The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The copper mines of the whole world are
being taxed to their utmost to supply the
demand for copper wire and the other APP
paratus used in the application Of electricity.
A rich lady of Atchinson, Kans.. made
her will recently, and in it she says that all
her fortune Is 10 be given to her husband at
the end Of five years, if he can prove that he
has visited her grave ten times during that
period.
1t is stated that there is an element in the
common pineapple similar to pepsin, and
OF such remarkable strength that the juice
of single apple will digest ten pounds of
beef 1t is further stated that the juice of
the fruit is very active solvent of the
membrane found in diphthera.
The French Government is reported to
have sold to an Antwerp firm the right to
mine manganese ore In the Pyrenees. At
present the only mines in Europe producing
this material are those in Greece, the eau
caSus and Slegerland, but deposits are
known TO exist also in Spain and Portugal.
A woman boarded Grand Rapids and
Indiana train at Reed City and rode to Big
Rapids, where she alighted. She left a
basket in the seat. The conductor did not
notice it particularly until the train reached
Rockford, when he found it contained a
week-old baby boy.
Sheriff Haynes of Dearborn County. Ind,
was awakened by pull on the door-bel of
the Jail at Lawrenceburg the other morning,
and upon responding to the summons found
one OF the prisoners on the outside who had
voluntarily returned. Investigation showed
that all the prisoners had escaped during
the night
The government of Irkutsk, the capital of
Siberia, contains only S6S. $50 persons, of
whom three-fourths are of the orthodox re-
ligiOn. There are in. the government 4S7
schools OF different kinds, where Christian
children are taught alongside of pagans,
mohammedans. buddhists and the worship
ers of stones and talsmanS.
The missionary field seems to have
usurped the functions of the rag-man and
the ash-barrel to a certain extent. A woman
missionary Just home from several years of
service III India says the boxes OF clothing
received by her for distribution among the
heather was a sad commentary upon the
charitable missionary spirit of the American
women.
The earliest known lens is one made of
rotk crystal, unearthed by Layard at Nj
neyah. This lens. the age of which is to be
measured by thousands of years, now lies
in the British Museum, with lis surface as
bright as when 1t left the makers hands.
BY the side of 1t are specimens of lens which
have been ruined by exposure to the Lon
don fog and smoke.
The longest board fence In New Jersey,
and possibly in the country, is lust being
completed at Tranquility. 1t incloseS J. o.
StuyvesanCS new deer park. and VIII be
twelve miles long The tract is 1000 acres.
The fence is ten feet high and is made of
hemlock boards an inch and a half thick.
The saw-miil at Allamnehy has been run
Mug constantly for a year cutting lumber
for this one fence. 1t will cost $4,000.
An investigation into some real estate
titles says Brandenburg (Ky.) correspond
ent, recently made at that place revealed
| the peculiar idiOsyncrasy of former resi-
dent of that place Louis Hamilton In
naming his children. The names of his
children are London Judge, Hebrew,
Fashion, Chinese Figure, Reputable King.
! DOM Greek Wisdom. 1t is also said that he
| had a daughter, now dead, whom he called
" He'll in the Kitchen"
A bold tramp at Scranton. Pa, carted of
| the furniture and UTic-a-brac from man.
| sion IN that city to an auction-room las
week and had nearly disposed of the same
before the trick Yves discovered. The house
| was the unoccupied residence of a recently
| deceased gentleman, side door OF which
| had been left unfastened. The article:
| taken away were valued at $1,000. Thu
| tramp told a plausible story, but the auc
| tiOneer'S suspicious were aroused and th,
| daring scheme was frustrated.
A hammer and needle party" is the en-
| tertainment of country social club III
vented the other day. Each lady was re
| quested to bring needle, spool OF threaC
| and several buttons, and each gentleman
| hammer. When all the materials were oil
| the table, each lady picked out hanme
| and was gwen block and some nails Eacl
| gentleman chose sewing materials and but
| tons. and the contest began. The ladie
| drove as many nails in their blocks as the.
| could In five minutes and the gentlemen
| sewed on AS many buttons as possible in tel
| minutes. Prizes were given and muci
| laughter provoked.