The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-07-25

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In London's new Criminal Court Oh
ahs Old Bailey site. prisoners climb ~
white marble stairs 10 reach the dock
New York City has acquired the rep
utatson Of having the most discourteous
railway employees OF all cities In shs
world
In theNsasf six months there has been
large Increase In the number and SAGE
Of robberies In the New York hotels
ard the proprietors are using every
possible. means 10 prevent their pui.Ic-
tu.
There Is a large army of push-esf 1T
peadlers 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
h apart In Argentina. and q man does
not introduce even his raost intimate
friend to his sisters. Marriages Of girls
of twelve to fourteen 10 boys or sixfeen
or eighteen are common
Pierre Thierry has entered an action
against ex-Empress Eugenie. claiming
k920, 900. Tnierry's uncle lent Napo-
aeon 100000 In 1855. Napoleon re-
newed the note in 1870. II was lost at
the time OF the Franeo-Prussian war,
but was found recently.
Mime. RodlIeau. the Oldest woman IN
France, has died at Neuilly at the age
OF 106+ She came 10 Paris when quite
= child and never left 1t afterward She
remained IN full possession of her fac
ulfies to the very last. and until recent
IL was In the habit of taking daily
walk.
Latest Of vast fortunes sought By
seekers of lost treasure Is the Traans-
raai war chest containing S5.0o0,0o
Tie chest was taken from hiding at
Delagoa bay In 1858 and shipped on
the Dorothea, which vessel was lost on
reef In tine Indian ocean Now the
steamship Alfred Nobel has been spe-
ciaIly fitted up by 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
it, a conservative estimate of the Amer
fcan capital brought into Mexico since
1902 and invested in mining and srnelt-
ing ventures amounts to about $12J.-
100000 gold The figure may material
1y increase the general estimates OF
American investment In Mexico, which
/ estimated some little time ago at
$3.50. 100000 gold value"
When Mr.. John Burns entered the
Cabinet there were rumors that he |
would refuse 10 don the cooked hat and /
epaulets OF official uniform The King |
asked him about it Not true" replied |
Mr.. Burns; ~and, besides, / have al /
ready worn your maJesy's uniform"
The King naturally asked when hat 1
was. when I was In Pentonyille." an |
swered Mr.. Burns, alluding, Of course,
20 his three months sentence after the
Trafalgar square riots--TitBirs-
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan. the we'll
known English inventor. has home In
Holland Park. near London that re-
sembIes q strange storehouse of cleo
tr5cAI appliances He recently was pre-
seated st court In recognition of the
part he took in the development of the
Encandescent electrim lamp During bis
early years he was associated with a
drm OF chemists In Newcastle Sir 10
seph had prided himself on the fact
that all his inventions have been OF
practical things
The nre-damp detector of NJ Hardy,
/ Frenchman. Is an Ingenious applIca-
ion OF the microphone. Two pipes Of
suual pltef-one In the mine and the
,ther above ground-are sounded stimuli
.aneousiy, and the sound waves I'm
,inge on mIcrophones connected In
eries with telephone. II both pipes
ire In pure air clear note Is heard
n the telephone If the pipes are in /,
Lir of different density beats are heard
md these give warning OF the presence
4 fire damp In the mine.
Although a millionaire, Edwin q.
yurtis has taken the position Of United !
states sub-treasurer at Boston Early
q life be took fancy to politics, and I
Iaving plenty OF money he gratined his
esire. He was elected mayor of Bos-
on Twice afterward be was nofni-
ated. but each time defeated He does 4
ot care for private business, and
yould prefer to be In public service {
lis salary Of 5000 year in his new '
osition would be only small part OF I
he profits he would find In a mercsn- Z
lie pursuit
Photographing wild animals as they
pam In their native haunts Is ead Of
rnest Harold Baynes, the naturalist I
nd writer, who lives at Meriden, ".
|. Mr.. Baynes gets acquainted with .
IL subjects by means OF brides of food y
nd sweets. He builds a shack In the
-ocds and surrounds the place with q
Ia crers of hospitality. After a few .
avs the animals and birds become 30
slne that he can secure splendid sit Z
a