The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A wooden factory was established by
monks in Florence, A. ID. 1914
Maryland factory states that it put up
1900, coo cans Of corn last season.
Genuine volcanic dust has been found in
Kansas and the Indian Territory.
The are only abont thirty members left OF
the once mighty Tribe Of Choctaws near
New Orleans.
The secret Of petrffying human flesh was
discovered by Milan student in 1859, but
he was drowned a few years later, and the
secret peTshed with him.
Fully 100 tons OF Canadian poultry were
landed In Liverpool during the last week Of
December. 1t arrived in splendid condition
and sold at about IA csn IS a pound
The largest sheep ranch in the world is
In the counties OF Demmet and Webb,
Tex. 1t contains upward of 100000 acres
and yearly pastures from l, 100000 to 1900, 600
sheep.
great number Of carpat-tacks, several
bits of iron and a nail are reported to have
been found In the stomach of Kalamazoo
(Mich.) boy who lately died in an insane
asylum.
Lucca Della Robbia invented enameled
faiencP, the precursor of modern porcelain.
In 1920. and about a century later its MAUI
facsure was general. From Italy this en-
ameled ware passed into France.
well-preserved tooth of a mastodon Is
said 10 have lately been unearthed eighty
seven feet below the surface, near Snake
River, Idaho. The tooth weighs about four
pounds and measures II inches in circum-
ference.
According TO the president of the Kansas
State Dairy Association it costs more to
grow pound of wheat than TO make a
pound OF milk in that State, and the wheat
sells for three-Quarters of cent pound
and the milk TOR cent pound.
hoe Y.t0 in
Bounty. Missouri. an ancient Roman sword,
it is reported which is believed ito have
belonged TO some member of De Soto s
expedition, who were exploring in that part
of the country in the middle of the sixteenth
century.
piece of petrifed wood. weighing s14
pounds. Is reported TO have been recently
uneartbed near Elkton. Ohio. According
to biologists who examined the nature of
the petrifcatiOn its formation is believed to
date back $500 years by the most e0nserya-
tive calculation.
The table on which the articles Of agree
ment for the surrender of Vicksburg were
signed by General Grant and General Penn
horton, is IN general use 10 beer saloon IN
Vicksburg. The saloOn-keeper has been
offered large price for the relic, but be re-
fuses to dispose OF 1t.
One of the famous collections Of coins in
this country is that owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charies Schome OF indianapolis. IL was
made by William WiBkler of Columbus,
Ind, who Travelled all over Europe to make
it. In the collection is a piece which is
said to be the oldest Saxon coin in exist
ence.
Sneezing is ayerted by pressing the upper
lip, because by doing so we deaden the i'm
preston made on certain branch OF the
fifth relve. sneezing being a reflex action
excited by some slight impression On that
nerve. SneeZing does not take place when
the fifth nerve Is paralyZed, even though the
sense of smell is retained.
1t will be a great consolation to those
who would rather mortify the flesh than be
guilty OF violating the laws of polite society
that yawning can be INDUCED in under
certain conditions, not only without CON-
junction. but with actual benefit. No less
an authority than DR.. Naegeli says that il
acts like massage, and is the most natural
gymnastics of the lungs imaginable.
A writer says of the rabbits in Australia
that for several years in succession the
animal becomes so scarce as to be quite
difficult to obtain. increasing in the next
few years to go extraordinary an extent as
to become the most bundant animal in the
country. Alter the maximum OF increase
has been attained the rabbits commence to
die of. and before many weeks are over
their dead bodies strew the woods in all
| directions, while live rabbit is scarcely to
| be met with.