The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-22

list. on Twelfth avenue. New York. is
to be sold.
KING OrTo of Bavaria is sinking fast
his fits of insanity having become much
more frequent
The organ was invented by one
Ctesibius, q barber of Alexandria,
about 100 B. C.
JAMES CARLYLE; brother of Thomas,
is the only surviving member of the
Carlyle family now in England.
The earliest prints that are know n
are set of the seven planets. in an
almanac, by way of frontispiece.
THE Cyclopean masonry was moi
limited to Greece. Two fine speci-
mems occur in Italy. at Ausidonia and
Saturnia, towns anterior to Rome.
The Persees, ancient fire -worship-
pers expelled from Persia, are the fac
tors. capitalists, and leading merchants
of Bombay, where there arc 5000 -
The Tyre was Invented by Tasutus,
and improved by Orpheus Linus and
Thamyrus. 1t mad eleven strings. and
was played on by stick or the fin
gers
TURNPIKE roads were first esta blish.
ed in the reign of Queen Ann; till then
all roads were repaired by the parishes
Turnpikes were so called from poles or
bars swung on a staple. and turned
either way when dues were paid.
: MRS. VANDERBILT's arrival in Lon
don has placed Mrs. Mackay some
what in back seat socially. Mrs.
Vanderbilt is regarded as a better spe-
cimen of an American society woman
than the bonanza kings wife, and Mrs.
Mackay is not on Mrs. Vanderbilt's
visiting list.
The grave of Wendell Phillips at
Milton, Mass. is still unmarked. But
monument is soon to be erected by
Mrs. Green, the sister of the dead ora
tor. 1t will be rough. weather.
stained granite boulder about five feet
in height, and in the front centre will
be placed sunken tablet bearing an
inscription. The stone will be placed
in the rear of the lot and in view of
The path.
The Smithsonian Institution at
Washington has sent an expedition to
Nova Scotia and secured fac-similes of
She ''fairy rocks" on which are
curious hieroglyphic characters evil
dently very old, which may throw
some light on the history Of the early
discoveries of America The markings
are cut in upon rock of highly-pol-
ished slate. and the intaglio is about a
sixteenth of an inch deep.
FIRING is only done properly when
the fuel is consumed in the best
possible way. that is. when no moro is
burned than is necessary to produce
the amount Of steam required and to
keep the pressure uniform. To obtain
this end, complete combustion must be
obtained in the furnace, and this is
going on when the fuel is burning with
q bright flame evenly all over the
CRATE. Blue flames, dark spots and
smoke are evidences of incomplete
combustion, due to lack of air.
ACCORDING to the British Medical
Journal, half of all who live die before
seventeen. Only one person in 10. 200
lives to be 100 years old. and but one
in 100 reaches sixty. The married live
longer than the single. but out Of
every 1000 born only 1870 are ever
married. OF 1000 persons who have
reached seventy there are of clergy
men. orators and public speakers.
forty-three; farmers. forty; workmen.
thirty-three; soldiers, thirty-two; law
yers twenty-nine; professors, twenty.
seven; doctors, twenty -four.
To build q chimney that will draw
forever and not fill up with SCOT you
must build it large enough. sixteen
inches square; use good brick and clay
instead of lime up to the comb; plaster
1t inside with clay mixed with salt; for
chimney tops use the very best of brick.
wet them and lay them in cement NOR
tar. The chimney should not be built
tight to beams and rafters; there is
where the cracks in your chimneys
come, and where most of the fires or.
originate, as the chimney sometime
gets red hot A chimney built from
the cellar up is better and less dan.
gerous than one hung ON the wall.
Don't get your stovepipe hole too close
to the ceiling. eighteen inches from it
AT recent meeting of the Yelling
ton Philosophical Society of England
the question was asked whether the
chief use of the antlers of the deer was
not for facilitating the progress Of the
animal through the dense woods. Sil
James Hector, who made the inquiry,
said that he had had considerable ex.
perience with the wapiti in North
America, and found that by throwing
up the head. thereby placing the horn
along the back. the animals were able
to 60 forward with great rapidity and
follow the kinds. He asked the ques'
ton. because at previous meeting Of
the society it had been stated that tbs
antlers tended to entangle the deer
Mr.. Fortesque. who has made care
full study Of the hab Is of deer. said tina
the statement was quite correct tina
the antlers assisted the stays in pene
trating dense forests.
A curious experiments consists II
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