The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-06-09
BRIEF MENTION.

is the starved steer that eats Its
head of.
The most valuable pearls are perfect
lY round.
A scent newspaper is not always the
cheapest.
slop,shop publishers prefer second
hand goods.
The officers in the parks of Boston are
to use bicycles.
Last year rs, 1o2 patents were applied
for in Great Britain.
In the British n0W the annual cost
of maintaining man is $1,000.
Holland is the land of fatness, wind
mills, dykes, canals and cheese.
The first of the great English Derby
races was run Thursday, May 4, 1880.
A big glacier has formed in the Rocky
mountains near St. Mary's river, Mont.
The writing of popular songs" Is
more profitable in this country than in
any other.
Over 1000 mea have been sheltered
at one time beneath the branches of the
Indian banyan tree.
The amount of wire in the under
round conduits of New York City is
estimated at "a 1000 miles. ga.
The COW tree of Venezuela gives an
excellent article of milk, which has a
close chemical affinity to animal milk.
A flag carried in the war of 1912 and
having but fifteen stars is relic priced
by Mrs. E. c. Blount of Waynesboro, Ga
The Africa state railways in Cape
Colony and the Orange Free State
yielded dividend of per cent last
year.
Auctioneers' fees in the United States
and England are paid by the vender.
In France and Holland the purchaser
pasy them.
The lavender plant has suddenly ap-
peared in South Australia, and the
natives expect to establish lucrative
perfumery trade.
When an Egyptian went fishing he
spat in the Nile in honor of the deity,
hence the custom of splitting on the
hook for good luck.
Babies are cared for in special room
at the new Congregational church at
Middleboro, Mass, while the parents
attend the services.
In tropical forests 50 a large pro.
portion of the plants are of the sensi-
tive variety that sometimes the path
of traveller may be traced by the
wilted foliage.
The first forgery on the Bank of
England was committed in 1853 by a
lawyers clerk named Richard Vaughan,
who was detected and subsequently ex.
ecuted.
Twenty years ago w. A. Van Sickle,
of New Brunswick, N. j., lost a watch
in field, and last week it was un-
earthed and found to be In fairly good
condition.
OA speaker at the recent convention
of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors
made uee of this illustration: "We are
like the man who drives the hearse-
we are not in it,
The "Holy Ghost Plant" a product of
Mexico, Central and South America, is
so called because of the shape of the
flower, which has the appearance Of a
dove with expanded wings.
The London Lancet says that persons
afflicted with insomnia should not 70 to
either seashore or mountain, but should
seek quset inland resorts that are few
feet above the sea level.
Stanley, from what he has seen Of
the Australian people, has come to the
conclusion that they much more resem-
BILE the people of the United States
than those Of Great Britain.
All plants have periods of activity
and rest. Some are active in the day.
time and sleep at night; others repose
during the daylight hours and are
awake at night.
In the case Of Kentucky woman
who sued railroad company for dam
ages for the loss of her husband and
her horse, the jury gave her an award
OF $50 for the animal and l cent for the