Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
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The London Common Council has
just repaired an old tombstone found
in churchyard at Southwark. Its in
scription reads: Near this place lies
Richard Griffin. Born at White
Church, Salop, the II of May, 1920;
Interr'd the IS May, 1875. His corp
was accompanied from the Kings Arms
Tavern on St Margaret's Hill to the
grave by 1116 antient people; the old
est pallbearer 95."
Prof. Wilhelm Wundt, the famous
German psychologist, tells Of teaching
dog to jump over a stick. One day the
professor commanded his dog to jump,
but held out no stick. At first the dog
seemed surprised, and on repeated Or
dering to jump he barked. At last he
sprang into the air and barked very
vigorously, as If to complain of the
absurd and ridiculous command to
jump when no stick was held out.
A German marine disaster of an ex-
traordinary character is reported. The
good ship Agathe, from Hamburg, laden
with barley, reached Elbing, where the
shipyards are, and was beating up the
Elbing River. An OK watched the YES
sci from the bank A sudden squall
carried the ship a little off her course,
with the result that she collided with
the OK, impallng it on the Jibboom,
from which it was removed with diff
Guilty"
In Tunis, when a reignlng prince
finds 1t necessary to go outside his Inn
mediate family to choose his successor,
he follows an odd custom. There the
wearing of hair on the face Is the ex-
elusive privilege of sovereignty. When
the prince selects a successor he sends
the court barber to the fortunate indi-
vidual to notify him that he may wear
a beard. This lntimation is equivalent
to a formal announcement that he has
been selected as the heir presumptlve
Thomas Bent, the Premier of Vic
toria, introduces songs in his speeches.
A word or phrase strikes a chord of
memory, recalls some half-forgotten
melody, and then the premier breaks
forth into song. Replying to criticism,
Mr.. Bent says he never introduces
songs of the present day, of which he
has a very poor opinion. All his Illus
trative vocalism Is derived from the
songs of the good old days, which, he
says, "inculcated sobriety, self-rellance,
perseverance and contentment"
In Vienna the vexed question as to
the conversations by telephone being
libelous, and therefore actlonable, has
just been set at rest by the supreme
and final court of appeals, after going
through two courts below. The woman
cashier of a bathing establishment had
been called up on the telephone, and so
soundly rated by a client that she took
action, and was awarded 80 crowns as
damages. The court above upheld the
judgment, and so has the Court of Cas-
sation, which, however, substituted for
ty-eight hours prison for the money
damages.
Our much-neglected sense of smell
can be put to important uses. When
well developed It may serve In medical
diagnosis, and some English physicians
have pointed out lately that diabetes,
enteric fever, acute rheumatism,
plague, abdominal fistula, undressed
cancers, erysipelas in some cases, gan
creme of the lung, pyaemia, septic
i mouth, bleeding hemorrhoids and I'M
dressed varicose ulcers are among the
disorders that emit characteristic odors,
and that can be recognized by smell
alone. Care is necessary, however, as
the physician, after influenza or the
taking of alcohol himself, may fancy
his own Odor to be that of his patient.
collector of evidence on the sub
ject maintains learnedly that the golf
ball Is the most perverse of human in
situations. Here is list of strange
lies noted by a follower of the ancient
game: In another players pocket,
where it had dropped after travelling
200 yards; in a cows mouth; on the
roof of club house; behind the glass
protecting painting hanging on a cot
tage wall; in clump of daisies, which
1t so resembled that it was not found
for an hour. When 1t fell In the cows
mouth the frightened animal galloped
276 yards nearer the hole, and then re-
stored the ball to its owner. He promp-
ly claimed to have driven it 397 yards
and the right to play it from where 1t
lay.
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