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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
"FARES, PLEASE"
Both Young Ladies' Wanted to Pay,
But Kept the Conductor Waiting.

Both Young Ladies' Wanted to Pay
But Kept the Conductor Waiting.
Car-conductors familiar with tn,
various peculiarities of travellers. vii
agree that the following scene. de
scribed in the Pittsburg Gazette, might
occu in any street-car in any city
The dramatis personae are two we'll
dressed young women and the con.
ductor. The time is the present
Conductor-Fare. please.
First young lady (hasdlyELet me
pay il, dear.
Second young lady Opening chate-
laine and beginning to take out hand
kerchief. small package. gloves and
keys)ENot for worlds, dearesti | have
some change.
First young lady ~(excavating the
depths of wrist bagl-Nonsense. 1 have
it right here. And you paid it last. you
know.
Second young lady-I'm sure I didn't
1t was you. don't you remember? The
reason l know is because we were go
ing TO Lottie's tea.
First young lady-Oh. yes. and |
wore my crepe de chine. But that
wasn't the last time we went out to-
gether. We were going to the matinee.
and I'm sure you paid the fare.
Second young lady (triumphantly
taking out a purs@Well. it doesn't
make any difference. I'll just pay it
again
Conductor (wearilyEFare. ladies.
First young lady Indignantly. also
producing purselEIt does make a diff
ference too, Do you think | am going
out and have you pay my fare every
where we 90? Here. | have it.
Second young lady-Don't be so
silly. Here. | have ii.
First young lady-My dear. / insist.
Second young lady-Agnes. 1 shall be
downright offended with you in a mo-
ment. | shall pay the fare.
Conductor-I don't care who pays II.
but l don't want to stand here ali
day.
First young lady with dignitylEYou
are a rude person and I shall report
you. Ny uncle is one Of the principal
stockholders. and | shall report your
behavior to him. Here. take this
money. I'm sure You only had to wait
4 second or two.
Second young lady-Isn't It awful.
the insolence OF these people?
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
1.-THE MocKlNa BIRD"
How rhi. Old Time PoDular Son.

How This Did Time Popular Song
Came 20 lie Written.
This Is how the late Septimus Win
ner came to compose Listen to the
Mocking Bird" The account Is
furnished By the composers son. J.
Gibson Winner OF Philadelphia.
1T was suggested by listening to a
colored man. Dick Milbur1. known Rs
-Whistling Dick Mr.. Winner said.
Dick was a unique character. ia
found Infinite delight in wandering
about the city whistlins in imitation
OF a mocking bird. at the same time
stunning an accompaniment upon the
guitar.
my father met him one day. and.
struck by his remarkable performance
rs a warbler. said to him. half In
Jest:
".How would you Ike to have a
song for your hooking bird. Dickr
The negro giared at father In abb
ject astonlshment. and then. with a
laugh that echoed through the block.
replied:
"Dat would be mighty nice. massa.
an / would be much obleeged Z 20.
massa. ef yo' done gwine to do soF
THE compass OF Dicks voice was
hardly an octave. and In order to fit
him properly the melody was made
very simple. That same evening my
father composed the words and music.
THE words which ran higher were
to be spoken by the darkey. not sung.
except where they came within his
range, followed by the whistler's clever
imitation Of the bird. Dick was a
very good-natured fellow. but not en-
lowed with much intellectual capacity.
Night after night be came to Mr.. Win
ner's music store to learn the words of
the song. Try as he would. father
not teach him the words.
Eventually. however, Dick master
ed n verse. MiIburn. nevertheless,
ideas Of his own. He had a fine
sense Of humor. and i~mproyised lines
to the music, suggesting ridiculous !
to attract the laughing crowd.
was not long before his idea OF the :
mocking-bird song became popular and
added greatly to Dicks local reputa-
lion.
The song was published in ballad :
'orm soon after and quickly took hold I
IN the public. 1t was sung all over the J
country, and is Just as popular to-day I
IS It was forty-seven years ago..
Father sold 1t to Lee & Walker. a T
Philadelphia firm, for IS, and during {
he t~wenty-eight years Of its copy J
light never received anything beyond .
price at which It was originally
old. The profits from its sale have b
Exceeded 100000. perhaps the largest Il
mount ever realized from any musi- r
composition of its class" Il
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
BANANAS INDIANS.
Red Men Who Maintain Their Old
liabilities TO

kci Wen k1O aHiut1tu lnctr Via
Hostiiities To ~Insrufrr..
The cruisers Atlanta and Mayfowcr,
which searched the northeast coast OF
the Isthmus OF Panama and the Gulf
OF Darfen for the Colombian troops
said to have landed there. reported
that they could ind no trace OF the
troops, but that they did see Indians.
inhospitality. declining to answer
questions or giving Information which
proved to be false.
The Indians along OF lear the Cult
Of Darien are the only aborigines Of the
lsthmus who are now important In
numbers. They have never permitted
a white man TO enter that part Of the
isthmus. and the region is marked
''unexplored' on the best maps.
The Indians Of the remainder Of the
isthmus have been nearly wiped out.
excepting the Guaymi near Costa Rica.
who still number about 1900 souls
and preserve their physical type. GUS
toms and speech. They are peaceable.
but are practically in sole possession
Of their country.
It was recently reported that the
Muol tribe. a little farther east, had
been reduced to three persons. The
Dorasques. still farther east, are nearly
extinct.
Between the Chiriqui range and the
Gulf Of San Bias. fully half Of the 18TH
mus all the a~borigines have disappear
ed. They lived where Spanish as
cendancy prevailed, and either sue
cumbed to cruel persecution or were
gradually absorbed by admizture with
white and negro blood. This central
part of the isthmus IS the region to
which Jamaica hns never ceased to
send blacks and mulattos since slavery
was abolished in that ISLE nd.
But the Indians nearest to South
America have maintained their nu.
strength and tribal %orgnniza-
don. and have held the whites at arms
We do not know that n single
traveller has yet crossed their country.
Their fathers for centuries strictly re-
fused permission to aliens TO land in
heir territory, and their descendants I
rigidly maintained the traditional
This is the region which the Colon ]
,ian troops would have to cross on n
and march from Darfen to the rail-
.oad. Their guns might have helped -,
hem on their way; but even II they I.
md run the gauntlet Of the savnges, i,
he forest farther west would have !,
urely turned them back. I,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
FLEET FOR CANADIAN GRAIN.
Gigantic Company Has been Formed
10 controi Carrying Trade.

10 Soutrot Carrying 4r"u7s
Another Canadian and British com
pany proposes to enter the trade OF
the upper lakes. IL is the Canadian
Transit Company and win have u eapi'
tai OF S1.50V.O0o. This company has
made contracts in England for the con.
struction OF twelve large steel ships
for the grain trade OF the inland lakes
OF America. They viii be able. OF
course. under American coastwise
laws. TO trade only between Port AR
thur. Ont. and some eastern port. pre-
ferably Montreal.
This will be the largest fleet yet put
afioat on the great lakes under Cana
dian ownership. aud Is in line with the
new increase OF Canadian Inland ma
rine. which Is one OF the notable
growths OF the present development
OF the dominion.
The cause for II all Is solely the In
crease OF wheat production In the Ca
madam northwest and the great immi-
grafton into Manitoba and the north
west provinces. These twelve ships.
II built at American lake shipyards.
would cost Sl25.0oO each. English
built. the cost is practically the same.
They Will be OF size governed by the
dimensions OF the Canadian. 81. Law
renee and Weiland canals. making
them capable OF carrying 10 tide water
from Lake Superior about 200 tons
OF cargo.
Now that Canada has completed tho
Improvement OF the Welland and ST.
Lawrence canals so that vessels draw
Ing fourteen feet OF water can pass
down agitation Is beginning for an
elghteen-foot channel. Thls would
mean the improvement OF every canal
and lock from Lake Erie 10 the sea.
This work would cost a fabulous
amount. far more than the entire ex-
pense Of all Canada's water ways 20
far carried out. The entering wedge
Is a proposition for deepening tho
welland canal to eighteen feet. 80 that
lake ships OF large SIZE a discharge
At Kingston and Prescott. from which
grain may be carried In barses
and transshipped into ocean vessels at
Montreal"
Something Ike this Is liable 10 come
time and IL viii cut American ports
Put OF what export grain they nov re-
from the Canadian side OF tho
Inc. In a few years all export grain
rom the northwest VIII be from Can
ida. for the export business OF the
States. 40 far as the North
States Is concerned. Is a do
dining frnde-Chlcngo Chronicle.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
f.. III. IL

A guest visiting a family containing
a number Of children was frequently
puzzled at meal-time by hearing one
or another member OF the household
murmur in a warning tone, IF. II. B."
Finally his curiosity became so acute
that he asked his host what the say
ing meant
TT MEANS" replied the head of the
household. smilingly. that it isn't
safe to ask for a second helping. or to
accept It II one be offered-that there
isn't any more Of that particular dish
in the kitchen"
II see," returned the partially en-
Iightened guest. But what is the ex-
act significance of those three letters7"
"They stand" said the host, for
Family, Hold Back'"-Woman's
Home Companion
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
ONE or AFRIcA.s WONDERS
City Of = Hundred Thousand People
skilled In Many Intricate ArtA-

City 81 Hundred Thousand Pcopl,
Skilled In Many Intricate Arts-
The next Of Great Britain's wars |
quite likely to be In Kano. Few PEG
Pile know where kano Is or what sor
of people inhabit It. but all reading
men will doubtless be familiar with /
ere many years elapse. Not man,
will accept the description OF thu
Hausas that II Is the center OF th'
world" but kano, without using thu
language OF extravaganza. must bs
ranked among the wonders OF Africa
Its high walls inclose a population OF
10000 people. living In houses which
though built OF mud. are not by any
means TO be despised and which line
broad streets and roads which would
put many London streets to shame.
Most of the houses are shaded by trees.
and one traveller has described the APP
~pearance OF the town as being that or
IA big beautiful garden"
The great market. says this travel
er. who visited kano a year or two
ago. is one OF the wonders OF the world;
Almost anything can be bought there
sugar. is per pound; cotton. cloth.
leather. needles, crockery, tinware.
dyes, lime. charcoal. meat. slaves.
Icamels. horses. food OF every variety.
Including tomatoes. wheat. tanned ga
zelles and hyenas. wild cats. birds, any
thing and every thing. The money OF
the country is still the cowry shells.
OF which the king sent US 10000 as
a present. but the Maria Theresa dollar
is taken, and the great men gladly buy
up any quantity OF gold and silver
coins. for the Hausa Is an adept NJ
working in silver and gold and Is as
proud as he Is skillful. Moreover. he
smelts his own ore and works up his
native iron In wondrous shapes. The
city has thirteen gates (which are al
ways closed at sunset. and Is some
or fourteen miles In circumfer-
ence. On the whole. 1t lies four
but some OF the walls are 4
irregular"
There Is dignity in majesty even In
the heart OF Africa. IL is said OF one
African monarch that each morning
after breakfast he leaves his hut and
,pens his great umbrella and then de-
.lares before all the earth that the sun
nay from that moment shine. Those
Who would visit the king OF Kano on
lis throne must take OF their shoes
nd ever their stockings and bow their
to the ground. Three hours an
mission waited at the palace
and then-'a low murmur arose,
pathway was suddenly cut and 4
magnificent warrior pranced up and
rev rein at our feet. This was the
the second a In the king
ON The palace. a splendid specimen
Z mud architecture. was a mass or
and the courtyards wers
rammed. While we stood In the
Judgment hall. which was thronged :
nth well dressed men squattlng on the .
DOR. suddenly all the instruments OF
burst forth. our umbrellas We're
matched from our hands and we were !
urried into the kings splendid au- !
chamber. At the far end. on a
oh red dals. was seated the king.
a black rawnI. which covered :
serything but his eyes. He Is said TO !
e about 90 years OF age and to be |
ute white. but he Is more probably :
co.ored." :
.ruE Qt2np j.,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

close by. was clicking on some letters
she comes down nearly every day to
help me. says she loves TO. dear little
woman, Rogers. in the city again on
business. had just dropped in and was
standing at a little distance. looking
out Of the window l was thinking of
Saturday and its possibilities.
There was a light step in the corri-
dor, then the door, which stood ajar.
was pushed farther open and there on
the threshold stood-Miss Holdings
Dolly and 1 rose together. l thought
Dolly was going to introduce me TO
Cousin Bess." but she seemed TO see
that it was unnecessary.
Il had no idea of coming so ahead
of time until it was too late to tele-
graph" Miss Holdings began gayly. Il
meant to stop in ST Louis. but Bob
simply made me come right through
He and Alice will be here in a week
their wedding was on the tenth-and 1
am to ind them a house. Bob can't
get along without Sister CATH you
see. If be Is married"
Her voice and n were as l re-
membered. but she was more beautiful
than ever. l did not wonder that Rog-
ers-I glanced over at him. He was
standing. as be had turned at her en-
trance. with a queer sort Of express
sion, his face very white. Till then she
had not seen him, but her eyes must
have followed mine. for she grew pale
and recoiled a step. as il some n had
pushed her. Then she started across to
him, holding out her hand. He met her
halfway. with a low cry Of Gather
And l heard her murmur
-Dickr'
An hour or so later. as she and
Dolly were about to leave the Office.
Catherine turned to me. Bob is quite
enthusiastic about becoming your part
she said. 1T vas 50 nice of you
to think Of it. He says he will deed
me part of that and you have been
for him if l will stay West. Is
hat the property you wrote me about?
You thought | had some claim to it. re-
member"
EI-Lo- L stdAMeiep- we udun I
begun that deal then. The property l
spoke OF was-er-well. Rogers. here"
There were -four scarlet faces in the
Dolly and l looked at each 9th
IT. l felt like a culprit; probably /
ooked like one; Dolly looked several
hings. Meanwhile Catherine and Rog-
rs had apparently managed to under
Itand each other. for Rogers came up
md gripped my hand. You're all
light, old man." he exclaimed ~joyousIy.
the making of a fine lawyer
q you.'-Indianapolis Sun
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
INDIANS vENERATE THE DEAD.
Totem Poles that Tell the History Of
a Chicftain.

koN-1l OAGn AL1 ( INK .lO Oh
"A Chieftain-
zone OF the distinctive features ap-
pealing to every traveller in Alaska
said f. J. Parke. special agent of the
interior department. in the Milwaukee
Sentinel, lis the veneration displayed
by the Indians for their dead. The
most picturesque spots imaginable are
selected for their burial places and as
one travels along the mountain sides
or up the canyons and valleys the fan
tastic craven representation OF animals,
birds or fish Indicate the fact that
beauty spots have been taken for the
burial places of the natives. | visited
villages where the totem poles recount
ing the history Of its population re-
sembled n small shipyard. The amount
Of work done on these records is al
most beyond comprehension and, like
the Egyptian hieroglyphics in ancient
times, craven upon marble and stone.
the language of a totem pole tells the
history Of chieftains and tribesmen.
Some of these features must disap-
pear with the march of commercialism
developing the territory. The relic
hunter, imbued with the spirit Of van
is no respecter Of traditions.
and many a rudely carved cedar pole
has been transpIanted. In stead Of
standing like grim sentinels guarding
the secrets Of the frozen %northland
ind to the initiated telling the story OF
The life and death Of the standardization
deeds it commentaries. the
chances are tbet it will decorate the
grounds Of relic-hunting tour
Iufa n
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
LISTING FoR eLuEfIsn.
spsrtsmsa csazht . shark aud ia
fun M.s Great

rportsman SaaEhf . shark aud the
Fun W.s Great
We had 20 much to do during tho
daytime that We never succeeded Ia
getting over Tor the dag. - u Hns
determined 10 save a ~ NJ Il At nlght.
We went over twice. The lnt ulxAs
We were fairly successful. getting half
a dozen good nsh. The SECOND night
Il was pregfy dark. and 40 had taksa
two nah. both % them coming ca ny
lue. probably because I vas more ex.
pcrienccd and got the line out farther
J. the others Hut at % rate
things were getting rather duh when.
after a cast. ! felt .omrthlng s,rika.
and from the stroke thought / had ca
4 good sized nsh. Bot almost lmme-
diateiy the line siackrnei. not enough
TO show that ! had lost him. but. a.
supposed thea. enough % show that he
was not a very big one. and more thsa
that. was swimming up with the llrc.
says a writer In the Worlds Work.
pulled faster. lest be should unhoox
himself. but waa not particularly In
tercsted until felt a pull ike a horse
which absolutely stopped my hauling
In for n second. I called out 70 The
man next to me. "I've got a big one
this time" and then ny attention was
too much taken up for further 70
marks. He came along saving from
side 20 side. and whom he oct back
for the lire. Just before hs
reached the surf he made ens bseak.
and tho plash thereof was enough to
make me think that I had caught the
real king Of biuehsh this time. As no
through the surf I ran down
Into the water In my excitement and
interest to land him safely. and By this
time two Of my companions we're
ibout mo ready 10 give aid. As he
splashlng In he looked NJ least
feet long. but not quite tho
and mike Of n bluensh. M ons
Imagine. FOR. M we beachei him.
10 proved TO be a shark. and although
Tot fully the twelve feet that be had
ooked. he did actually n more
han nine feet In length. fIe was
ns useful nor ns valuable as
olue1sh OF Eve pounds. but he was
ar more Interesting and the fun was
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
GOVERNMENT POISON FARM.
Big Garden Patch Of Deadly Plants
Near Washington.

Big Garden Patch of Deadly Plants
Near Washington.
The United States has started In e
grow poisons. IL has set up u hasheest
factory on u small scale. and Is about
to try the commercial production anc
manufacture Of opium. Deadly night
shade. monkshood. henbane. foxgloye,
Unison weed and wormwood are among
tho plants which are being cultivated
in an experimental garden patch about
two acres In extent on the Potomac
fats. close by the city OF Washing.
ton.
The plants selected for culture In this
government garden are those that
yield the deadliest OF known polsons,
which are ut the same time the most
powerful and valuable drugs employed
by medical science. Americans i'm
port something like S1.0o0.0oo yearly OF
such drugs-including raw materials
from which they are extracted-and
it Is believed that most or the money
might be saved by producing the toxic
weeds for themselves.
Opium is one OF the most complex
OF vegetable substances, containing
more than twenty distinct active prin-
clples. OF which the best known and
most valuable Is morphine. The gov
eminent experts intend to extract NOR
phine from the Texas opium expert
mentally.
The most striking feature OF the
-. 80. -. A.. No. a.. a.
u patch OF Indian hemp. from which
the famous drug called "~hasheesh" Is
obtained. Its delicate stalks OF waving
green tower to u height OF ten feet.
with many branches. and at the top
are many tassels OF tiny flowers. IL
Is from the seed vessels that Is de
the substance which yields the
agent SO celebrated In history and
romance.
The substance Is bright green I'm
and. when swallowed. produces
the most extraordinary visions aud
Authorizations. Many persons have
-ead OF that remarkable secret society
n the Orient organized for wholesale
md systematic murder. whose mem
Ders called themselves Hashashin.
our word ASSASSIN" and slim
dated themselves for their deeds OF
ltroclty by doses OF this drug.
The government work with drug
,lants Is conducted by r. v. Coiville.
he botanlst-in-chief. and the garden
described IS laid out In plats OF bella
dlgitalis. nconlte. arnica.
henbane. strainonium. sene-
a. snakeroot. golden seal. and other
pecies. Beliadonna IS the deadly ,
disitalis Is foxglove. stra-
IS Unison weed. and aconIte
) monkshOod- Golden seal Is a wild
native TO American forests. and
; rapidly disappearing. on which ac-
cunt. especially In view OF a growing
demand for II. no time should
e lost In bringing II under cultivation.
The department OF agriculture Is
under glass cinchona trees.
the bark OF which qulnlne Is OBJ
aimed.
IL Is proposed to separate from each
ind Of drug plant it, active princi-
le In considerable quantities. IN order
|, make the Investigation rs complete
; possible. The curing Of the fresh
lateral has to be very carefully done.
sc the drugs will not be first clas+
II or the knowledge obtained will
rentually be put into the shape Of .
which will be distributed
farmers for their instruction In
branch Of gardening that, in the
Of the department Of asricul-
re, may yield large prodts.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

There IS one woman in Chicago. the
wife Of q young minister. by the way,
who has always had a liking for hats
OF the fowerbed variety. At present
she owns a dream of a sky piece
that is covered with violets. The
pretty young wife wore this hat to a
funeral recently. at which her hus-
band oficiated. Going into the room
which contained the coffin, she re-
moved the hat and placed it on a stand
The sad-faced. sleek-haired undertaken
came in a few minutes later to arrange
the floral tokens" on the coffin. After
placing the bOquets. wreaths. pillows,
broken wheels. anchors and the usual
run Of flowers in the place. he picked
up the v~iolet-covered hat and tenderly
placed 1t on top Of all the rest. Sever
al OF the "m%ourners" giggled, and the
minister's wife wanted to grab her
hat and run. She had to let It alone,
however, until the close Of the cere-
mony. When she marched past the
bier she lunged for the hat and Sue
fully made her escape.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07
wondrrfnI Tree

The royal oak ut Eppelbarn. Eng.
is so large that a hall has been built in
It which will bold more than fOJ peo-
pie Mt n time. Its age. too. Il very
great. scientists agreeing thai Il must
have been growing for several hundred
years, At the top nre four small can.
non. from which shots are fred on hoif-
days or solemn occasions. The man
who Is responsible for the scheme has
taken out a patent for It on the ground
that It Is nm institution for the fresh
air cure.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

Much interest Is taken by Michigan
people In the success won In the East
and abroad By Miss Louise Truax. II.
who Is a native Of Michigan. She be.
gan developing her talent about ave
years ago. In New York she gave
whistiing solos at the Lexington Ave
nue. Baptist Church until she went
abroad She has Just retained after
a triumphal season In London. Among
those who were charmed By her mu-
sic was King Edward.