The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-01-06

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sea.
The Mexican government Il import
Ing from Bohemia motor trlcyeles' &c
be used In the collection Of letters
Il has been estimated that the eye
lids Of the average man open aud close
no fewer than 100000 times each
year
Electric railways OF the United States
have attained a trackage OF osas 10000
miles, nearly one-hfth that Of the steam
lines.
Great Tom Is the name OF the bell
weighing about 1900 pounds, IN sns
tower OF the Tom gate OF Christ
Church. Oxford It Il tolled eyerJ
night at ten minutes past o closing
time.
A Turkish women's paper Win
woman as editor and with women as
contributors. has been IN existence Tor
several years II informs Its readers
that -any contribution that Il In ae-
cordanee with Mnssulman faith and
with Ottoman morals viii be grateful
b received"
Mrs. W. w. Crannell is the editor Of
a new quarterly the organ OF the New
York Association Opposed TO the
Further Extension Of Suffrage 70 Won
en-. The new publication contains only
four small pages. Miss Harriet May
Mills edits the News Letter. the Official
organ OF the New York Woman's
Suffrage Association. a magazine with
twenty-odd pages and a subscription
list said to be larger than that OF many
daily papers
II was telegraphed from sydney that
the American sailors were much at
tracted BY the novelty Of pretty bar
maids.- The barmaids OF Sydney anc
Melbourne are the prettfest In the
world They are mostly recruited from
Tasmania. the lnsular state OF the com
monwealth. which has been nicknamed
the -circassia OF the Colonies on ae-
count OF the SURPRISING loneliness OF IN
daughters. several Of whom have mar
ried titled Engiishmen-
Miss Annie S. Peck. Of Providence.
r. l.. who has Just succeeded IN climb
ting Mount Huascnn IN the Andes. r.
graduate OF Michigan University. class
OF 1878: studied in Germany and
Athens. and was for a time professor
Of Latin In Smith College. She Il
believer In woman suffrage and declares
that II one woman has perseverance, 70
climb to the top Of 26.OOofoot noun
tain. the ser In general ought 70 b
able to get the right TO vote.
A little book. called THE Care for
the Goat has recently attracted some
attention in England The writer urges
that great advantage would BE- found
By small proprietors. laborers and rural
residents In keeping goats. "the poor
mans cow Coats milk. he says. often
possesses twice the richness Of cows
milk. Is very valuable for. children. and
may be practically guaranteed as free
from the bacillus Of tuberculosis Goats
are cheap and chcapiy kept. sine theg
readily nnd food. and they demand NJ
tie room
The expedition organized By the
American Museum Of Natural History.
which has been exploring the Fayum
iescrt. IN northern Egypt. seems 70
have located the place OF origin % the
slephant IN the Tertiary aye. Remains
,f the ancestral form 81 elephants. |
,ailed the Moeritherium. were obtained
and reservations have been made By
Charles r. Knight under the direction
n Prof. Osborn. From Northern Arr
"A. Il Is affirmed. the elephant stock
south through Africa. north |
INTO Europe and east and northeast
through Asia TO America.
Mrs. Emily Treat. Of Hannibal. NO. |
3 said TO be the first woman to be EN-.
Dloycd as an Official court reporter IN |
his country. Some thirty-nve years
,go she accomplished one Of the great !
st feats a shorthand reporter had ever
performed up 70 that time She report |
ID and made the transcript Of the tes-
'imony IN a railway lawsuit involving
/ large sum. II required something over l
dx months for her to complete the tran |
script. but when II was done she re-
.eived high commendation for the OK.
science Of her work and the sum OF !
1900. Mrn Treat is stiil In sc.svs
lervfce.
The william Smith College for Won
n IN connection with Hobart College
has just been formally opered The
'uDds for the new college we're given /
~ William Smith. Of Geneva, n. Z.
)ns Of the speakers on the occasfon Of /
he opening said that II the nsu lnsti-
ufion had been made co-educxtionsi b
vas sure there would have been much /
opposition 10 It, but as II was co-or-
Innate he had not heard a single word
n objection. There were several
women among the speakers One Of
be dormitories Is named for DR.. Eliza
'etn Blackwell, the FIRST woman TO
'raduats from medical college in fhis
ountry. an alumna OF Hobart
Dolls have been and are the national
Ieritags Of the child Of al ages and
aces Not long ago a little English
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