The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The official directory of the New Turk
Central shows that of the 2O6 station agents
on the road, twenty-six are women.
A GAINESVILLE (Ga.) man has twenty acres
planted with cucumbers. He ships them
all North and expects to realize not less
than 5000 from his patch.
One feature of the German Reichstas- is
the scanty number of medical men, of whom
there are only four, whereas the French
Chamber of Deputies swarms with doctors.
An ounce of aqua ammonia to each pailful
of water in the bath is said to provide the
quickest restoration of tone to exhausted
nerves and muscles, besides making the
flesh firm and smooth.
A Russian ukase has just been issued
permitting the employment of women on
railroads. On the Transcaspian line there
are female station masters, traffic managers.
signal women and point women.
1t is said that Manhattan Beach will be
abandoned as a summer resort, last WIN
ter's storms having caused $4,000 600 dam
age to the hotel and railroad property.
Austin Corbin is the heaviest stockholder.
Bath, Me-, is building what is expected
to be the largest wooden sailing ship in the
world, She will be 295 feet long on the
keel, will be a three-decker and will carry
four masts. She will register about 5000
tons.
"You are accused" said Judge in Paris,
Ol HaVlne attciupteu w pUioou Soui nus
band with phosphorus. What have you to
say?" II desire that the doctors make an
autopsy" replied the woman, as she looked
at her husband
The Rldgeway (Michigan) graveyard is
run on a political basis The mar who did
the digging was removed because he did
not vote right This is enough to make
some shade arise and siay the new sexton
with shin-bone.
The largest steam derrick in the world is
used by shipping company at Hamburg,
Germany. 1t is kept at the docks and used
for lifting immense weights on and off
shipboard 1t can pick up a ten-wheeled
locomotive with ease.
OF the eight women who agreed to appear
on horseback riding astride at London's
next coaching meet, four have backed out.
The other four intend to stick and will ap-
pear in costumes of "blue redingote, with
skirts falling to the knees, tight buckskin
breeches, long patent-leather boots and a
silk hat"
The Emperor of Germany has his CARDS
like other mortals. They are very simple,
although those of the German nobility are
generally very highly decorated with crests
and crowns. The royal cards have abso-
lutely no ornamentation. In plain gothic
letters they read: Wilhelm, German Eul-
peror and King of Prussia.
Nature plays queer freaks with the flower
seeds sent out by the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. A man who received
a package of seeds labeled giant pansy"
planted them in flower bed and soon had
q small crop of turnips, while a number Of
seeds labeled double pinks" produced
long-necked squashes.
A well-known expression in England has
been that "the Hoods have captured more
cannon from the enemies of England than
any other family in the navy" An advocate
now appears to claim q like honor for the
Coughs. Forty years ago Lord Cough
captured the Panjauj from the Sinks.
There were three other Coughs there with
him,