The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A man In Bavaria only needs TO see @
play twice in order to be able to repeat it
scene for scene. ..
1t is estimated that nesrIy 20.O 900 pounds
of bread are daily eaten in the household Of
the Sultan of Turkey.
Japan is shaken 800 times year by earth
ouakes, and has zoo stations erected for Oh
serving seismic shocks.
One thousand francs was recently paid for
the broken wooden horse with which Napo-
leon played as child.
There are now $3.50 journals and maya
zines printed in Germany yearly, while In
1891 there were only 3443.
Nickel three-cent pieces of 1877 are
worth 10 cents each, while those Of 1878,
1882, 1885 and 1886 are worth cents each.
London's six principal. railway lines
carry annually over 200, 900, 00O people aud
the tramways about 150. 100000.
According to the census the Methodist
Episcopal ichurch had 2229,2S1 COM
municants in $780, as against l707, 600 in
1880.
French florists are cultivating plant
which bears flower that is white in the
morning, red at noon and blue at night.
When the Turk goes TO mosque to wor-
ship lie keeps his hat on, as be thinks it
uubecomingy familiar with the Divinity to
remove it.
About 100000 canary birds are raised in
Germany every year. and of these about
100, 600 come TO the United States and 80, 600
go TO England.
Several autographs letters OF Luther and
Melancthon have been discovered ih the
library Of an obscure town in the Prussian
province OF SaX0Dy.
A French prince advertises that he de.
sires 10 sell his title and arms. ''the whole
guaranteed by authentic parchnents Of the
reign of Henry w."
t., e
Is more prevalent In warm than in cool
weather. Extreme heat breeds both melan-
chOly and desperation
An eel that IS ordinary in all respects ex-
cept that 1t has a skin of 4 beautiful golden
color" has been added TO the collection in
the London biological Garden.
The definition OF "a Friend" that took
the prize in late contest conducted by a
London journal was "The first person
who comes in when the whole world goes
out"
The largest book ever known Is owned by
Queen Victoria. 1t is Is inches thick and
weighs So pounds, aud contains the ad-
dresses OF congratulations on the occasion
Of her jubilee.
Colorado appears to show surplus Of
commemorative holidays. Among the an
niversaries celebrated in the State are
watermelon day, peach day. potato day and
grape and cherry day.
There is, perhaps, no more curious place
on the Pacific seRboard than Iquique. which
was bombarded by the Chilean fleet last
year. 1t stands in region where rain has
never been known to fall
That was shrewd sort of girl at Read
ing who, when her dearly beloved father
climbed the golden stairs, sent In q bill to
the executors charging for the time and
trouble she had in nursing him.
The world-famous grapevine at Hampton
Court, the largestin England, and supposed
TO be 1875 years old, bore nearly 1900 punches
of ripe grapes this year. The fruit was
packed In boxes and sent to the Queen.
Half eagles Of 1875, 1897, 1898 and 1928 can
be sold for from Sl5 TO S25 each. Quarter
eagles of gold issued In 1896, 1897 and 1926
are valued at $40 each. The $50 gold piece
of California commands premium Of from
SO to S15.
The total number of lunatics In England
and Wales increases by 100 year. FIJI
teen thousand peope go mad every year, or
FIVE out of every 10000 people alive in that
country enter an asylum as inmates during
the year.
One of the few women who were privi-
legged to call Mr.. Gladstone William" died
recently near Liverpool in her eighty
seventh year. She was Mary Ann Mexican,
the service Of the Gladstone family.
The passage through the Suez canal
grows shorter every year. According to the
annual report the average duration Is %
hours 81 minutes, some thirty-five minutes
less than twelve months ago. The improve
| ment is due to the electric light enabling
the vessels to continue their voyage al
night.
Bellefonte physicians are reported to be
| puzzled. over a barometrical sort OF young
| lady of that place. who is of the most ami
! able and pleasant disposition in clear,
sunny weather, but VINO gets ugly and
morose when clouds gather. and so unruiy
! before storm that she has to be restrained
The Duke of Portland possesses collec-
| ton OF newspapers which has no parallel
| outside the British Museum. These were
| collected by his predecessor, the fifth Duke,
| who caused to be filed and bound no fewer
| than four sets Of all the chief daily and
| weekly newspapers, metropolitan aud pro-
Yinclal.