Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
of GENERAL INTEREST.

or GENERAL INTEREST.
I'm Bangor Me. says an exchange.
The electric lights resemble sunlight
70 closely that the people carry para
soIs at night
Three boys OF jackson. Mich. re-
Gently saved girl from drowning.
and the grateful father gave them
five cents. telling them 10 divide 1t be-
tween them.
You are domestic servant?n /
asked a lawyer ~ female witness in
Liverpool (Eng.) court the other |
day mo. sir" she Indignantly re-
piled II am house maid"
'-Of the street accidents In Chicago
caused by reckless driving. the Ice
wagons are responsible for the greater
share, while the butcher cart plays
second u even the baker wagons
Bowie knives ARE being manufact-
ure a. plentifully As ever. but they
are altogether for show. There Is no
record OF one being used for years
| The sight Of one keeps the other fell
low of.
The fastest regular express train
in the United States runs between
Philadelphia and Washington They
maintain an average speed Of forty
five miles an hour during the entire
distance.
Cairo has a grocer named Tyler.
and the first question be asks a would
be purchaser Is: DO you snore?" II
the fact i admitted that ends the mat
ter right then and there-no purchase
can be made He has taken a vow not
TO sell even a straw berry 70 man who
snores.
There are said TO be fifty different
kinds Of cycles manufactured for the
use OF women. The most popular
kind Is safety machine with J0-inch
wheels and goose-necked backbone
10 allow room for the flowing skirt OF
the ladies.
An alligator and an English spar
row engaged In battle near ID ,rien.
Ga. the other day. The gator pro-
voked the fight by swapping at the
bird. which in turn flew furlousiy mt
. Its ugly antagonist. aiming with pre-
, cision at the saurinn's Dyes. The gator
, finally gave up the contest and took
: 10 the river.
, When the Seminole Indians. OF
Florida elect chief. they choose the
biggest fighter aud most successful
: hunter OF the tribe. II there happens
10 be tie between two candidates.
/ their method OF deciding IL is TO have
each candidate place live coal on his
. wrist The one who ninches first
/ loses the office.
r The Egyptians have always been
a recognized for their ability in the man.
i ufacture Of perfumes. but due credit
was never given them before vase
: containing some Egyptian ointmen,
4 was opened at the museum at Alnwick
v The perfume it contained still had 4
a pungent odor. although IL was NOR,
i than three thousand wears old
r There is whirtling well In Logar
r County. Kan. which warns people o.
i approaching storms from six to twelve
!. hours In advance IL Is 1875 feet deeI
y and sends ont a strong current of air
o which. a IL escapes through tn,
:. aperturcs about the pump. whistle,
IA In loud flute-like tome that is dis
n tinctly audible TO every person In tn,
i township.
. The total production OF coal In th,
= world during the year 1883 is put by |
q high authority at $50. 900. 900 tons. o
+ which the United States producet
II $50. 600. 900. OF the home produc
. Pennsylvania il credited with II 600.
- 0O00 or more than one-half. Litti,
coal Is exported from the United State
except To Canada. which took from u
last year 8. 250 600 tons.
!" -Workmen doing the grading on
/. railroad near Atlanta. Ga. witnesse,
:. the sight the other day OF snak
r. feeding its offspring. The baby snake
i were secure In the roots OF an old tree
" and the mother. which caught fiies b,
i. springing Mt them, would. when pos
il sessed Of ly. rapidly glide to tn
q young snakes. which came pe1l-mell
"A hnlter-skelier To meet her She eangh
N ny minute. aud was watched SO
% curing them for oter two hours.
8; There are some queer Instances Q
NJ transliteration Of names In the Prov
Is iner OF Quebec. A suburb of the oil
city of Quebec was originally name
A. Shepherdville. after an English resi-
II dent of the name of Shepherd. tn
Of French translated this into Berger
he vile. which the English soon corrupt
T. ed into Begg 4rsile Hope Cape WI
80 turned by the French into Cap DIS
IN poir. which the English then trans
a lated into Cape Despair Point d
In cuffs firsi became Pointe des Monts
- and was then Angliclzed. first int
- Demons Point and then into Devil
D. Point Reindeer Lake became Inc
r la Rcnne. which was soon corrupie
b. By the English into Rainy Lake. an
r then. strange 10 say. WAS corrupte
re- by the French into Lac "A la PIuie.
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