The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-03
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.

Columbus, in 1893, brought the first do
nestle to America.
Chain cables were introduced into the
English navy in 1912.
Cape Town, South Africa, was founded
by the Dutch in 1850.
The British flag has been hoisted over
the Suwarrow islands.
Bone-setting cannot be said to have been
! practised scientifically until 1870.
A Philadelphia epicure says that musk rat
meat tastes better than any sirloin.
| The Caledonian monarchy is said to have
been founded by Fergus l. about $50 b. c.
The Aztecs were the ruling tribe in Mexi-
co at the time of the Spanish invasion in
, 1919
The ballot reform bill passed by the New
| York legislature was vetoed by the gov
crnor.
Blankets are said to have been first made
at Bristol, England, in the fourteenth cen
| tury by Thomas Blanket.
1t is understood some of the weary wait
ing applicants for consulships will be re-
, lieved of their suspense soon.
Show me man who rides a velocipede
or bicycle and I'll show you case Of spin:.!
cymplaint," says DIR. Agnew.
The vicinity of Black Rock, short dis
tance below Buffalo, was the scene of stir
ring events in the war of 1Sl2-15.
A notice in southern newspaper of the
marriage or Mr.. Ryon and Miss Rock has
the headline Ryan, Rock familiar sound.
1t is the opinion OF all those who have
come in contact with Corporal Tanner that
his manners have been sadly neglected.
The war records show that almost 1000
union soldiers deserted during the war,
while 267 were caught, tried and executed.
The sheriff at Troy, N. Y, put prisoner
In charge of his trotting horse, and the
prisoner naturally trotted off with the ami
nal.
They are making fun of Buffalo Judge
for calling a double barreled shot gun a
'two- shooter" It's all in English as she
spoke.
The steamer City of Paris made the trip
from Queenstown to Sandy Hook in days,
% hours and minutes, the quickest trip on
! record
Celery Is said to have been introduced
from France into England in 1854. From
England it later found its way to this
country.
The reduction in the number Of saloons
in Allegheny county, Pa, has resulted in
reduction in the amount of cheese sold in
that county.
Conflicts have occurred at Gretna, La,
opposite New Orleans, between the whites
and the negroes. Soma property was de,
stroyed by fire,
Every week or two some American falls
heir to 100000 of English money, but
somehow you never hear of the money
being paid over
Only one person out of every cO,0N OF
the population dies in his led when asleep,
and there is little excuse for lying awake
and worrying about it.
Always deduct about forty years from
the age of veteran claiming to be 12O years
old. Medical science has no record OF a per-
son in this country beyond 1O2 years.
Boston school teachers have slapped,
slashed and pounded until the parents OF
pupils are rising up in Indignation and de-
manding that the practice be stopped.
A Nuremberg manufacturer has invented
penciles in blue, black and brown for writ
ing on the human skim They are for use in
anatomical and clinical demonstration.
In Niagara county, N Y, farms sold al
SlCO per acre fifteen years ago. They car
now be bought at from $40 to $50, and al
, most every one in the county is for sale.
| ~ tho cnoat nj
California this year as to be nuisance, es
pecially to fishermen, while their barking
aggravates the farmer for two miles inland
The John Hopkins Hospital, at Baltimore
Md, the largest, most richly endowed apt
completely equipped institution of the kline
in the world, was formally opened last
week.
The late Crown Prince Rudolph of Aus
tria had an annual income OF S75O.0Oo anc
his palaces and country places cost hin
nothing, yet he left debts amounting to -,
100000.
The new dressed meat company, formed
to fight the Chicago dressed meat monopoly
and recently partially disorganized through
the efforts of Armour, has again entered
J the field.
It has been found that the best thing T.
disperse mob is cold water. Get out al
engine and put on full stream, and you
mob is no sooner wet down than 1t scatter
to dry up.
The door-knob has improved 200 per cen
in looks in the last ten years, and 1t nov
J stands American genius in hand to brini
; the gate. hinges to the front and make 1t
thing of beauty.
Three hundred and twenty-five shee
were killed in one county in Tennessee Il
: one week by dogs, but the owners had
make the best of it. The dogs were Their
before the sheep came.
{ Cheese is mentioned by Aristotle abou
$50 B. c. 1t is supposed that cheesemak
ing was introduced into England about thu
beginning of the Christian era, having
been learned from the Romans.
Two years ago, donkey died at Gro
) marty that was known to be at least III
J wears old. 1t could be traced back to tn
wear 1779, when, at an unknown age, 1T cam
into the hands of the then Ross OF Gre
marty, and it lived in the same family
..hale and hearty" until kick from hors
ended Its career.
: There is cradle in New YORK that ha'
: rocked over 1900 babies. 1t began to roc
nineteen years ago, when the Sisters o
Charity started little founding hospita
on Twelfth street, New work, with s. il
the treasury Sister Irene was at tn
a head of it, as she is still, a wonderful, frai
. little woman, whose genius and devotion
will always be remembered by those whit
have once beheld her among the oaole
whom she had saved and succored.
The whipping of criminals is again pro
posed in Parliament Fifty strokes fer al
adult offender and twenty five for boy i
: the limit, though sentence may provide
for several whippings. The offences 10
which grown-up people may be fiogged
under the bill include the discharge o
t arms, etc, to iniure or alarm the queen
robbery, assault with intent to rob, bur
$ glary, etc., where the offender is arnle
y with any dangerous or offensive weapon
!, garroting, etc.
Several years ago an artist of Dresde
S persuaded locksmith there to give up nj
/ trade and become an artists model. 1t wa
k a GOOD thing for the locksmith, who is nov
the famous muscle man of Dresden,
,,,rosa ,noonif;centlv developed body make