The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

The Salvation Army has 5000 brass bands
IN its ranks.
A breed OF wild pigs has been discovered
in Queensland which climb trees.
The people Of the United States spend
S4JlO0g00 900 each year for shoes.
There are 100 Confederate flags in the col
lection Of war relies 1T Washington.
A letter recently went from Atchison,
kaus., 10 Brussels 10 Belgium in ten days.
In Buffalo, y. Y, one line Of street rail
way crosses hfty-lour railroad t.acks in its
course.
\ PhiladeDhia stree'-car conductor re-
fused an 1892 dime, believing it To be coun-
teIfeit.
All the trees Of the tropics except those
imported from the colder climates are ever
green's.
James Wood aged 96, of Portsmouth, n.
H., works as a tailor without the use of
glasses.
The cost per family of food in the United
States is S243 60 year, against S222 81 in
Europe
frankfort Pa.) politician has faithfully
kept a diary OF his daily dOiuRs for twenty
i've years.
Danylle, Ind, has cat which rings the
bell whenever she wants TO be admitted to
the house.
Eastern car conductors carry roasted po-
tatoes IN their pockets to warm their hands
in cold weather.
1t is we'll to be sure you have the key be-
fore going out and allowing the sprlng-lock
to iasten the door
The autograph of Or. johnson brought
only 81 { a recent sale in London while q
letter Of Keats sold for S35.
a hole one-une thousandth of an inch In
diameter can now be bored through dia-
moab, a sapphire or a ruby.
During the past four months more than
100000 in gold has been brought to the
United Sta eS from Australia.
The Empress Eugene once paid 1000
francs $500 per ounce for brad OF hair
that exactly matched her own.
Few people are aware that the Govern
mrnt departments have trained editors EN-.
plOYed to edit all Government reports.
Russia has seven Pasteur institutions. in
which 1862 patients were treated during last
year, forty-two Of whom died Of hydropho-
bia.
Between 1900 and $4,000 barrels of her
ring were taken recently in Il single night
at Sound Island, on the coast Of Ne Wound
land.
it is said that Mrs. Gladstone is fond of
mince pies. Mr.. Gladstohe's health and en-
| durance becomes more and more matters OF
wonder.
The late Senator Plumb added the "b"
10 his name when he was 10 years old. He
did it partly from fancy and partly from
| convenience.
Abram Stainbrook Of Brush Creek Town
| ship, OHIO its oldest resident, died recently,
: aged So years. lie was the father Of seven
teen children.
Seymour, Ind. with its population Of
! 1000 is said to have 1000 eases of the grip.
| with many deaths due directly or indirectly
| to the malady.
| Black lace which has faded can be re-
stored 10y rinsing it in quart of water in
which a black kid glove has been boiled for
Fifteen minutes.
Mrs. f. d. +. N. Southworth, the novelist.
has celebrated her seventy-second birthday.
She has lived in suburb Of Washington
for many years.
1t is the Roumanian practice to plant q
flower on the wall of every cottage in which
a maiden lives. When she is married the
flower is eifaced.
Tbree-quarterS Of the entire manufacture
ing capital Of the United States, or six thou
sand million dollars, is directly or indirectly
based on patents.
The new census Of the PenObseot Indians
shows thu tribe TO number $50, a gain of @
during the year They raised $500 bushels
of potatoes In 1891
There is one commendabIe feature of the
new postal-cards. They can be written
upon with ink The old cards were about
Ike bl0tting paper.
The Jail jantor at Red Bank, n. J.. has
been arrested charged with stealing chick
ems and whisky. The plumber was found
concealed in the Jail.
The New \ ork City Government has re-
fused to appropriate $50, 957 Tor the use of
the Metropolitan Art Museum. The amount
allowed per year is S25. coo.
A pretty pin for bridal veil IS a swallow
in dla monds set on balancing pivot. so that
ii sways gently back and forward with
every movement OF the head.
When the devil gets a man in the gutter
he leaves him there and goes to the home of
the victim to destroy the hope and conf
dence OF his wife and children.
Melons were first called cantaloupes from
being cultivated at Canteluppi, a village
near Rome, where they had been Introduced
from Armenia by missionaries.
According to recently complied railroad
certificates Americans make an average of
twenty-nlne trips year, or ten more than
the average Englishman takes.
Al dinner Of the London Thirteen Club
visitors were told that they must conform