The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An Alabama On. y farmer,worth S2OO. 600,
recently Suicided by hanging.
Lowell (Mass.) newspaper man has re-
signed his position to enter the ministry.
Twenty consumptive patients at the Koch
Hospital, Denver, have been discharged as
cured.
Forsyth County (Ga.) claims prodigy in
four-year-nId child who can read any
piece Of music at sight.
Chicago has over 5000 Smiths, most of
:hem John. Their names cover eighteen
pages in the new directory.
Jenning, the rat-catcher, whose death is
recorded, once caught 200 rats in the cellars
Of Jay Gould's New York residence.
The Mayor of Wateryille, Me-, has for
hidden religious services at the poor-farm
on the ground that it excites the paupers.
BY the death of an uncle whom she never
saw, a Springfield (Ohio) woman has fallen
heiress To an English estate worth e, COX, GOO
Frog hunting in the swamp districts OF
Southeast Missouri is getting to be lucra-
tive and important industry. The frogs
come mostly from New Madrid County.
Makers of porcelain in Limoges, France
send their most artistic products to the
United States. American taste, they say, is
the finest.
At present 900 women students are study
ing at universities in Switzerland, of whom
are studying law, 156 medicine and 81
philosophy.
a physician, speaking of summer vaca-
tious. remarks: Wherever you go be sure
to spend at least ten hours of the twenty in
the open air.
large number of people attending a
camp meeting near Waco, Tex, have been
poisoned by eating canned meats. Prompt
medical attention saved their lives.
William Minchin, book-keeper of a Nash
vile (fenn.) bank, has skipped with $4,000
of the banks funds. lie is under indict-
ment, but his capture is predetermined.
A very curious coincidence happened at
Kawanda Falls. Pa, on the Fourth. Five
men, all strangers, met, and on being intro
duced each was found to be John A. Libson
During a recent INSPECTION OF the Jersey
City Fire Department Stables two horses
were found in active service, each of which
is over IS years old. They will be retired on
pensions.
A movement in Florida that is meeting
with favor outside OF Tallahassee looks to
the making of Ocala the State capital. 1t is
claimed that Ocala is more nearly central
than the present capital.
Simon Bates of Miami County Kans)
dropped 5000 in three-card monte game
He made such kick, however, that he re-
covered his money, having held one of the
men as hostage until IL was returned.
Gold coin is shipped abroad in fiye-gallon
iron-bound oaken kegs. Each key holds
ten bags and each bag contains $4,000. so
that the value OF a key is $4,000. Gold
frcm the other side usually comes in boxes.
About year ago a Brooklyn man was
operated upon for throat disease and a
silver tube placed in his throat to SUI aplv
the lungs with air. The corrosion of The
tube produced cancer of the larynx, which
has resulted fatally.
A Maltese cat that was born and has lived
most of its life in chicken coop in an
Illinois town has developed arrange habit
of sleeping on perch just as the chickens
do, standing on one leg, with his head folded
under one of his fOrelegs.
A three-year-old child died at Topeka.
Kans, the other day who had lived for
twelve months on raw eggs and milk. A
year ago 1t ate some soft soap, and after
that its stomach would never retain any,
thing but the diet mentioned.
Mrs. Josie Armstrong died in Chicago re-
Gently at the age of ITO years. She is said
to he the c0lored woman who nursed Abra-
ham Lincoln's wife, and it Is alleged her son
played with little Abe" before the latter
had learned the art of splitting rails
One of the prettiest shows in Marshall
vile, Ga, is said to be peach orchard of
COCO trees, planted by the compass in
squares. well titled, beautifully trimmed
and each limb gracefully bending under the
precious burden of its blushing beauties.
Elegant equipages are more noticeable
this summer than ever at summer resorts
At Saratoga, n. Y, there is a notable har.
ness that is the talk of the place. All narte
are made of English patent leather Inc
trimmings are triple silverplated and tbers
are twenty-five solid silver monograms
upon it.
One Of the most beneicept inventions re-
Gently reported is a type writ.ng machine
which can be easily and effectively operatad
by the blind; II is stated that those who
are deprived OF slght can work the machine
with as much certainty as those who can
check with their eyes the work of THAR
fingers.
There is a story that Valera took Ar
dit, the conductor, TO Stratford-On-A Avon
That is Shakespeare" she said, pointin9
to the latter's monument. You recolIect
'Amleto' and Romeo and JuIlietta -
"Ah." said the conductor, II understand
re librettist."
The first votes cast in Illinois under The
new school suffrage for women have been
recorded in Ramsey. Five women voted
three affirmatiyely on the pending question
one OF appropriation, and two negatively
eech one voting according to the Judgment
of her husband.
Lyman S. Low. New York dealer in
medals, has among the collection several
hundred medals presented to soldiers in the
English army from 1898 to 1880 for deeds az
valor and conspicuous bravery, With bnt
lew exceptions they were all pawned bv
their owners to meet the necessities of life
A pond at Norwich. Conn.,, is so prolific
of lilies that, during the bIossoming time. il
is hard to get glimpse of the water. When
the WIND Is strong and the lilies are omen
the perfume of them Is perceptible a omar,
ter of a mile away. The lilies ara SO thick
that it is almost impossible to propel boat
through them.
There is story that $1,000 worth lof dla-
monds are buried in Brooklyn grave They
adorn the body of an eccentric person WHO
died several years ago. The costly Jewels
were placed in the coffin despite the strenu.
Gus protests of the undertaken who had
charge oil the funeral and who feared the
daSpcratinn of ohouIs sAo