Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-01-04
STRAY BITS.

1,.-osene oil Is responsible for nine-terths
l ths fires that take place III China
Tho fresh fruit crop OF California this sea-
has an estimated value of Sl0,000,OOO
p,,llman saws he can build sleeping cars
.ta;ning six nice bedrooms, but passengers
.rould have to pay So instead of 81 per night
From 1900, 900 to s4o.0OoOOO of old
.,welrv lies idle in England, and various
sr,s have begun to melt it down to make
new patterns
New York civil engineer has applied for
patent for locomotive and tender, by
rbch no claims he can make ninety five
niles an hour with ten coaches.
Stumm Bros. OF Neunkirchen, Germany,
have offered prize of 81 500 for the best
means of preventing the inhalation of dust
by the workmcn engaged in grinding Stag.
The fastest armored cruiser in the world is
said to be the German vessel Grief, of 1000
tons and 400 horse power. From Kiel to
Wlhelmshafen she attained speed of
twenty three knots an hour.
Twenty Of the leading restaurants and
cafes in Paris are being united into a com
many Its capital will be $500, 900 francs, in
100 franc shares, 1850 of which are to be
offered to tho public at par.
Two fishermen in the Dee, in England.
have caught sturgeon weighing POO pounds,
over five feet long and as thick as a mans
body. The best previous record was l56
pound sturgeon two years ago
The Yale sophomores have declared against
hazing. They are entitled to commentator
Although the practice of hazing has disap.
peared from most American colleges, its mod
ern prototype. rushing" still fingers.
A new DEVICE has been introduced for the
German army. 1t is a cloak cut and finished
In such way that two OF the garments to-
gether may be converted into tent, tho sup
ports for which accompany the cloaks
A few years ago the Argentine Republic
did not raise wheat enough for home con.
SUMPTION Last year it exported 100000
bushels. Immense tracts of pasture are
being converted into farm land, and the
country is becoming great grain growing
region
A new submarine torpedo boat has been
tried by both France and Russia and is said
to be successful. 1t is driven by an Edison
Dynamo provided with compressed oxygen
for use under water, and large pair of scis-
sors projecting from the prov, in order to
cut torpedo wires
Frank Crabtree and Henry Cyrus killed an
old bear and two cubs out in Oregon. They
went after the game with team, when one
OF their mares became Infatuated at the smell
Of blood. She attacked Frank, knocked him
down and stamped on him, and struck old
Mr.. Crabtree in the face, nearly killing him
The greatest national debt among the mo-
tons OF the globe is borne by France. 1t is
about SG,250, 100000. Russia comes next.
with $4,000, OOO.OOo then England, with S3
56OOOO,OO0: Austro-H Hungary, with S2,4S5,-
100000; Italy, with 81, CD, 200, 900; Spain,
with Sl,207 100000; and Prussia, with ST..
00O000,0o0.
The ctymology of tho word honeymoon is
thus given by good authority: "Among the
northern nations of Europe there was an
ancient practice Of newly married couples to
drink lncthoglin or mead, a kind Of wine
made from honey (hvdroneD for thirty days
after marriage Hence tho term honeymonth
or honeymoon. AttIla, tho Hun, drank SO
much mead at his wedding feast that he
died"
young girl in London has turned the
Photographic art to profit by going about and
taking incidents in the public thoroughfares
and parks. She has an eye for situations, and
catches them full of natural spirit and action.
She is out from 10 O'Clock until 3, and under
her camera characteristic scenes of city life
arc being turned into bard money. Her nict-
ures are used u great deal in studios, and they
are full of suggestion.
A citizen of Eatonton, Ca, smokes about
twelve pounds of tobacco yearly in pipe
that he declares is over two hundred years
old. This leads mathematical person to
calculate that if that were tho average
amount used in tho pipe since its first day
2,4OO pounds of the weed have been burned
in its bowl, and if the first 313 had been put
out at compound interest at the rate of 10
per cent it would now have grown to the
sum of 81, 755, AS, 200. Just how this would
have benefited the first owner OF the pipe
does not appear.