The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

minister College,, a small institution at New
Wilmington, Pa.
The French Grand Orient has declined
the overtures of the German Free Masons
for closer cooperation of the European
lodges.
a significant educational tendency of the
day Is the increased interest in the study of
history and politics at Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity.
In Germany the law makes servants give
months notice before leaving. The
mistress must give similar word before a
discharge.
New Hampshire people are never happy.
The land is now so thickly covered with
snow that the farmers cannot see the mort
cages upon it.
Quite number of whisky wagons were
in Cartersyllle, Ca, last week. 1t is not an
uncommon thing for whisky to be retailed
on the public square there.
A bottle thrown into the Atlantic Noyem-
Der q, 1887, from the Cephalonia, about 400
miles out from Boston, recently washed
ashore on little islet in the Caribbean Sea,
GOO miles away.
In Germany they are making coffee from
llnseeu meal roasted To a dark color and
mixed with some glutinouS substance before
passing through machines which form it in
the shape of beans.
Statistics show that in the most northern
cities OF Finland and Norway the annual
HlOItdlity HUH TUBERCULOSIS Is from I'd 10
"a in 1000 living inhabitants, while in South
ern Italy it is but IL in 1000
The Egyptian Government has decided to
allow private persons to eXcavate antiQui-
ties on condition that half of what they dis
cover goes to the museum, the latter having
prior claim to any unique objects.
The Australian cannibal has discrimiu-
ating taste. He does not like the flesh of
white man, because it is too salt. The flesh
of the Chinese, whose food is chiefly rice
and vegetables, is highly priced by him.
The natives do not eat persons of their own
tribe.
a wealthy Canadian is travelling about
the country with mission. The mission is
to save shoe leather to the world He insists
that If everybody would cover three inches
more at every step the saving in boots and
shoes i'll America alone would be S27, 0O0. GOO
per year
The desk in which the manuscript of
"Wayerly'' lay neglected and almost for
gotten TIL Scott came upon it in looking for
some tackle has lately come into the possess
sion OF John Murray Jr. 1t was given by
Scott TO Daniel Terry, and its history since
that time is quite clear.
J. D: Carter of Birmingham, Ala, who
Killed Rube Burrows, the Southern outlaw
and train-robber, has received $1,000 of the
$500 offered by the railroad and EXPIRE SIS
companies. The various State rewards have
not been paid. Carter is a cripple for life
from wounds received during the fight
A Kansas newspaper says: A Washing
ton County man played a very sharp trick
upon neighbor last week. He stole a
whole herd of cattle, $50 head, sold them,
pocketed the money and then committed
suicide. His victim has been unable to
think of any way of getting even, and is
very much disguised.
Rev. Sam" Jones has formidable rival
in ANDY" johnson, formerly known as
the "Pinevlle Terror" who has turned
preacher and is holding revival meetings in
the mountain districts of Kentucky. Mr..
Johnson's chief claim to eminence consists
In the fact that he has killed about score
OF men during his wicked past.
The experiment of giving the office of
County Superintendent of Schools to a
woman has resulted very satisfactorily in
Madison County, Ky. Hon. Curtis +. Bur
Convention, spoke of Mrs. Amanda T.
Million as the most faithful and efficient
School superintendent Madison County had
ever had.
The walters in the Partisan cafes are
Str STRIKING AGAINST the system of putting all
then dividing them. They do not kick
against tips, except as they are made com
munistic property. 1t is the public which
kicks against having to pay big prices for its
service of them.
Professor Lenbach has intimated his will
lngness to paint portrait of Professor
NlrcEow for the Berlin National Gallery.
He says that he deems it an honor to be per-
mtted to paint the famous savaut. and
would gladly do the work for nothing were
1t not out OF consideration for the feelings
OF an old friend. The low price of 60OO
marks has been agreed upon.
Oscar Trigg, former Superintendent of
the Madison Qnd) Poor Asylum, has
block OF wood-a piece of beech limb-in
the heart of which the growth shows per-
feet likeness of woman, dressed in the
style OF three or four years ago, the skirts of
bounced, tucked, gathered and pinned back
apd the arms carried la kangaroo 1t is
wonderful freak of wood growth. unajded
by art in the least.
Mayor Vancey of Lynchburg, Va. au-
nounced that he would remit all the fines of
citizens for failing to remove snow from
their premises. as he considered it unjust to
hne citizen for an otfense that the city was
gully of. He then issued rules against the
superintendent of the city hands and the
city engineer to appear before the court to
show cause why they did not do their duty
in cleaning snow off the city property.