The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Eiffel Tower is the tallest structure in
the world.
The russell shoe should be worn only with
neglige costume.
A ton Of tomatoes as they come from the
held, 1t is estimated, will I'LL from 400 to $40
cans.
The peach was originally very poisonous
fruit, but toy cultivation the poison has dis
appeared.
Lowell (dass.) girl captured burglar,
locked him in the bathroom, and notified
the police.
a Cincinnati man has become insane
from wounds inflicted by the spurs of
game cock.
a boy at Salem, Mass, is ahead of Sock
less Simpson" grain of wheat in his ear
has sproGted.
Vermont will get back S165, 600 as her
share Of the direct tax" for which she
made claim upon the Government.
The manila hemp plant, which is very
similar to the banana, is found to thrive
best in soil composed Of decayed vegetable
matter.
A ton of diamonds is said to be worth
S2j,OOO,O0O, but not many men have
weighed that many in order to know to
certainty.
Strychnine has been found to increase the
amount Of gastric juice secreted in the
stomach, the general aridity aud the guam.
tIl9 VI 1ict dCiu III Tie Secretion.
The letter-carrers' statue of the late Con-
gresham ;. ). Cox was unveiled in New
York on July 4th. II as he who secured
the eight-hUur work day for them.
Charles r. Campbell, who was drowned
in the Cenemangh River, near his home at
Derby Station, Pa, stood among the highest
men IN this years graduating class at Prince
ton.
Broad banded mourning stationery is sell
dom Used now pSpnnt nv widows and NOT
always by them. Plain white envelopes.
sealed with black wax, are much the better
form
Since the beginning of the year twelve
New \ DIRK fire insurance companies have
gone out OF business, and many Of those re-
naming IN the field are said TO be losing
money.
boy who was bitten by skunk at
Brentwood, Texas. was entirely relieved of
pain by the application of a maidstone.
which adhered to the wound and extracted
the poison.
precincts OF the Inner Temple, is one of the
neglected graves of England. The en-
graved letters are becoming dim and the
tablet is scratched.
For signing his wife's affidavit that sine
was still a widow Justice of the Peace ia
cob LUuganbongn of near Columbus. Ohio,
has been arrested for traudulently getting
S36, 200 in pensions.
Seven hundred residents of Wlkesbarre.
Pa, are In the mountains overlooking the
city searching for little Annie Fredericks,
who has been missing for one week. She
went huekleberrying in the mountains and
has not returned.
tre-engine has been invented which is
operated entirely by electricity, both in the
forcing OF water and a means of prapeIli 10
the machine. The power is derived from a
strong storage battery.
Connecticut hunter shot up into a tree
at what he thought to lie an empty crows
nest, and was very much surprised when n
twenty-hve-pound coon came crashing
through the branches
Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, who fell dead at
the Presbyterian Church Assembly in De-
troit. had $4,000 on his life. His policy ex-
pired the day before his death, and he re-
Eewed 1t by telegraph.
Hot water is the natural scavenger of the
body. Those who persevere in drinking il
VIII ind not merely the promised reduction
oil obesity but surprising clearness of tho
complexion and feeling of general reju-
venation.
1t is said that the ear is the most useful
organ for the Identification of Criminals
NO matter how much the criminal distorts
his features when placed before the camera.
the ear remains an organ possible for iden-
LITIGATION.
Hitherto all the fuel used on the Italian
railways has been imported, but an attempt
is now being made to use the Ignite of
which the country possesses large beds.
very satisfactory results have SO far at
tended the experiments.
Just at the close of Sunday services at
Martinsville, Ind, Miss Mary Cashier horse
whipped her cousin, William Cashier. The
trouble arose over derogatory remarks said
to have been made by the yonng man abont
his cousins character. The families of both
stand high.