The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-01-20


Steel ties are being placed on the
tracks OF the Pittsburg traction lines
The portion OF the city street which
Is subjected TO the greatest wear Il
that Immediately beside the car tracks
There were 40 boiler explosions in
this country during 1908. There IL
one greater record The fatalities
numbered PSI.
Dry goods manufacturers and re-
tail Arms OF England are promoting a
central commission house in London.
II is 10 be trust. with the mannfae.
turers controlling prices. France and
Germany are 10 be allowed 70 have
Representatives on the board.
The new tariff bill introduced 10 mos,
people the word quebracho. the extract
used In tanning hides In Paraguay
and Argentina this is a large indus
try. there being thousands Of square
miles Of the quebraeho tree. Such land
is valued at from $4,000 a square
league upward. Quebracho logs are
AAnV ArIA AHt tAAt p" ~ AANat
with the assistance OF Messrs. II
d'Osmont and Montpillard. Mr.. Pavie,
French photographer. has succeeded
IN obtaining interior photographs in
the colors OF nature by the use OF mag.
nesium light The exposures are. Of
course. instantaneous. and the success
OF the experiments Is based upon the
employment OF special powder com
posed OF magnesium and phosphorus.
which burns with great rapidity. and
specially colored screens The photo
graphs OF moving objects are said 10
be surprisingly perfect IN all their col
ors. The operation Is performed AZ in
ordinary photography with magnesium
light That is TO say. the lights in
the room are not burning when the
exposure IL made.
A writer IN the Elektrotechnlschs
AnEeiEer cites many Incidents 10 show
that electricity was not unknown 70
the kncients and that George Ebers
suggestion IN a novel that the Egypt
isns made use Of lightning conductors
Was well founded. Instruments much
like the modern heliogrAph were also
used, fhs writer says. by priests as
means Of communicating between the
temples There can be no doubt, he
says. an 70 the temple having been
protected By lightning rods. The Bib
iicai description shows that The roof
was provided with metallic points held
aioft By columns and that these points.
ending IN chains. terminated In great
water tanks. He adds: -Ail Of which
is souchsd for In the FIRST book OF
Kings and the second book Of chron-
icles"
Certain minerals exhibit the curious
optical property known as asfcrism.
That IL to sey. they show a star-shap-
ed figure when light h reflected from
them. or transmitted through them.
This IL seen. for example. IN the star
stone. sort OF sapphire. and in the
star ruby. A note in knowledge de-
scribcs and figures the asterism OF
mica. The photograph OF lamp fame
taken through a plate OF mica shows
a beautiful sIx-rayed star. with six
fainter radiations between. Outward.
~ star mica resembles the ordinary
form and shows the same phenomena
under colored light When examined
under the microscope. however. the
star mica il found 10 contain sine
needles OF another mineral. and these
are regularly arranged at angles OF
40 degrees. To these needles the star
seen by transmitted light is due.
Actors are provcrbiaily improvident.
except Francis Wilson. william n.
Crane and a few Others. But who has
any idea that circus performers are
The thriftiest class OF all public enter
taincrsf They do not sit around In
public places telling what great per-
formers they are. and returning nat
lery with expensive conviviallty. Hard
" one OF them draws more than a
Of his wages. The circus treas
nrer f. his banker. and at the end OF
he season Mr.. Clown or Miss Bare
back Rider draws down a fat roll OF
IIilNs Antn AAAN fAlaAl0u - HNtnA-
iowi Not in high living. For these
ire OF the most frugal classes Usually
group OF performers repairs to
house somewhere In the
country, kept by a superannuated lady
Il the circus. There they erect a pri-
rate ring. where the spare time is
pent IN perfecting an act for the next
eason.--New York Press
Four years ago the corporation OF
glasgow. Scotland. began the substltu-
ion OF motor power in the service OF
Is Gre department and the results
ave proved so satisfactory In the use
I motor fire vehicles that ultimately
Iorse and steam power will be dis
ensed with The central part OF Glas-
ow Is protected by three petrol en-.
ines. four cylinders each. and capable
I developing 80 to 55 horse power,
asily maintaining speed OF thirty
niles an hour and equipped with all
he accessories for aiding the injured.
he department also has one motor
rst-aid machine. carrying an officer
nd twelve men fully prepared for res
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