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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

With her nose tilted upward as much
as II could possibly be without being
upside down. the Preach doll leaned
against a rag baby in an old arm
chair. And ON her other side sat a
little china doll MarJory had never
cared as much for the little doll OF
china as she had for the others. b.
cause she said II couldn't feel anything.
and then Il wouldn't hold the pins like
a doll that was soft But she almost
changed her mind as sae looked az
them Ia that old chair.
They must have been very tired. for
they had all been out riding In the art
that morning. The sun was bright
WHEN they had left. but before they
reached home the rain came hurryinS
down faster than they could hurry 10
shelter Aud those quarfelinx winds
OF March we're a great Inconvenience
10 the speed OF the little lady Who
pushed their cart.
The French dolls silks we~
drenched aud the wind had blown an
eye out OF the rag baby. They were
crying their grirfs % each other, the
doll from France aud the doll Of rax.
The nrst one said: 1T Is a great loss
10 me 20 have my wardrobe ruined
You can hardly und~rstsnd. but I'm
really hardly NJ for society like this
And MarIory's mamma said Tho
wouldn't buy any more such toys his
year. There's nothing left but Tor nae
TO lead a miserable life with the fess
OF you In the kitcheu.s
Thea Marjory came along and put
the Freneh doll on t.-r bottosn shelf q
the ciosrt. She Was fir~d OF her faded
looks. and her foolish airs. and shs
.ewed a new button on tho old RAG doll
and laid her away foe a rest ~ ga.
the fresh LITTLE china baby that Wou
her affection that day. foe even after
the rain and the wind her cheeks wcrr
just as rosy and her 6oidrn hair CURED
just az b~for~.
Tn. china doll was surprised az this
change In her mistress. but she had
heard some Que say: "Ali things come
10 him who waits and she thought
that might be 30 even about a china
doll
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

A clever woman traveller mended I
rent In her gown by using hair from
her head as thread for the needle she
always carries In her purse.
The late Queen Draga's wedding
dress has been stolen from the royal
est white satin. made up OF thousands
OF hand-sewn tucks. which ran from
the collar to the hem OF the long train.
II was work OF art and had been
carefully preserved by the Inflated
queen.
The Empress OF japan Il president
Of the Red Cross Society OF Japan. 70
which she gives great deal OF her
time just at present SO long rs the
war lasts neither Haruko nor any
member OF her court will spend any
money at all on Injuries or amuse-
ments: all that they otherwise would
have spent In this way Will 20 TO pro
vide comforts for the army.
Mrs. Iangtry has sent to a London
auction room "a casket OF jewels" to
be sold. The Jewels include a brilliant
neck chain. brilliant and pearl brooch
es, a turquoise and brilliant necklace.
and emerald. ruby and brilliant rings.
Mrs. Daniel sully. who has been
much In the public eye as the wife OF
the ex-cotton king. Is said to be one Of
the most expert needIewomen In Amer
lea Her embroidery Is equal 10 the
much-vsunted convent work and her
fsvorite gift for a bride In her inti-
mate circle OF riends Is trousseau Of
lingerie worked entirely by her own
hands. from seams TO monogram.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
Helpful Home Hints.

Olive Oil-Alelted butter Is a very
good substitute for olive oil In making
salad dressing
Iron-In ironing the tiny ruffies and
sleeves OF an Infants dress. use a
small child's iron.
Celery-In making salad where
celery Is scarce. use hne. crisp cabbage
leaves and plenty OF celery salt.
Stains on Disbes-soda applied with
a rough cloth will remove almost any
kind Of stain from dishes. especially
tea-stains from cups.
Stain for wood-A good stain for
any small wooden article can be made
by mixing any prepared dye with a
little warm water and applying with a
brush.
Dish-towels-Striped bed-ticking.
not too heavy. hemmed and thorough
ly washed, makes the best kind OF
dish-towels. 1t Is absorbent and has
no lint on II.
BeeswaI-In ironing. when no wax
Is handy. use piece Of brown paper
on which has been poured a table
spoonful Of melted lard and a tea.
spoonful OF salt
screcn-Where the kitchen must be
used for a dining room also. a pretty
screen placed around the stove keeps
,n great deal Of the heat and mnkes
1 pleasanter room. II can easily be
folded back against the wall after
meals.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
THE aeroRr COURTEOUS.
brooklyn Robert Treat Paine Replies
to His Bosfoa Nsm~sskr.

Robert Treat Paine. OF Boston. and
Robert Treat Paine. Of Brooklyn. have
exchanged letters In reference to soms
checks that got mIIrd recently. This
Hub Paine wrote the anal letter. The
letter and the answer thereto are in
tercstinz. the former as an exposition
Of snobbery and the latter as a delight
ful example Of the retort courteous.
Mr.. Paine. OF Boston. wrote:
your letter with its Enclosure has
been received by me. I hope you will
allow me 10 express my sincere regret
that you should bear the name that by
right OF lineaI descent belongs to me
and my family here In Boston. There
IL no other direct male descendant OF
Robert Treat Paine. sIEner OF the
Declaration OF Independence. who was
the FIRST to bear that name. II the
name was given TO you out Of honor to
the sIgner think such q practice
should not receive the sanction OF
thoughtful persons"
To this Mr.. Paine. OF Brooklyn, thus
replied:
For the reason that II Is impossible
to stop the bray Of the donkey without
killing the ass. I will allow you 10 ex-
press your sincere regret The family
to which I have the honor to belong
existed for many years prior to the
signing Of the Declaration OF Indepcnd-
ence, and your statement that the Sign
or was the FIRST to bear the name suE-
gests thoughts ss to his sntecedents.
I have never been sufficiently interest
I'd to look up my genealogy. and I GER
tainly shall never attempt II now. lest
I might ind that one Of It's wlthercd
branches reached out to you"
There was no further correspond
cnce.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
An Anti-Choker,

The accompanying diagram explains
itself and shows simple method of
relieving the pillow of any kind OF a
choke. 1t can be constructed out Of
wood or iron and adjusted to any kind
of pillow. II a reversible or hillside
pillow is used you must have one on
each side Of the beam One bolt to go
through beam Is really all that Is re-
quired. as the rest can be found In any
barnyard. or 1t can be made of poles
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
AN ANCIENT CHARIOT.
such Prime ne the Loavre or the Brit
i.h Museum, Would Like to Draw.


stroIiing through the Firth avenue
wing Of the Metropolitan Museum. IN
Central Park. one comes upon small
inner gallery where chariot OF bronze
90 couples a great glass box all to Itself.
This IL a grand prize In the lottery OF
the excavator. just such prize ns the
Louvre or the British Museum would
like TO draw. since neither In their mar
velous collections. nor at Berlin. nor In
the many museums OF Italy. IL it-
equal to be found. twenty-five. per
baps thirty, centuries has this speci'
men OF long forgotten fashion In war
lain beneath the soil OF Umbrin. the
wooden parts under the bronze rottinr
slowly away. the weight OF the earth
above gradually crushing In the shell,
and only the protective layer OF orida.
ton on the surface Of the bronze pre-
venting total dlsintegration OF car
body. wheels and pole. Near II lie two
curving sheets Of metal. all that re-
mains Of the wooden yoke with bronze
covering plates. and in dish SHIN
mering mass Of ivory fakes hints Of a
rail that gracod the curving front.
In such n car. 30 small, yet so lavish
ly embellIshed with hammered and
deftly fitted bronze rellefs. may Lars
Porsena. Of Clusium. have celebrated
many triumph which the narrow
pride Of Roman historians has sup
pressed. With the exception OF frag-
mcntary bronze car at Perugia. this II
the only example known Of the war
chariots OF the mysterious people who
civilized and give kings TO Rome.
The relic was found last year in n
forgotten burial ground near the mod
ern Norcia ancient Nursia). crumpled
no. broken and disHgured. The wheels
we're best preserved by their sheathing
of bronze. but elsewhere the wooden
floor and sides had dlsInteerated. and
The fronts and side wings of thin
bronze, the wheel tires md pole
had become caked with earthly
deposits. The owner Of the land
IS said to have informed the
proper authorities and obtained the
necessary permit for export. That may
De. Certain II II that when the news
reached Italy Of q bronze chariot from
italian soil which was offered in Paris,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
Cous Az. Poor W.Iker..

The cow Is naturally a poor walker
Generally she walks only when she
must. She never walks or runs for ex
ercise. Sometimes she frolics, but only
for few momentA The dairy cows
business is eating. doing and chewing
her cud- Any cow that is compelled
to travel over the parcbed and short
cropped pasture day and night In
search of the struggling, crisp and
Drowned blades of grass cannot be ex-
pected to return even a small profit.
A few armfuls Of succulent, luscious
green corn will help amazingly to keep
up the milk flow. 1t makes June con-
ditions In September.-Ex.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

age yield of berries Is over one-half
bushel per barrel. The greatest advant-
ages claimed for this method are that
no mulch or cultivation is necessaryl
that the berries are always clean and
free from sand. and are far more read
fly picked than when grown In the
usual way. A tile Is placed In the
center of the barrel as It is filled with
soil. This permits an even distribution
Of water from top to bottom. an abun-
dance Of which should be supplied at
all times.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

position. and this Is doubtless true of
the human animal The cow with a
placid eye will get along easily at all
times, and will generally be contented
with her lot whatever II may be. She
is the kind OF an animal that would
luxuriate in English meadows or con-
tentedly chew herring on the bleak
coast OF Iceland But there is such a
thing as having an eye too open. and
this Indicates too great nervousness.
and that the animal is easily fright
ened. The same is true OF the quick.
flashing eye. The eye OF the cow can
be studied with profit
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
Uniform Divorce Laws.

Secretary. Dixie. OF the National
League for the Protection OF the Fam
fly, has supplied a new summary of
the reasons for uniformity Of divorce
laws throughout all the States, and
uniformity Is to be gained, he con-
tends, by concerted action Of the sew
eral States. not by national leglsla-
ton.
Congress cannot pass a divorce law
until the federal constitution has been
amended. and amendment to the fed
eral constitution is next to the impos-
sible. Besides. there appears no good
reason why the national government
should do for the States what the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

warm. This Is because Ice Is nor
inally about sc degrees cold. or just At
freezing. and II resists getting colder
80 strongly taat in. zero weather II acts
as stove that keeps the contents OF
the refrigerator ear from freezing. The
shippers apply the same principle by
turning the hose ON a car when the
weather Is al zero. The water freezes
quickly and gives the car a novel over
coat OF Ice. through which zero can
not penetrate. Meantime the air in
side that is little above freezing 10
kept so
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
Heating with Ice.

n anyone should sny TO you: II use
Ice 10 keep me warm" you would
laugh NJ the idea. but the big packers
who ship 20 much beef prove even
winter that lee !. a great help In keep
Ing out the cold. Refrigerator ears
are kept cool by having &c. and salt
packed In each end. but In the win.
ter when these same cars pass through
parts Of the country where the wealth.
or Il away below zero then that same
ice and salt are used 10 keep the ca
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

sent to New York and bought by tbs
Metropolitan Museum. the failure TO
secure II for n national museum vas
mooted In Parliament. and the lnspcc,
tor responsible for its export was dls-
missed Century.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
Can't.

How history repeats itself.
lon'll say. when you remember Grant,
Who. in his boyhood days. once sought
Throughout the lexicon for can't
He could not find the word that day.
The earnest boy whose name was
Grant:
lie never found il through long years.
With all their power TO disenehant-
No hostile host could give him pause:
Rivers and mountains could not daunt;
lie never found that hinderins word
The steadfast man whose name was
Grant.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

One afternoon little Johnny hap.
pencd 20 look up and a.. tho moon.
and q. he had never s~~n Il before In
the daytime. he ran Into tho house aud
exclaimed: ''Oh. mamma. I've got a
good joke on codf'
why. what do you up~an. d~sr1-
asked the sstoui.hed mother
''iIs forxo, to take the moon In this
morning explained Johnny.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

bound barrels are
used with all but
four of the hoops
removed Holes are
bored through the
slaves at proper
d Is t a n C es q s
shown. plants are
set In these holes
and the arrels
nlled with soil to
<Lo 80. Th. o8ar
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

The eye of the COW. as of the human
being, Is indicative Of much 1t shows
the character and force Of the nervous
energy back Of It II the nervous
force is strong. the eye will show
marked intelligence. 1t will be wide
open, and the sight will appear to be
penetrating. 1t is said that a COW with
. placid eye always has 4 good dis
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

cut in the woods. In blowing under
strawy manure or any other kind OF
humus food. this is the most success
full arrangements we have ever seen
Exchange.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08

Last Years Debts In Ocean Frcishts
In the last year the United states
has paid in ocean freights to foreign
ships S2c0,00O,000.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-08
STRAWBERRY Culture.

The method of strawberry culture
shown in the Illustration has been sue
cessful and profitable Tight iron
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31

In securing his specimens Of ore
Prof Debarr went into the shafts him
self to prevent deception Many spec.
linens were taller from the dumps and
samples Nc 15T to 1865 and 1e1 to l97
were brought to him from unknown
sources Thousands OF doiiais have
heen irvestoj in Wichita mines by de-
luded prospectors and in many in
s ances companies have organized end
sold worthless mining stock to per
sons who were gullible enough to hiy.
II Is estimated that last spring there
were not less than 1000 prospectors
in the mountain Governor FeTgu-
son in his annual report TO the secre-
tary Of the interior will give publicity
TO Trof. Deharr's report.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
COURT NEXT WEEK
Woods Case FlrsS on the Grant County
Docket.

Enid, Okla. Aug S1.--1Le frs
month OF court for the fall tam cor
mences a week from today at Pol .
Greet. and the docket viii carry three
OF four weeks Judge Beauchamp Is
out Of the city on vacation and WI
return in day or two. lie will go 10
Pond Greek Monday morning.
The first and most important ca 'e
for trial at the Grant county Session
Of ocilr. is the case II Territory vs
Tom Woods, charged wi h murder in
the frst degree. A year ago he shct
and killed Herman Kerstihg in tho
latter's saloon on Fast Broadway, Ia
this city. The case was taken tu
Grant county on a change of venue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
Gold
Finds in Southwest
Investigated by
Prof. DeBarr

II. +. Rarn Of the Uultel states
gsoh a;cal survey visited the Wichita
mountains in Sou hwestern oklaho-
la in 1903 tc ascer ain the truth of
the alleged discovery OF rich deposits
Of goli silver and copper Ia tlast re
gioa. Nj. pain secured about 81
pounds OF ore samples from Giffercrt
mines which he carried to Nashins-
ton whore seventy.one assays were
made. None of them revealed d trace
OF gold. Prospectors who had staked
claims In the Wichita mountains al
lcgef HAT Mr.. Balm had falsihed his
report ar made n superficial survey
Additional evidence In support Of
the anJings Of Mr. Balm has been
submitted to Governor Ferguson by
Prot. Edwin DeBarr. chemist in Okla
homa university Last spring Pror
DeParr made assays in the university
laboratory Of speciemns Of ore brought
to him by prosnectors in the Wicni a
mountains and found them rich in
gold I'rOL DeBarr was unable to say
wholher the specimens actually had
been taken frnm the mountains, put
despite this fact his reports were used
by miners In advertising ihe alleged
riches Of the district Prof. DeBarr
t;sen made a short visit to the noun
tains ana while there discovered in
assays l,y a local assayer that the geld
aid not came from the ore. but from
the fux used by The assayer
Prof DeBarr decided to make a
careful inspection of the Wichita
mountains and in June and July drove
several hundred miles aad visited
mines and localities where rich do
posits Of gold and silver were said to
exist especially near Meers, snyder
Mountain Park. Brushy mountain.
Bald mountain, Wildman. Roosevelt
and Orcana. He carried away 1877
samples of ore.
The assays we're by fiuxes and the
cyanide process and the heavy sui
phides we're assayed by he chlorina.
tion process. In his report to Cover
nor Ferguson. Prof. neDarr says that
with ono exception not a trace Of gold
was founG in the 1877 samples. This
eNcertion was sample No. 15G in the
form of placer wash'nss taken by Prof.
Dcoarr in the creeks south Of Brusny
mountaiu, Bald mountain and Gold
hill.
In this material was a very small
quantity OF exceedingly fine gold in
a limited area" says Pref Debarr.
"The lack OF water anc the black iron
in which It is found. together with
the limitoi amount or gold therein.
renders T. improbable for working. I"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
GAME NEAR DYING
From an Awful Skin HumouF.
Scratched Till Blood Ran.
Wasted to Skeleton.
CURED BY cUTIcURA
Ono Application Socthsd Him to
Sleep. Cure Speedy
and Permanent.

"When my little boy was about thres
months Old his head broke out with
rash, which was very itchy and ran con-
siderable watery fluid. We tried every
thlng we could, but he got worse all the
time till it spread 20 his arms, legs, and
then 60 his entire body. and he got 30
bad that he came near dying. The rash
would Itch so that he would scratch till
Che blood ran, and thin yellOwlsh stun
would be all ever his pillow in the morn.
ing. had to put mlttens on his hands
okeep him from tearing his skin around
his wrists. He got 30 weak and run
down that he took faintlng spells like
we would think him dying. He was al
most n skeleton and his little hands
were thin like claws.
Z" He was bad about eight months
when we tried Cuticura Remedies. L
had not laid him down In his cradle in
sho daytime for a long time He had
got so that he just slept in our arms all
thc time. ] washed him with Cuticura
Soap and pat on one application OF
Cuticura Ointment and he was so
z0otbed that I put him IN the cradle.
You don't know how glad felt when he
felt better. Ittook one box Of Cuticura
Ointment, pretty near one cake of Cuti-
cpra Soap. and about half a bottle OF
Cuticura Resolvent, 10 cure. think
orr little boy would have died only for
the Cutlcura Remedies, and shall al
ways remain frm friend of them"
Mrs. NJ. G. MAITLAND, JASPER,
ONTARIO.
No return In IA years. Mrs. Maitland
writes, under date of Feb. "a, 1908, that
The cure Is permanent.
% It affords me much pleasure TO In
form you that 1t is fourteen years since
my boy was cured OF tho terri Jle skin
disease from which he suffered.
" He has been permanently cured and
h hearty and strong"
sEd shrouxhori the World, Cutcuru Rssoiseul SOC
sintasst boc Soap, ase Dspots London, q Charter
sci pHris, hue de h Pas Boston. ~ Coumbss
.&rp. Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole PropHelon
NH- Sad for How 70 Curp Every Humouf."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
Rock ISLAND LET'S CONTRACT
Will Build Connecting Line From
Ardr1ore TO Waurika, !. 7.

Ardmore, I. T., Aug. 3t-The Rock
leland railroad at last has concluded
to build the missing link of road frtan
Ardaore west to WaurilSo. thereby
making connection with he line .
LaHton. The contract has been L..
to W A slrppy to finish grsding froil
Ard,acrc to Waurika This viii h'
a paying rtanch for the Rock islan !.
from the fact that it travels through
= very rich country and also connec p
the main line with the road here. 81
ing a si1aiPht line to South McA;-
ester on, Memphis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31

feet deep, as it empties into the creek
us originally dug 1t mas nov wash
ed deeper onto a solid bed of inpene-
trable clay. and all along the clay bed
may he seen imDrlnts of buffalo tracks
How many years It has taken for the
land % on In 'his twenty feet can only
be a matter Of conjecture. and that
Black Bear creek in hose days was
very small stream is demonstrated
b, reasoning that il the he'd OF the
creek was where 1t is at present and
he banks were twenty-five feet lower
70 the original clay SURFACE. It would
carry bat very little waier without
eyerfowing the country.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
CHARTER IS FILED.
New Line to Be Built in State Of
Texas.

2. w. Pean and A. s. Springs of
Kansas city Mo, are at the head of
She Kansas City. Oklahoma & Hous-
8on Railway company which yester.
tiay iiied ? cl arter for record in the
~ecretsrf of states Office at Austin,
Texas The company has capital
stuck of sI25.OOO and is organizing 10
oRsld a railroad from the Red river on
Che ncrihern boundary Of Texas south
TO Aliens. Texas. a distance of 1875
miles The proposed road is to be a
link in new line which Mr. Pean
and associates viii build from Kansas
city To Houston. Texas It vas recent
liv reyor'ci that the Burlington was
soehind the building OF the road.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
TIME CARD.

ST. Louis. Fl Reno and Western Rail.
way Company
Effective Aug. 2. Passenger train.
Leaving Fl Reno, 6s55 A. N
Arriving Guthrie, $40 A. N.
Returning.
Leaving Guthrie. 5:15 p. M.
Arriving Ell Reno 700 p. NJ.
Freight train carrying passengers.)
Leaving Guthrie. 9:l5 A. NJ.
Arriving FL Reno. l1:45 A. NJ.
Returning.
Leaving El Reno. 900 P. NJ
Arriving Guthrie. 4:sO p. NJ.
Both trains to run daily except sun
day. T. [. Wolf,
Traffic Manager.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-31
TO ADDRESS WOODS
COUNTY SOLDIERS

Governor Fe~gas0I and Il. S Nc
Gaire ha . acaep'e invita'i,rs to be
present end SPEAK ~ the W rs coun.
- soinie 2 reun.o.i. To be n Id at Big
Timber ark, n Al'nc, on September
20-s2. kmong the other speakers
s'hedueo to Je present ar address
tho meeting are senator Lo'..;, II Kan
sax: e. 6cngre"ar.an JerrJ Simpson,
Jesse OYrn AMI ludy. Mus ;ivI.
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q

ed in the Cherokee nation '.nier the
provision of the recent act or &, ngress
appropriating 100000 for hat pur
pose. The number of pupils c'iiible l.
attond these schools is 4,5j). and rio
average number OF pupils ID eacr
school dis riot is seventy