The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-27

The word captain, so often used in
the bible, simply means officer.
The Shah of Persia pretends to date
his title back for a thousand years.
A vein of mineral wax, which resem-
bles pure butter, has been discovered by
peat diggers in Ireland.
The army worm travels in such COM
pact line that professions of them are
frequently mistaken for snakes.
In 1888 Philip STUDIES inveighed with
great energy against the use of starch,
which he called "the devils liquor"
There are over AGO. 900 varieties of in
sects known to the chronological, though
not all described in the works on the
subject.
The young of the polype grow from
the body of the parent like buds, and
when grown are separated by sudden
jerk.
"The tartar" on human teeth are
filled with animalcule, which are de-
stroyed by vinegar. Vinegar itself con-
tains eel-like insects.
The diamond, though hard, is one of
the most brittle stones. A fall on a
wooden floor will sometimes crack and
ruin a fine specimen.
The Bank Of England the first on the
modern plan, was instituted in 1895;
now the banking capital Of the world is
SO, 197, 900, 900.
The first horse was brought to this
continent in 1915. Now there are in
the United States alone 14,O56,75O, val
ued at S941, 100000.
Petrifed horse tracks are among the
curiosities attributed to Missouri. They
are said to be found in the bottom of a
creek in Ray county.
over the River Kjshtuah, in India, is
single span of telegraph wire 5000
feet long, and is stretched from the top
of one mountain TO another.
In order to furnish sport for shoot
ing party on his Moravian estate, Baron
Hirsch had 5000 cartridges transported
there in cages and liberated.
What is supposed &c be a meteorite
has been VI eatrhed at Windsor, Conn
1t is about 81 feet by 2]5 feet and is 1s
incher thick with knob on one end.
The most powerful hydraulic crane at
present existing is reported to be one
at the Italian government arsenal at La
Spezia. 1t is capable of lifting 100
tons
There has been little of winter wealth
er in the central western states vet.
1t is sixteen years since Nebraska had
anything like so mild a winter and it's
people are doubtful about the securing
Of an ice crop.
Wild animals are very bold in some
parts Of southern California this winter.
| Several instances have lately been
noted in san Bernardino county of trav-
elers on the highway being attacked by
wildcats.
The names of Robinson Cruso and
John Friday appeared few years since
in an official capacity in connection
with a contested election, and they
were set down as residents of an inte-
rior county in Illinois.
A bolt of lightning near Luling, Tex
as, struck the corner of a house, passed
through a shelf, hit snuff bottle ana
leaped to the floor, where it seemed tc
exhaust itself on a little 2-year-old
child. The child was only slightly
stunned, but in a short time its back
turned perfectly black.
Both the incident and the reflected
rays of the sun are practically parallel
We see the reflected image by those
rays only which enter our eye. The
other direct rays reflected from the
waters surface do not enter the eye
and hence the surface outside the re