The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Southern factories are making paper from
palmetto.
In thirty-s!x years South Australia has
had forty administrations.
One of the 400" of Adrian, Mich, is an
expert contortiOnist.
Owing to the inclination of its orbit the
moon is never exactly full.
In Finland and East Turkestan thunder
storms are totally unknown.
a four-yeaT-uld boy in Georgia Is said to
weigh ninety pounds, wears No. hat and a
No. shoe.
For ffty-two consecutive miles on the
Boston and Albany Railroad there is not
single grade crossing.
A man in Kansas has a dog called Chris
TOPPER Columbus. and the number of its
license is 1892.
For 200 years the paper from which
Bank OF England notes are made has been
manufactured at Layerstoke in Hamp-
shire.
The oldest artesian well In Europe is
found at LlllerS, France. From its mouth
water has flowed uninterrupIedly for 746
years.
Both the Kurds and Cossacks believe
that Ararat is guarded by an unearthlY
being, and that no man can ascend the peak
and live.
dispatch states that 'for the past two
weeks there have been frequent eruptiOns in
various parts of Yellowstone Park. near
the Giant and Grantees geysers, and also
near the great Castle geyser."
with nothing but a jackknife AdOlph
SJohrim, a Marquette Swede, has con-
structed the frame of a clock representing
an ancient castle. He used various kinds
oil wood, aud worked on the job for two
years.
Seyera! Obseryant ladies have discovered
that yegetalians have clear complexiuns,
and have either renowned the use of meat
entirely, or partake of it sparngly. Lady
Paget, wife OF the British Ambassador at
the Austrian court, is one Of the recent con-
Verts to yegetarianism.
The Chinese are inveterate gamblers. II
Is SAID that when Chinese has lost every
thng else he will even stake his finger
joints. If he loses he chops joint off with
Ratchet dips the stump in oil and resumes
play. Ii he loses again he chops off another
Joint, and SO on till all are gone.
Sea fowls eggs have one remarkable
peculiarly, they are nearly coniea in form,
broad at the base and sharp at the point, so
that they Will only roll in Il circle. Thew
are laid on the bare edges Of high rocks,
from which they would almost surely roll
OH save for this happy provision of nature.
a dead bulIfrOg owned by resident OF
New Haven, Conn, is claimed to be one Of
the Oldest and largest frogs in this part Of
the world. The animal IS known to be as
least fourteen years old, and measures
eighteen inches from head to foot. twelve
pounds.
An inmate of the Poorhouse at Peru,
Ind., VINO died short time ago, was about
10 years old, and was born, il is said, with
almost every popularity of sea-ltOn. She
Is stated to have had piercing cry like that
animal, and moved her head from one side
to the other almost continually. It is fur
Their reported that she was never able to
walk.
Steel tubes for boilers are being largely
used, to the displacement OF copper. This
movement started few years back when
copper ring" raised the price of that
metal abnOrmally for a time. 4 three
eighths inch steel tube. with a half inch
bore, can be drawn to sustain a pressure OF
1000 pounds per square inch; the cost is less
than that for copper, and the durability is
quite as great.
Alexander the Great, the cOnqusror OF the
world, died when he was 81 years old.
Maurice OF SaXony the greatest captain and
statesman OF his time, died at the same age.
Inc Duke OF WeimaT, one of AdOlphus'
generals, died at the age OF Sc, while Gus
tayus AdOlphus died W hen he was SO. Pas
cal, the great French writer, and Raphael,
the great Italian artist, both died at 81.
NJ. MOissan, member OF the Academic
des Sciences, has produced a number Of
microscopic specimens of true diamonds
from ordinary carbon which he had crys-
tallized by means of an electrical furnace
Invented by himself. Results were OBJ.
tanned by dIssolving pure carbon, obtained
Dy the com bustlon OF sugar, In an ingOt of
iron heated to 5000 deg. centigrade, and then
cTystallIZlng II by the application OF cold
water. The crystals thus produced are
very minute. not above the thousandth part
OF carat, but they exhibit all the qualities
of the real diam ond
French War Office experts are divided in
opinion concerning the value or danger of
EitteIs tower in case of a siege of Paris.
German staff officers have written quite
freely about the matter, principally holding
that the tower would afford fine target
Some French officers agree with this view;
others say the forts around the city would
Keep the tower out OF range, while il would
AFFORD an excellent post for observation
From it the operations of an enemy could
be observed for radius of fOrty-fOur miles.
Il have noticed in various parts of the
city" said visitor, tall, modern build
ings which have been erected next to
churches. The buildings l speak OF are not
so tall as some l have seen, but so located
they show strikingly the heights to which
modern business buildings are carried, for
they rise away above the roofs of the churches
and half or three. quarters of the way up
the steeples; and the churches which for
merry had seemed so high now seem Curl
ously dwaEfed by comparison"
Paterson, \. j., has in the falls of the
PaSsaic not only the source of enormously
valua BILE water-pOwer, but a piece of rare
natural scenery. Unfortunately, however,
for the city, the land Immediately about the
falls has been almost barred of trees, and
rendered thoroughly unattractive. Accord
ing to local tradition a resident of the
neigh borhoud Onre incloSed and beautifed
park about ths falls, expecting that it
would be a popular resort One day it was
thrown open TO the public and next morn
ing il was found in state of ruin.
The FIjians believe that in case mar
Tiageable youth or maiden dies without
having gone through with the elaborate
nuptial modifying ceremony of the islands
his or her soul is doomed to wander about
forever i'll an Intermediate region between
heaven and hell. When any one dies, man,
woman or child. q whales tooth is placed
in the hand of the corpse, the missile to be
thrown a the tree which stands as guide
post to point out the road that leads to
hRavar n md tho ma That lands ~ hall