The morning call., 1893-07-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

America produced 294, ,913 pounds Of alu-
mlnium in 1892.
London has not had W Orld's lair for
over TN lrty-one years.
The United States silver Scent piece
was first coined in 1851.
Paper has been made of almost every.
thing, not excepting iron.
Sea lions are reported numerous off the
coast of Southern Oregon.
Russian farmers hold an average of
twenty-seven acres to each family.
The grain crop of the State of Wash
ington Is placed at 2.000.0O0 bushels.
The population of Italy is 27O per square
mile; of Germany, 240; of France. 100
MulhalI estimates that the civilized
nations pay annually S13, 700,000.000 for
food.
Stockholm has the highest death rate
from drink of any city in the world. ninety
in 10000.
Aumone, a little French hamlet, has but
forty inhabitants. twenty-fOur of whom are
over 80 years OF age.
In the ten years ending with 1885, in
10000 marriages 533 divorces were granted
in Berlin, 800 in Paris.
Nineveh was Is miles by 9, the walls 100
feet high and thick enough for three
chariots to drive abreast.
The work of surveying and establishing
the boundary line between South DOkota
and Nebraska will be commenced shortly.
Several of the Aztec pyramids exceed
200 feet in height They are generally
composed of a mound Of earth faced with
stone.
What is described as gigantic specimen
of an anted!luvian monster has been dis
covered in Boyd County, Nebr. Workmen
are now engaged in exhuming the monster.
Two sisters, Mrs. Mary Greiner and
Mrs. Antoinette Cheatw0od. living near
Grantly, Ala. died within three-quar-
ters of an hour Of each other the other
day.
Lightning is ZigZag. because. as it con-
denSes the air in the Immediate advance of
its path, it flies from side to side, in order
to pass where there is the least resistance
to progress
A statement issued by the japanese Gus
toms Bureau shows that the trade of Japan
with the United States is increasing more
rapidly than il is with England France
and Germany.
France, Belgium. Greece, Italy and
Switzerland constitute the Latin Union"
Their coins are alike in weight and fne-
ness. differing only IN name. The samo
system has been partly adopted by Spain,
Servia, Bulgaria. Russia and Roumania.
The Pass of Thermopyle was defended
lot by 800 but by at least 1000 Greeks, or.
tCCoIulHS tO SOiIlc Writer'S 1l,UUU. ll6 OUU
were the Spartan contingent, who showed
no more bravery on that occasion than
their companions in arms from other Greek
States.
The recent sale in Paris of the furniture
and objets dart of Prince Borghese ended
with the sale of magnificent silver ser
vice. the gift of Napoleon | to his sister
Pauline. There was lively competition for
it, and it finally sold for 5OOOOf The
total result of the sale was 1900, ,OOOf
The way things are in England is shown
by the proposition of a London periodical
that an association be formed to persuade
widows from marrying SECOND time
sisters who had not vet had an initial
chance in the matrimonial market
Arci aeOiOgists report many valuable
finds in Kansas. In addition to the an
cient fort excavated from the solid rock.
there has been discovered another and
larger fort, built somewhat in the manner
of the work ascribed TO the mound
builders. Numerous mounds Of supposed
great antiquity have also been discovered.
Much Of the costly red. white and pink
coral used for ornamental purposes Is OBJ
tained from the coast of Italy. Men 60 out
in boats and drag the rocky bottom of
streams with wooden frames or nets, in
which the coral becomes en- tangled. but
the delicate branches are crushed in this
way. The finest coral is obtained by
diving.
A postage stamp, equal in value to two
pence halfpenny. is pasted each week in
little bankbook. which every servant
girl in Germany carries. The stamp is the
donation of her mistress, enforced by law.
Should the girl get sick he stamps are re-
deemed by the Government or she may
keep them unredeemeu until she is old,
when the Government pays their face
value.
The Drury Lane Thpater, London,
many years ago, had its ceiling painted to
represent blue sky with clouds, among
which were cupids flying in every direc-
tion. This ceiling extended over the gall
lery, and consequently the occupants Of
these higher seats were said to be "among
the gods" while later the term gallery
gods" was applied to those occupying the
highest tiers in tbeaters.