The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-01
SOMETHING FOR Ev ERyBoDY


N@eNeo sAAt3-t"o NdloulpS anu TORY
In four vessels Of the merchant marine.
n Gold. silver and lead mines are.
Is said. TO be worked extensively Il
e the bleak district Of Innlshowen. coun
s " OF Donegal. ireland. overlooking thu
: Atlantic.
Three women were among the eighty
I nine applicants who recently took the
Z examination for postal clerks at Buff
falo' The highest grade. 500. was
obtained BY Miss Mary PfapD. All OF
the women applicants were successful.
. while only S5 per cent OF the men
passed.
Mrs. Louise Waterman Carpenter OF
Brookline. Mass. has just passed her
one hundred and second birthday. She
vas born at Warwick. X. l.. and Is
direct deseendent OF Roger Williams,
She Is In good health and active enough
10 get about unassisted aud until three
years ago felt no need for glasses.
Girls have gone In for many Chinese
fashions, such as the mandarin Jacket.
the kimono sleeve and the chrysanthe-
mum embroidery. but the wearing Of
i've buttons on the coat or Jacket Is a
new idea. unknown to the many. The
Chinese wear these five buttons 10 re-
nind them OF the i've moral virtues
which were recommended by ConfucuS
These are: Humanity. justice. order
'eetitude and prudence.
The Women's Progressive AssocIa-
lion OF New South Wales has won
what 1t considers great victory. Three
aundred thousand dollars had been
Foted to Increase the salaries OF the
teachers OF the public schools. The
nen teachers. II reports are true. tried
10 gobble II all up. but the association, Il,
whose members are all voters. thought 4
he women teachers were entitled To a I
hare They fought the point and :
Won. q
See kans-i-to. a Caddo Indian. al.
racted considerable attention and won b
Ter at the Rock Island depot on Sat. q
rday as he went north on the noon a
rain from BiDger 10 his home town. b
lie beats the old German OF New York. c
fouter Van Twlller, who was ) feet Ia
inches tall and feet ) Inches "
round This Indian Is feet Inches "
I'll and I feet inches around lie m
20 years old and weighs COG pounds. VI
-Watonga (Okla.l Herald.
Large or small gamer" asked the M
ngiishman invited by New Yorker bu
go hunting on Land Island. You ~
mt expect 10 find lions and tigers on du
'ng Island. do your answered the th'
sw Yorker. Hardly" responded the pla
riton with laugh. ~but I like a spice Tea
danger In my hunting" III that's
case" answered the other. I'm rca
ur man. all right The last time / ear
mt out shot my brother-ln.law IN wo'
E leg" est
Peat beds In Ireland may yet BE- wa
ne a valuable asset In the country's oiti
lustrial development other than for stea
\. as II is now claimed upon the au- a
'rity OF an austrian experimenter. e"n
bbres Of the remains Of the reeds De
! CRUISES Of which peat Is composed -
be utilized not only Tor paper max.
and carpets. but Tor weaving tho X
st fabrics as we'll The claim Is put .
IN that the fiber Is elastic and dur Coz
E and. being nOnconductor OF heat.
cloth manufactured from Il Is as U
Oh as linen and as warm rs wooden. ton
ir William Ramsay's declaration as and
the probable near achievement Of ore
transmutatlOn Of metals Is q vivid one
anee OF the way modern science Il e2cil
what only a short time A
was dismissed as superstition. In 'ohs
box only fifty years old a writer stree
RIDES as folly the medical practice Iecti
he middle ages of putting smallpox ne "
ents In red room. draped with sto
hangin9s. curtains and red 49,. my I
les. Yet the value Of red light In 'hat
emitting the sufferers being marked 81
DallpOx was scientifically discover
new a few years ago by Finsen, up
e violet light rays fame. eorne
q ~ ,ha No.. -, 49,, sheet
~ was the mechanical chess play. '"iiu
ith which Baron Kempelen Of 49,,
'ary, ast0nished Europe about the ~
1769. This was apparently a az. asNsu
controlled BY mechanical devices. 'as'y
which was able. Notwithstanding Nv
act that apparently no intelligence Ie' -
In its movements and Nv.
ons. generally to beat its human ~ MI
onists. The cabinet connected oes' ?
the automaton appeared entirely NY ~
nall to contain hidden operator. Dur
ret 1t did conceal a man who was
pert chess player. He was a nsn
patriot who had lost both OF iou =
g. This man. WOropsky By
was an expert player. With ui'ur'
D the cabinet the rest was easy. ~ gre
- - 80 s''e aust legend "Gra
49, ra- c. 'ou' " ue'li- found
- ie.Viueu nint OF zinel
-. 20 .sr,ol.,',,. ~, s'N.n cen He !
the early Christians In their Of. 80, ~
10 stamp out the necromancine 10, .,, ae
} Of evilly disposed persons prone d..,,,..
( power by uDhOly means. The 10. -
IffOn of the namo NJ Ito,,.t 49, ''n' W