The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-06
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Seven hundred Brltlhn euD1e0ls arc
born at sea every year.
A speck Of gold weighing the mil
lioish part OF grain may easily be
seen by the naked eye.
-Four hours hard thinking exhausts
the ordinary person as much as ten
hours Of manual labor.
In Cairo at the present time there
Is an endowment expressly for the
lodging and feeding OF homeless cats.
John Burns is said to have the best
working library OF any member Of the
English House OF Parliament
There are 100000 children in Rus
STA between the ages Of 6 and "A re-
sewing absolutely no education
Blight Of the tea plants caused by
the bite Of mosquitoes is causing much
alarm among the tea planters in In
ala
NJ. sardou. the celebrated French
aramatlst. studied medicine as youth.
but he never liked the idea Of settling
down as a practitioRsa
The Cars sister. the Grand Duchess
Olga. is intensely democratic She is
especially fond OF Americans. saying
they are -the only people worth cult
rating
The largest lightning conductor in
the world is on the Lugspite weather
station. In Bavaria. 1t runs down the
mountainslde for three and a half
miles to lake.
DR.. Charles A. Eastman. the noted
indian author. has completed reyi-
sion OF Indian names on the Sioux al
lonnent roll, and has given new sur
names to 2S.20O Indians In the Sioux
natlon after four years Of continuous
labor.
Lions are plentiful in Portuguese
East Africa. and that region is para
disc for hunters Of big game. In some
sections the authorities offer a reward
for each lions head brought in. and
they permit the hunter to keep the
skin.
An out-of-the-way profession for a
woman is that Of dinner-taster. She
IS a product OF Partisan refinement. and
spends a portion Of each day visiting
houses and tasting dishes. She sug-
rests improvements. and shows the
sock new ways OF preparing foods
To keep the plague OF rabbits from
destroying the pastoral Industries OF
Australia. 1o,152 miles OF public and
private rabblt-netted fences have been
erected. at cost OF SA00o.000. Queens
land alone spends S40t 600 year In
erecting and maintaining fences TO
keep out bunny"
Many old houses In Holland have a
special door which is never opened
save on special occasions Yhen there
Is n marriage or a death in the family.
The bride and bridegroom enter by this
ioor. and II Is then nailed or barred
up until death occurs. when 1t is
opened. and the body is removed by
this exit
The Emperor OF Germany believes In
being sufficiently represented even on
a visiting card. HE cards are the larg-
est In use in Europe. and can almost
vie with those used by the mandarins
Of China. They measure no less than
six Inches in length and four in width.
ON the upper line Is the single word
wilhelm" and below are the words
-Deutscher Kaiser and Koenig Won
Preussen."
The siligators are getting bad at
Greenvllle and are even taking the
pools Of the Baptist churches as places
OF refuge. A five-foot alligator WIS
found In the pool OF the Baptist
church. The saurian was discovered
hy a plumber who waded into the pool
for the purpose Of repairing leak,
and he was scared out Of years
growth. as well as clear out OF the wa
IIer.-Greenvllle Is. 60 Democrat
crasshoppers are regarded as mas
cots In Italy. where there is q regular