The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-05-06
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW

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the discussion Of appliances for refrig
Grating VIII be held IN Vienna In 1910
Professor liuebner. OF Berlin, strong
~ recommends buttermIik as diet for
infants. especially Ia cases OF intestinal
disturbance.
A beautiful triple rainbow has been
seen at smolensk. Russia. the air al
the time being filled with very fine and
powdery snow.
The number OF telephones IN the
whole world is estimated al D.5O0,OOOl
OF which 100000 are said 10 be IN use
In America. and 100000 In Europe.
Europeans are beginning 10 realize
the hygienic value OF high buildings,
with elevators which lift people into
the dust-free. suniit. higher regions.
II has been shown IN Switzerland.
where 1000 persons annually die OF
cancer. that the tendency to that dis
case is less In regions free from goitre.
Stated In brief. railroad gross earn
ings In the calendar year 1908 fell
roughly. sa25.0o0.OO0 below the total Of
the gross earnings for the calendar
year 907.-Financial Chronicle.
Large shipments OF cherries are sent
from Europe 10 this country. simply
preserved IN brine. 20 escape the high
dnIy ON fruits preserved In sugar. They
are then made into -Maraschino" cher
rfes.
A paint il soon 10 be placed on the
market 10 Indicate excessive heat In
machine parts. Red when cool. Il be-
comes black when heated Mercuric
iodlde and cupic oxide are two OF the
ingredients.
A scientific periodical calls attention
TO the fact that not only water color
hut OF paintings OF the last half cens
fury seem doomed 10 fade. entirely,
ard that typewriter documents viii Ill
iimately be blank paper.
Asbestos is found In the island Of
Cyprus. and = company organized In
1900. obtaining a concession IN the ISL
and. began 10 open a mine early In
1871 Up 70 the end Of that year 1000
tors OF asbestos were mined
The FIRE loss In the United States
and Canada for the month Of January
Amounted 20 81. T35.000. This was
seven millions below the January loss
10 1908 and two millions under the
January loss In 1907; but II was ex-
ceefed only three times In the monthly
IRE losses Of last year.
There Was a time when Ohio was
noted for It's forest products; last year
II yielded only 10000 feet OF the 40
PSI. i54. 900 feet OF lumber cut in the
counfry.- Pennsylvania. which used TO
lead IN this Industry. now ranks ss
eighth among the States; Washington
coming frst and Louisiana second.
The New York city department OF
finance has made public q statement Of
the funded indebtedness OF the munici-
nalisv dawn 10 November 80. 1908. Az
that time there was a funded debt out
Standing ~ sTD4.lO0.f s9 and a tempo
rary debt Of s92.37s.200. making a
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4ss.asa.
W. A. Graham Clerk. a special agent
OF the Iiurean OF Manufactures. and an
expert In textiles. has been assigned to
investigate market conditions In Latin
American countries. lie viii first visit
New York. Providence. Pawtucket.
Boston and other points in New En-
gland. and confer with manufacturers
OF cotton goods and others interested.
The Royal Photographic Society. Of
England. has been annoyed by the re-
fusai OF the National Portrait Gallery
to exhibit photographs and has decid-
ed TO establish a national gallery Of
Photographic portraiture. The scheme
has met with enthusiastic support from
all those interested In the Photographic
art. A large number OF photographs
has been received and the gallery win
be thrown open TO the public at GER
tain periods in the near future.
Cutting the finger nails appears to
have been the most indispensable SER
vice the ancient Roman barber render.
ed to his patrons. Martial. chatting q
fop who had tried 10 dodge the barber
by using plasters TO remove his beard.
asks trinmphantly: "fIow are you go
ing to manage about your nailsf' And
the miser IN Plautus collects the par.
lngs OF his nails from the barber to
make something out OF them. appar
entity never dreaming that he could
save money by eating them himself.
A dramatic critic and his wife have
aisle seats at the opening Of certain
Broadway thcater The mascot Of the
house. a fine big Maltese cat, always
works hard at his job opening nights.
up and down the aisle and
the show from various points
on the floor. Early In the season Mrs.
Dramatic Critic and the cat discovered
that they were a.dnlties. and now every
opening night the mascot spends at
east two acts sleeping placidly in Mrs.
Dramatic Critics lap.-.New York Sun.
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