The morning call., 1893-07-30
THE Ma e,
Market, Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Dalton. Ga. boasts Of cat with six
paws.
The finest emerald in Europe belongs to
the Car.
London postmen deliver 10. 0OO, 600 letters
weekly.
The emerald Is now one of the rarest OF
precious stones.
The United States leads the world in
divorce, in the twenty years preceding
1886. there being 328 TIC to 258, 1872 for all
Europe.
Irish monks discovered Iceland in A. D.
| 725, about 135 years before the independent
discovery of the island by Norsemen.
Asbestos Is mineral fiber of the horn
blende variety. 1t derives Its name from n
Greek word which signifies "indestructible
by fire."
| A new thing in the surgical world Is
curious brass button recently designed by
| a surgeon for the purpose OF joining Co
gelher two ends of an intestine that has
been cut.
| The heaven of the Esquimaux Ia a land
of warm sunshine, with glowing fires over
| hung with pots of boiling whales Dlubber.
and esseful couches Of fur scattered Eere
and there.
| The real dlscoverer OF the American COD
tinent Is said to be neither Columbus nor
Lief Ericsson. but undoubtedly BiaTnt
Scotia A. d. 995.
The inhab itants OF Thibet are the dirtfest
people on earth. Not only do they never
wash. but when once full growth has been
attained they never take their clothes OF.
| w hen the garments they wear become old
| others are put over them.
| Aluminium is not, section for section, .
verv strong metal. 1t is only one-half as
strong as wrought iron. 1t has very Low
elastic limit. 1t is not rigid. but bends
under a transverse strain readily. II Is Ia
its alloys that its utility commences to ap-
pear.
cooking club in Washington was broken
up in one year by matrimony. To The club
dinners, ordered. cooked and served by
every member of the club in turn, a man
could bs asked by every girl. The re-
suit has been as many weddings as men,
bers.
Since 1856 the countries that have sur.
plus grain to export are Russia. Austria,
Armenia. the United States. Argentina,
India. Australia; The Importing countries
are Great Britain. France. Germany, Scan
dinavia, Holland, Switzerland, Spain and
Italy.
One OF the most productive sections of
the world Is the Russian province of Bes-
sarabia, taken from Turkey in 1878. Its
vineyards often yield 800 gallons of wine
per acre; the average yield OF wheat Is
tuiFty-uVo DusnelS ana OF maize sixty
bushels.
Ninety per cent OF the energy in coal r.
now lost In converting it into power. It
goes off in heat through chimneys, and Ia
perceived In any room where there Is a
furnace and boiler. A means OF saving
this waste will vastly cheaper the cost of
everything manufactured by electric or
steam power.
Among the many Russian articles of lisa
and beauty now imported to this conntrv
are girdles for feminine waists. They ave
like most Russian ornaments. porpeops 70
the last degree. The girdie itself il MADE
Of cloth woven with threads OF gold or
silver. The buckle is USUALLY a larre,
| metallic affair, bedlzened with Byzantine
decorations.
Delftware is a kind of pottery which
was manufactured in Delft, Holland. from
the sixteenth to the eighteenth century,
The industry Is now practically extinct in
Holland. Ii closely resembles porcelain
in appearance. l. was brought to this
country by the early Dutch and English
settlers. In those days it was not consid-
cred particularly valuable. Descendants
OIL the colonial families prize the rare
specimens OF the ware which still rems.-A
IN their hands very highly, and it Is diff.
cult 70 purchase any genuine specimens