The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A doll that writes letters on a slate is re-
cent invention of maehinist in Nureni-
berg, Germany.
Manchester n. H., has invited proposals
for lighting the city by electricity for pc
Rod Ot three years.
TO the bald there is grain Of comfort in
the fact that criminals of both sexes have
an abundance Of hair.
Mexico has rock that serves as weather
prophet by changing color with every APP
preaching change in the weather.
After months of detective werk by the
New \ ork postal authorities, a woman has
been arrested for washing and selling can
celed stamps.
The poorest church living in Great Britain
is that of Waintleet Lincolnshire, where
the parson gets 1Ad week for ministering
to 200 people.
There are more descendants Of the IF rst
families" of original settlers in Kings and
Queens County, Va, than in any other
county in the State.
Recent deaths of centenarians: Mrs.
Mary Butcher of Atlantic Highlands, n. j..
and Mrs. Francis Townsend of New Or
leans, each aged 104.
A brave twelve-year-old Baltimore boy
mas saved his little sister from drowning.
lie dived into the water and brought her to
the surface after she had sunk twice.
A Cincinnati woman who died recently
had been wife for twelve years, but never
bore her husbands name, as he deserted her
an hour after tue marriage ceremony.
Out of tiEty-eight leading cities in the
United States only three have a larger
death rate than New York, they being
Charleston, Hoboken and New Orleans.
In 1880 Missouris taxable wealth was
S533, 900, 900, or S245 for eacn person in the
State In 1890 it had grown to $3.50. 900, 900,
which is S29j for each of the States inhabi-
tants.
instantaneous photography has been used
TO record the movements OF the lips in
speaking, and by putting the photographs
In zOetrope deaf man can easily read the
words.
A Missouri preacher drives a street-car on
week days. He is a conscientious man, but
II has been remarked that he seems to be
near-Sighted and hard of hearing when
ciose-hSted members of his congregation hail
his car.
A miniature steamship, made entirely of
aluminium and carrying eight passengers,
has been successfully launched at Zurich,
and will be taken to tue Frankfort electrl-
cal exhibition.
Mayor Hudson of Bordentown, n. j.. has
made war on the tin whistle. Dealers have
been notified to discontinue their sale. and
all boys caught using them on the streets
will be arrested.
I. j. Wiggin of Durham, n. H., who died
lOSOuliJJ dSOu ~ ltdlS, hdS OdpIdlu VI bio
militia which escorted General Lafayette
through the town in 1924 A widow aud
son survive him.
The hay-fever season is at hand, and the
sufferers are seeking relief at favorite re-
sorts In the North. 1t seems a little strange
that science can find no remedy for the dis
tresslng malady.
Out of 1l45 strikes in England last year,
in which 344, $50 people toOk part, 476 were
successful, 207 were failures, aud "a were
undecided. The average duration OF the
strikes was is days.
While the congregation of an Elkhart
Qnd) church was thrown into confusion by
the attack OF woman with an epilepIlc ut,
some sacrieglous miscreant stole the entire
collection, over $50.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been inSti-
tuted by Chattanooga man against his
father-iu-iaw for the loss of his eyes, which
were destroyed by a charge from j gun in
the old mans hands.
The perils OF the sea do not seem TO be
so very terrible when it is shown that out of
50O,OOO,OOO passengers carried last year on
American waters and from American ports
only % lives were lost.
At Columbus, Ind, recently, fifteen
year-old boy, who married girl one year
his junior, was s0undly spanked by his
father aud deprived of his bride by her
mother, who took her home.
Probably the largest meteor that ever
reached the surface of the earth lies on the
plains OF lncuman in South America. where
1t fell. 1t measures ~ feet in length and
weighs between IA and 10 tons.
The most prolific fish is said to be the tur-
bot One Of twenty-eight pounds contained
more than five pounds of ova, which num-
bered more than II, 000, 600 eggs. Next att er.
that comes the cod, with 100000.
At the Eastern mountain and seaside re-
sorts this is called the trunk packing" sea-
son. The people are rapidly returning TO
their homes, aud in many instances with a
greatly enlarged estimate Of their comforts.
The ostrich is long stopper. When
feeding his step measures from 20 10 %
inches; when walking, but not feeding, 26
inches, and when terrified, FROM IL y t. Ia
feet, or at the rate of about % miles an hour.
A Table Rock (Nebr.) meat market made
new departure in giving an oyster supper
the other evening Tor the benefit uf the four
churches of that place. The result was an
immense crowd, good supper, good time
and gross proceeds amounting to over $50.
The earliest coin for American use was
made about 1912, aud bore as design the
picture of hog. Considering the desire to
get money and the propensity to keep it.
this would be fitting design for our coin
even now.
Cremation is very economically conducted
in Japan, and in consequence is quite pOpu-
lar. In Toxic there are six cTematories, in
which one-third of the dead are burned
The highest price for burning body is 81,
and the lowest shilllngs.
The finest collection of Indian trophies in
Washington is owned by Mrs. General
Logan. They are preserved in that part of
her home which she has given to the storage
and exhibition of relics of the General, and
which she calls her memorial hail."
George ROhrbach, Reading (Pa.) young
ster of years, weighs $50 pounds and is
" innhaa nd hast
more than his father. George, at birth,
weighed sixteen pounds, and a year and a
half later tipped the scales at sixty pounds.
The biggest fish fry on record in this coun-
try came off at Standing Rock, onithe illinois
River, Ind. l., recently. SIX wagon loads
of fish were caught About 5000 CheIUkeeS
took part in the grand fish festival and over
200 bushels of pounded buckeye was used by
them to poison the water and enable them
to catch the fish.
Captain Kron of Lexington, Mass,
Union veteran, survived twenty battles of
the civil war. including Cold Harbor, where
he lost an arm, TO die at the age Of 81
through having his foot trOd on In street.
car. The pressure on buniOn caused in
Illumination, gaugreue set in, and the man
died after weeks illness.
A stone-cutter in Sullivan, Me-, has filed
an order for stone of very unique dimen-
sions for the Vanderbilt swimming pool at
Bar Harbor. 1t consists of thirteen pieces
OF granite cut on q circle to form the coping
of the wall. They are 6 feet long. feet
wide and IA inches thick, and are beautiful
samples OF the superior Sullivan granite
An epidemic OF typhoid fever is creating
great rayageS at Wheeling, w. Va, where
over 100 deaths have occurred, and there
are nearly $50 cases OF various shades OF
severity One physician in the Eighth Ward
has thirty cases. In number of instances
whole families are Frustrated. The epidemic
is attributed to the use Of impure water
from wells.
One of the oldest and most interesting
houses in Maine is the mansion known as
the J. r. Libby residence in Saeo. which
was built in 1871 for Judge Thatcher OF the
district of Massachusetts Bay. Within the
walls of this old house Lafayette, PreSi-
! dent Monroe and other noted men have
been entertained. and it is still comfort
able residence.
An English minister, visiting a small
town during a spell of very warm weather,
met q friend, young man, whom he AL
dressed pleasantly and asked, FLOW does
your father stand the heat?' The young