Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-21
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

Edwin Everett Hale says that when he
was IN college he and his chum took the
| trst daguerreotype ever made in Boston.
Bird seed forms a considerable item in
| the export trade Of some of the Moorish
ports. Thus from Laraiche last year, in
total export valued at e6079l, the bird
seed exported was valued at $3.50, and
the quantity was 3,457 quarters. In 1887
the quantity was 4,0lS quarters, and the
value eS,4l4
Christopher B. Andel is the father of the
smallest mite Of humanity in New Haven
and, in all probability, in Connecticut.
His only child is baby boy that is sew
enteen days old and weighs two pounds
and five ounces. The boy is about eleven
inches long, but very thin. His arm is
about twice as thick as the stem of a clay
pipe, and his fingers are so slender it is
difficult to institute comparison.
King Otto of Bavaria narrowly escaped
being killed short time ago in his castle
of Fursteureld. While passing through
the dlnlng-room the chandelier fell from
the ceiling and just grazed the head of his
Majesty. An attendant who stood near by
was badly wounded. The rooms of the
castle have since been examined, and, with
two exceptions, declared unsafe and unfit
for habitation. The King is now confined
to these two rooms.
Archbishop Potter, Bishop of Bombay,
whose death has Just been announced, was
Jesuit father and a great linguist, as he
wrote and spoke seven European iangrages
and over dozen Of the native tongues of
India and Asia. He was an inveterate
chess player and on one occasion he was
known to have forgotten his vesper serv-
ices while absorbed in the game. For
this his selfinflicted punishment was 10
chess for two months, TO him a most severe
punishment.
The admirers of Prince Bismarck in
Bismarck museum in Berlin on the next
birthday anniversary of the Chancellor.
Collections have been made already ard
requests sent out for all relics pertaining
to the Prince or his family. 1t will, in all
probability, be arranged somewhat after
the style of the well-known Hohenzolle-n
Museum, which is one of the palaces of
Frederick the Great. The Chancellor is
fattered by the idea.
A remarkable feat has Just been COM
pleted by Julius G. Ellinger, a cooper Of
Allegan, Mich, making 10000 barrels in
forty weeks, working eight hours per day,
which beats all records of barrel-making
in the United States. Every staye, head,
hoop and nail must be handled separately,
and some slaves from one to three times.
In making 10000 barrels 1t takes 10000
slaves, $4,000 pieces of heading, 10000
hoops and 10000 nails. it would require
ten box cars to carry the timber and fifty
to carry the finished barrels
A man of letters, who went West this
summer to study the features of community
and isolated life presented between New
York and San Francisco and up and down
the California coast, was gone for three
months, but in that time did not once have
to unwrap his bundle of umbrellas nor put
on Iubbers or macintosh. He had his
family with him, and, out of regard for
their comfort, did not travel a single mile
by night. He says that for pure comfort
this is the best way.
A duck got into queer fix at Roches-
ter, Pa, the other day The ducks at that
place eat the acorns which are scattered
over the ground under the oak trees, and
this particular duck ate so many that when
the owner returned from work in the even
iqg lRie@soeszeef 7ate s.aIl,te.z-7-.ils
saw that its throat was clogged with acorns.
He tried to drive them down, but, as he
failed in this, he cut its hesd off and nearly
half peck of acorns fell out OF It's body.
A gentleman living in Richmond, Va.
owns violin which is associated with the
early history Of Virginia. 1t is one Of
Tho aarl,-
tory of that section Of the country / is
marked "Nicolaus Amati feci;, Cremona.
1651." This violin Was brought to this
country by Robert Boiling. the husband of
Jane Rolfe, the granddaughter Of Poca-
hontas, who was the daughter of the
mighty Indian King Powhatan, Of Vir-
ginia The violin is OF superior tone,
volume and finish, and has been used by
many prominent performers during the
past century.
The greatest wheel of its kind in the
world, very wonder in meehanisni, stands
in the main shop Of the Dickson Manafaet-
uring Company, in Scranton. ltwa- built
for the Calumet ard Hecla Minira Com
pany, of Lake Superior, Mich, irr the
purpose of lifting and disrhoreirg the
"tailings" q waste from the copper MINES,
into the lake, ard lis diameter Is - ieet,
while its weight IN active operation viii
be 200 tens. it is called 5G-ioot sard-
wheel, but its extreme dimensions are "a
feet in diameter Some idea of Its e1or-
nous capacity can lie fnn,d from tie fact
that it will receive and elevate sufficient
sand every tweniy-four hours TO cover an
acre OF ground a FOOT deep.