The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-02-04

tlVn OF LondOnb petrol mOLOr-ouni-
buses are 10 be changed to an improved
system OF steam traction.
Miss Mary L. Cheek. Of Toboso. o.,
Is the only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS woman
rural mail carrier In the State. She
has served in this capacity for ak
years.
Prescott Ont. has become an en-
terIng port for American coal. One
firm landed 100000 tons there during
the navigation period OF last year. A
large unloading and loading plant has
been installed.
Mrs J. NJ. Barrie. wife OF the au-
thor. is said 10 be one OF the most
expert motorists In Great Britain She
owns three cars, In which she takes
long tours with her husband, but she
always manages the car herself
In the Congo the extravagance OF
the average white man is astounding.
Champagne Is the inyariable order OF
the day Tor men getting az low as a
few hundred dollars year, and the
Official usually lands In Antwerp after
three years with enough money for a
spree. when be must sign and 90 back
Worlds Work
The other day some 300 tons Of waste
paper were shipped out Of this city 70
paper mill In Michigan. 70 be ground
Into pulp. says the washington Star.
This stock represented the accumula-
lions Of four years OF cancelled money
orders. totallng 100000 sheets and
once representing a value OF $1,000
100000
George Hayward. aged 81. who has
Just died at Needham Market, lived
nearly all his life In the same house.
He never had days holiday and never
saw the sea. Hayward was formerly
In k-ssiness as butcher. and be was
in the habit Of wearing his apron az
church on Sundays beneath his frock
coat-London Daily Mail
Tom Reed and Jerry simpson. the
noted Popnlist Congressman. were great
friends Their good relationship came
after this Incident: Say. jerry" said
Reed. one day. why are you popu-
listf" For the same reason" said
Simpson. that you are a Republican
A majority OF the people OF our respect
I've districts are OF our way OF think
ing"
Conditions IN the gold-producing In
dusfry OF South Africa have greatly
changed, especially In immense saving
In working expenses. The total output
Of the sixty companies working on the
Rand in July was obtained at an aver
age cost OF lTs I'd ton The ex-
penses OF the Robinson mine. worked
out at lis lii1d a ton. compared with
an average for that mine just before
he Boer war OF 22s 1ld--London Cor
re~pondence New York Evening Post
A tale OF an Australian native boy
from a recent volume; "A boy accus-
toned to see his master. the owner Of a
station. jump bis horse over the gate
instead OF stopping to open It, tried TO
follow. The horse csntered I'D grand
ly. seemed to gather himself for the
jump and baked The boy shot out OF
the saddle and over the gate. As he
picked himself up and shook the dust
from bis clothes he glared back at the
horse. saying. You bury liar ="
One hundred and ten million cubic
feet OF gas were lost by leakage In
London last ycar--and that BY one COM
pany alone. II did not escape In rush.
and there was no explosion. II just
filtered away, little at a time Every
time heavy van crossed the road un-
der which a main lay breath OF coal
gas forced Its way through an lnfni-
tesimal crevice into space and freedom.
until enough to fill 500 balloons such as
that OF Count zeppciln's late airship
had been lost.
The water In Lake Champiain during
the recent drought reached the lowest
point recorded In local history, nine
feet below hlgh-water mark. Steamers
were obliged to abandon many OF their
trips on account OF the impossibility
OF making landings at the docks The
mountain brooks became almost dry,
and the beds OF some Of the largest riv-
ers were mere threads OF water. The
drought and forest fires were ruinous
to agricultural interests.--New York
Sun.
An Ingenious and amusing answer
was recently given by student In
the natural philosophy class at Prince
ton University. An Instructor gave the
question. "Debne transparent, trans
lucent and opaque" Il cannot, pro-
fessor." answered the student, precise
" define those terms, but l can indi-
cate their meaning in this way: The
windows OF this room were once trans
parent, they are now translucent. and
II not cleaned very soon they win be
paaue."--Lippincott'
The Island OF Hokkaido ia one OF
Japan's most valuable properties Ita
mineral production largely coal) In
creased from si.2so.o 900 in 1895 to near
ly 100000 In 1907. and this Is with
only a very small part OF Its mineral
field exploited. In order, as named.