Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-27
or GENERAL INTEREST


"A vuiture measuring nine feet
from tip to tip was lately shot near
Julien, San Diego County, Cal. az Il
Was sailing away with q full-grown
sheep In its claws.
Collars and cuffs for women are
now made Of steel lace, as fine "a cob
web, and in any color. They With
stand the warmest weather and are
winning favor rapidly.
"A pipe smoked by General Jackson
while he was President, was recently
presented to the New England His.
toricai Society. 1t is still strong. yir-
ginia plug was Old Hickory's fayorite
brand.
"A citizen OF Burlington, N. j.. waa
bitten on the leg by dog eight years
ago, and every year since, on the an
niversary of the bite, it is said, the in
jured member has swelled to twice its
natural size.
There Is a catawba tree In the
front yard of house In Camilla, Ga.
which bears three crops OF leaves
every year, and, strange to say, each.
crop is destroyed by what is called the
catawba worm.
Soft shell crabs are always cheaper
after day or two OF thunder showers.
They can not be kept alive in such
weather. Electricity In the air ia
fatal to them. Dealers can OF ex plain
1t, they only know 1t is SO.
In Webster County, Ca, recently
twenty hogs belonging to farmer
took refuge from storm under a clump
OF bushes that grew near a tall pine
tree. The tree was struck by light
ming and every hog instantly killed.
An Oregon City, Ore, clergyman
got lost in the woods while en- route to
Arthur's Prairie, ten miles distant, to
marry a couple, and not until after the
lapse of forty-eight hours did he reach
his destination. The bride and groom.
together with the invited guests,
waited all the while.
The defense scare in England has
brought out the facts that the nation
has 294 admirals and only fifty armored
sea-going ships. Only thirteen ad-
mirals are employed, drawing f37, 900.
while 281 unemployed receive f16l, 900,
At the same time there are 140 Gener-
ais, OF whom 100 are employed
"A New York man missed $45, in
Guiding his luck-penny, and told his
roommate, who offered to take care OF
him while he had cent left The room
mate in the generosity of his heart,
bought the drinks, and, when he pulled
out handful of change, 10, the luck
penny! The good Samaritan went to
Jail.
Farmers at work in the fields near
Long Fork, five miles from Mount
Pulaski, Logan County, H., had their
attention attracted by the tinkling Of
bell attached to the neck of ar
| American eagle flying overhead. BY
means OF glass the bell could be seen
| No attempt was made to kill the bird
which disappeared to the northward
An Iowa editor wrote to Dakota
postmaster inquiring about de
| linquent subscriber. The letter came
| back indorsed, THE man is dead.
| Some time afterward, in overhauling {
list of delinquents, an inquiry was in
| adverdently sent to the same post
| master about the same man. The
| reply came back: "Still dead "-E1
change.
An English physician, who has in
| vestigated the characteristics and sur
roundings of centenarians, says h.
finds that the average qualities were |
| good family history, well-mad
frame, of average stature, spare rattle
than stout, robust. with good health
appetite and digestion, capable of ex
ertion. good sleepers, of placid tenn
permanent and good intelligence, will
little need for and little consumption
| of alcohol and animal food.
The following are said to be tn
sixteen American inventions OF world
wide adoption: The cotton gin, plan
ing machine, grass mower and reaper
rotary printing press, steam naviga
ton, hot-air machine, sewing machine
the India-rubber industry, machin
manufacture of horseshoes, the san
blast for CRAVING, gauge lathe, graf
elevator, artificial ice-making on
large scale, the electro magnet in 1t
practical application, and the tele
phone.
Alta railroad station, a benevolen
man found school-boy crying becaus
he had not quite enough to pay hi
fare, and he remembered SUDDEN
how, wears before, he had been in tn
same plight, but had been helped by a
unknown friend, and had been enloine
that same day he should pass tina
kindness on. Now he saw that tn
long-expected moment had come. ID
took the weeping boy aside, told hlr
his story, paid his fare, and asked hill
in his turn to pass the kindness OF
And as the train moved from the sta
ton the lad cried cheerily: 81 will pas
it on, sir" So that act of thoughtf'
love is being passed on through on
world, nor will it stay till its ripple
have belted the globe and met again.
Christian Standard.
From early ages till now the rae
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