The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-10
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| NuTiouS Information.
When the Indians cndeaNored to
say English" they said instead
| "Yengees" and afterward the Eng
| ilsn themselves began using the word.
and hence the origin of the term
| Yankee" -
When the knights of the fourteenth
century came into company of
friends he lifted his helmet, signif =
ing, Il am safe in the presence Of
friends" The days of the knight
are no more but the polite practice
OF lifting the hat is a survival of tho
knightly custom.
Inc term "halcyon days is derived
from pretty little fable of the Sicil-
lans, who believe that during the
seven days preceding and following
the winter solstice, December 21, the
halcyon or kingfisher floated on the
water in nest in which her young
were deposited and that during this
Time OF her broOding the seas were
calm Our Indian summer cores
ponds TO the halcyOn of the Sicilians
just as turpentine IS produced
from certain pine and fir trees, am
per was generated from them in past
ages. AS it is a FOSSILS found in
the grOund-it is called a mineral
Oozlng out of the trees amber flowed
10 the roots and lay there in large
deposits. 1t is found in large uuan.
Titles on the shores of the Black sea.
Smokers like pipe mouth pieces made
OF it and the Chinese use much Of it
for making idols.
The court of Spain is noted for the
the severity of it's etiquette one
king, Phillip ILL.,, being such slave
to 1t that he died victim to it's
rules and regulations. The story
goes that upon one occasion his royal
hlghness sat before the fire, which
waxed hot and hotter. The servant
whose duty it was to shut off the
draught, or at least to move the royal
chalr, was not in attendance, and the
consequence was that King Philip got
TOO warm, and in the reaction caught
cold, from which he died.
Inc Chinese have claimed to have
the largest bell in the world, in 4
buddhist monastery in the vicinity
OF Canton, but bell in the Moscow
cathedral is really the largest. The
canton bell. which was cast in 400
A. d., is said to have cost the lives of
eight men who were killed during the
process of casting. The whole bell
is covered with an inscription in en-
bossed Chinese characters about
half an inch long, covering even the
handle, the total number being S4,-
OOO. These characters tell a story,
one OF the Chinese classics.
Women have superior rights in
China, even to the privilege of fight
ing in the wars of the country In
the rebellion of 1850 women did as
much fighting as the men. At Nan
kin in 1853 100000 women from var
ious parts of the country were formed
into brigades of 10000 each under fe-
male officers. OF these soldiers TO-
900 were picked women, drilled and
garrisoned in the city. But thew
not only fought as men, but took their
share of the drudgery, digging meats,
making earthworks, and doing all the
things that fall to the lot of the
common soldiers in any war;
Queen Elizabeth was not only the
queen of England, but also the king
OF France. According TO the Salique
law, no woman could be ruler of
France, and hence there could be no
queen, but Elizabeth did not let that
prevent her assuming a title. IF |
cannot be queen of France" she said,
81 will be king" The monarchs of
England bore the title for 432 years,
but on January /, 1901, it was omit
ted for the first time since the days
of Edward Ill. The English monarch
is still called Defender of the Faith"
title earned by Henry VIII at the
time when, as an ardent Catholic, he
wrote treatise against the Luther.
ans which so pleased the Pope that
he conferred the title upon him. Hen
ry afterward refused allegiance to
Rome, which led to the English re-
formation.
Pope Clement XIV, ha; been called
the Protestant Pope" because he is
sued bull in 1873 suppressing the
Order of Jesuits. This society was
established by Ignatius de Loyala in
1887 to establish the power of the
pope, Professionals, kings and national
bishops were to be regarded as enc
mics, and it became the most intluen-
tial society in the church. In 1866,
when the Jesuits were in the height
of their power, Pascal published a
book against them and from that
time their influence declined, until
France, Portugal, Spain and other
countries of Europe demanded that
the pope abolish the order, which
was afterwards restored by Plus VII
in 1915.
Travellers, who go to i-ucerne are
always interested to see the Lion of
Lucerne, a figure of a lion hewn out
of rock on the side of a nigh cliff
which borders a small park. Be-
meath is a sheet of water in which
the lion is mirrored as in a glass.
1t is of colossal size, spear in its
side showing where it is wounded,
yet with death SO near 4. strives to