Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-08
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

Huron.
The telephone business is picking UP
N China. Pekin has now LOO sub
Scribers.
The average life Of piece of plate
glass is ten years, as shown by plate
glass insurance records.
Roumania is the most illiterate coun-
try Of Europe. Two-thirds of its In
habitants can not read nor write.
Glass is among the cheapest products,
but made into microscopic detectives
Its value approaches that Of gold.
An English ornithologist has success
fully bred the black swan, one of the
rarest Of birds except in Australia.
Eddie Loving, who has recently OBJ
tanned an appointment as messenger In
the service of President-elect Taft, is
noted golfer. though only nineteen.
Members Of the BARRIERS union OF
Chicago are denoucing the tipping sys-
tenn, but not out Of consideration for
their customers. They wish gratuities
abolished because of their effect Oh
wages, which. in some shops, are now
near the vanishing point.
Scipio Africanus was one Of the
greatest soldiers, save julius Caesar. in
Roman history. He defeated Hannibal
and his Carthaginians at Zama, a city
of Carthage, on October 10. in the year
POP B. c.. and gave to Rome the ascend
ancy over the then known world.
Smoking has been under discussion
In the Anglican Church synod at Ben
digo. One member wanted the temper
ance pledge extended so as to ban to-
bacco as well as alcohol. Canon Bridges
warned the prOpOser that he would
have the whole female population up in
arms against him. Every wife knew
that the pipe was her husbands best
Catching a fox alive with an over
coat is a feat performed by David
Clinard, a member Of the Fox Hunt
Club OF Winston Salem. n. c. After
a long and exciting chase Mr.. Clinard
with six hounds had tired Reynard out.
and in doubling the fox came so near
Mr.. Clinard that he threw his long
oyercoat over the animal and succeed
ed in capturing It just before the dogs
arrived.
At a recent shipbuilding exposition
held In Germany. the greater part OF
the exhibits related to the use of cleo
tricity on shipbOapd, and a large num-
Der Of new and interesting devices were
shown for the FIRST time. One OF the
features OF the electrical building was
a chandelier which is thought to be the
greatest thing OF the kind ever con.
structed. II comprised large octagon-
al arrangement OF angle Iron, with
some decorative material interviewer.
and from IL were suspended sixteen
flaming arc lamps. The light from this
great cluster was almost binding.
II is proposed to connect the chief
groups OF the Pacific Islands by means
Of wireless telegraphy. The plan 4
proposed by capitalists Interested M
some OF the islands OF the Gilbert
group, but government aid Is expected
from all nations having possessions N
the South Pacific. including Great Brit.
ain, France, Germany and the United
States The French Island OF Tahiti
~ particularly Interested the nearest
available ocean cable station being AZ
present az Auckland, New Zealand
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each controlling circular region. Tie
largest of which VII haYe radius "
about 200 miles
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