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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
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Tom Pinch's Seat. Removed IRON
Fountain Court.

Tom Pinch eeatn Removes IRON
Fountain Court.
Dickens worshipperz are hnentins
the mysterious disappearance OF the
seats from Fountain Cour., 1 the
Temple. says the London Express.
Always numerous here. they have a
real grievance TO discuss. for this now
violated shrine had hitherto been held
sacred to the memory OF lovers meet
ings and Martin Chuzzlewit.
II Is easy 10 imagine that Ruth
Pinch aud John Westlock-John so
bold and Ruth 30 shy-may have sat
ON these Identical seats. Aud what
would Tom Pinch, who SO loved this
fountain refuge. have said TO the graf
uitous impertinenee o. their remoyali
Some OF the most delightful senti-
ment in all Dickens is associated with
this spot Here It was that John West
locks secret designation with Ruth
was stumbled upon by ingenious Tom
"'What an extraordinary meetinsr
said Tom. 4 should never have dreamt
OF seeing you two together here
"'Quite accidental John was heard
to murmur.
Exactly cried Tom; that's what
| mean. you know. II II wasn't acct
dental there would be nothing remark
able in It,
ITO be sure said John.
such an out-of-the-way place for
you TO have met in.' pursued Tom.
quite delighted. Such an unlikely
spot
And so on, until Ruth managed TO
get around on the further side OF her
brother and squeeze him, as much as
to say. Are you going to stop here
all day. you dear old blunderins
Tomf"
Afterwards came another. and a
more fateful meeting.
WAY they came toward the foun-
tain at all was a mystery. for they
had no business there. IL was not their
way. They had no more 10 do with
the fountain. bless you. than they
had wlth-with love. or any out-of-
things OF that sort"
However. there they found them
And another extraordinary
part OF the matter was that they
10 have come there by a silent
understanding Yet when they got
they were a little confused by
there. which was the strongest
part OF all; because there IA nothing
naturally confusing In a fountain.
what a good old place II vast
John said. With quite an n ar
Tor Il.
"a pleasant place. indeed said
Ruth. Why ny that tiny. precious.
little foot into the cracked
OF an lnsensible old nasstone
n the pavement and be 80 very anxi-
'us 10 adjust I, 10 a nlccsyT' !
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
c OF LiQUlo FuEL


Decrease IN Soal "ptiou a EFOa.
peet OF the Near Future.
The recent discovery OF new oil q d.
30 extensive lhat there Is good reason
to believe that me oil wells viii no,
Soon be exhausted and that there J..
an assured supply to inset the de-
mands OF the future: the constructors
OF pipe Lines whish ve.y IA rail- re.
duce the cost OF transportation. aud
the high price OF coal which has ptc
vailed in many manufacturing dis
tricts. have combined 4 giye 4 new
argument for the burning Of crude Oh
for power purposes.
But In the Western and Southwest.
ern States. where steam coal has al.
ways been both scarce and poor 10
quality. and where the question Of
transportation from the new fields In
Texas and California has BEEN less u
al obstacle 70 the installation or oil
burning equipments than hls been The
case on the Atlantic coast, the inter.
est Is even greater and the use OF oil
has become far more extensive. In
California oil IS rapidly driving coal
out Of the field for power purposes
throughout the State. The same IS
true In Texas ard Of much Of the terri
tory lying In between. This general
use OF oil has affected not only the
and lighting and manufacturing
in these regions. but also the
railroads and marine transportation no
well. With the relative economy nj
prices between the oil and coal
from one eighth TO one-haif or
less. according to the cost u
transportation from the wells to the
liTerent points where the oil Is con.
this unusual Development IL
rot surprising. and the use Of liquid
'uel for power purposes Is stlll rap
dly growing.
One railroad operating I'm California
5 now burning oil on more thnn iSC
4 Its locomotives. Another OF thg
.reat trnnsconfincntnl systems IL al.
eady using oil on about 200 OF It's
ocomotiyes-which Is 20 per cent Of
be total number operated By the sys
em-aud Is eGuipping others rs rap
lily ms possi bic. In addition 70 the
se on locomotives. II Is using oil on
8 steamers In San francisco Bay AMI
n It's river steamers with very god
esults.-Engineering Journal.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
IMPRESSIONS IN VENICE
4 City which IL Yet Beautiful. nat
sugxests Decay

). sugxests Decay.
Under every mood In which l saw
the city there was 4 deeper mood
which was hard TO define TO myself
but which seemed euriously com
pounded out of Its pathos and its
squalor. Venice Is beautiful and yet
SO pitiful. A city where the peoples
OF the world have hustled and traf-
licked. that has been a great mar and
cosmopolis and now Is neither. is more
pathetic In its decay than any other;
1t is like the lonely and desolate old
< Of a woman In whose salon the
wits and beaux OF a vanished time had
paid their court. says a correspondent
OF the New York Mail and Express.
1t Is unreasonable that any senti-
ment OF disrespect at its plight should
arise, and yet sometimes l felt 1t. To
vary the figure a title. the spectacle
OF the fallen bride had In 1t something
tragic yet squalid. Ike the fate OF a
beautiful and high born woman whom
passion or mischance had dragged
down to the life OF the streets | can
understand the wish which Howells
had expressed somewhere that the
dead cities Of Italy might all be wall
ed up and left slowly to fall into ruins
by themselves: their present estate Is
not dignited and the quest that brings
the tourist TO them comes near Illus
trating the ~indecency OF curiosity.
The worst OF 1t all. so far as Venice
"a .,n.,-nAI l. H. t,ft.- .Aot th.
cup OF its humiliation Is not yet full.
Those leaning church towers. those
walls that totter out of plumb. prom
iSe other chapters In the story that be-
gan with the fall of the Campanile The
sea which Graded Venice may some
time be Its rave. Little by little.
you cannot but feel. these monuments
will crumble and disappear as the rot
ten piles sag and snap under them;
you shrink from presaging the Gala
mitous and bitter day when every edi
ice shall have melted away into a
moldering heap. and the tides OF the
Adriatic. rs they sweep back and
forth viii roll across the slime that
vas Venice.
something OF this thought came 10
me. on my last morning there. when I
climbed a tower only second In height
to that OF ST. Marks. and looked down
OH the city and the lagoons that m
it. 1t lay there In the sunlight.
beautiful yet ruinous. smaller than |
had lmagined-indeed. about the size
and shape OF Manhattan island be-
Canal street. From other towers
The chimes were ringing. and the bells
seemed to proclaim how completely
the past was gone; how far removed
The city from the track OF modern com
nerce; how useless now the vantage
hat had made It great.
l am ashamed TO say It. but the same
sensation came to me that l remember
l spent an hour In Coney Is
and after the summer was gone and
The concert halls were boarded III and
he Bowery lights had been darkened
"a desolate feeling quite divorced
dignity. 1t was depressing. and
me, l was glad to leave Ven
&c. .
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

The three Slsv countries-Ruasia.
Roumanla md servls-with 50 psr
cent Of their population unable TO rcnd
and write. are at the bottom OF the list
In respect to EDUCATION. The Latin
countries. especially France and Bel.
GUM, do better. but ignorance Ia pretty
general. In spain the iliitcrates mum.
Der % per cent; Italy. IS: Austria. 80.
France and Belgium. IA. In ireland
II per cent are lllltcrate: England. =
per cent; Scotland. Z per cent: Hoi-
Land. 10 per cent
In northern Europe we End that e1u.
cation Is practically universal. In
Germany only ! per cent OF the pcop.
are illItcrnte. while IN some paris of
Germany tBnyarin. Baden and wurt.
embcrgJ as well rs In Scandinavia.
practically NIL the people can read and
write. In the United states 8 per cent
OF the white population can neither
read nor write. This Is due in grent
measure to the large yearly Imml0ra.
tIon OF Initerntcs.
I1literacy among the negroes Of Tho
Southern United States II declining In
1900 the percentage Of llllieracy was
57.1 and In 1900 44.5. The negrocs arc
waking up to the advantages OF educa-
ton
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
OLD
FAvORITES


The Ola oaken Bueket.
How dear to this heart are the scenes 81
my childhood.
When fond recollection presents them
view!
The orchard, the meadow. the deep tan
gled wildwood.
And srery loved spot which my tr
fancy knew.
The wide-sprsading pond. the mill which
stood BY II,
The bridge. and the rock rhsre tho
cataract fell;
The cot Of my father. the dsiry-hooss
nigh Il.
And cen the rude bucket which hung
In the we'll
The old oaksn bucket the Iron bosnd
bucket.
The moss-corsrsd bucket which hacx In
the well.
That moss covered vessel hail - q
treasure;
For ofien. at noon. when returned FROM
! found Il the source Of an ezauisits
pleasure.
The purest and sweetest that mature
can yield.
How ardent I seized II. with hands that
were glowing.
And quick 10 the whits psbbled bottom
il fell
Thea ,oon. with III. emblem Of truth
Overlooking.
And dripping with eoolnsss. IL rs<s
from the we'll
The old oaksn bucket. the Iron boand
bucket.
The mos. covered baekss arose fFoa the
we'll
How sweet from the green. messy sris
70 receive Il.
As. poised n the curb. II Inclined 70
my lips.
Not q fall blushins goblet coaid tsnps
me 70 leave Il.
Though filled with thu Esetar that
JupltsF sips.
AID. Cow far removed fron the loved
situation.
The tear q regret wln latra,ivsly
swell.
As fancy ssVsrts 10 ny fathers Plassa-
tlon,
And Sigh. for he buszs, which haas.
In The we'll
rhs oid oaksa bucket. Tie lrsa bsaud
backet.
The moss-eovsrsd baskss vhieA bags
In The vel.
Samuel Wesdso-th.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
Right way TO Hribe.

An amusing story is being told
among lawyers OF u walloon peasant
who had gone to law with a neighbor.
In a conversation with his lawyer he
suggested sending the magistrate q
couple OF fine ducks
Not for your life" said his adviser.
IF you do youu lose the case
The judgment was given in bis
favor. when he turned to his lawyer
and said
II sent the ducks" A~stonishment
on the latter's part turned to ndmira-
ton when his client continued. But
I sent them in my neighbours name"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
THE BOY AND THE LADY.
low He Won a Dime by SIimickiur
Biris-

Birds-
As the lady came down the stree
on a fine May morning. she heard 1
Baltimore oriole whistle. She hadn't
heard one for a long. long tIme-and
never In the city-so she stopped tc
listen The oriole whlstled again
pl%aintively and sweetly. then a boy
came around the corner. IL was a boy
"a t~en-year-old boy. with soft brown
eyes and curly hair-not too clean.
and a bit ragged
WAS that you initiating the oriole?'
said the pleased lady. do 1t again
/ love TO hear the oriole."
But the boy was shy, and got be-
hind a telephone pole.
Can you whistle like a Bob-white?'
the lady asked. '.Oh. do whistle Ike
a Bob-White. III give you a dime II
you'll whistle Ike a Bob-White
Where did you learn to initiate birds?"
Still the silent boy hid behind the
teiephone-pole.
well. 1 must CO." the lady said.
But I'll leave this dime on the curb
stone. and l know that before get
very far away. you'll whistle Ike a
Bob-white, won't your
The boy made no answer from be-
hind the pole. and the lady walked on
Halfway down the block she heard
another bird 1t said. "Bob-white-
Bob-white," high and clear. OF course,
she stopped. and looked around There
at the corner was the boy, walking
away from her. But he was looking
over his shoulder. and rs long as
could see him, she heard the note,
'Bob-wnite - Bob-whIte." - Detroit
Free Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
RunNIna . La ID EARrn.
IL IL sems,ims, . Hard Task. bat IN
fay. h~a Huccrssfat.

IL IL some,imss q Hard Task. bat IN
Pay. " hsa Hseees.faL.
Probably the most imnosslbir. h5p~
less task on eafta is 70 oveffakr a
lie. The other day ea-sPraker john
q. Carlisle. BOW a successful lawyer
for great corporations. With al Old.
fashionsd home IN North Wssainstan
square. passed along Pine street uisa
the easy Fsls % a piow h0ur Two
~eitizcns aaiulsd BIN end when BE- had
Passed eu one rr~usrFris There
uscd 10 - the mating % a t-s-s.drais
IN that The ~ugirr cpul,ry ! "a,
81 upon BIN. II Il had not been Tor
his cyuthlaua speech The Noftarsa
Democracy wonii have besn s5id ff
him and. % course BE- ownsl ihr
s9oihsn wms TIE fpec.h Raised
hin Ne rsrFrf from politics ~ih
a broken heart ard s,iId ~ Nsw
York q maEe a Nfle aisary.-
Hem q al extract; fsVm tlat famous
hsaTscriius - sa
4 deny ttal ,hs rni'rd states : a
uatioui % = q veeus system taaf
has sssogld alesrrigu saita aid p
pc sed lus miil1rr ~ Fe4pr b. tss
South. ff q SHtr hHa go risat ~ -
efa 0l tAr GRANNY hes 20 dahf -
rssela;iaa. The % iafsn,ass rider
evsr ha4ti Wa taa, ~ tlr ati r.rr
grneFai only q lfu days asp. wl.,a
-aused sisfy r8Hpfrts 70 sais!srf 10
unf > 90 sprtl car4ira 10 nkf raar-r
70 tae ballot JYE and 4Flruer zoe yoi.
rfs - ttai pspr. tptsatfollUu State.
ihe paradise % csr.ei-.aszes aat
sralswaas uai fhe ssg uI couir
when sepfh Carolina VII I'd ar ser
% the ualhafDut political llassiGs u
thf North uta, have ffd "a hts car.
ass Tor tac lsat eleven ysa1 AMI rob
bed white and black without d.serifn.
insiiop.~
For ten years Nr. Carlisle frifi 10
nm d9rn ihHt rcp r. " his Cyntsisua
speech. bot Il bad III big = lead. Al
ole time he thought Il osertakeu aud
~sidetrucEed. bur several years later
the Tribune OF this city r~csurrec,cd n
In ihe orig nal form. Mr. Caflisl~ "a.
u did not ssy that the gov.
crumeEt 4 a vicious system but ;hat
AZ that time the policy OF tho admin.
was vicious: I always held that
the constitutional right TO scctde did
not. exist there was no verbatim re.
port OF the speech. FOR no reporter was
an opposition paper picked I'D
from the audience a few stray rrcoilae.
Hons Of what I said. strung them to-
and published them But the
ie never was nailed and Carlisle's
wsTc dasied.-New York Prss
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
Thirty n,blo- . s,,pu,,.

The Bible publications Of the oxford
University Press have been Issued for
900 years. and can be published In 100
languages and dialects. Every year
fully coo tons OF paper nre used for
this purpose alone. Orders for f0O..
600 Bibles ire quite common. and the
supply Of printed sheets IA so great
that an order for 100000 copies can be
readily Oiled. On an average from
thirty to forty Bibles are furnished
every minute.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
= THIRSTY CRUISE
Suffering Of . ships Grew for Lack Of
Drinking Water.


1t may surprise some readers ia
learn that In the year 1903 Elixabeth's
great admiral. Sir Richard Hawkins,
known as the complete seaman" had
a distilling apparatus ON board his
ship. and found the water so distilled
TO be wholesome and nourishing."
Sailors in the middle of the nineteenth
century seldom had such a standby. and
often suffered through the lack OF il.
A former mldshipman In the British
navy recalls, in an article In Macmil-
lan's Magazine. the suffering endured
during a cruise on board II. Nj. S. Mem
ophon In the South Seas. sixty years
ago.
For sixteen days. he says. we re-
mined becalmed within sight OF land.
drifting to and fro. crossing and re-
crossing the equator with wearying
iteration The sun stared vertically
at US from a steel-blue sky. and wen
under the double awnings the pitch
ran liquid from the seams. so that II
elogged our feet as we walked the
deck.
In the midst OF these surroundings
the order was given to reduce the
allowance OF drinking water to Il
pint per day for each officer and man.
This allowance was served out In M
issue at o during the mems dinner
hour. The meal consisted OF salt junk.
which had been so long In brine and
was so hard that It would take a
handsome polish in sklllful hands. or
OF pork that shriveled in the boiling
TO little more than hard rlnd- or
the result of such a diet was
that when dinner was over. not a
drop of water remained TO the poor
for the next twenty-four hours
OF burning heat. The few who tried to
save some found it impossible. for they
had no place in which to secure 1t
from their lmprovident shipmates.
In this strait men fell back on
OF which each mess had a lib
eral allowance. but In their raging
thirst they were not satisfied merely
10 moisten their mouths with the
SNlds tLty uiAcd II Win Sdih
water and drank II In large quantities.
md the terrible effect may be imagin-
ID. The men were fairly knocked
by this horrible mixture. and roll
d In aSonles in the ~forecastle.
At last. on May Goth. we sighted
he anchorage OF San Bias. and the
was Immediately given TO serve
nut a gallon OF water to each man.
Discipline was forgotten IN the widest.
most joyful confusion as II was Issued.
md so, ninety-three days after leaving
nj privations came to an end.
FOR the last seventy-seven days OF our
WI had averaged a speed Of
ust n mile an hour. a record for
which I scarcely think the
lnnals OF sea life could beat.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

How are your inventions coming
on7"
"~splendidly. I have three new Ideas
that will create no end Of astopish-
ment."
But your other Inventions are not
yct in the market"
MY dear sir. permit me to remind
you hat that has nothing TO do with
the matter. am an inventor. not a
Observation-Disclosures Stnr.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

race was II to 1. Two bets at these
odds Melted smathers over $1,000
KID Weller giving him n check for
$4,000. which is also a western record
FOR a single bet.
Immediately after the race Smathers
remembered his help in n financial
way. giving Hiidreth. the trainer.
$500; Gray. the jockey. 5000: the
stable foreman. $500; David. who
"rubs' the horse. $500. and the boy
who exercises the horse. 500. Mrs.
lIildreth. wife Of the trainer. received
$1,000 for allowing Gray to ride Nc
Chesney. He was to have ridden her
own horse.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

One Of the street philan,hrpisti
who always has m eye and ear foi
childish troubles stopped to comfort
a stout little boy who was filing the
air with lamentations.
What Is the matter. you ii,tis
dearT' she asked. solicitousiy.
"N-my b-brothers got a vacation
snd-nnd I h~avcn'ti" roared the at.
ncted one at last
what = shamer" said the com.
forter. Then you don't go to tho
sams school. Of courseT"
IL don't 20 to school an-sny where
yet" came from the little boy with
a fresh burst Of sorrow.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
PLuNGfR SMATHESS, WHO
HIT BOOKS FOR $4,000

E. E. Smathers. the New York stock
manirulator and sportsman. now holds
the western record In future book bet
ting, having won $4,000 by McChes-
ney's victory in the Harlem Handicap
at Chicago.
McChesney was purchased last win
ter by Smathers at New Orleans. The
betting against him In the handicap
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
Not tho typical Girl.

The pink sbirt-waisted girl IN the
grand stand clapped her hands.
Wasn't that a beaut Of a Pickup"
she exclaimed with enthusiasm. lie
covers more territory In short field
than any fellow I've seen since the
days Of Ed williamson
Here the young man sitting next to
her collapsed. He had braced himself
to meet the shock OF hearing her ask
what the crowd was cheering about
Chicago Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
American Cigarettes in India.

It Is now said that the cigarette
trade Of India-an enormous and grow
ing one, for every native smokes-has
been captured by America. 1t is the
old story oyer again-surplus stock
sold at ruinous prices. Ten American
cigarettes, done up in a box, can be
bought to-day In any Indian bazaar fos
half = PENN.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

The Inlmense quantity OF oak stn yes
used In the wlne districts Of Spain all
come from the United States, and most
OF them from New Orleans. One coop.
erage concern In Andalusia buys f75,-
100000 sta yes a year.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Little Girl-Mamma. uncle cats with
his knife.
Mamma-Unclc Ia rich enough t.
eat with a i%re.shoyel II he prefers It
-Pick-Me Up.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Seems to me our public SERVANTS
are pretty naughty"
Yes, they are servants In fact as
yell az In name"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
"a Him.

II assure you" said the persistent
sutton, that I will not take no for an
answer"
You needn't I'll say yes upon one
condition"
"And that isY
"Just ask me II I am determined not
to marry you under any circumstan-
ces.o-Philadelphla Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

An old railroad mar looks upon a
passenger brakeman with disgust; he
says a passenger brakeman Is a sort Of
nurse TO woman and children passen-
gers.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

A substitute for human hair Is now
made from ceIlulose and nitrocellulose,
according to a German scientific peri
o1lcaL
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Us there nc cgrv Cor kleptomania7"
mo, the more you take tile worse
fou are."-Phladelphia Bulletin
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Callus on Feet. This Is an excess
I've development and retention OF rhs
cells OF the epldermls or true skin.
usually caused by long continued pres
sure and designed 10 cushion aud thus
protect the bones. Occasionally the c
cells inname and become painfui. -
night soak the place thirty 70 dfiy
minutes In warm. weak lye or soda
water 4 teaspoonful to the pint and
with a sharp Smile pare or the callue
but not enough 10 make Il sore. on re-
firing apply a wet compress OF tine
ture OF arnlca ten drops in one-hali
pint OF water and rewct II In the night.
when II dries. The next day avoid
much walking and at night repeat the
soaking aud compress and 50 on until
cured.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

At The end OF a hard day. when you
look over your work, how little you
havs accomplished
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

insomnia Is one thing aud a night
mare Is another. Take yoiy c.oIce.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Twitching Arms and Legs.-This Is a
spasmodic affection OF the nerves quite
common In the higher attitudes. den0t-
Ing functional Irregularity from degen-
Grafton OF nerve-structure more or less
serious. For the relief OF the spas
mode action take magnes phos four
times a day In hot water. Gale phos
and kali phos n dose OF each daily Is
also desirable. The diet should be
strongly albuminous-meat. eggs. FISH.
game. poultry. milk. entire wheat
bread and fruits being the main artl-
cles. Sleep must be abundant and I'm.
disturbed. A cold sponge bath daily.
In a warm room II necessary. All
drains upon the nervous energy must
be cut down to the lowest possible
point.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
~O~~~~~~~~

Varicose Veins from Horseback Rid
fng-Sleep with the foot OF the bed
slightly elevated on blocks. Use No. 3
calc-deur one dose four times a day
and when riding wear an elastic stock
Ing. Also battle the limbs twice daily
with a cold lotion OF witch hazel.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Mouth Breathing at Night-Stewarf
W. Tufts believes that the most sim
pie method for preventing mouth
breathing that "a be devised is TO
stick a piece OF silk lsinglass court
plaster. about 3-S by la Inches,
across the closed lips II can be very
quickly removed and does not lrritats
the lips. The writer finds that at least
30 per cent OF his patients with acute
and chronic diseases OF the respiratory
tract are mouth7breathers al night
This is the result OF very careful OBJ
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