The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02
FACTS m TABLOID FORM


IN proportion 70 population lnan any
other country.
1 Rhode Island received It's name from
what was supposed 70 be resem-
piance in contour 70 the Island Of
Rhodes In the Mediterranean.
Mrs. Isabella Mccosh. wife OF the
late president OF Princeton Uniyer-
sity. has just celebrated her ninety
second birthday. J. W. Alexander has
Just finished a portrait Of Mrs. Nc
Gosh. which he has given 20 the uni
yerslty.
Among the 100000 working WON
en- in this country there are nearly a
million widows are nearly 100000
married women whose husbands have
failed 10 provide for them. Nearly
100000 divorced women are among
the wage earners
Mrs. Sarah Pi4tt Decker and the
newly formed Public Service League
OF Women. have made a successful
fight against the ordinance which had
been ~sneaked through" the Denver
board Of aldermen to permit the feed
ing Of brewery swill 10 mich cows
Mrs. Chapman Gait PREDICTED in ST.
James Hail on Monday that Woman's
suffrage would come as surely as the
sun would rise on the morrow" II
Is only fair to explain that Mrs Chap
man Gait Is from the United States.
and has had no experience OF our Eng
iish sunrises.-London Globe.
The Prussian government is 70 issue
a loan. the proceeds OF which are 10
be used for the construction and equip
ment OF new branch lsae railroads.
One line OF the road is 70 have cleo
trlc traction. for which $4,000 is set
aside. The total amount 10 be expend-
ed under this loan bin is s55.75s.o0
Beans. bean cake and bean oil are
the principal products Of Manchuria-
The prices OF these during the last
season have been higher than ever be
fore. but how much OF this is due to
the ability OF Japan. a gold standard
country. 10 pay more In silver. because
silver has been cheap. csH not be posi-
lively stated.
The Korean grass used In the manu-
facture OF grass cloth is grown very
thickly and is usually cut the second
or third year after planting the roots.
The grass reaches a height OF four to
eve feet. and with proper start and
under favorable conditions yields. II is
roughly estimated. about 5000 pounds
70 an acre.
Hitherto skulls Of prehistorie men
have been said 20 resemble those OF
great apes. but now comes a distin-
guishcd French anthropologist and de-
clares that one which has recently
been discovered is almost an exact re
plica OF that OF Bismarck Does this
mean that prehistoric men had superb
craniai development. or Il is Gaelic
fling at M. lie Bismarck York
Tribune.
Mother Francis Xavier Cabrinl, SUI
perlor-general OF the Missionary Sisters
Of the Sacred Heart. has Just returned
TO this country from Brazil. where she
recently opened college for the high
er education Of women. This Is the
ifty-eighth Institution established by
the order In twenty-seven years. The
institutions include colleges. schools,
hospitals and orphan asylums.
An electrically wired tablecloth. !
upon which ornamental electric light
fixtures diffuse illumination the mo-
ment they are set down. is one Of the
latest and most interesting illuminat-
Ing devices designed in England. says
Popular Mechanics. To the uninitiat-
ed the ability TO get a light by sim
ply placing a fixture on the table Ia
less than extraordinary. but
the explanation is simple.
Recent exploration OF the Athabas
region shows that II con-
tains many valuable fur-bearing ami.
mails. and It appears also to be the
home OF the last wild remnant OF the
bison family. The herds Of
bison are not numerous. and they are
being rapidly exterminated by wolves.
The Canadian musk OK also inhabits
this region, and IN the spring. when
The rivers and springs escape from the
frost. great fiocks OF birds. including
most OF the migratory game birds OF
America, resort thither to breed
What might be called tabloid
watch has just been made by watch
maker OF Locle. Switzerland. says the
london Globe. The thickness Is said
o be only three millimeters, so,
meter being only thirty-nine inches.
me can estimate the thickness Of the .
watch. Taking the case and a glass II /.
s found the works occupy a space
g millimeters. The spring is half .
nilllmeter. What makes this achieve \
nent Of the Locle matchmaker more
is that Il is asserted
hat the watch keeps time. varying
My i've seconds in twenty-four hours
The Philadelphia Press has won the
rst round In It's fight to abolish toll
Dads and toll gates in Pennsylvania p
! legislative commission has been ap p
olnted to Investigate the whole sub n
sct and report to tho next legislature v
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