Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26
NOTES OF The DAY

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The battering ram of the t.omans
was like the bill of huge woolpecker,
the wall of the enemy being the tree
trunk. The hattering ram was called
because at the end of the beam, from
GO to 100 feet long. was fastened Il
bronze rams head. The beam was
hung on ropes in a shed aud worked
by from so to 100 men.
Tibet is larger than France. Germany
and Spain combined. and has Il popula-
ton Of 100000 1t is ruled over by
Dalai Lama, who acknowledges only
nominal allegiance to Chca. He is the.
head of Lamasm, which is the oldest
and strictest sect of Buddhism. Nearly
all Mongolia is of the religion of the
Dalai Lama of I-assa. and an amb-
tious man in the place could make
trouble in China.
Matrons of infant asylums say that a
young infant will be cross all day if
dressed in Il gray frock. but contented
and happy if dressed in ii bright red
frock. Children from to are much
less affected by the color of their dress
1t is commonly observed in kindergar-
tens that the younger children prefer
the red playthings while the elder
children prefer the blue.
London has lost another famous
landmark. The shop at the western
end of Cheapsde, where Mr.. John Bey-
er formerly carried on business. has
succumbed to the irresistible march of
the housebreaker According to an Old
chronicler Mr.. John Boyer was an
eminent linen-draper. superlatiNrly po-
lite. and no less distinguished "A per-
sonage than the celebrated Jon Gill
PIN
The preliminary catalogue of Yale
shows total of 2414 students in all
departments of the university. These
figures will be somewhat increased Ivy
the time the catalogue is issued in De-
cember, but will hardly reach the num-
Der in last years catalogue. Which was
2511. The only gain this year is in the
scientific school. which has now G07
names against 81 in last years cata-
logue.
\ southern journal thinks that the
time has arrived when the newspaper
editors of the country should assemble
in convention and decide upon whom
the title of honorable should he be-
slowed. For itself it would give that
title to presidents, vice presidents, cab
| met officers, governors of states menu
bers of congress, federal judges and bar
it to members of county courts, grand
jurors and deputy coroners.
One Of the Berlin reviewers publishes
calculation on the number of letters
distributed annually throughout the
world. 1t gives the total as T.. 00D 900 goo.
OF these it says, 5000, O0O, 900 are IN Eng
lsh. 1,2OO 600 in German. 1.Ooo, OOo. 900
in French. 220, 00O. 900 in Italian l2O, 0oo,-
900 i'll Spanish. 100, O0O, 900 in Dutch So
c0o,0Oo in Russian and 24.00000 in Por-
tusuese. The Anglo Saxon is for the
present very we'll in front.
The discovery that OK tails could he
made into soup belongs, it is said to
the dark days of the French revolution.
when many of the nobility We're re-
duced to sheer want. Hides mad al
ways been sent to the tanneries with
the tails still attached. The tails We're
subsequently thrown away. \ certain
| nobleman on the verge of starvation
begged for one of them, and from it
manufactured the first dish of OK tail
soup.
The social habits of birds have often
been observed. They seldom travel
alone. One evening recently vast
flock Of chickn hawks, forming IA line
10 yards wide and over mile long,
! q Ia 90 ~ ~, l.,,,-
Neb. They settled in a nearby grove
on night. and great many We're killed
before the flock made it's escape. Not
over half a dozen of such birds had
ever been seen in that neighborhood be-
| fore at one time.
| The coffee growing industry in trop-
| ical Africa is developing tremendously.
! The seed was introduced into the coun-
! try about five years ago by some mis-
sionaries. with the object of ascertain
| ing whether the resources of the country
We're favorable to the culture of the
! article. The ground appears peculiarly
| adapted to the industry, since last year
| 100 tons of coffee We're exported from
| Uganda alone. and the result of this
! years production will be even greater,
The shipbuilding industry in Maine
has been very active during the past
J year, and it is estimated that the new
| tonnage turned out at the Shipyards of
| the Pine Tree state will amount to
! about $4,000 tons by December :;t-10 900
! tons in excess of the output OF 1892
! Thirty-three schOoners, most OF which
, are very large size, have been launched
, this year, and the outlook for next