The morning call., 1893-07-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The amount of .edimens carried to the
| sea by the Thames in year is 1855, ,903
cubic feet.
The prison population of India is only
SO per 100, coo population, or less than half
the ratio of Great Britain.
| Down to 1880 France exported more wine
than was imported; since that date the i'm
ports have exceeded the exports.
| OF 1000 men who marry, 332 marry
younger women, $40 marry women of the
same age and SO marry older women.
| Great Britain uses annually 800. 900 tons
| OK mineral phOSpnaies. 10000 tons of
bones anc 100000 tons of other fertil-
IZars.
| In Bengal, India. there are three har-
vests reaped every year-uease and oil
seeds in April, the early rice crop in Sep
tember and the great rice crop in
December.
Telephonemeter is the new instrument
that registers the time of each conyersa-
tion at the telephone from the time of ring
ing up the exchange to the ringing off
signal.
On the tower ef the parish church of
Bickn0ller, Somerset, is growing yew
tree now feet high. 1t supposed that it
owes its origin to seed dropped by bird.
The Chinese have no large factories or
machinery, and the finest silks are woven
in the small, dwellings of the poor upon the
simplest kind OF looms. all the family
taking part IN the dyeing, weaving and
spinning.
During the last Paraguayan war it was
noticed that the men who had been with
out salt for three months, and who had
been wounded, however slightly, died of
their wounds because they would not heal.
According to report by the French
Minister of Finance 14SSOS families in
France have claimed exem ption from GER
tain taxes recently voted by the Parlia-
ment on account of having seven or more
children.
The Mayors OF Liverpool and Manches-
ter were recently given the titles of
Lord Mayors by the Queen. There are
only four Lord Mayors In all Europe, Lon
don and YORK being the other two cities so
hOnored.
The human hair is absolutely the most
are annually imported by the merchants Of
London. The Parsians harvest upward
Of 200. 900 pounds, equal in value to 9SO,OO0
per annum.
OF all living things trees, perhaps, are
capable of longest life. English yews and
California redwoOds are supposed to have
lived 1000 years, and there are cedars of
Lebanon which may possibly date back to
the Christian era.
army is as follows: Life Guards. Horse
Guards. Dragon Guards. Cavalry of the
Line, Horse Artillery. Engineers, Grena-
dier Guards, Scots Guards. Coldstreams,
then Infantry Of the Line
The wild oranges of the Society Islands,
which are now an important article of ex.
port. owe their origin partly to Captain
Cook, who brought 10 London slips from
Brazil and partly to tie early missiOna-
riaS from fha Iici RI liam cO10pipa n in
troduced another variety.
In the Spanish province of Corona a
fairly pure type Of the dwarf race of Mo
rocco and the Atlas has been traced. These
people average about 3R feet in height,
and are otherwise characterized by a yell
low skin. broad, squire faces. Mopgolian
eyes and red hair of n woody texture.
Horsehair is less used now than for
merly for the padding of military coats.
Probably one cause for its abolition is the
troublesome wound il makes when bull
let passes through the stuffina before en-
tering the flesh. for the hard, stiff hair is
driven before the bullet and sets up con-
slant irritation there. Several such in
stances occurred in the Civil War, where
soldiers were shot by marksmen perched
in trees.
The ring-house of London was the
first of Its kind, established in 1915 for the
use Of bankers that they might exchange
drafts, bills and securities, and thereby re-
duce the abor OF effectiug daily settlements
in cash. By means of system OF books
and transfer tickets accounts involving
many millions are daily settled without
the exchange of any money. In 1864 the
association was joined by the Bank of
England.
DR.. Vercoutre of the French ARMY
Medical Corps has made a care full exanina-
tion of the tattoo marks with which the
faces and the bodies OF the natives of
Tunis are generally covered and has ascer-
tained that when these tattooings are
thoroughly done they reproduce very
closely the type Of human figure. with
outstretched arms, which was to be seen
on the ancient monuments OF PhHnicie
and Carthage and which represents the
symbol Of the Punic Trinity"
Catswamp is the unloyely name of q
PROSPEROUS farming region on the bound
ary line between Newcastle County, Del,
aud Cecil County, Nd. The swamp that
once justified one syllable Of the name has
nearly disappeared under the influence of
agricultural drainage. and even most Of
the local inhabitants have lost the tradi-
ton that accounts for the other syllable,
The region was once dense swamp in.
tested with wildcats, and the name has
chung long after the reason for it disap-
peared.