The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In India the native barber will shave you
when asleep without waking you, so light
is his touch.
The yearly consumption of milk at the
Hotel Melr0D0le. London. Is 10000 quarts,
and Of water 20,000 coo gallons.
a Houston County tGa.) man has sow
years old that has been the mother of 172
pigs and now has litter Of IL.
In the Old Testament, although great
numbers of women are mentioned, there is
but one--Sarah. AbTaham's wife - whose
age is recorded.
a fine has recently been imposed upon an
English woman who permitted her two dogs
to draw her baby-carriage on the public
Highway.
Siberia is one of the finest undeveloped
countries in the world, and 1t Is really diff
cult to eXaggerate the enormous wealth of
this gigantic region.
The Legislative Assembly of Syria, in
Austria has passed law foTbidding poor
people 10 marry without a special license
from the authorities.
Citizens OF Perry, Ga, are wondering at
young chicken owned by one of them which
has four legs, two Of which are where the
tail feathers ought to be.
A man living in New England who is
feet inches in height has beard feet
inches in length, or inches longer than him
self The beard began 10 grow u years age.
In the case of humming- bird the sound
is caused by the beating OF tie wings against
the air. The hum or buzz of insects is pro-
duced by the under part of their hard wings
scraping against the edges of their hind
legs, which are tOothed like q saw.
An old Indian chief. La Pier, has in his
possession remarkable souvenir. Ii is a
laSso of human hair 90 feet long, and Ct
vaIiegated colors. A priest at one OF the
Indian missions says that it was made from
the hair of wives and daughters of pioneers
The European or American, In order to
sleep well, ordinarily requires a d0wny
pillow, but the japanese, stretching him
self on rush mat on the floor, puts a
hard, square block of wood under his head
and does not sleep well If he does not have
it..
society has been formed in London
under the title Of the Witnesses Protection
Society. The objects OF the association are
to protect witnesses from insults by coun-
sci. to put the matter Of contempt of court
into the hands OF jury and 10 raise fund
TO indemnify cOntumaciOus witnesses from
Decunlary loss.
There comes from Sweden news of the
construction OF locomotive steamboat. IL
was built for use on a chain of small lakes
in Sweden which are separated by water
falls, and TO get around these the steamboat
has been fitted with wheels like those of
locomotive, and on leaving the water runs
smoothly along on the land on tracks.
Aunt Hittie Strout OF Harrington, Me-,
now SO years of age is the daughter of
David Brown, who was three times married
and was the father Of % children. The last
four OF this interesting family were born at
one birth and were named Europe, Asia
Africa and America respectively The
quartet died in infancy and Aunt Hittie Is
the sole survivor Of the o.
The constant recourse of American
dramatists to-day to the French stage makes
noteworthy the reminder that as recently rs
1929 there was only one theater open i'm
Paris. the Hotel de BoUrgogne. at which
Corneille was first employed His great play
lie Cid was an adaptation from Il e
Spanish, and gave rise TO the proverb, AS
beautiful as The Cid"
A commercial traveller, at Kansas City, re-
Gently became suddenly deaf, dumb and
blind. Surgeons examined him carefully,
and decided that q clot Of blood had formt
on the brain. The eliot was located, tho
man prepared for an operation, and
trephination performed. AS soon az a small
button of the skull was removed, Mr. Gil
let's senses returned 10 him one by one
leaving bin as we'll as ever.