The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-08-29
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.


III ~ -AOur Countries ana colonies.
No fewer than fifty-two memorial
stones were laid at the foundation Of
new primitive Methodist church at
scunthorpe, England.
At the last Chamonix meeting a
Norwegian on skis made a lump of
twenty-six meters. IL was magnifl- {
Gently done, and he alighted upon his
Skis without Injury. This is distance
Of nearly eighty-six feet.
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Kilbourne. OF Win
sted, Conn.,, claims to be the first wo- !
man who ever took a stitch on the sew
ing machine. She was formerly
teacher in Hartford, where she visited
Elias Howe's shop and got chance to
try his new invention.
The Belgians have a breed OF fowls
the feet Of which they have shortened
III order to lessen their powers Of do
Ing damage by scratching In gardens.
Ihey have another variety which have
been denuded Of tail feathers, that they
may have better chance Of escaping
from foxes.
Waycross, Ga, with a population OF
9OOO has no poorhouse, nine out Of ten
OF the white population own their
homes and SO per cent of the children
attend school. Incidentally 1t may be
stated that the saloon license has an
nually for the last sixteen years been
fixed at $3O,OOO-and no one has offered
to pay the amount for the saloon privi-
lege.
When was the first operation for ap-
pendicitis performed? Appendix abb
scesses have been opened many centu-
ries ago. Hancock In 1913 incised an
appendix abscess before ductuatlon
could be felt; Kronleln in 1884 removed
a perforated appendix, but the patient
died; Morton In 1887 had the first sue
cessful case OF appendicectomy-
American Medicine.
The American Hebrew" has this to
say about ole Samuel Flndowitz, who
brought his eighty-year-old father from
Europe In the steerage, while he came
as a second cabin passenger on the
same steamer: 1T is hardly to be sup
posed that so despicable a person can
be sensitive to public ridicule, yet, both
for his own deserts and a horrible ex-
ample, he should be held up to the
contempt Of the community"
While workmen were saving through
block Of Bath stone at Exeter they
cut into cavity in which was found
cluster of two or three dozen live
bees. The Incident occurred at the
works Of Messrs Collard & Sons, monu-
mental sculptors. There was not much
sign Of life in the bees at first, but
when air was admitted they gradually
revived and after a few hours several
Of them were able to hy.-Exeter
(Eng.) Express.
The salt deposits Of Chile are the
=, greatest in the world. The Salar
Grande mine In the province of Tara
, paca, about sixty miles south and east
I Of Iquique, covers an area of $4,000
: acres to the depth of twenty-five feet
: This body OF salt is nearly pure and
e or enough to supply the worlds de
+ mand for many decades. There are
several other deposits In the interior
4 that cover two or three times the area
: Of the above.
The honey guide belongs to Africa
:. When it desires to feed upon some CONT
: which it has discovered 1t makes tt
: way to q human being. fiutters abou
restlessly, aid hops from bush to busl
= and from one anthill to another unit
Il it succeeds in attracting the mans at
tention. During this time 1t utters (
u shrlll cry Of "Cherr, cherrw The ma
h tive who understands its habits fol
a lows 1t. The honey guide now goe
a ahead, always watching to see that tn
man is following. At length the hone.
'e nest is reached. While the native at
it tacks the nest and rifles the comb tn
/ bird still hutters about. chirplne
is When the man departs the honey guitI
% descends from its perch and helps II
self.
re Land leeches are plentiful in Cey
il Ion. These bloodsuckers hang o.
u bushes and trees and Turk In the grass
They work their way through tn
thread Of stockings and underwear
a, The average size before feeding is onl
he about half an inch long and no thicke
at than a hair-almost invisible. Afte
e, feeding they are as fat as a finger. Th
60, raf n
without breaking them and leavin
l their heads inside is to squeeze fe'
TO drops Of lemon on them. Then the
On fall to the ground. The Ceylonese wi
ps stop every two or three minutes, TAX
III ont a lemon and anolnt carefully ii
We half dozen leeches stuck in a blac
50 mass to the calf Of his leg. Some &c,
y ION leeches are three inches long.
er After sixty years of doing withol
it a complete Young Mems Christian A
to ISOLATION building, London, the brit
re place Of the movement, is to have whit
IS II needs In this particular. The ne
n HEADQUARTERS in Tottenham Court roa
will be stately pile Of buildings d
signed by Rowland Plumbe. HUI
dreds Of buses pass the site evel
- hour, and 1t is also connected with 10
- don's vast network OF trans and tube
n. The British Museum is only a fe
no minutes walk away and the buildii
49, will be almost in the heart Of Il
~ bloomsbury district, familiar TO 9
- visitors to the metropolis. The bull
y, ing will cost ST50.OO0. Only a lit
,,- over half the amount is now availab
nv but a widespread appeal is being MAJ
n for the remainder.
WfIIte,s Wisdom.