Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-02-24

A wooden factory WIS established by
,,orks in Florence, A. D. 1914.

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nm 100000 cans Of corn last season.
Genuine volcano dust has been 'ound
in Kansas and the Indian territory.
There are only about thirty members
left of the once mighty tribe OF Choclaws
near New Orleans.
The secret # Petrifying human flesh
ryss discovered by Milan student in
1919 but he was drowned a few years
la.er. and the secret persisted with him.
Fully 100 tons of Canadian poultry
were landed in Liverpool during the
Inst week of December. 1t arrived In
s,,lendid condition and sold at about II
cents pound.
The largest sheep ranch in the world
is in TIE counties of Demmet and Webb,
Texas. 1T contains upwar@s Ct 100000
acres, and yearly pastures from 1000,
600 TO 10000 sheep.
A great number of carpet tacks, sew
eraI bits of iron and "a nail are reported
TO have been found in the stomach OF a
Kalamazoo, Mich, boy, who lately died
in an insane asvlum.
Lucca Della Robbia invented enam
eled falence, precursor of modern porce
lain, in 1920, and about century later
its manufacture was general. From
Italy enameled ware passed into France
A ell-preserved tooth of mast don
is said to have LACEY been unearthed
eighty seven feet below the surface, near
Sake river, Idaho. The tooth weighs
about four hounds and measures seven
teen inches IN circumference.
According to the pr sident of the
Kansas State Dairy association, it costs
more to grow pound Of wheat than H.
make a pound Of milk in that state, and
the wheat sells for ; of cent a pound
and the milk for | cent a pound.
There has been plowed up in Andrew
county, No, an ancient Roman sword,
it is reported, which is believed to have
belonged to some member of be Soto's
expedition, who were exploring in that
part Of the country in the midi Of the
sixteenth century.
A piece of petriied wood, weighing
Sl4 pounds, is reported to have been
recently unearthed near EIkton, O..
According to goologists who examined
tie nature of the petrifaction, its forma-
tio4 is believed to date back $500 years
by the most conservative calculation.
The table on which the articles Of
agreement for the surrender of Nicks
burg were signed by General Grant and
q neral Pembertop, is ir general use Ii
IA beer saloon in VIcksburg, The saloon
keeper has been offered a large price for
the relic, but he refuses to dispose Of it.
One Of the famous collections of coins
i'll thus country is that owned by Nj.
and Mrs. Churles Schome, Of Indiana
polls II WAS made bg William Wlnkler,
of Columbus, Ind. =, who Travelled all over
Europe to make it. In the collection is
a piece which is sa d to be the oldest
Saxon coin in existence.
Saeezing is averted by pressing the
upper lip, because by doing so We dead
Ell the impression made on a certain
branch Of the fifth nerve, sn,ezi g being
a reflex action excited by some slight
Impression on the nerve Sneezing does
not take place when the fifth nerve is
paralyzad, even though tue sense Of
smell is etaned.
l. Will be great conso alton to those
who would rather mortify the flesh than
be guilty of violating the laws of polite
society that yawning can he INDUCED
In under certain conditions, not only
without conjunction, but with actual
benefit. No less an authority than Dr..
Naegeii says that it acts like message,
and is the most natural gymnastics of
the lungs imaginable
A writer says Of the rabbits in Ans
tralia thar for several years In snccee-
sion the animal becomes SO scarce AZ 10
be quite difficult to obtain, increasir g
In the next .ew years to SO extraordinary
an extent as to become the most abnnd-
ant animal in the country. After the
maximum of increase has been attained
the rabbits commence to die off, and
before many weeks are over their dead
bodies strew the woods in all directions,
while liye rabi it is scarcely to be met
with.