The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-05
LIVELY TURNS OF THOUGHT.

Los Angeles is to build a sewer to the
ocean at cost of Siooo.OOa
Eighty highway robbers were executed
at Pekin on the 18th of April
The offers received at Johnstown to
adopt orphans is far in excess of the SUP
ply
William Lincoln, who lives near Grafton,
w. Va, has cat that plays with rats but
Is death to snakes.
Cows hair is now used in making carpets.
The process is described as Cherp one
and the product as an improvement on the
wooden article,
The French Council Of Hygiene has just
forbidden the use of blue paper in the pub
lie schools, claiming that it was making
France near sighted nation.
The people of Bonn have purchased the
house in which Beethoven was born, with
the intention of converting 1t into museum
of objects illustrating his life and works
Napoleon the Greats favorite writing
table, from Malmaison, has just been sold
in Paris. 1t is rather an unwieldy piece OF
mahogany, with choice copper ornaments.
At the top of the Eiffel Tower, for a fee.
specially prepared note paper, dated from
the summit of the tower, is provided, and
the writer can have the letter posted on the
spot.
Bees settled in tho top OF house near
Atlanta, Ga, eight years ago, and the other
day. when the gable end was removed, the
entire roof was found to Do filled with
honey.
The '.Monstuart" mansion Of Lord Butte,
near Rothesay. is said to have cost not less
than S, 0)o,0Oo, aud is believed to be the
largest and costlest private palace in ex-
istence,
The scepter of an Egyptian king has been
examined chemically by Professor Berthe
lot, and proves to be nearly pure copper,
with only traces of lead. 1t is supposed to
be about six thousand years old.
A man in Coshocton has a safe that oon'
tains Si25. 1t has boon locked up three
years. and no has forgotten the combina-
ton. Meanwhile he is awaiting the return
of the agent of the safe company.
Jerusalem seems to BE- rapidly growing
CITY, This is due to the great number OF
Jews who are focking there yearly. They
now number 30,0U0 more than the moslem
and christian population combined.
Frenchman tried his flying machine in
the suburbs of Paris the other day. He
few off barn, and it will be several months
before his broken legs will allow him to
caEter around as blithely as before,
The doctors of Cincinnati are divided in
their opinions as to whether ice water Is
harmless or harmful, and meanwhile out
siders are doing as they please about it
which Is probably the best way to do.
Tulare Lake, in California, which was
formerly twenty by thirty miles in extent,
is now only fifteen by twenty. Although
the water Is strongly impregnated with
borax and allSali, the lake is full Of fish
The Royal Meteorological Society OF
England is making collection OF photo
graphs of lightning flashes. 90 each pho
tograph Is noted the time OF the flash ane
the interval between it and the thunder.
Strawberries as large as teacups grow
wild in Africa, and when boy wants to
knock dog over he grabs for and hits him
with strawberry. But for this the boys
and dogs Of Africa couldn't have any fun.
A census of horses is being taken in
Paris in order tc give the authorities some
idea of the animals available for military
purposes should need arise. At the last
census Paris contained 93,0S0 horses and
SO mules.
Il il expected that the grape crop in Cali
fornia this season will be the largest in the
history of the state. The wine production
is estimated at from 30,O00,090 to 35,0)0,00
gallons The raisin crop will be very
heavy one.
A citizen in Virginia is seeking to have
the sulphur springs of that state indicted
as nuisances injurious to health. He has
lived near one for three years, and he says
that Strawberries and dead hogs now smell
alike to him.
Farmer John Lands, of Franconia town.
ship, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
hanged himself to an apple tree few days
ago because his son would not heed the
parents objection to the erection Of an ad-
| dition to the barn.
There is larger proportion Of the boys and
girls of New Jersey than of any other state
| in the union who go to Sunday school IL
| appears by statistics recently taken that
| there are just about 2S),0)0 children in the
! 1897 Sunday schools of New Jersey.
Marion Stubler, who lives near Cincin-
| natl, when he went to clean his teeth the
other night, picked up bottle filled with
| some kind Of acid, thinking it was tooth
| wash and since then he has been going
around town with set OF beautiful gresn
| teeth.
| News comes from Tounga, Burmah, that
Koh Pal Sab, a timber merchant there, has
| founded new religion, watch is described
| as sort of mixture Of buddhism and chris
tianity. The disciples, who mum bar several
thousand, keep the christian Sunday and
| abstain from strong drink.
| A curious feature in ornithology is report
| ed from lexington, Yorkshire, England,
| where hen has hatche1 two chickens from
| one egg, both chichens being in perfect
| state except that they are joined on one side
| of the membranes OF the wing. Beyond this
| thew walk about and feed in the usual man.
| Der.
aPut penny in and you will have sur
| prise.n saws a legend on the latest form of
automatic machine. When one has been
unwise enough to comply with this invita-
| ton, one receives card on which is print
ed: s.You give me penny and give you
| nothing in return. You are surprised.
| Voila"
/ A cat in Fallxirk, Scotland. ii bringing up
/ brood of chickens. But the prize cat is to
be found in the hamlet Of Trinity Gask,
Perthshire, Scotland. 1t Is seriously related
of her that, having been deprived Of her kit
| tens, she caught mouse which she adopt
ed, and is now mothering with great ten
| derness.
man at Allentown, Pa, has two tree
frogs which dwell contentedly in glass Jar
containing water and a tiny ladder. When
the weather is fair the little fellows crawl
up the ladder and gaze around, but when a
rain is coming they dive to the bottom OF
the jar. These movements are made hours
In advance OF the change in the weather
1t is reported at Reidsville, Ga, that last
week man in Tattnall county, while dip
ping turpentine, was struck about the
corner of his mouth by a large rattlesnake.
He seized the reptile and was struck on the
arm. He then tried to throw the snake
from him, and was again struck on the
thigh. 1t is said ne died before reaching a
house.
The descendants of Murat, who live in
Paris, and their relatives, the Pepoli OF
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