The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Chicago has not a single hospital for con-
tagiOuS diseases.
A Missouri man has carried the same knife
Tor SlXiy-nlne years.
The Persians have different name for
every day 10 the month.
German countess Is the cook in New
York restaurant kitchen.
Sixteen tons Of steel pens are exported
from Birmingham weekly.
The girl chid's hair should be cut regu-
larry until she IS - years old
There are 4S7 schools in Irkutsk, Siberia,
whose population is nearly 100000.
They are about TO erect an elevated rail-
road ia Baltimore which will cost 81, O0O, co.,
Fifteen farmers in Indiana, it is reported,
killed go rabbits IN one days hunt recently.
There is a wind and storm Insurance COM
pany doing business IN PennSy lyania c0un-
ties.
The Mesquite Indians Of Central America
inter their dead beneath the floor OF their
huts.
At a recent welding the brldesma ds
were robed differently, each Stimulating a
flower.
One hundred million Chinese are engaged
in the culture, preparation, sale, carriage
aud expectation Of tea.
ChcagOs municipal debt is about SI3,-
0,0UQ. The Worlds Fair bonds increase
this sum to Sl8,000,O00
The salary of the Chilean President is
$4,000 year. and he has been earning
every cent Of Il recently.
The Washington Office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company has sent out
over 100000 words in single evening
1t has been said that lightly laden camel
viii take with the same foot thirty eight
strides a minute, each being about seven
feet.
The Sultan of Morocco having been
thrown by white mule, ordered the back
Of the Contumacious beast TO be bastina-
doed.
a Philadelphia clergyman has a parrot
which says It's prayers every night But il
has an unpleasant habit Of swearing in It's
sleep.
The National Library in Paris, with its
100000 printed books and 10000 manu-
scripts, is the largest library storehouse in
the world.
The number Of paupers in the United
States. according 30 the census bulletin. is
1905, Of which 40, 74i are males and 81, 3Oi
are females.
Strong City, Kans.. has 1000 inhabitant,
and the only lawyer among them has so
little 10 do that he must also teach school to
make living
AS soon as a native Alaskan gets a az
gold piece or $40 bill he Immediately
changes 1t for silver, having no faith in gold
or paper money.
1t is not generally known outside Of Rus
STA that the famous OrlOff diamond was
once the right eye Of the great idol in the
temple Of Brahma.
During n wedding ceremony in a Justice's
Office IN SanilaC Center, Mich, the groom
refused to take off his hat or remove n CLAW
pipe from his mouth.
How large ought our sleeping-roOm tn he >
Not less than fifteen feet square, with win
dows on two sides and fireplace, if il is
possible to have one.
There are 10000 women studying in the
various colleges OF America, and yet is only
twenty-five years since the first college in
the land was opened to women
The four gospels have been translated
into UZbek, the language of 2, $50, 900 people
in Central Asia, and published by the
British and Foreign Bible Society.
A curious sign has been adopted at Bonn
bay by native baker, proud Of his knowl-
edge OF English, European l0afer" being
printed IN large letters over his door
New York real-estate agents have craot
difficulty in renting buildings said 10 be
haunted. 1T is estimated that there are nj
least thirty OF these houses now vacant,
census Is right costly. butEthen the in
ventOry must he taken every ten veara
Superintendent Porter estimates the cost If
the last census at II cents for each person.
A spring in st. Tammany Parish. Louisi-
ana, p0urs forth clear, cold water all dav
long. but at sunset goes suddenly dry. die,
charging no water until the sun rises again
Children may appear In theatrical exhi-
billions, but may not sing. dance or appear
in pantOmime according to Senator Roesch e
cnre-all bill introduced into the New York
Senate.
The Lewiston (Ie) police are greatly
alarms with which all the saloons of the
city are provided, and they propose To arr
rest the outside lOungers who press the bnt-
ton while the bartender docs the rest"