Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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during the process Of shaving one
man, and found them to be 678
Ruling machines which are now
used for ruling paper with faint lines,
were invented by an ingenious Dutch
man, resident in London in 1882
An English weekly observes that
there is IA fierce rivalry between the
States OF st. Louis and Chicago as to
which has the tallest Governor And
such is fame!
The finest exhibition ever given in
old Rome was when thirty-eight men
and women were torn to pieces by
twelve lions which had been starved
for three days. Each lion was called
out from three to six times
"A negro boy near Camden. s. c.,
one day lately lost a dollar that be-
longed to his mother. He felt so badly
about ii that he began crying bitterly,
and did not stop for twenty-four hours,
and then he died from exhaustion.
AT a typewriting contest in Lon
don IA short time ago there were 12b
entries, and nearly all appeared. The
first prize was for seventy-nine words
a minute, twenty or thirty words
less than have been achieved in this
country.
The Chinese have always exhib-
tied great repugnance to any surgical
operation which involves amputatiOn I;
not on account of fear of pain, which
they bear with great fortitude. but
because they look upon it as duty to
keep the body intact.
"A New Haven clairvoyant ply
stefan has had n large practice judging
from the recent returns to the health
officer OF those who have died under
his care. This is the way he accounted
| for their DEATH "Malayral fever"
consumption 'aeneumia" (an9-
mia) "disese of cidnes" disease of the
| kidneys), "exhustion," "brane fever"
"old hage" Gold age).
"A curious discovery was lately
made in Washington regarding IA patrol
| box on Samson street. II seems tina
police officer slept at the station
| house aud used the patrol box as u
| kitchen and eating house. 1t was lit
tered with an oil stove and necessary
array of pots and pans. The walls and
sides OF the improvised kitchen were
soaked with grease, while the floor
was covered with scraps of bread
meat. cheese, etc.
The big Grandin wheat farm il
Dakota comprises about 40, 900 acres
of which $4,000 acres are under cult
There are used on the farm As gan,
plows, two plows in II gang, each pillow
cutting from ii to Is inches. Their,
are As gang harrows, A broadcas
sewers. rs self-binding harvesters an'
six threshers, with a small army o
men employed on the place.
One of the most remarkable build
ings in the country is the new Audi
torium in Chicago. The main audi
ence- room contains five thousand seats
the tier of galleries reaching up to tn
seventh story of the building Tn
organ for this room Is said to hav
cost fifty thousand dollars. The mai
building is ten stories high and tn
tower two hundred and forty feet i
height, The hotel connected with tn
building will contain four hundre
rooms. Besides this there are min
floors of rooms for business offices
/ Built as it is of granite, the entir
structure presents most impressiv
aspect, fit for the parliament of in EN-
pire.
= A gentleman living in the suburb
of Cincinnati went into store on Wa
nut street to make few purchases
The only light in the store was
candle standing on the counter nea
the money-drawer. After making h
Il purchases he handed the proprietor
bill, and, after handing him I'll
. change, the proprietor walked to IL
u rear of the store to arrange som
: thing, when suddenly he was left
the dark He started toward I'll
counter. and, cropping around on
: found, not the candle, but the chang
{ 1t struck him then that probably tt
man, in IA fit of Observation-Disclosures bt
e taken the candle instead of his chang
II He started out after him and, catchir
up with him, saw that he had the bu
y die in one hand and the candle in u
other After apologizing for his mi
II take the stranger took his change Al
&c gave back the candle.
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