The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A modern "improyemeut" is to drop

a modern improvement is to drop the
m in the authorizations A. NJ. and p. NJ, as
for example, II A. and 80 p.
1t took ten men and boys to handle drove
of 200 turkeys that butcher Amos Mace
drove through the town of Chalfont, Bucks
County, Pa, few days ago.
OF twin daughters born to Mrs. Taylor OF
Helena. KY, the other day, one of the
babies is Said to have entered the world al
ready provided with full set of teeth.
The most expensive drug is physostigmine,
two ounces of which would cost nearly
100000. 1t is preparation from the cal
abar bean and is of use in eye diseases.
According to decree of the Archbishop
OF Santiago, all bridesmaids in Chile must
dress in black. White gloves and wells are
permitted them, but no eoiors are allowed.
The house that was occupied by Jefferson
Davis in Richmond as the Executive Man.
sion of the Confederacy has been turned
over to memorial society as a museum for
war relics.
A result of the recent investigation of the
Adirondack region is that the forest lands
cover only 3,600.000. while they have been
commonly believed before this year to con-
tain 5000, 600 acres.
The fretful porcupne is said to have an
lnordinate fondness Tor chewing leather A
blacksmith at Stockport, N. Y, asserts that
a porcupine ate more than half OF his bel
lows in single night.
Joseph Wetzell, II years DID, of Hartmans
vile, W.. Va, being attacked by re
mendous" catamount the other day, shot the
beast through the head, killing it instantly.
He is now quite a hero in the community
The little cod of the polar seas, although a
pigmy compared with the true cod of the
Grand Banks and Georges, stands to The
Esquimaux in as important relation as its
bigger relative 10 the people of New En-
gland.
Great preparations are being made for the
removal OF the lightweight collins from the
"FurstengrufL" in the crypt of the Berlin
Cathedral. In this vault the rulers and
Princes OF Prussia have been buried for
centuries past.
La Villa, Fla., boasts Of snake charmpr
His business is dangerous one, but he pur-
sues his calling day after day and makes con-
siderable money. HE shipped .hirty-fonr
rattlesnakes to Chicago last week and sold
them for S25 each"
In Paris, when funeral is passing, per-
sons in view of the procession remove their
hats and remain uncovered until it passes.
and in London, Berlin, Vienna, Rome and
other important cities funerals are treated
with respectful consideration.
German subjects are vaccinated in the
early months OF life, again on attaining the
age II, and all males a third time on enter
ing upon their term of compulsory service
in the army. Vaccination is always dons
with calls lymph; never from arm to arm.
Little kerosene lamps, made to fit in or
for rich mems tables. They are dispiacing
candles because they give more light, do not
set fire to the fancy shades, do not smoke or
burn out quickly-and because they are the
fashion.
To fell large mahogany tree is one days
task for two men. On account of the wide
spurs which project from the trunk at its
base, scaff0ldS have to be erected and the
tree cut off above the spurs, which leave
stump from ten to fifteen feet hish-a waste
OF the very best wood.
In some parts of Pennsylvania the fences
are built almost entirely of the stumps Of
huge trees laid in row, the roots in juxta-
position and interlacing, making fence
that is hard to squeeze through or climb
over. In the next county the fences may b..
built almost entirely Of stone.
Four young men Of Piscataauis, Me-,
while skating On Harrison Point at Sebec
last week. noticed pickerel swimming about
aud at once secured an AK. S,rikiDg the ice
stunned the fish, and when hole was cut
through it was easy to secure large nuu.-
Der. They carried home tlirty-six oil the
finest specimens.
Foreign agents are buying large numbers
of male fiBches in Voronezh and neighbour
ing provinces and sending them To London.
They pay as much as twenty-five kopecks
apiece. The hunting Tor these birds has be-
come quite an industry in those Govern
ments. No less than 10000 6aches were
shipped from Russia during the months of
August and September.
An extraordinary incident occurred in the
court Of the Deputy Commissioner of Hos
hangabad. Japan, recently. A man walked
up to the dais where the magistrate was Sit
ting hearing case, and handed him somr-
thing wrapped up IN pipal leaf, which
when opened, was found to contain his
wife's nose the husband having come in To
take the consequences of his act.
The total annual income of the gaming
tables of Monte Carlo is about 20 OO0. OOU
francs, or in the neighborhood of 81 600 900.
profit of from $1,000 to $780, and OCCASION
ally. when reckless player has been put
ting down the maximum stakes, the tables
winnings will amount to $4,000 Eight OF
these tables were in action at Monte Cristo
throughout the busiest part of last season.
Certain worms similar to the tubifex
multiply by producing new parts. There is
one form, known by the quaint name OF
Nais, which will develop In the midst Of its
own body a second head. and just in front
OF the new head a second tail. Thus there
come to be, as 1t were, two worms joined
together; the front one has the old head
and a new tail, the hind one a new head
and the old tail. By and by the companions
separate, and the parent body is thus trans
formed into two complete animals.
The Imperial Court Of Leipsic, which is
now the supreme tribunal in Germany, has
just given judgment in case which has been
proceeding nearly 200 years. 1t is suit
which was commenced early in the last cen
fury by the Free HaDse Town Of Lubbock
against the Government of Mecklenburg
with the object of obtaining declaration
that the said town has the sole privilege of
free navigation and fishery in the several
rivers and lakes. Lubbock clas= \ founded
on q charter Of the Emperor BarbarOssa.