The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-07-04

In some of the thieves schools In
India a regular course of training Is
gone through in the art Of "pouching,'
or conceallng articles of value In the
throat The Engishman, a newspaper
published In Calcutta. thus describes
the process
"At first a small piece Of lead at
tached to a thread is swallowed and
the orifice of the sac in the throat AS
soon as this has been thoroughly learn
ed the lead is coated with lime. This
eats into the sac and .enlarges it, The
size of the article to be pouched Is
gradually increased until 1t is said that
many of the Indian thieves can pouch
s or 10 rupees at once"
Mixed.
A Glamorganshire draper having let
part of his shop to a butcher. some
wag issued the following handful the
other day: Great attraction for the
festive season at Billy's beef and bon
net shop A large and varied assert
ment Of tripe and trimmed hats to be
cleared out regardless of cost. Shawls
and sausages woven while you wait
Fagots and fannelettes. the largest
stock In town Reels of cotton and
ribs of pork in great variety. Try our
calicoes and corned beef. Our German
sausages and gossamer wells warrant
ed to wear we'll All wraps from our
own sheep and mutton from the same.
Pincushions and pigs feet. suitable for
presents, very cheap Be In time Be
In time" London Express.
The Original Brougham.
The original brougham. which was
built In 1888 under the personal super
vision of Lord Chancellor Brougham
Is now to be seen in the machine and
inventions division of the South Ken
sington museum. This small closed one
horse carriage replaced the ponderous
coach but 1t has some relics of bygone
days. 1t has the projecting case for
holding swords which could thus be
accessible to the inside occupant. a
Renaissance of the days of highway
men. 1t has also the inch thick guard
board In the rear, reminding one of the |
days when defective police control and
other causes rendered polling by the
succeeding carriage a serious and i'm
minent danger" London Graphic
The Alexandrian Library.
There were two great libraries In
Alexandria. the one In Bruchium and
that in the Serapeum, the former con-
tanning 100000 and the latter 100000 |
volumes or rolls. The Bruchium II
brary was accidentally destroyed by |
Julius Caesar when he ordered the
shipping fred in the harbor B. C. 40. |
The Serapeum library was destroyed
or scattered by an edict of Theodosius,
391 A. d. The claim that the Caliph
Amrou, A. D. $40, ordered the destruc-
ton of all the books in the Alexandria
libraries. with the statement that IF
they agreed with the Koran they were
useless and that If they disagreed with /
1t they were pernicious," Is received by
many high authorities with great sus-
picion.
Queerest Street In the World.
Canton in China possesses the
lueerest street In the world In spite of
the fact that in nearly all the big
towns in this country there are some
remarkable streets The chief thing
Of interest attaching to this eccentric
Is the fact that 1t Is roof
I'd lip with glazed paper fastened on
bamboo and contains more signboards
to the square foot than any other
street In any other country. The next
interesting fact about this Canton by
way is that, though a business street,
t contains no other shops but those
Il apothecaries and dentists pariors.
10 professional men but doctors 1t is
sick mans paradise and physicians
xlondike. They call 1t Physic street,
which Is descriptive If not picturesque.
Thunder's Rambling.
In accounting for the rumbling or
olling Of thunder, which has hereto
ore been explained by the echo the
Try, it is now stated that a fash OF
lightning is made up of innumerable
mailer flashes, which go to make up
he whole The rolling thunder is due
0 the primary sounds of successive
ischarges or flashes. When we see q
prolonged lightning fash we
witness In reality number of discon-
Inuous discharges following down the
anne path, and the sounds Of these
uccessive explosions come to us like
he rattle of rapid fire gun, only less
hythmically This discontinuity is
ute different from oscillation. Z
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The Commuters Weakness. 4
"Be q snburbanite ever so truthful,
lere Is one thing he always lies :
bout" said the man who has COM
luted for many years, land that is the
Istance from his house to the railway
.ation. He seems to think he'll be
Isgraced If he admits it's over fifteen
inutes' walk. though ten chances to
ne he has to tumble out of bed good
nd early to make his train Lots Of
on who como tn fha nifv with mn ay y