The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-08-13
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


The Forestry Service has administers
ton over 1e4,O0o,ooO acres Of land
Despite lower tolls. the receipts Of
the suez Canal were greater last year
than ever before
The Salvation Army has factory IN
Europe where musical Instruments airs
made for IT'S members
In China the property Of the parein
must be equally shared By the children.
on the death Of the former.
The greatest daily change Of temper
azure 70 be found on the earth's sur
face is In Arizona. There Is frequently
a change Of 50 degrees IN twelv" hours
Ivy growing over the walls Of
house renders the structure cool IN
summer and warm In winter. II also
keeps the walls dry. 1t is, however,
very destructive TO woodwork, forcing
the joints apart
The famous ruins Of Tintern Alb
bey. Monmoufhshire. England. are De
ing restored as far as the four great
arches are concerned, and more exca-
rafions are being made around II IN
hope Of finding other buildings
Bryn Mawr College was founded BY
Joseph w. Taylor. who began the cree
ton Of the college buildings in 1873.
He died in 1856 and left an endowment
Of $4,000 for the continuance OF the
work he had begun-a college FOR
women
Deep-water diving can be carried Oh
with safety to depth Of 2io feet pro
vided proper precautions are taken and
suitable appliances used. according 70
q report OF the British admiralty com
mirtee appointed to investigate the sub
iect
In the erection OF railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna River at Havre
De Grace. the American Bridge Com
pany will make use Of what is probably
the largest wood block ever made II
has been made especially for the work
ami weighs 1850 pounds. measures
thirty inches across the shell and Is
rated at sixty TONS capacity The
shackIe Is a solid forging three and
half inches thick
Il don't think Ibsen knew much
about dramatic art said the blonde
young woman who had joined an IbseD
class. ~I've just been TO see The Mas
ter Builder and they wore the same
costumes all the way through Her
astoninshed instructor swallowed
quickly and responded: Don't judge
Ibsen by one play. In 'Hedda Gabler
they wear morning. afternoon AMI
evening clothes It's really quite
dressy."
Celluliod is a plastic material com
posed OF gunc0ffon and camphor- The
guncoston. or nitro-ceIiulose. is made by
treating tissue paper with mixture
Of nitric and sulphuric acids The
product is mixed with camphor and
various pigments TO produce the de-
sired color. and the materials are thor
oughly Incorporated by means OF heat
ed rolls 1t is subsequently submitted
TO great pressure. II is afterward
nodded into form by means Of heated
dies. under pressure II IS very hard
and elastic and takes high finish
Two principal theories have been ad-
ranced for the erection Of the pyra-
mids OF Egypt One. that each king.
on ascending the throne, began to build
pyramid as a tomb and monument to
himelf. This was usually laid out upon
comparatively small scale. 50 that
II the builder had but short reign his
tomb might be complete. As time passed
successive layers were added ard the
size OF the monument was thus proper
toned to the length OF the builders
reign. This fheor-- Is combated BY
Petrie. wno believed that each pyramid
was begun and carried out upon a def
nite design of size and arrangement
The greatest river In the world in
dood OF waters is the Amazon. and II
Is one Of the least useful owing 10 the
character OF the region through which
X flows. What is classed as the long
est system In the world is the Mlssis-
sippi- Missouri. which Is also the most
useful. as great cities have grown up
along its banks. The Nile. which ranks
with these, is one Of the longest rivers
In the world, but 1t is not especially
valuable as a navlgible stream Its
chief benefit to the country is from the
Immense deposits Of mud carried down
In the annual Hocds and which have
made the region overfowed one OF tho
most fertile In the world
More duels are fought in Germany
than In any other country. and Jena
and Gottingen are the cities which take
the lead. 1t is said that duel takes
place IN Gottingen every day. and on
one occasion some years ago. twelve
combats took place in the twenty-four
hours. Jena's greatest number for the
day Is twenty-one. The German en-
Dire has about 1000 duels a year;
France has about 1000 combats which
may be regarded as such; Italy runs to
about 27O per annum. In ten years Il
boosted OF 2.759 meetings. Of which