Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-31
SOMETHING FOR EvERYnonv


Oh nsn tnan any other body of watss
There are upward OF seventy sn..
OF edible seaweeds growing e'e'
coasts of Hawaii, and ahont ens
these are in common use by tho :. u
lives. -e na'
There are in Europe 10000 wo,,..
and girls who earn living as ert,s..
models. 1t is strange to saw tbot
are not ten among them who possas.
a perfect face and figure.
Sleeplessness Is often caused h., =,
nead being exposed to the cold VIM
the rest of the body is warm. Tn n,as
cases out Of ten, If the head is cora-s
with a silk handkerchief 1t will lpduos
sleep.
Take water In which walnut HIN.
have soaked overnight and pour q =.
spot OF ground In a very few how
the fishingworms will come to tbo a~'
face and can easily be secured for yopr
expedition.
The vessel movement on the Grea,
Lakes last season aggregated 70 7eo
vessel of 99,166,4O9 net tons re0istor
cleared from the various lake mort.
compared with 76,097 vessels Of "a oaa
316 net tons register cleared durn.
the preceding season.
The Express mentions a case NJ i.
private who for failing to recognise
and salute his officer was condemnod
to march past and salute a barracs
pump for two hours each day for
week. The choice of the subst,tut,
anyhow showed modesty on the part o,
the ofIicer.-London Punch.
Messrs. Palermo and Cinngolan m.
inventors of ''tachyol" (fiuoride Of
silver), an antiseptic employed in sur.
gerry, have found that a solution of ons
part In 100000 of 7yater win DESTROY
all germs, including B. subtllis, il
germicidal effect being much greater
than that of chlorine, bromine or ozone
Great activity is being displayed ~
the Turkish government in building
bridges along the important strategic
routes in Macedonia and eastern Ron.
melia. In the vilayet of Salonica
bridges, and a Bavarian firm is build.
ing bridge entirely of military con
struction.
In the battle which has been waged
against the water hyacinth which
chokes up many of the rivers in the
southern part of the United States, the
matter has been complicated to serI-
GUS degree by the fondness which cat
tie exhibit for this plant 1t is almost
without food value, but there is some
thing about it which attracts the AMI
mails and they have been known to be
lured to death in the efforts to secure
the hyacinth.
The typical American is popuarly
supposed to be a shrewd, hard level
headed man of business, and that esti-
nation is right, as far as it goes. But
beneath these salient characteristics
lies a fund Of sheer sentimentality and
emotionalism which can not be beaten
in any other country. You win find
1t in American fiction, and you will get
it in the archaic melodramas that still
draw tears and cheers, signs and
smiles from American audienccru--
Ladies' Field.
Owing to many swindles perpetrated
recently through forged and stolen let
tiers of Introduction, a card Of photo
graphic identification invented by
Pittsburg man has become popular n
that city. Now when the Pittsburger's
friend asks him for a letter of intro
duction, he takes the friend to the
nearest photographer end is photo
graphed with him in az attitude OF
presentation. Then he writes his note
on the picture. And when it is pre-
sented the recipient has no doubts as
% the identity of his caller.
The great practical utility of the
magnetic survey made in the Pacnc
ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1910
is shown by new magnetic chart
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in tne
Pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much-traversed routes to the eA
tent of from three to five degrees anu
the errors at times were systematc
Errors of this magnitude are OF iln-
portance in practical navigation, where
the indications of the compass shouiu
be as accurate as possible.-Youtns
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