The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-11
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The co0lie, fed on rice, Is more active and
| can endure more than the negro fed on fat
| meat.
Celery coffee is new drink. 1t is said
| to give renewed strength to the brain and
| nerve.
their honeymoon in tue depth CT an old coal
mine.
The shipping entering the Mtrsey was in
| 1900 100000 tons per annum. 1t 10 now
| 10000, 600 tons.
Tungsten added to pure aluminium obvi-
ates all difficulty from attacks by water, salt
| or otherwise.
A party OF sportsmen at the chateau of
Baron Hirsch, in Hungary, shot PC, $40 part
ridges in three days.
Electrotype reproductions of rare pieces
OF silver, such as are found only in mu-
seuIns or valuable art collections, are among
the latest fdds.
Since November s TO date it has been es-
timated that seyenty-elght Democrats have
been killed by powder in celebrating the
victory.
The largest telephone center in the world
is that in the exchange in Berlin, Germany,
where 1000 wires are connected with the
main office.
A student in n Western college proposes
TO deliver lecture on commencement day
on "rhe Relation of the WheeIbarrow to
American Elections"
A well-known French physician asserts
that the bilious fever So characteristic of
tropical countries is due TO special bac-
terium, which, though notionless itself, is
accompanied by Dumberless moving spores.
The Spanish peasant works every day
and dances half the night and yet eats only
his black bread, onion aud watermelon. The
Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and
some olives, yet he walks off with his load
of 200 pounds.
The amount Of colOring matter in pound
OF coal Is enormous. 1t VIII Weld enough
magenta TO color 500 yards of flannel, YER
million for $500 yards, aariae for 100 yards,
aud aliZarine for 155 yards of turkey-red
cloth.
No less than 1000 daily and weekly
Journals are printed in Paris. This is only
a little more than third less than those
printed in the provinces. They are rep
resented by $3.50, Algeria by 123 and the
other French possessions by 4S.
In the Roman Campagna, at the sepul-
cher OF Aletella, wife of Sulla, there is an
echo which repeats five times, each being in
n different Key 1t viii also repeat hexa-
meter line. or another sentence which can
be spoken in two and half seconds.
Tie total number of letters carried in
France during 1891 was $40. 000, 900, as COM
pared with $4,000, 600 in 1877. The number
creased from 100000 to 41,000.G00 and
newspaper wrappers frOm 100000 to
3O0,000,0O0.
Foreign physicians are agreed almost
unanimously as 10 the Importance of adopt
Ing Immediately the repressive treatment
oil cholera by opium, acting upon the theory
which assumes the worst symptoms OF
cholera to be the result of loss of fluid.
The Roman soldiers, who built such won
deIful roads and carried weight OF armor
and luggage that would crush the average
farmland, lived on coarse brown bread and
{" fam to IL. 1f~t
and regular aud constant in exercise.
On the bank of the river Naha, between
BinRen and C0blentZ there is an echo cana
bic OF repeating sentence seventeen differ
ent times A popularity of this echo is
that although the original word or sentence
be uttered IN whisper, yet the volume Of
the sound increases many folds in the echo.
Volcanic ashes often travel long dis
lance. \ remarkable shower of volcani C
ashes has occurred recently in several parts
of Finland. The ground in some places has
been covered TO the depth of nearly an inch
The phen omenOn Is attributed to volcanic
eruDtions in Iceland. hundreds of miles
away.
In France there Is an unwritten but i'm
mutabie law that a painting shall not be
exhibited without the artists consent, no
matter What the wishes of the owner may
be. And now literary and artistic con-
gress In session at Milan, Italy. has decided
that the right of reproduction does not pass
to the buyer of picture.
The keeang poles of the Haida Indians
OF the Queen Charlotte Islands, according
TO Mr.. Alexander MackenZle's account of
them, were elected 10 commemorate the
event of chief taking position i'll the tribe
by Building house and making a distrlbu-
ton of nil his property. Each pole mas also
an individual distinguishing name.
In many parts of England, in Germany,
and in the north of Europe there are numer-
Gus superstitlons concerning the cuckoo, all
CT which. however, unite in ascribiug TO it
oracular powers. In the maritime High
lands and Hebrides if the cuckoo is first
heard by one who has not broken his fast,
some misfortune, IL is believed, may be ex-
pected
In the famous cellars of the Hotel de
Vile, at Bremen, there are a dozen cases Of
holy wine Which have been preserved for
250 years. If the cost of maintaining the
cellar, payment of rent. interest upon the
original value of the wine and other incl
dental charges are all considered, bottle
OF this choice wine has cost 81, 000, 600, each
glassful S270.476. aid single drop could
not be sold without loss under 5000
The Amazon warriors of the King of Da-
honey at Poguessa were armed with Win
ehesters and sharp sabers. The French
have captured number of European officers
who were serving as officers in the army of
King Behanzin of Dah0mey. Three Ger
mans. named Schulz, Puech and Weekel,
and Belgian named Enzels, were captured
recently. There was a prompt and brief
court-martial, and at its conclusion the four
~ r. INN nodi etQ 1 hot