The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-27
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The town Of Lovelocks, in Nevada.
ran so short of fuel one day that resi-
dents had to pull down some of their
buildings and burn the materials. Tho
mercury was 80 degrees below.
The heat developed by the firing Of
heavy guns is remarkable. During
some recent tests gun that had been
fired seventy-five times melted solder
placed upon the case, indicating a
tempera *nre Of 600 degrees F.
The k4Agest bridge in the world is
that crossing the Danube, at Czerna-
voda, with 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
Ign 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 a regular business in Italy.
The insect is regarded as lucky, and
If one can be kept alive in the cage
for month it 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
a rf7iD q hondn1 IN hfch0n rlo 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 q law on the statute books
Of England designed for the protection
Of the prosecuted male sex which no
man has ever had the courage to in
woke. 1t was passed during the reign
Of Queen Elizabeth, when Parliament
solemnly enacted that ANY woman
who, from that date would deceive or
cajole into matrimOny any of the SUBJ
jects Of her majesty, by the use OF
false hair or any other thing false In
connection 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
q dog is told at Innsbruck. Two. per-
sons were ascending Mount StipO,
which has an altitude OF about 6,1OO
feet. Near the top a dog attracted
their attention by his plaintive cries
and his obvious efforts to induce them
to follow him. The two travellers took
the road indicated by the dog. The
animal kept in front. and led them
to a narrow ravine, at the bottom of
which they found Herr Bugoot, profess
sor In the Lycee of Lubbock. dying dan
gerously injured by fall while
searching for meteorological specimens.
Both legs were fractured.
A Frenchman found q way of beat
Ing the game at Monte Carlo. He went
to a roulette table and threw down
upon the red $3.50 in notes pinned
together. Black turned up, but before
the croupier could, gather in the notes
the Frenchman snatched them up and
made a rush for the door, exclaimins
dramatically as he passed out: my
children's bread? Never, never!"
There was burst Of laughter from
the astOnished spectators. and gruff ex-
carnations from the officials; but they
did not follow him. and he was allow.
ed to 60 free with the money. The
plan, unfortunately, would work only
once. 1t has not sufficient continuity
to make a system"