Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-29
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their studies.
la Rome there are 30 cardinals. u |
bishops. i69 priests. 22l5 nuns aud |
300 monks, friurs candidates. eic
AT the recent London diocesan
conference the Bishop OF Bedford ad
voeated card playing In worl<ingmens
clubs. but. rather strangely. disap
proved of dominoes.
The Beers have whipped England
live different times. and one Of thei,
prophets now predicts coming war H.
which a Bncr vii, 1 raised to tile
British throne.
In 1882 Iceland was visited by
remarkable snnd-storIn. lasting two
weeks, which hid the sun and ,hjeci.
few yards OF like dense log. and
caused the death of thousands Of sheer
and horses
A discussion as Ia the height OF
trees IN the forests of Victoria clicited
from Baron won Mueller, the govern
ment hatani-t, the statement that ht
late chief in-pecinr OF forests measured
one fallen aud found that It was :,s5
feet long.
The commander nf the French Ma
tional Military School AT 81 Cyr lately
issued nm order forhiddiug card play
ing lie defends the order by assert
ing tliat playing for money was so com.
non In the school that Young men Of
10 fortune had frequently mortgage1
heir pay for five. xix. and even ten
yeafs after leaving the college to pay
gambling debts.
4 German travelling on the Lake
,fGomo recently. gayc waiter paper
4 diamonds IL ling him that il was u
ip and made similar presents to
ahcrs. The police asked him some
questions aud he replied that he lived
,pon diamonds and l,e paid with dia-
nonds. whereupon he proceeded to
swallow several uf the precious stones.
lie was locked up Ia AN asylum and hi,
friends sent for. lie had nearl, fifty
thousand dollars worth OF diamonds in
his possession at the time.
The population of kamchaika,
which WAS carefully registered IN 1873
and 1879. shows regular decrease;
since i7li the population seems 10 have
been reduced 10 ohe-half of what IL
was lis years ago Years OF scarcity
Dl fish. the staple food of the popula-
lion. are quite common Ia such eases
the l.amutcS and the koryaks usually
bring 10 the kamchadales a number of
their reindeer; hut this voluntary help
l. not sufficient 10 prevent starvs Si,,a
Rev DR. j. NJ. BuclSlcy. writing OF
Snain. SAYS: bribery l. general n
spain. Almost any thing can be- dome
with fee Not more than forty
per cent of the taxes levied by The
government can be collected. Mayors
IL cities get rich Ia "a year. tine at
leas; of the most important cities Is
destitute Of credit No one will lend
il any money Spaniards 80 distrusl
eaeh other that money il not forth
,oming for great public works. The
English manage the watcr-worSs, the
street cars aud almost every thing
,sise.
One of the strang..st pieces of ar
tillery ia Europe is at Metz and Is
known by the name of the .,Griifin.
from the figure OF the fabulous animal
which j. 10 be found among the orua-
mental portion Of it workmanship
The gun was east in 1929 At Ehren-
breitslein, near Gublcniz. II il IL feet
in length aud > in diameter. The bore
is lu4 inches; weight - $40 pounds.
lts carriage Is u feet In length. and
the weight OF the ball which ii carries
is LOO pouncls; ~ pounds Of powder IL
required for the charge. Napoleon
intended il for the War Department.
Paris. but found difficulty in transports
ing il.