The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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BroOkline. Mass, has set other towns
good example by buying three-acre lot 1or
a public playground.
| Caroline Matilda Guelph. an inmate OF
the Camberwell workhOuse, claims to be
| daughter of George ".
Now that the Brooklyn Bridge has been
made free TO pedestrians the children are
using the structure as playground.
Daily photographs of the sun, taken since
1857, show conclusively that that luminary
makes complete revolution In eleven years.
A Sheriff at Gadsden, Ala, allowed part
of jury under his care to visit saloon
and drink beer. His iGdiscretiOn cost him
! $50 fine.
gentleman walking under the stone
bridge at JohnstoHn, Pa, picked up
| handsome small clock, no doubt relic Oh
| the flood.
Pennsylvania girls marry young. During
! the past year % girls were MARI ed ut the
age Of IA, 105 at 10, 1853 at Is, 316 at II and
| 1883 at 49,
A man was recently fitted out with two
| glass eyes, a complete set of false upper and
| lower teeth, and an artificial nose in \ ew
| York hospital
The latest tishing-rods are colored black,
| ferrules and all, the notion being that 1t
| prevents the fish seeing the glisten of the
rod when in motion.
There was a time when, in Paris and
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| with the faces Of fayorite dancers displayed
all over the garment.
Mrs. Ruth Carter Rowell of Bethel. Vt,
| has the very cloth in which Hannah Dustin
wrapped the scalpS of the Indians she killed
at Concord, n. H., In 1897.
An East Indian Prince has lately had
| bed made for him in Paris at a cost of $780,
coo. Its mattress is huge musical box, and
It's canopy is supported by automatic figures
! that wave fans to cool the air.
| At Las Vegas, to demonstrate that he
| could crawl into a very small hole, Tony
| Goblet, who weighs 225 pounds, forced
| himself into a square hole 12X12 inches. IL
| is not stated how Tony got out.
! A young lawyer in Springfield, Mo, took
| an appeal from the justice because the
| Court was suffering from severe attack of
| grip when he rendered his decision.
TIE original Magma Charta is preserved
! in case In ShapeleSs form like handful
OF torn scraps of paper What hands could
| put 1t together? 1t is six centuries old.
! An action has been brought BY Boston
woman against mother in Saco, Me-, to re-
cover $500 for ''chaperOnage." Chaperone5
! are not quoted in any market at present.
| A woman at Burg Hill, MahOning County,
| Mo-, now in the ninety-tirSt year of her
! age, Is recovering from the grip, the first
! sickness that ever confined her TO her bel.
| At patent-medciue show in Hillsboro.
a small boy. and it burned his pants off be-
| fore he could get away The negro escaped.
Jamestown, Ohio. is making preparations
| for the observance of the Fourth Of july
! A present of $50 will be given TO a couple
| who will marry publicly on the ground that
! day.
A New Yorker. who has lust returned
| from trip through Holland. says that ne
| did not see single beggar during his stay
| IN that country of frugal and industrious
| people.
! The W ord muslin comes from Mosul, In
| Asiatic Turkey, where il was at one time
| largely manufactured, Just as at a later date
! cambria received its name from Cambray,
| in France.
A fashionable dressmaker in New York
| is erecting one of the finest residences in
| the fashionable quarter of that town. IL is
| presumed that most of her customers are
| living IN flats.
Hailstones that fell in Tayors Bridge
| Township, y. c., during a recent thuuder-
| storm were so large that after being carried
| In basket fora mile they were still as large
| as turkey eggs.
There is only one saloon In Lansing. that
! is, only one licensed one, the Others holding
| back until the Legislature passes its lqGOr
| acts The City Marshal has notified them
to pay up or be jagged.
At fire In n musca-box factory in New
York the playing OF the hose started the
| playing of the music, which for a little
while could be distinctly heard above the
cracking of the flames.
A Texas man has invented an electrical
appliance by the all of which one woman
can play ten pianos at once. This inven-
ton, if put into effect, will necessitate the
enlargement OF the lunatic asylum3.
The prOprietors of a Maine hotel have
bought tract Of land which they will plant
with berries and fruit for the pleasure of
fashionable guests who like to spend part of
their time in agricultural pursuits.
Special cars for invalids will be placed on
all the railroad lines which run to st. Peters
burg. They will be fitted with easy berths
and surgical instruments that may be re-
quired in cases of accidents on the road.
A new sewing machine. invented by Mr..
Jones OF Cardiff, Wales, has no shuttle or
bobbin. The thread is supplied directly
from Cwo ordinary Spo0ls and Sews through
the assistance Of rotary l0Oper. 1t is vastly
more simple than any other sewing machine.
If vaseline or butter be applied to the skin
Immediately after q blow of any kind there
will be no discOl0rati0n. But to be effectuai
it must be used directly after the accident.
The bruised feeling may be relieved by witch
hazel.
Parties found Patrolman Dou gherty of
Terre Haute, Ind, grossly intOXlcat e d, and
strir ped him of his badge. AS the z Olice
Commissioners have been enj0ined from
interfering with the force he cannot be dis
missed.
An artesian well near Abe TT Lea, Mimi,
which spOuts both oil and water, often
changes the programme and sends out a
stream OF small minnows, which are whol y
unlike any known species of fish found In
that vicinity.
A queer custom which prevails at no
other court than that of Great Britain is the
solemn announcement at the beginning of
each course OF the Queens dinners of the
name of the cook who has prepared tn
dishes served.
In France the Government stin levles a
tax on doors and windows. To the peasant
in his small hut this tax amounts to a little
more than three francs a year, but in the
towns IL rises to seventeen francs annually
for each family.
Mr.. Jerroll of Georgetown, Mo-, had sos
stolen FROM recently, and found it, together
with $500 more. buried in bottle at the foot
of tree III his yard. The soil in that par
ticular locality must be peculiar and ought
to be in great demand.
The largest child at birth on record was
recently born at Nantmeal village, in
Caernarvon Township, Pa. 1t measured 80
inches in length and 9 inches across the
shoulders. The mother lived but a short
time after the child died.
The clocks in large hotels and stations in
Paris are run on the pneumatic principle
instead OF the ordinary way. Once every
minute a puff of air comes from a central
station, through tube. forcing the hands
around, and therefore the clocks do not need
to be wound.
William MCGOWAN, well-known hotel
clerk Of Baltimore, is said to have shaved
of his mustache as the result Of losing his
bet that Tea Tray would win the Brooklyn
handicap. "He bet his mustache against
$50 in cold cash, put up by Emanuel Leob, a
Philadelphia drummer"
Jockeys as a class are superstitious about
snakes aud bullfrogs. A Philadelphia
which had been placed there by some
stable-boys, cut every one of his pockets out
and sewed up the openings to prevent a
repetition Of the occurrence.
Boston hotel-keeper has been fined $50
Ter watering the milk served TO his guests.