The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
There are no alleys in Para, Brazil.

There are no alleys in Para, Brazil.
The shark is the oldest type OF fish.
There are six beet-sugar factories in the
United States.
Chicago claims the finest collection OF old
yiolins in the world.
A Farm Home Reading Circle has been
organized in Michigan.
The despised "razor-backs" OF the South
yields the finest hams.
The price of ivory billlard-balIs has
doubled in fifteen years.
A Moberly (Mo.) man sawed two cords Of
wood TO secure $1,000 life insurance
India rubber is tue newest paving ma
terial. 1t is more durable than asphalt
Mike Collins of ST Louis has agreed to
eat three PIGS feet day for thirty days
for $40 and the championship of Missouri.
An Insane man who travelled through
Northern Missouri three years ago has re-
appeared. lie drives horse and an OK and
wherever the OK chooses TO go the man fol-
lows.
confectnner, being curious as TO the
weight OF 800 pennies, placed them in pa
per bag on confectinner's scales and found
that they weighed three pounds five and a
quarter ounces.
At one factory in Frederick County, Md.
this season 1900, 00o cans of corn, beans.
etc. were put up. This is the largest indi.
yidnal concern in the world. and uses the
ylelu OF ABOUT 4UUO acres.
Rabbits are becoming serious nuisance
in some parts of Kansas. Barber County
pays bounty of cents each for rabbit
scalps, and about 5000 scalps have been
paid Tor thera since last October
Queen Victoria, since the beginning of
her@reign, has only signed one death war
rant, which was for an execution in the Isle
OF Man, the act passed for relieving her
Majesty OF signing death warrants having
nv oversight inpiudad hot =
her Majesty's dominions.
Professor Huxley declares that the proper
weight OF man is 154 pounds, made up as
follows: Muscles and their appurteuances.
IS pounds; skeleton, a pounds; skin, 10b
pounds; fat, IS pounds; brain, pounds:
abdominal vlscera, IL pounds; blood chat
which would drain from the body, pounds.
The late NJ. de Quatrafages, the French
ethnoioeist, said all mankind came from
central mass In Northern Asia. and that
there were three fundamental types-black,
white and yellow. These three types scat
tered over the world and intermingled.
forming. IN course Of time, distinct races of
human beings.
Sheridan, the actor, coined the word
quiz" on wager that it would be in every
body's mouth the next day. He gave the
stage eailboys chalk and ordered each to
spend the night writing the VOID quiz" on
every door, doorstep. fence and shutter they
| came TO, promising to each boy 3 shilines il
the work was found TO be well executed.
Ten hens In house that is ten feet
/ square, with yards ten times the size of the
house, is rule to fol0y. Ten hens with
one male Is the correct mating, and ten eggs
under a setting hen in winter are enough.
Ten weeks is long enough to keep broier
before it goes to market, and a pair of ducks
or fowls should weigh not over ten pounds.
Ten cents per pound is near the average
price for fowls in market, and ten cents
should feed men one month.
The "stingiest", man has again made his
appearance. This time he lives at Albany,
Or, and he lately lost $40, which was
found by man who kept it three months
before he discovered its owner to whom he
promptly gave it. The owner never even
thanked the man for his kindness, and
wanted him to pay 10 per cent interest for
the three months 10 which the money was
in bis possession. The finder naturally re-
fused to do this. and the owner is now
thinking seriously of bringing suit for the
interest,