The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-22
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The cud is called "Quid' In Surrey,
England. Hence, perhaps, a ''quid" of
tobacco.
Cherries were first brought into Eu-
rope from Kerasunt, on the Black Sea,
by Lucullus, about the year 70 B. O.
The title colonel" Is derived from
the Spanish. The name Is ~"coronel,"
which may account for the English pro
%nunciation.
The word city was not used In Eng
land until after the Reformation, be
fore which time the metropolis was
known as Londonburgh.
The earliest known circulating II.
brary was established in Dumferllne,
Scotland, In It'll. Allan Ramsay start
ed one in Edinburgh in 1928.
Cape Horn was so named by Spon-
ten, a Dutch sailor, who first 'dou-
bled It" from the name Of his birth
place, HORNE, a village on the Zuyder
Zee.
The seed Of the Abyssinian coral
tree was formerly used for weighing
gold and precious stones because 1t
was small and always Of the same
weight and size.
Two hundred and seventy-four ca
detships in the military department of
the Missouri State University are va
cant. They will be filed by members
of the Legislature through appoint
ments.
Celery is the cultivated variety Of
the English weed smallage. 1t was
introduced into kitchen gardens In
England about the time of the Refor-
nation, by some Italians, who gave 1t
the Italian name 'celleri."
The oldest brick building in Eng
t land, except those built by the Ro-
mans, Is said to be Hurstmonceaux
castle, in Sussex, which was erected
by Detiennes, treasurer to Henry vi.
1t was dismantled about a century ago.
Playing cards are known to be of
Eastern origin, but when or by whom
they were first introduced can not now
be ascertained. 1t is, however, toler'
ably certain that they originated in
Arabia and were brought into Europe
during the Crusades.
The earliest English cemetery, as
distinct from churchyards and buria
s grounds connected with places Of wor
ship, Is that at Kensal Green, which
was consecrated in 1882, long after the
first separate grounds in America. Th'
n word means sleeping place"
Canoes are gems formed from pre-
cious stones, having two distinct lay
ers or strata of different colors. Thu
darker stratum is left to form a back
ground, the object to be represented
being left in relief by cutting ava!
the surrounding parts. The onyx
generally used for this purpose.
There were $3.50 Chinese inhabit
ants Of New York, according to tn
# last census, but the popular estimat
If is that the actual number of Chimes
ID Is twice as large. Though there Is
A rigid Federal exclusion law and fe'
births occur in the Chinese quarters
le the Chinese population seems to IL
crease.
The oldtavern im~mortalized by Cha'
Ger as the "Tabard" was burnt dow
in the great London fire Of 1915. O
its restoration the name was change
to the talbot" or Dog, under whic
{. name 1t remained until about 1877
when 1t was demolished, and a glarin
ginshop, called as though in mocker
1.-THE Old Tabard," was erected in i
es- place.
IS, 1t is possibly known to few poop
'e- in the Keystone State that Erie is
e. port Of entry each year for a cargo't
re- turtles. This statement Is given upC
the authority Of the Erie Times, whiC
chronicles the fact that the schoon'
Bertha Wallace, Captain Whine, hi
by arrived from Port Clinton with a cars
n Of the reptiles, whose total weight WI
J. 2,7O0 pounds.
az. A Philadelphia baker was recent
OBJ called on to furnish a strange weddiI
o, cake. The bride-to-be was a journi
lg list, and the cake was required to
in the form Of a huge fountain-pen.
nnr' one portion a bulb was concealed, al
when pressed caused red wine to spu
out of the pen, so that the guests cou
l., at once eat the wedding cake al
drink the brides health.