The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-27
q. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A German explorer says tie whole of
oouth Greenland Is covered with sheet of
Ice that is 5000 to 5000 feet thick in the val
leys.
The iron cap is being placed on the
chimney of the Narragansett Electric Com
pany at Providence, r. l. The chimney is
257 feet high.
One of the employees of the Postal Tele-
graph Office in St. Petersburg has invented
a watch which will run forty-iiye days at a
single winding.
series of stalactite caverns, surprising
any similar ones in Europe, have been dis
covered in German East Africa. Millions
OF bats frequent them.
The number of Indians in the United
States who can read English is stated to be
over %, 600; the number who can read In
dian language is over 10000.
There was prize waltz for big billy
goat In Richmond, Va, few nights ago.
The goat broke loose during the night ard
ate the only high hat in the assemblage..
In sixteen cities of Virginia the negroes
own property worth So, ,542. the greater
tart OF which is in real estate. In Rich
mond their possessions amount to $500, 49,
Joe Burks of Panther Creek, n. c., is an
enthusiast upon the subject of egg-eatiDg.
He lacks one inch of being seven feet high,
and claims a record Of having eaten 100 eggs
at one meal.
John I. Burrage, who died the other day
In Washington. ID. C., twas the last of a
long line Of BARRIERS, that having been the
business OF his ancestors for several hun
dred years"
The numerically smallest religious denom-
inatOn discovered by POrter-s census
takers is that OF the Schwankfeldians.
There are 3O6 of them, and they dwell in
Pennsylvania.
During the recent severe weather in En-
O lie f.,t 81 e,, 4,
OF the houses on the Marine Parade. Wild
fowl were found on the beach half frozen
and nearly starved.
The Prince de Rohan, i'll bet with Prince
Torlonia, has recently driven a trap and
four down the stone steps of the town OF
Monaco. The descent was rather steep, but
it was done without stumble.
There is very little ebb or flow of the tide
in the Arctic, but occasionally there are
very strong currents. All winter there is
a general flow of tide and lee toward the
south, While in summer this flow is north
ward.
The Government medical authorities at
Washington have, after many experiments,
announced the discovery Of a lymph which
gives immunity from diphtheria, aud they
hope TO make 1t certain cure for that
disease.
The salmon fisheries of Maine. are in
earnest in their war against the seals. that
say bounty of 81 Il head must be offered
by the State on seals, or ere long there'n be
no salmon.
The papal army is composed of sixty sol.
dlers, who are commanded by two generals
| two colonies, two Observation-Disclosures,
major, two captains and four lIeutenants
The army Is almost as we'll Differed a
| Uncle Sans troops are.
The new court dress to be worn in Der
lin consists OF light blue coat with rec
| trimmings and elaborate silver embroidery
| This garment will be worn hereafter by al
members OF tue high aristocracy hodini
| hereditary court offices,
The editor of a weekly paper in Kansa
has been shot at twice. assaulted three time
| and had the windows OF his office smashe,
IN thTee times within the. space of fou
| months, because ne declared that the Mayo
ought to be impeached Tor drunkenness.
A belt now being made for Louisian;
electric light company will be the largest il
! the world. 1t is to be six feet wide 167 fee
long and will take the skins OF 175 animals
to complete 1t. When finished 1t will weigh
two ton, and cost $4,000, or about $40 ;
/ square foot.
| Maine has produced a Kelly with mys
terious motor. He lives in Monroe, and saw.
| that his machine is capable of one to ter
horse power. and does not derive it from
steam, water, gas or any agency now known
He is going TO hitch the machine to churns
and pumps.
1t has been decided that the East Indian
National Congress will hold its session foI
1892 in London. Not more than 100 dele.
gates will be elected to be present at that
session, who will make the voyage in a
steamer especially chartered for them. in
which arrangements will be made for the
Hlndoo delegates. to observe the caste rules
with regard TO food and drink without any
difficulty. The expenses for the voyage fol
tie POORER delegates will be betrayed from
special fund, which will be raised by sub
srriptlon throughout India