The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-12-10

VI all the Bold In tne possenSiou "a
man 10 per cent ir in the shape OF
coin.
A statue Of Liebig As to be sfecten
In Darmstadt. where b, was born In
1903.
British India has se.0i2 miles Of tel
egraph and cable wires. which are
worked at very good profit
A company has been formed In Eu-
rope for the purpose OF erecting and
operating frst-class hotels In various
cities and towns OF Greece.
sault Ste Marie canal traffic for thu
season OF 1907 reached a grand total
OF bs.2i7.2i4 tons. which shows net
Increase OF y per cent or o.468,1Sf
tons. as compared with that Of the sea-
son OF 1905.
Maine and Missouri and North Da-
kota are soon Go vote upon constifu-
tional amendments embodying the In
itiafive aud referendum for State mat
tiers. and Maine proposes TO extend this
right 20 municipal corporations
An acre Is 0.272 go square inches
An inch OF water on an acre is. there
fore. 0.272. $40 cubic inches That
amount. al 2z7 cubic inches 70 the gal
lon. equals 1900 gallons, or 10000
pounds. or 100 tons. An Inch Of rain
Is. In other words. rain falling at the
-ate OF 100 tons 10 the acre
The area OF Maryland is 1920
square miles. 2.350 square miles OF
which are water. There are seven
States In the Union which have a
smaller area. viz. every New England
State except Maine. and New Jersey
aud Delaware. The gross area OF none
OF these States equals the land area OF
Maryland
For the nrst decade OF the twentieth
century one OF canada's greatest ae
complishments win be the completion
OF the Dosninion's second transeonti-
mental railway. The Grand Trunk has
finished It's prairie section from winni-
peg 10 Edmonton. From Edmonton 10
the coast 700 miles. through the noun
tains three years more VIII be needed
The work is exceedingly difficult ana
expensive.
The wireless telephone is beins
steadily pushed toward commercial
practicablIlty by the inventors The
work OF the French naval iieutennnis.
Colin. Jeance aud MERCER. and Mr..
Lee De Forest. OF this city. seems al
ready 10 have opened the ether 10 wire
less converse. Of an experimental ma
ture. over distances OF from 800 70 500
miles. and Mr.. Poulsen. OF Copenhagen.
has promised Transatlantic wireless
telephone soon.--New York Globe.
A Florida Judge ruled that mullet
we're not nsh. but birds. because they
had rizzards. The customs officials In
New York ruled that frogs were lisa
ana must pay duty ms such. A game
warden IN Maine gained popularity by
declaring oysters were game and so ac-
orired jurisdiction And now comes n
decision from the custom house that
hagplpcs are toys and cannot be ciassed
"a musical instruments for purposes OF
saxation.-Florlda Times-Union-
In 1899 the production OF fermented
liauors In the United States upon
which taxes were paid was $500. esA
barrels. including 1880 for export.
In 1905 the production had Increased
10 s4.T24,553 barrels. and In leoo 90
as.747. ESQ barrels. In 1929 the United
States internal revenue tax was paid
for consumption on sS.sla.sl4 gallons
Of distilled spirits other than fruit
brandy. In the nine years to 1908 tae
amount OF distilled spirits withdrawn
for consumption had increased TO Ill.,
sos.4o2 gallons.
AZ figured out by London Answers.
the annual cost OF running" a battle
ship Of the Dreadnought class Is Sooo'-
600 ycnr, OF which 100000 goes to
Che officers for salaries and wages
Ammunition in time OF peace costs &c.,
600 year, the expense OF necessary
target practice being very heavy. Vic
tuni,nr. fuel. etc. make up the balance
Estimating the original cost OF these
sh,ps at $4,000 and allowing life
OF twenty years. the cost from tne nrsi
draft plans to the sale OF the vessel
as junk reaches total Of s1I.5oo'ooo'
Twenty-four year, rs a long time for
a ship to be away from It's home port
but that Is the record Of whaling
bark that has just docked In New Bed
ford. The vessel left New Bedford In
1884 for a voyage around Cape Horn
and since has been engaged most Of the
time In whaling In northern ATTITUDES
The snip brings news that the whaling
ships In the Atlantic are generally max
ing heavy catches this season. Ths
whaling business seems TO have expert.
enced revival, and with this New
Bedford Is developing new Importance
which presents some likeness to Its old
time activities as a whaling port
Springfield Union.
Baseball ls chronic complaint OF
Senator Crane. When he was Govern.
or OF Massachusetts, he took his entire