The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-07-15

i, oieo IN Ne" tOfk bLate IN 1908.
OF an average each resident OF Bel
lin Is said 70 spend one-eleyenth 0
his income on intoxicating drink.
II is estimated that the Canadian
Northwestern coal field. between Nor
rissey and Banff. contains about As,
100000 tons OF coal.
In connection with the recent tria
OF Chatham lEng) dockyard men fol
thefts OF old metal. the auditors re
port on the navy says: Some OF the
eonspirators obtained leave OF absence
from the dockyard In order actively
70 carry out the thefts"
A seyen-foot alligator has been dis
porting himself in the canal near
Pine street bridge. He has afforded
much amusement for the school chill.
dren, for the gator has evidently q
musical ear. lie only appears when
singing is going on in the school
When this fact became known a mum
Der OF the children went to the bridge
and 70 the strains OF Onward Chris
tian Soldiers" sung by them, he laxl.
iy came from his hiding place and en-.
joyed the impromptu concert The
experiment has been repeated seyera,
times with success.-Ft Pierce (Fla.
Tribune.
Amsterdam enjoys an enviable rep
utation for It's cleanliness. Owen Felt
ham. who visited Holland IN the sew
enteenth century. was particularly i'm
pressed By the sDotlessness OF it
streets and houses. Whatsoever thei,
estates be- he writes. their housef
must be fair Therefore. from Amster
dam they have banished seacole. lesi
Il soyie their buildings Every door
seemed studded with diamonds. The
nails and hinges hold a constant
Brightness. as II rust there was not
quality incident 70 iron Their houses
they kept cleaner than their bodies
their bodies than their souls"
Australia has an area OF 2.s7s sol
square miles In 1906 the estimated
white population was s.lis.ssI, and
the estimated residue OF the aborig
mai black fellows" about $4,000. oil
these fully 10000 are within the lin
Us OF the state OF Queensland, which
occupies the northeastern part OF tho
continent and has a white population
OF about 100000 on an area Of GO 00t
square miles. The Australian aborig
ines are not civlllzabIe and have ,
very low Intellectual capacity. The,
are cared Tor by a well considered
system OF laws and are looked after :
by protectors" located AZ numerous
points throughout the continent
A query has been addressed TO Kew
- 10 the wood used for mummy cot
hns IN Egypt which was stated b, e
he correspondent 70 be that OF syca. Il
more. Some pieces OF mummy cofar a
wood were presented 20 Kew in 1879 q
y II. II. Calvert. British consul a, Il
alexandria. and later specimens Of Il
he wood OF Ficus sycomorus were a.
orwarded from Egypt by DR.. schwein. "
urih. The microscopic structure OF Al
hose specimens has been comnared d
a the laboratory. and we. learn from
be Bulletin that there Is no reason %
doubt that the mummy coins re co
erred TO were made from the wood ",
Fieus sycomorus-the sycamore fg co
Westminster Gazette. III
Cattaro. the Austrian sea gate OF hu
Iontenegro. which was recently be SCI
eyed TO be threatened by Prince va
icholas guns. was held by Montene lpu
10 once for little time. Montene no
70 acquired It In 1918 with the aid Co
British squadron. Any inhabit
Il OF Cattaro who was contemporary lns
It'll the rise and fall OF Napoleon IN,
ust often have had to pause and co,
Ink what country he belonged 10 the
" having been Venetian for cen. cor
ries. cattaro became Austrian by ov.
e treaty OF Campo Formio. and rtai. Phi
D In 1906. by the peace OF Press Re-
re- Il was absorbed in the French col
lpire In 1910. and wrested from 4, -.
1913, and finally. in 1914. Russia NJ
npelled Montenegro to give It M No,
Austria. -
d. the worlds islands Borneo and 30,
" Guinea are accounted the two wit
gest. As their areas have not been tor
urately ascertained. It is uncertain liab
ich is the larger Of the two. Au. Ally
rifles vary. some calling New A
Inca the largest island on sar.a. lion
,e the second largest. It's area IL amc
mated at about $4,000 square obi,
es-greater than that OF all our IN 4
antic coast States from New Jer con,
to Florida. with West virginia Won,
ed. or this vast isle the Dutch ertr
| nearly haif-and the best half Az :,
west OF longitude 141 east OF spn,
enwich. This large tract Of land. Han
mated at $4,000 square miles MORT,
q than three times the extent OF rsed
State Of New York--is practically ests,
Ap'oreu' cord
be following gems OF literature by {
bona fde examples OF the erudi. dura
possessed by certain students as al
are taking this years course Of ture
lish A at Harvard. An effort to heait
g something about the word "vul. take.