Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-25
or GENERAL INTEREST


"a man at TasnaII, Ga. has twenty
seven brothers and sisters living.
~ gentleman in Portland, Ore, has
zneceeded In training young elk 70
drive in harness.
The annual value Of the wool crop
il from SI5, 900. 90 10 30. n0o. 800, vasy-
ing with the market value.
One Of the most prosperous FARM
ers 81 cathbsrt, Ga, Il Hebrew.
He began business there az baker.
then became a merchant, and finally
took to agriculture, which il very un-
usual for a jew.
| Aunt I'll Ruiey, colored woman
who lives In Marion County, Ky, IL
said to be one hundred and swenty-one
years old. She never nursed George
Washington. but she recently walked
from her home to Lebanon and back,
tweRty-eight miles to attend circus.
lin Cuba woman never loses her
maiden name When married her
husbands name Il added to her own,
but she il always called By her Chris
tfan and maiden names. Children
take the name OF both parents. but
place the mothers name after tho
! fathers
The telephone was put to a novel
use In Toronto. A citizen who had
been summoned to appear at the po-
| lice court for breach Of . bylaw, fnd-
/ ing that he would be unable to appear
/ in person teEephoned the facts to
/ headquarbsrs, admitting his guilt. and
! was fined one dollar and costs through
I the same medium.
William Watson, an old settler
I living eight miles northwest of Wind
1 scr, Ill. died at his residence. at the
age OF seventF-six years. and was
buried In a coffin that he made sixteen
/ years ago for himself 1t Is of walnut
wood and he has kept 1t in his house
/ ever since. and two weeks before his
death had it brought into his room and
/ placed at the foot Of his bed
II hen In Canada scratched up 800
in old coins 2 feE days ago. and about
/ the same time an Ohio hen was dis
sected and found TO have dug up some
/ where In her wanderings and swallowed
/ a quantity Of gold dust These facts
I indicate that q new career Of useful
ness and honorable distinction Is open
I ing up before the humble barryard
fowl Long may she scratch
The room where the Court of Ap-
+ peals sits in the capitol at Albany Is
Z described rs the most gorgeous in its
+ appointments Of al the court rooms
( In the country. The Eood work Is
beautifully carved and panels are Of
mahogany and onyx TIE carpet was
I woven to order across the water. Por-
traits OF all the judges that have ever
T sat in the court are placed In panels
about the ROOM.
+ According 10 the census Of IssG-sf,
the last one taken, there were at that
/ time 70 $50. SIS widows in India. of
( whom CSC. $50 were under nineteen
years Of age and 27s. 900 under tour
/ teen years According to the native
custom none Of these widows are at
liberty to marry again The same
{ census gave the total female popula-
ton at 90, 10000. and OF these only
30, 900 were able 70 read
A physician giving a bit of his
own personal experience, and having a
constitutional tendency TO sleepless-
ness. says that nothing has ever given
such deeidsd relief as eating heartily
just before going 70 bed He objects
to the use Of the customary night-cap
as remedy against sIeeplessuess,
both because alcohol Is Injurious TO an
empty stomach, and because il does
not induce a natural sleep. But he
thinks thai adults should be like
babies, who sleep hast with a full
stomach, without nightmare, or other
unpleasant results
4 Turkish police court in Con-
stantjnople was investigating the cause
Of the death q & young and beautiful
Circassia1 slave. found floating IN the
Bosph0rus- wIth her hands and feet
firmly bound with thongs. The eour.
had the body identified as that OF a
girl who belonged to q wealthy Turk.
Then i rendered the decision that the
deceased came 70 her death by drown
ing. she having cast herself into the
sea with the purpose Of taking her
Own life The frmne=s Of this pur-
pose was shown by the soIidity with
which she had bound her own hands
and feet before throwing herself into
the water.