The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-09

a The Royal Academy Of England wa
; founded In 176S. The building, in Lon
q don. In the Renaissance style wa
erected by smlrke IN ls6s-e9.
Dean Ramsay tells OF an old lady o
Edinburgh who ordered her maid q
call upon the doctor every morning an.
report the latest particulars as to he
mistress health. always carefully add
Ing her compliments. At last one da,
the girl ARRIVED with. Miss S.,
compliments. aud she deed last nigh
AZ aieht o'clock"
I The idea that the wedding rims
should be worn on the third finger Of
the left hand because'a nerve connects
this finger with the heart. Is. says the
writer OF an article In W0man's Life
OF Roman origin. but. oddly enough. Is
not continued on the continent as IN
England. for In France. Belgium and
Germany. and most other European IN.
lions, the engagement ring finger Is
the third finger Of the left hand. while
the wedding ring finger IS the third
finger or the right hand.
DIR. w. A Evans. chlcago's health
commissioner. does not believe In hav-
ing smoking ears on elevated railroads
or In permitting the use q tobacco on
the front platforms Of street ears. He
has written letters 10 the presidents OF
the companies. suggesting that as smok.
Ing Is conducive TO expeetoration. and
as splitting is prejudiclal 10 public
health and violation OF the city ordi
nances as well. the easiest way 10 get
rid OF the splitting eva win be by abol
ishing smoking on public conveyancs-S
George F. Parker. in his relnlni
scenes OF Mr.. Cleveland IN McClure's
Magazine, tells OF the enormous mum
Der OF gifts sent TO a President. After
his first term Mr.. Cleveland Insisted on
going through his vast collection. and
In describing the incident Mr.. Parker
says: -Upon unlocking the disused
room into which perhaps ten or twelve |
thousand separate articles had been
cast. We might well have thought our
selves In a Photographic warehouse
There must certainly have been b.
tween SIX and seven thousand photo
graphs"
A business communication Ia Arabic
recently reached a Manchester firm.
and when translated By Syrian In
terpreter proved to contain request
for the price OF coppering two water
sheep" Of certain given Dimensions
The translator was confident Of his yer.
sion. but admitted that he had not
known what water sheep" could be.
For the moment even the heads Of the
irm were puzzled. until Il struck some
me that this was the nearest synonym
n the vocabulary OF pastoral peopls
or hydraulic rams = Manchester
Guardian
The corner stone OF the Washington
fonument was laid By President Polk,
uly 4. 1S4S. and December 8. 1854. thu
ap stone was set IN position. The
are 12BiS feet square and 6
8 feet 8 inches deep. The base Of the ,
onument Is IS feet IL inches square.
nd the walls Is feet u inch thick. At e
ie 50o-foot mark. where the pyramldal $
y begins. the shaft Is 81 feet 81 v
Iehes square and the wallis are IS Il
iches thick The monument Is made
blocks OF marble feet thick. and Il
IS said there are over $4,000 OF them. a
Ie height above the ground IL 555 70
et- IN
Revelations concerning the double
reer Of the Russian terrorist police %
ent. Azeff. recall story told OF Louis o,
VIII, King OF France. and Fouebe. br
10 had been at one time Napoleon's Va
mister OF police. After the Bourbon
storation the King asked Fouche =,
lether he had set spies over him dur ~
: the empire Fouche admitted that
had who was the spy7" the King -.
red. and be was Informed that II had
N the Comte de Biaeas How much
he getY' continued the King Two =
ndred thousand francs a year. your
jesty." -Ah. well" said Louis. he ~
3 honest, then. after ALL. had -
~ aio
The experiment OF holding services Ia
open air. instead OF inside the ~
Irch, Is being attempted By one Of s~
Congregational church ministers at o.
ldigo. The parson IN question, &C. -
ding to an Australian paper Just 10 ea'
ID, having In mind the badly ven. !
ted condition OF many churches and son
fact that the congregations are not JOE
avs composed OF those who are In Bol
best Of health. has decided that II Jon
people are agreeable the Sunday sec'
ming services shall be conducted for
remainder Of the warm weather ner
ne open air. There are, no doubt, fou
" people in this country who would mai
to see this experiment tried over not
} ON hot Sunday evenings,--west dar
ster Gazette. q
young man who prides himself on pay
& In the front rank among the pre-
ionable people appeared at one OF vais
uptown restaurants last Saturday SIR
ing when the theater parties as sen'
lied, and attracted much attention It'll
use Of bis costume II was the reg. q
on evening suit as to cut, but con age
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