The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-07-22
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


be divorced on that charge alone
II is computed that all the land in
England is owned by fewer than 5000
people.
The boilers OF the turbiner Maure
tania. placed end TO end. would meas
ure 547 feet in length.
A meteorite that weighs $50 pounds
has just been brought from Cripple
Greek. Colo. and placed in the Amer
lean Museum OF Natural History IN
New York City.
Last year more wheat went 20 Eu-
rope from the port OF Montreal than
from New York and all other Atlantic
seaports combined. Yet Montreal IL
a comparatively long distance from
the ocean proper and $50 miles from
the nearest salt water.
The little King Of Uganda is an IN
telligent boy. IL years old. now be-
ing educated by an English tutor. The
fact that be is keen football player
Is itself good sign that be has been
trained on right lines.-My visit 10
Uganda. by Bishop J. z. Hine.
There are three cathedraIs at Men
60. Uganda. all on neighboring hills
The Mengo cathedral OF St Paul.
Church OF England. has a congrega-
ton OF 1900. The other cafhedrals
are Roman Catholic, one English. the
other German. both large buildings.
In Constanunople a few better class
women are feeling their way" in re-
gard 10 dress. but Ike all pioneers
they suffer for their cause. II the
customary heavy black veil is thinner.
II the hair has an appearance OF be-
ing pulled out beneath its covering. II
the rich silk mantle Is cut to show
the slender form or more mature
curves OF It's wearer. she is immedi
ately an object OF much attention and
remark from Turk and Christian.
A German correspondent writes that
the s5.00O-ton floating dock launched
in February. 1903. from the shipyards
OF Blohm & yoss. az Hamburg. is by
far the largest In the world. being
double the size Of the United States
floating dock Dewey. which SO far
claimed this distinction. The dock is
capable OF receiving vessels OF thirty
three feet draft and Is made up OF
six pontoons. connected together in a
solid system By two continuous side
compartments.
No city has a happier name than
Ispahan-the rendezvous" When
visited by the traveller Chardin. IN the
early part OF the eighteenth century.
Il contained i73 mosques. forfy-eighf
colleges. I.S00 caravansaries and z73
public baths. But the Afghans. the
local vandals. who did not care for
bathing. destroyed the aqueducts and
slaughtered the bathers. In the mat
Ter Of great public squares Ispahan
can easily outrival am European city.
The MeydAn. or great square. is a
third OF a mile in length and about
half that breadth. II Was once encir-
cled by a canal bordered by fine trees.
but these have long since vanished /
along with the canal.
The proceedings in a libel action
now being heard in the Berlin courts |
are causing a sensation In medical cir
cles. The plaintiff. a well-known Ber-
lin doctor. alleges that the defendant /
accused him and others OF paying CON-
missions to agents in order TO secure
patients. The evidence has shown
that many prominent doctors. and
even professors whose reputation ex-
tends beyond their own country. en-
ploy paid agents IN society to enlarge
their clientele. well-known women
are said to have made Il their bust
ness to sell their sick friends to the
highest bidder. The Berlin Medical
Society will demand an explanation
from several members.
Remarkable has been the career OF
f. c. Selous. the famous hunter and
explorer. who accompanies AIR. Roose-
Welt on his African big game expedi-
lion. He was only 20 years OF age
when he went TO Matabeleland. in
lays when railways were unknown
there and when the interior OF the
country was sealed book to the Eu-
-opean. For years he was in unknown
countries hunting elephants. lions and
,ther animals and at one period he
vas nearly three years without see
ng newspaper. a telegram or any |
lind OF money and he was perfectly
Happy He spent nearly a quarter Of
/ century Of his life penetrating the
Interior of South Africa. Then he
vent to Alaska on a 15.000-mile tour
{ search OF moose and caribou.
When the free trade bill for the
passes Congress and comes ,
u to President Taft for signature,
avs the Manila Times. he win have
gold pen with pearl handle made :
Wholly OF gold and pearl from the
philippines with which to afix his sig. !
Iature to that important document. 4
'ome time ago Manager schwinges OF A
a Concha button factory conceived
be idea OF making pearl handled
old pen and pearl inkstand. to Be
emit to President-elect Taft as me
lento Of the Philippines that might a