The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-08-27
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW


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Nv erected and 1900 others remodeled. Tn,
4. disaster destroyed $4,000 buildings.
he II takes four years to train a llor
e for exhibition work. and only one aui
N NAL in four is lit for training. well,
" trained lion is worth i've times the
b price of one unframed.
e London's greatest rush hours are
y from s to . in the morning and at
IS about ESQ In the evening. Between 5
/ and 8 164,O00 persons enter the city,
: between and Z $4,000 leave.
= As result Of drought il Is now
generally acknowledged in sugar circles
! that the Cuban sugar production this
season win not exceed 100000 tons. a
deficit Of about 10000 tons from the
previous crop.
Within two years since the great
earthquake which undid san Francisco.
that heroic city has put $iOOOOOOOO
INTO building operations. OF which. ae-
cording TO trustworthy statement. all
but S4,000.O00 came from local sources.
Since the United States government
began to patronize expeditions. down to
the jamestown fair. Congress has ap-
propriated total OF SIS. 752.251 for
worlds fairs. OF which only S4s5.OOO
has been spent west Of the Rocky noun
tains, at the Lewis and Clark exposI-
lion
The new electric Fastnet light. OF
Cape Clear. Ireland. Is Of 10000 can
dle-power. The cost was $40. 900. The
focal plane OF the flash Is 100 feet
above high water. and th oretically IL
Is visible sixteen miles. The founda-
tons Of the lighthouse are twenty feet
'hick.
In Brazil the federal government
owns and operates 1.2S7 miles OF rail-
road lines 1t also owns four lines OF
lS4 miles all told. and leases them 10
private companies. State governments
own 10 miles Under private owner
ship and operation are something ike
5000 miles.
According to the Official figures OF the
Russian customs. the importation OF
motor cars into that country Is Increas-
Ing very rapidly. The following totals
are given: In 1902. 30 cars. In 1908. 60;
In 1904, $50; In 1905. III, and In 1906,
Do For the first six months Of 1907
the total was PSI.
An Egyptian paper says that the m.
tive families pay an average tax OF
$3.50 an acre, or 2s.5 per cent OF the
crop Foreigners and land companies
hold 5000 acres. Through their IN
'olvency and liquidation, and the resIIs-
OF the estates formed since
1902, 1t is probable that large amounts
II gold may be unhoarded. =
Census statistics show that as a peo-
Ne we are increasing in violence. From
0O2 to 1906 there was an Increase In
he percentage Of persons who came to =
heir end by violence. In 1902 only 81 z
er cent were thus taken OF out Of ev-
~ hundred In 1906 II was rs per
emit, while the average for 1901 to
Dos was sc per cent
Since 1860 the Republican party has - -
lrried every presidential election ex- -.
'pt two, the two exceptions being In
'S4 and 1892, when Cleveland was
ected The largest number OF cleo "a.
raj votes ever polled for presiden- -.
Il candidate was in 1904, when Roose- 49,
1t received 1886 votes. Since 1872 New -
'rk has been carried three times BIZ 80
e Democratic party and six times by
E Republican party. at
By the patent act. which recently r.,
ssed the British Parliament and has : !.
eady gone into effect, 1t becomes nee an
AIRY for foreign holders OF patents D.
der British authority to erect and -.
rate works In Great Britain for the -.
'duction Of articles thus patented ,nte
reign patentees under the old act 49,
re protected against competition by =,
ir patent rights. but did not have to =,
duce in the country which protected
ir patents. sus'
10 process has yet been discovered ors
which the highly arsenical ore found etc,
Cobalt properties can be smelted. c.,s
$ problem has been the subject OF q On
arch by many chemists. particular ,sb
hose Of Germany, and there Is a a IL
une awaiting the discoyerer Many mn !,
he smaller properties In the Cana ont
silver district have large quanti- ait :
Of ore which is practically useless ham
he moment on account Of the per Mr.
age Of arsenic which 1t contains- poina
] Street Journal. aIIev
here IS a trust corporation, Of Inn Nv
Iorial antiquity, at Cairo. known as tailor
Walks. It holds landed property -,
h has been conveyed to 1t for plous
But this was frequently a device 3D.. ID
cure to the family Of the donor or .,,,,.
tor a large share Of the annual ',.,
seds. It's net income last year. ac- S,....'
Ing to the Egyptian Standard, was 80, 49,
. 800: and It carried forward a - :.
ace Of s5s1, 070, to be expended in 80. ~ ="
enterprises, presumably Of relig- 800 /.
or educational character. thor~,
ere Is but one county without ran have