The morning call., 1892-11-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


army ia 1922.
The annual sale of English postal cards
is about 230.000,000.
Damascus silks were imported and worn
By Roman ladies A. ID. 81.
Ancient baItering rams were manned by
100 OF $50 men, generally captives.
Singing and dancing were first brought
OH the stage by Androaicus. B. G. 240.
The besth0ney il Persia is collected from
the orange groves at kanyeToom.
The peculiar flavor Of Bayarian beer ID
due TO the use of pine tops in its manufse-
ture.
A prominent geologist claims to have
found fossil forest in Custer County,
Idaho.
The first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable
in 1857 proved failure, the cable contin-
ually swapping.
The oak in general way requires to grow
from 100 TO 200 years before it is fit to cut
for large timber.
The Empire of Japan comprises nearly
1900 cities, towns and villages, IN which
100000 people live
Greek handles. like Alcibiades. allowed
their hair TO fall on their shoulders. and
at night rolled the curls round a stick.
In 1910 We produced 100000 tons OF
coal; in 1860 the quantity mined was
100000 tons, but in 1888 it was IL, 000, 600
tons.
Jonesboro, Ca, has resident who, Il IS
reported, has only spent SIS in the past six
years for clothes. He is said to be worth
over $4,000
Gideon defeated the Midianites. b. C.
1915, through fright at the sound of crash
ing earthenware and the flash Of lamps
during night attack.
The pyremeter measures heat in degrees
and fractions, and will give accurate figures
even though the heat runs up to the un-
think Bile intensity of 1000 deg
The very finest specimen Of engraved
gesl now in existence Is a head of Nero,
carved on a frSt-water diamond by the
brothers Castanzi in the year 100.
An automatic match igniter is a recoEs
novelty. You pull lever, match travels
along q roughened surface aud is then
thrust out Of an opening already gnited,
1t would take three and one-fourth
thousands $3.50 of the little vegetable
parasites which grow on the human hair to
cover the white center Of a nonpariel 30"
Red hailstones fell at Amsterdam In 1726
in London in 1868 during the time of the
great plague). and at divers places in Ire
land and France in the early part OF the
present century.
Sallie McAlister. colored woman of
Springfield. Mo-, is believed to be the larg-
est woman now living. She measures 36A
inches lover 8 feeO around the arm and
weighs 632 pounds.
The two greatest stamp collectors in the
world are NJ. Philippe Ferrari, son Of the
late Duchess de Galliera. and the Car.
whose collections is said by experts to be
worth 100000 francs.
A Berlin chemist claims to have discov-
cred the art of reproducing coIors true to
nature with the camera. Ii true, the dis
covery is one OF the most important that
has been made in the line of photography.
1t has long been known that diamonds
especially the class known as rose dia-
monds'') are likely to explode if subjected
only to what would seem very ordinary
degree Of heat, such as strong rays from the
sun.
The report of the Comptroller General OF
Georgia shows an increase every year since
1879 in the assessed value of property in
that State subject TO taxation. From $751;
$50 54S in 1879 it has increased TO $685. as. 534
in 1892
Dir. and Mrs. Charles P Jacobs, at PEN
dleton, Ind, have celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. The dinner was
spread upon the same stable-cloth upon
which the wedding feast was served fifty
years ago.
topic, negro. who ruled as Emperor Of
Hayti from 1911 TO 1920. Among the titles
conferred were those of the Duke of Mar
malade. the Count of Lemonade aud the
Earl of Brandy.
The largest steam derrick In the world Is
u
who have seen it at work say that 1t picks
up an S0-ton gun or ten-wheel locomotive
as easily as large man would lift a 10
pound weight.
During the winter of 1861 petrifed
frog was found in quarry near Eimirs.
N. Y, which was , feet inches in length
and weighed over 100 pounds. This Is the
largest specimen Of fossilIzed frog yet
brought TO light.
The frizzled glass threads from which
cloth is woven are said to surpass in fine
ness not only the finest cotton, but even the
threads OF the siikworm's cocoon, their soft
ness and elasticity being even greater than
that of manufactured silk Tint
Desecbo. an island adjoining Porto Rico.
Is infested with rats. There are millions
of them there, and it is unsafe for man to
set foot on the island. They have DESTROYED
all the goats, which were formerly bred
there, and are now eating the shrubbery.
There is a point near the famous Stony
cave, in the Catskill Mountains, where ice
may be found on any day in the year. This
locality is locally known as the Notch, and
Is walled in on all sides by steep noun
tains, some of which are more than 5000
feet high.