The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-21

f"@~t" 81 WIN ohiuntn1 dINofdtnh
TO Queensland Judge. who held that
there was no penalty for stealing them.
Mexico is destined 10 become a prom.
inent factor as producer OF refined
petroleum. New wells are belrg con-
stantly discovered.
Europe Is growing steadily colder. nc
coIding 10 a beyy OF French seleitlsts
who have been comparing records for
rumber OF years back.
Although tut a few miles from the
mouth OF the river Thames. noted for
Its fogs. the atmosphere OF Horne bay,
England. is rarely obscured.
A Kansas carpenter has patented a
device 10 be attached 10 a saw 20 blow
away the sawdust A piston. struck ~
the wood being sawed. sends current
Of air through curved tube.
Miss Anna Pritchett OF Louisville.
KY. has been appointed 10 the chair OF
economies AT Wellesley College. She
has just passed her twenty-nfth birth
day and Is the youngest member OF the
faculty.
New York ciU's smallest borough
has the largest population. Manhattan.
with It's i4.03s acres. has a population
o. $4,000. and Queens. the largest Dor
ough. with s2.S63 acres. has a pop. 'ia-
ton OF 224.Oo0.
Taking the building operations Of
this whole country into consideration
o0-ss per cent were for wooden struc-
lures and 39.i2h per cent for nre-re-
sistlng buildings. but the cost OF the
latter amounts TO 72.6T per cent Of the
total
Six gates weighing 10000 ponds
each will be used AZ the Roosevelt dam
In connection with the Salt River prob
ecf being erected by the United Sta .
Reclamation Service. The gates win
bear a total maximum pressure o. So
600 pounds
Naturally. San Francisco leads the
list In the Increased building operation
staussics- The total number OF build.
ing permits issued ia San Franci~so
during 1907 was i2.i26 for buildings 10
cost s9i.502.2so an Increase Of i62 per
cent over the building IN 1906.
Count serglus White Is not only no
longer AZ the helm OF the Russian gov
ernment. but stands almost alone even
Ia the council OF the empire. Neyeribe-
less 4 strong feeling prevails sl=;; Count
Whites day Is not done. but that he
will BE- recalled IN the first emergency.
A Scotch laboring man. who had mar
ried . rich widow. exceptional for her
plainness. was accostcd b. his employ
er. swell. Thomas he said. Il hear
you are married. What sort Of wife
have you Kotf- "well. STIR was the
RESPONSE. shes the Creators haudi-
work. but Gamma Say she's Ills mas
'crpicce.-
The railways % Great Britain nave
$685.. ri. Ds3 paid up capital Thdr
net earnings IN 1907 amounted 10 s1iS.-
ssa.S2i out Of 1891. scf.g55 gross cara
ingr The trackase Is 23.i0i miles over
which wee carried last year 4oT.7io-
COO cons Of minerals and ios.2gi.ooo
tons Of merchandise. The passengers
numbered i.2oo.ii7.Ooo.
Charles A. Kcath. who holds one OF
the American Rhodes scholarships re-
Gently rcturn.d to Philadelphia 10 join
the 81. Louis baseball team OF the
American League. lie has put 10 one
year az oxford and has two more
ahead Of him. Keath said the only prac-
tice he could get az oxford had been
with other American Rhodes zen
A shortage OF loo school teachers
Il reported In oklahoma. The cause 10
said 70 be the small salaries Of women
teachers. The club women declare that
II the salaries 81 the women teachers
were made TO equal those Of the men.
the shortage would cease 20 exist. In
the meantime women out OF employ
mcnt are looking to Oklahoma for
places.
"woman's place AZ the University
OF Berlin says the Tageblatt OF that
city. "has already become an important
one. although her rights have not yet
been fully recognized there. According
70 the latest report. 40 women we're en-
tered at the largest high school last !
summer and 1853 attended the winter |
session. Degrees were conferred on |
twelve; ten In medicine and two IN
There was a suburban woman whose
house. one summer. was overrun with
moths. A tramp told her that. In re-
turn for n square meal. he would give
her an lnfallible moth cure. She set
n square meal before the tramp. he de-
veurcd Il. then he sald "All ye need
10 do. ma'am. is to hang your moth
oiled clothes and carpets and things
on a line and beat EN- with stick.
Good.by TO yer moths then" "will /
hat kin themY' asked the lady. "Yes,
4 ye hit en-" said the tramp.
In recently published biography Of
Aflscha Gilman. the viollnist, the writer
-. t.f,t.. t.ns CANA hnnnafiv nv HIS