Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-15

Reindeer are more numerous in Nor
way than horses.
The only venomous bird known Is
the death bird of New Guinea. The
bite Of this bird is said to cause In
tense pain in all parts Of the body, loss
of sight, commissions and finally death.
If one were asked to name the most
patient man on earth, the reply would
probably be-Paul CinqueValli. The
famous feat of throwing up hens egg
and catching it on a plate without
breaking it necessitated nine years OF
consistent practice.
There is a curious old law in Japan,
still in effect, that when the Emperor
or Empress appears in public no pri-
vate person must occupy a higher place
than the members of the royal family.
On such occasions, therefore, it Is the
custom to close the shutters of all the
upper stories of the houses past which
the royal party goes.
An unusual story comes from Central
Africa about lions raidilg village.
Twenty of the great cats rushed into
ChorumO one night and killed and ate
eleven men. The rest of the inhabit-
ants took to their boats and left the
town in the possession Of the lions,
which roamed about the streets all
night and then disappeared.
Paris is to have a school for cabmen.
The Anti-Cruelty Society and the Cab
Owners Association have decided on a
plan for elevating the Jehus calling.
There is to be a period OF instruction
and probation. The youth who aspires
to be a whip" will receive elementary
instruction in the anatomy and pathol-
ogy of the horse, in Harvesting, feeding,
driving and in police regulations. With
so much lore, Jehu should lose the at
tribute that has won him Biblical fame.
Miss Georgia A. Burns of Oklahoma
Is the youngest woman ranch owner
In this country. She is owner and man.
ager of eleven thousand acres, compris-
Ing the Arrow Heart cattle ranch, and
she recently leased ror nnety-nine
years one hundred thousand acres of
oil and mineral lands in the Cnoctaw
and Chickasaw nations. Miss Burns
not only manages her ranch with abil-
ity, but spends much of her time in the
saddle, and can shoot and rope cattle
with as great dexterity and skill as
any of the thirty cowboys regularly in
her employ.
When one is sick in Holland, says
Good Housekeeping, instead of subject
ing the family to calls and telephone in
quiries, visitors read a bulletin which
is prepared every day and hung by
the doorbell When it is a "stork" case
beside the bulletin announcing mother
and baby's health is hung a red pin
cushion if the new arrival is a boy;
when a little girl is the welcome guest
the cushion is white one. These pin
cushions are handed down from gen.
GRAFTON to generation, and in wealthy
households are made from bits Of
priceless lace and rare embroideries
Among the many interesting discov-
cries of DR.. Sven Hedin in Central Asia
Is a singular oscillation in the position
Of the Lake of KarakoSAun, or Lob
Nor. This lake seems DIS restless as
some rivers that change their beds, but
the cause of its movements is con-
tiauous change in the level Of the des-
ert ID the midst of which it lies, bor-
dared by vegetation. At present the
lake Is retreating northward, and creep
bnd q
known 30 have lain in the third century
OF the Christian era; and as it slowly
moves :he vegetation, animals and the
fisherinen, with their reed huts, follow
it's shore northward. DIR. Hedin be-
lieves chat after reaching the northern
part of the desert the lake returns
southwark, the complete period OF oscil-
lation being one thousand years or
more.