The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-11

malaria fever has decreased. Atthe
mouth of the Seheldt, in Holland,
it is said that similar results have
been observed. The sunaower
emits large volumes of water IN the
form of vaper, and its aromatic
edor, as well as the oxygen il eS-,
hales, may have something to de
with the sanitary influence III qstes-
ten.
An army officer in st. Petersburg
was found shot in the region of the
heart, and taken to hospital, Pre-
vious to his death he made con-
fession that he was a member of q
revolutionary society which had
decided by lot that he was to kill
the Gear. Rather than do this he
killed himself.
The Coreans, who have recently
sent minister to Washington, are
barbarous in their punishment. No
court and prison is complete with
out an assortment of iron chains,
bamboo rods for beating the backs
of offenders, paddles and switches
for whipping the calves till the
flesh is in tatters, ropes for saving
the flesh, stocks, boards to beat the
knees and shin bones. Other pun
ishments are suspension by the
arms, the bastinado, and whip. One
humiliating but not painful mode
of punishment is to tie q drum to
the back of the offender, and pre-
claim his crime while the drum is
beaten as he walks through the
town; the parracide is burned to
death. Formerly, in extreme
cases, vinegar was poured down the
criminals throat in large quantities,
and he was then beaten till he
burst.
The Winter Palace in Russia is
the finest building in the world, 1t
is about twice the size of the capital
at Washington. 1t contains 100
rooms, and, it is said that in olden
times as many as 5000 people, in
Guiding a guard Of soldiers, have
been sheltered and fed under its
roof. The roof itself used to be the
dwelling place of a large colony
when it was necessary TO keep
watchmen against fire there, aud
men whose business it was to pre-
vent the reservoirs from freezing
by casting red-hot cannon balls in
to the tanks. These built huts be-
tween the chimneys of the great
palace, had their families there, and
even raised chickens and pigs and
goats ninety feet above ground. But
such guards are unnecessary now
} in the age of water works and fire
engines.
The editor OF. the San Antonio de-
E partment of the Texas Live Stock
Journal says that Dick Johnson,
the Texas cowboy, who last sum-
mer cleaned out battalion of Lon
don police, has returned to San An
tonic. He is about % years of age,
6 feet 7inches high, and builtin
proportion. Dick went with Buffalo
Bill as a roper, and was the most
expert in Bill Cody's outfit, as we'll
as one of the most conspicuous en-
account of his monstrous size. He
Esays that he was in e saloon where
!. he got into au aateEaatiosk whaa q
policeman rushedin ana begun
, !, beating him with his club witho,st
saving word He laid the cow
ardly ruffian out with chair, when
others rushed in and began the
same operation, all of whom be laid
: sprawling, until they came by pla-
: toons and finally overpowered him.
He was sentenced to six months
T imprisonment, but was pardoned by
. the queen at the end of two, after
A being put under a peace bond OF
$1,000.
+ A boys life was saved in sim
] gular manner near Gilroy Valley,
> Cal, not long since. The lad, a
son of Mel O'Brien, while putting
q on an undershirt one morning, was
: Pbitten four times by large taian-
E tula, which was concealed in one OF
/, the sleeves of the garment, before he
could divest himself of it and kill
the wrathsome thing. His father,
rushing to him on hearing his out
cry, took in the situation at a glance
and hurriedly killed a turkey. The
bird was ripped open in the stom-
: ach and laid entrails and all, on
, the child's arm, and plenteous doses
: of whisky administered at the time
and during the drive to town for
: medical assistance. The doctor
pronounced the treatment as the
very best, and by its promptness
r had probably saved the boys life.
4 When the turkey was taken from
the arm it's flesh had become quite
hard and black from the absorbed
2 poison. The'boy quickly recovered.