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

A Philadelphia has invented 1our
winged flying machine.
A Swedish copper mine has been
worked without interruption for 500
years.
Twenty-eight big ocean passenger
steamers belong to the British auxiliary
navy.
An ancient cannon was recently
dredged up from the bottom OF the
Delaware river.
Mulhall says that the life OF loco
motive is usually fifteen years and It's
earnings about 100000.
The amount of candy consumed In the
United States every year has been es-
timated at 10000 tons.
The amount of candy consumed In
the United States every year has been
estimated at 20, 200 tons.
The squirrel monkey has a larger
brain proportionally than any ether
animal, not excepting the man.
Near Brazil, ILL.,, 800 miners search
every freight car passing for coal. Ten
cars already have been sidetracked
The most costly medicine in. the
world is metallic gallium, which sells
at price equal to 100000 per pound.
Owing to the extension of deer
forests in Scotland golden eagles and
wildcats are on the increase in that
country.
Some species of fungi have neither
roots, stem, leaves, flowers, nor seed,
and derive their nourishment through
pores.
The apple has larger proportion OF
PHOSPHORUS than any other fruit, and
is, therefore, an excellent brain food.
1t was twenty.nine days from the
casting of the Lick objective glass be-
fore it cooled sufficiently for safe re-
moval.
New Zealand women, having been &C
corded the right to vote, now demand
The privilege of serving in parliament.
In spelling match at Waterville'
I! Maine, the superintendent of schools
went down on the word "two." He
spelled it toe.
There are about 1,7OO,OO Christians
in India, out of population of &c.,
OOO,O 900. The Christians are mostly
Roman Catholics.
Plants are affected by various sub
stances, just as animals are; electricity
will stimulate them, narcotics will
Supply and kill them.
The oldest epitaph in England Is
found in country churchyard In OK
fordshire, dated 1870. Its obsolete Ian
guage is almost unintelligible.
In tests last year in the German town
of Dessau, it was shown that cooking
by wood and coal costs little more
than twice that done with gas.
There are in this country eighteen
incorporated cremation societies, anC
during the past ten years about 1900
cremations have taken place.
Trees from which coffin wood Is taker
in Tonquin are mined instead of being
taken from the living forest. They are
found buried beneath a sandy soil.
The "chaste mimosa" is so sensitiv.
that the near approach of human
hand, even without touching its leaves
will cause them to shrink away.
Eggs of the Algerian locust hav'
been found to yield thick oil resem
bling honey in appearance. It burn
well, and mixed with alkali makes !;
good soap.
The BARRIERS art in Europe dates iron
the time of Alexander the Great, B. G
300. He ordered every soldier to shaw
: lest the beard should give handle t
their names.
The General Theological Seminary o
the Protestant Episcopal church ha
come into possession of the largest col
lection of Latin bibles in the world.
A terripam farm consists of canals
narrow ridges of land between. Tn
ends of the canals are so sec ured tn
it is impossible for the terrapin t
escape, and the entire farm is su,
rounded by fence.
A Chinese asked to be registered a
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