Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-01
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


The Salvation Army has factory IN
Europe where musical instruments airs
made for Its members.
In China the property of the paren,
must be equally shared by the children
on the death Of the former
The greatest daily change of temper
allure to be found ON the earth's sur
face is In Arizona. There is frequently
a change of so degrees in twelve hours
Ivy growing over the walls of .
house renders the structure cool IN
summer and warm in winter. 1t alst
keeps the walls dry. 1t is, however
very destructive to woodwork, forcing
the joints apart.
The famous ruins of Tintern Alb
hey, Monmouthshire, England, are be
ing restored as far as the four great
arches are concerned, and more exca
vations are being made around it 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 1879,
He died in 1886 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 a depth of 210 feet pro
vided proper precautions are taken and
suitable appliances used, according to
q report Of the British admiralty com.
mittee appointed to investigate the sub
iect.
In the erection Of a 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
and weighs 1850 pounds, measures
thirty inches across the shell and is
rated at sixty tons capacity The
shackle is a solid forging three and 3
half inches thick.
81 don't think Ibsen knew much
about dramatic art" said the blonde
young woman who had Joined an Ibsen
class "Ive 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 and
evening clothes. It's really quite
dressy."
Cellullod is a plastic material com.
posed Of guncotton and camphor. The
guncotton, or nitro cellulose, is made by
treating tissue paper with a 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. 1t is afterward
nodded into form by means Of heated
dies, under pressure. 1t Is very hard
and elastic and takes a high finish.
Two principal theories have been adj
) vanced for the erection Of the pyra-
mids Of Egypt. One, that each king
on ascending the throne, began to build
a pyramid as a tomb and monument to
himelf. This was usually laid out upon
comparatively small scale, so that
If the builder had but short reign his
tomb might be complete. AS time passed
E successive layers were added and the
size Of the monument was thus proper
toned to the length of the builders
reign. This theory is combated by
Petrie, who believed that each pyramid
was begun and carried out upon a def
ute design of size and arrangement
The greatest river In the world IL
dood of waters is the Amazon, and Il
Is one of the least useful owing to the
character of the region through which
Il flows. What is classed as the long
est system in the world is the Missis
sippi-M Missouri, which is also the mos
useful, as great cities have grown III
, along its banks. The Nile, which rank.
. with these, Is one of the longest rivers
= In the world, but 1t is not especially
valuable as a nayiglble stream. 1T
chief benefit to the country is from tn,
immense deposits of mud carried dowr
, in the annual floods and which hav,
; made the region over1owed one OF tn,
! most fertile in the world.
More duels are fought in German,
+ than in any other country, and Jens
and Gottingen are the cities which tax,
the lead 1t is said that a duel take
place in Gottingen every day, and OF
one occasion some years ago, twelv,
o combats took place in the twenty-foul
hours. Jena's greatest number for tn,
9 day is twenty-one. The German EN-
o pire has about 1000 duels a year
4 France has about 1000 combats which
,, may be regarded as such; Italy runs t,
n about 27o per annum. In ten years +
boasted of 2,759 meetings, of which
DAT originated in newspaper articles o.
public letters. The great majority O
Pho duals xvara fought With <-,,,...,l.