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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-05-31
.RAnRHAY ACCIDENT ON GIN.
TRAIN RUN ONTO PUsHcAR.
Iaa possible 40 stofs--Ex pia.tos fot-
Iowes->o Live. Lo.f-rrais C.ss~
pieteiy wreeked-Esxi s~~s ssa
Fireman usmsia~d al rheir fosts.

! Everett. Wash. May z7.-speelai
from Skysomish. Wash;
A frightful accident occurred ON the
line Of the Great Northern railway.
which resulted In the demolition of an
engine. almost half train OF loaded
merchandise ears and a large steam
shovel. That no one Was Instantly
killed Is regarded as iitils less than
| miracle.
westbound freight train No. Is pass
ed through the big tunnel shortly after,
noon and VAS speeding along down tho
rugged western slopes OF the Cascades
and had reached poins abou. four
miles east Of Skykounsh. when sud
denly a loaded push ear came into
view.
Engineer John MeGhonrly. who ~as
In charge OF The forward end OF No. Is.
made every possible effort 10 check bis
engine. but The momentum was too
great. When within few feet OF the
than deserted push car he and his Ore
man were Mortified TO see can after can
OF giant powder piled high GA top OF
the ear. II was TOO late 10 even thinx
OF jumping and the two heroleaIly stood
their ground.
A second later and the pilot crashed
into the push car. Explosion after sx.
piosion rapidly followed. each succeed
Ing one being more terrific. II possible.
until finally. ~hsn tho smoke had
cleared. chs awfulnrss Of tho havoc
created was realized.
The engine sas literally terra 70 srax.
ments. her boiler raised clear OF all
other parts. while her great trucks
were hurled up the stecp mountain
side for a considerable distance The
steam shovel. which stood on a sidinx
nearby. was toru 10 apiintsrs aad viii
be NJ for nothing but scrap.
About rs yards from the scene OF tho
errihls explosion stood the shack OF
he track walker. II. also. vas utterly
demolished. but. strange TO say. tho
rack walker himself. ~ho was In tho
hack. vas bat slightly scratched.
Dads Of merchandise Of various kinds
re scattered promsseuousIy 10 all al.
sctious. A hole sufseisntly iarws TO
ury locomotive in vas torn In tho
oadway.
Engineer McGhouri7 was severely In.
ared about the head and otherwise
ruised up as result OF the concus-
lon. He was put aboard a special
rain and taken to hospital at Ever.
t. The fireman was also badly
ruissd. but not seriously injured. No
ne else was hurt
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-05-31
IDAHO.

The Lewiston city election win oceul
June 10. and mass convention fol
the nomination OF candidates was hele
on Monday evening.
Lower Snake river orchards wer'
shipping early berries last week
though shipments so far are only Of
small amounts. going to Spokane and
the Occur d'Alene mines.
The Moscow Milling company Is add
Ing new and improved planning mill ma
chinery. with the intention of engaging
In the manufacture Of finishing lum'
Der. sash and doors this year.
r. G. Stewart Of Indian Valley. Ida
no. has about consummated the sale OF
his $50 acres OF land In that vicinity TO
colony OF Mormons. The price paid
was $4,000. IL Is the intention to d.
vide the farm into 20 acre tracts.
A mass Of falling rock and dirt In
the De Lamar mine recently instantly
killed Archie Warren. a tImberman.
Warren was ex-president OF the De
Lamar Miners Union. He had been
elected delegate to the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners. which meets at Dem
yer this year and this was his final
working day prior to leaving for that
city.
w. r. Lake and George I. 3coneid OF
West Superior. Wis. and Isaac Baker
of Chicago. all members OF the seho-
field Lumber syndicate. are In Idaho
for the purpose OF inspecting the white
pine timber belt OF the Scoheld syndl-
cate east OF Oronno. The seoHeld syn.
dictate owns 10000 acres there and. has
been endeavoring TO purchase the large
body OF white pine land reserved BY
the state In that region. Mr.. Lake and
expect to remain In the
timber three weeks.
John King. whose arrest last week on
a charge OF the murder OF Charles Z. /
Thatcher caused sensation through.
,ut the entire Lewiston country. has
been discharged from custody In the 4
probate court on the motion OF County \
Attorney Johnson. The state had Just 4
completed the examination Of It's wit.
lessss In preliminary. When the mo
sSt y So ktt@40 W AuS to0uby dAluFArys
90 spectators applauded enthusiastic
lily.
Hunsperger ( Bohie. who hare been
eveloping water power on oronno
reek. just above Oronno. will erect a
0 barrel Erist mill this year and ex.
ect TO have 1t ready to grind this falls
rop- They hare taken the water from
be creek about mile above the town.
n the north side OF the stream. and
onducted 1t through an open ditch for ,
distance OF 5000 feet. They are now ,
onstructing an open nume Ave feet ,
luare for distance OF less than 100 ,
set.
A laundress whose name was I'M ,
armed attempted suicide last week at
'ailace by jumping into the South :
ork. She worked In laundry across /.
Ie river from the o. r. & N. depot and :
lortly after noon went out and Jump !,
from the plank on the retaining wall :
to the. middle OF the swift current
here the water ia four or ak feet deep.
iree or four men quickly went to her
d. getting her out at the Sixth street
idge about two blocks below. De-
ondency is the cause assigned. u
t.a
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-05-31

Paris, May 28.--Major Taylor, the col
ored American cyclist, in the return match
defeated JacqueIin, the French champion,
in two out OF three races.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-05-31

A legal fight will be made to pre-
vent the securing Of railroad fran
chises In Cuba.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13

Parrots utter their welt-learned sen
fences sometimes at such appropriate
moments that one is often prone to
believe that perhaps, after all, they
have an idea of the meaning of the
words they utter. \ lady in Philadel-
phia was the owner of one of these
birds, which had been in the family
for so years. Its mistress had devoted
much of her time to literary work,
and for nearly 80 years the parrot had
had its daily resting place on the
writing table or the back of the chair,
thence making excursions up the
writer's arm to the top of her head.
Often its attentions were so annoying
that the lady would say, impatiently:
81 may as we'll lay down my pen" A
few moments before it died, the par
rot made "a weak attempt to again
climb its owners sleeve, fell in her
lap and croaked: II lay down my
PEN" This sentence it had heard so
often that it remembered the words
and spoke them with its last breath,
The aged pet certainly chose an ap-
propriate phrase for the final effort
of its life.-Golden Days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
WATERS GET MANY TIPS.
One I'm Philadelphia Who Makes m
High as Fifty Dollars I'm
One Week. y

Stories of big tips given in C~hicago's
fashionable restaurants are outshone
by the radiance of the following re-
cital of a Philadelphia waiter to q
Record reporter:
Sometimes" said the waiter, 81
make rs much as $50 a week in tips"
He stood in the palm roof of a fash
ionable cafe and said this without q
blush. "The lowest tip / get is half a
dollar" he continued. 'That is given
me by the young man who brings his
girl to luncheon, and, very properly.
buys no wine, because he is not yet
married to her. The man who buys
wine with q luncheon for two has .
bill to settle of eight or nine dollars,
never less. The dinner and supper
tips are the big ones. You, for in
stance, come to me and say: Henry,
I am bringing five guests to dinner
here Tomorrow at seven. I wish to
spend $50. Reserve that corner table
for me and see that the flowers and
the candles are beautiful. I'll drop in
at o on to look over the menu you
will draw up For my trouble you tip
me, maybe, five dollars. / your dinner
party is a larger one and you spend
on it, say $50, you may tip me ten dol
lars. Some exceedingly generous per-
sons have been known to tip me SIS
for a dinner without any swooning be-
ing done by me. The biggest tip Ii v
got was $50, but the man was drunk.
ga percentage of my tips goes, of
course, to the head waiter. A man,
by the way, who isn't tipped half
enough is the fellow in the hall who
looks after the hats and wraps. He
gives you no check, and yet among the
hundred guests whose things are in
his charge he remembers you. and
when you come out to go he has your
wraps ready for you without any ques-
~tioning or any delay. A wonderful
memory the fellow has, but he doesn't
make much money"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
THE SOCIAL SECRETARY.
A Useful F~unctiOnary Found in Some
of the Big Department
Stores.

1t is depressing to feel ones sell
only one of 500 employes-and not an
important ONE. 1t is natural that such
a feeling should foster a notion that
Il is being sighted or overburdenec
or possibly prosecuted. When mag.
ination goes to this length work suf
fers as well as the worker. To save
them both some of the great depart
ment stores have engaged discreet and
tactful women whom they call social
secretaries"
The social secretary is an inter
mediary between the employer and the
saleswoman, and her duty is to keep
them both from making mistakes
says a writer in the Youths Compan.
ion. She is not expected to overlook
wrong-doing, but neither is she de,
sired to remain silent when she thinks
an employe is ~unjustly treated. She
has authority to send a delicate cir;
home early on a stormy day. She car
recommend a clever girl for promo
ton. She is qualified to mother" the
sick and encourage the sensitive, and
she must be brave enough if occasion
arises to tell her employers unpalata-
BILE but wholesome truths.
We hear of one social secretary who
organized among the saleswomen an
insurance club, a mutual benefit asso-
citation and a social club hat arranges
for summer outings and winter par
ties. Another hunted up a quiet farm
house home for girls who were tired
or i'll, and sem them there, and kept
them there until they regained health.
But the social secretary's best work
is done in meeting the little needs of
every day and advising her associates
for their physical, intellectual and
moral good. THE firm may seem re-
mote and inaccessible, but this just
and sympathetic woman stands very
near.
made, apparently. the social secretary
has become a fixture. Efforts like hers
profit the employer as well as the en-
ployes, because they directly promote
hat spirit of willing service which
adds so much to a workers value. Once
convinced that she is not held in dis
dain or viewed as simply a part of a
money-makfng machine-that she is
the object of goodwill and kindly re-
membrances-the girl in the depart
ment store solves her personal labor
problem as we all may solve our own,
by doing her best work and doing it
cheerfuIly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Tribes of AborigEnes That Find Small
Favor with the English or
the Beers,

Some E~nglishmen call the natives OF
India "niggers," with an emphatic ad-
jective often pretiXed. Persons OF this
kind, with the same exquisite accuracy
and the same just sense Of superiority,
call the races of South Africa mig
gers" also. Some persons are neither
wiser nor better bred than the Beers,
who habitually refer to the natives
as black cattle" or 'black trash"
The fact is that the natives are neither
negroes nor black. The aborigines
appear to have been bushmen, who
are a dingy yellow color. These have
beer pressed southwark and broken
up into scattered communities by in
vading peoples of the Bantu stock.
The Hottentots are believed to be of
mixed bushmen and Bantu descent.
In physical characteristics they re-
semhle the bushmen; and they speak
a tongue like theirs, full of clicks, and
like theirs in grammatical construc-
ton.
To the similarity of grammatical
construction, however, there is one i'm
portant qualification. according to the
Monthly Review. The bushman lam
guage is that primitive type which has
no genders. while the Hottentot Ian
guage is seX-denoting. The Bantus
of eastern and central South Africa
are generally divided into two great
peoples known genericaliy as the
Bechuana and the Zulus. To these
two peoples q do not attempt here
an enumeration of the various tribes)
the native inhabitants of the Trans
vaa1 and the Orange River Colony
chiefly belong, though there are iso-
lated communities of bushmen. Soft
is their speech and pleasant to the ear,
full of vowels and devoid of the clicks
and harshness of the hushman dia-
lects.
Though they are not negroes. they
are prolific. and thrive, as the negroes.
too, thrive. in the presence of civiliza-
ton. Hence they are likely to re-
main a permanent element of the pop
ulatlOn, and an increasing rather than
a diminishing element.
h bushmen are hunters at a rela-
lively low level of savagery. but fur
nished with the bow and possessed of
considerable artistic power. Far in
ferlor to them in the latter re aspect.
the Bantu tribes are otherwise much
farther advanced. They are pastoral
and warlike peoples. living under the
government of chiefs in communities
on a p~atriarchal basis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13

their denizens are typical of the re-
ligious beliefs indicated by their ap-
pellations.
There are two Pig alleys, three Hog
alleys and five Bacon alleys, which viii
keep their names, just as Cow alley
will be allowed to hold its own. The
porcines and bovines whose peregrina-
tions to the sledge and knife of the
butcher gave names to their highways
no longer reach the tables of epicures
in hat way; but the names of the
pathways will be retained by these
wise officials who think that a growing
city should retain, for at least a time,
a part of its local traditions. Par
enthetically, it might be said, that it
is a pity Chicago might not retain
some of the names of its cowpaths and
pigpaths, instead of the anne of pres
idents which have been assumed dur
ing these later years, since
.'The fire fend threw back his red mantle.
From off his big blood-dappled vest,
And jeered in the face of Chicago,
The queen of the north and the west"
But this is not a talk about Chicago,
although a reference to that capital
city of the commercial center of our
republic is not out of place by way of
illustration of this street nomencla-
ture theme concerning the capital
city of the republic in which all of VI
are intently and intensely interested.
The officials charged with RESPONSE
bility in this work for greater Wash
ington are bending over their desks
studying the plans and maps. They
have already decided upon certain
streets and which shall bear
the names of presidents, cities and
m~omentous events. 1t is quite likely
that they will manifest sufficient
acumen and comprehension to take
care of these alleys also; albeit there
are scores of gray-haired and bald
headed old men who are making their
lives a burden by clamors in vehement
behalf of the retention of the names
of hitherto almost u~nheard-of obscure
paths which are open according to the
common law as commons of way
Greater Washington is following in
the footsteps of Greater New York and
Greater Chicago; but it is toddling
along with it's difficulties and house
hold troubles, as herein slightly indi-
Gated SMITH d. FRY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
CURIOUS CITY GARDENS.
In LOndOn Crops Are Raised in a Bar
rel, or Open Umbrella, or Under
blankets.

Many people have such a deeply
rooted love for flowers that they
will go to any amount of trouble to
raise a few blooms, even under the
most apparently impossible circum-
stances says the London Mail.
Instances of this occur in the East
End of London, where sometimes the
only available garden is a barrel. In
order to make the most of this how
ever, it is bored all over the sides
with holes about two inches in diam
eter, into each of which a plant of
some description is placed, in addi-
ton to those planted in the usual way
on the top, SO that a good display is
obtained in the minimum mount of
space These barrels frequently look
very pretty and effective when all
the plants are in bloom.
The statement that there are gar
dens under bedclothes is supported
by no less an authority than that of
Very Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, dean of
Rochester. A district visitor in the
Midlands, when calling upon a poor
noticed how few were the
coverings of her bed. Upon being
asked, she admitted hat she had an
other blanket, and was demonstrated
with for not using it, as the weather
was bitterly cold. 1t at length tran
spired that her husband had taken it
to cover over some plants he was
rearing in a tiny greenhouse, in the
hope OF saving them from being
killed by the frost. Surely devotion
to- flowers could hardly go much fur
Their than this.
Not a few suburban householders
usually find their gardens just out
side the scullery door, and they ex-
ercise their horticultural ingenuity
upon the tiny slips of ground in
which the considerate jerry builder
has carefully buried his superf1u-
Gus half-bricks. In various parts of
the country, notably at Nottingham,
there r cottage gardens three miles
away from the residences of their
owners, so that when visitors are in
vited to come and have a look
around the garden" it means a some
what lengthy excursion. These small
allotments are, however, greatly ap-
preciated and carefully attended, de-
spite the fact that the time taken
in getting to and from them plays
sad havoc with their owners scanty
leisure.
OF gardens in cemeteries there ap-
pears to be only a solitary example
in this country, the one which Sir
Joseph Paxton, of Crystal palace
fame, formed at Coventry. In the
United States, however, there are
many gardens of this kind, notably
at Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia,
and they might, with advantage, be
copied in our cemeteries.
Gardens may be made on open UNI
brellas as far as obtaining a sub
stantial crop of mustard and cress is
concerned. 1t is only necessary to
open the umbrella, wet it thoroughly,
and sprinkle the seed over it. If the
fabric is kept damp, the seed will
soon begin to sprout, and in a few
weeks a nice quantity of the salad
may be cut. The same thing may
be done in a dinner plate with the
aid of a strip of an old flannel shirt,
a piece of felt, or other similar cloth.
provided it is kept moist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13

stand viii go down among the police.
men of Washington as "Hell's bot
tom," snd the stories that the n@-s
recalls will serve Il keep fresh q CHAP
ter in Washington history which night
otherwise be forgotten. There is q
surprising tenacity about anne
Long after they have left the plate on
the front door, they lead a contented
and im~personal life on the alley door.
The officials who are rejuyenatIng
Greater Washington in this matter of
street and avenue extension are both
cred with the names of the thorough
fares which are being extended. They
have concluded hat Blood alley"
should be called BROAD alley and
that Fighting alley" ambush al
ley and Savage alley" shall be named
after less disreputable historic events
of their localities, and they are to be
called streets instead of alleys.
1t has been decided that there shall
be no change made in the paved alleys.
which will continue to be known an
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist
Catholic and Grace alleys; because
their names are suggestive of good
things and good people. Moreover,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
The Tiger. Make-Be1ieve Eyes.

Mr.. Beddard, of the London Zoolog-
ical society, calls attention to a Pc
c~uliarity of the ears of tigers which
he thinks may be classed under the
head of protective markings On
the back of each ear is a very bright
white spot, and when the ears are di-
rected forward these spots are conspic-
uous from the front. Mr.. Beddard
suggests that when the tiger is Sleep
ing in the dim light of a cave or thicket
the spots on its ears may appear to
an enemy, looking in, as the gleam of
its watchful eyes, and thus save the
sleeper from an unexpected attack
Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
Baden-PoweIl's Rudeness.

During the campaign in South
Africa last year Gen. Baden-PoweIl
tapped a ~telegraphic wire and heard
the Boer commander Grobler ask
Gen. Botha to send reinforcements
at once, as the British had cornered
him.
This story was related by the Lon
don papers and Baden-Powell was
much applauded for his strategy and
good luck.
But one little girl, five years old,
had opinions of her own concerning
the exploit. She listened very at
tentively to the account of the pro-
ceedings and to the approving COM
ments of the elder members of the
family, and when they had finished
she said decisively:
"Well, / think it was very rude of
him to listen."-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
FurfuroI in whisky.

Sir Lander Brunton and DIR. Zunni.
clife, conclude that the %furfurol con-
stituent of whisky is that which causes
the violent headache of intoxication.
Experiments upon animals and mar
demonstrated that furfurol has a tenn
porary paralyzing action upon the vol
untary muscles, with commissions, fol-
lowed in man by throbbing headaches
for "A hours In aging, the amount of
the furfurol in whisky grows less, and
hence old whisky causes less head
ache than fresh spirit. With a per-
fectly furfurol free whisky the secon-
Diary symptoms of drunkenness in man
and animals were absent.-American
Medicine,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13
PITH AND POINT.

A woman's sympathies are aroused
except her dressmaker. - Atchison
Globe.
When a man is confronted with q
lot of his old love letters in a breach
of promise suit he realizes that kind
words can never die.-Chicago Daily
News.
Yes, when I put away my yer
coat for the summer 1 drop a cam
phor ball in each pocket" DO you?
Three gilt balls are good enough for
me."-Cleyeiand Plain Dealer.
Towne-'See that man? Well, sir,
he landed in this country with bare
feet, and now he's got millions"
Browne-"Gee whizi He's worse than
a c~entipede, isn't he?"-Philadelphia
Press.
The race" said the man who was
given to moralizing, SIS not always
to the swift" That's So" replied
Sportiboy; .the jockeys viii pull
their mounts if you don't watch 'em
close.'-Philadelphia Record.
81 don't think those explorers who
wander thousands of miles to find
the poles are SO remarkable. Whats
ordinary about them?" Just see to
what lengths a small politician will
go for a little post!"-Philadelphia
Times.
AS we chained the wretch to the
stake and piled the faggots about
him, his cringing terror moved us to
scorn. "You haven't much forti-
tude!" we sneered. "Well, I haven't
fortitude to burn, for a fact!" con-
fessed he,-Detroit Journal.