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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-02

People near Everson, in Fayette
county, are using whiskey to ward off
small pox.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-02

'TnE Minister'S Son." the only
show this week. Get your seats.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-02

A household necessity -Dr Thom-
as Eclectic OIL. Heals burns, cuts,
wounds Of any sort; cures sore throat,
Group, catafrh, asthmai never falls,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-02

Charles +. Murphy who is boss
Of Tammany han declared for Grover
Cleveland for the nomination for the
Presidency.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-02

Reserved seats for the Stranss-Her-
bert concert can be procured al Dean
Wrightson's Office AZ the School Of
Music, room 81, Woodburn Hail.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

on az, and Fletcher 1.-THE rksmp)
thought be would do q bright thing;
the ides was to lock Us In the old house
and TO leave Us there. Old Ken would
have raised particular Cain 10 tho
morning and Fletcbers JOY would
have been complete. IA II IL now. the
tables have been turned. III leave
word with FIemming nj the store 60
have them released some time during
the day. and they can't bring us into IL
without getting themselves still dssper
in the mire. Oh, just imagine a night
IL that lonely c~ellar."
1T makes me shiysr TO think OF it,
replied Barry. with q grimacs
10 protests. DO threats. no pleadin2s
would avail; Wedrsil solemniy tool the
candle and. with Barry close At hls
heels, marched out. to leave the hitch
Ell a blank. black hole At the end Of
the hall.
II was beginning 10 redden In the
east as they walked through the tall
weeds toward the road Suddenly Bar
~ stopped short
Look here. wedreIi." he calculated.
we've forgotten a thing" WedreiI
shook bis head In perplexity.
what IL III" be asked
The grapes" was Bsrry's explosive
response. wait a minute. I'm going
70 get a bunch for both OF us"-BOston
Herald.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

time when . married woman was not
expected to know the things found In
books. 1t vas scarcely deemed worth
while to teach her 10 read. She was
either an ornament or a slave. Now.
even the man OF few attachments and
rough IL proud OF the intel
lect OF his wife. Beauty is no longer
her sole Recommendation. She can talk
knowingly. She had read books and
the world. shs il a better mother Tor
the learning she has secured and a hap
pier The man who would dis
courage the educating or women would
be deemed an enemy 10 civilization. In
the United States there are about 40
colleges for women. Not one too many.
The ambition that nils them with
eager young ome ia iaudabls There
10 much IN the higher education. and
this country that makes most OF the
brains OF It's women can never be a bad
country. II is a hopeful sign that thou
sands OF young women are anriOusly
willing 10 devote the butterfly period Of
their lives TO the securing OF knowi-
edge.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28
THE HEROINE or LUCKNOW.



An interesting figure IN English his
tory has passed away In the person o.
Lady Ingils. who died az her residence
II Rectory road. BeckenLam. after
short illness.
Lady Julia Selma Inglis was the sec
ond daughter OF the FIRST Lord cheims
ford and was born In 1898.
She was the widow OF the famous
defender Of the British ~residency al
Lucknow. Sir John Esrdiey Wilmoi
Ingls. X c. B.. who died in 1852. and
In memory Of whose services IN the
Indian munny she had been In receipt
OF q pension
Lady IDglis herself went through
the siege Of Lucknow. and in addition
70 the terrors Of the siege and the sub
sequent journey 10 the coast she was
Shipwrecked on the voyage home 70
England.
She afterward published the diary
she kept during her eTentful life In the
besieged city. where her husband. then
Br.gadier Ingiis. commanded the garri-
0 throughout the eighyseTen days
the place was invested
She describes the entrance into the
residency. on a day when glad shouts
rang through the tortured city. OF "a
short quiet-looEng. gray-haired man,
wnon ! knew Al once was General
Harelock. he shook hands with me
and said be feared that we had SUI
fered e great deal.
Il could hardly answer him .
IL was a moment Of unmired happi-
ness. but not lasting. ] felt how differ
q my lot was 10 others ]
tried 70 write home. but could rot
The relieving force had suffered
most severely The wounded
had been abandoned The en-
envy had loophoied the houses and shot
the poor fellows down by scores as
they passed through the narrow
streets"
once while on the dangerous march
from Lucknow to the coast the sudden
command -EAlt.~ hang out into rne
night
Lady Ingiis had a baby with her az
this time. and thus she writes: Isl
lence was ordered and all lights to be
put out shall never forget
my anxiety lest baby should commence
again and perhaps betray our
whereabouts Fortunately baby dic
not CRY.
On the way TO England her ship was
wrecked near the coast OF Ceyion. and
hope had been almost abandoned when
Ihe passengers. who had been drifting
shout in small boats. were picked up
by a native vessel and taken into Trim
,omalee-Jondon Express.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

srs sDn~Aing Enrs than Peyns; -
are alec nsttooal but uonoo ~ ~
olut5on social aud econsosic eeoeio1sno
have not favored IN France ~ layins
out OF new and elaborate urd>usI
Such gardens are . luxury. y ~ -
joyed only by the very rich. and
French wealth tends 10 b. distributed
rather than concentrated. MoreovsR.
French people. while they love ~
country and delight In MOWERS. arr
70 social that the characteristic exprss-
sions OF their modern life are urban.
They have made Paris something both
Of a garden and a park, but indisid dual
Frenchmen have not induiged IN elab-
crate formal gardens for their person-
al pleasure.
Ia England other conditions have
prevailed Ever since Tudor time there
have been resident on tie soil nm ener-
gefic and efficient s~ristocracy and
landed gentry who were 10 a greater
or less extent the real leaders 81 the
country. They have for the most pare
been prosperous and progressive, liv-
ing on thttr estates ard Adopting their
social habits 10 country life. cons~-
quenuy throughout the whole Of the
time old gardens lave been altered
and new cnez built: new IDEAS aud In
Gnenc . have been c~)ns;aat,y creeping
IN. and NJ the sane time the ccuserva-
tive habits o. EaSisnd. the continuity
Of lie life and The comparative absence
Of revolutionary and military disturb
aDce have All contributed 10 the main
tenAnce almost uninpalrsd Of their
magnificent heritage Of gardens There
r. 10 parallel IN England 10 the partial
decay and ruin Of the great Italian and
French gardens Enxlishmen either
maintain Or improve. ~ they destroy.
In il true that their improvements are
% destructive than the negligence
Of Italians. but 81 + Al least the esi-
cence Of a fresh and living interest
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28
Two kITues"
Some Queer Errors Made by chfidren
ia TstIcs OF Rookx


The children who make use Of public
libraries usually know quite as wei as
their elders what they want although
they make occasional mistakes in ask.
ing for IL
A very natural confusion OF a mod
ern with al earlier classic was IN the
mind Of that small boy. for instance.
who recently demanded .Goiliwog's
Travels and the librarian. who finally
induced him 20 accept Guiiiver's in
stead. wss excusabie for being mone1-
tarily puzzled
Nor was the little girl Immediately
served and satisfied who requested a
book by Hannah Ssnderson. OF which
she could not remember the title. She
knew II was in the library. because
Mamie johnson had had it and IL
was lovely
IL was quite useless 10 inform Der
that no such book appeared in the cata-
logue: she merely thought the attend
ant very stupid and proceeded by way
OF enlightening her. TO describe the
contents. When she mentioned that
a story was about a frog princess,
the official mind VAS suddenly Hum
ined. and she received the fairy tales
OF Hans Andersen-which was what
she wanted
An incident which. as the narrator
truly say would have delighted Dick
ems himself. occurred at the jackson
Square branch OF the New York Public
Library not long ago. when a little girl
TO say a very little girl
sruessly inquired for "A Tale OF Two
by Charles Dickens" She was
not OF an age for novels nor for thrill
Ing Incidents Of the French Revolution;
the librarian saw her error. kindly ex-
that c in Cities sounded ike
. and offered her a book OF pussy-cat
stories suitable to her years
She was quite satisfied to accept It.
Il was not Dickens she wanted. II was
.kitties"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

Bhe does not live on the avenue. She
lives on a side street. The house has
only five rooms. IL is a cosy home. ali
In active use. As the mortgage which
originally covered II grows less the
porches about the cottage grow larger.
IL was built for I'VE and Is now oecu'
pied by four. There's Himself and
Herself and The Girl and The Boy
"us four and DO more" Himself In a
man. every inch. He is hearty. indie
pendent energetic and steady as a
clock. He has got his big feet firmly
planted on the lower round OF the sue
cess ladder and is climbing slowly.
surely. carefully. He loves Herself and
no other. The Boy and The Girl are
healthy youngsters. The Boy whistles
and The Girl sings and Herself does
not complain Of shattered nerres.
But How can = woman who
must economic and pinch enjoy her
ssifY' Perhaps the happy little woman
might be unable 10 explain that She
would say perhaps; we have enough
aud q little 10 spare FOR the very poor.
And really there is satisfaction In deft-
~ darning Himseifs Sunday coat And
there Is xesf IN turning little garments
inside out and in puzEling ones brains
70 make both ends OF the household
meet We are getting on We have no
envy OF those who live In big houses.
We love one another and ne are con
tented Love. you should remember.
is the greatest thing IN the world ana
con;entmenf Is the mex 10 the greatest
thing. Heres yosr law Of compensa-
ton again-ihe Joy Of service. II q
must wrinkle ones brow sometimes
a household problem. studying
how one may -cut the corners for the
sake Of Himself and Tie Other Two.
FOR mcasure-sure as The law
q gravity. certain as the law OF ehemi-
cal nrauify-one shall be paid back ten
foidi An. little womsn land that's the
pathos orlu. you don't know how iich
you are. Enj0y your ehildren while
you may. Who knowsf They may
up and honor your gray hairs
or they may grow up and break your
heart or some day you may live Ia .
BIG house where things arc Eiiced and
life Is hollow. The time may come
there's no longer need for loving
calculation or wiliing self sacrifice
tie rio. II thai ume shall
come 10 you. little woman. low
sii you yearn Tor the days when you
were 80 happy and - pore
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

1T does me good TO see a 'smarty'
get the worst OF H." said the com.
municative tram-conductor 20 a pas.
senger. There were two OF them on
my car yesterday. and their game was
TO scare people into thinking that they
were Just recovering from small. por.
They talked loudly about Il for the
benefit Of the other passengers. and
the more nervous ones, especially the
women. began TO grow apprchensive.
Yes said one, my case was .
pretty bad one. the doctors said
$50 was mine replied the other
fellow. IL seems good to set out OF
the hospital. doesn't itT
THAT'S what II does said tho nrst
one.
sitting next TO them was a man
who had been taking Il all In. At this
point be leaned over and said:
~ say. when did you fellows get
"'only yesterday loudly remarked
one OF them.
ais that so exclaimed the man.
did /. what ward were you iny
"well. those fellows jumped of the
car a. though II had been struck by
lightning. and you couldn't nee their
for dust"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28
G @ @ D
Short


A certain weekly wakes up its de
IInquent subscribers IN this lively fash
ion: 1T Is said that n man who
squeezes a dollar never squeezes his
wife. A glance at our subscription
book leads us 10 believe that many
women IN this section are not ha ying
their ribs cracked. Come IN and settle
and show that ais right al home"
Not long ago a certain door company
received an order for Il carload OF
doors from an embryo Texas to~n.
The order was filed and the doom
ready for shipment. when a telegram
was received canceling the order. and
announcing that q letter Of explanation
would follow. The letter arrived and
was found 10 be brief and much TO the
point II read: Cancel order for car
load Of doors. The town has suddenly
gone prohibition. and 20 many doors
could not be used Ia twenty years"
Recently an American travelling In
Russia. who had neglected 70 provide
himself with q passport, when be ar
rived at the borders Of the Cars d 0
mains. Wss held up by an Official with
q demand for his passport For an in
slant the American was stumped. but
50 the story goes. he quickly rose 10
the emergency. Diving into his inside
pocket. he pulled out his life Insurance
policy and handed il 10 tie Russian.
The latter gravely looked the paper
over. carefully ~scrutinizing the inpos-
ing Iooking seal ard the array Of sig
natures. Then. with q satisfied air, he
handed back the paper. and the Amer
lean passed on
The first Lord Ampthii once called
upon Bismarck. and. while be waited
IN an anteroom before being received
by the German chancellor. out came
Count Harry Amin. flaming himself
with lis handkerchief. and looking as
II he were about 10 choke. well" be
ssid. Il csDDOt understand how Bis
marck can bear uhat-smoking the
strongest Hzyanas IN a stuny little
room. ] had 70 beg him 70 open the
window" Nhen the Engitshman en-
tered the apartment he found Bis
marck apparently gasp-ng for breath
at the open window. what strange
tastes some people have the chancei-
Tor said. -Arnim has just been with
me. and he was so oFerp0Weringiy Per
fumed that ! could stand Il no longer.
and had 10 open the window
A suburban Philadelphia banker tells
with great satisfaction . story that g.
Illustrates well the almost Incredible
proves in ~egg-laying Of his hens
Some tine ago. be says. -an egg was
left for 4 nest egg n the plsce where
my hens lay. This nest egg. the other
day. hziched. and ! have now one lone
ly little chick. which several dozen
mothers car for. Here Is the expis-
nation Of this miracle. Ny hens are
such steady layers that would no
o get OF the nest egg. having
deposited a fresh egg beside IL than
another would slip on. and in her turn
lay. Thus by dozens OF different moth
ers the solitary egg was hstched
Though no one hen sat or -ciooked-
H. nevertheless II was kept always
warm. and IN due time there stepped
forth from il q lonely out vigorous
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

There are quiet victories and strug-
gles.r says Dickens great sacrifices
OF self. and noble acts OF heroism done
every day In hooks and corners. and In
little households and in mems and
women's hearts.- The head Of a chill
dren's home and aid society tells.
through the Chicago Tribune. a touch
Ing story OF simple heroism-
The story deals with the high and
unselnsh courage OF a poor German
mother. She came into my once with
such an air that II we had not re
ceived advance notice concerning her
case we must have been seriously mis-
led by her cheerful manner
Il gff you my children" abe IN
formed me. lightly. as one who had
few cares and no positive troubles.
Il haf six DOT I cannot keep. but one
I will not gif you. he is sixteen. and
crippled. He Is no goot to anyone but
me. Him l keep"
Here Ia the story back OF the light
hearted The woman was left
a widow ard penniless. with the seven
children she loved 70 dearly. Try a.
she might. she found herself utterly
unable to support them. let alone any
thought OF educating them. The lame
boy. who was no goot TO anyone but
her. she would O part with
To avoid burdening others with his
support or allowing the poor cripple to
feel himself dependent on strangers
she allowed us TO provide for the 9TH
ers: yet she did her best to hide from
our knowledge the sorrow OF part
ing with them. call that the purest
kind OF heroism.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28
as FlRsT SUCCESS
Fanous Porfrsif fssnfer Tells u ..
~kcce Homo~

Famous Portrait Painter Tells Of a.
"Ecoe Homa~
The nrst success o. an artist ls al
ways Interesting q. p. A. Healy. the
portrait painter. tells Of bis In his
"Reminiscences A Miss Stuart. who
had taken some Interest in him. had
lent him a print OF Guido Rents Ecre
He1o- He copied iris on a canvas,
and then eoiored Il as bes; he could.
without any help except as the study
Of his oNn face Afforded for The flesh
unts.
Such as Il WAS. says Mr.. Hesly. I
carried the picture TO q good nafuret
bookseller. who consented 70 put Il In
his shop window. I own that I often
found an ereuse for passing along that
street 50 a. 70 give & rapid glance az
my work
A Cathode priest from the country
happened 10 pass that way. and
stopped 4 look at the picture After
h~esitarng. he went in and asked
whether the picture ~as for sale. Ny
friend the bookseller must have had a
Twinkle IN has , as be answered that
doubtless the artist would consent to
parf with his work for : consideration
y am Dot rich said the priest AN
/ could scrape together would be ten
dollars
Il VIII speak to the artist and give
you an answer to Dorr0w.~ And GA
the morrow the priest carried away the
-Ecce Homo and the artist pocket
ed the ten dollars l do not know
which was the happier Of the rwo: but
I rather fancy-it was the boy painter.
Some thirty years later. as l stood
talking with some friends at the Cap
itoi in Washington. I saw an old man
wearing a Roman collar. on hearing
my name pronounced by one Of my
friends be came Up to me and said.
Are you Mr.. Heaiy. the painfery- I
bowed and be continued with = smile.
4 believe that I am the posscssor OF
one Of your earliest works. IL not the
earliest Do you remember an 'Ecce
Homo which you had placed in the
window OF a Boston bookseller A
country priest offered ten dollars for
IL l am the priest and your picture
stn hangs IN my little church. ] have
felt that / had something to do
your success in life--
/ shook my frst patron heartily by
he hand. and told him what joy his
collars had given me.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

Russia has zn'ausecrsue government
OF the mos, antique form Of dsspotsn.
10 religious liberty. no freedom Of
speech. no ballot no public school sys.
tom. 70 ooagress 90 other legislative
BODY. no constitution. no tolerance o.
progress IN amp form and oniy = thin
veneer Of civilization In Japan there
10 constitutional government absolute
freedom Of religious belief. frce3om %
speech. a system % common schools
anil public education ~ good ss tie; Ia
our own land. tho ballot a wise and
homes; jrdieiAi administration. a broad.
wen.baianccd aud modern system Of
government and a high ppe OF civilsa-
ton.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

seine tins aEo a woman WHO has
helped many people 20 soc The wonders
% the world about them told . friend
how her own eyes were opened one
unm.r she happened 70 10 spending
a few days at the same hotel with a
certain naturalist Ills en~thusiasms
did no, In,ercs, her az an: tho progress.
Of the embroidery which she had
brought with her for pickup work
was OF far greater concern TO her than
all the miracles Of June. But onc
morning. seeing him eagerly searching
the ground under her window. she
leaned on; and asked ~curiousiy: what
DO you and 20 absorbing down thercT'
Come out and sccf' he called. In roply.
Why abe did IL she could not tell Per.
hnps. after all. the call Of the day was
too great to be resisted. She threw
aside her embroidery aud went out
That embroidery was never finished.
for the world Of delight she discovered
that day changed her whole life. She
bought books and microscope. and be
gan to investigate for herself. then
with her children. then with other PEG.
pie. After a while she began 20 write.
and the writing brought her new
friends and tho introduction 20 scien.
the clubs and socicties A score Of
fresh interests filled her days. inter.
es,s which she met easily with the re-
newed health o from the long out-of.
doors hours. She lived. In short. a new
life In the midst of the nev, heaven
and earth 10 which her eyes had been
opened. There are thousands OF them
who need 10 release tired yes from
their petty. cxsctinr. needless tasks. TO
~straighten tired bucks. and 10 LET the
fresh air In upon t.'eir lives The high
est city wnlls cannot wholly bar out
nature. She visits city roofs and streets
and yards az freely as tho country
hedgerowa Ali that she asks IL an
opportunity TO reveal her treasures OF
health and JOY; her constant cry Is,
"Come out and seer
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28
ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS.
Magnificent Heritage Aaintsised Ad-
mi-ably since the Tudor Period

Magnificent Heris.ge Maintsised Ad-
mi-abiy since the Tudor Period
English gardens are distinguished
from those OF continental Europe. be-
cause they have had a continuous ex-
istence and history since the Tudor Pc
Rod italian gardens were at their
best late In the sixteenth century and
early in the seventeenth century. Says
the Architectural Record: but there
after they declined just Al all Italian
art declined. During the eighteenth
century the local and cardinal princes
maintained them; but they did no
build new ones; and during the nine
tcenth century they have scarcely ben
kept In repair.
The French garden reached its con-
summat< expression In Versailles late
In the seventeenth century. The o~ru
so completely ovrrshsdcw~i French
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

when you are asked what part the
women OF the rising generation are to
play In the Affairs Of the nation, you
can point to vassar College M n type.
vasssr needs more room The crowd.
ing IL 70 dense that in the class where
100 girls can be accommodated there
are $50 s~pplicants. and more coming.
And other colleges that make a special
~ Of training the female mind are also
prospsrins. The girl IL determined to
secure an education. She has discov-
cred that while her lot In life may.
and probably win. Be to become the
wife Of some good man, and shat she
win need to know mors Of nursing bot
ties and what to do when the baby has
collie than about Greek verbs education
Il can,tri FOR the man IN bis onr~e md
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

The lady whose birthdsy was being
celebrated when tie fzps arrived Al
Port Arthur has DOT begun eonsrbut.
ms 20 the magazines. and neither does
shs announce her intention Of going
upon the stsse. fome people waste
their opportunities Just terribly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

A 81 Louis Jndss says American
girls who come 10 sr1ef By marrying
titled foreigners deserve 10 sympathy.
He probably doesn't expect 10 ~ run
ming for once when the womeR get ;
chance 20 vote.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28
RUSSIANS REPAIRING DAMAGE
DONE 10 INT RAILROAD.

Prior e the outbreak OF The war the
japanese had stationed AZ various
points along the M~anchnrian railway
trusted bands OF men charged with the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-28

A scientist has found . that a child
2 years old uses a vocabulary OF 100
words; i s-yesrold $500. aud 4 s-year.
Old. f.ooo different words. Evidently
only Boston children were examined