The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is estimated that there are 5000 Amer
leans in France.
Smooth taper fingers are generally in the
highest degree artistic.
Richard of England drew up the first
code of maritime laws.
The English language is spoken today
by about 00.000. 900 people.
Craven was a man who had begged or
craved his life of an enemy.
A disused creamery is being used as a
Jail in franklin County, Neb.
Moleskin is so called from its smooth
surface, like the skin of mole.
~GauZe is believed to have this name be-
cause it was first made at GAIA.
Professor Bell of telephone fame is hope
full OF success in aerial navigation.
Idiot once meant child and was used
in an affectionGte style of address.
The greatest naval victory of modern
times was won. at Trafalgar in 1906.
Gaspipes of MANILA paper coated with
asphalt have been used successfully.
Tulip is the Persian name for turban.
the flower being shaped like turban.
The Austrian Lloyd's Company was
formed in 1888 10 trade with the Levant.
OF 500 applicants for relief in st. Paul
recently AS refused to saw wood in pay
ment therefor
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near st. Joseph, Mich, is reputed to be
ITO years old
There is man living at Moravia. n. Y,
who is sc years old and who has never been
outside of the township.
LIT Is estimated that there is 100000 600
invested in the telephone exchange busi-
ness in the United States.
1t requires an order from the President
OF the United States 10 procure an impress
sion OF the great seal of state
Montana was FIRST entered by jesuit
missionaries from the st. Lawrence in the
early part Of the eighteenth century.
A writer who claims to speak with au-
thority says that Texas felt the hard times
less than any other State in the Union.
News of two of the most important
Hawaiian events during the recent episode
only reached New York after travelling
q. 600 miles.
A physician of South Haven, Mich.
will make voyage around the world in a
schooner 125 feet long, with a beam Of
about % feet.
Catseye is gray quartz with fbers of as.
bestos in the interior. 1t is found on the
Malabar coast In Ceylon. Bavaria and the
United States.
The Boston Fire Department has a
wrecking wagon - portable machine,
shop, which carries tools sufficient for
ordinary emergencies. .
After the first discovery of the Brazilian
diamond mines LAG ounces of diamonds
We're shipped TO Portugal in one year, and
the price fell to So a carat
The topaz took its name from a Greek
word meaning guess, since the ancients.
could only guess at the locality where this
beautiful stone was obtained. -.
ClOtbier bees cover their nests of eggs
with cloth made from the woody fiber of
plants, and thus preserYs their young fro m
sudden changes Of temperature.
The killing of any bison, buffalo, quail
or Chinese pheasant is forbidden by la W
In Montana for ten years, and the killing
of any moose, elk, otter or beaver for six
years after. March 1. 1898. -.
Tie Johns Hopkins University has the
finest herbarlum and botanical library in
the world. 1t is a gift of John DonnelI
Smith of Baltimore. and a fire. proof build
ing has been provided for it, to be lighted
by skylightS in the roofs.
In recently compiled figures of the death
rate In the large cities OF the world that Of
New York is placed at 26.47 to the thou
sand yearly. Only three cities exceed this
| tigure-Dublin, with 27.05; Rheims, France,
with $50, and New Orleans, with 2S72.
Philadelphia shows a death rate of q. So.
| The White Star Line freighter Ceyic.
which sailed from New York for Liver:
pool on Tuesday, carried the largest cargo
ever shipped from that port. Besides 144-
000 bushels of grain the cargo contained
500 head of cattle, 5000 bales of cotton,
2000 barrels of OIL 1000 bundles of hides
ana other articles in large quantities.
II. Sims, a deaf mute, who is under en-.
gagement to walk from Houston to New
Orleans between November 20, 1898, and
March 20, 1894. leaving Houston without a
cent and reaching New Orleans with S75
in his pocket and new suit of clothes on
his back, passed Memphis. Tenn, recently
with $40 80 of the needed money in his
possession. and he has less than 500 miles
TO walk.