The morning call., 1893-03-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Canton, China, exports 100000 fans
every year.
Audiences are forbidden TO applaud In
Russian theaters.
The Prnssian Government has decidfd to
introduce tn" use of the centigrads Their
mometers instead of that of Reaumur,
which was still in use in some parts of the
kingdom.
Ancient Greek temples were always
erected without roofs, so that they might be
open to the sky. The largest of them was
that of Jupiter Olympus, which was $40 feet
long and 60 broad.
AT the beginning OF 1898 there were
1,701. 900 francs in gold and !, ,257. .O0O 900
francs in silver in the vaults of the Bank
Of France. 1t would require 6S3 cars of a
capacity Of ten tons each to move the metals.
II was to the tobacco trade that Glasgow
first owed its importance in the world of
commerce. This trade began in 1907 and
seventy years later We find Glasgow im-
porting more than half the tobacco cou-
sumed in Britain.
On the farm of NJ. A. Rabb Of Brewton.
Alabama. there is said To be peachtree
that blossoms in December, has leaves out
and is now, he claims, full of young
peaches, while not another tree on his place
shows any sign OF blooming.
1t has hitherto been the law in Japan that
II woman was not married by certain
age the authorities picked ont man and
compelled him to marry her. The Mtkado
has just abolished this usage. In future
Japanese women will be allowed to live and
die maids as In European countries.
Parliament is not over particular about
Sunday observance when it suits its pur-
pose TO be otherwise. The House of Com
mons has met on Sunday eleven times. on
varions occasions when urgency demanded
it. The first time was in the reign of Ed
ward III, the last at the death of George IL.
law has been enacted In Ontario for
bidding the spraying or sprinkling of fruit
trees while they are in bloom with any
mixture containing paris green or other sub
stances poisonous or injurious to bees. The
object of the legislation is to protect the
bees from harm, the honey from possible
talnt OF poisoning. and 10 avoid possible
obstacles to complete fertilization of the
fruit
An official who was out in the Northwest
long before there were any railroads in that
part Of the country says that the glaciers of
the Selkirk Range were pure white and blue
then. Now they have grayish, and In
some lights reddish, appearance, and on
examining the surface of the ice it IS found
to be charged with little humps of what
seems to be clay. The official says that this
is ashes from the forest fires that ciYiliza-
ton has carried into that region.
An elephant gives, perhaps. the best in
stance of disciplined courage TO be seen in
the animal world, They will submit, day
after day, to have painful wounds dressed
in obedience to their keeper. and mpet an
ger In obedience To orders. though their
intelligence is sufficient 10 understand the
peril and far too great for a man to trick
them into a belief that it is non-existent
No animal VIII face danger more readily at
mans bidding.
AS many famous vineyards of Europe are
incapable OF producing in any one year the
amount oil wine bearing their label sold
annually In the United States, so the Ber-
midas grow only small percentage of the
Bermuda potatoes" sold In this country,
II often happens, indeed, that the so-called
Bermuda potatoes are small and poor pota-
toes OF native growth which have been
treated with acids in order that they may
look like the Imported tubers.
The monks of the Middle Ages diyided
the kiss into sixteen distinct and separate
orders-frst, the decorous, or modest kiss
second, the diplomatic, or kiss of policy :
third. the spying kiss. to ascertain If q
woman has drunk wine: fourth, the slave
kiss; fifth. the kiss infamous-a church
penance; sixth, the slipper kiss, practiced
toward tyrants; seventh, the judicial kiss .
eighth. the feudal kiss; ninth, the religions
kiss kissing the er0ss) tenth. the aeademi-
cal kiss ION joining solemn brotherhocd) /;
eleventh, the hand kiss; twelfth, the Judas
kiss; thirteenth, the medical kiss (for the
purpose of healing some sickness; four
teenth. the kiss of etiquette; fifteenth, the
kiss OF love, the only real kiss.