The morning call., 1893-09-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Great Britain uses 25o.000.000 bricks a
month.
The Rocky Mountain ranges are 800
miles vice.
Philadelphia numbered its houses as
early as 1911.
The orange passion flower is a native of
South Carolina.
Many insects hear and breathe with the
same apparatus.
London has a larger daily delivery of
letters than all Scotland.
Cotton was extensively grown and manu-
featured n Spain A. ID. 1000.
The Egyptians cooked fish whole, remoy-
ing only the tails and fms.
The invention Of the diamond drill revo-
lutioniZed the art of mining.
The first idea of a pneumatic tube WAS
due to Denis Papin in 1867.
The farmer in Japan VINO has more than
ten acres of land is looked upon as a mo-
nOpoist.
A Roman gentleman wore knee breaches
and close-ittiDg WOODEN shirt under his
toga.
Richter was fond of pets and at one time
kept great spider in paper box, care
fully feeding aud tending the creature for
many months.
a man in Washington County. Pa. has
q bansNii ltookOt NidJ ID % ldlDlLldE Win
a Get that it can get on the feline's back
and crow without the cat taking any notice
of it.
The first English school in America was
opened in Massachusetts in 1922. with six
pupils. Now the public Schools of this
country have $4,000 teachers, Is, ZOO. 600
scholars, and cost last yeer $14S, 724, 647.
The first English book was printed in
1874. In 1891 the publishers of this coun-
try issued 1865 new books, with an aver
age OF 1000 copies each. During the same
year there were 1929 new books printed in
England.
To ride horse that has more than three
white feet, according TO English supersti-
ton, viii bring i'll luck to the days plans,
but the four white feet are mark and a
token of considerati ton with Orientials,
who do not fail to mention the fact in the
pedigree of their horses.
Many years ago a beekeeper, named
Wildman, surprised all Europe with the
ease with which he handled bees, COM
pelllng swarm to Settle where he
pleased. His secret was to get possession
nf the queen bee, when the others would
follow wherever she was placed.
Termite laborers at their work are al
ways attended by soldier ant, who saun-
ters about with his hands in his pockets.
AT intervals he strikes the wall or ground
with his head aud is at once answered by
Missing SOUND from the workers, who
immediately redouble their speed.
A petrifed tree is reported to have been
recently unearthed Oh the farm of
Washington Bonner, near Bandler, Tex.
at depth of nearly fifty feet. The tree
was hollow and the cavity was filled with
honey. The comb was In perfect state
of preservation and the honey in the cells
tasted sweet, fresh and pure.
The bicycle has produced some queer
changes. 1t is restoring the wayside Inn
among other things. Along certain coun-
! try roads not far from Boston. which are
much frequenled by wheemen, and espe-
clally along those in the direction of the
! beaches, there are little summer restau.
rants or cafes which derive the largest part
of their income from the passing riders OF
/ bicycles.
The old-time superstitious belief thai
human beings should sleep with their
/ heads toward the north is now believed TO
/ be based on scientific principle. Sons
| French savantS have made experiments
upon the body of a criminal who mad snf-
! Tered death. and these tests go 10 prove
that each human Eody is in itself an elec.
/ trio battery, one electrode being repre-.
sented by the head and the other by the
feet