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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
A oeNTLEwoMAN

60 sweet the face, so clear the eyes
Which mirrored zach new thoughts sur
prise
To ardent mind.
30 calm the brow meath ave Of snow,
The careless stranger ne'er would know
Grandma was blindl
The children wished that she could see,
But guessed that. by some alchemy
or will divine.
Dear grandma felt the sunsets gold.
And drank. in deep draughts manifold.
October's wine.
In early spring. through others view.
No tender bud OF palest hue
Could pass her by;
The starlit nights were moro serene,
And brighter were the leaves first green.
And April's sky.
With joy she heard the robins long
When others deemed the winter long.
And only smiled:
Then. in the frelight's rosy glow,
Told quaintest tales OF long ago,
For each grandchild.
Her gracious life had served its day,
Yet fingered still to show the way
To straying feet:
To pour the III OF water cold
For those who sought the path Of old.
Faint with the heat
Thus, gliding gently down the years,
She gave. to many. smiles for tears,
By Loves great law;
Till. as a mountains mist is reft.
Death broke the seals which life had left
And grandma sawi
Home Journal.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

addressing Sol Baker. Blame my catl
II / know why / didn't There Amt
DO money In the grocery business any
more. Every time a man gifts SO in
cash he studies up the St Looey mar
ket quotations an then IN around
to figger with me on q bill o. goods. II
/ make him a price on a pair o. over
alls or q pillow clevis he pulls a mail
order catalogue on me an shows me
how much cheaper he can git 1t by
sendin' OF fer It II I'd "a sold when
I'd had the chance l might have gone
into the hotel business an made
money"
AN you might have gone inter the
hotel business an gone busted" OBJ
served Hank Judkins, the Gooseneck
school trustee. "Quit your kickin',
Rufe."
"Rufe reminds me Of old man Ken
nedy an the chance he missed" said
Wash Hancock. "Afore he moved in
ter Mizzoura an bought the Bush
place with its brick house an 500 acres
O. corn land. pascher an white oak
timber he owned a ~forty-acre farm In
Pennsylvenier where he had to dig
holes to bury the rocks he'd pick of
the land, after he'd fenced with 'em
an built his house an stable with
'em. He jest made out to keep the
breath O. life in his body an hide on
the ribs Of his OK team an that was
all, for years. But fnerly a Teller
come around an lowed that the rock
was an extra fine quality for bridge
film an offered ter buy the place an
take his chances O. findin' a bridge ter
NIL.
"Old Man Kennedy sorter smelled
suthin' an asst the Teller ter make an
offer. The Teller offered s 1000 straight
up. Kennedy'd ben glad to have
taken 500 afore that. but he smelled
suthin' stronger yit an he said $4,000
was the lowest fgger he lowed ter
take for it. Well. they dickered
around the best part of a week an
fnerly the Teller gave him 5000.
Then he socked down a drill an the
mex thing he had an oil well that he
sold fer $4,000.
THAT broke Old Man Kennedy's
heart. His grief was suthin' perthet-
ic. When he come here an began
dickerin' fer the Bush place he looked
. II he'd Jest berried all bis kin.
"Well, he done well with the place.
He was a worker from away back an
that there bottom land is mighty good
land. Inside O. three years he had the
$1,000 balance o. the purchis paid an
money In the bank besides. But he
couldn't git over sellin' his Pennsyl-
yania rock pile fer $1,000 when he
might have got $4,000 for it.
He'd lean over the hog pen where
me hogs was - rolnn' tat that thu
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
LINCOLN FOND or CIRCUIT.
Welcomed d, An the other L@-,su
aud By the Landlords

aud BIZ the Landlords
Following The court about on the cir.
cult was. no doubt. the Joy. of LIN
coln's life. lie was ~ fond % u that
be declined a ALTERING offer to enter .
lucrative Law partnership In Chicago
because. a. he contrbd~i u would q.
eessitats more or i~-. confinement lr
the once and therefore keep him "a
tn. circuit.
Seated In a one horse buggy. behind
a so~rry-looking animal he would srt
out from Springfield 10 30 sons Zoe
weeks at a stretch. The a~y~rs az ne
drove into zach successive place. saE~v
~ snticipa ting a nrw stock Of stories
gave him a cordial welcome and rhs
la ndlords hailed hi. coming with 60
light. for no was one Of tho most
patient and accomplishing guests III
every other fellow" relates q % his
collea CUES. ~g~rumblsd at the indlnsr.
ent accommodations and scant fare
which greeted us NJ many of the din
~ tavsrns We struck Lincoln aid
nothing"
III. forbea m In this regard well
warrants the observation he ls said
on ono occn. sion 20 have made. that
he never 40 completely felt his own
unworthines- as when he stored face &c
face with a real. live hotel clerk How
no appeared on the circuit may b
CLEANED from his sketch ~ him drawn
by Henry G. whitney. n Of his cob
league. In Central Illinois. who is YET
living.
~HN hat was brown. faded and the
nap usually worn or rubbed OF. lie
wore n short coat and sometimes .
shawl. Ills coat and vest hunE Ico-cs
~ on his giant frame. His trousers
were invariably too short. In u hand
he carried a faded green umbrella With
"A. Lincoln in large white cotton OF
muslin letters. sewed on tho inside
The knoll was gone from the handle
and a piece OF cord was usually tied
around the middle Of the umbrella to
keep II from flying open. In the Other
hand he carried q carpet bag. In which
wer. stored the few papers he used In
court and underclothing enough to last
TN his return to Springfield
fury.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
HOW GOLDFISH ARE CAUGHT.
Travis with 5000 Hooks Baited In the
Day and Left Over Night.

Trswis with 5000 Hooks Baited In the
Day and Left Over Night
Cod fishing Is done with dories and
travis The dories are hat bottomed
sloping sided boats. which ht Into one
another in the ships waist. economic
ing space thereby.
Each dory takes two men. and the
whole crew. except the captain and
the cook. 80 on in them every suitable
day. and set the travis In the water
outward from the ship like spokes
from the hub Of a wheel Travis are
long lines. each with 5000 hooks at
tached at intervals Of a yard, every
hook baited with some smaller 1sh,
either herring. caplin. or squid. that
the cod Affects. The travis are an
chored at each end. baited In the day.
left lying v night and are stripped
of their accumulation Of fish next
morning, being baited again when
overhauled-"
The fish are taken to the vessel in
the dories. ~eviscerated. washed, and
sailed This routine continues until
the bait II exhausted. and then the
vessel returns home. lands the fish.
takes more bait and salt. and goes out
again. At st Pierre her catch II taken
in hand by the graviers and women
who submerEs It In crates Until the
salt has been washed on. Then they
Scrub each dsh with 4 hard. coarse
brush. and pile them In heaps to drain.
This done, they are next spread on the
beaches to dry in the sunlight and air,
The beaches consist of several acres Of
nat ground. covered with basalt stones
worn round by the motion Of the sea
for ages
The stony fields surround St Pierre
and thousands of cod r displayed
there on a ins day. Every evening.
II fog or rain threatens, the fish are
gathered up again and II covered
with tarpaulins. The process Is repeat
ed until the nsh are quite dry and
hard Dry fish are piled In round
the rest In oblong ones When
a sufficient quantity to load a vessel Is
obtained it Is packed into her hold and
shipped to market. The extent Of the
cod fishing OF Miquelon and St Pierre
may be indicated by the record OF the
catch OF those Islands IN 1882 which
was 72.5OO,O0O pounds-Bookloyers'
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

the United States will soone or later
be compelled TO depart from tradition
and settle for all time the yexed Near
Eastern question by turning out th(
Turks and becoming responsible fo@
the peace OF the Turkish States In EuI
rope. Dreamlike as this proposltioS
appears, there are those In Europe Will
have faith In its accomplishment. ID
the United States the idea has MOI
even the stability OF a vision.
Not only Is the Dardanelles FORTH
ned, but the Bosphorus bristles With
forts In pairs strung out along its
length at intervals OF two miles. As
the Russian Black Sea ~battleships are
the most heavily armored In the world
II has been suggested that this was
done for the purpose Of attempting the
passage OF the straits, should necessity
eve arise.
The ships OF the Fleet.
Two OF the Black Sea battleshiDs.
the Knyaz Potemkin and the Tria
Zviatitelia. are very speedy ships for
their class. both being able TO do seyen
teen knots an hour.
In addition TO the feet mentioned.
two powerful 1900 ton battleships-
the ziatoust and the Erstan-which
are TO have an eighteen knot speed. are
being built. and two protected cruisers.
a new type for the Black Sea. OF 6.di5
tons. with twenty-three-kno speed.
are also being built. These are TO be
named the kagul and the Otchakow.
and are part OF the new Russian naval
program. which provides for i've Ia
5Oo-to battleships. the largest In tho
world-the largest English battleships
being 1880 tons each. and the Coz.
necticut class for the United States bur
5000 tons. the nearest approach 10
which class are ak French ships OF
l4.6y2 o m each.
One advantage the Russian Riaek
Sea neet Possesses over those OF other
powers Is the ability OF some OF tho
ships 10 burn oil. The Caspian oil
nelds are o 50 distant that petroleun
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
Black Sea Squadron
Made Ineffective by
the Treaties Which
Close the D~ardanelIes


European side. called the key TO
constantinople;," Ak-bashi Liman. the
ancient port OF Sestos; Abydos. just
opposite the scene OF Lenders swim
ming. and. later. OF Lord Byron's. Be
low this lies Chanak-kalessi. some
times called D~ardanelles-
Rugged Beauty of the Dardaneiies.
AS the ~Dardanelles. the Sea of Mar
mora and the Bosphurus are all with
In the Ottoman Empire. tho Turkish
Government has always contended
that no foreign warship should be al
lowed at any time to pass through.
Owing to the same international Jeal-
ousies which have prolonged the life
OF the Sick Man OF Europe, the Porte
has been able TO have its position
strengthened by treaties and by Il eon-
vention OF the European powers. The
various treaties. etc. referring TO the
closing OF the straits 20 foreign ships
OF war may be summarized as follows:
1909. January 5.-Treaty. Great
Britain and Turkey. Dardanelles and
Eosphorus closed TO ships OF war OF
foreign states when the Porte 10 at
peace.
DISQUALIFICATION. Turkey. Bos-
phorus closed TO merchant ships OF
POWERS not having treaties.
1926. October Treaty. Russia and
Turkey. Trade to be opened TO all
friendly powers.
ls29-September i4-Treaty. Russia
and Turkey. Black Sea aud straits
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

Is, on the whole. heavily armored, and
carries batteries of effective size. Tn
destroyer are OF the most modern
type. and from the first-class torpedo
boats a strong fiotilla could be formed
1t is almost Impossible TO entirely
divorce any consideration OF the Rus
sian Black Sea feet and the history OF
the Dardanelles. for the feet has been
organized and built especially to meet
the conditions. Originally II was con-
ceived with the Idea Of commanding
the shores OF that immense inland
rea. and to be able. II the necessity
should arise. to assist any operation
against Turkey.
A Vast Inland lea.
The Black Sea Is a very large body
of inland water. Some idea Of Its size
may best be given by calling to mind
that its area Is about that OF the Mid
die States and Mississippi combined.
In figures II may be expressed as l63.-
I'll square miles. Its only outlet Is
through the Bosphorus, the Sea OF
Marmora and the Dardanelles into the
Aegean Sea. an arm Of the Mediter-
ranean. The Bosphorus and the Oar
danelles are two narrow straits. and.
consequently. easily fortified, although
IL may be asserted that the Turkish
forts are not Gibraltars. by any means.
At Its greatest width the B~osphorus
In not over two and a quarter miles,
and its t~ortuous course Is nineteen
miles long. The Dardanelles IL a wind
ing body Of water. forty-fve miles
long. and averaging two miles In
width. The latter is at one point only
500 yards wide. and here, on the
Asiatic side. are the fortresses OF
Chanak-Kale and Kum-Kali. and on
the European side Sed-il-Bahr and
Kalid-Bahr. The latter IL generally
spoken Of as THE Key Of the Sea-" or
"The Castle Of Europe" All four forts
have some modern ordnance. the
Asiatic being commanded by 200
Krupp cannon. yet there remain some
ancient brass cannon Of immense size
which are capable Of hurting stonesbot
of from 20 to 20 inches in diameter.
which are not nearly so terrible as
their appearance would suggest.
The f~orty-hve miles Of the Dardnn-
elles, whose shores. although not such
a panorama Of beauty as those Of the
Bosphorus, are still full Of fine pictnr-
are bordered by rugged
mountains, rising n behind the other.
brown and barren on the European
side. and by low. wooded hills on the
Important towns dot the way.
Among them. at the entrance to tho
Sea Of Marmora. are Gallipoh, on the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
v..,n,.. Of the star c.nop-..

The conception Of the magnitude OF
the star Campus. which Is regarded
as the greatest body In the universe.
IL dinicuIt indeed. even when Mr.. Gore
of the Royal Astronomical Society fur
nishes the sun ms a step by which tho
imagination may raise Itself. One has
some appreciation OF the size OF the
earth with it's circumference Of 5000
miles. The sun IL more than n million
times as large ms the earth. The mass
OF Campus has been weighed astro-
nomlcally and found to be one. million
times greater than that OF the sun.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
The Country Store


n ID AS lief trade with you as send
for my groceries" said the old
farmer to the country ~storekeeper,
'sbut, by Jucks. l don't propose to pay
you no four prices for sugar"
The way 1 fgger 1t I'll be maxim
half a cent a pound" said the store
keeper, sarcastically. That sounds
purity steep. l know, but by the time
l allow for shrinkage an storage an
pay my taxes an sport my family out
O. that half cent l amt goin' to lay
up much fer my old age"
The old farmer grunted and then.
saying that he would look around a
spell, he slowly departed
Il had a chance to sell out here
four gears ago." said the s~torekeeper.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
RUSSIA'S
HELPLESS FLEET
ULLY one-third OF the Russian
- navy is imprisoned by treaty In
the Black Sea. Excepting for

@ULLY one-third OF the Russian
- navy is imprisoned by treaty In
the Black Sea. Excepting for
four d~estroyers which were built
ON the Baltic, and were permitted by
the Porte TO steam 10 Sebastopol after
their armament had been removed, and
the merchant vessels which are in the
auxiliary and volunteer fleets, none OF
the ships has eve passed through the
Dardanelles. The entire Black Sea
fleet, including all classes OF ships.
numbers 1853 vessels. and includes 5
battleships. Q cruisers. u gun vessels,
s. auxiliary cruisers, IL volunteer
steamships. 10 d~estroyers. 20 first-class
and 63 second class torpedo boats. The
tonnage represented by the vesse.s is
considerably more than than half OF
the entire Japanese navy, yet. owing
TO the numerous treaties and conven-
tons which have closed the Darda-
nelles TO all foreign lighting ships, the
Black Sea feet remains inert
Since the time when II became evil
dent that hostilities in the far East
were inevitable several diplomatic at
tempts to have this powerful feet re-
leased from its Imprisonment were re-
ported TO have been made by Russia.
Some Of the fleet. 1t must be admitted.
would be unable to make the long voy-
age to the far East. and perhaps would
be OF little effect II they did. On the
other hand. the formldab Bile battleship
squadron. while not OF the latest type,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11
Failed to Recognize II

you told me that moonstone pin
would bring me good luck" said the In
dignant heiress, "and now Count Slim
purse has proposed to another girl and
this morning my poodle was found
cold In death"
MY dear young lady" calmly re-
poined the optimistic jeweler with the
bald pate, what better luck could you
AK forT'
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

"You don't laugh enough while You
arc eating. my friend"
How "a ~ My wife insists upon
having new onions every meal aud
they make me cry."-clcvcInnd Plain
Dealer.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

The average yield OF wheat In Rus
STA is less than half that Of the Unit.
ed States.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

Occasionally a man declines a noml
nation for ofice-if thAre 10 no chance
Tor his election.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-11

After some men get started they are
too lazy to stop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-29
BIG GIFT FOR BETHANY.
Minnesota Lumber King Aids Linds-
borg College.

LindsbOrg, Kan, July 29.-Colonel c.
A. Smith, the lumber king of Mime
sofa, has this week executed a deed
transferring % 900 900 feet of lumber,
located on his lands in Oregon, to Beth
any college of Lindsborg, Kansas. By
this transfer, he is carrying out the
first part of a promise made to the
college at commencement last spring.
The college is to receive from him as
a permanent endowment fund 100, 0O0O 600
feet of lumber, to net the institution
not less than 100000 on condition that
the friends of the college raise an addi-
tional 500, 00O The transfer of the first
25, 900, 900 feet should take place when
the board of trustees had by formal
vote accepted the proposition and given
it's assurance that every effort would
ing where the proposition was thor
oughly discussed, it was decided to pro
coed Immediately to devise ways ana
means for it's realization. President
Pihlblad was put in charge of the work.
These timber lands are in an accessible
part of the state of Oregon and there
is no question at the present increase
of population and decrease in the sup
ply of timber but that the lumber will
be worth 5000, 900 instead of 100000.
Bethany college has many friends
throughout the country who are adj
mirers of the late DR.. Carl Swensson.
their willingness to respond to an ap-
peal for raising a DR.. Carl SwenSSon
memorial fund. Bethany college has
nearly a thousand alumni At an en-
thusiastic meeting of the alumni last
spring, at which Colonel Smith was
present, a resolution was passed to the
effect that the alumni make it their OBJ
ject to raise before January 1, 1906,
SIS 600 as a part of the so-called DR..
Carl Swensson memorial fund. A COM
mittee was appointed to execute this
resolution. They will Immediately set
to work. The college enjoyed pnenom-
No of rs
late president in spite of a lack of
funds. An endowment of 100000 will
place the work on a solid financial basis
and insure it's permanency.
Colonel Smith was a very intimate
friend of President SwenSSon and for a
number of years has been a benefactor
of Bethany college. His purpose is now
to see that the institution shall grow
and extend it's field of usefulness and
remain a lasting monument to his de-
parted friend. A number of other prom
iseS have been made, which, however,
it would be premature to mention at
this writing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-29
LOOK AT THIS, MIR. MAYOR.
County Commissioner Sterne on Man
agement of City Funds.

County Commissioner Sterne, speak
ing for himself and for the entire board
of commissioners, said a few things
this morning about the complaint OF
the city fathers over the poor fund ex-
pended by the county.
During the last fiscal year we ex-
pended some $4,000 on the county poor
farm and in caring for the poor" said
Mr.. Sterne. "Of that amount the city
contributes about $4,000 and in the ex-
penditure of the total receives about 95
per cent.
with us there is a surplus in the
fund but I am certain that if the city
authorities managed the fund, as they
manage other funds. there would be a
deficit instead of a surplus. The city
authorities give our poor commissioner
orders for coal and for supplies and
those orders are filled and never re-
fused. We object, however, to paying
bills that the city authorities know
nothing about. The city officers have
no system as to the use of money and
know nothing about such matters. III
the county management we look after
the expenditures. We have no red tape
but we have a system and the city Off
GERS don't seem to recognize a system
when they see it. We would be glad to
have the city assume the entire work
and responsibility for caring for the
poor"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-29
CAT AND DOG ARE FISHERS.
Declared Champion Anglers of Region
Surrounding LittIeton, N. H.

Littleton, N. H., July 29.-Champion
angler of these parts is a cat which
hangs around the establishment of the
Saranac Glove company. Her title was
disputed by Mike Corliss' Newfound-
land pup, but with the landing of a Il
pound trout the cat is in the lead.
The cat had been a most persistent
angler for some time, bringing in fish
large and small, so regularly that it's
reputation got abroad. Included in her
catches in the last two weeks are a
horned pout and a fine speckled trout.
Pussy is seVen-toed. She knows all tho
best fishing holes in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Corliss dog goes fishing every
day, and never comes back without a
trophy. His best catch this week was
a sucker Is inches long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-29
ABOUT AUGUST WEATHER.
Compilation to Show What 1t Has
Been for II Years.

The following data, covering a period
the weather bureau records at Topeka.
that have prevailed, during the month
in question, for the above period of
years, but must not be construed as a
forecast of the weather conditions for
August.
Temperature-Mean or normal tenn
perature, 76 degrees. The warmest
month was that of 1900. with an average
of so degrees. The coolest month was
that of 1885, with an average of - de-
grees. The highest temperature was
los degrees on the 25th, 1901. The low
est temperature was 40 degrees on the
oath, 1891. The earliest date on which
first killing frost occurred in au-
tumn, September g. 1888. Average
date on which first killing frost oc
CURED in autumn, October 13. Average
date on which last killing frost oc-
CURED in spring, April 8. The latest
date on which last killing frost oc-
Cured in spring, May 49, 1888.
Precipitation-Averag for the month,
4.55 inches. Average number of days
with .O1 of an inch or more, 9. The
greatest monthly precipitation was 1888
inches in 1903. The least monthly pre-
cipitation was O.42 inches in 1894 The
greatest amount of precipitation re-
corded in any "a consecutive hours was
$50 inches on the End, 1908.
Clouds and weather number
of clear days, 10; partly cloudy days,
IA; cloudy days, 4.
Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the south.