The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

When all her tests are accomplished the
cruiser Philadelphia will become the flagship
of the Mediterranean squadron.
There are as many cities with poplrla-
ton of 100000 and over in this country as
there are in Europe, yet We are only cen
fury old.
A New York sporting man who has
always stood ready to bet on anything, has
Just discovered that there is a difference
between 90 First street aud Sixty-frst street.
Anybody can see it on paper. but when you
come to say 1t. that's where the catch is.
A Georgia editor. in resigning country
Postof1ice, said: 1.-THE receipts of the last
month have been Sc 40, the rent 81 and
clerk hire SO. Being Democrat, we can
no longer get our consent to hold office under
Republican Administration, hence We re-
sign"
Colonel II. L. Swords, late of Chicago.
but now connected with the Treasury De-
partment. an Intimate of Mr.. Clarkson, says
he thinks it is The purpose of the eX-Assist-
ant Postmaster-General to go abroad for the
winter, possibly spending some months in
Paris.
An old bachelor named Canter died in
Loudoun County, Ind. supposed to have
been worth some $1,000 or $4,000. When his
executors came to go though his effects.
however. they found stuffed in various cor
ners Of an old desk $1,000 in cash that he had
at odd times slowed there.
During thunderstorm thunder-bolt
came cut of the clouds into the back yard of
Peter Shugarts of Clayville, Pa, and struck
his pump. 1t was anew, wooden pump, and
the lightning knocked it into splinters and
ran down the Sucker-rOd until 1t reached the
water, when it jumped off.
1t is the advice of Chief Brooks of the
Secret Service Division of the United States
Treasury that the tender of $40 note pur-
porting TO be issued by the Germania
National Bank of New Orleans be rejected
The note is the subject of one of the most
dangerous counterfeits of recent years.
The body of Eddie Fisher lies buried be-
meath the sands of Torch Lake, Mich.
Search for the brdy proved unsuccessful,
for the Calumet & Hecla stamp mills dis
charge into the lake in three days enough
sand to cover an acre two feet deep, and
his little body lies there buried forever.
There is man at Old Orchard VIII fully
appreciates the folly of sending good money
after bad. lie lost valuable ring while
bathing, and, to ascertain where it went,
dropped another ring to watch and see
where it would go to. The wave was too
quick for him, and he mourns the loss of
two rings.
We have in this city lady. Mrs. Chad
wick of Gardiner, Me-, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch, who is one of family of seven
children, the names of every one of whom,
rs well as that of the mother, ends with the
letter A. The mothers name was Anna
and the names of the children are Martha,
Amelia, Maria, Julia. Georgiana, Henrietta
and Ella
Saws the Philadelphia Times: From many
quarters, especially from physicians, come
reports Of wide spread renewal of symp-
toms similar to the grip. Business men aud
others are compelled to go to bed and I'M
dergo the most rigid treatment, and alto
gether the prevailing ailments seems to be
something much worse than an ordinary
bad cold.
or all the vegetables which furnish nour-
ishment to man, the banana is the most pro-
life A single cluster often contains 100 TO
$50 pods, and weighs from 60 to so pounds.
IL is said that 40 square yards of land will
produce 1000 pounds weight of fruit, while
the same area Will rarely produce more than
80 pounds weight Of wheat or so pounds of
potatoes.
A curious flower has been discovered on
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its chief pecu-
liarity is the habit of changing its coiors
during the day. In the morning it is white;
when the sun Is at its zenith it is red, and at
night it is blue. The red, white and blue
flower grows on tree about the size of a
guava tree, and only at noon does it give out
any perfume.
A ball, blue and white, fell in Brook
Ign, Conn.,. during a recent thunderstorm.
One account says that it seemed to come
straight down from the sky and hit the car
rage in which Mr.. and Mrs. Sperry and
children were driving. All were hurled out
of the vehicle MIR. Sperry was badly burned
and his wife and two children were para
lyzed. Neither carriage nor horses were
much injured.
A doctor of Vienna has invented fluid,
the use of which, lie claims, will minimize
the horrors of war. The fluid is to be placed
in shell, which is SO constructed that it
will burst in falling or striking any object
offering but slight resistance The fluid,
upon being released, so affects persons in
haling its odor that they immediately be-
come unconscious, and remain in that state
half an hour or more.
There is tree at Athens, Ga, which is q
propertyholder In the early part of the
century the land on which it stands was
owned by Colonel w. Ii. Jackson, who took
great delight in watching its growth and en-
j0ying its shade. In his old age the tree had
| reached magnificent proportions and the
thought of its being destroyed by those who
would come after him was so repugnant that
he recorded deed conveying to it all land
within radius Of eight feet Of it.
| At a farm in the district OF Forest Hall
| one OF brood Of chickens was famed. Un-
| able to follow the hen in search of food it
| was soon half starved. The chick was re-
Gently missed, and next day was found ly-
| ing with three kittens, the mother of which
| gave the fledgeling every attention. Every
| day the cat has carried the bird in its mouth
| into the farnl-yard, where it has obtained
| food, and as regularly conveyed it in the
same manner back to lie with the kittens.