The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-17


creased 11e.e1s tons last year. Of which
more than half came from the Strait
Settlements.
Practically all the important Goa
mining states have inspection law
designed 70 prevent death and disssfel
among the mine workers.
Several French schools are usin,
machines which suck dust from thu
leaves OF books. spray them with dis
infsctant, and dry them with hot air
At Tourcoing. France. Eve couples
Of working people celebrated theil
golden wedding the other day. Crea'
festivities were provided for the occa
sion BY the municipal authorities
wild bears still abound in a region
which can be reached BY railway IL
two hours from Smyrna. Near Sam
soun some sDortsmen have shot al
many as fifty Wild bears in a single
year.
One Of the requests for a patent re
ceived in the patent once Of Germany
was for device for making ones oEr
matches with the aid OF It. any one
can. by i've boun' work, save 9 or :
cents
Signs are not wanting 10 assure any
one that every year single chrysan-
themums are steadily gaining in favor,
mainly. OF course. with those whoss
aim is 20 grow plants for general dec
grafton and for supplying cut blooms
for their own table. Single blossoms
fortunately, are not criticised by the
home grower az 70 the size. as their
beauty cannot be thus measured
Gardening Illustrated.
The government Is going into the
hotel business. having agreed. through
It's insular branch In the Philippines
to take 100000 az par Of the bonds
10 provide money for q new hotel az
Manila. which. with It's working CAPT
tai. Is 70 represent an investment Of
$4,000 When the Philippines have
q centennial. or some other big cele
bration. will the insular government
put up its hotel rates on the visiting
public7-New York Press.
The new marriage law now under
consideration in Victoria. Australia
has as its object the prevention OF
clandestins marriages. II provides that
no clergyman shall perform the cere
mony unless the couple applying shall
have obtained a license. An exception
is made however. for reasons IN
known. in the case OF Quakers. who
are not obliged to come before the mar
rying authority armed with a permit
One of the latest ideas for killing
rats Is trap into which the animal
walks. attracted by an electric light
and a display OF food. Once in be
cannot get out and an electric current
kills him In fifty or sixty seconds. The
apparatus can be 50 arranged that the
electrocuted animal itself signals It's
fate 70 any desired place. advising the
watchman by an electric bell or the
lighting OF an electric lamp that there
is dead rat 10 be removed
Music batons we're first used I'M
England about 1890. It was not until
ten or twelve years later. however.
that the baton came into general use.
A German conductor who welded one
produced such wonderful results with
bis orchestra thzt Il was thought there
must be some magic power in the
baton. and It consequently became
popular with conductors all over the
country. Before the advent OF the
saton time was kept BY the nrst violin
LIST or by the pianist
What is regarded as the most an
sient coin In the world Is one that
was discovered q few years ago BY
! German archaologist during his ex-
plorations In north Syria. 1t is a coin
,f pure silver. bearing a perfect Ara.
mean description OF Panammu Bar
Rerub. king of Schalnol. who reigned
300 years B. c. Up to the time this
,oin was found the Lydians had al |
Ways been regarded as the inventors
" money. but this new find showed |
hat the Semitic Arameans. who lived |
'wo centuries before the Lydians. are
he Oldest known coiners OF moneys
In 1886. under Louis Philippe. there
vere eight thousand doctors In France.
n 1891 the number had reached ff-
cen thousand. In the space OF forty
I've years. 1886 to 1891. the number
'sd almost doubled. the yearly In
re2se being 155. In the decade fol-
owing this period the augmentation IL
dven at two hundred. and since
ao1 the increase has been much great
r. And the number Of students at
be medical schools and the UNIVERSE
les continues to grow. The number
nrolled on January Is. 1906, was
.5c7. and a year later 7.64s. an In
rease OF il2. In 1905 and in 1909 the |
unbers were s,265 and s.2s6. or sic
nd 5s7 In excess Of 1so6.-Le Revue
For some time past efforts have been
1ade to raise funds In order 10 pro
ect from the ravages OF wind and
leather and the encroachment OF =
rifting sands the ruins OF st. Piran's
rakory at Perransabuloe. said TO be
ha oldest Christian relic OF tia Kind