Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

A man In jefferson county, Pa, Ia
said to have lost his sight from drink
ing too much Ice water when heated.
NJ. stambouloff, the premier and
practical ruler of Bulgaria, is about 46 |
years old. lie Is short. rather stout,
and with his round face, black MUS
tache and small gray eyes somewhat
resembles Chinaman.
The Duke of Fife II one of the
shrewdest of business men. All his in
vestnents turn out well. He took some
founders shares In London trust com
pany not long ago at si50 each, and
they are now worth S1, 800 each
A writer upon birds says that in the
fields and groves there are many old
maids and bachelors who apparently
never had any inducement to marry
There is no doubt that the rivalry in
bird courtship Is extremely keen, and
the choice is deliberate one.
They have "a curious custom at tho
burial Of unmarried women in Brazil.
The coffin, hearse and the livery Of the
driver must be bright scarlet, the four
white horses drawing the hearse must
be covered with scarlet net, and scarlet
plumes must deck the horses heads.
Numbers of Hindoos were to be seen
recently wandering about the Lahore
bazars carrying bones Of their de
ceased relatives round their necks
! They were pilgrims going TO Hurdwar
= Most of them left the train at Jhelun
. to wash the bones I'm the sacred water,
Q of Hydasnes. and then rcpurchaseC
/. tickets for their onward journey.
Statistics OF religious growth for the
past year gathered BY The Independent
y show that there are In the Unite,
States 15i, ,26i churches OF all dsnomi
= nations, l03, 800 ministers and nearl
= 22, ,000, 900 members During the yea
b. there has been an increase of $50
n churches. nearly 1900 ministers an
'p nearly l,090, 900 members.
ts AT Bristol, England, are two youn
~ artisans who are the prize twins of th
" world. They are OF the same heigh
% and weight. have eyes, hair and con
80 plexion of the same color; walk, speah
,e laugh, sing exactly alike; follow Ill
,r same occupation; have the same r,
TO ligious persuasion and likes and di
va likes; are both married, and have I'll
Is; same number of children, who are {
an the same sexes-three boys and thrt
to girls.
" :. The captain Of a schooner that lat
:, ly arrived at Titusville, Fla, a fe
IA days ago captured near st. Lucie riv,
of two manatees or sea cows. Both
the creatures are females, the largt
he one measuring 8 l2 feet in length ar
dy weighing $50 pounds. The other is s fe
IA and weighs fifty pounds less. III
Is manatee il WARM blooded mamma
'e' an animal that suckles its young, an
We is cross between whale and sea
he 1t lives on vegetable food entirely, :
~ fusing flesh Of all kinds.
nd The largest known springs are tho
nj. bursting up from the ocean floor.
Of the coast of Florida, in the Gulf
ad Mexico, few miles from the shore,
ius hiIRs spring VI litSH MattF rists 70 y
he surface, furnishing water TO tisherm
he and sailors, who dip it up in the mit
er' of the salt water of the gulf. A few mil
Ssy from the eastern shore Of Florid
=. nearly opposite Matanzas, a large spri
of fresh water boils up in great abu
dance. So large is this spring I'll
IN, Lieut. Maury took his little coast ~
yey steamer ON the top of 1.-THE boi
the and it was quickly swept to one side
'il- the boiling spring.
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