Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-10-08
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The field Of Waterloo is to be desc |
Grated with tramway line.
Kid gloves, with hand-painted flow
ers on the back, are the latest fads III
Paris.
More English women are married to
Germans than to members Of any other
foreign nation.
Street music in Boston is to be Him.
tied to stringed Instruments; no Ger
man bands are allowed.
The proportion Of people in Norway
who speak English Is larger than In
any other country Of the world.
The population Of many South Sea
islands manufacture their entire suits
from the products Of the palm tree.
The brewers OF Great Britain con-
sumo annually about 10000 tons OF su-
gar in the manufacture Of beer and
Cialt liquors.
The Russian s,.cpter is Of solid gold.
three feet long. and contains among It's
ornaments 26S diamonds, 800 rubies
and fifteen emera!ds.
1t is proposed to extend the Victoria
embankment in London from the
houses Of parliament to Lambreth
bridge, ut a cost Of $5,0oO,OOO.
Out of all the European countries
only Austria and Great Britain have
the rule that all travellers ON the road
ways must keep to the left.
The physicians of Ravenna, Ohio. are
about to form trust for the purpose Of
protecting themselves against dead
beats who never pay their doctors
bills.
Philadelphia pays laborers ON public
works S1.75 day Of nine hours. Bal
timOre pays $40 a week. Both cities
have lately fixed the rate by local ordi-
nance.
Twenty-six Of the 10 persons who
died In Monroe County, Ohio, last year
were upward Of 80 years OF age, the
oldest being 81, and the average age Is
little over 81 years.
1t Is said that since the remarkably
/ CNu WmlUc VI 1OOO-O3 luC0C ia Ll0uy
parts Of South Carolina in which the
bluebird. once SO plentiful. has become
totally extinct.
A Lewiston saloon keeper recently sat
on the Grand Jury upon his own case.
No indictment was found. although q
legal seizure Of liquor had been made
ON his premises.
The Royal Irish constabulary Ia the
only police force in the kingdom which
Is practically ON military footing, the
members of which are drilled and dis
cipuned as soldiers.
TIE rush to the newly discovered gold
fields in the MOjave desert, California,
is the widest stampede which the
West has known since the days OF Wiz.
ginia City, in 1870 and 1871.
Brooklyn Is to have an electric foun.
} tain on the Prospect Park plaza. 1t VIII
have throwing capacity of 100000 gal
Ions IN hour. Colored incandescent
lights will be used for prismatic effects
on the great variety Of sprays.
The Chinese year q skirt, knee
breeches, cap and sandals. As winter
comes they increase the number of gar
that the circumference of q ChinamaI
In midwinter often exceeds his height
The memorial which will be erected
ON the site of the battle of Lake George
, n. Y. will be forty feet high, and will
, be unveiled ON Sept. 8, 1893. the ami
versary Of the event. 1t was in thi,
fight that Col. Ephraim Williams, tn
y founder Of Williams College, lost hi
life.
{ The new State nag of Connecticut l
to be Ave feet six inches long. four fee
four inches broad, Of azure blue silk
bearing q shield of white silk embroid
cred with the three vines and crap
punches Of the State coat Of arms, am
below, ON a white silk streamer, tn
State motto, "Qui transtulM sustinet."
Live sOft-shell crabs have Just bee1
successfully transported from Mary
land to Portland. Ore, an achievement
never before accomplished. 1t Is said
A few native crabs are caught ON th
| Pacific coast in a sOft-sheu condition
y hut the Maryland crabs are concede
Il by OregONians to be more delicate.
4 A curious custom prevails in Bulga
d ria. AL newly married women ar
obliged to remain dumb for a mont
.. after marriage, except when addresse
Y by their husbands. When 1t Ia desirs
Y BILE to remove this restriction perma
nently the husband presents her with
GIFT, and then abe can chatter to he
hearts content.
1t Is possible to 60 around the worl
and touch ON British territory all tt
way, viz, from England to Halifa.
n. s.; across Canada to Vancouve
across the Pacific to Hong Kong, them1
to Singapore, Penang, Mauritius, Car
Town, st. Helena and England; or fro
:. Penang to Ceylon. Bombay, Alden, p