The San Francisco call., 1906-11-05
Odds and En0s

House flies of forty eight different
kinds have been classified BY natural
lists.
The growth Of girls is greatest In
their fifteenth year, Of boys in their
seventeenth
The Dublin Corporation has decided
10 have all the municipal carts lettered
in Erse characters.
Manhattan Island postoffce affairs
arc particularly we'll administered, and
II requires 1912 persons to do ii.
Three horses were ridden by girls in
recent races in Toxic. and one Os TIE
girls Won Both % the other girls 'ii5
we'll
Bolivia's population is given at
l, 500 600 About one-half OF these peo-
pie are native Indians. and only some
u per cent are classed as whites.
The population of Brooklyn at the
time Of consolidation was $4,000; il is
now 1.s5S.O00. a gain of 520.0 rela-
lively larger than Manhattans.
Walter Wellman a second time dis
covered that the temperature up Spitz-
bergen way IS anything but conducive
to a hot-afr project
Where London consumes 10000. 900
gallons Of water a day, New York con-
sumes 5O0.00O.000. Where London has
an area of 11S square miles. New York
has 326.
AS seen from General Grosvsnor's
sinistral point of view Republican
policies produced the bumper crop and
the weather is responsible for the or
rency famine
Mr.. RooseveIt.s sermon easily gave
him the center of the stage -ir Sundays
papers. but on the other days of the
week the limelight operator seemed to
for Mr.. Bryan
In 1857 the whaling industry OF New
Bedford was worth more than 12.-
mineral oils and the whale fishery tn
dustry larguished.
Secretary Wilson very obligingly
delegates his prerogative to any OF his
Cabinet colleagues who may care to go
over the country making a free dis
trfbution OF seed chestnuts.
Wheat. corn. potatoes and cotton seed
are more plentiful and cheaper than for
several years. and but for the currency
famine the necessaries of life would
be within the reach of all.
The Aftonblader. an esteemed Nor
wegi2n contemporary. which all along
was full of Walter Wellman's plans to
navigate the polar air. seems scant Of
contents since the expedition failed
New York City consumes nearly
seven times as much electricity as Lon
don. in proportion TO the population
Although London has nearly twice as
many Inhabitants. the American city
electricity.
Litia, the son of King Lewanfka of
Africa. is described as a most intelh-
gent man. anxious for the Improvement
of the people. and probably sharing the
view cs his father who. on his return
from attending the coronation. began
his Orening speech TO his people with
the words: You are bGboons, simply
THAR
Years ago the French government Of
fered 30e.0OG francs ESQ. .00e) to any
one who would give a remedy for the
phylloxcra, but the prize has never
been awarded. because no remedy has
been discovered 1t is easy enough to
kill the pest with a poisonous spray.
but that same spray kills the grape
also.
Queen Alexandra enjoys the distinc-
-tion of being the only sovereign In
modern times 70 wear tho leek as 10
raj emblem at a state function The
Wild leek has long been regarded as
the national emblem OF Wales. and II
was as such that Queen Alexandra
wore it at q drawing room which she
held, OF St David's day.
The publishers IF .heefirst Esperanto
Journal IL America could not have hit
upon better place tiien Oklahoma to
locate in A worse babel Of tongues
than one hears there is not to be found
in the country. The task of whipping
them into the universal language seems
a hopeless one. but perhaps the reform
ers are counting upon Oyster Bay 70
make il a go.
The Norwegian eodliver oil brings
the best prices on the market, and
from Bergen over 5000 barrels were
shipped direct to the United States In
1905. in addition to shipments from
Christiana and Norwegian oil bought
in other European markets. The price
of medicinal codliver oil has declined
since the production could be depended
upon being so good.