The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-05-13
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be used In the collection OF letters.
II has been estimated that the eye
IDS OF the average man open and close
no fewer than 100000 times each
year.
Electric railways OF the United States
have attained a trackage OF over 10000
miles. nearly one-ffth that OF the steam
lines.
Great Tom Is the name OF the bell,
weighing about 1900 pounds. IN the
tower OF the Tom gate OF Christ
Church. Oxford II is tolled every
night AZ ten minutes past 8. closing
time
A Turkish wOmen's paper. with q
woman as editor and with women ar
contributors. has been in existence for
several years II informs its readers
that ANY contribution that is IN ac-
cordanee with Mussulman faith and
with Ottoman morals win be grateful
b received"
Mrs. W. w crhnnell is me editor OF
new quarterly. the organ OF the New
York Association Opposed 20 the
Further Extension Of Suffrage TO Won.
en-. The new publication contains only
four small pages Miss Harriet May
Minis edits the sSews Letter. the ofiicial
organ OF the New York Woman's
Suffrage Association. a magazine With
twenty-odd pages and a subscription
let said 10 be larger than that OF many
daily papers
II was telegraphed from Sydney taat
the American sailors were much at
tracfed By the novelty Of pretty bar
maids- The barmnids Of sydney and
Melbourne are the preffiesi IN the
world. They are mostly recruited from
Tasmania, the insuiar state Of the com
nlonwealih. which has been nicknamed
the -circassia o. the Colonies" on sc
count q The surprising LONELINESS o. It's
daughters. several OF whom have mar
riod titled Engiishmen.
Miss Annie s. Peck. OF Providence.
r. l.. who has Just succeeded IN climb
Ing Mount flnascnn IN the Andes. IL a
graduate Of Michigan University. class
% ISIS: studied 10 Germany and
Athens. and was for a time professor
~ latin ia Smith ce,iege. She IA
believer II woman suffrage and declares
that n one woman has perseverance, 10
climb 70 the top of a 2G.ooo-fooi noun.
tain. The ser IN general ought 70 be
able to get the right 10 vote.
A little book. called The Care for
the Coat has reccnfiy attracted some
attention IN England. The writer urges
that great advantage would he found
By small prorricsors iahorers and rural
residents IN keeping goats. -the poor
mans cow Costs milk. he says often
possesses fwice fhe richness n cows
MIX. Il vcry valuable FOR children. and
ray b. practically guaranteed as free
from The bacillus Of tuberculosis Goats
are cheap and chesply kept. since fhcy
readily ond food. and they demand lit-
he room.
The expedition organized BY the
American Museum o. Natural History.
which has been exploring the Fayum
desert. IN northern Erypf. seems 90
have located the place OF origin Of the
elephant IN TIE Tertiary age Remains
or the ancestral form Of elephants.
called the Mocriiherinm. were obtained
and rrsforaiions have been made by
Charles r. knight urdeF the direction
of Prof Osborn. From Northern Arr.
"a. u b affirmed. the elephant stock
migrated south through Africa. north
Into Europe and east and northeast
through Asia 70 America.
Mrs Emily Treat. 81 Hannibal. Mo-.
IL said 10 be the arst woman 70 be en-
ploycd ~ an Official court reporter IN
ihia country. some thirty-fve years
ago she accomplished one Of the great
~ .feafs shorthand reporter had ever
performed up to that time. she report
n snd made the transcript Of the ties.
limony IN railway lawsuit involving
\ large sum. II required something over
III months for her 20 complete the tran
.crint hut when r. was done she re
revived high commentator for the ex-
rcilcnce OF her work and the sum Of
5000. Mrs Treat is still In active
service.
The william Smith College for Won
N IN connection with Hobart College
has Just been formally opened The
funds for the new college were given
W William smith. q Geneva. ~ Y.
One Of the speakers on the occasion OF
ne opening said that n the new insti-
utlon had been made eo-educational he
vas sure there would have been much
opposition to II. but as II was co-or-
Innate he had not heard a single word
n objection. There were several
women among the speakers One Of
he dormitcries Il named for DR.. Eliza
eth Blackwell, the FIRST woman to
,raduate from n medical college In this
ountry. an alumna Of Hobart
Dolls have been and are the national
Ieritagc OF the child Of all ages and
arcs. Not long ago a little English
fri, carrying doll. was taken into
he CeyIon village at the Franco-Brit-