The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-14


rage the bride was expected to pre-
pare part, at least, of the wedding
feast with her own hands.
sas, possesses a worsted mill or a car
pet factory, nor has Texas or Arkansas
single specimen of paper mill or an
iron or steel industry.
The largest cave In Mexico, If not In
the world, has been found by French
engineer In the wilds of the northwest.
In 1t he found cemetery, proving that
the cavern had once been Inhabited.
OF the recruits in the British ar
last year 32,094 were born In England,
1867 In Scotland and $500 In Ireland.
One thousand three hundred and five
of these young soldiers we're under II
years OF age.
1t Is said that all the gold in the
world, not counting that in Virginia
state, would not make a block more
than 613 cubic yards. cube of the
above Dimensions could be put in a
room "a feet each way.
Electricity has been adopted for tow
Ing the canal boats on the summit level
of the Canal de Bourgoyne, which con-
meets the Siene and Soane, crossing in
its course the divide between the chan
mel and the Mediterranean.
The seal hunters kiak Is simply a
piece of boat shaped costume. The oc
cupant slows his legs away beneath
something like carriage apron, tuck
Ing 1t tightly around his waist. He
can take his skin canoe under his arm
and walk away with 1t.
Cinnamon when they refer to their
wives--which is as seldom as possible
speaks Of them as my dull thorn" or
"thorn in my ribs" or "the mean one
In the inner room" Children are sim
ilarly STYLED as "in.e cts" or "worms, )"
much as we say "chicks" or "cubs."
fashisnablie clubs in the West End, Lon
don, which usually has three lotteries
for the Derby, with an entrance fee OF
s25, $40 and SIS respectively The pres.
sure of poverty this year was so strong
upon the members that the first two
were discontinued, as the entries were
insufficient.
May saw all the saloons In Fitch
burg, Mass, closed, the town having
last fall voted by narrow margin TO,
no license. The night before the pro
hibition went into effect was one long
wild debauch; the streets and saloons
we're crowded and there was free beel
for everyone.
There has just been succ essfullt
tested at Holloway, near London, tn
largest balloon in the world. 1t ha
a capacity of 100 900 cubic feet, weigh
9,250 pounds, and will lift an additions
ton. 1t Is to be used In making meteor
illogical observations for a period c
ten days without descending.
Very curious Is the suicide Just com
mitted by Levantine millionaire c
the name of Semama, at Marseilles
In the garden of his superb orienta
palace on the Parade he had caused
marble sepulcher to be built, fitted wit
iron doors and furnished with a divan
He has wont to retire here from tim
to time, but the other day he failed t.
reappear, and on the iron doors bein
broked open he was found lying on tn
divan, asphyxiated by the fumes of tn
burning charcoal.
One of the deadliest serpents in tn
tropics is the fer-de-lance, of whic
These snakes are of precisely the sam
color which will enable them to hid
among the foliage or roots of trees
Sometimes they are bright yellow
and can scarcely be distinguished frou
a bunch of bananas within which the
lie coiled. Again, the reptile may b
black, or yellowish brown, or of an,
hue resembling tropical forest mold
old bark or decomposed trees. The iri
of the eye is orange, with red flashes
and at night glows like burnin,
coal.
There Is tree which grows In MAZDA
gascar called the ''traveler's tree,
which Is of the greatest service to tn,
tired and thirsty traveller In that tropi
cal climate. This wonderful tree ha
no branches, the leaves growing on
from the trunk and spreading out lik,
the sections of fan. The leaves, o
which there are generally not NOR,
than twenty-four on each tree, ar,
from six to eight feet In length ant
from four to. six feet broad. At tn,
base of each leaf is kind Of cup con
tanning about quart of cool water
The natives save themselves the
trouble of climbing the tree by throw
Ing spear which pierces the leaf al
the spot where the water Is stored