The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-10
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.

NEWS AND MISCELLANY.
Seven buildings were destroyed
and one man killed by a cyclone at
Newton, Kansas, last Friday.
F. A. Mcleod, postmaster at Pal
myra, Mo-, whose accounts were
lately found to be 500 short, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself
to chandelier in the circuit court
room.
The sultan has commanded his
harem to appear hereafter decollcte.
He has been reading up on society
matters in Washington and declares
that he guesses he will take a little
civilization in his too.
VIM. Merritt, a policeman of
Baker City, Oregon, was shot by
burglar named Lonsdale, who he
was attempting to arrest last Sat-
urday night. The officer drew his
pistol and struck the prisoner over
the head and laid him out.
A pension has been granted to
All Lin, Chinaman who served in
our navy during the late war. It is
understood to be the first pension
granted a Chinaman by the United
States government. 1t is paid to
the Chinese consul at San Francisco,
who is designated by All Lin to re-
ceive the pension for him
The mikado of Japan is the 121st
of his race, and is believed by him
self and subjects to be descended
from the gods. AS the national re-
ligion, Sintoism, recognizes S,O0O,-
600 gods and saints there appears
to be no good reason why every Jap
should not be allowed to brag of
equally illustrious descent.
The members of the British Par
lament receive no pay from the
government. AS consequence no
poor men become members. The
members of the Northumberland
Miners Association, yearly tax
themselves $4,000 in order to make
it possible for one of their number
to represent them. They have
maintained this tax since 1874.
Cannibalism still prevails in
Hayti. Recently the body of
child was found in the principal
city. An arm and leg had been
eaten by voodoos. During Christ
mas week a man was caught with
child cut up in quarters for sale.
Cannibalism still prevails, despite
all the forced statements to the con-
trary.
The great problem of the present
age, how to live on nothing year,
was solved, it appears, years ago
by C. P. Huntington. He says: Il
began work on a Connecticut farm
at seven dollars month, and at
the end of the month / had the
seven dollars" There are many
who would like to have Mr.. Hun
tington's recipe.
Representatives of nearly all ma
tionalities are to be seen in the
streets of San Francisco, and all of
them can find good reading in the
public library of that city. The Ii
brary has a book containing the
Lords prayer in S14 different dia-
lects. The work was compiled by
A. Amer, and published in Vienna
in 1914, and is one of the queerest |
books in existence.
A very unusual though unimport
ant event occurred at Calcutta re-
Gently, namely-the holding of thir- |
teen trumps in a hand of whist, the |
pack being well shuffled and cut.
The game was being played by a
judge and three physicians in the
United Service club when the phe-
was observed. According
to Pole, the chance of the thirteen
trumps coming in one hand is only
one in 1853, $50, 100000 deals.
A lady to meet the requirements
of what artists call "a classic figure"
should be 5 feet Al inches tall, 80
inches bust, "a inches waist, 8
inches from arm-pit to waist and
should have long arms and neck.
A queenly women should be well
proportional, should be feet five
inches tall, 81 inches bust, 26!
inches waist, 35 inches hips, III
inches around the upper arm and
81 inches around the wrist.
King Otto, the imbecile ruler of
is slowly dying. He is
locked up in the solitary castle of
and has even lost
interest in his once favorite pastime
Of Topping his arms and imagining
to be an eagle, peeling pota-
toes and shooting at peasants, who
we're paid to pass the windows of
mis- castle prison, to fall down as if
shot when the monarch fred and
allow themselves to be carried
away as corpses.
In the next European war, we
may expect to see dogs take prom
nent part. The French are train
ing pack of large and fierce mas /