curious features in the late
un precedented rise in the South Canadian
River, in Oklahoma, is the formation OF
numerous lakes along the bottoms of that
| stream. The sand has blown out of the
bed of the river in times past, until high
EN- bankment is formed along the shores
of the river, and behind this bank are left
the lakes upon the subsidence Of the
stream.