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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04
A posTMAsTga.s LOT.
Lire That Of roitcs WAS. IL IL Ne
. Happy Ons-

I.shs That Of . peitcs MAS. IL Il Ne
Happy One
"a postmaster's lot like that Of
policeman. IL not always q happy
one" remarked department of',cisi
to Star man this morning. III he
isn't hriur constantly lacked up By
the dcps rtmens, be 10 blamed and
abused more or less by the public. 90
he gets II coming to him both wsya
The department IL going after fourth.
class postmaster now because they
are ~ careless 10 executing pension
vouchers. and the nrst thing soIns Of
the. frst citizens 10 their communities
viii know will be that they have
b~rn summarily Cred out Of the ser.
vice for failing to give heed to the de-
partment's orders
The Secretary Of the Interior has
reported that the auditor for his de.
pAr<ment II bampered and delayed In
the auditing OF the accounts OF the
several United States pension agents
thrvast the want Of the exercise OF
.cropsr care oa the part Of the fourth
class postpasters In af,xinE the stamp
e th~ir ofsces. 10 vouchers for pen.
sions executed before them ~ author.
ix<i b. law.
THE main points Of defects IN the
uss Of . postmarkins stamp on pen.
sion vouchers are indistinctnsss OF
impression and variance Of date from
that given In the jurat II the I'M
preston made By the postmarklns
stamp Il not clear and distinct. 10 ~
to show the date and the name Of the
postofice and the State. q pen OF pen
eli must not b used to complete the
impression. =
ssppssmastsrs are INSTRUCTED to test
their stamps on,a separate piece Of
paper before mating an Impression
6pod 4 pcnsion. vouchss. ard to -
that ~ stamp vili make = clean and
clsaf inprussIont aad that the date 10 /
correct oniy one imprsssion must b.
uad1 = the .yeucher at the tips Of
" execution.
''vouchsrs returned to postnastsfs
oscauss Of imperfect Impression Of the
postmarking stamp must b ~
stamped. showing the date Of the ~.
ecution Of the voucher. Instead Of ~ /
date on which the secon1 imprssstes
vas made.
xPostmasters an Informed that COD
tinted fnllurs to comply with the ~
quifenents Of The Inv u this respect
may " ceoel11ged souee Tor removal |
~ 49, ~ koetsf ~ . movs o.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04
JOHN q. MCDONALD,

NO IL to Bald es 1000, 900 RsiivesA
In Alaska.
Vast undertakings are not new fos
rohn B. Mcdonald He b contractor
sho has put through some large en-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04

cheering enter
prises, not least Of
which Il the New
York subway. Now
be u to build = line
In Alaska. which
will cost t5.0O0.OUl
and will take three
years to build II
runs from vaIdes q
Dawson. = distance
Of 800 miles, through
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04

4 new dodge has been tried by the
ordnance department Of the British
army to make guns invisible. BY
painting the feld pieces aud their lin
ben In irregular patches OF the three
primAry colors, red. yellow and blue.
they have been found to harmonISe 20
exactly with any sort OF background
Or surroundings 40 to be almost indis-
tinguishabls 1t Z relatively short dis
tancs even with powerful glasses and
b. psfsons knowing their location.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04

Young man, II 4 girl declines the
offer Of your heart and hand Il Il ~
to you to make her regret the net op
portunity.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04

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between ths cemeef b1ockaL
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04

The bore who Il forever asking one
disasreeabls Quehtioas about onFs self
has al the Other ecrss bsate4- esvsa
teen blocks.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04
the MAD M0iAH's Ally.

In many OF the dispatches from the
scene OF trouble In somsisisnd the
name OF Kari inger sppears. No one.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04
cArcHn "a TROPICS ,.sHEs

Captured g. Bernsda wassrs -
ehippsj Alive 20 New Jerk
Collectins II tropical nxbes fs "
r1ous squaltsns throughout ths vur.a
and especially for the New Ysr.
aquarium u now q recognized iAA~z
try In the Bermudas- II IL csrrt<1 OF
At all seasons. though for obvious -
sons the nsh are shipped north oajs
IN the summer monthA A there sr
more than $50 varieties Of nkh In b~s
mudan wsters. and every variety +
found In Abundance. II 10 ncs ( din
cult problem to secure good kpecir-~ns
Only q few varieties reach New York
according to ~ Post OF that >4fy- r.
the reason tbs tropical ish. n , -u.e
are unable 70 Stand the trfals 81 tra,s
porsatton- IT, ones on exhibition snk
the finest that can be caught
The native fishermen 90 TAR anc
side u search OF specimens for tbs
aquarium Will pay only for the b<.s
Possibly the most voracious nsh tbss
have TO deal with are the Ero'gss-s
and moraya The grouters have -
culiar hsbits- During The month Il
June. -hich 10 their spawning q
mapping season. they gather NJ tvs
spots on the south coast known -
.-grouper grounds" and rarely ~
caught elsewhere At this perisS- tint
are ready to bite At anything. frc=
4 bare book to q live dog
The home OF the spotted meray b
among the coral reefs. but the green
moray lives In deep water. The M.
ter 10 exceedingly powerful with .
tsw a. strong ~ 4 stee, trap 4,
bring q green moray ashore without
doing IL serious injury 10 no sAsy
task. for It nghts like al boa constr ss-
when taken out OF the water- One -
the earliest specimens captusss fos
the aquarium bit 4 large piece ac-v
the end OF q two-inch board b,efor>
Il was subdued
Not many tropical nsh are a. fer
cious ~ the moray. but most OF IL
IarTer varieties are truly sporting La
The hogfsh- club and Dream are rsr>
game and siways eight &c .
anish. The fishermen sometimes ~
TAR beyond the outer lire Of reefs h
,ecure the rockish and red snapp>- 4
Their boats are provided with lslsx
Ter preserving the catch. and the nsh
although the confinement -reskcax
hem. invariably regain ~, strcnEts
when pct into :h> ssses~s ponds ~
he aquarium stxtTHS
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04

A lady who bad moved into = sez.oss
district Of the West found IL a ,esf h1-
possible to keep her help One after
another. girls came on from her country
home In the East. and wcre married
before. ~ the deserted housewife said,
they had time to wash The dinner
disheA
Finally she sent for 4 severc-lockins
maiden OF advanced yesss. who had no
opinion OF msrcuilns Establishments
On the day OF the maids arrival 4 miner
called at the kitchen door for GAass
OF water. He iookek At her. drank ;Ae
water. expressed hL thanks briefly. 49,
then went round 20 the mont OF IL
house where the mistress hesself vac
sweeping on the stepa.
-well.~ aid be. laxily. taking OF k.s
hat. looks ~ II you'd got a nrt-sgs
nowr'
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-02-04


There ID q rather widely difrused -
lief that women do very amusing thing
with telegraph blanks and check-books
But In a story which = here Qustet
from the New York Weird. one youno
woman on one occasion. At least. dtf
played In the use Of the Telegraph :
more than mascniins hrsvfty. thrtftf
ness and sans ffotA
4 Eetroet yoeng man, VITO wns DIP
u In love wieA this cak ln1y. VII
llve1 b another town b MicAigan n.
ctded that the only thing ~ hin w.
10 oG6 M hand and kart - - wuns
70 the telegraph - asi - ~
message:
-wm srn navs ~ rwsnu-ws6
anowsr M ~
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~ oglyovoQnnk ~ - -
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Evening star., 1904-03-17
What Was Done.

According to the testimony Of the resi-
dent physician in charge of the case this
was done. Thousands of cases have come to
the hospital suffering from concussion in
slight degrees and after few hours rest
have gone out well. 1t was impossible to
say in the beginning that these cases were
not fractures.
THE report goes on to say: Enormously
assuming 1t to be a case of concussion only.
and that the effects might wear of during
the night and the man be able to leave
early in the morning, the physician in
charge of the case had the man placed in
bed In the emergency room without having
been undressed, where he remained until
late in the morning,
Again, 1t is only fair to say that in my
opinion the same erroneous assumption
would have probably been made by nine
physicians or surgeons out of ten. Unfor-
tunately, medicine Is not perfect science.
Although much has been done to make 1t
more exact in recent years, it is still far
from mathematical preclsfon. I doutt II
any one could. or would, have diagnosed this
case as fracture during the night. though
the diagnosis was plain at IL o'clock next
morning when 1 saw the patient.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
YOUNG MEN AT A HUNDRED.
Scores Of Centenarians Found Among
the Nomads in Northern Africa.


From the Chicago Chronicle.
Perhaps 1t is the nomadic, outdoor HE
they lead perhaps it is merely due to
heredity, but the fact remains that the
the Arabs of northern Africa are among
the most long lived people in the world. L
saw a lot of queer things during my wan
dering through Morocco. Algeria and Tu-
MIS-" said a man who recently returned to
America from long tour in the north of
Africa "But tho queerest thing Of all was
the multitude of centenarians. They were
as common as biackberries here in August.
and a man or woman had to be at least
one hundred and fifty to enjoy any sort Of
local reputation.
'.It is quaint and refreshing to step aside
for a moment from the hustle of modern
life and make acquaintance with men whose
fathers or grandfathers were Barbary cor
sairs. 1t Is a treat to drop into coffee
houses. where public story telltsrs riyet the
attention Of a crowded audience. and where
the lars of All Baba are still in common
use: to frequent public squares. where snake
charmers. barbarfc musicians and other
story-book delights are commonplace: to
meet kadi riding to court on a white mule
and to mix with people who tell you stories
of diinns as If they were everyday occur
rences.
'All this and more you can enjoy in Mo-
rocco Algiers and Tunis-though the French
are doing their best to spoil the old world
charm Of the last two countries. But Of all
the strange things saw there the strangest
were the old people There are so many of
travefer in the 'Barbary States as they
used to be called. is impressed by this re-
markable abundance of centenarfaus.
"A gray-bearded old man Of seventy, who
Evening star., 1904-03-17

with other things. fish. chicken, etc 1t Is
highly nutritious, and explains why the
Chinese laborer can endure so much on so
little food. Vegetables are eaten in quanti-
ties, and so are chickens and ducks incu-
bator ducks being known in China one or
two hundred years before America discov-
cred the incubator. Fish is popular. but
very little meat is eaten. An animal is
never killed to be eaten until 1t is too old to
work: hence the Chinese do not like beef,
considering 1t too tough. Pork is popular
and every family keeps one or two pigs .
The Chinese are great cooks and love to
give elaborate dinners This is the chief
means Of entertaining in China However
the dinner consists OF sixty courses and ft
takes several hours. The guests are seated
at small tables, and ten courses are served
Then the tables are cleared and the guests
enjoy games. matching poetry being a very
old pastime in China. guest receives half
couplet and supplies the other half In
premptu verse making Is another fayorite
Chinese entertainment
Rats and cats are not eaten save by fhs
very poor In times of famine The birdE
nests eaten are those OF the sea swallow.
who eats quantities of seaweed until its
craw is full. Then 1t selects a hIrh Cliff
and builds Its nest by throwing the aea
weed, which Is now In q mucilaRinous state
from Its mouth round and round until a
small clear ball 10 made. This ball fs Iiued
with feathers. The fishermen secure the
nests by means Of long poles They are
cleaned and scraped until they are like
clear gelatine. They are great daliaacy
ana only eaten by the rich They taste
much ike the Iceland moss which we eat
Evening star., 1904-03-17
WILD DOGS IN CONNECTICUT
Foxhounds Whose Master is Dead Con-
tinue Hunting Game.
Prom the Hartford Times.

From the Hartford Times.
Game Warden Foote has volunteered his
services to Selectman Prior when PlainviIle
people organize a posse to go out to kill the
wild dogs on Rattlesnake mountain Frank
H. Newton. keeper of livery stable in
Plainville Center. told last night the history
OF the dogs. 1t seems that man by the
name OF Lewis who lived on the shores of
the Shuttle Meadow reservoir. New Brit
aims principal water supply. and had charge
of the reservoir for years. was always fond
OF hunting foxes The country about that
district Is Wild and foxes are numerous
there every winter.
Lewis spent much of his time in hunting
these animals. and consequently had four
or five hrst-ciass foxhounds which he kept
for that purpose. Sometimes when not
hunting Mr.. Lewis dogs would get on the
trail of one or more foxes and chase them
for two days at a time. Frequently the
hounds would run. without food until they
would drop In their tracks and be unable to
30 further Then. after a rest they would
return home. About six months ago Mr..
Lewis died. and since then his dogs have
not received much attention. so quite a
while ago they commenced to make a busi-
ness of chasing foxes on the mountains sur
founding the Shuttle Meadow reservoir
after while they did not return to their
Evening star., 1904-03-17

is trying to sell curios to a tourist for
thrice their value. exclaims BY the beard
of the prophet, may my grandfather die
If what tell you is not true!' Looking at
his gray beard, you think he is quite saf
in calling down that curse upon himself,
but when you make inquiries you find that
he really has grandfather living, aged
about one hunderd and ten. and that the
old gentleman is still going about doing
business on market days. Life is not wear
Ing in Moslem Africa. man never does
anything in a hurry there. Naturally, he
does not even grow old In a hurry. When
he is seventy he is beginning to get over
the first hot flush of youth: he is no longer
counted as one Of the boys, but not until he
Is at least ninety does he expect people to
pay honor and reverence to him as a vet
eran. and even then he must take a back
seat and listen deferentially when the hale
and hearty centenarians approach"
Evening star., 1904-03-17

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
David Jayne Hill. now United States min
lister to Switzerland. used to be president
of the University Of Rochester. The small
daughter OF his mathematical colleague was
very fond of him. and she had a.great habit
OF picking up long words and making him
tell her what they meant.
What's the difference between gastron-
omy and astronomy" she asked one day.
Astronomy" replied the president. sis
the science of the heavenly bodies. Dorothy.
Gastronomy is-er-well. heavenly science
of the earthly body"
Evening star., 1904-03-17

From the Worlds WoEta NV
To borrow money! ftotl ship one hum
dred miles away wound shave been an i'm
possible feat year or,so ago, but recently
1t was accomplished by telegraph. A young
man found himself aboard ship. homeward
bound, his passage paid, but without money
for Incidental expenses and for landing. He
knew that his mother was on an easthound
ship. The probable date and hour of the
meeting OF the two vessels were calculated.
The purser OF the eastbound ship was In
structed to lay the unfortunate's case be-
fore his mother. 1t took only few min
utes for her to place money In the hands
OF her puf ser, who Instructed the purser Of
the westbound liner to pay 1t to his pas
senger The charge for transmitting mes
word, with the address and signature
free.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
DR.. Miles Nervine

homes, but assumed sort of wild state
and race through the woods during the
er Ditter cold weather hunting for foxes.
They were evidently out of food y wasE ~
so ago when they attacked a flock of tur-
keys and hens belonging to Mr.. Graham.
They got good. square meal which cost
the town of Plainville $50. Then they ran
across deer. and from all accounts must
have chased and harassed the creature for
at least twenty-four hours. when Hurley
and Sames, woodchoppers. rescued It. Al.
though the dogs were formerly Civilized. -
as hunting dogs go. they are now apparent
ly wild
Evening star., 1904-03-17
CHINESE FOOD PRODUCTS.
Beans a Leading Article Of Diet in
China.

From What to Eat.
DIR. Yamei Kin. Chinese woman doctor.
now studying in America. gives some inter-
esting facts about Chinese food products.
One surprising thing DR.. Yamei Kin tells
Is that Chinese SOY Is made from q sort
OF red bean ground up and fermented
While fermenting It smells much like saur-
kraut, only worse. The fermented product
Is shipped in large cases to England, where
1t is mixed with vinegar and other products
and is sold az Notwithstanding sauce The
Chinese laborer lives on beans as much an
does the Boston typewriter girl. The bean
In China is more like our small round COW
pea This Is ground fine, mixed with water
and little salt Then the water Is pressed
out and the bean cake is sold to the poor
This bean cake may be cooked and mixed
Evening star., 1904-03-17
Emergency HOSPITAL
DR.. w. P. Carr's Letter to the
Commissioners.
OFFUTT CASE REVIEWED
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER TAKE!
EXCEPTIONS TO FINDINGS.
Board of Charities Report Answered in
Detail = General Obser-
vations.

Dr. w. P. Carr as executive officer of the
Emergency Hospital has filed with the
District Commissioners a statement relating
to the recent investigation conducted by the
board of charities at the instance of the
Commissioners into the death of Henry I.
Offutt at that institution. The statement is
In the nature of protest against the find
ings of the board in that case. 1t Is as fol-
lows:
Il have the honor to transmit herewith
for your Information a copy of a report
made by me as executive officer to the board
of directors of the Central Dispensary and
Emergency Hospital. in reference to the
care and treatment of Mr.. Henry T. Offutt.
The report of the board of charities on the
case of Mr.. Offutt says:
3" Mr.. Offutt was brought to the hospital
in the hospital ambulance. in charge of one
of the hospital physicians. about 715 pm.
January ). He was brought by the ambu-
lance from the drug store 1.-The corner of
18th and H streets. and theA \tement was
made to the physician in charge of the am
bulance at the drug store that the patient
had fallen off street car. When he reach
ed the hospital he was partly conscious. He
was suffering from severe fracture of the
skull as the result Of his fall. Immediately
upon being brought in the man was ex-
amined by the resident physician who had
brought him to the hospital and also by
the chief resident physician. The presence
of a fracture was. according to their testi-
mony, suspected by each but they were un-
able to determine 1t with certainty, as
specific symptoms for which they looked
were absent
TT should in fairness be said that there
Is a suspicion of fracture in every case
coming to the hospital with history Of a
blow or fall upon the head. and the absence
Of specific symptoms often makes 1t impos-
sible to decide this point for several hours.
The universal rule of treatment in such
cases is to keep the patient at rest in bed
and watch him carefully to see whether
serious symptoms develop.
Evening star., 1904-03-17

Love. remarked the beautiful girl. .fs
world"
But am greater than love-" protested
the young man. because can make it."
Chicago News.
Evening star., 1904-03-17

1t matters little what 1t is that YOU want
whether a situation or a servants
want" ad. in The Star will reach the per-
son who can I'LL your need.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
Meant the Same.

MeduL tue same,
From the Chicago News.
Just proposed to Miss Eva, 80 said Wilson.
did she say 'yesr " asked his friend.
NO"
'"rhen you got the mittenY"
Not at all. She Is a slangy girl, and sai6
Yep
Evening star., 1904-03-17

create the impressioh thai there was gross
neglect that probably Contributed to the
fatal termination Of the case.
I'm a recent investigation of the hos
pital ordered at the ilstfgation of DR.. H.
L. E. Johnston, which lasted over two
months. and included the whole period of
the hospitals existence, every charge and
specification was dispr0ped.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
Free SERVICES of Surgeons.


Besides this, during the last year 3,oOO
surgical operations were performed, which
were worth from $25 to 500 each at the
lowest figures At the absurdly small val
uation of s. an operation this would equal
the contribution of the government.
Upon the ground of greatest contribu-
ton, who should have control-the govern
ment. with its $4,000 donation, or the ply
sicians, with their hundred thousands of
dollars of service? -,
again, TX the present management is
economical. and 4 glance at the work done
for the amount expended will show that 1T
is eminently so, why should a change be
made to municipal management which
would certainly be more expensive.
"A municipal hospital Is political hos
pital, in spite of all that can be said to
the contrary. Such hospitals are notoriously
inefficient and full of just such abuses as
1t is desired to correct. Political appoint
ments OF medical men are seldom good ap-
pofntments. and hospitals having their
staffs appointed by political men invaria-
bly, degenerate.
These statements are so we'll known by
all medical men that L hardly think they
admit of argument. y >
Again. If it canibersaid that the pres
ent set of Commissioners and District au-
tnor1ties are all that is desirable in wis
dom and judgment CONCERNING medical mat
ters. who knows what tile next set NAV be /?
commissioners COME una go. but hospitals
such management the staff probably would
become an incongrpous1f mixture of horneo-
paths and regulars pf Christian Scien-
lists and osteopathSt for there are eminent
pupiic men all around us who are adherents
OF each OF these sects. Such a stan would
not be conducive of harmony nor Of tha
best scientific work..AW n CARR M. b.
,a.EXecutive Officer"