The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-16
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


by German soldiers
Lake Erie is the richest body of wa,
ter In the world In fish.
As rule, the modern battlesfip ID
out of date after fifteen years.
Deep-lying sediments of the ocean
Fare often exceptionally rich in radium
The steam power in use in the world
to-day is estimated at 120,O0O,0OO horse
power.
1t is estimated by New York build
er that there are buildings under con-
struction in the city which will aggre-
gate in value more than $1O0.O00,00O
1t is related that when Robert Louis
Stevenson was told of the death Of
Matthew Arnold he paused, and then
said, obviously: "He won't like God %
Motorists will learn with interest Of
the case of a Hyderabad notable whose
car almost came into collision with that
Of the Nizam. The notable was fined
$3.50 by the Nizam, and all his motor
cars were confscated.
At service of thanksgiving for the
harvest of the sea at Port Isaac
Church, Cornwall, the walls from end
to end were draped with fishing nets,
while lobster pots and packing bar
rels occupied the window spaces.
Asbestos is found in the island Of
Cyprus and a company organized in
1906, obtaining concession In the
island, began to opel a mine early in
1907. Up to the end Of that year
1000 tons of asbestos were mined.
The word yankee" Is derived from
Cherokee word, Eankke, which sig
nifes coward and slave. This epithet
Of yankee" was bestowed upon the
New Englanders by the Virginians for
not assisting them In a war with the
Cherokees.
Speaking of the engagement Of the
| Princess Maria zu Ysenburg und
Budinger to AdmOr Robinson of Balti-
more, the Vienna Neue Presse says.
| This Is the first time that real Ger
man princess goes as bride to the
| Dollar Land"
| A hatANC Va Ahhullit lhuV-SAluu, bcll-
fenced In Paris for theft, wrote the
following apology to his employer: "Alr
Annamites, whether emperors, man.
darins, secretaries, literary men, ana
others. are born thieves. 1t Is a grave
and deadly complaint, and there, is no
cure for It know people do not like
thieves In France, but it cannot boz
helped"
From remote country district there
| came to Edinburgh an old Scotch lady.
| 1t was her first visit, and she hap
pened to arrive as party of golfers
were hurrying to catch a suburban
train for the links. "lt's a Draw toun,
Mr.. MacWheezle," she Informed her
minister, after her return "but It hurt
me, sair, tae see sac mony decentlike
men carrying baks o. broken umbrel-
las. There maun haze been sair doun--
comes, an though I widna mention II
| for the warl' to anither, there was twa
or three that lookit as II they had been
, minister's"
Maryland's special legislative COM
| mittee on automobile regulations is out
hot-footed after that dangerous null.
| sance, the Joy rider" "'Joy riding
must be stopped" says Col Sherlock
| Swami, a member of the committee
''rhis reckless driving of automobiles.
| does more to create prejudice against
automobiling than anything else. While
the committee appointed by Governor
10
has until the next Legislature to fin
ish its work, 1t has already decided'
| that the severest penalties shall be i'm
posed on chauffeurs and other people
| who use car without the owners con-
sent"
A Union soldier, George Middleton,
of Chicago, has sent to Col. W. b. Hal
deman Of Louisville a contribution Of
500 toward proposed monument to-
Gen. John ii. Morgan, the famous Con-
federate cavalry leader. Mr.. Middle
ton served through the war as a pri
vate in Company e, Third Regiment,
Indiana Cavalry. He is now wealthy
theatrical manager. Last summer a
monument given by him in honor or
the soldiers buried In the cemetery of
his native city, Madison, Ind, was deds-
icated. Governor Wilson of Kentucky
was the chief orator, and soldiers OF
the Indiana and Kentucky national.
guards Joined In the ceremonies.
Some excellent bulls are credited to-
william Arolin, who. was a London
police Judge In the thirties of the lost
century. He once remarked to coun-
sci: III you can show precisely at
what moment the offense was commit.
ted and prove that the prisoner was
not there when he did IT, he could not
possibly have done It." And he sage
ly added: I'VE cannot diyest ourselves
OF common sense in a court of justice"
OF similar character was an axiom,
he once delivered himself of, which
has been maliciOusly fathered on many
other occupants Of the bench: "If ever
there was case of clearer evidences
than this case, this case Is that case"
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