The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The terrapn crop is very small this year.
A hen in Fort Scott, Kans., lays two eggs
a day.
Petticoats were origina ally worn by men
exclusively.
The Gaiety Theater in London has put
among its scenery sky with real vaulted
roof
The parent of all the varieties OF apples
is sort of wild crab. and its home is in
the HImalayas.
The vanity of the sparrow is so great
that it will gaze into mirror by the hour
if not disturbed.
Florida oranges are being shipped to
Europe, where hitherto the Italian fruit
has reigned supreme.
Charley Tolley. who recently died in
Delaware. at the age of 73 years, was born
without muscles.
One hundred ancient tombs lying in
row have recently been discovered on the
island of Salamis.
The trees most frequently struck by
lightning are oaks and elms. Beeches are
rarely. if ever. struck.
1t is beco ming fashion among English
ladies, during afternoons at home, to wear
bonnet, just as her callers do.
Among all drinks. soda water is the
seldomest adulterated. Among intoxicants
beer is freest from the evil.
possibly revolutionize the religion of the
Orient, have been discovered.
The building of the longest continuous
line OF railroad on earth is under contract
in Siberia. 1t will extend 5000 miles
Thirteen years ago the Argentine Re-
public imported 5000, 900 bushels of wheat.
This year it has 100000 bushels for ex-
port.
Samuel Gilbert gave up his seat in the
p at
Saturday, after membership of fifty-nine
years.
The origin of the WORD trump, as used in
card-playing, is said to be the French
word "triumphe." equivalent to the Eng
lish triumph"
Captain J. E. Barr of Philadelphia re-
Gently found IN a London curiosity-shop
letter and Will In the handwriting of
William Penn.
A Liverpool hotel has put in some
penny-in-the-slot gas fires. This system
Is applied to the gas supply, so that a fire
IN the CRATES can be turned on when
needed.
The Eskimos are great connoisseurs of
che wing tobacco, all of which thew GET
from the whites. Even the women and
children chew. They will even greedily
eat tobacco ashes.
London electrical supply firms are not
only lending out electrical cooking stoves
10 customers, but are prepared to supply
separate meter and charge half rates for
cooking
From the attraction which Mount Schi-
ballion exerted upon plumb line it has
been calculated that the weight of the
earth in pounds is represented by 13, fol-
lowed by "a ciphers.
Ii parasite fig seed is dropped by bird
upon a fruit tree 1t will terminate and send
long root TO the ground. II will then
rapidly spread over the tree until 1t has
stranged and killed it.
The British steamship Landsdowne re-
Gently captured in mdocean a large and
fierce bird OF an unknown Species which
alighted upon mast. 1t eats only raw
meat and is dangerous tn approach
Frank Muff1ey of Gretna Green. Ind,
was bitten by cat some time ago. Blood
poisoning set in and crazed him. While
frantic he ran in front of train and was
killed.
What are called cats whiskers are feel
ers, which enable the animal In its wild
state to find, or rather feel, It's way through
woods and forests in its nocturnal expedi-
ton in search of prey. They are popu-
larry termel "smellers," which is an error.
for they bear no relation 10 the nasal
organ.
a female drunkard at the Wellington
Police Court, New Zealand, was recently
conduct when sober. The prisoner was 70
years of age, and the evidence showed
that she was the sole support of her father
and mother. aged respectively 9S and 90
years.
The West Shore Railroad owns the re-
mains of Old Round Top, historic stone
house near Canajoharie. The house was
built about 1850, and was once dwelling
and store. Its first owners were Jere-
miah Van Rensselaer, and Archibald
Kane, the latter an ancestor OF DIR. Kane.
the Arctic explorer.
In the England of the sixteenth century
stealing above the value of IL pence, burn
ing haystack, killing or stealing a sheen.
breaking dyke or bridge, breaking bank
of fish pond, cutting down tree in an
orchard. and the malicious tearing or de-
facing the garments of a person in the
street were all capital offenses, and were
punished as such.
A curious stone. light in weight and
porous In construction, with q distinctly
sulphurOus Odor, was picked up in the
mountains near Frederick City, Md. by
henry Keppart. one day recently. II
bears sIrong resemblance to specimens
which have been found in the same yicin-
ity by members of the Johns Hopkins
University, and which they decided were
remains OF an ancient lava flow.