The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-23
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


operating a mica mine near Kodarma
India. on the East India railway. about
* aailes from Calcutta. Seven hand.
red hands are employed under a prae.
teal American mica man
Contracts have been LET FOR winni.
pess new municipal electric power
paass. 10 cost approximately sf.0i4.7oo.
The Winnipeg Electric Railway Com
pany has three times offered to sell
its Ire dn Bonnet plant TO the city.
Preliminary work for the eonstFue-
tion ,f india's large uew steel plant
near Kallmati station Is making good
Roadway. The plant on the Ramrana
Manganese property has proved 10 be
OF the highest value. A forty,nve mile
railway Is already under construction.
John Brown wac executed at Harp
ers Ferry on Dec 2. 1859 II was short
ly after IL O'Clock in the morning. Two
thousand Virginia soldiers were ranged
around the scano1d when be was
brought from his prison house and
placed In a wagon which was TO convey
him 70 the cen OF the execution.
The curator OF the museum u Brus
sells has just been pursuing an interest
Ing claim IN the Belgian courts. Ia
May last Mime. Bourlaat. The widow Of
an Psychologist. offered to the museum
two scarabs With inscriptions. which
the lady claimed related 60 4 voyage on
the coast OF Africa referred 10 BY Hero
dotus. The curator purchased the sea-
rabs for Sa.00A and. as may be imag
ined. they created a great deal OF inter
est in the learned world. the nnal tudg
ment Of which was that the so-cailed
antiquities we're forgeries- NJ capart.
the curator. has sued the widow for
the return OF the purchase price and
the courts have decided In hls favor.
From the war Department comes no
tiee OF an interesting relic formerly thr
property or President Lincoln Upon
the occasion Of his memorable visit 20
Gettysburg the President cut with hls
own hands a cane. which he afteFward
presented 70 his War Secretary. Edwin
w. Stanton. BY whom Il was naturally
highly prized- This cane IA now Ia fhe
possession Of Mr. Jahneke. president Of
the Jahncke Navigation Company Of
New Orleans. who married a grand.
daughter oe Secretary Stanton II has
a gold top with an engraved lnscrip-
ton. which was probably plaecd "a
the treasured souvenir b. Secretary
stanton-Natfonai Magazine
Few Swiss scholars have had a more
brilliant career than the new principal
OF the University Of Lausanne. Or. II.
Charles Louis Blanc was born In Tau
same. ngty years z and began his
studies al enc o. the primary schools
In the city. AT nineteen he took his do
gree in science. afterward going. as so
many swiss scholars have done. TO Ger
many. nrst to Stuttgart. thea 10 the
University OF FribourE e -Brisxau.
where be won bis doctorats In philoso-
ply with honorm since then be has
made his mark as . zooioxisf. and now
enjoys e European reputation. lie has
had a hand in research work and Ia
superintending geological museums In
Switzerland and ia Germany.
There ia at present an interesting ex
hibit ia No. 8 tank al the Brighton
Aquarium. says the London Globe. n Is
something like a 6oxfish. only much
while ia the matter OF sheer
agiiness Il stands unrivaied Its tech
we~mt mmw.m a. So $780, mka~k 70 =
SIX feet long and weighs from eighty 70
ninety pounds. while It's mouth looks
enough 10 take an elephant single
The shark cane into the pos
Of the aquarium ia rather q
manner A man named lane
Of Brighton was fishing some two miles
on the Palace pier wlth a long line.
be felt 9 vicious ting at bis hook.
He quickly "hauied tn his slack and <
then the topper came to light. Mr. Lane
st ones hurried ashore and placed the
in his new home. 4
Consul J.. N. Mccun OF Glasgow. fur :
1Ishes the following information con-
he waste ia coal consumption
md the prevention Of smoke and dust.
IS recently presented to bis associates I
y the chairman Of the Glasgow and {
West Of Scotland Technical College ]
The more recent knowledge on these
IubJeets showed that in most cases '
Imoke and dust were quite unnecessary 8
Of industry. ~fnvestiga- 2
Ions OF the recent royal commission on
oaI supplies have shown that the pres :
inefficient consumption or coal IN 0
treat Britain leads to a waste Of from Q
100000 10 e1.00s00O tons per annum 4
nd is also responsible for the greater 2
'roportion OF smoke and dust from .
they suffer. Thirty per cent of =
be total British consumption Of coal =
night be saved By employing the best .
nown means for such purpose" y
There was recently introduced in the 4
House OF Representatives q bill for the
urcbase Of the house IN Tenth street.
Washington, In which Abraham Lin
DIN died on April 10. 1865. The bin e
roposes the acquisition Of the two ad- n