The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-24

There are no undertakes in Japan.
When a person dies his nearest rela-
lives put him into a coffin and bury
him. The mourning does not begin
until after burial.
The postal departments say Chicago
is often and horribly misspeled by
foreigners. 1t is said that the word
has been spelled in 1S9 different ways.
Here are some of the most puzzling:
Zizazo, Japago. Hipaho, Jagiga. Schec-
chacho. Hizago, Chachicho and Shi-
cahbzdo.
| Mrs. Wttte has been consistently
snubbed by the imperial family, and
the question arises whether, now that
her husband has been made q count,
they will let her into that society. The
present empress has been the worst of
the whole lot. This is not because of
Mrs. Whites humble birth, but her He
brew blood.
One of the features that attract most
attention in travelling through the Aus
tralian colonies is the number Of
churches which are everywhere to be
found. Every little township or village
has three or four edifices devoted to
worship; in fact, one Victorian hamlet
achieved notoriety by being the pos
SCISSOR of five churches and no public
houses.
A part of Thomas Palne's brain,
which Moncurs d. Conway bought as
a relic at London auction some
years ago, was placed recently in the
old Paine tomb at New Rochelle, N.
T., where new monument in Paines
memory has been constructed. The
story Of the wanderings of Thomas
Paine's body, after death, is becoming
very complicated.
Schuyler Van Ness, of an old Long
Island Dutch family, was brought into
Long Island city police court the other
day as a vagrant, having been arrest
ed for begging on ferry boat He
was once a wealthy turfman, and
owned Morello, the stallion that won
the Futurity in 1892. The magistrate
the broken old man
and let him go.
Fish caught on the coasts of France
and Italy are now transported alive by
rail to Germany and Russia for the
market. The living fish are placed In
covered aQuaria, or cisterns, running
on small wheels, and stored In wagons
IN Of ,t.
terms Is renewed continually by means
of motor pump and system of pipes
Is connected with them.
Human hairs are not, as might be
supposed, perfectly cylindrical. but are
more or less flattened in one direction.
The most cylindrical hair Is most in
clined to grow straight, while hair that
Is much f1attened has tendency to
curl; and the fatter the hair the great
er this tendency. This is the main
cause of curly hair; but the readiness
with which hair absorbs moisture also
affects curliness.
The Zurich people are at present
training number of collie dogs to run
down and catch law-breakers. Bar
racks at Selnau, near Zurich, have
been set apart for the Education" of
the animals. By means of dummies the
dogs are taught to bring down man
and pin him to the ground without
biting him. They also learn to jump
over walls and to follow a man into
the water and prevent him from
drowning. The education of a dog is
completed in six months.
Four years ago William Rockefeller,
the Standard Oil magnate, began an
action at law against an old army vet |
eran named Lahore for trespass on
the magnificent Rockefeller estate at
Malone, N. Y. The jury returned a
verdict In favor Of Mr.. Rockefeller and
awarded him eighteen cents damages. |
Lamore's attorneys appealed the case.
1t has taken dozen turns, but Is still |
in the courts. Rockefeller is trying to |
get his eighteen cents and Lahore is
trying to keep from paying It,
The Chinese eat indiscriminately al |
most every living creature which |
comes In their way; dogs, cats, hawks,
owls, eagles and storks are regular
commodities, in default of |
which dish of rats, field mice or
snakes is not objected to. Cockroaches
and other insects and reptiles are used |
for food or medicine. Their taste for
dogs flesh is quite a fashion Young
succulent and tender
fetch good prices at the market stalls,
where a supply is always to be found.
A dish Of puppies, prepared by skill
full cook, is esteemed as a dish fit for
the gods. At every grand banquet it
makes its appearance as a hash or
stew.
The Gaulois Of Paris has been in
Vestigating that grave question, "Why
10 men wear mustachesr About one
hundred men answered the question.
Six replied that it was too much trou-
BILE to shave, one declared that it was
to hide his teeth, another that his long
nose without it gave him a bad ap-
pearance, and three that 1t avoided