The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-02-25

goes INTO effect In Denmark, January J.
The total number OF sailing vessels
IN the world is double that OF steam
ers
The average number OF deaths
through railway accidents in Holland
is one a year.
The city OF Milwaukee has almost
abolished the use Of horses In all mu-
niciDal departments.
Tattooed portraits OF the last six
French presidents we're found on the
skin OF a burglar named Berth arrest.
ed In Paris.
Two million dollars viii be spent In
improvements on the great steel plant
Of the Omitted States Steel Corporation
AT Emsiey. Ala
A i.OOOhorsepower vertical gas en-
CINE. said 70 be the largest Of its kind.
was recently put into operation at Run
corn. England. driving an electric gem
entor.-Al,waukee Free Press.
The proposed American exposition to
be held In London next year has been
thoroughly organized and special efforts
are being made 20 secure exhibits from
the western part OF this country.
Although there are only eighteen nags
used IN the international code Of sig
nails which Is used By warships aud
merchant ships ali over the world. they
can be made 10 represent no fewer than
10000 distinct signals
The welland canal. which connects
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, is twenty
seven miles long. II was begun In 1924
and completed In 1893 It's original IL
menslons have been greatly enlarged.
and there is now depth OF fourteen
feet.
Prof Frederick Starr. anthropologist
AZ the University Of Chicago. has been
made an officer OF public instruction
under the French government. The con-
sui explained that this was one OF the
highest honos in recognition OF bis
work in Mexico.
The winter Of 1858 was a hard one
In Europe. Charles X. OF Sweden
crossed on the Ice the Little Belt. the
strait between Fsinen and the Peninsula
OF Jntland. with his whole army-foot.
horse. baggage and artillery. The riv-
ers In Italy bore heavy carriages.
According TO the accepted authorities
there are 3.42f spoken languages IN the
world to-day: or. perhaps. Il would be
more accurate to say dialects or this
number 937 are AsIatic. 5sT European.
go African and I.024 American. BY
far the greatest number OF these be-
long 20 savage and semi-savage tribes
and nations
Frances Society for the Prevention
o. Cruelty 10 Animals has taken action
against einemafograph company for
an act OF unprecedented brutality 20 a
horse. In series OF pictures called
The Lovers Revenge" a carriage
drawn BY a horse was seen to rush over
the edge Of Cliff and be dashed to
pieces The pictures had not been
faxed. on old blind horse harnessed
10 a carriage was really driven over
The edge Of the cliffs near Boulogne to
obtain them.
The work OF compiling a great tech
1icai dictionary. which was begun I'M
Ter the auspices OF the Association OF
serman Engineers. has been abandoned
N account OF the great cost. which. IL
was discovered. would be four times
greater than originally contemplated.
There Is great need OF just such a die
lonary as was proposed IN all the arts.
sciences and crafts. and the decision OF
he German engineer viii be heard with
'egret by workers all over the world.
The Journal OF the American Medl-
al Association has the following:
Modern civilization furnishes no bet
er example than this OF the possible
'ictory over pestilence and disease.
shen the warfare is carried ON In the
light OF modern scientific knowledge.
The building OF the Panama canal aud
he sanitary record Of the japanese In
heir war with Russia are the two great
bject lessons OF recent years. demon
trasing that men can neither work nor
ght to the best advantage unless pro-
ected from infection and prevenhble
diseases"
One OF the great railroads to the Pa
ific coast is pcrfecting plans for for
st OF eucalyptus trees in San Diego
ounty, Calf. from which to obtain a
tcady supply OF crossties ranch OF
600 acres has been purchased for this
urpose. and as start COO acres will
e planted. IL is estimated that in
Ighteen years the company will be able
B harvest from six to eight ties to a
rec. and keep up the harvest thereafter
,ntinually. At present the system !
SEES about 100000 ties annually. In ,
ghteen years the company thinks II
m be able to obtain from fits forest
100000 annually.
Money circulates in Mexico from /
,cket to pocket. Almost every MeNi- q
IN In professional or business life car I
es on his person anywhere from $500 q
$500. Even the poor Indian In his v
anket can more than likely produce {
greater sum than the average travel