The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A quarter Of Scotland is owned by ~
persons.
At Quito. the only city in the world on the
line of the equator. the sun sets and rises
at o'clock the year round
The shade-trees planted along the quays.
avenues and bOulevards, and in the squares,
parks and gardens of Paris number more
than 100000.
At the present time the Shah of Persia is
the owner OF Shetland pony which is but
II inches high. This pampered pet of roy
atty wears gold shoes worth 93 each.
j.. j. Gentry. who lives near Big Spring,
Mo. has tumbler made out of cows horn,
with wooden bottom. one of six her father
made to drink hard cider cut OF In the cam
paign of 1910.
The Society of Friends Of Trees -four
ishes IN Nice. Its object is the general rest0-
ration OF the forests throughout the French
republic All the bald spots are TO be coy
cred with new growth.
Umbrellas are rarely used in Alden, Ara
bia. Rain has fallen there only twice in %
years. Previous to the last rain, which &C.
Cured In 1883. there was a period of dry
weather which lasted 26 years.
The Empress of Austria lately ordered
that 50.00O rose trees should be planted
around the statue of Heine. to be erected
on her property at Corfu, GU a rock over
1000 feet above the level of the sea.
The American Bell Telephone Company
has so forwarded its experiments In the
telephone field that it has PERFECTED n teIe-
phone by which whispers can be trans
mitted goo miles with perfect disfinctness.
More than 100 writer's in Britain, male
and female, have written the life of Glad
stone, and have the manuscript all ready,
so that they can rush to publishing house
with it the moment his death is announced,
A new leather is coming into general use
for common service. 1t closely resembles
sealskin, but in reality il Is very tough goat,
The advantages claimed for 1t are that IL is
waterproof, very light, and will take high
polish.
Russia has become infected with the vice
OF ether-drlnklug, and the pernicious habit
has spread so rapidly that the Government
has judged IL necessary to prohibit the free
sale OF ether and of certain of its com
pounds, and to schedule it among the
posons.
When United States Treasurer Huston
came into once he gave receipt for what
the treasury vaults contained. and this receipt
was the largest ever given in the history of
the world. A fac-simile OF 1t is framed and
hung up In the Treasurer's office, and it
represents s77l, 432, $40 4525.
The London Times report of the debates
In Parliament are dictated through the teIe-
phone TO the printing house, mile aud a
half away, and immediately put in type so
that when the debates continue until A NJ.
as they often do. the papers, with full re-
ports, are ready for the 5 A. NJ. newspaper
trains.
A man in Evanston, Wyo., has invented
new style of railroad which he claims
ought to transport passengers across the
country at the rate OF 200 miles an hour as
easily as trains can now be run at 50 miles
an hour. The cars are to be run on a single
elevated rau placed upon posts and steadied
by side rails.
Professor Elihu Thompson, in a recent
article. states his. belief that 1S0, 900 horse
power OF 100000 volts can be transmitted
24O miles through three wires about as large
as good-sized knittinz-needle, and, more
over. that this can be sent underground
through small pipe. using only cotton and
cheap oil as an insulator.
Currents OF water serve to vast extent
the purpose OF distributing seeds. Walnut.
Duttarnut and pecan trees are f0uni close
to streams. where they drop their nuts into
the passing flood, to be carried far away
aud start other groves perhaps hundreds Of
miles distant. Tree seeds Of many sorts are
carried by oceanic currents.
''TrajaRs WalP' Is a rampant made of
earth and about IS or 40 miles long, extend
ing from Rassova, just at the big end of the
Danube, TO the shores OF the Black Sea.
Though only an earthwork it is most for
midable line OF defense. Even now. 10
centuries alter its construction. it is from
to ten feet In height. with q clear-cut fosse
in front of il.
European ladies are often invited to visit
the harems of the rich Moors in Morocco.
Some time ago one of the inmates-a beau
tiful young girl-fainted at the sight of one
OF the lacy visitors removing her gloves.
The young lady thought she was removing
9 thick skin from her hand. and the sight
frightened her so much that it was some
time before she could regain consciousne ss.
That knowledge of mythalogy las taught
to young ladies and others) should be CON-
mon in the Greece OF to-day is only natural
You shall find the urchins in the village
school at Delphi reciting the lives of heroes
and saints, OF Samson and Herakles, of the
virgin huntress and her who was greatest
among women. in breath. All are equally
real to them. as they might have been 20
their forebears IS centurius ago.