Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-02-22
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| The town OF LOyelOckS, In Nevada
ran SO short of fuel one day that resi-
dents had to pull down some OF thell
buildings and burn the materials. The
mercury was 80 degrees below.
The heat developed by the firing o.
heavy guns is remarkable. During
some recent tests a gun that had beer
fred seventy-fve times melted solder
placed upon the case, indicating d
temperature Of 600 degrees r.
The longest bridge in the world is
that crossing the Danube, at Czerna-
voda, with a length Of 12,7O5 feet; fol
lowed next by the Galveston bay bridge
In Texas, with 11,197 feet. The Firth
Of Forth bridge, near Queenspring, In
Scotland, ranks eighth, and the Brook
lyn bridge ninth. The worlds three
largest bridge spans are those OF the
Niagara bridge, the Rhine bridge near
Bonn, and the Rhine bridge near Dus-
seldorf.
Making little wire cages for grass
hoppers Is regular business in Italy.
The insect Is regarded as lucky, and
II one can be kept alive In the cage
for month 1t Is believed that the year
will be prosperous. The superstition
arose from this incident. A cardinal
Of the Medici family invited bishop
to dine with him In his garden. The
cardinal handed the bishop glass OF
wine. A grasshopper fell from a tree
into the wine, and the bishop did not
drink It The wine was afterwards
found to have been poisoned.
The woodcock has been known to
carry away her young when threaten
ed with danger. She places them on
her spread feet. pressing them between
the toes and the breast. A naturalist
says many WoOdcocks also carry their
young down to marshy grounds in the
evening, returning before dawn. In
fact they have no means of feeding
their young except by carrying them
to their food, for they cannot convey
their food to them. The nests are
usually In dry, heathery woods, and
the young birds require plenty Of mois-
ture.
There Is a law on the statute books
Of England designed for the protection
man has ever had the courage to in
woke. 1t was passed during the reign
Of Queen Elizabeth, when Parliament
enacted that "any woman
who, from that date would deceive or
cajole into matrimony any of the sub
jects Of her majesty, by the use Of
false hair or any other thing false III
with her body, or by the
use OF paints or cosmetics, would be
punished as for fraud and deceit, with
intent to cause harm"
A remarkable story of life saving by
/ dog Is told at Innsbruck. Two per-
IONS were ascending Mount Stipo,
which has an altitude OF about 61OO
'eet. Near the top a dog attracted
heir attention by his plaintive cries
md his obvious efforts to induce them
o follow him. The two travellers took
he road indicated by the dog The
Inimal kept In front, and led them
o a narrow ravine at the bottom Of
which they found Herr Bugoot, profess
or in the Lycee of Lubbock, lying dan
erously injured by a fall while !
for meteorological specimens.
soth legs were fractured.
A Frenchman found a way of beat
ng the game at Monte Carlo. He went
0 roulette table and threw down
pom the red $3.50 in notes pinned
Dgether. Black turned up, but before
he croupier could gather in the notes
he Frenchman snatched them NJ and
lade rush for the door, exclaiming
as he passed out; MY
hildren's bread? Never, never"
here was a burst of laughter from
le astonished spectators, and gruff ex-
from the officials but they
Id not follow him. and he was allow
! to go free with the money The
Ian, unfortunately, would work only
ice. 1t has not sufficient continuity
make System"