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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-21

A Cod.Send."
NATIONAL MILITARY HOME, KAN.
The package of yit8-Ore sent me
was q God-send to me- i have fully
recovered my health. You are do
Ing q noble work. I have recon-
mended your wonderful discovery
to many OF my old comrades SINH
larly afflicted.
JOHN s. DURHAM.
Late End Serg't. co. f, and Regi-
mental Color Bearer, 1stt Greg. Wis.
Vol. Infantry.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

ed In the Fifteenth Vermont regiment,
of which Senator Redfield Proctor was
colonel He afterward served In the
First Vermont cavalry and was wound
ed at Appomattox Station. His public
career began In the Legislature of
1850, when he served as messenger In
the House In 1882 he represented his
town In the House. serving on the COM
mittee on agriculture. In 1894 lie was
elected Senator from Caledonia county.
In 1886 he was a member OF the
Board OF Railroad Commissioners. and
in 1897 was appointed member Of the
State Board OF Agriculture. He Is now
serving his sixth year as secretary and
practical chairman OF that body. For
over thirty years he has been mem
Der OF the grange. and is now serving
as master OF the State organization for
the fifth term. He is a member OF
the executive court OF the National
Grange. His farm contains about 400
acres. and he has reputation beyond
the borders OF the State for good but
ter and maple sugar. He Is deacon
,f the Congregational church In East
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
KIDDING DOGS OF FLEAs.
Troublesome Tormentors Of CANNES In
No Danger of Extinction.

Troublesome Tormentors of CANNES In
No Danger of Extinction.
Did you ever undertake to keep a
dog free from feas, not a whining lit
tie toy dog. but normal dog that runs
about in the grass and leads a dogs
life? It's a thankless job. Every day
or two you have to sprinkle him with
powder, the smell Of which Is distaste-
full to you, detestabIe to the dog and
abhorrent to the feas. Some Of the
latter are made deathly sick. some are
manned and many are killed outright.
but, strange to say. their public pun
ishment does not act as a deterrent on
the heas that are not caught. The lat
ter continue to increase and multiply
Just as IL a flea had never been
brought to justice, and whenever they
get the chance they bite dog.
One dog furnishes sustenance for
many generations of neas, the most
rigid police surveillance failing to dis |
courage the young and active among
them In a given length Of time you
will find a given number of fieas on |
, given dog. The most vicious are the
,nes that have been sickened BY the
powder. They are also the hardest to
lill. as they don't mind It so much
he second time. In fact after the
bird or fourth dose they seem actu-
lily to enjoy it. This Ia q condition,
lot a theory, as Mr.. Cleveland used to
ay. No matter how great your sym
'athy for the dog may be you can't
elp him. You can't establish social
in neadom; you can't kill
II the neas In the world.
1t wouldn't be fair TO kill all the
oss. The best way is to let the dogs J
nd the neas fight It out among them
p1ves
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

81 $50. sos; manufactures OF iron and
steel. $1.i56.273. and provisions. 81
40S. 634.
OF the articles shipped from Porto
Rico TO the United States brown sugar
amounted 10 S6.sl3.s54; cigars, Sl,44l.-
100; leaf tobacco. s2o5,s14; oranges.
sSi4,0of. and coffee. S6l09s2. Porto
Rlcan coffee Is evidently growing Ia
favor In the United States. the total
quantity shipped In 1903 being 5.i6l.-
d3l pounds. against l.sod,i0d pounds
in 1902. Porto Rican tobacco Is also
apparently enjoying increased popular
ity. the total quantity Of leaf tobacco
shipped TO the United States In lo,s3
being i.26s.060 pounds. against 4l7.-
AIS pounds In 1902.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
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Even a bathing suit can't look a
peeka-aboo shirt waist in the face.
A girl doesn't have to have common
sense II she has beauty or money.
Some men are born troubled. soms
hunt for trouble and some marry Into
IT,
II women don't like one OF their own
number they are very suspicious thar
the men will.
IL takes a mighty trusting woman 10
believe that loving her is better test
than making love TO her.
Generally when yon kiss girl she l.
SO busy getting up feeling OF surprise
she forgets 10 be Indignant
girl has TO be mighty pretty TO be
able 10 feel indifference about the
clothes some other girl has.
It's just like woman TO wish she
had curly hair when she hasn't even
got enough OF the kind she has
A woman would rather so shopping
and not get something she wants than
10 get II without going shopping.
It's mighty funny how a woman's
hair can begin 10 turn red about the
time you think Il Is ready 10 turn gray.
A woman wouidnt ger any safisfse.
ton out OF having children II she could
not bras about how well brought up
they are.
No natter how blue a msn Is over
bis business his wife knows Il will be
All right when the baby's new tooth
zones through.
There are very few rows IN the fsra-
iy where the msn Always SAYS tho
'niy coffee he can drink without get.
Ing Indigestion = AZ home.
When she can't nni snythins else
o worry about a woman can 40 Il
'yer the fzct that when she i a widow
he will sc very tired wearing DARK
iothes - long.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

ed 10 the door OF their humble home
the constable's notice OF eJectment. but
he and his brother pleaded 80 earnestly
for another trial that the notice was
pulled down and the boys set TO work
with might and main TO save the little
farm. This they finally succeeded In
doing Then they decided 10 start in
business for themselves. by hiring our
by the day they managed 10 save
enough 10 purchase yoke OF oxen.
and with this rude team they got plen.
~ OF work In clearing land for neigh
boring farmers. They saved their mon
ey and eventually David purchased a
few acres OF Land ia the Mississippi
bottoms. Gradually bis possessions In
creased. and when the war broke out
be had become recognized as man OF
means. Ultimately be purchased Inn
menss tracts In the Missouri valley.
near where Tarkio Il now situated
To-day he u the owner Of 1900 acres
OF the finest Missouri soil lie "a sea
on an average OF 10000 bushels OF
corn. purchases as much more from bis
and feeds every ear OF Il 10
his stock. Of which he fatten. thou
sands Of heads for the Chicago packers .
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

RfsCUlNs CHINESE SLAVES.


Slavery In the United States still ex
lists In most loathsome form In sar
Francisco, says Eyerybody's Magazine
The reference is 10 the servitude OF
Chinese women In the notorious "Chi-
natown" OF that city. For many years
determined war has been waged
upon II by the Presbyterian Chinese
Mission OF the city. but although much
diminished It still persists.
Much OF the work during the last
ten years has been done under the. per
sonal direction OF Miss Donaldine Cam
eron. young woman of Scottish de-
scent. who attributes her success in
''raiding' Chinese dens TO an inheri-
lance OF her "Hieland" forefathers' ap-
titude for cattle-raiding. Time and
again she has taken her life In her
hands and plunged boldly into the dens
in search of some slave girl who had
sent word that she wished to be free
for slavery can be prevented only by
consent OF the slave. Rescue Is Inn
possible so long as the slave Is in vol
untsry servitude.
Two years ago. with a sergeant OF
police. Miss Cameron raided den In
San Luis Alley. a narrow thoroughfare
In the worst depths OF Chinatown.
They eluded the Waterman and made
for the door OF the marked house. The
sergeant. putting his shoulder against
II. broke II In.
The screaming and chattering OF
Chinese women. which had begun with
the attack, sounded farther and far
Their away. The raiders found the
lights burning. tea-urn singing in the
corner. guitar with Its strings still
quiyering.' but there was no one In
sight. and there was no visible exit
from the room
Experienced In these things. they
knew there was a secret passage some
where. leading to the endless mazes OF
Chinatown. They went
over the wall foot by foot. pressing
and tapping. At last. under a couch.
Miss Cameron found spot which |
sounded hollow. The sergeant had |
stepped outside, but Miss Cameron. too
excited TO think OF the consequences.
'ressed with all her might. and a pan
i dropped away. Below was dark
less
Miss Cameron rolled bodily through
md fell six feet. The sergeant. hear
ne her call. ran to the hole and held a
GIFTED candle. There was a passage.
tretching farther away than they
ould see. and so narrow that to
bread II one must stoop and present
is shoulders sideways. Following IL
D a widening. they found Chinese
az lying face downward Without
eremony the sergeant rolled her over.
ha was tho mistress 81 the house I'm |
vatlon Banner Camp No. 337, II
= in the Odd Fellows hall on 4
Ind and ith Tuesday ofeach month =,
VIOLA V. Wilson, q. N. ~
~ b. WARNAcuT, Clerk. ~
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
HI. Ah.en,-Minandnr...

Everybody knew how absent-minded
was Senator Lamar OF Mississippi. lie
habitually was forgetful Of everything
and everybody except HIS friends. For
years he suffered untold affilctions be
cause Of constantly misinying his eye
glasses and suspenders.
While an Associate Justice Of the su.
preme Court he one day beamingly
confded to a friend that all Of those
troubles were over; that his eye
glasses and suspcnders never more
would trouble him.
How did you manage III" inquired
his friend.
"Oh, had a pair OF eyeglasses
sewed to every one OF my vests. and
pair Of suspenders to every pair OF
trousers"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

A mother. after days OF preparation
for weeks absence from home, sud
denly remembered. after the train was
well under way, that she had left a
bottle OF n certain wellknown remedy
within reach OF the meddiesome Iiftis
fingers Of her 3year-old son. She re-
membered. too. that there WINS moth
Ing that the child loved better than
the aromatic contents OF that psrtlcu-
lar bottle.
HurriedIy calling the porter. the anx-
ious mother prepared message to be
teIegrspbed from the FIRST station. IL
read.
Hide bottle Of Robbic's medicine.
Left II on table In my room"
An hour later she received this not
altogether soothing message from the
boys father:
Too late. Bobbie got there frst-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
I'm saddest When 1 Sing.

You think have a merry heart,
Because my songs are gay;
But oh, they all were taught to me
BY friends now far away
Tne bird retains its silver note.
Though bondage chains its wings;
His song is not happy one;
I'm saddest when l sing.
beard them first in that sweet house
/ never more shall see;
And now each song of joy has got
A plaintive turn for me.
Alas, It's vain in winter time.
To mock the songs OF spring:
Each note recalls some withered leaf;
I'm saddest when | sing.
OF all the friends used to love.
My harp remains alone.
Its faithful voice still seems TO be
An echo of my own.
My tears. when l bend over it,
VIII fall upon its string;
Yet those who hear me little think
I'm saddest when l sing.
Thomas Haynes Bayly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
MARRIAGES IN FRANCE.
They Are Arranged by the Parents
Breaches of Promise Rare.

They Are Arranged by the Parents
Breaches of Promise Rare.
Breaches OF promise are rare II
France. where marriages are so care
fully arranged by parents, trustees and
lawyers on both sides. Recently, how.
ever, at the first chamber of the T1-i-
bunal Of the Seine there was decided
an action In which a widow sued a
merchant for refusing to marry her
daughter. to whom he was engaged.
The merchant Is established In Paris,
and the plaintiffs mother and daughter
lived at Tours. Last year the defend
ant saw the young lady, who Is very
progressing. and In due course Of
time he proposed marriage to her. She
of course referred him to her mother.
who had no objection whatever to the
Fmatch- Everything then worked
smoothly. Rings were exchanged, the
merchant walked out with the young
Lady and her mother, banns were pub
hshed, the marriage contract was
drawn up by the notaries. rooms were
selected for the young couple and In
vitations to the wedding were sent out.
A few days before that fixed for the
wedding the merchant changed his
mind He said that his affection FOR
his iancee was intense. but he was
dubious about her mother. He had
serious apprehensions as to the results
of having a mother-in-law, SO he pre- |
ferred to remain free from any Of the |
shackles imposed by matrimony. The
she became seriously Ill. Her mother.
seeing that the merchant adhered to
his decision, suggested that he should
give some compensation, as prepare
tons for the marriage that failed had
obliged her to disburse a good deal of
money, The widows suggestion was
'couted, SO she went to law, acting In
Ter own name and as her daughters
Guardian and trustee. The judges of |
he tribunal of the Seine decided in IA |
or Of her daughter They held that /
he defendant In the action had with. I
rawn his promise without any seri- {
US reason and that he had acted In an ]
and abrupt manner, which b
aused prejudice to the young lady to &
hon he had been engaged. He was
compelled to pay the per n
IN who had suffered most from his RI
,nduct 200 damages. Nothing was c.
lowed to the mother, the court con- II
dering that she had sustained no NOR "
prejudice personally by the breach
promise of the defendant. Of
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

listen to twaAdle In such way tina
the face shall express all the depths o
pent up emotions. while the ears drinl
In the trivialities or the tongue echoe:
the gossip of scandal OF the hour"
This sentiment was uttered with
much JUNCTION by a man OF uncertain
age, whose face and figure have for
years been familiar In the clubs. In the
ball rooms. and other places of social
resort in Chicago. His nearer was a
much younger man. whom by precept
and by example he was trying to init
ate into the mysteries OF social life.
The two men were at theater large
ly attended by the men and women
who collectively constitute the mystic
rious entity. Chicago society, and they
were watching couple seated In one
of the boxes NOW watch the young
man and woman closely continued the
mentor. and tell me what you think
they are talking about You see. that
they are both young. both handsome.
can tell you that they are both rich
and OF high social standing. IL you
don't know them yet you must make
their acquaintance at once, for no one
can be In society without knowing
them Their conversation seems to be
interesting. doesn't itf'
What are the words" continued the
elder man, of which that pretty pic
ture Is the accompaniment?
he rall of -
tales which all maids love TO hear, OF
respectful admiration and changeless !
affections? Are those arched. sidelong
little glances exclamation points by 4
which the maiden signifies her delight
at the picture which the young mans
Imagination has painted? | can tell
you just what the subject Is. You
know that a scandalous story about
two well known people began TO circu-
late yesterday. That young man knows
all about 1t. for he has excellent
sources OF information His compan-
on knows something about II and is
anxious TO know more. He is satisfy
ng her curiosity, and they are both
FLOATING over the charming little bit OF
scandal But, my boy. they are both
lrtists. and you must school yourself
o play your part as well as they. The ,
lext time that you have occasion TO ,
ell girl how many thousand dollars ,
re involved in the latest engagement ,
transaction you must do 1t with the
anne caressing grace in your glance
nd In your gestures that this young
elbow brings into play. Then, as a
eward for making a fool OF yourself,
ne girl will perhaps reply by one OF
hose half smiles which you seem TO
imire so much. Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
A UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT.
dictionary of Readings from the Old
and New 1e-tament.-

Our search for manuscripts In ths
~Coptic converts OF Egypt was not rr
by any brilliant success. but
i. several years earlier I succeedei Ia
obtaining from a private source a man.
uscrLpt TO which I dcsirs 10 draw the
attention OF the American travelling
public.
IL Is dictionary OF readings from
the Old Testament and from 81 Paurs
cplsties. written In Palestinlan syriac:
that Is. in the dialect OF Aramaic. which
was spoken In Gailles during our
Lords earthly life. and FOR two cen.
turtles afterward. the tongue which be.
wrayed" ST Peter. II bears the same
relation 10 the Ede-san or literary syr.
lac as the Doric OF ancient Greece did
TO the Attic. or as English does to
Scotch. This manuscript u absolutely
unique OF It's kind. because. although
three other copies OF a dictionary In
the same dialect exist. one In the Vat.
lean library. and two at Mount Sinai. /
they contain text OF the Gospels. /
"Ataf AAt' Vtt ftefh''- ~ "Aea tfE-'H-
from the other books OF the Bible.
Several leaves have been torn from
the book, one from the middle and
about eight from the end. The dealer
to having sold these piece.
meal to passing travellers The leaf
from the middle has turned w In Ger.
many. having been detected and edited
BY DR. Friedrich schuithess. In the
'zeitschrtft der Dcuts-hen Morgrn-
aDdLschen Gaseilschaft." Vol. Ly1..
page 253. Its text exactly hts the gap
eft In the manuscript purchased BY
ne. II Is OF some importance for the
history OF syrfac literature that We
hould know the date. and that will
be found written on one Of ,
he leaves which have been lost from |
he end.---Century.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
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air. They were on the alley. only six
feet from the door by which they had
entered the building. A casual watcher
told them that two minutes after they
had entered SIX Chinese women and
two men had come out through the last
door. ran across the street and disap-
peared. The girl they sought has not
yet been rescued.
Many attempts have been made to
kill Miss Cameron. but she has es-
capped unframed. Her rescues OF
slaves have made the business 50 pre-
carious that three thousand dollars Is
now the price for i4-year-old girl and
two thousand for baby.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

memory In Humboldt Park, Chicago
The statue is the first erected to the
Polish general in the American revo-
lutionary forces by the people OF his
own blood in the United States, and
the demonstration incident to the I'M
yelling was the greatest national cele-
bration ever held by the Poles In this
country. They were present from all
the cities OF the West. The statue Is
OF bronze. mounted on a pedestal OF
New Hampshire granite. and Is about
thirty feet In height.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
HOW TO IRON A sHIRTwAIsT.
This Way 1t Will Look AZ IL Fresh
from the Laundry Service

This Way 1t Will Look as IL Fresh
from the Laundry Service.
Ironing a shirtwaist Is always a
more or less difficult job, but for the
woman who knows how the process is
greatly simplified
In the first place, iron the collar on
the wrong side, then on the right, I'M
i'll quite dry; smooth out the yoke Qf
there is one) and iron 1t on both sides
Next attack the sleeves. Stretch
out the cuff smoothly, laying a piece
Of cloth over it. and iron so that the
cuff is partly dried Then remove the
cloth and Iron the cuff on both sides.
Slip the iron up inside the sleeve 20
dry the gathers and to smooth the
hens at the opening. Then fold the
upper part; then turn 1t over sleeves,
as the starch may have made it stick
together, and iron the shoulder por-
ton from the wrong side. Next, lay
the sleeve on the table and put the
iron into the gathers, working from
right to left. holding the wrist with the
left hand.
Place the blouse on the table. with
the neck at the left side, and begin to
iron the front next to you. running the
fatiron well up into the gathers at the
neck. Next take the back and then
the other 'front.' smoothing out the |
gathers as you go along, gradually |
drawing the blouse toward you as it is |
finished. The hens and tabs and the |
binding around the armholes are
ironed on the wrong side.
The sleeves are the most troublesome
parts Of the waist to manipulate and
some persons get better results when
sleeve iron is used; but once the art
has been acquired with an ordinary
iron the process is quicker. II there is
a frill down front Of the shirtwaist 1t
should be froned before the body part.
The collar and cuffs, If desired. may
be polished with polishing iron, and
when the little creases which come
from handling are ironed out the waist
Is ready to be hung up to air.
After the shirtwaist Is aired and
Try, the folding process comes, and on
this the whole success Of the ironing
depends Pin the neckband together
md plait the front 30 that 1t will be
40 wider than the back. Turn the
waist over on a board and lap the b
'leeves down at the sides; then fold v
hem upward so that the cuffs show a
Ibove the neckband. Pin them to Do
itton- Now fold the sleeves back 80 v
hat they meet in the center Of the
Jack and pin them there; next double
he waist up in the back, just below
be waistline- This folding process ca
hould be done without creasing, and
our waists are ready for shirtwaist II
OK or bureau drawer-Philadelph
.ecord. be
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
TRADE WITH PORTO RICO.
1t IL Five Times ss Great as Befor.
the War with Spain.

1t IL Five Times ~ Great a. Before
the War with Spain.
| Although many merchants OF the At
lnntic seaboard cities complain that
trade with the island OF Porto Rico
Is not as great as It should be under
the changed condition OF affairs since
the Spnnish-American war. Its volume
Is not a thing to be despised. During
the calendar year 1903 II amounted. in
round terms. to s22.0OO.OoO. In 1897.
the year prior to annexation, II
amounted to $4.1s2912. the total for
the year 1903 having been thus more
than five times as great as In 1897.
according to a report Of the Department
Of Commerce and Labor. through its
bureau Of statistics. The report gives
the details of the movements, by prin-
cipal articles, in both directions, both
OF domestic and foreign products. II
also shows the commerce OF Porto
Rico with other countries amounted to
over 100000. thus making the total
trade of the Island more than SIS, Co.,
900 IN the year 1908.
or the total Of $22.OOO.0OO between
Porto Rico and the United States. sf1,-
s24,313 was domestic products Of the
United States shipped to Porto Rico.
20, 1885, 1872 domestic products Of Porto
Rico shipped to the United States,
'SD5.682 foreign products shipped from |
he United States to Porto Rico, and
'16s.141 foreign products shipped from
'orto Rico to the United States. This
vas a slight increase. about $4,000
n the trade Of 1903 compared with
902. To other parts of the world
'orto Rico in 1903 sent domestic pro-
ucts to the value of A,2s7,9fO and
oreign products to tho value OF y127,-
81, while from other parts of the
'orld Porto Rico imported s2,119,523 =
'orth of merchandise.
OF the shipments from tho United ,
tatss to Porto Rico the more impor- 4
mt items were: Breadstuffs, S1,1p0,-
y, of which the total value Of nour 1
- SLOT, 2a5; cotton manufactures, 4