Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-11-10
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

$oz,oOO TO found radium institute.
The state woods of Germany cover
lo,o0O,cOO acres and give employment
to 100000 persons
New Zealand's population at the
close Of last year was estimated ut
100000, the death rate being only 9.57 |
a thousand
The Royal Academy Of England was |
founded In 1853. The building, in Lon
don, In the Renaissance style was
erected by Smirke In 1s89-60.
Dean Ramsay tells of an old lady Of
Edinburgh who ordered her maid to
call upon the doctor every morning and
report the latest particulars as to her
mistress health, always carefully add
Ing her compliments. At last one day
the girl ARRIVED with, Miss SIS
compliments, and she deed last night
oft aicht o'clock"
The Idea that the wedding ring
should be worn on the third finger OF
lie left hand because"a nerve connects
this finger with the heart" Is, says the
writer of an article in Woman's Life,
Of Roman origin, but, oddly enough, Is
not continued on the continent as In
England, for In France, Belgium and
Germany, and most other European ma
lions, the engagement ring finger Is
the third finger Of the left hand, while
the wedding ring" finger is the third
finger Of the right hand.
DR.. w. A. Evans, Chieago's health
commissioner, does not believe In hav-
Ing smoking cars on elevated railroads
or In permitting the use OF tobacco on
the front platforms Of street cars. He
has written letters to the presidents Of
the companies, suggesting that as smok-
ing Is conducive to expeetoration, and
as splitting is prejudicial to public
health and a violation Of the city ordl-
nances as well. the easiest way to get
rid of the splitting evn viii be by abol-
ishing smoking on public conveyances
George F. Parker, in his remini
SCIENCES of Mr.. Cleveland In McClure'i
Magazine, tells Of the enormous mum
Der Of gifts sent to President After
his first term Mr.. Cleveland insisted OF
going through his vast collection, and
In describing the incident Mr.. Parker
says: "Upon unlocking the disusec
, room into which perhaps ten or twelve
thousand separate articles had beer
cast, we might well have thought our
selves In a Photographic warehouse
n There must certainly have been be
= tween six and seven thousand photo
L graphs"
. 4 business communication in Arab
recently reached Manchester firm
= and when translated by Syrian IN
terpeter proved to contain a reques
y for the price of coppering two waite
sheep" Of certain given dimensions
The translator was confident Of his yer
sion, but admitted that he had no
known what water sheep" could BIZ
For the moment even the heads Of tn
: firm were puzzled, until 1t struck som
/, one that this was the nearest synonym
In the vocabulary Of pastoral peopl
for Hydraulic rams" - Maneheste
Guardian
e The corner stone Of the Washingto
g Monument was laid by President Poll
July 4, 1S4S, and December 6, 1884, th
cap stone was set In position. IN
IT foundations are 1894 feet square an
ss SO feet s inches deep. The base OF th
II monument is IS feet ~ inches SQUARE
g. and the walls Is feet u inch thick. A
C. the bOO-foot mark, where the pyramidt
top begins, the shaft is "a feet o.
inches square and the walls are
p inches thick. The monument Is mad
d of blocks of marble feet thick, an
It is said there are over $4,000 Of then
The height above the ground is 81
g feet.
Revelations concerning the doub
career of the Russian terrorist pole
!. agent, Azeff, recall story told OF Lou
20 XVIII, King of France, and Fouch
who had been at one time Napoleon
minister of police. After the Bourbc
- restoration the King asked Foucl
whether he had set spies over him du
ing the empire. Fouche admitted TIL
he had. "Who was the spyT the XII
asked, and he was Informed that 1t hi
been the Comte de Biacas. How nut
did he get?" continued the King. "rV
hundred thousand francs year, yo'
majesty" "Ah, WELL" said Louis, 81
| was honest, then, after all hi
half"
| The experiment Of holding services
the open air, instead Of inside t
1 L..-oh 20 haino otten,nted nv one