The morning call., 1891-12-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Missouri's persimmOn crop has not failed
In FORTY years.
New York City consumes los, 600, 900 gal
Ions of water daily.
woman brigand Is being tried in Servia
charged with an endless number OF rob
berries, fourteen murders and unSpeakable
crueltles.
The custom of sending souvenir cards at
Christmastide has been declining in En-
gland for several years, and the indications
are that it Will soon die out.
The purchase of 5000 Texas cattle in
seventeen traiu-loads cost Dave Rankin, the
cattle king of Tarkio, Mo-. S222, 600, besides
the freight expense OF $4,000
In future the Killed II ghland regiments
OF the British army Will lie supplied with
seven yards Of tartan per man for kits in
stead of five yards as heretofore.
Ole Davidson, believed to be the oldest
man In Minnesota, has been admitted TO
the county poor farm at Red Wing. lie is
LOG years old and hale and hearty.
1t is not work that kills men and women.
it is worry. Work is beautiful; you can
hardly put more upon man than he Can
bear Worry is rust upon the blade.
Every minister who has had five years of
experience knows that 1t is no earthly use
for him to try to convert ii woman who has
to wear her last years hat to church.
The first ships doctor on record is be-
lieved to have been ST. Luke. who is shown
by recent research to have been physician
in the Troad when he first met st. Paul.
The Burmese, Karens. Hangese and Ghans
have no coined money. Lead and silver in
bullion are the ordinary tender in trade,
weight and purity being the standard of
value.
The horrors OF the Russian exile system
have been sort OF blessing In disguise 10
George KEENAN,, who is said 10 have cleared
$4,000 by his writings and lectures about
them.
The CaIthagenians were the first to intro
duce q stampcd-leather currency. Leather
coins with silver nail driven through the
center were issued in France by King John
the Good in 1906.
The late Miss NJ. W. Bond of Florence,
Mass, was the first woman in the State to
be chosen treasurer of bank. For many
years she was treasurer Of the Florence In
stitution for Savings.
Just like woman, Emma Thursby tried
to ship her baggage from British Columbia
to Chicago, aud got il aboard steamer
bound TO japan and China. What was
worse, it sailed away.
The free-pew system is growing in favor
particularly in the Protestant Episcopal
Church, two-thirds of the churches of that
denomination throughout the country being
conducted on that plan.
A Flint man named Osbund claims to have
resided In Michigan longer than any other
person not born IN the State. lie went
there in 1925, living for many Years at
NanklD, Wayne County.
Sanford Doud. fifty years settler Of
Iowa, died at Eld0n few days ago at the
age of ST. He was the father OF thirty-0ne
chldren-five by the first wife. ten by the
second and six cen by the third.
The data collected by insurance COM
panies that issue policies on cattle show that
a distinct increase in risk Is caused by the
use of wire fences on farms. The number
IL taI IL lla1 htt i;,,bf nfp l.,
very large.
John Blocher, one Of Buffalo's wealthiest
citizens. has bequeathed his mansion to be
used as charitable home for aged men and
has provided fo1 the endowment OF the in
stitution with almost his entire fortune es-
timated at 100000.
Over the door of every house in the large
village of G0jumura, Japan, is the motto,
Frugal in all things. Liquors prohibited"
That town Believes in local option, and, as
every one has Joined the ranks of total alb
stainers, no spirits of any sort can be
bought in the place.
The De Lion dry-dock Is to be taken
away from Port Townsend. the people of
that town not having complied with their
part of the contract necessary t. secure 1t.
Some interested parties talk Of getting out
a restraining order to prevent the dock
from being removed.
In an interview at Reno, q few days ago,
John w. Mackay said he was not cand-
date for the Senate. or any other office. He
declared that he was more interested in
finding bonanza on the Comstock than in
anything in politics, and would rather BIO a
builder and developer than forty Senators.
The London newspapers have finally,
after much discussion, discovered the cor
rect period when Gladstone's maiden speech
was delivered-June 3, 1888. In speaking
OF the Grand Old Man, the Pail Mall Gazette
declares that he Is authority on everything,
from HOmer's synchronism to fruit preserv-
ing.
1t Is not generally known that Richard
Wagner was married twice, his second wife
being the daughter of the famous List;
and IL was through his father-in-law's in
fluence that Wagner received the favor of
the late King Ludwig Of Bavaria, whose in
sane lows for everything Wagnerian was
the talk of Europe.
Margaret Riley Of South Glens Falls, N.
T., has passed her one hundred and sixth
year, and still retains to a remarkable de-
gree all her faculties aud is as active as
young person. She has never worn glasses,
and can thread needle and sew as well as
In years gone by. She is also intellge mt
and agreeable in conversation.
The Penalty Paid by Fashions yotaries.
cit sounds like an exaggeration, but wo-
men who are devoted to society very often
suffer from peculiar throat trouble as
direct result of their social duties.'" said a
P.ttsburg doctor. at is not caused by
decollete dresses, as might be supposed,