Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-13
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leaving profit Of over S5,OOO,OOO.
In London's new Criminal Court on
the Old Bailey site, prisoners climb up
New York City has acquired the rep
utation of having the most discourteous
railway employees of all cities In the
world.
In the last six months there has been
a large increase in the number and size
OF robberies In the New York hotels,
and the proprietors are using every
possible means to prevent their public
ity.
There is a large army OF push-cart
peddlers who do business In New York
City. One day recently 4,270 Of them
were counted on Manhattan Island be-
tween the City Hall and 14th street,
east of Mulberry street.
Girls and men are still kept careful
ly apart In Argentina, and man does
not introduce even his most intimate
friend to his sisters. Marriages Of girls
of twelve to fourteen to boys or sixteen
or eighteen are common.
Pierre Thierry has entered an action
against ex-Empress Eugene, claiming
100000. Thlerry's uncle lent Napo-
leon 100000 in 1855. Napoleon re-
newed the note in 1870. 1t was lost at
the time of the Franco-Prussian war,
but was found recently.
Nine. Rodileau, the oldest woman in
France, has died at Neuilly at the age
of 100. She came to Paris when quito
a child and never left it afterward. She
remained In full possession OF her fac
ulties to the very last, and until recent
ly was In the habit of taking a daily
walk.
Latest OF vast fortunes sought by
seekers Of lost treasure is the TRAINS
vaal war chest containing $5,000,000.
The chest was taken from hiding 1T
Delagoa bay in 1898 and shipped on
the Dorothea, which vessel was lost on
a reef in the Indian ocean. Now the
steamship Alfred Nobel has been spe-
cially fitted up by a syndicate for the
work Of recovering this treasure.
Consul general Alfred L. NJ. Gott-
schalk, of the City Of Mexico, reports:
According to the best private author
lty a conservative estimate of the Amer
lean capital brought into Mexico since
1902 and invested in mining and smelt-
ing ventures amounts to about $125,-
100000 gold. The figure may material
~ increase the general estimates Of
American investment in Mexico, which
/ estimated some little time ago at
k75O,0OO,O0O gold value"
When Mr.. John Burns entered the
Cabinet there were rumors that he
would refuse to don the cooked hat aud
epaulets of official uniform. The King
asked him about it. mot true" replied
Mr.. Burns; land, besides, l have al
ready worn your majesty's uniform. "
The King naturally asked when nat
was. "When l was In Pentonville," an
swered Mr.. Burns, alluding, of course,
to his three months sentence after the
Trafalgar square rlots.-Tit-Bits.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, the well.
known English inventor, has a home In
Holland Park, near London, that re-
sembles a strange storehouse OF cleo
trical appliances He recently was pre-
scented at court IN recognition OF the
part he took in the development of the
Incandescent electrim lamp. During his
early years he was associated with q
firm Of chemists In Newcastle. Sir 10
seph had prided himself on the fact
that all his inventions have been OF
practical things.
The fire-damp detector OF NJ. Hardy
Frenchman, is an ingenious applica
ton Of the microphone. Two pipes OF
equal pitch-one in the mine and the
other above ground-are sounded stimuli
taneously, and the sound waves Inn
pinge on microphOnes connected In
series with a telephone. If both pipes
are in pure air a clear note is heard
In the telephone. If the pipes are In
air Of different density beats are heard
and these give warning Of the presence
OF fire damp in the mine.
Although a millionaire, Edwin U
Curtis has taken the position Of United
States sub-treasurer at Boston. Early
In life he took a fancy to politics, ant
having plenty Of money he gratlfied hi:
desire He was elected mayor of Bos
ton. Twice afterward he was nomI
mated, but each time defeated. He doc:
not care for private business, and
would prefer to be In public service
His salary OF 5000 year In his new
position would be only small part OF
the profits he would find in a mercan
tile pursuit.
Photographlng wild animals as they
roam in their native haunts is a Fad o,
Ernest Harold Baynes, the naturalist
and writer, who lives at Meriden, n
II. Mr.. Baynes gets acquainted Will
hit subjects by means Of brides of fooC
and sweets. He builds shack In the
woods and surrounds the place Wit
his Offers Of hospitality. After a few