The Seattle Republican., 1901-12-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Mountain lions in Southern Utah
are killing off the herds of wild horses
in that section very rapidly.
The pelt of the Canadian black bear
brings all the way from SIS to $50
when partially dressed.
Recently Mrs. Russell Sage enter
tanned at dinner a football team from
Catlysle, which is made up completely
of Indians
A former governor of the Yukon
territory is of the opinion that there
are over $2OO,OOO,OOO of gold yet in
the placer mines of that district.
The silk worm, from which the silks
of the world come, is not over three
inches long, but it has sixteen we'll
developed legs, which it uses for spin
HIlS purposes.
Prince Henry of Reuss, in Germany,
pardons all the boys and girls con-
victed of any minor wrong doing in
his dominion, with the understanding
and proviso that the parents of the
child give it sound flogging when it
has been pardoned.
According to the returns of the cen
sus recently taken in the Northwest
territory by the Canadian government
there are 21,111 persons in that sec
ton Of these $500 are in Dawson.
5000 at White Horse, 5000 on the
creeks, 1000 Indians and 300 Eski-
mos
Drummers who travel for diamond
houses carry stock of diamonds on
each trip valued all the way from
1000 to $500, 900, and they are sell
dom if ever robbed of their valuables.
though they avoid making night trips,
always laying over in some we'll
known town during the night.
The Bank of England has capital
of $4,000, 900, with a surplus of $16,
100000, and yet the governof of the
entire institution only receives $4,000
per annum, which, in comparison with
the salaries drawn by the managers
of the banking houses of this country
is exceedingly small.
According to a report recently made
by a London geologist, England loses
strip of land every year the size of
Gibraltar, the same being washed into
the ocean. Within the past 100 years
England has lost a territory by this
means equal in area to the county of
London.
There are more Indians in the state
of South Dakota than any other state
in the Union, and both the white folk
and the Indians are registering bit
ter protest against the government
enforcing it's new law and making the
Indians self-supporting by cutting OFF
all government rations from them.
Near Marquette, Michigan, Mary
Ledyard. aged II and daughter of a
multi-millionaire of that city. eloped
with Henry Starnould, a quarter-breed
Indian, aged SIS. The two were mar
ried and are now keeping house near
the home of the girls parents in spite
of their prayers and protests against
her leading such life.
Two brothers in Indiana are raising
snakes as an industry. They started
out a couple of years ago with 400
snakes. and last year they killed 109,-
600 snakes and will probably kill 20O,-
900 next year. These snakes are
raised for their oil, which finds a
ready market throughout the country
for medicinal as we'll as for lubricat-
ing purposes.
Lady Constance Mckenzie, an &c
centric English woman, has adopted &
tiny snake as her pet, which she car
ries with her wherever she goes. The
snake is given comfortable quarters
in the bodice of her dress, and she fire.
quently takes it from it's hiding place
and plays with it as though it was {
jewel Lady Constance declares tha'
the snake is possessed of more intelli
gence than are many persons.
Be good to yourself, buy your hol
iday presents at Goldmans' jewelry
store, corner Second and Marion.