The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-11-10
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municipal r' newspaper, not like 10 NJ
1ork S City Record, but real ,o, view
printing the news Of the day ~
Dequeathed to Dresden nv n. - Was
1t has a large circulation and nd 1unt
cnie1 advertising medium of tho n.y., us
oorhood. Its profits are snn,, ns'sl'
oeauhfying the city and to chase "
Upon the southern slope Of a r,a..
VI Nils not far from London an ass
man makes a slender liyjno CIV, oa
and feeding snails, which he sana n'ls
continental markets. He has hosis.
a standing order for all the hnn% sues
Dees ne can collect in autumn o.
portation to New Zealand. Tbav Ga
tlllze the clover blossoms in w..
South Sea island.
The Canadians are said to ba mou
British than the English themselra'
80 they are doubtless in political son
tlment, but in matters Of hrsia
that feeling is never allowed to intor
rere. A correspondent Of the Lordo,
Mail writes that mo English need an
ply Is common addendum 70 advo.
hsements in Canada, He attribute,
1t to the Yankee leaven" in tho 10
madam population. Probably the req.
son Is a certain lack of adaptabilitv in
the English character, as comnarod
with the colonial or the American
The first electric tramway built in
Japan was the line, eight miles IN
length, which was opened in Kioto in
1898. Since then other cities of i'm.
portance have built electric tramwavs
and there are now seventeen comma.
MES with an aggregate capital of e..
100000 yen ($1S,OOO,00OD, whose lines
already opened aggregate 100 miles
with eighty-five miles more building
Most Of these companies have not vet
very profitable business. but that
the profits will be large is indicated
by the fact that the electric tramways
of Toxic already pay annual dividends
Of not less than 10 per cent.
A rather curious explanation of the
Irish names among the negroes of the
West Indies does exist. Some years
ago a vessel with Irish sailors on
board put into West Indian port
and boatload of negroes came out to
meet it. The sailors were amazed to
hear the negroes talking to each other
In the ancient Gaelic tongue. Where
did they acquire the language? The
natural conjecture, of course, was that
the Irish language was taken to the
West Indies by the thousands Of Irish
men and Irish women who were ban
Ished to the West Indies by Cromwell
and sold as slaves to the planters
there. These were sent chiefly from
Connaught, where Irish was the lam
yuage Of the people at the time That
he exiles left their names and Ian
,uage in the West India islands In
which they were settled Is a probable
heory enough.
In some parts Of Europe and Asia
here is a peculiar custom of sailing
lew-born babies, according to the Dun :
lee Advertiser. When a baby is born
mong the Armenians Of Russia the
lurse takes the infant and covers the
ntire skin with very fine salt. This
alt is left on the baby for three hours
r more, and then the child 10 washed
With warm water. In Asia Minor
here is tribe Of people living in the
who do even worse than
his. They salt their newborn babies
nd leave the salt on them for twenty.
our hours. The modern Greeks sprin-
lie salt on their babies. This practice
t sailing babies is an ancient custom.
t has its rise in superstitution, OF
curse. The mothers think that salt
ng insures their children's health and
trength, and that it will keep evil
pirits away from them. Even IN
ONE parts Of Germany salt Is still
Sed on the child at birth.