The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Henri Rochefort, who has taken part in
good many affairs of honor, has finally
come to the conclusion that duelllng sis
ignoble slaughtering.
Euphrates Esculapius Endymion Nc
Jimsey is the name of clerk in the Re-
corder's office of Marysville, Mo. He signs
his name with rubber stamp.
A Sioux City Qowa) gambler, Jack
Kerry who ran away from his home in
Ireland fourteen years ago, has inherited
100000 by the death of his father
Two electricians at Gratz, Austria, claim
to have invented an arrangement by which
a newspaper can be printed by telegraph
in any number of places at the same time.
A maiden lady in Newburg keeps parrot
which swears and monkey which chews
tobacco. She says between the two she
doesn't miss husband very much.-Atch-
ison Globe.
The owner of sheep is justified in killing
a dog to stop him from mangling them,
but he cannot Kill the dog afterward. Then
the law gives him other redress So de-
cides Maine Judge.
Among the signs of the times is the fact
that the Union League Club of Brooklyn
devotes certain evenings to serving to
members and guests OF the gentler sex
table d'hote dinner.
1t is saying in Kentucky that house
with two chimneys is a colonefs house {:
but then there are few houses of any &C
count in Kentucky with less than two
chimneys, and there are plenty of colonies
to go round.
There were 1864 ia punches OF bananas
consumed in the United States last year
Jamaica, Cuba, Honduras and Colombia
supply most of the fruit. 1t is within the
easy memory of people of middle agewhen
banana was rarity.
1t is a well-known fact that the milk
maids in Switzerland who can sing get bet
ter pay than those who cannot sing. The
reason is that tuneful maid who sings at
her work coaxes a fourth more milk from
a COW than a songless mixer can extract.
One of the amazing manifestations in
the Far West is the character of the clubs
in some small cities. Such clubs are luxu-
riously furnished, well managed and pros
porous. Strangest of all several such
clubs support flourishing restaurants, a
thing that no club in small Eastern cities
attempts.
A New England Episcopal Bishop met a
young minister at social gathering and
was introduced. "Ah. Mr.. -, l am
pleased to meet you. | am told that you
are a CongregaJionalist." Eyes, Bishop, /
am Congregationalist." 'Ah, well, Mr..
-, excuse me, but while recognize you
as gentleman, cannot recognize you as
a Christian" That is all right, Bishop.
While | can recognize you as Christian,
| cannot recognize you as gentleman"
The story is an old one, and the chances
are that 1t is not true.
"a new journal" says the Philadelphia
Record, "has been launched upon the edu-
cational world in the shape of Latin
monthly. 1t rejoices in the title of Praco
Latinus, and it has for its aim the dissenl-
ination and encouragement of Latin speech
anu the cultivation of Latin literature.
Qne-half OF the periodical is printed in
Latin and the other half in English. An
interesting feature of the paper is the pub
lication OF Robinson Crusoe' translated
into Latin by f. J. Goffaux. A general
glossary is attached, giving the meaning
of those words used in the translation
which are likely to be unfamiliar to the
average Latin student. One page is de-
voted to the publication of numerous testi-
monials from subscribers who have writ
ten In Latin their expressions OF deep re.
gard for the master mind responsible fol
the publication"