The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t Is reported the European powers in
tend holding convention in Berne during
the present year to discuss the subject of
AnarchiSm
dispute has arisen between Germans
and Portuguese in East Africa regarding
the ownership of the coal mines in the
BoOwma district.
A telephone line about five miles long has
been established IN Iceland, and is regarded
as great curiosity, being the first ever es-
tablished on the island.
Thieves stole an organ from the Presbv-
terrain Church at River Forest H., the other
day. About year ago the carpets were
stolen from the church.
Stats ties show that one-ffth of the native
married women of Massachusetts are child
less. 1t is said that in no country save
France can similar condition of affairs be
found.
A huge sQuib or cuttlefish stranded it,
self on the beach at Island Cove. New.
ioundlaud. few days ago. Its extreme
length was 81 feet, the tentacles alone
measuring 81 feet; the body was much
larger than that OF an ordinary horse, and
tne peit tDree inches IN thickness. 1t was
cut up before being removed
A great forest fire is raging on the monn.
tain range of Batoom, Russia, SO that the
smoke Is spreading many miles around Re-
sides the loss of the finest timber which This
lire Involves, the destruction of the forest
VIII De 1atal TO the irrigation of the entire
district; for that forest was the only nre-
server of the brooks and rivulets fioWinr
from the range of mountains which cover
it. w 'e'
Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER told n Boston
audience the other night that Jews were a
sober people because they were never pro-
hibited from drinking. Men sometimes
make sins by prohibiting certain things
There would be less sins in the world and
fewer sinners II there were fewer rules or
dlnances ana laws to be transgressed. No
sooner is thing prohibited than a craving
for 1t arises In the human mind
1t is not often that lost art is recovered
but it is said that the chemists have fri,
umphed in the matter of the ancient "AIey-
andrian blue" This blue. the ideal nf
painters and decorators, was a peculiarly
and remarkably durable color. The chem.
lists are said to have achieved q successful
analysis OF the colOring on the Pompeiian
frescoes, and to have reproduced the nainr
identical with the ancient coloring in every
particular.
The Royal Commission appointed tn ex-
anime Westminster Abbey in its relations
TO future burials report that there is com
Portable room for forty or fifty more hnt
space can be made for seventy-eipht more
by devoting every available spot for the
purpose. The present rate of abbav
funerals Is about one year. The architect
of the abbey, Mr.. Pierson, recommends the
"ud'eioh VI NtliuuS utW cDdpelS, Tor which
some outside houses would have To h. pnIIed
down.
Nearly twenty years ago DR.. Wilks directed
attentlon to the curious fact that a transverse
Iurrow always appears on the nails after n
serious Illness. Medical men ignored what
they called the visionary opinions of MIR.
Wliks, giving the matter but little attention
In their medical works. Recently new
interest in the subject has been revived and
pathological societies have begun an in
vestlgation. One remarkable case shows
nail burrows caused by three DAYS SEA-.
sickness.
Prince Albert of Prussia, at present Re-
gent OF Brunswick, issued an order recently
which caused considerable comment in edu
cational and theatrical circles of Germany.
Henceforth the Royal Theater of Brunswick
IS 10 stage a certain number of classical
pieces each month for the benefit of the
scholars in the various schools and of the
students OF the colleges. The price of adj
mission is to be very small in all cases.
Those young men who are unable to paw
the stipulated price will be admitted free