The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-05
tAcr AND FANCY.
ohio h.. over 22,ooo coal mlner..

said.
: rights.
AmbIpe liquidation Is the latest name for
dancing.
The profits Of DelmonIco's for last year are
estimated at SIS, ZOO
mouth organ band furnishes music for
balls at lIesperIa, Mich
Photographers are no longer dependent On
sunshine but Use artificial light
patent for driving vehicles By electricity
Is sad to have been sold in England for ESQ.,
00J.
crazy quilt made of sarsages was
feature in Wllmington's 'show beef mar.
ket."
Stained windows OF the most brilliant hues
are now being made of chemically prepared
paper.
VIM. Flnlay, Of Glasgow, has started to
wheel barrow 10 Rome and back. He hopes
to do 1t Within year.
Charles Breck, Of Milton, Mass, owns, and
occasionally wears, a pair Of shoes made By
his father So years ag'.
London Truth asserts that IL a woman paint
her face, and II person who has been eating
cloves breathes upon that paint 1t viii turn
black.
When q ponderous lady recently adopted
Buddhism friend Of hers remarked: II can
understand her turning unything-except q
somersaulL"
late japanese invention is said to be Q
process OF making from seaweed q sort of
paper almost as transparent as glass and as
tough as parchment.
Spring trousers ore to have welted seam
or cord OF the same material down the side.
and, IL talors are prophets, will be just as
wide as they are nov.
Thomas Hall, OF Hazel Green. KY, las
been DISTINGUISHED for selling his vote. He
was also fined $50 How about the rascal
who bought Halls votel
man In Lee county, Ca, has succeeded
In tanning blue jays SO that they fly down
from the trees and perch on his shoulders as
he walks around bis garden.
James Debols. Of williamsburg, N. r.,
challenges any one In the world to sleep
ing match Of lag hours; that is, to see who
can sleep the longest In week."
Young lady gave up her seat in Kingston
street chr to gentleman who had q couple
OF heavy satchcls and looked tired. tits leap
year." was all she said as she arose.
Wellington (Kas.) man told his wife that
for two cents he would cut his throat. The
required capital was advanced and the trans
action resulted In prospective widow.
When an unusually cold day occurs In Par.
ma, Italy, the readers Of local papers are left
without their usual news, the editors declin-
ing to work when the weather is inclement.
A farmer drove into Farney ILL.,, on
loaded hayrack made partly of iron. One Of
the wheels rubbed against the iron work
setting fire to the hay, entirely consuming
It,
The Athens Banner, of Georgia, says that
the mulattoes are rapidly disappearing and
half-tinted children are becoming rare In
the Southern cities and scarce in the coun-
try.
The city authorities of Tuscon, Arl, have
offered prize Of 500 to the boy who will
plant the largest number Of young trees with
in the city limits before the Fourth of July
next
A facetious Harlem barkeeper has q card |
which he hangs on his front door Saturdays |
at midnight It bears the hand-painted in |
scrlptlon: 20 late, 2 late You can not en-
ter nowp'
The curious fact that the usual heat pro-
duced by friction Is absent when the arti-
cles are magnetized is just now being dis
cussed by scientists, who are seeking an ex-
PLANTATION.
Capt Baldry, of the steam whaler Orea,
has just returned to San Francisco from a
voyage in which he killed thirty-fve whales,
the largest catch on record. The catch was
valued at sec, 800.
Mrs. Sarah Taylor,a colored woman Of Knox
vile, Tenn, has three married daughters. By |
remarkable coincidence Mrs. Taylor and
her daughters each gave birth to q baby on
the same day recently.
''The ''bustle" has utility as we'll as beauty
The other day down in Georgia an auger was
concealed in one Of these articles and carried
into jail with the result of liberating five of
the prisoners confined there.
A southwest Missouri attorney Il reported
to have made the following remarks In closing
a case: sowing to the perjury Of witnesses,
the ignorance OF the jury and the prejudice of
the Judge, expect to lose this case"
The mean height Of the land above sea level
is 2, $50 feet and the mean depth OF the ocean
is l2, 4S0 feet. II the land were filed into the
hollows, the sea would roll over the esrth's
crust to n uniform depth OF two miles.
Near the town OF soleure, Switzerland, a
BIRDS nest was recently found which was con-
structed entirely If the imperfect watch
springs thrown out from the workshops. 1t
has been deposited In the local museum.
An old farmer who drove into Coxsackie
one cold morning recently took the buffalo
robe from the lap OF his wife who remained In
the sleigh while he went into the store,
and thoughtfullv put the robe on his horse.
Frank Fallon OF Fond du Lac, Wis, saved
his life during the recent blizzard In Dakota
by taking refuge in a pgpen. He passed the
night with fat porker resting on his feet
aud one on each side Of him and escaping
without frost-blte.
A man named Wilson, serving a life SEN
tence In the Saltwater (Minn.) Penitentiary,
has discouraged the efforts OF his friends to
secure his pardon. He says that he would
rather pass his lifetime In the Penitentiary
than In the poor house."
York River is the deepest waterway penetra-
ting the Atlantic coast Of North America
Sixty miles from it's mouth, at the junction
of the Mattapony and Pamunkey, the two
rivers which form IT, is forty feet deep. and
opening down toward its mouth.
The pall-bearers at recent funeral In
Chippewa Falls, Wis, were surprised to find,
when they reached the newly made grave,
that 1t was occupied. The occupant proved
to be q tramp, who had lain down in the
grave while intoxicated and had fallen asleep.
The Turks, who are Prohlbitiouists by order
of Koran, are working to abolish saloons kept
by the "Christians" in Constantiuople. All
drinking places within $50 feet from the
houses OF Turkish worship have been order
ed closed, and the police are enforcing the
decree.
The oyster business in this country is
marvellous in extent More than $40 600 600
worth Of oysters have been shipped from the
Maryland beds alone this season. Over 3d.
900 persons are employed in the industry in