The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The obellsk In London cannot stand the cli-
male.
Chile has decided to purchase fourteen Krupp
batteries at a cost of $4,000.
The school-teachers of Cincinnati have not
been paid their salaries since April.
Recent forest fires IN the mountains OF New
Mexico have caused immense damage.
1t Is said that trees covered with moss are
specially apt to be struck by lightning.
Deer are reported unusually numerous all
through the down East region" in Maine.
Six dollars and quarter month, with the
privilege Of dining In the house." were the wages
paid TO governess in Yorkshire.
a Texas editor has been sent 10 Jail for lying
Ii this lbe law ia all States many new prisons
would have 10 be built to accommodate Us.
The largest contingent Of reciu its ever de-
manded by the Russian War Once. go, ZOO. was
fixed for the next enrolment by the latest uka Sc
The largest sheep ranch In the world is In the
counties OF Webb and Dlmnet in Texas 1t con-
tans upward OF 100000 acres, and yearly
pastures 100000 sheep.
The new bridge authorized by Congress to be
built across the Hudson River. between New
York and Jersey City, will be 1000 feet long and
have one central span $3.50 feet In length.
There is a fiourishing japanese club in New
York, of which nearly every native of japan IN
The city is member. / he President Is the pres
ent Vice Consul, Teijiro kit0, who is SO years
old ana married.
A New York Judge has sent man to prison
for fourteen years for stealing 10 cents. lie
might just as well given hin year for each cent.
His action wouldn't have been laughed at any
During The financial year closing on May LIST
The German Government received a surplus OF
sS,ooo000 from the Imperial postal and tce.
graph department. and of this $500, 900 from
The Imperial printing office.
A Pennsylvania minister, SAYS the St. Paul
Globe has Invented an air brake that will apply
to any kind OF Il vehicle, It is claimed. Ii IL can
be applied to travel on tue road to ruin it Will
meet tie great ned for which pulpits operate.
new element, named ''damaria," is said to
have been discovered In the crater of an extinct
xr.,l- IL, Ham al In nd 10 Nfah
an atomic weight OF only 90, half that OF oxy-
gen, aud therefore 1t Is The lIshlest known sub
stance.
The acreage Of sorghum In Kansas Is reported
at l0,700 acres, against $500 acres last year.
The crop is in good condition, and the product ia
almost entirely contracted for by the different
companies at prices ranging from 500 to 5000
per ton.
The custom of lifting the hat mad Its origin
when Ii was customary for knights never TO ap-
pear IN public except IN full armOr. II became
The custom, however, for a knight, upon entering
an assembly Of friends, TO remove his helmet
signifying, % anu sale In the presence OF my
friends"
The English crown Is made up Of diamonds,
rubes. sapphires, pearls and emeralds set in
silver ana gold bands. IL weighs 80 ounces and
3 penByweights troy. In IL there are 1852 dia-
monds, 213 pearls, . Tubies, II sapphires and IL
emerads.
A child was born to Mrs. George Buckles OF
Lima, OHIO with six toes on each foot. The
popularity is the doubling OF each little toe. The
little fellow IS healthy and lively. The mother
has SIX ioes, and her mother also had the same
peculiarly.
The death plant Of Java has flowers which con-
tinually give oil perfume so powerful as TO
overcom II Inhaled for any length OF time, a
fuil-grown man, and which Kills all forms of in
sect life that approaches close enough to come
under Its Influence.
The largest and heaviest building stone ever
quarried in England was taken from the PLANK
ington quarry, near Norwich, In February, 1899;
II was i'll one piece. without crack or flaw, and
weighed over thirty-tve tous; it was 10 feet long,
6 feet high and feet wids.
Wallace Salisbury Jr. OF Little York, Cortland
County, n. Y, has been annoyed for some time
house. 1t the source OF much ANNOYANCE
aud mystery until lie tore of some clapboards
near the caves and found family OF 107 bats
A.yoUng lady of Altoona observed by the road
side wild rose upon one OF the branches of
which growing small bunch of burs,
healthy and perfect In every particular. as was
also the rose branch to which they were sin.
gulariy attached. A freak Of nature which is un-
explanable.
At last weeks sitting OF the Academy OF Med
iclue, NJ Laborde OF the Paris faculty an
nounced his discovery of new anB+thetic,
OF this substance sends the patient into a sound
sleep free from vomiting digestive derange-
ment aud without subsequent torpor. So far ex-
periments have been confined TO rabbits.
Looking Backward" is beginning to bear
fruit. Twelve young ladies OF Indianapolis. en-
pl0yed in stores and offices, have rented suite
OF twelve rooms ana living on the Bellamy
plan. Each pays into the treasury So per week.
and cook Is employed to prepare meals. In
addition, each Is assessed rs cents for a con.
tngent fund. which is held to meet unusual ex.
penses he young ladies' room In couples, and
each week two OF them are appointed puryeyors.
The only time they are all together Is at supper,
but they are contented and enjoy their way OF