The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-03-03

IL Is entirely In the emperor's own hand
full of erasures and alterations, aud be-
longs to a defendant of the courier of
General Gourgoud, who made the clean
copy of it for transmission.
There is a little island In Della ware
bay locally famous as the place to
which one of the early Bayards re-
treated as a religious recluse seeking
asylum from the too noisy world of his
little state. He had fallen In with the
Labadists, and accepted their peaceful
doctrine in so practical a spirit that
nothing sufffced but self-isolatiou. This
he found in his island retreat.
In a recent Spanish book of travel,
"Costumbres Yankees Wales por La
America del Norte." by Jose Sanchez
Somoauo, is the following account of
the origin of Boston Common: "a
great philantrophist, named Common
mad the happy idea of presenting the
children of Boston w 18th a leafy grove
of great Frees"
A cock fowl on the farm of James N.
Lenow at Little Rock, Ark, has not
only intelligently expressed a decided
preference for the championship of
English sparrows, but appears In
separable from them. The fowl is also
great friends with the cat, and at night
the bird and the cat roost together.
Annapolis, Md, has been a chartered
city since 170s, when Queen Anne
granted the charter and the grateful
inhabitants rechrlstened the place In
honor of the queen. 1t had once been
named in honor of Anne Arundel, wife
of the early Lord Baltimore, and her
self the daughter of nobleman.
The Roman police have seized an inn
portant piece of Byzantine sculpture
from a workman employed on the Tiber,
which he secreted after finding It In
the river. 1t is a bust in relief of
Christ, surrounded by an elegant carved
border. The work is in marble, and is
said to be perfectly preserved.
Rev. DR.. Scarrow of Russell, Kansas.
within one week recently held services
for man whose body was totally con-
sumed by fire, for man who died Ia
the penitentiary, for murdered man,
and finally over the bodies of three muir
derers lynched by mob.
The simplest way to tell iron from
steel is to pour on the metal a drop of
nitric acid, and allow 1t to act for one
moment. On rinsing with water a
grayish-white stain will be seen if the
metal is iron; a black one if it is steel.
The greatest speed attained by sail
ing ships, according to the Muhau, was
by the James Baines, 400 miles in
twentv-four hours, and Flying Cloud,
412. The Red Jacket ran 1850 in seven
days, averaging 325 miles day.
In Florida the cucumber Is regarded
as an excellent bee plant. 1t is said
bees favor it, and that the honey pre-
pared from cucumber flowers is of frst
quality. Cucumber pollen is said to be
favorite with the honey bee.
A man in Birming ham, Ala, has been
arrested for manipulating an ingenious
gambling device in which current of
electricity under the operators control
could be used to determine the way In
which the dice should fall.
In the colony of Natal tea continues
to be largely grown in the coast dis
tricts, chiefly in Victoria county and
the lower Umzimkulu division. The
area under cultivation may be put
down at 1000 acres.
The police authorities of Balti more
are in receipt of communication from
John Mobley of North Carolina asking
If there is young woman In the prisons
of that city who can be released by
marrying him.