The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

L6LIcTS are 10 Oe Stdul pSu w SicCtEiCitYs
Italy leads the procession of wlne-produc-
ing countries.
The nearest fixed star is $1,000, 100000
miles from the eartn.
Londoners pay an average each of q shiI-
lings per annum Tor gas.
Five million pounds sterling is spent an
nually on whisky III Ireland.
Freckes, like red hair are an indication
of an ardent temperament.
During the past nnety-six years 34S.9lj.-
GOO pounds Of gold were coined in France
body weighing 10000 pounds at ths
equator would weigh 10,031 pounds in Lon
don.
Some thirty square miles of land are ia
the British Kingdom alone devoted to pur-
poses of burial.
Among the Digger and Ute Indians there
is no edible so highly esteemed as the coni-
mon graSshopper.
Mental arithmetic" in East Indian
schools is vastly more pursued study than
in the United States.
Tween ty-one per cent Of the men en-
ployed in the English merchant marine SER
vice are unable to swim.
a bill before the Illinois Legislature pro-
vides that IN Chicago all vehicles used to
transport prisoners shall be covered.
Sidewalk showcases. which formerly were
left in partial darkness after nightfail. are
now quite commonly lltumlHate0 Win In
candescent electric lights.
About 5000 words in the English language
have no rhyme to them. These include
such important words as honor, virtue,
gulf, month and echo.
One of the most interesting objects at the
Chicago fair viii be model of Copenhagen.
with the new free hartor, quays and ware
houses, as it will be when completed.
The naval vessels now in process of con-
CfFnPtiHD q variOuG Sbinvardc in
try arc estimated to cost S53, 100000, and
merchant vessels building are valued at
81 $4,000.
A resident of Kansas City claims to have
found a copy of the Gazette printed at est
Louis. La, in 1903" 1t was the third issue
of probably the first paper published west
of the Mississippi River.
The firing Of small pistol sets free about
GOO ioot-ponndS of energy, while a watch
consumes about ISL, 900. 000ih of a horse
power, the energy of the buleC being sui
icent to keep the time for two years.
Marseilles. France, is the headquarters
for the sale of false hair. Twenty huge
bales of Chinese human hair recently az
rived there and will be manufactured Into
curs, fTiZZeS aud cTmps for English ladies'
The inhabitants of the ADdaman Islands
are the smallest race of known human
bengs-that is, taken as an average. The
height Of full grown Andmanian seldom
c6CCOho S/2 4CNAt anu 1Cn NCiEH Of6f W
pounds.
So large is the collection Of valuable
historical papers IN the State Department
Library at Washington that the work of in
dexing and binding them, begun severai
years ago. will probably not be completed
within decade.
There has been plowed up in Andrew
County, Mo-. an ancient Roman sword, it
is reported. which is believed 10 have be
longed to some member of De SOtO's ex-
petition. who were exploring in that part
OF the country in the middle of the six
teenth century.
A telegraph operator at Sedalia. Mo. is
said to be deaf and dumb He deciphers
the messages he receives If is said, by read
ing the movements of the relay armature
The manner in which he rceives the dis
patches is to put his head against the iH-
strumeut at which he Is working, so that
he can feel the Earring of the sounds.
A matchmaker in Newcastle recently
completed a set of three gold SHIRT studs, IN
one of which is a watch that keeps excellent
time, the dial being only tATee-sixteenths
of an inch in diameter. Tie three studs are
connected by a strip OF silver inside the
shirt bosom and the watch contained in the
middle one is wound up bv turning the stud
above. The hands are set by turning the
one below.
A reproduction in salt of the Goddess OF
Liberty on Bedlows Island is being SCUM
iured at the offices OF the Salt Union in
Winsford, England. for exhibition at tie
Chicago Fair. The statue itself is feet t
inches high and it will sand on a base
feet in height 1t will be carved out Of
solid white salt and the sHt- base will be Of
amber-colored rock salt t. guifate the rocks
of the island. Tie base viii be highly
crnamented with mOlding>, panels and ia
scriptOns.
Tompkns with 50" is no more signif-
cant than Patterson with two ''t's," If ira
dltion is 10 be trusted. According to the
story that has come w IF n the sixteenth
century, the PattersOnS sDelt the name
with one 1t" before Q -ea Elizabeth set
about marking those q, Ut subjects who
left their ancient Cathode faith aud east
their lot with the Churc # England. She
insisted that all the Protr> ant Pattersons
take to themselves a SprAH -" and since
that time many have followed that mode o.
spelling the name.
"The best gOld-feldS in America tod "
are in North Carolina" il the opinion of
DR.. Herman, an old miner Of Atlanta. and
the statement is backed no in other papers
by other gold miners of that region. This
should be interesting n"wS far the crowd
of disguised miners now TN ing to get away
from the San Juan country. Colorado. aud
recalls a remark of a Connecticut gold
mining expert: There's great deal OF
gold in Connecticut" be said. Just about
enough 10 ruin any company that under
takes to get 1t out"