The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24
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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. The
mercury was 80 degrees below.
The heat developed by the firing of
heavy guns is remarkable. During
some recent tests a gun that had been
fired seventy-fve times melted solder
placed upon the case, indicating
temperature Of 600 degrees f.
The longest bridge in the world Is
that crossing the Danube, at Czerna-
voda, with a length of II, 705 feet; fol-
lowed next by the Galveston bay bridge
in Texas, with II, 1877 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, ana
If one can be kept alive in the cage
for a 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
cardinal handed the bishop a glass Of
wine. A grasshopper fell from 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
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 sub
! 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 he
punished as for fraud and deceit, with
, intent to cause HARM"
! A remarkable story of life saving by
. a dog Is told at Innsbruck. Two per-
f sons were ascending Mount Stipo,
which has an altitude Of about 6,1OO
. feet. Near the top a dog attracted
"a their attention by his plaintive cries
2 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 then
lie. to a narrow ravine, at the bottom OF
Tx which they found Herr Bugoot, profes
ly, sor in the Lycee of Lubbock, lying dan
1d gerously injured by fall while
he searching for neurological specimens
ost Both legs were fractured.
his A Frenchman found a way Of beat
ing the game at Monte Carlo He wen
Ice to a roulette table and threw dow
ity upon the red $3.50 in notes pinne,
In together. Black turned up, but befor
as the croupier could gather in the note
the Frenchman snatched them up an
der made a rush for the door, exclaimin
In dramatically as he passed out: m
lon children's bread? Never, never
ge- There was a burst of laughter froI
om- the astonished spectators, and gruff el
ost- CARNATIONS from the officials; but the
hat did not follow him, and he was allow
the ed to go free with the money. Tt
leir plan, unfortunately, would work onl
and once. 1t has not sufficient continult
on to make System"