The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Chinese military drums are made of wood.
There is not free library in Pbiladel-
phia.
Parsley is poisonous to uiany kinds of
birds.
There are about go, COO letter-boxes in
Europe.
Cent coins are legal tender only in sums
OF twenty-five.
A man was put in the stocks in England
as late as the year 1860
The thinnest tissue paper measures Il. 200
OF an inch in thickness.
1t does not satisfy hungry tramp to find
only fork in the road.
The rain-makerS ought not to be diseour-
aged. Their aim is high.
The number of Presidential electors on
the new basis Will be 4i4.
An ugly thing is ugly and you cannot
make it pretty by liking it.
Paine vs.. Bliss ;" is the title of law case
reported in the Boston papers.
The wheelwright should be selected as
spokesman OF the trades union.
For tootil-acbe try oil of sassafras and
apply 1t frequently if necessary.
Thirty thousand Canadians served in the
Union army during the late war.
The number of swine in the United States
on January 1st last was 50000,0OO.
The City Marshal of Rich HILL Mo-. bears
the imposing tme of Hitr0nymuus.
bell heard lit distance of AZ. 900 feet in
water could be heard only 6J6 feet in the air
The Polish Nationallsts OF Warsaw sent
laurel wreath to be laid on the grave of
Parnell.
A LItchfield Comm man who is looked
up to stands seven feet seven inches in his
slippers.
1t Is estimated that there are not less than
$4,000 people in Chicago VINO are out of en-
ployment.
Twelve hundred feet of lumber is used
daily in the Indiana State Prison in making
bird cages, rat traps and brushes
Mrs. Randall of Caribou, Me-. though
over 20 years old, Is spry enough to dig and
pick up barrel Of potatoes as light DAVIS
work.
Mrs. Sarah Erkfeldt of Philadelphia. who
has applied for pension on account of her
husbands services in the war of 1872, is 106
years old.
new style Of bicycle is urged along by
an auxiliary power impaired from the
handle bar. 1t is used in squirting and hill
climbing.
Hon. Wllfred Laurer has reached high
point IN the estimation of the people of tie
Dominion. He has been dubbed 1.-THE Blaine
OF Canada"
Some of the New Jersey newspapers favor
III.
stated salary and fees, and that all the exc
cutOns take place at Trenton.
Julien Gordon, otherwise known as Mrs.
Van RENSSELAER,, weepS profuseiy and re-
fuses to be comiorted when her books are
unfayorably criticized by the newspapers.
Herbert Spencer says ''the first requisite
III lie is TO De good ANIMAL, by which he
meant OF course, that the basis of all ex-
cellence in human attainment was good
physical health.
A Pasteur institute was opened June LIST
at Saigon, Cochin China, under the auspices
OF the French Government. The work of
the Institute Will extend over the whole
field OF microbiolOgy.
1t sometimes happens that the arrogance
OF the mighty meets with unexpected rebuke
from humble source. An illustration oc-
Cured the other day, when Texas COW
kicked a mule to death.
There is a blacksmith in South Berlin.
Conn, whose eldest child is years of age
and he has seven younger. He has one 4
years old with i've younger, aud one aged 2
years and four younger still-two pairs of
twins.
When George johnson, Kentucky man.
had cut down a tree few days ago in order
10 dislodge a coon, he discovered in a hoI
low OF the stump stone jar which it is said
contained $500 in gold coin and two gold
watches.
a Chicago man who Is possessed OF $780,
600 refused TO buy a sleeping berth for his
wife on their wedding tour He wanted 10
convince her that, though as a capitalist ha
had piles of money, as a husband he wasn't
worth cent
Button-hole electric lamps are being tried
as a part OF the outfit of conductors ON LON
don omDlbuses, the current being furnished
by pocket battery. The circuit is closed
ana ilght produced only when necessary to
examine tickets.
a lover OF the curious in numbers has
inquired out some interesting facts concerning
the city OF Berlin. The city has 210 miles Of
streets, SO that person might walk ten DAYS
IN the German capital without going I'D or
down the same street twice.
The wealthy peopls of Mexico are getting
more and more in the habit of travelling in
the United States rather than in Europn.
Up to the time of the completion of the
Mexican Central Railway Mexican travellers
were much more familiar with London than
with New York or Chicago.
The old legends of how the giants Of
Cornwall slew great fat oxen by the score
and used their warm blood for drink while
they champed the rare flesh between their
great teeth have for centuries afforded
material Iof many nursery tale to the hur-
ror OF the youthful listeners.
DR.. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's fathar wbo
lives at the White House. has a large cor
respondence, though 80 years of age. MANY
of his letters come from his old college, atm,
dents and another large share is writfep nv
people who want his assistance in SECURING
offices from the Administration.
We are apt to think that superstition ia
dead, or at least confined to the ignorart or
illiterate. But this is far from being correct
Recently, tor instance. in st. Louis. n large
building in one Of the best business streets
OF the city was torn down simply because II
was thought to be ''heodOoed"
A kiss, according to the definition which
took the prize in London competition in
which 1000 were considered, is here defined.
IAN insipld and tasteless morsel which he.
comes delicious and detachable in nronor-
ton as il is favored with love-" Good. but
not as satisfactory as the thing it describes
DR.. Sheldon jackson, the Government
Agent OF Education in Alaska, is making
the experiment OF introducing reindeer into
this country. He has already imported aiY.
teen from Siberia at a cost of Si6O. and in.
tends next year to establish herd in tbe
neighborhood of Fort Clarence, beginning
with 100 animals.
An interesting incident, showing at bov
great distance conversation can he oar
ried on, is related by Lieutenant Foster of
the third Parry arctic expedition. in which
he says he conversed with a man across tho
harbOr of Port Bowers, mile and nuart.r
away, aud 1t has also been asserted on good
authority that at Gibraltar the human voice
has been distinctly heard at distance of
tan,