Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-01-25
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Seven hundred British subjects are
born at sea every year.
A speck of gold weighing the mil
lionth part of a grain may easily be
seen by the naked eye
Four hours hard thinking exhausts
the ordinary person as much az ten
hours Of manual labor.
In Cairo at the present time there
Is an endowment expressly for the
lodging and feeding Of homeless cats.
John Burns is said to have the best
working library of any member of the
English House Of Parliament.
There are 100000 children in Rus
sia between the ages of 6 and II re
ceiving absolutely no education
Blight of the ten plants caused by
the bite Of mosquitoes is causing much
alarm among the tea planters in In
dia.
NJ. Sardou, the celebrated French
| 1ramatist, studied medicine as youth,
but he never liked tbs llea Of settling
down as a practitioEsr.
The Cars sister. the Grand Duchess
Olga, Is Intensely Democratic She is
especially fond of Americans, saying
they are "the only people worth cult
vating.'
The largest lightning conductor in
the world is on the Lugsplte weather
station, in Bavaria. 1t runs down the
mountainside for three and half
miles to lake.
Dr.. Charles A. Eastman. the noted
indian author, has completed a revi-
sion of Indian names on the Sioux al
Iotmont roll, and has given new sur
names to 2S,2o0 Indians in the Sioux
nation after four years Of continuous
labor.
Lions are plentiful in Portuguese
East Africa, and that region is a para
disc for hunters Of big game. In some
sections the authorities offer a reward
for each lions head brought in. aud
they permit the hunter to keep the
skin.
An out-Of-the-way profession for
woman is that Of dinner-tasCer. she
IS a product of Partisan refinement ana
spends a portion of each day visiting
houses and tasting dishes. She sug-
gests Improvements, ard shows the
cook new ways Of preparing foods
To keep the plague of rabbits from
destroying the pastoral industries of
Australia, 1912 miles Of public and !
private rabbit-netted fences have been
erected, at cost of $4OOGOOO Queens |
land alone spends $4OJ 300 a year in |
erecting and maintaining fences to
keep out bunny"
Many old houses In Holland have n /
special door which is never opened |
save on special occasiOns-when there |
Is a marriage or a death in the family.
The bride and bridegroom enter by this
lOor, and 1t is then nailed or barred
up until a death occurs, when it is
opened, and the body Is removed by
this exit.
The Emperor OF Germany believes in
being sufficiently represented even on
/ visiting card. His cards are the larg-
sst in use in Europe, and can almost
yle with those used by the mandarins
IF China. They measure no less than
Xix inches In length and four in width
On the upper line Is the single word
Wilhelm" and below are the words
'Deutscher Kaiser and Koenig Won
9reussen."
The alllgators are getting bad at
ireenyllle and are even taking the
DoOls Of the Baptist churches as places
# refuge. A fve-foot alligator was
ound In the pool of the Baptist
hurch. The saurian was discovered
" a plumber who waded into the pool
or the purpose OF repairing leak,
md he was scared out of years
.rowth, as well as clear out Of the wa
Is. Co. Democrat.
Grasshoppers are regarded as mas |
OTIS In Italy. where there is a regular {