The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-25
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sxs ever sold In London at once Wv.
fhs 10000 pounds disposed Of at q r
cent auction sale.
The coat OF the Slmplon tannel WI
s1Aso0osoo0. and 1t Is regarded AZ hesn
cns OF the greatest engineering achiev'
ments Of the age.
The slmplon tunnel was begun NJ
veznber 10, 1898 and the Swiss an
italian boring parties met at T:2
a. m. February "a. 1905
a. German travelling In Brasil say
that there are kinds OF coffee Their
which. as prepared by the natives. ar
SO superior 70 ordinary coffee as cham
payne Is TO ordinary wine.
Immigration from Europe is turning
70 Chile quite strongly. Scarcely q
steamship arrives without a number OF
immigrants. The italian steamship
Chile brought 1857 on it's last voyage
Overwhelmed by the quantity OF wine
pressed last fall. an agriculturlst OF
Emilia. italy. has sealed up one OF the
rooms OF his house and converted 1t
into a vat for lack OF enough bats.
Elm bark. cloves. olibanum. putchuck.
sandalwood dust. CARGO. laka. anlse
seed. musk. a peel. galango. dried
ginger. sapanwood. rhubarb, myrrh,
cassia and camphor enter nto the COM
position OF Chinese incense
One OF the newly elected members OF
the Oregon Legislature his
intention of Introducing at the next
session a bill making 1t a crime to
shoot any person under the belief that
such person Is a deer or a ca~nvas-back
duck.
When the Simplon tunnel was made
In Switzerland the old road over the
pass was no longer kept free of NOW
In winter This. however. resulted In
so much Inconvenience that 1t has been
decided to keep the road p all the
year.
The name blue laws was given 70
the first collection of laws framed for
the government Of the Nex Haven coli
ony. They were published in collective
form in 1850, the volume being In a
biuc cover. which CAV rise to the name
that has chung TO the laws ever since.
Magdeburg. Germany. has bought
from an inventor a sand-strewfng
wagon built on the lines Of a water
Fagon. TO be used for strewing frozen
Streets with a coating of sand The
is unusually effective On asphalt
where horses have a hard time
TO mainain q footing in cold weather.
The Government has been taking a
Of the horses OF the country, and
that there are over 100000
horses and nearly 100000 mules in i
the United States. This is q greater {
OF horses by several hundred !
thousand than were reported previous I
The -horseIess age" is evidently Z
lot yet In sight Z
The estimated total wealth of the :
United Stats Is nearly twice that Of
>ngiand. According to the latest esti- :
lafes obtalnable the rating is as fol- :,
,ws United States. s116.OO0OO0,OO0; :.
reat Britain and ireland, $50. ,O00.- :
10: France, $42.so0.O0O,0O0: Germany. q
&sbJVsDFOrbpV nu@&f&. &5Os0OsVBV,UVV -
ustrfa- Hungary. s20.OOO.O0O,OO0.
IL La announced that a remarkably In y,
discovery has been made In m
e cafacombs Of Priscilla at Rome in A.
g form Of the following inscription: ~
n isto loco Petrus fuit.g signor -
the eminent archeologist, is -,
nvinced. after careful study Of cir m,
instances, that the Petrus is none ~
her than the Apostle ST. Peter. ha
The latest figures Of the old age PEN oil.
N scheme in Ireland show that no. OF
0 claims have been made. OF these th.
per cent have been approved by the Do
nmissIoners. as against 81 per cent
England, % per cent in Scotland and
per cent I'm Wales. II Is estimated.
correspondent OF the Chicago Daily
WIS writes, that the total amount of i,
ney that win go to ireland under -
law will closely approximate s10,- car
1000 yearly. cal
In Interesting discovery has been 7
de hear La Battle Montsalien. the To
lent Mons Selencus. II Ia a Roman In
jar measuring Just thirteen feet In test
sumference, and hooped with iron. TIVE
sr By were found some stelap, and r
Able Guillaume. the department CEN
hivfst, is engaged In declphering the Wo
in inscriptions The jar has been ger,
red I'm the museum at Gap TO enrich n
me eoiiecuon OF homan antiquities wei
'o nei ed v
OF the contractors in Panama a fl
very much annoyed by the exceed chat
~laziness Of the native workmen un- with
him He resolved TO make them the
of their indolencs, so one day III
n they we're all lined up, he said: terry
9 got a nice, easy Job for the Iazi- swift.
man please step forward Fifty succ
Of them stepped forward, but one on |
aimed behind. why didn't you come Is o
Tard with the others?g he asked. ont
I'm too lazy" was the reply. As
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