The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The graduation class at Vassar numbered
| forty-seveD.
1t is seriously announced that the Emperor OF
japan Is having state coach built at cost oil
| $4,000.
| In Cincinnati the price of coal Is higher be-
| cause the men who shovel It and deliver 1t de-
| mand that lcewater be furnished them.
The National Council OF Berne, Switzerland,
| has almost unanimously adopted lie principle OF
state insurance against illness and accident.
WordswOrth's cottage and garden, which re-
main almost the same as when he lived, are 10 be
| purchased and put under trust, like The BIRTH
| place of Shakespeare, as permanent memorial
| OF the poet
| meerschaum pipe, which was at one time the
| property OF General Lew Wallace, Is owned by
| man In Palatka, Fla. During successful raid
| upon his headquarters by Confederate troops
during the war This relic was captured.
Two more students have been expelled from
the college at Battle Creek, Mich for 1lillug
| with the opposite sex. This makes eight VINO
have been thus punished, and the remainder are
III an excited state of mind on the subject.
The King of Sweden recently received a letter
from young farmer who had been drafted for
| military service. begging his Majesty to release
him and let him JON his relatives In America,
who had just sent him a passage ticket. The
X ing did so.
A welLdigger living 10 Talbottom, Ga, was
hired last week TO clean out we'll. When he
came out of the well in the evening II was
noticed that his jet-black hair bad changed its
color from black TO a bright yellow or golden
shade. The cause Is unknown.
The Spanish Government is a hard master.
1t pays the w0rkmen In the Almaden quick
silver mines. which yield an enormous revenue.
deleterious nature of the work the strongest men
can only labor two days In the week.
The sad news is waited under the ocean that
Empress Augusta Victoria Is suffering from
bettle rash. The dispatch is Incomplete from the
fact that II did not state how her pulse stood
nor what the attending MUSICIAN prescribed.
These little shortcomings should be attended TO.
The discoveries made by Stanley show that the
Nile Is the longest rlver in The wOild, being At
least 400 miles in length. Were the Mississippi
regarded merely as tributary TO the Missouri.
rs some geographers CONTEND the latter stream
would SUI pass the African ter-cUuTse, having
a length Of $500 miles.
Church ushers in Boston have apparently got
the business down pretty tine. one OF them Tue
other Sunday remai ked TO pretty woman who
had asked him for seat: "Certainly madam,
il you would allow me should ike TO give you
seat OH the broad aisle. We Tut The handsome
ones there to decorate the church."
A seller of soap in Brooklyn has hit upon the
ingenious expedent of placing III his show-wln-
dow handsome boy 10 blow s0ap-bubbles. The
lad wears mittenS, and so tenacious are the DuD-
bles that lie is able TO bob them up and down
half dozen times before they burst The win
dow is Usually surrounded by an interested
crowd.
A historian who Is compiling the letters, mes
sages, speeches, etc., of President Lincoln for
publication has finished search OF the records
OF the executive office of Ohio. But one auto
graph letter was found. Ii Is dated April %.
1864 aud accepts the offer of the Governors OF
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and wisconsin TO furnish
$4,000 troops for 100 days service.
Congressman StOckbTidge of Maryland was so
impressed with the tariff speech OF Congressman
Gear of Iowa that he left at the Government
Printing Office an order for 10000 copies and
the names Of his constituents, with frauked
wrappers enough TO 60 round. BY some mistake
the speech OF MIR. Crisp OF Georgia-on the other
side Of The queston-got into the wrappers.
TIE fad now is to eat Strawberries with the
stems on. This is an imitation OF an English GUS
tom. In England they serve berries with the
stems on in silver bowls lined with gold. In ac-
cOmpanylng receptacle, also parcel gilt, contains
powdered sugar. Each berry is lifted from The
bowl by the stem. held between tile foretinger
and thumb, is dipped into The sugar and then
eaten.
No worm or insect is ever found upon the
eucalyptus tree, or In the earth where the roots
penetrate. A row of trees planted through an
orchard or vineyard will cause insects. worms or
caterpilars To yacate that region. Two branches
OF the eucalyptus used in the rooms or windows,
decorations in dwelling rooms, will cause
mosquitoes moths, 1eas and flies TO leave The
premises.
The London papers lavished praise on the
gown worn by Mrs Herbert Leyland (nee Miss
Jeannie Chamberlain) recently at The wedding of
Count Alexander Muster and Lady Huriel Hay.
Ii was OF dark reddish bengane. with sleeves
OF blue brocade edged with gold and silver gauze,
and collar 0rnameuted with gauZe and diamonds.
The bonnet an ethereal creation OF gauZe,
diamonds and cOrnfOwers.