The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-18

cheaper than in the large cities or tne
United States.
Out OF every million letters that
pass through the post Office II Is cal
culated that only n goes astray.
The cow tree Of Venezuela is a nat
urai dairy. Its sap is very similar TO
milk and is used as such by the ma
sives.
The transient hotel population OF
New York is figured at 100000 people
a day. The hotel properties are valued
at over Ss0.O00.OO0.
There Is a great demand in China for
lead. 1t Is used In several Chinese
manufactures. but chiefly for lining tea
chests for export.
Caleb Watts. OF Lily Pad. Pa, who
raises frogs for the market. gets the
best results by feeding them on liver,
corn meal and files.
Great Britain imports over SS5,OOO-
600 worth OF eggs a year from Russia.
Denmark. Germany. Belgium. Canada
and the United States.
Mrs. A. B. Enright. OF East Concord
VT, Is county supervisor Of schools and
said to be one of the busiest women In
the State. Besides her school work she
performs all the duties that fall to the
lot of the wife OF a Methodist pastor
of two large parishes.
Professor Jowett's comments on the
young men Of BallIol. oxford. often
took the form OF crushing sareasms
The college. Mr.. X. thinks highly OF
you" he once said: perhaps too high
ly but not half so highly. I am sure,
as you think Of Yourself"
China is buying lumber from British
Columbia. 1t is largely needed for
railway construction. American lumber
Is shipped to Shanghai. On one day OF
his recent visit four full eargoes Of
Oregon pine arrived there. says the
Canadian trade commissioner at Yoke
hama.
Miss Selma Lageriof. besides being
the most popular writer IN Sweden. has
just received an honorary degree from
the University Of Upsala. She Is the
first woman In Sweden to receive this
distinction, and it f. said to be only a
matter OF time vixen she viii get the
Nobel prize.
Mrs Emma Bary. Of San Francisco
has Just retaFaed from a trip to the
Arctic Circle. during which. It Is assert
ed. she went farther north than ans
other white woman. She accompanied
her husband prospecting for gold. and
after she lays in certain supplies she
viii rejoln him In Alaska.
Mrs. @. Meyer is responsible for the
monument that has Just been erected
at Port Elizabeth. South Africa. TO the
memory OF the horses that died during
the Boer war. IL cost upward Of 5000
and Is In the shape OF a ton water
Ing trough. on the top OF which Is the
figure Of a bronze cavaIryman giving 3
drink TO his horse.
The State Of North Carolina is one
Of the most notable In the Union for
the production Of gems. particularly
diamonds, emeralds, rubies. aquamar-
ines, beryls. hiddenite. rhodolite. amsth-
ysts and remarkable rock crystals
These gems have been found mainly
In the course Of mining operations. al
though a few systematic searches for
them have been made and two com
panies are now engaged exclusively In
work.
A British lieutenant in the Second I
Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, who
lately called LEO Quintus Tolle- 1
nache-ToIlemache de OreIlana Planta. !
senet Tollemache-T ollemache." gave no Z
ice a short time ago b. means OF ad
'ertisement that he has renowned the A,
lanes Of Quintus Tollemaehe-T olIe
nache P~lantagenet Tollemache. and In !.
ends henceforth upon all occasions and !,
& all times to sign and use End BE- !
and known by the name Of Leo !
OreIlana Tollemache only. =
Count Won Zeppelin. the aeronaut, 8
vas born IN 1888. and devoted what :
for most men the best years Of life 4
o military service. Retiring in 1880 T
fifth the rank Of general, he turned y
18th a boyish enthusiasm to the pur +
uit Of his hobby, aerial navigation n
the solution OF the problem which d
ad bafiied the investigators Of two cen. B
he sacrificed bis fortune. with I,
title apparent progress toward the o
oa1. Poverty spurred bin to greater
In 1892 he made a success
ii balloon journey from Berne to Lu.
srne. but bis work was lightly esteem b
4 until 1900, when the surprising sue. ID
sss Of the first dirigfble caused A gen. Ct
inc sensation. Since that time bis d
rogress has been easier. Al
AS long ago as 1895 a Leipsic housN g
q German novel illustrated y
? something closely resembling q q
oentgen picture. The story tells Of o.
le Countess AbilIinia, who gave hen 10
cart to the knight Gibello. The knight d
lover was thoughtIess enough to kill
lady loves father, her affection Ie
Irned to hatred, abe vowed TO kill him. "a
! a dream she saw the man who had II