The morning call., 1891-11-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

family. 1t has 10000 preachers, 5000
church editices and 5,o00,0O0 members.
A steamer which arrived in New York re-
Gently ran out of coal in mid-ocean and was
Obliged to use fifty tons OF sugar for coal.
Laramie, Wyo., offers valuable land
bonus 10 any capitalist who will build a
combination hotel aud theate TO cost S75,-
CO.,
There are said to be more widows in New
York than in any other city of the world
outside of London. Paris comes next to
New York.
A railroad crossing at Bristol, Pa, has
been the scene Of three fatalities in one
family during the past two other,
son and daughter.
The study of penology is still so much in
its infancy that it can only be pursued under
difficulties, and through submission to dis
enlargement and dsapprOyal.
The assessed value of Omaha real estate is
S21,000,000. The real value of property in
that city, estimated with extreme cOnSerya-
tism, Is not less than Sl50000,000.
The open season for quail in Indiana is
attracting large number, Of sp0rtsmeu. The
birds are reported more than usually plen:-
full The season closes December 10Th.
The commonly accepted reason for the
resignation of the Roumanian Ministry Is
that the King Joined the Dreibund agree
ment without consulting his Ministers.
A Berlin physician is out with the theory
that pure water injected under the skin is
an excellent anesthetic. IL is better, doubt
less, than putting so much alcohol under the
skin.
In some parts of Iceland it is usual for
guest, when taking leave of his entertainers,
to shake hands with every man and kiss
every woman belonging to the place, whether
old or young.
Edward Falconer. keeper at the Tombs
New York City Prison in 1873, but sus-
pended in that year, has filed with the
Comptroller a claim of $4,000 for salary
alleged to be due.
StewarIsville, No., reports pumpkin
weighing 105 pounds. BY little kitchen
calculation this viii a. least make 200 pies,
and these cut into great big quarters will
make 800 people happy.
The American hog in France may get
procedure and conduct himself strictly &C
cOrding to the laws Of the game in order to
make a brilliant success.
a food and health exposition, the first of
the kind held in New England, is in prog
ress at Boston. The event will be watched
with no small interest By all who wish tt see
the advancement OF the culinary art
"Dotty" is used in England as a syn onyn
for crazy, while "bOsky" signifies tIpsy.
You must be b0sky or dotty' is therefore
the modern English, or at any rate London
csc, for You must be drunk or crazy
Sympathy with shop girls goes without
saying. 10 stand for ten, twelve or four
teen weary hours, serving an endless multi
tude of customers, Is an occupation that
taxes strength and temper to the utmost.
To break up a cold try the Inhalation of
hot salt water. An application of it on
chest or throat If affected, will often relieve
hard cough. At some hospitals almost the
only gargle used for sore Throat is hot salt
water.
Riches do not seem to lengthen life. The
man who is so rich that he can go north in
summer and south in winter lives no longer
than the poor fellow who has TO stay at
home and shiYer or sweat with every change
of weather.
The studio of MeIssonier and its contents
will probably be offered by his widow and
son to the State. The value of $40, 900 is
placed upon the gift, which includes some
nearly finished pictures as well as studies
and sketches.
1t was cruel for the husband of the wo-
man Mayor of Kiowa, Kans.. to sign the
petition asking her 10 resign. III she re-
turns home she is apt to attend with I'M
pleasant fidelity TO the duty of presiding
over her household.
Mrs. Meredith of Indiana is a candidate
for the position of chief of the livestock
department of the Worlds Fair. She has
travelled all over Indiana attending fairs,
and her application is Endorsed by the State
Board OF Agriculture.
Henry Sanford, the new PRESIDENT of the
Adams Express Company, is about 90 years
of age and the wealthiest man in Bridgeport
Conn, since the death of 2. L. BarGum.
His connection with the company began as
detective about 40 years ago.
There is no element in mans existsncs
that is so fertile of human misery rs diseou-
tent Observe the happiest of all mOrtals.
and 1t will be found they possess the small
est number of those things generally re-
garded as necessary attributes of happi-
ness.
"a good and careful driver" says an ex-
perIenced hOrseman. never starts his horse
with a whip" The horse is as susceptible
III kind words and kind treatment as any
animal. and his faithfulness IN mans sery-
ice deserves more kindness and care than he
receives.
New York character is Steve Brode
the BROOKLYN brdge-jumper, who runs two
saloons and is worth from $50. 900 to S10o, 900,
which he keeps fast by the aid OF his wife.
lie is not tough in manners, but he Is shabby
in dress, though he wears $3.50 diamond
and carries fat roll Of money.
It is quite interesting to note how the
coverings tor furniture that are now used
are almost Identical in patterns and ma
terial with those in vogue in revolutionary
days, and many of the old families in the
city find no difficulty in matching" cover
iugs that were bought fifty years ago.
A recent attempt of the Wellington Hunt
Club of New Zealand to provide real stag
hunt ended in a miserable fasco. The stag.
which was about two years old, refused to
be hunted, took refuge among some dairy
cows in a stork-yard, and on being chased
out from there made its way back to the
kennels.
A pilgrimage is about to be made to Rome
by French workmen, who Will be housed by
the Vatican to the number OF %, 600 or
$4,000. 1t will be entirely compatible. un-
medieval and quite flu de steele, as your
Frenchman of to-day says. 4 Canadian
pilgrimage, led by Cardinal TaSchereau, Is
aISu expected.
The New York General Postoffiee is being
seriously overtaxed by crush of quaek
medical pamphlets, which aresent in by the
million, aud as there is no attempt on the
part of the senders to sort the documents by
localities each one has to be handled, the
stamps cancelled and the parcels sorted for
their various destinations.
The elopement of the wife of Edward P.
Fields of Goshen. Ind, with a married man,
taking with her her two children, winds up
! queer line of condolences in the same
family. The wife of Fields father eloped
in the same way, and the wife Of his eldest
son did likewise, her husband drowning
himself from grief over her departure.
The average Atlantic steamer is manned
by about $50 men, as follows: Thirty-two
! deck-hsndS. officers. 9 petty officers, 80
firemen, ETC., s engineers and IS stewards.
| The master and chief officials-thatis, mates
and engineers-are chosen by the owners or
managers, while the remainder of the crew
are chosen by the captain. First-class ships
! muster from twelve to fifteen men each
! watch. and all of those are shipped as sea-
| men.
A new ferry-boat in the Straits Of Mack
| mac has an enormous capacity for carrying
J ears, It's recmliaritieS are strength, shape,
I and the nunroer "a engines, twenty-four
being required. The bow rises from the
water rs il it were hammer. She is an
| ice-breaker for keeping the channel open
| during the winter. She advances toward
the ice, and showing her Nose over its edge,
| lifts herself upon it, A propeller under the
| overhangins bow sucks the water from un-
| der the ice and the weight of the boat
| brushes it.
Finley's Departure.
| Lieutenant John p. Finley, who has been
in charge of the Pacific Coast Department
| of the Weather Bureau. left for the Eas,
last night. His successor. Robert E. Ksrk-
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