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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02
WITH NATURE IN The WOODS
This Time We Go There, However,
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This Time We Co Thsr-, However,
without a Fowiiss Piece.
I think the day will come. and Il Is
I not. perhaps. 10 distant as Il seems.
when the idea Of killing anything lot
pleasure will seem so strange as 10 be
scarcely credible. The Anglo-Sa xon's
proyerbinl pastime Of going out and
killing something will seem hardly less
amazing that the gladiatorial shows
All. yes. to know all the birds Of the
wood-without a gum With gun
how can one know them. what fasci-
mating knowledge a man missesl A
dead bird. A handful OF blood stained
feathers, Little more than thatl Car.
rion for the sexton beetle or for the
feasting fly! But the living bird
what n vivid. mysterious creature Il IL.
with It's lovely bright eyes. and those
sad vowels in its throat II seems
strange to think OF what that little
head knows. secrets OF nature eternal.
~ hidden from us. II not the bird II. |
self one Of natures secrcts7 The wood |
land. which to US IL wilderness. IL
W thIF VI " NTH kHVNt III
the streets and all the inhabitants. All
the invisible highways OF the mir are
to him like well.trodden paths. and
when he darts of in that apparently
casual way he very well knows width.
er he Is going and what business takes
him. When he sits and whistles by
the hour on some swnying pinnacle Of
the greenwood there Is some meaning
In all beyond the music. That mean.
ing will ever be hidden from us. n
we could know It. rs Tennyson said OF
the flower In the crannlcd WALL we
should know what God and man are"
II, instead OF shooting the bird.
the snake. smashing the bee.
lie and plnching the tiny life out Of
The butterfly. we were to watch any
,ne Of these creatures on summer
lay, the day would pass like an hour.
70 packed with exciting experience 1t ,
would seem. Through what mysteri.
'us coverts OF the woodland, into what
haunted underworld OF tunneled
'anks and hidden bitches and secret
'assagcs the snake would show us tho !.
way; and we should have strange
carts II. MS we thus watched II
through Its mysterious day. we did not
nd our dislike OF the clever little
FEATURE dying away. and even chang. =
lg into a deep tenderness toward the .
nall. seifreliant life. 80 lonely n speck
{ existence in 30 vast world.--Julius V
orregnrd In Success.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02
HER VALUE


the Movement Fail
! The ladies had gathered b sew fos
the new hospital. and the room buzzed
with enthusiasm. Every one was laugh.
ing. chattering. hurrying and full OF
ardor-every one but little Miss Jen-
ness. who worked slowly, painstaking-
" and placidly, exactly as she might
have darned stockings at home.
do look at herr whispered one lady
to another. '.She's positively exasper-
sting. with her stolidity. Here We are
On the verge OF triumph after ten years
struggle. and she doesn't seem TO care
bit. Is the woman incapable Of en-
thus<sm. I'd like 10 knows"
Yes" was the answer. Il think she
is; 1t Is a temperamental deficiency. To-
day she doesn't show TO advantage; It
makes her seem aloof. almost alien But
five years ago, when the first wave OF
enthusiasm was spent. the first gifts
were stepping aside and saying they
had done their share-then she was OF
more value than all the rest Of us.
I'VE had grown tired, discouraged.
almost ashamed OF our first high hopes;
we had resigned ourselves TO failure or
paid no attention to the change. She
had thought out the possibilities in the
beginning. before she took up the work;
she was as sure IT was possible as she
was that 1t was good. and she wouldn
let 1t fall She's not gifted with nat
ural leadership. either; not at all. But
she simply wouldn't let the thing stop.
wouldn't let II drop. wouldn't let IL be
forgotten
''She did what she could, and went
about wearing that same puzzled little
smile at peoples GOODNESS that she
wears to-day at their ardor; and grad
uany she led them, won them. shamed
them back. till now the work Is as
good as done.
"She Isn't In the usual way inspiring;
she isn't responsive or emotional or
She Is the kind OF per- |
son who never gives even a pat Of
applause at q concert. and who shuts /
her windows tight when there's a cele-
bration to keep out the cheers. But II /
you can't exhilarate her, you can't DIS
courage her; she is impervious TO the
chill Of reaction. the atmosphere Of de-
preston. the foreboding OF failure. She
never did anything more martial in her
life than sew for fairs and collect char
table dues, suppose: but all the same.
there's something in little Miss Jenness
that always makes me think OF the 2
o'clock In the morning courage that
Napoleon priced
Enthusiasm is helpful and it's fine:
but it's fine. too, and it's rare. TO be able
% do without it"-Youth's Compan-
on II
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

he is poor. partially blind. and affilct-
ed with rheumatism. He is trying to
make living selling rubber stamps
while waiting for Uncle Sam to pony
up. He has no love for ex-President
Cleveland. who vetoed his little bill
after 1t had been passed by Congress
The old mans account has been fav-
orably reported by the House eight
times and three times the Senate has
passed it, but the red tape Of govern
ment procedure proved bar every
time Mr.. Wilbur got ready to sign his
receipt.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02
rnuton and Gel, IN America.

or all the forelgn-born population IN
the United States $40 per cent are OF
the Engllsh-Teutonic stock and 900
per cent are Celts. Thus practically
threefourths OF the forelgn-born In the
United States are OF Engllsh-Tcutonic
and Celtic stocks. Hence, bearing in
mind that the English people was Gre
ated by the amalgnmatlon Of Teutonic
and Celtic blood II IL inconceivabIe
that the American people Will ever be
but essentially English.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

A ~uccessful merchant. whose bald
head ia like an ivory billiard ball. was
lecturing his IA year old son. whose
tastes ARE becoming little bit extra.
VACANT. according to his fathers stand.
ard. MY boy" he said, when I
started out in life ] did not have
penny to my name. ! am self.mads
man" The incorrIgible youth whisper.
ed 10 his mother. who was sitting near.
by: Say ma, there must have been a
corner In the hair market when pa We
making hImsslf"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02
The Pressiee OF Credit.

Mrs. Au Gait-Are you happy now,
daughter7
Mrs. En- Regle-Oh--so happy, ma
mai Papa never would let us make
bills, you know. 1t is simply lovely
to be married and have great big bills
coming inv'-Puck-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

cldtes pay MIN 3o,-
600 for extra work
done on the New
Y o k postomce
building { W e n t y
eight years ago. The
building has out
lived its usefulness
and now Is to be
replaced by a new
one.
At the time Mr..
Wilbur was a con-
tractor In good cir
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Mrs. Enpeck-Oh, you needn't talk.
You're not quite perfection yourself. !
would have you know.
Enpeck--No, my dear, but when
you're around I'm mighty near per
lection.
Mrs. Enpeck-O Henryt-Baltluors
American
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

I'D rather hear Miss Dinsmore play
Hiawatha' than any one else.v said
TwyDn.
IL thought you were weary OF that
piece" replied Triplett
II am. but she plays II so badly It
sounds like something else."-Town
Topics.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Some large beetles are as good as cir.
cular saws. They seize branch or
twig with their deeply toothed iawy
and whirl round and round until the
twig IL sawed on. They have been
Known to saw twig as thick as a
vniking stick In this manner.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Mrs. Hunnimune-And do you real.
ly love me as much as you did,
Mr.. Hunnimune--Of course
Mrs. Hunnimune-Am dearer Il
you than ever7
Mr.. HunnImune-sure. Eyerything's
dearer nowadays.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

The town woman are envious. They
don't get anything when they try to
sell old furniture, but farmers wife
gets as fancy prices for an old stove
as her husband gets for a shorthorn.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02
FINDS UNCLE SAM SLOW IN PAYING.

James NJ. Wilbur. Of New York. is 70
years Of age, but he expects to live
long enough to make the United
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Paris uses z0OO00,0O0 snalls rs food
annually. And yet the town Is not "
siow.-Washlngton Star.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

A too jealous desire to hear both
sides OF the story is really q weakness
for gossip.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Every wife has the inward hope that
her husbands uext wife Will be mean
70 hlJu.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Every Frenchman is born with q
16bt Of 500 on his shoulders
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

re church with head Tor ngures
n nohlo - lose its heart Of faith.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Brokers who sell short and walt fos
; fall often get Z hard one.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

Don't growl at what you can help o.
what you can't help
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02

II ls always nm era OF hard times
with the shiftless man.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-06-02
- OLD
FAvORITES


ysora Uuinss Daughter.
4 eAleftaln to the Highlands bound,
Criee, "Boatman, do not tarryl
And III give thee = silver pound
10 row ~ Ger the ferry"
Nov, who b. -. would cross Lochgyl
This dark and stormy waterT
70, I'm the chief Of Ulva's Isle,
And this Lord Ullin's daughter.
~And fast before her fathers men
Three days we've ned together,
For should he End u In the glen,
Ny blood would stain the heather.
~His horsemsn hard behind us rider
Should they our steps discover.
Then who viii cheer my bonny bride
When they have slain her loverT
Outspoks the hardy Highland wight
I'm 60, my chief-rm ready;
Il Il not for your silver bright,
But for your winsoms lady.
"And BY my world the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry;
30 though the waves are raging white,
III row you Ger the ferry"
By this the storm grew loud apace,
The water wrath was shrieking:
And in the scowl of heaven each face
Grew dark A. they were speaking.
But still as wilder blew the wind.
And al the night grew drearer,
Adown the glen rode armed men,
Their trampling sounded nearer.
70, haste thee. haster' the lady cries.
Though tempests round us gather;
IN meet the raging Of the skies,
But not an angry father"
The boat has left a stormy land,
A stormy sea before her,
When, o! too strong for human hand,
The tempest gathered DER her.
And still they rowed amidst the roar
OF waters fast prevailing;
Lord Ullin reached that fatal shore;
His wrath was changed to wailing.
Tor sore dimayed, through storm and
shade,
His child he did discover;
One lovely hand abe stretched for aid.
And one was round her lover.
-Coms backl come backr' he cried In
grief,
~Across this stormy water;
- u ~ IL
Ny daughterI o, my daughter.
Twas vain; the loud waves dashed the
shore,
Return or aid preventing
The waters wild went DER his child.
And he was left lamenting.
-Thomas Campbell
Against Idleness and Mischisk
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower,
How skillfully she builds her eelli
How neat she spreads her wax!
And labors hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes
In works Of labor or of skill,
/ would be busy, too;
Tor Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
In books, or work, or healthful play,
Lot my first years be passed,
That may give for every day
Some good account at last
[Isaac Watts
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21
CHAPTER vi.
The Search for a Father.

The Search for j Father.
What happened after this no one
ever knew exactly. Before Mrs. Bur
ritt had begun to grasp the idea that
something was wrong, her son had
rushed from the room.
After what seemed an age OF wait
ing, but was really very short time.
he returned. In his hand he held a
copy OF the newspaper which he had
just bought Mother" he scid. put
ting strong restraint upon himself.
II am afraid there has been an acci-
dent on the line. You mustn't be
alarmed. for though some people
have been injured, there is no reason
why my father should not have es-
capped. and very likely the affair has
been greatly exaggerated"
Ted" said his sister, in a voice
almost as calm as his own, though
her face had lost every particle Of
cS!or. and seemed to have suddenly
become years older, Let us know
the worstl" And she held out her
hand for the paper.
THE worst!" he answered. with a
sound like a strangled sob in his
voice. why should there be any
worst? And as for the paper" crump-
ling IL up in his hand, ''you cant place
the slightest dependence upon that
rm-Tm going up to town by the next
trS!=., so as to be on the spot, and
He may be hurt In some way, you
know" he added, slowly, by way of
preparing their minds for whatever
might be the result. He may have
come of with broken leg, or some
thing of that sort. You can hardly
expect him to have got on scot free.
But whatever it is. I'm going to find
him out and bring him back home.
Take care of mother"-this to his sis
ter-and he was gone.
But before he could leave the house,
while his hand was yet upon the latch,
he found himself confronted by the
girl Goodbye" she said, slowly and
sadly. You will do your best-but
| have no hope-none!"
He caught a train which was on the
very point of starting, and leaped
into the first carriage he came to.
Then he took out the paper which he
had kept so carefully from the sight of
those others at home, and began to
study more earnestly the brief but
terrible announcement which IL con.
tanned.
Ito be continued)
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21

to eat, If they don't come directly"
As II in answer to this remark. Mrs.
Burritt at that moment re-entered the
room. She was flushed and agitated.
and, as was apparent to the most OBJ
tuse observer. on the verge of tears.
Really, cook has been most trying"
she sighed, as she sank into the near.
est chair. She almost intimated that
| had done it on purpose. She says.
she has never been used to such ways,
and that flesh and blood won't stand
it, let alone legs of mutton. She says
she can give us another ten min
htes. but no more"
The ten minutes passed, as the pre-.
vious thirty had done. and at the end
OF that time three very dispirited peo-
pie sat down to their spoilt dinner.
May soon noticed that her brother.
whose attention had been obviously
wandering for some time past. appear.
ed to be listening to something from
without. At first her heart bounded.
Could 1t be that they had arrived at
last2 Was 1t the click of the gate that
he was straining his ear to catch?
or the sound of footsteps upon the
gravel drive without? So she. too.
listened in her turn. hoping to be able
TO distinguish one or the other of
these welcome but long delayed sig
nails. But the only thing she could hear
was the faint sound of voice which
! seemed to be shouting something
in the distance. May also perceived
tnat the voice was drawing gradually
nearer. and resolving itself into that
of peripatetic newsboy. who was
vending his wares and shouting out
the most sensational headings at the
top of his voice. Was that all? Still,
he was not yet near enough for her
to distinguish the sense of the sounds
which caught her ear from time to
time. as she absently crumbled her
bread, and thought to herself over aZd
over again. III only father would come
home,'
Mrs. Burritt. as though the thought
had set in motion some electric cur
rent which connected the two brains.
remarked at this juncture, II sup
pose they are quite certain to be here
some time to-night?"
Almost before the words were out
of her lips. her son. who was sitting
on her right, started to his feet with
cry.
What is it? Oh. what is it," ask
ed his sister. as a sense of something
terrible about to happen fell upon her
HE made no reply. but, with dilat-
ing eyes. stood there with every facul-
ty absorbed in the one effort.
Then he raised one haud-the other
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21
Machine Hemstitchine.

1t is useful to know that hemstitch-
ing can be done on the machine with
little care and trouble. Draw the de-
sired number of threads. fold over with
edge in center of drawn threads. Loos-
en- the tension and stitch as near the
edge of the hem as possible and then
pull out the hastings.
Take the goods in one hand and the
hem in the other, pull the edge OF the
hem to the bottom of the drawn
threads and the work is complete
This is really hard to tell from hand
work and is much more quickly done.
Tucks may be made the same way
and are pretty decoration to chill
dren's clothes or a shistwaist.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21
CHAPTER Iv.-continued.

my dear James" interrupted Mr..
Burrltt, hastily, you must know very
well that It isn't that. But the truth
of the matter Is, I've a great aversion
no firearms. Still II you viii assure
me that the weapon isn't loaded.
I'LL
''I'li assure you of that or anything
else that will add TO your peace Of
mind" was the somewhat equivocal
reply 'At any rate, It isn't loaded
now; and, what is more, | will also
give you my word that win not at
tempt to blow out my brains during
she joarney-or he added, as a sort
of afterthought anyone else's."
When M Bnrrift and his friend ar
rived at the station, the latter took
considerable amount of trouble TO
insure separate compartment 10
themselves lin fact, Mr.. Burritt rather
fancied he saw him give something 10
the guard. who thereupon locked the
door upon them. and consigned them
10 solitude.
The carriage In question. II may be
worth remembering. was the fourth
from the engine.
Il wonder" thought Mr.. Burritt to
himself as the train steamed out of
the station. which is the pocket he
carries the revolver in?" Then his
thoughts wandered away from the
actual present. 81 suppose l shall find
them all right at home. Dear. dear.
anyone would think ! had been away
a month What an old fogey I'm get
ting By-the-by | wonder what James
is thinking about? he looks uncom-
monty gloomy. | wish he'd say some
thing instead of staring out of the
window In stony silence. Somehow,
one doesn't like the notion of riding
alone with man who has shed
another mans blood. especially when
he carries n revolver. wonder
whether he's thinking of that, or
what?''
II Mr.. Burrltt could have read what
was passing in his companions mind.
he would have been amazed TO find
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21

pealing TO her son, Il suppose there's
no mistake about the day. Your dear
father didn't mean tomorrow"
Her son produced the telegram,
which he had about him, and repeated
the contents aloud:
Am returning to-day by the 1870
train. Shall be home to dinner.
Friend accompanies me-.
well. I'm sure don't know what to
do about IT," exclaimed the poor lady,
almost wringing her hands.
Hadn't you better go and speak to
cook yourself?" said her son, making
the proposal withszt the slightest
comprehension of what It Involved.
II suppose | had" murmured his
mother: very well, Jane. you can say
I'm coming" And she left the room,
leaving the young people together.
AREN'T you tired of standing. May"
asked her brother. addressing the girl.
who had scarcely varied her attitude
an inch in the last half hour.
"rired." she exclaimed, half turn
ing round. What has that got to do
with 1t? want to be the first to see
them" Then she added. Tell me
what you meant to say, little while
ago. when you began I WISH and
stopped"
why" he answered gloomily. II
was going to say ! wish the governor
had never started on this journey;
though" he added. in hurry. ''of
course he's all right-missed the train
or else there's block on the line, or
omething-only-" He broke off
without bringing his sentence to a
conclusion, and asked. WAS that
what you wished, too?"
II" she exclaimed, 81 wish that
and more. ! wish he had never had
that letter. | wish his friend, who
ever he Is had never come back from
where he was"
"Oh. come. now" was the would-be
comforting response. NOW you're GO
ing ahead too far. OF course, it's vex-
ing and all that: but, after all. the
only thing that will really suffer will
be the dinner. and that won't be At
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21
cHsP1 Err v.
The 4:ao Train.


Dinner at Magnolia Lodge had been
ordered for quarter to eight, in or
der to suit the convenience of the trav-
elers. who were expected to arrive at
about that hour
AS the time drew on. Mrs. Burritt
suddenly became troubled again in her
mind concerning the soap dish.
81 do wish, after all, had ordered
the best spare bedroom to be got
ready. though I've generally consid-
cred the second best good enough for
n single gentleman. and | suppose he
is a single gentleman. But for all
that"
Here they are!" suddenly cried her
daughter May, who was watching from
the window.
well, its too late to make any
change now" sighed her parent, half
relieved at having the matter sum
marily settled; and perhaps he won't
notice the crack | do hope my cap Is
ON straight"
The said cap was, as usual consid-
erably out of the perpendicular; but
ms 1t happened its lack of rectitude
was, in this instance. of no particular
consequence. for the alarm proved
false. and the cab, which had at first
appeared as though about to draw up
before the house. resumed its snail
like crawl and gradually disappeared.
Then came another spell of waiting
''They must have missed their train
at London Bridge" said Ted Burrltt.
..Perhaps the other one was late I've
looked in Bradshaw and see that it's
dua in town at seven O'Clock. II so,
they ought to be here by this time"
Tho next half-hour slowly licked
itself away without bringing any
change In the position of affairs.
They were all vacantly conscious of an
increasing sense of anxiety and de-
preston within. Why did they not
come? Surely, II they had missed
one train. there had been plenty of
time to catch the next? Then the
clock chimed the halfhour. and, at tho
same moment. an interruption took
place The message ran:
IF you please. m. cook wants to
know what she is to do about dinnerl"
Mrs. Burritt started nervously. I'm
sure. don'a know Jane" Then, ap-
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21
Mendlna China.

China may be mended as firmly as
rock in the following manner: Two
persons will be needed for the work.
however, for the manipulation must
be done rapidly. The necessary ma
terials are a little unslaked lime. pull
verified. the slightly beaten white of
an egg, and a small hair brush. such
as is used for gum. Put the white of
egg on the broken edges of both pieces
to be joined, and Immediately DUST
one edge with the powdered lime, put
the two edges accurately and firmly
together. hold in place for minute
or two, and then lay aside to dry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-21

"Vif NAAA SS7tNA4AcNo o ~ - hohrb
tracery of black, and drop ornaments
that combine reseda with black and
white. The color combination is
peculiarly good one and the effect ad-
mirable. but there is the whole long
list of beautiful tones from which to
choose.
The costume consists of the waist
and the skirt which are Joined and
closed together at the back. Both
fronts and back of the waist are
tucked, and are gathered at the lower
edge but the tucks of the fronts ex-
tend TO yoke depth only, while those
of the back are full length, and the
fronts are Joined to vest-like portion
which consists of tucked yoke with
full portion below. The skirt is cut
in FIVE cores, the seams being con-
cealed by the tucks.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size 12 year, is 5l5
yards 81 inches wide, 3A yards A
inches wide or 3A yards So inches
wide. with " yard of silk for yoke.
The pattern, 4611, is cut in sizes for
girls of s, 10, IL and IA years of age.