The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-08-05

The number Of books exported fru<w
Germany By German publishers Lass
year exceeded 42yOoo,Oo0. weighed a.
10000 pounds and were valued at sls,-
100000
Japan has thirty-fwo fimepiecs face
tories. which turn out annually goods
raiued at nearly $4,000; the latest 8S-
llrez being 2os.7s2 standing clocks. All
1855 hanging clocks and $500 watches
Belgium has a Sunday postage stamp
issued for those who do not wish to
ave their mail delivered on Sunday.
AL mail bearing the Sunday stamp Is
held over by the carriers for delivery
Monday.
The Yellowstone National Park. comp
pristn9 1892 square miles. was SEES
apart BY act Of Congress in 1872 az q
national park to preserve from destruc~
tive molestation the most wOnderfns
group Of natural features and phencns~
ena known within the boundaries Of fhg
United States.
After fifteen years Of labor. Professor
Brown, OF Yale University. has com
pleted series OF many thousands OF
minute observations by means Of whfcs
he hopes 10 determine the exact posi-
rion OF the moon. lie Is about to re-
tire 10 his house In Maine TO begin fhe
work Of calculation. which he estimates
yin occupy at least ten years
The tantalum lamp is very desirable
from the fact that II is Of high ezflcieB-
ey. but IL Is not adapted for many OF
the fixtures az present In use. for tho
reason that II must hang vertically,
whereas more often than not. the lamps
In the existing fixtures hang at an am
gle. An adapter has been recently
invented by which this discrepancy 10
overcome.
Kipling is town which has 5usx
blossomed out Ia Canada. where there
Ia only one town OF Shakespeare. There
is a Shakespeare in Kosciusko County,
Indiana However. the great EnElzzk3
drnmatist was never popular among tho
new-town manners in North America. ss-
though there are in the United States
l&AAA lAA4l02Ars AAANE 1ttttAH4A&A%-41s 4-Fffe
Dickenses. thirfy-odd SCOTS. twenty
Byrona. two Tennysons and one Thack-
cray. But there Is no Browning ON th~
American map
Every precocious boy does not leo
come a brilliant man, but some brflliaBS
men have been precocious IN childhood
John Ruskin. the great English esssylxs
and critic On art was such q chii6. AZ
the age OF be wrose verses In rhyme
and kept journal or diary. This jour
nal was really record CT trips fhrougb
England that be took with his father
His interest In the old eatbedrals ana
In ghe bits OF scenery that be saw DUR
ing these journeys betrayed the tastes
that In later years decided his careers
I'VE Two send the following to tao
London Express: I'VE are 8 young co.,
pie and at the present rate Of salaries
for bank clerks Il VIII be eight. or even
ten years before we can marry. ga this
Is too far ahead to think Of. and We
have f2O0 $1,000 between us. we arc
determined to strike out for ourselves.
and at the thousands Of breakfast ts-
bles all over England where the EFT
press Is daily read we would. with your
kind permission. appeal for ideas as t~
the best way Of making = good starrsy
with the recent return OF the yagnx
Galilee. at San Francisco. the ocean
magnetic survey work is closed for fns
present. until the construction of wes~
sci specially adapted for the work has
been completed Plans for the new ruM~
sci are now being prepared br Henry T.
Gielow. naval architecf and engineer
The Galilee was chartered hy the Car
negie Institution. Of Washington. and
under the command Of W j. Peters. she
was away nearly three years The to-
tai length Of the cruises trsversed In
the Pacific ocean during this period In
about 65.ooo miles.
In the northern part OF India sheep
are put to use unthought Of IN Euro
pe&n or American countries. They are
made to serve as beasts OF burden. BE-
cause they are more sure footed thau
larger beasts, and the mountain paths
among the foothills OF the Himaiayam
ara steep and difiicult The load for
each sheep Is from sixteen &c twenty
pounds The sheep are driven from VII
lage 70 village. with the wool still grow
IND. and In each town the farmer shears
AZ much wool as he can sell there AID
oads the sheep with the grain which be-
receives In exchange. After his flock
has been sheared he turns n homeward~
zach sheep having % its back smaA
sag containing the purchased grain.
Several anchors have recently bee>
made at the maynard at Charlessowns
Ifass.. which are She largest ever made
or any purpose. Four anchors are used
N battleshlys generally, and the new
lnchors are being shipped In sets to the ID
Pacific coast. One pair OF THIS set or u
our weigh l7.60o pounds each rh<
argest anchors eyer forged prior u
hose now being used weighed l0.5oo
,ounds each and cost 5000 each. They
rere also made at the Charlestown.
ard. Each Of the bis anchors required n
he work OF i've men Tor month. ham-