Alaska sentinel., 1907-01-17
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Reindeer are more numerous h 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 ln- tense pain in all parts of the body, loss of sighr, convulslons and nnaly death. If one were asked to name the most patient man on earth, the reply would probably be-Paul Clnquevall. The famous feat of throwing up hens egg and catching 1t on a 3!ate without breaking 1t necesstated niue years Of consistent practice.
 There Is curious old law in Japan, still In effect, that when the Emperor or Empress appears In public no pri- vate person must occupy 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 raldiag a village. Twenty of the great cats rushed into Chorumo one night and klned and ate eleven men. The rest of the lnhabit. 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 whip" will receive elementary instruction In the anatomy and pathol- ogy of the horse, In harnessing, 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 rdnch 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 TOT ninety-nine years one hundred thousand acres of oil and mineral lands In the Cuoclaw 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 h 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 4ud hung by the doorbell. When 1t is ''stork" case beside the bulletin announcing mother and baby's health is hung a red pin cushion if the new arrival Is boy; when a little girl Is the welcome guest the cushion Is a white one. These pin cushions are handed down from gen. eration to generation, and in wealthy households are made from bits Of priceless lace and rare embroiderles.
 Among the many interesting dlscov. cries Ol UT. sven Ileulu III ScHtl di aoio is a singular oscillation in the position of the Lake of karakosaun, or Lob Nor. This lake seems as restless as some rivers that change their beds, but the cause of its movements Is con. tinuous change In the level of the des. ert in the midst of which 1t lies, Dor. dered by vegetation. At present the lake Is retreating northward. and creep ing toward It's ancient bed, where It Is known to have lain In the third century of the Christian era and as It slowly moves the vegetation, animals and the fishermen, with their reed huts, follow it's shore northward. pr. Hedin be. lleves that after reaching the northern part of the desert the lake returns southward, the complete period of oscll. lation being one thousand years or more.