The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Monk eys are remarkably fond of oyst,

MONKEYS are remarkably fond of oysters
Fig trees and cedars are rarely struck by
lightning
The donkey is the longest lived amongst
our domestic animals.
There Is no doubt about the difficulty Of
killing a cat but even that so-called nine
lived animal Is not 10 compare in tenacity
0fIiie with the South American condor. IL
can last for periods that would tax the en-
dnranee OF professional fasting man, and
IL can survive wounds that any other ami
NAL would succumb to.
William /. Shaffer Of Evanston, Wyo..
has Invented new style of railroad which
ne 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
so miles an hour. The cars are to be run on
a single elevated rail placed upon posts and
steaded by side-rals.
Bllndness reaches the highest point in
civilized lands GIG persons to 1G0 600 Of pop
ulation) among the Spaniards, who are
brunettes. while it is much smaller In
Sweden C9i per 100000, or less than halD.
the land OF blondes. The United States has
the lowest rate OF blind population in the
world. Egypt has the highest.
AT shooting lodge in The Scotch High
lands IS an electric installation operated by
a brook. from which a column of water de-
scends In pipe OF 600 feet TO q turbine
running dynamo. Electric current is OBJ
large number Of electric stoves for drying
the cellars and warming the rooms.
Before the invention of bottle Jacks, the
turnspit dog was, says "Casselps Natural
History used la England TO turn the spit
on which the joint was roasted, for which
purpose they we're attached TO sort OF
wheel: 1t Is queer looking dog-very long
bodied and very short-legged. and is pos
sessed OF great degree of intelligence.
III any one is i'll or annoyed in any way in
Ihibet the evil spirits are responsible and
the only sensible thing Is to go and hire a
priest TO brighten them off. For this pur-
pose the lama reads aloud from his sacred
waitines, blows norm made from human
ttlgh-eone, beats drum manufactured out
OF two human skulls. rings a bell and tells
over rosary Of dlsk-shaped beads cut out
Of human skulls.
Chinese guide to the English language.
complied by learned Celestial has been
published in Peking.. The student OF this
quaint little volume. however. will not
make himself easily understood in English
conversation by using such sentences as the
following: " Diligent learn of English
words no difficult. 10 do good virtues be-
come rich and know TIE himself no have
got. Fear inside have little false. Run
come too much refugee. Can do biting.
why you count want mistake"
gentleman travelling in japan broke
to native village jeweler. The watch was
returned. apparently in as good going order
as ever, and II Kept good time until the
rainy season set In, when IL stopped.
being In The city OF Toxic at that time the
traveller took the watch to an English work
man., who was astonished to find that the
cunning Jap bad put in spring made out
OF bamboo, which, so long as it kept dry,
renamed elastic, but during wet weather
bad gathered dampness and lost Its power.