Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-19
HERE AND THERE.

Sparkling Milk Wine' is the
name OF anew preparation of koumiss
said to be fashionable food or reme-
dy of late in England.
The London cabmen get a vast
amount Of work out of their horses
by frequent feeding. Bearing in
mind the smallness of horses stom-
ach, they have the nosebag always at
hand.
The neurology of Harvard and
Yale during the past year indicates
tendency to longevity among edu-
Gated men. OF the 149 graduates
who died, sixty were 70 years old or
more, and two were 96.
The resident population of Great
Britain in the middle of 1882
is estimated by the Registrar General
at 35,2SO,299 persons; that of Eng
land and Wales at 2G,4O6,s2O, Of
Scotland at 3,1S5, 400, and of Ireland
at 5,OSS,079.
Venice and Amsterdam are the
cities of bridges. The first has 45O,
the last 300. London has Is, Wen
na 20, and Berlin will soon have so.
Altogether the most beautiful and
striking bridge in Europe is that
over the Moldau at Prague.
Lord Cloncurry, whose evictions
have excited SO much comment, and
who is one Of the new company for
working properties denuded of ten
ants, is ~, and bachelor. He is of
fearless character and fine physique,
and remarkable for his athletic
skill.
''Ihc Weather Of 1881" a new me-
teorologieal publication, is seriously
recommended by an English news.
paper as particularly interesting
society guide ito that large portion
of the public who take lively in
terest in the thoroughly British
topic of the weather"
At a fair of the Congregational
ist Church at Palestine, Texas, forty
young men gave an exhibition drill
with fans, showing how gracefully
and bewitchingly these articles can
be used. Then the tans were sold
by auction, the prices depending on
the popularity OF its contributor. the
whole profit reaching $3.50.
The Duke and Duchess of Albany
have now selected : pattern of the
national fabric of Caledonia which
will in future bear their names. The
tartan selected by the Duchess is of a
highly artistic design, and is blue,
black, and green in color. The pat
tern of the Dukes tartan is more
simple, the chief colors being scarlet
and black.
Lord Waterford has determined to
return to Curraghmore, his noble Irish
home, to which he is deeply attached.
His hounds are to be reassembled,
and he will hunt again in November
Through all this troublous time the
Duke Of Leinster and his family have
lived steadily on at Carton, and the
Duke of Abercorn and his wife have
never been SO much at home.
The authorities of New College
Oxford, caused some jacl1daws, whc
had confdingly built upon Their
chapel walls, to be bricked up, fail.
ing other means Of dislodging them
because the cawing Of these birds IN
terfered with their most Christian
service. The congregation heard the
cries of these unfortunate creatures
daily grow less and less till, on the
fifth day, death came to their release
On one of the street railroads il
Chicago the cars are drawn by wire
cables. The plan has been in us,
only about six months. In that tim,
it has killed eight persons. and in
jured many others. The difficult,
arises from the clumsiness OF con
ductors and passengers, and til,
company claims that practice viii
eventually render both expert. bu1
with howmuch farther loss Of life
is not estimated.
There has lately been exhibited in
the Botanical Garden of Berlin the
biggest flower in the world-the grea
flower of Sumatra known in science
as the Rafflesia Arnoldi, and peeul
lar to Java and Sumatra. 1t meas.
ures nearly ten feet in circumter.
ence and more than three in diane
; ter. Sir Stafford Ratfies and DR.. 10.
seph Arnold were exploring in com
pany when they discovered thi.
champion plant.
At a recent revival meeting a,
Frankfort, KY, Brother Barnes pre-
siding, adverted severely to the way
that the whites kept aloof from the
black brother present. ANY man,
he said, coming forward, despite
the prejudice against color, and tax.
. ing a seat by the side of this brother
: will be a brave and noble man.
Judge I. +. Hargis thereupor
walked over to the .'colored brud
DER shook his hand, and sat beside