Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
Quaint Features of Life

traveller reports Honduras as a CurloL.'
mixture of jungle and gigantic forest, OF
cocoa and of rubber trees, of bugs,
vampires, snakes and crocodiles-of all
manner of things that creep and crawl and
sting and bite. Here in every hamlet and
city, are to be found men from different
lands, mostly outlaws from their own coun-
try. Chicago. Boston, New York and Phia-
delphia all furnish their quota. England,
France, Italy and even faraway Russia
have their share.
An American in Berne, Switzerland,
writes: THE more money one deposits in
a bank here the less interest is paid upon
it. The largest bank in the city has a
gigantic printed sign posted near to the
paying teller's window, which states the
rates of interest upon various amounts.
Sums up to $1,000 draw per cent interest
per annum, from 81 900 to SO. 900 3& per
cent is paid, while if one has an account
Of more than $4,000 he receives only 3l2
per cent"
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Munyan of Vineland
N. j., are the parents of a wonderful baby
girl. Although only II weeks old the
infant weighs fifty pounds She measures
two feet and four inches around the waist
and is two feet six inches in height. The
1t takes string fifteen inches long to
encircle one of her legs. Many mothers
have visited baby Munyan, whose name is
Nellie. Munyan, who is thrifty farmer
is quite proud of Nellie. his fourth child
and while his wife holds the youngster. de-
lights in measuring her before visitors
DR., John s. Halsey the family physician
has assured the parents the child is in
healthy condition. She weighed ten and
half pounds at birth.
Many ludicrous MISUNDERSTANDING oc-
Cured in the taking Of the census. one
question was indicated by the remark
length Of residence" which was expected
to show how long the people living in
various localities at the time Of the census
had been there. When the reports came
In 1t was found that many of these queries
were answered in figures this way; 2OX4O
15X3O, etc. The enumerators had gone
around with foot rule and had measured
the length OF the residences of the people
they counted.
II have two suits for my two boys" says
a Philadelphia man zone new and expen-
sive the other very old and ugly and
worn. They own these suits in common
ana the boy who gets up first in the morn
Ing wears the good one as a reward. Both
boys are fond of dress, and so this scheme
works well. The minute ! shout Boys, get
up they spring out of bed and make rush
for the new suit, Sometimes they reach it
together, when there will be hot fight
over who's to wear 1t, and ! have to come
up and restore order with a harbrush."
some months ago number of public
spirited citizens of Berkeley, Cal, offered
to pay into the town treasury the 81 500
received annually from liquor licenses. On
this condition prohibition ordinance was
adopted, and the saloons received notice
that they might have three months in which
TO wind up their business, At the expira-
tion OF that time the $3.50 necessary for
the frst quarterly payment was raised but
1t was held in hand to await the attitude
or the town authorities toward the pro-
hibited traffic. That attitude was one OF
indifference, As much liquor was sold as
before, and the citizens committee refused
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