The morning call., 1894-05-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The pomegranate is Syrian.
Peru is putting her army on q fighting
basis.
Blue-eyed men are said to be the most
sen timental.
The unexplored area of Canada is ], 1,0OO,-
600 square miles.
A nightingale's song can be heard at tile
distance OF one mile.
Secret marriages are in every coun try in
Europe considered Illegal.
From 1887 10 1889 the United States
Patent Office issued 449. 92S patents.
Cleveland, Ohio, will cole brate it centen-
NAL in 1886 with big inland marine ex-
hDit.
A horse belonging to a Mr.. Kenton Of
Ashland, Or, died a short time ago at the
age of 36 years.
The Merrimac River. in Connecticut,
moves more machinery than any other
stream in the world.
The Caledonian canal (Seotland) is 60
miles long, 20 feet deep, 120 wide at the top
and so at the bottom.
The Anglo-Saxon race is in possession
OF one-third of the earth and rules over
400 0OO. 0O0 OF its inhabitants.
Moorish pottery and vase-makers were
brought 70 Italy in 1115, in order to teach
the trade to native workmen.
Montana is large enough to hold the pop
ulatlon OF the entire earth and then have
but fifteen persons to the acre.
In Washington State when the steam
snow pl0ws fail, the railroad authorities
attack the drifts with gunpowder.
Bv means of a canal connected with the
Platte River, Omaha expects to secure
more water-power than Minneapolis.
OF 5000 persons one arrives at the age
of 100 years; of 800 one attains the age of
80. and one in 100 lives TO the age of 60.
1t is estimated by traffic that the United
States has produced two-thirds OF the cot
ton consumed by the world for the last
SiXty-Seven years.
A spider with legs Az inches in length,
back inches one way and ~ the other.
and weighing nine ounces, has been re-
ported from Alabama.
The scheme for producing vast photo
graphic map of the heavens, which was
agreed upon by congress of astronomers
in Paris five years ago. is now well ad-
vanced.
The first silk manufacture in Europe
was on the Greek isle of Cos, where il was
established about A. D. 274. Previous to
that time all Europe had relied on the
Orient for silks.
When Japanese audience wis TO ex-
press disapproval of a play they silently
turn round and sit with their backs to
the stage. If this is done by a consider
dDlC uun LHO CuLtdl promptly ue-
Scends
A useful mustard pot has been invented
in Germany by which the untidy spoon is
dispensed with. the mustard being OBJ
tanned by pressure Oh spring. the OPEN
ing being automatically closed on release
OF the spring.
Statisticians estimate that in Great
Britain there are 700 milliona re families,
$3.50 families very rich" las. $50 families
rich" 730. 500 in moderate crcum-
Stances" 2,OO8,OO0 struggling TO keep up"
and 3.916,0 600 poor
The number of foreign residents 10 Spain
is small, numbering only about $4,000.
The emigration from Spain has been in
some years as high as 125.000. Four-fiftns
of the emigrants settle in Spanish America,
and the remainder in the Spanish African
| possessions.
gone of the most cherished treasures Of
the Due d'Aumale is the old Chantilly
game book. which was stolen from the
chateau after the murder of the Due de
Bourbon. and recovered only few years
ago. 1t is valuable and interesting relic
of the days of the Prince de Conde.