The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Third-class passengers are increasing in
England at the expense OF the first and Sec
ond class.
Michigan mines employed 1861 men last
year. o. this number Seyenty-f0ur met
with fatal accidents.
carpenter in Berlin has been sentenced
TO six months Imprisonment for publicly
referring to the Kaiser and his encourage as
''the Emperor and his gang"
When you have spilled anything on the
stove or milk has boiled over, and a suffo-
eating smoke arises, sprinkle the spot with
salt and it will disappear immediately.
The attorney of the Great Northern Rail-
road of England stated recently in court
that p, 600 persons were actually detected
in attempts to defrauu his company las l
year.
A woman at Oswego, Kans., has been
twice widowed by her husbands being shot
as they lay in bed by her side. The muir
Gers are mysterious, but no suspicion rests
upon the woman.
Ladies, please take notice: it is rumored
among the gay followers of fashion in Paris
that the chgnOn, ch was years ago a
necessity in ladies' Embarrassing, will again
be brought to light this winter.
They are doing an extensive job OF paving
in Bath, Me-, and IL Is singular fact that
one firm proposes TO try and recover dam
ages on the claim that its business has been
injured by the street being practically closed.
In reference to the subject of bogus
ceffee-b beans" it is worth noting that an i'm
perial decree has been issued in Germany
furbldding the manufacture and sale of
machines for producing artificial coffee
beans as coDtravening the law.
AT wedding in Schenectady, n. Y, the
groom got so hilarious that he fired revol-
yer to help out on the celebration. One of
the bullets struck his brother in the leg and
alsU wounded a child held in the arms of
another guest The groom passed the night
in Jail.
The national Japanese gambling game is
barra or flower" The cards are forty
eight oblong slips of paste-b0ard, divided
into twelve series, each representing a
month. Six players, with four cards each.
play sort Of combination of casino, euchre
and poker.
A noted burglar Of many years expert :
eBeo, who has just been recaptured, states
the following as his deliberate conclusion:
81 am not an ignorant mau; have good
education. The more consider the
more do | believe that dishonesty does not
pay. looking at 1t from business stand
point.
The city of Dallas, Tex, claims popula-
ton of over G0,000, and more building is in
progress there now than at any time within
It's history. The bank clearDgs last year
aggregated S31, $50 $50. Electric cars run on
almost every street, aud a cable road Is in
course of construction on one Of the leading
thOroughfares.
Kalamazoo (Mich) parties will soon or
ganiZe a company to manufacture artificial
milk from corn and water, which, bv a Pc
culiar process, is said to make q mixture
impossible to be distinguished from pure
milk. 1t is thought to be nutritious, and
can be delivered at Chicago at cents per
gallon. The difference in taste cannot be
detected.
The Congregationalists of Boston took q
census OF church attendance in eleven
wards on recent Sunday. Ont of u p0pu-
latiOn of H., AL there were 71,069 worship
ers. OF this number q, SIG were Protestant,
1881 Catholic AMI 1872 Hebrew. On the
same Sunday it found that about 40, 900 peo-
pie went to the SUBURBS, and $50, 900 Travelled
on the street-cars.
Dwarf trees only two feet high, exact re-
productions in miniature of sycamore oak
cedar and apple trees, have for two or three
hundred years been raised by the Japanese
The mode Of producing them is we'll
guarded secret, but some French gardeners
have, within the past five years, almost
equaled the Japanese in the production of
these dwarf trees.
Two doctor books are heirooms in the
family of a Clinton (Mo) gunsmith. They
are dated 1877 and 1913 and contain old
fashioned remedies for all ills and ails of
the flesh. The title Of the index says f:
This is the index Of two books for King
Charles ye First. His book" 1t is said
they were taken from the palace of the un-
fortunate monarch shortly before his exc
cution.
One of the principal ornaments OF Bern g,
Switzerland, is the Zeitglockenthurm, once
gate of the Notifications, now given over
to a famous clock, which announces the ap-
proach of every hour by the growing Of a
cock. and two minutes before the hour
whole troop of bears march in procession
around the sitting figure of man, who then
proceeds to strike the time with his staff
upon bell.
Extreme measures are being taken by the
law-abiding citizens Of Huntington, Ind,
toward the extirpation of saloons and
gambling places. Some of the Oldest saloon
keepers have been refused license, and the
City Marshal went to the fair grounds and
arrested eight persons who vera running
gambling Institutions of different kinds.
They all pleaded guilty, each paying a fine
and costs Of S13 80.