The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-01
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Germany has ten trade journals de
voted to tobacco.
Imports Of cheese into the Unitet
States now exceed the exports.
Vessels of eighy-ive steamship line.
enter the harbor Of Antwerp regu
larry.
To keep the whole German army II
the field for one week would cost $50,
100000.
1t is estimated that Guatemala's
coffee crop this year will amount tc
one million sacks.
In the United States the sparrow has
six broods year; in Britain seldom
more than three.
The women of Saint-Brieuc. Brit
tany, are celebrated for the beauty and
the fine texture Of their caps.
The corn crop of Argentina this
year is officially estimated at ia, 800
boo bushels, against las. AZ. 900 in 1903.
In the Bahama Islands the famin-
goes build their nests of mud so high
that the rising tide will not food the
eggs.
The longest railroad In this country
Is the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy.
which owns 1874 miles and operates
1911 miles.
If the worlds railroads were equally
distributed over the earth's surface no
one would be more than seven miles
from some line.
Nevada has a mile of railroad for
each Ave citizens, but only eighty
seven hundredths Of a mile for each
one hundred miles of area
According to Charles Booth Of the
Salvation Army, 1.-THE poverty Of the
poor Is mainly the result of the COM
petition Of the very poor"
According to a recent Russian con-
sular report. six years ago 1900 chill
dren attended the Russian schools in
Syria. The number Is now 10000.
At Calvinia, Cape Colony, a statue
Is to be erected over the grave Of Esau.
the loyal Kaffir, who was fogged and
shot by the Boer invaders during the
war.
Imports of palm oil into the United |
States increased from 8.061 ,252 pounds
In 1901 to 1882, 800 pounds in 1903.
The 1903 imports were valued at
s., Oe3, sos.
The average locomotive viii draw
three hundred tons of goods a mile
every three minutes. 1t would take a
man and his team ten times as long to
haul single ton for one mile.
In an official report just drawn up
for the French parliament II Is de-
clared that the feet is at the height
Of efficiency, but that the garrisoniag
Ind provisioning for several colonies
ire insufficient.
What II considered the largest body
If cinnabar ore in the world has just
,een uncovered near Apex, Gunnison
county. Colorado. 1t Is about two hun
ired feet wide, carries gold and IL
bout 30 per cent quicksilver.
The new Hamburg steamers that are
,eing built for the South American c
ervtce will have some novel features,
a playroom for children, and
n deck arbors like those used In Ger .
nan gardens, which, 1t IL expected, q
rill be particularly appreciated by the o
assengers IN tropical regions. t
Tho International typographical {
Jnion will build 4 library At tho Print C
~ Home. at Colombo Springs, Colo.
D accommodate the large number Of Ii
ooks presented to the home by the L
Ito Congressman Amos J. Cummings. p
he library presented to the institu-
on by Mr.. Cummings has 10000 vol q
mes d
Few persons have any iden OF the G
manner in which the u
opulat1on Of Europe has increased n
uring the last century. According to p
this population has moro d
ian doubled itself from 1880 to 1900. d
o this increase the Latin nations of te
10 west and southwest contributed d.
70 least, and the greatest growth was
! the east, where the people have not
It become thoroughly saturated with In
70 ideas of modern civilization. -