The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-26
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which each woman in Holland is expected
to be proficient before she becomes mistress
Of home.
Auburn and bright golden hair, says a
tonsorial journal. have. with blonde shades,
become extinct. The new ''tone" is called
mahogany"
Sir John Lubbock kept ants in captivity
for eight years, or even more; but ants. IN
state Of nature, reach probably much less
venerable age.
An Augusta man has recovered verdict
of $4,000 against bank which refused to
honor his check, although he had money
there on deposit.
Seven-year-old Edith Fries of Phoenix
vile. Pa, has just taken her first horseback
ride upon her great-grandmother' side-sad-
die. over 100 years old.
Some French authors have adOptedHthe
practice of using green-tinted paper for
manuscript, finding it less harmful to the
eyes than white paper.
1t was the custom in France in the seven
teenth century to kiss lady when saluting
her and continued the common usage in
England for 100 years later.
A dlssolute linguist teacher of seven
different languages, has been Jailed at Lara
ME. Wyo., for beating his wife, who sup
ported him by taking in washing.
The announcement. that there are eight
people to the square mile in this country is
more credible than the statement that there
are elght square people 10 Inc mile In any
part Of the world.
meaning strength. The name is found in
the French, Spanish and Italian as we'll as
the English language, though varying from
the common Irish form.
An oak chair, made from the printing
press on which the original kilmarnock
edition Of Burns poems was printed in 1856.
has just been given to the Burns Cottage at
Ayr, though 80 years old.
An antelope is as curious as woman. If
the hunter will lie down in the grass and
wave red handkerchief band of antelope
will keep circling around until within
reasonable distance for safe shot.
At recent family reunion in Missouri
two unusually fat babies were proudly ex-
hibted by their fond parents. The oldest,
aged years, weighs 107 pounds, and the
youngest aged 2R years, weighs 90 pounds.
Two thousand copies of an appeal to
women against tho wearing of birds plum
age were distributed at the National w. C.
L. U. They were printed by phlanthropic
woman at her own cost and furnished
gratuitously.
OF the three Indiana Governors who have
died in Office two, Governors Williams and
Hovey, died in November-one on the 20th
and tho other on the 23d. Morton and
Hendricks aise died in November, LIST and
18th respectively.
Tho Liverpool mob has determined to
drive out the Mohammedan mosque. 1t
stones the mueZZln when he appears to re-
cite the exam or call to prayer. and has even
broken into the mosque aud maltreated a
child who was praying.
The French Academy's first prize for vr-
tue, 900 francs, was awarded this year to
Marie Sedier of BayonDe, who has devoted
herself to placing deserted children with
peasants and artisans. In seven years she
has rescued twenty-seven.
Governor-elect Brown of Maryland lives
on farm that once belonged to the family
parte took his wife. Mr.. Brown has a great
deal OF choice live stock, especially Devon
cattle. He also breeds and trains horses.
In a howell at Muncie, Ind, two alleged
wives and eight starving children are the
reminders left by one man, who, after the
manner OF his kind. has deserted the entire
lot of them. All ten will now become a
charge upon the Taxpayers of Delaware
County.
The enlargement of the Hebrew colony at
WoOdbine, \. j., has given great encour-
agement to the managers of the Hirsch
Fund In New York, some of whom, how
ever, regret that the colOnistS are more de-
sirOus II engaging in manufacturing pur-
suits than IN agriculture.
The issuing of cards of thanks is so COM
mon in Atcbison. Kans., that woman Their e
thought 1t was proper to send to a local
newspaper card in which she thanked her
kind friends for the valuable assistance thew
had rendered in helping her to secure di.
vorce from her husband.
Calvary, the hill near Jerusalem where
the crucifXion of Jesus occurred is formed
of limestone. The shores OF the Dead Sea
are lined with pumce stone, showered out
OF some volcano that destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, which cities finally sank beneath
the waters of the Dead Sea.
handsome natural cave was racantlv
discovered in Lafayette County, Ga. II
contains many rooms of most exquisite
crystalllzed beauty, and yawning abyss,
into which large stones have been thrown
with no reverberating sounds borne back
to the ear by which its depths might be
gagged"
In work on the bee T. w. Cowan states
that the insect can draw twenty times Its
own weight, can fly more than four miles an
hour. and will seek food at distance of
Tour miles,. BY beautiful mocha meal
adaptation its wings bear it forward or
backward. with upward. downward or sud
denly arrested course.
Joel Johns, the oldest citizen of Lunen-
burg County, Va, is dead, aged 81 wears
He was the Youngest of the thirteen chill
dren OF Rev. Joel Johns ST.. Baptist
preacher. A strange characteristic OF the
family Is that Of the thirteen children twelve
died in their eighty-fifth year.
The Dighton Rock Pants Company of
Taunton, Mass, has received an order for a
pair OF trousers 7lR inches waist, % inside
seam, thigh A. knee 81. bottom "a, for man
VINO weighs 600 pounds, and he is only 20
years old at that 1t will take three yards
double width of cloth to do the work.
Fannie Warden, the young heroine who
attempted TO save her sister Christie from
Murderer Almy, is being prosecuted by some
correspondent who signs himself Jack the
Ripper, and who writes from Boston, stat
in hat no +teff
her Eight and day until she meets Christie's
fate.
a Shakespeare folio and a first Kilmar-
neck edition of Burns have been ''lost" by
Sotheran, the LONDON bookseller. OF course
this means that the books have been stolen
by some enterprising thief. Post cards an
nouncing the loss" and soliciting inioIma-
ton leading to the recovery of the property
have been circulated through Europe and
this continent.
French Royalst journal gives the num-
Der OF the Dukes in France at sixty-two
vi THESE thirty date from the old monarchy,
seventeen from the first empire, nine from
the restoration, two from Louis Philippe
and four from the second empire. The old
est Duke is Due de Mortemart who was
born In 1I94, and the youngest the Due de
Guche, who was born in 1879.
The last Franch survivor of the battle of
trafalgar, Louis Cartigny, has completed his
one hnndredth year. He was cabin boy on
the Redoubtable in 1903 at the time the fatal
shot was fired from that vessel at Lord Nell
son. Cartigny is still hale and hearty, in
full possession of his faculties, and spends
most OF his time in the open air. Nothing
delights him more than to converse about
his experiences.
A young couple who had Just been mar
ried at Prague determined to make their
way to their new home in Stettin by balloon
voyage, instead of by railway journey.
which they thought to be less safe in these
days OF frequent continental railway acct
dents. The balloon came down at Beeskow.
in Brandenburg. and could not be further
there seems to have been no facilities mt
hand. The couple were, after all, Obliged
to resort to the hateful and prosaic railway
train.