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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
a "rAkIR's" CONFESSIONS
Chicago. He Says, L. the Only "sauars

Snicakos ne says II the only 'sQuare"
City.
In the current Independent are pub
lished the confessions OF street
"fakir" who for obvious reasons re
mains anonymous. from which account
1t appears that the business Is profit.
able.
The fskir's real beginning as an in
dependent operator was in Chicago. OF
which he says; Chicago is the only
square town In this country-that is.
square from fakir's or grafter's
point OF view. You pay for protec-
ton and you get It,"
He paid the captain IS for a week
for permission to sell knife sharpeners.
and gave the man ON post about a
dollar day. He was warned not TO
try any tanning" or "slum" at this
low rate. These privileges cost $40
and s. day. respectively.
Tanning" Is getting possession OF
the money OF crowd on the under
standing that 1t Is 10 be given back.
and then whipping up fast team
of horses and driving away. 'Slum"
Is selling packages OF jewelry. hand
kerchiefs. etc.
There are towns that are not
square" In Cleveland the confess
Ing faklr paid for protection" and
was afterward arrested and fined
Then he went TO New York. concern
Ing which II is his testimony that II
Is town Of easy marks" New
York Is closed" except just before
Christmas. but there Is something do
Ing In sneak pitches"-that Is. In
"squaring" the man on post and sell
ing for few minutes between the
visits OF the rounds" However. when
the artist tried II he was arrested by
the very man he had bribed. and
thence went TO Philadelphia. OF which
be says:
philadelphia Is the cheapest city In
The United StatSS. The policemen are
paid at the rate Of Sl.75 per day. and
l fakir who gives one OF them a quar-
Ter for protection Is hailed as Car
iegle- For dollar a day the guar
liam OF the beat you are working on
will keep your territory clear OF other
'akirs and vote you prince OF good
'sllows. IA
There Is not much money to be
made In Philadelphia by a fakr. for
arious reasons. First. the people have
N Inherited trait OF thrlftiness; Sec
nd. they live their lives less fever
SHY than In any other large city Of
he United States; ard there are home ,
uards' In the town. who take care Il '
II the sarplus cash floating around'
New York and Chicago are the head |
uarters for new novelties. and IA 4
IRIS OF the first class secure the new ,
1ings. The (Ekirs keep In touch with '
he novelty supply complaints for new
lings. and scan the papers Constant c
: for announcements which Indicate /
'me unusual event that Will draw az
-owd :
Il think that FOR straight taking
gas tips were the most
things | ever handled" says
lie account OF the fakir In the fude-
sndent. They cost me. with tho
lass pillar attached. sL35 per gross
laid out 500 In tips and printed
after. planned my campaign. aud be-
IN an Itinerary which occupied four
q nihs OF my time. My bank account
lowed balance te my favor Just
.52T m excess when I had completed
$ tour"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
A Ldfe-savins Order.

Many years ago the American war
ship Delaware came near laundering
OF the coast Of Sardinia while lufins
through a heavy squall during a morn
ing watch. The unauthorized letting
20 of the fore sheet" alone saved tbs
ship from going down with LOO souls
on board The nrst lieutenant, after
ward Commodore Thomas W. WymaD,
with dificult climbing succeeded in
reaching tho quarter deck, where,
snatching the TRUMPET from the on
cor In charge, his frst order, given in
q voice heard distinctly fore and aft,
was Keep clear Of the paint work.
This command to hundreds of human
being packed in the lee scuppsrs like
sardinss in a box instantly restored
them to order and prevented 4 panic,
they naturally feeling that II at such
q time, with 4 line Of battle ship on
her beam ends clean paint work was Of
importance their condition
could not be q serious one.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

Ons of .he rarities Of the earth 10
the fine grained limestone used for
making photographic plates The quar-
rIes at solenhofen. Germany. are cel-
ebrated not Oily for the excellence Of
their lthograpbic stone Jut also be-
cause remarkable specl.nens OF the ex.
tlnct flying reptile called the achaeop-
terix have been fornd embedded In
the stone. NewE Tow comes from
Athens that large deposits Of this
stone have been discovered In Thes-
,aIy, not far from PharsaIia. wher,
Pompey the Great was defeated b,
julius Caesar. Some experts say this
Greek stone Is superior to the bes.
hitherto known In Europe.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
auFuo YOUNG
4 Gan who Passed His Life In Steal
Ing Horses.

- A8a " ~ 81<<4 49, @<@@e .. C@1e4-
ing aoroes.
The career Of Rufus Young. the horse
thief who died at the Rutland coun-
: ty jail yesterday, says the Rutland
Herald. is typical enough to be more
than 4 curiosity. 1t Is no sporadic
case. Years ago In New York State
be ran hotel: but this was only his
Ia horse thief. His hotel was only
side Issue. He was the leader OF a
gang OF men who picked up other peo-
piles horses and sold them 1t could
hardly be said that-Young had pas
sion for making money. He never
made any amount OF money at stealing
horses. and he spent at least thirty
two years OF his life in prison as
penalty for plying his trade. He SIM
ply had propensity for taking horses
wherever found He probably never
tried TO break into jewelry store
nor bank. nor was he ever known
TO hold up lonely traveller or TO
adroitly touch mans leather for his
money" Young was after horses, and
he wanted TO sell them. too. the mo-
ment he captured one. He finished n
twenty-five year term In prison less
than two months ago. and probably
hals dozen times between that and
his death he broke into barns In search
of horses.
We would say that Young was men,
tally sick We do not think that he was
amenable to religious instruction So
far as horses are concerned, he had
no sense OF right and wrong. He WAS
beyond the influence OF prayer or NOR
II tuition He needed doctor rather I
than minister. Why should he not /
lave been placed In a hospital for in
.urables rather than in a prison? ,
Scientists tell US that the criminal i'm q
,ulse runs In families. Young's dis '
.ase. II We may so term 1t. may have e
'een case OF atavism. a revival or 4
Of a criminal DISPOSE I
ion that could be traced back TO his a
ncestors. In that event the person 10 b
unish would be Young's great-grand b
ather. perhaps. and not him. He need o
d medical treatment and care. We d
Tonder whether the world viii so de-
elop in wisdom on these matters that Il
be insane criminals will be eventually Ct
eparated from the vicious and placed a
here they cannot harm the commu- CT
ity.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
In a Glass House-

Nothing displeases DR.. X. Ogden
Doremus more than indistinct speak
ing. He rarely fails to show his dis
approval of 1t. While lecturing at the
city college recently, having occasion
to ask question Of a student. he re.
ceived a mumbled reply.
HIN, him, HIM; HIN, him." mimick.
ed the irate professor. Cant you
speak 80 I can hear you? II you've
to say, speak out and don't
humble your words"
The answer was trifie disconcer.
ing. II said" replied the student.
that I did not hear your question"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
An Ardent Reader.

"wer.' said the Sheriff. with an mir
Of satisfaction. "noospapers don't make
no great sight our o. me. now | tell
ye, for IFS seldom ever ] set down 70
look at one on 'em. I got book up
home there I take an read ol( on ~
amt got nothIn' better 10 DO. The
woman she give a Teller dollar for
her one time, an put him up over
night, too. she dId."-Cent,iry.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
Tho House That Jack Built.

This IL the number OF bucks per
week thai was saved from to build
the houss hat Jack built
80.
This + the sum which Mrs. Jack
looked like In the frocks she made for
herself In order to save for the house
that Jack built
IS.
This is the number OF full meals that
can be prepared without cooking from
a package OF the food which the Jacks
ate in order to save for the house that
Jack built
81. 81.
The agex OF Jack and his wife. re-
spectively. when they had finally paid
for the house that Jack built.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
millionaire. OF Nov Yors

There are in New York City today
1,a20 millionnires, rs against 2gS twen-
ty years ago and twenty-five in 1853.
There were no mIllionaircs In the city
100 years ago. The first person to
reach that distinction was John Jacob
Aston, who became a millionaire about
the year 1920.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
An Improvement In Book Markers.

An Improvement IA HOOK Mhrkcrs-
Some readers have tho faculty OF re-
membering exactly the page aud line
Of book they had reached when they
were compelled to pause In their read
ing TO perform some other duty. but
the majority OF took.lovers and ocea-
sion to use some sort OF a marking de
vice to aid them In finding the place
when the reading Il resumed again.
Numerous curious and handsome nov.
elites have been produced for this pur.
pose. but very few. :, any. Of these
viii perform the double duty OF mark.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
OLD
FAvORITES



Blessings on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy with cheek OF tan;
With thy turned-up pant xIcons,
And thy merry whistled tunes;
With thy red lip, redder still.
Kissed by strawberries on the hill;
With the sunshine on thy face
Through thy torn brim's jauny grace
From my heart | give thee joy;
was once a barefoot boy.
Prince, thou art: the grown-up man
Only is republican.
Let the million -dollared ride;
Barefoot trudging at his side,
Thou hast more than he can buy,
In the reach OF ear and eye
Outward sunshine, inward joy,
Blessings on thee, barefoot boy!
Oh, for boyhood's time OF June.
Crowding years in one brief moon
When all things l heard or saw,
Me, their master, waited for,
was rich in flowers and trees,
Hummingbirds and honey bees;
For my sport the squirrel played,
Piled the shouted mole his spade;
For my taste, the blackberry cone
Purpled over hedge and stone;
Laughed the brook for my delight,
Through the day and through the night.
Whispering at the garden wall.
Talked with me from fall to fall;
Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond;
Mine the walnut slopes beyond;
Mine, on bending orchard trees,
Apples of HesperidesI
Still as my horizon grew,
Larger grew my riches. too;
All the world saw or knew
Seemed a complex Chinese toy,
Fashioned for a barefoot boyl
Oh, for festal dainties spread
Like my bowl of milk and breadi
Pewter spoon and bowl of wood
On the doorstep. gray and rude.
Ger me like regal tent.
the sunset bent.
Purple curtained, fringed with gold,
Looped in many a wind-swung fold;
While for music came the play
Or the pied frogs orchestra.
And to light the noisy choir,
Lit the fly his lamp of fire.
was monarch; pomp and joy
Waited on the barefoot boy.
Cheerily, then, my little man.
Live and laugh as boyhood can;
Though the finty slopes be hard,
the new-mown sward,
Every morn shall leed thee through
Fresh baptisms of the dew;
Every evening from thy. feet
Shall the cool winds kiss the heat;
All too soon those feet must hide
IN the prison cells Of pride;
Lose the freedom Of the sod.
like colts. for work be shod; !
dade to tread the mills OF toll. 4
Up and down in ceaseless MOL, r
Happy il their track be found ,
Never on forbidden groundl
Happy if they sink not in
QUICK and treacherous sands of sin!
IN, that thou couldst know thy JOY
IRE it passes. barefoot boyl
John G.. Whittier. T
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

Trimd-Of course your son grsdst
stsd with high ayeragsl
Graduates Father (Do ~ :, ~e-
ed from the biIl)-Yey. u G
600 Last year.-Baltlmois a
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

reckon dat most men aim to speah
de truth. but Mt de same time dey am
willin' to make most my sort OF prom.
isc an trust to luck about carryin' 'cin
Out."-DetroIt Free Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

he bought under
the German nag.
Is now preparing
TO set out upon
stlll another jour
ney OF adventure
TO East Africa. 10
continue the ex-
plorations b G gu a
on previous expe-
ditions. especially
with the idea OF
..llaefing further
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
oEnMANrs cGclL RHooea

Dr. Carl Pstsrs 60 Lead Another NJ
psdition Into kass Africa.
Or Carl Peters. who has been called
the Cecil Rhodes OF Germany because
NJ the vast slice OF African territory
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

Some people have such a disagree
able memory that they can remind you
Of things you did thousand years
ago.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

There are few things In this world
more Irritating Aan . woman with
cooling voice
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

Many I woman loves her husband
- thAn hsr husbands wife.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
n.e.oslon on H.. Nelsheor.

~Pnw. what II a spite fence'?"
~Any backyard fence. Tommy
rntcaeo Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19
Alphabetical I.ovcmssInr.

she--Are you fond OF tea?
He-Yes but I like the next letter
bettsr.--Modern Society.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-19

Silence Z an s1csllsnt Fsmady fos
gossip
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24

the mammoth machine, and, although
he has declared time and again that 1t
was in "the pink of condition" and
Ought to run like creased lightning"
there has been hitch somewhere IN
it's metal anatomy that prevented 1t
from Keeling off the Records"
The new press is known as the
"Pride of the Printshop." 1t is a mon
ster, 20 feet high and 35 or 40 feet long.
and when it gets to working will dash
off more than 200,0 900 pages Of 1.-THE
Congressional Record" an hour. All
the other presses in the biggest print
ing Office in the world look like pyg-
mics beside it. The guides who steer
visitors about the works always stand
awestruck before it when they get
within sight of it's polished arms,
bright plates and monstrous rollers.
In tones appropriately hushed, as
though in the presence of majesty, they
describe the workings of the great cyl
inders, the powerful motor and almost
human intelligence of the parts that
count the sheets, fold the leaves or
stop the whirl of the giant wheels
when anything goes wrong.
It'll be the most wonderful press in
the world-when it gets to working
right" the guide remarks as he passes
reluctantly OF to some smaller piece Of
machinery.
The government will not pay the
$38, $50 that the press is supposed to be
worth until it works perfectly. At
present the experts who have been
toiling over it for half a veal to dis
cover what was wrong say that a little
pin no larger than ones finger is miss
ing, and as soon as it is made and put
in place, the whale of the printery deep
will be able to swim.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24

of them do, are but food for the firebrand,
and insists that some means oul be
found for stopping their publication. He
does not charge the democratic press
with any graver Offenses in this connec-
ton than may be laid TO the republican
press, but would like to see some sort
of censorship established which would
put a stop to the use of the really vlcl-
JUS pictures.
''These pictures often carry a joke
too far" he says and to illustrate his
point he tells a little story OF an in
stance which happened in Iowa when
he was a boy:
There was an old judge on the
bench in my town who was something
of a humorist in his way. One day he
heard a case in which a new attorney
appeared for the defendant. The young
lawyer pleaded his case most eloquent
ly, but the burden of proof was against
his client and he lost. After the judge
got home that night he received a call
from the counsel for the defence.
Judge said the young lawyer,
you ruined my life to-day. | am start
ing out on my legal career. | had a
good case, and before l went into 1t l
told my client that | would win. 1t
was my first case, judge, and if l had
won it it would have done me a world
of good. AS it turned out, | am a
ruined man.
" oh, don't feel that way about it,
replied the judge. Just go to your
client and tell him that it was all my
fault. That it was the instructions |
gave the jury that lost you the case
THE next time the judge stepped
out of the house he found the defend
ant in the case waiting for him with
blood in his eye. I'll teach you to in
struct the jury to defeat justice!- he
Numbered, as he pitched into his
honor.
so you see a joke can be carried al
together too far. l think some OF the
funny picture men are OVERRIDING it.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24

Cor%yx+1,t
'' his death sent
word to President Roosevelt that he was
making a mistake. The message was
sent by Don Cameron, who received it
from the lips of the dying senator.
81 want you to tell him as soon as
possible" Quay is quoted as saying.
Probably l should have no voice in
the selection, but tell the president
that he is surely making a mistake.
"Don," he is reported to have said
further, "the coming campaign will be
a hard one. 1t will be one of the hard
est fights in the history Of the repub-
lican party. The opposition is strong
and it may grow stronger, and on this
account the new chairman should be a
man who has had the greatest political
experience that 1t Is possible to OBJ
tain"
Senator Penrose is also supposed to
be opposed to the selection of Secre-
tary C%ortelyou. and is said to be maxi
ing an effort to unite eastern republic
ans on some other candidate for the
place. Rumor has it that the choice
of this dissatisfied element has centered
on Senator John Fairchild Dryden,
junior United States senator from New
Jersey.
1t is said the opposition to Cortel-
you results from a lack of consultation
o n the part of the president with rec
ognized leaders of the party before his
selection, but the president and his
friends seem not to fear the result at
the coming convention.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24
THE CAT FROZE TO DEATH.
Rival Baltimore Safe Statesmen Tell
How Heat Resistance Is
Tested.

Since the Baltimore fire safe statesmen
have been doing a rushing business in
that city. 1t is related that two safe
statesmen representing rival firms called
simultaneously on a business man. The
first salesman said:
ITO demonstrate the quality of our
safes 1t is our custom to put a cat in
side, to lock it, to build a great fire
around 1t and to leave 1t in the flames
for "a hours. At the end of the "a hours
we open the safe and the cat leaps out
unframed"
Wonderful" said the merchant.
The second salesman spoke up:
I'VE once put a cat in a safe Of ours
and kept it surrounded with fire for .
week. At the end of the week what con
dition do you suppose the cat vas in?"
'Dead?" said the merchant.
Eyes, dead" said the salesman. "But
do you know how it died?"
How"
ut froze to death"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24

publications from every department OF
the government.
Though not a member of the senate
committee on printing Senator Hoar
has nevertheless shown a greater in
terest in the. printing Office than mem
bers of that committee, and records
his vote for every appropriation for its
maintenance or expansion. He was
strongly in favor of condemning the
old government printing office and
erecting a new one, and urgently
worked for that end before it was final
~ accomplished.
In some respects Senator HOar is
like Lincoln. He has a way of illus
trating a point with a story. To illus
trate the condition of the old govern
ment printing Office he has several
times told the following story, which
is an incident of his early law prac-
tice:
81 am reminded" said he, "of some
thing that happened in the supreme
court of our state some years ago.
They held court at Northampton and
went over to Mount Holyoke, where
there is an elevator which takes trav-
elers up the side of a steep rock a
hundred or two hundred feet to avoid
the difficulty of climbing.
THE judges, as judges are apt to be,
were, nearly all of them, rather corpu-
lent men. They saw that the rope that
held the car in which they went was
very much frayed, and they asked the
if he did not think it was a
little unsafe.
EYES," said the manager, 1T Is
wholly unsafe and likely to break every
minute, but we are going to have a
new one next Monday" .
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24

BOOM" but different in the respect that
the mushroom growth is the
work of a government which is
determined to build itself a metropolis
complete in every detail. Another
power" he wrote, would have been
content to build its railway and begin
the harbor tentatively, and let trade do
the rest. Not so Russia. Dalny is to
spring into the world full-grown and
armed at every point, M~inerva-like,
from the brains of the Russian Jove.
The harbor, which has to be constructed
at expense, by filling and
dredging the bay by the square mile.
with moles and breakwaters and dry
docks, is to be capable of accommodate
ing the largest ships afioat alongside its
wharves, and will eventually take in all
the shipping which could be got to-
gether at any time in the east. The sea
front and warehouses are to stand on
ground which was in 1901 under the
water at low tide. The administrative
portion of the town is already in exist
ence. When we examined the plan of
the harDOr TWO years & IL seemed al
most chimerical, so immense was the
work mapped out for the contractors.
To-day the plan is realized, and only the
shipping is wanted. Dalny is. after all.
the best, if not the only, place which
could have been selected. Apart from
the Trans-Siberian railway, Dalny has
great Importance as the future port of
Manchuria. Dalny has a great future
before IT., The predictions of Mr..
Whigham made in 1901 have been amply
fulfilled, and Dalny is in many respects
amodel town. The Russians began their
building operations in 1900, when sew
eral Chinese villages standing on the
site were demolished. Then the town
gradually began to take shape. The
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24


quay. that he is out of
active politics for good. 1t is not prob
able that Pennsylvania will o have
another man in the senate like Quay. He
was one of the worst hated and best liked
men in Washington. Though he figured
prominently in national politics and
was considered as one of the leaders
of his party, he has but few notable
achievements to his record as a legls-
lator, and never played a conspicuous
role in the deliberations of the senate
1t was but seldom that he was to be
found in the senate chamber, nor did
he give greater attention to the meet
ings of the appropriations committee.
of which he was a member.
AS a story teller Quay could always
an attentive audience, though
there were but few outside of a coterie
of intimate friends who were privileged
to listen to his tales. One of the last
stories he told in Washington was re-
lated while standing in the senate
cloakroom, and was intended to illus
lTdl6 luC high oldDdoio vi Ahci 80
the keystone state. According to Quay
an old Pennsylvania Dutchman, a
thrifty but not wealthy farmer, was
elected to the legislature. Several
"meaty'' railroad and other corpora
ton a came up for considera-
ton, and after the session had closed
the old farmer surprised everybody
by buying and paying cash for prop
erty worth 100000. Some n asked if
a fortune had been left to him. "Oh,
no. was the reply. Il have just been
saving money while in Harrisburg at
the legislature" why, Hans" said
his friend, you could not save $4,000
in three months when your salary was
only three dollars a day" "Ah, but
you forget, explained the old mar as
he stroked his beard complacently,
my wife didn't keep a hired girl all
the time"