The morning news., 1897-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Grey horses are usually the longest
lived. Creams are decidedly delicate, and
are seriously affected by very warm
weather.
A Pittsburg man is going to establish
a matrimonial agency at Klondike. He
says: Thousands of poor but thoroughly
respectable girls even in this state are
looking for honest employment and would
go 10 Alaska to get It if they were assur-
ed they would be properly cared for. In
the towns and villages of New England
the number of women is so far in excess
of the men and employment so hard to
get that thousands would be willing TO go
to Alaska under proper conditions pro-
pose to secure places in advance for COM
panies Of say, 100 girls, and have their
employers advance money for their trans
portation from the states and recompense
me for my trouble besides No girls will
be accepted except such as can bring the
highest recommenda' ions as to character
and respectability. Arriving at the gold
district, each one will be assigned to her
place, but all will be located within
short distance of each other, so that they
may have association and be able TO
counsel each other. Under their influence
the camp would take on a homelike ap-
pearance. and the miners would not feel
that sense of isolation which sends 50
many to their graves. They would be
served with well-cooked food and the gen.
eral health of the camp would be vastly
improved"
Samuel Simon. Sr., a well-known res
ident of Neshannock township, while
strolling near his home one day recently,
noticed a fly about half an inch long and of
a dark blue color, with a slim body bear
ing a large dead spider. The fly crossed
his path and laid his load down, says the
Newcastle (Pa) Democrat. 1t then went
about eighteen inches in another direction
and commenced digging a hole in the
ground. His curiosity being excited, he
stopped and watched the work After the
fly had the hole dug about half the length
of himself he went to where he had left
the spider and took his dimensions. After
going back to the hole he found it was not
big enough and commenced digging again.
After taking out a qauntty of earth he
again went to the spider and took his di-
mensions. He did this eight times and as
often enlarged the hole. When the busy
little fellow had the hole too deep for him
to throw the earth clear out he would go
on the bank and force il back with his
feet. After he had the excavation large
enough for his purpose he went for the
spider and took it to the grave for such It
proved to be, and dragged it to the mouth
of the hole. After he had the body in he
covered it with fine earth first and finished
by placing a small piece of cinder on top
When he had finished the work he flew
away. The whole time consumed was
exactly fifty-five minutes, as Mr. Simon
says he sat and watched the whole per-
formance.
Nowadays people in civilized regions en-
deavor to keep flies out of their houses
by having screens placed over the doors
and windows, says the Morning Oregon
ian. This keeps out the greater number of
the little pests, but a few always manage
to find an entrance through some creVice
or Granny, and half a dozen of those en-
terprising insects can cause about as
much annoyance to a bald-headed man
during his after dinner nap as the whole
brood of them could do if turned loose in
the room. In order to rid the house of
the few flies who stragg.e past the screens
1ytraps of various sorts are frequently
reSorted to, but it is now found that these
are not necessary. This secret which is
bound to be a boon to suffering humanity
has been divu4ged by a dealer in fytraps
who, when a customer called day or two
since, was out of traps. In the emergen-
cy he impaired to his would-be customer
the following recipe for keeping a house
clear of flies: Near the top of the screen
doors and window screens punch several
holes from the inside with some instru-
ment about the size of a lead pencil, thus
leaving slightly funnel-shaped apertures
having a rough, jagged edge on the out
side. This renders it impossible for the
flies to enter through these holes. while
the flies which have strayed into the
house the first time they light on one of
the screens crawl to the upper part and
seeing these holes imagine there is some
place where they are not wanted on the
other side, and out they go. In this man
ner,' said the f1ytrap dealer, "a house can
be kept perfectly free from flies"
DIR. Balladoro Of Verona has published
about hundred Venetian proverbs, con-
tanning suggestions as to the character in
clinations and passions of the people, says
the London Daily News These proverbs
show that tall persons are considered to
have little intelligence; short persons are
malicious, tall women are vicious, and
short women contemptuous. Men ought
to choose small wives, because little wo-
men are more graceful, and keep young
for long time; fat men are considered 70
be peaceful and good humored Sicilian
traditions held a large head 70 be a sign
Of wisdom but the Venetian proverb con-
siders 1t a sign of ignorance. A crooked
neck is a sign of bad temper. A palid
complexion is abhorred. Beardless men
are stupid, bearded women are very clever
and wicked. A red beard is a sign Of ma
liciousness, as is also red hair in a woman.
Long hair in A woman is a sign of silli-
ness Bald people are intelligent, but in
clined to evil ways. People with small
eyes and especially people who squint,
must be avoided. A large nose is sign
Of a resolute, imperative character; a turn-
ed-up nose is a sign OF criminal tendencies,
and equally so a very pointed nose. Thin
lips indicate Feasibility, thick lips sem
suality. A child teething late is likely TO
have a long life. Large hands are sign
OF coldness of heart People who have
a voice not suited to their sex must be re-
garded with difiidence. Ugly, bad parents
generally have good and handsome chill
dren, and vice versa. A final proverb as
serts that all people are somewhat mad,
and another that inherited lunacy is in
durable. Such is the wisdom TO be found
IN Venetian proverbs.
Several authors OF the sixteenth centu-
ry mentioned the existence OF man who.
having lost his eyesight, could sec through
his nose. says tho Philadelphia Record.
The story, much doubted al the time and
pronounced fabulous by physicians. Is
nevertheless true n the researches OF T.
Douliot prove correct. Il seems that the
victim had lost his right eye early IN life.
and later on while climbing on A cherry