The morning call., 1893-03-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The city of Washington consumes 5000
gallons of pure milk daily.
York, Pa. is the leading town in the
manufacture of rag carpets.
The Laplander sleeps in big reindeer
skin bag to keep him warm.
Nearly 20,o COO Hlndoes lost their lives last
year from being bitten by snakes.
A sign at Waynesvle, Ca, bears this
inscription: FAX handles, ink. pens and
cheese"
Nineveh was 10 miles by 9, the walls 100
feet high and thick enough for three char
lots to drive abreast
Natives of the Solomon Islands believe
that cyclones are caused by some monstrous
invisible bird Tapping its immense wings
A slit IN piece Of paper. even though it
be not more than One-fOrty-tho housandth of
an inch in diameter, is sufficient TO transmit
light TO the human eye.
Since the Cape diamond fields were dis
covered In 1867, 500O0,000 karats of stones,
valued at $3.50. 100000. have been exported.
These would load up two big coal trains.
Paris toy merchant has brought out
novelty In the shape of doll wearing
Panama hat. On pulling string the hst
disappears and its place is taken by a con-
victs cap.
The Washington monument in Waning
ton is the highest in the world, being 55J
feet high. and was dedicated in 1855. The
cornerstone was laid by President Polk on
July 4, 1913.
Nineteen Senators have but five letters
each In spelling their names. The list be-
gins with Allen and ends with White. Nine
of the names are of two syllables, and ten
of but one syllable each.
The number of languages spoken by man.
kind Mt the present is estimated at 5000.
The Bible has been translated into 200 only,
but these 200 are spoken by about two-thlrds
of the whole population of the globe.
The no of
killed by an earthquake since the dawn of
history was 10000. The date Of the terrible
disaster was 1903, and the scene of the most
violent disturbance at IeddU, Japan, and
vicinity.
One hundred tons Of cats tails were re-
Gently sold at once for the purpose Of Orna-
menting ladies' wearing apparel. This
means that assuming an average cats tail
to weigh two ounces. no fewer than l, 1872
600 pussies had to be killed.
The term "tabby cat' is derived from
Atab, a famous street in Bagdad, inhabited
by the manufacturers Of silken stuff called
''atlbi" or "taffety." This stuff is woven
with waved markings of watered silk re-
sembing ''tabby" CATS coat.
The fire loss for January, 1892, rose to
S17, coo. No fire loss like this has been
recorded since 1888, also a cold winter, when
the loss was S16,0000o0 In 1889 and 1890,
both warm winters, the fire loss in January
was not half that in 1888 and 1892
A silver spoon, which was lost by Horsea
Woodward of Dayvlle, Conn, who is now
so years OF age, when he was 6 years old,
has been restored to him, he claims. The
spoon was found at the bottom OF a well,
which was being cleaned out.
battalion of Infantry carries $50 picks,
$50 shoveS, 10 spades, % axes, 80 billhooks
and crowbars. An engineer company has
$50 picks, l30 shoyels, spades. 81 axes, 13
handssws, 4 crosscut saws, 40 bilihooks, 13
or0WharS and heavy hammprs
The Mexican Government virtually con-
trolls elections in that country. man
awoke one morning to find on his desk an
official notice of his election to office, that
being his first intimation that his name was
mentioned as candidate. The Govern
ment had nominated and elected him.
The average person trims off the thirty
second part Of an inch from each finger nail
week. or about an inch and half every
year. The average of human life all over
the world is forty years. There are
1900. 900, 600 people in the world. who, there
fore. waste an average of %, 400 miles of
finger nail in generation.
Since the introduction OF electricity on
the street railroads in this country the in
dustry of raising large horses in Canada is
Sald to ee disappearing because there is no
demand for this kind of horses The change
has reduced the price of horses in Canada
one-halt, and has depressed financially
many who are engaged in raising horses.
a MASSACHUSETTS woman, who was badly
burned few weeks ago, submitted to q
mover and seemingly successful surgical op-
GRAFTON. The wound was so large that it
was impossible to obtain human skin for
the purpose OF grating, so the skins of frogs
were used. Nearly 300 gratis were put on.
The frogs were chlorolormed before the
skin was taken from them.
Perhaps 1t is not generally known that an
act OF Parliament was made in the reign of
Edward Ill prohibiting any one from being
served, at dinner or supper, with more than
Two courses, except upon some great holi-
days there specified. In which he may be
served with three. This act has never been
repealed and is therefore still In force.
Dogs are slaughtered for culinary pur-
poses in considerable numbers at Munich.
The friend OF man comes to table not only
disguised as sausages, but dressed in yari-
GUS forms and with divers sauces, without
any attempt to resort to incoguito. This
departure in gastronomy Is said to have
been introduced by the numerous Italian
laborers who have settled in the Bavarian
capital.
A Prussian official mining expert has
made Investigations of the coal strata of
the world, and expresses the belief that the
coal deposits of Austria Hungary France
and Belgium will be exhausted in five CEN
turles at most. Those of Great Britain and
RUSSIA VIII follow, and last of all the Ger
man strata will give out The American
supply he expects will not last longer than
the European.
The chalk under London can no l1nger be
looked upon as a source of great additional
supplies of water. This is already utilized
by upward of 200 wells, aud while at the
commencement OF the century the water.
when tapped, rose in many places TO the
surface. lt stands now ut 4 level of about
forty feot below Trinity high-water mark.
1t is considered that the rate of depres-
sion now varies from one to two feet per
annum.