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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-01-26
r..dlnr MIN to Poultry.

Farmers who have more or less skim
milk and . generous supply OF sour
milk can feed both probably to lay.
ins hens during the win err MIX
should be given a. other hlngs are
FED. with . view to having as much
variety ~ possible. While tho fowls
rrsiy tire OF the milk. II generally
brings the best results II the prepare
ton Of Il = somewhat varied For
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-01-26

very little. IL IA
Jus, 5 feet high and
l. most convenient
IA the house during
cleaning tine and
out Of doors ~ All
times. During tho
fruit picking sea.
son u IL almost Ia.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-01-26

example: When the weather is cold.
give fhs birds lot OF warm milk In
the morning. putting II In a trough.
The next night feed them a warm
mash. but mix the bran with milk In
stead OF water. This is an excellent
way 10 use the sour milk or milk that
10 too thick to feed alone. Another
time cook lot OF small potatoes. chop
them nne aud mix with the sour milk.
then feed warm-creamed potatoes In
way. One has no idea how laying
hens enjoy such variety and what a
decided difference IL makes in the egg
production.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-01-26

10 Not He . Nervous WRECK.
There 10 no more sorrowful spectacle
than the woman who 10 . prey to her
'fancisd" ailments. She y missra BILE
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-01-26

about the cork. when niled. the foun.
tain viii let the water down into the
drinking cup as fast as the fowls or
chickens drink IL aud there Will DO no
fouilns OF tho water.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-01-26

The illustration shows cheap.
handy siepiadder. !; need cos, but
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
HE'S SANAT CLAUS TO
ALL THE POOR IN TOWN
Ho WAN ILLINOIS EDITOR SPENDS HIS SURPLUS EARNINGS
OTHERS

Special Correspondence of The
Press.
JACKSONVILLE, H., Dec. o.
When Santa Claus makes his an
nual visit to Jackson vile, he does
not leave until he is sure every
body has had square deal, and
even then he isn't satisfied, for he
works wonderful surprises upon
the deserving poor of the city all
the year round. This is all be-
cause Santa Claus in this case is
Samuel w. Nichols, editor of the
Jacks onville Daily Journal.
For a number of years Nichols
has been the self-appointed imper-
senator of good old Saint Nick, "
and he likes the role. His business
nets him a good income and he
has been in the habit of spending
the surplus above his necessary eX-
penses for the benefit of his friends
among whom is included anyone in
the city who needs assistance.
Many young men and women too
poor to obtain an education other
wise have been helped through col
lege by this practical philanthro-
pist and are now making names
for themselves in the business and
professional life of the community.
Besides good work of this nature
Nichols has taken an especial in
terest in children. Last year 400
of them accompanied him to the
| exposition at St. Louis. This year
431 children went with him to the
same city. Besides this he has
often piloted parties of from five
to 20 all over the united States
| and Mexico. In selecting the little
| travellers for these annual eXcur-
| siOns he has the cooperation OF
teachers in the public schools.
1t is at Christmas time, however
| that Nichols does perhaps his best
| and greatest work. No one knows
how he does it, but he seems tc
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

little shivers around his heart
when alone with the eyes, but he
feels like an idiot gazing into II
year old orbs while his own wife
stands looking on.
1t is Jennie this" and Jennie
that" until the rocking chairs sway
to the tune and the clock ticks it
out in measured hatefulness.
BY and by Jennie talks about go
ing home. But the clever little
wife persuades her to stay yet an
other week. Husband needs a lit.
tie more Jennie.
When he is so sick of Jennie
that he will never get we'll, wife
relents. Jennie goes home. And
then like the wise, diplomatic, far
seeing woman that she is, wife
tufts up her hair, tucks a rose in
her belt, rolls up her sleeves, goes
at it to show her husband what
home can be without Jennie.
Hurrah for Mrs. Hubbell! May
she keep her head and win.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
THE LOVE CURE FOR HUBBY

will be healed.
What is she doing, this wise, lev
ell headed little woman? She is
trying the love cure on him. She
has sent for the girl of II and she
dishes her up to her husband at
breakfast, dinner and supper.
1t is one thing for a man to
make love to a pretty girl when
his wife is out Of sight and hear.
ing, but he feels like a fool when
his wife stands at his side and
sizes him on.
There is such thing as eating
too much mince pie and never
wanting any more. Mrs. Hubbel
believes that there is such thing
as having too much of Miss Seven
teen.
Look at Jennie's eyes," say:
the wise wife.
A fellow may have felt queel
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
BITS Of NORTHWEST NEWS

The Northern Pacific has agreed
to build a viaduct over tracks at
Grange, Wash.
C. E. Wood Of Genersee, Idaho,
will apply for a franchise at Ken
newick for an electric light plant.
North Yakima will have a new
county courthouse costing $SS,000.
Ground was broken for the new
building yesterday.
: The mysterious disappearance of
G. w. George, the Walla Walla
farmer, remains unsolved.
The Wala Walla city council de.
fers action on the city water ques,
ton.
Walla Walla saloon keepers will
hereafter pay $1,000 license. The
new ordinance becomes effective
March l, 1906.
After a session lasting three days
at Walla Walla, the stockmen have
| decided to establish boundaries be
tween the sheep and cattle men or
the Neneha reserve.
Bradley Upton, son of Judge Up
ton of Walla Walla, stepped on &
banana peel and fell, breaking his
collar bone.
Arthur A. Greene of Portland
has assumed the position of man
aging editor on the Walla Walls
Daily Union.
President J. ]. Hill will remem
Der his friends near and far OF
Christmas with boxes of Washing
ton apples. Mr.. Hill has had made
a careful selection of apples ant
has had them shipped to leading
men of this country and TITLED
heads of Europe and the Orient.
The Seattle city council has ask
ed the Seattle Electric company t.
doubletrack its line to Ballard.
Twelve miles of Seattle-Evere
interurban line will be paced il
. Operation in February.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Hnery Johnson has filed for a
divorce in superior court at Ia
coma, blaming DOwie and his
teachings for his marital woes.
The Seattle school board reject
ed the offer of dental firm to eX-
anime, free, the teeth of all school
children. The dentists wished to
make the examination compulsory
An infatuated Jap is being looked
for on every steamer arriving at
Tacoma. He threatened to kill
Miss Thessie Woolsey of Tacoma
because she refused to marry him.
e. X. Moore, a Bellingham en-
gineer who went to Seattle with
S35 with which to buy a cork leg,
got on a spree and spent the mon
ey for wine. He then claimed to
the police he had been robbed.
Pacific steamship lines will fight
for the wheat trade of the west
Hartman will invade the north
west while the Hill lines and the
Canadian Pacific will invade Cali
fornia.
The people of Ellensburg are re
ported as being indignant at the
action of Governor Mead and State
Land Commissioner E. w. Ross il
refusing to relinquish the states
claim to $4,000 acres of land il
Yakima valley. The action of the
governor may prevent government
irrigation.
Crazed with pain and laborins
under the hallucination that he was
in prison John Wincipaw leapeC
from the second story window o
the Pacific hospital at Seattle las
I Monday evening and received in
juries from which he died.
D. Boyle, superintendent of tn,
Montana division of the N. P. raj
way, has been promoted to assist
ant general superintendent, wit
headquarters at Livingston, Mont
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
BY Cynthia Grey.

81 see no reason for separating
from my husband just because he
is in love with a pretty girl. Most
men are, at some time or other.
Give him time. He'll get over it"
Mrs. Marion Hubbell.
Marion Hubbell is a sensible lit
tie woman She is throwing the
girl at her husbands head and
keeping a stiff upper lip.
The Hubbell's live in Cincinnati.
Until a II year old girl appeared
on the scene they lived happily
There are two boys, aged 7 and 3.
Rather than to run the risk OF
breaking up her family, rather than
to leave her husband or apply for
a divorce, Mrs. Hubbell is taking
her husbands cure into her own
hands and believes that in time he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
ELK|NS HAS
GOLD BRICK
JOKER IN THE RATE REGULATE ON BILL WHICH WILL
HAVE THE APPROVAL OF HE PRESIDENT - TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS OF PUBLIC EXPERT
REPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF 1a SENATORS.

ed in rate legislation, but are not
equal to the task of reading five
volumes Of testimony, would very
much like to know what two eX-
pert digesters made out of the ma
terial Anything that costs $4,000
of public money ought to be pref
ty good
Capture Trade Convention.
A new feature of the campaign
which the railways are making
against rate legislation is a scheme
low on foot to capture the national
board of trade delegates, as they
.ried to capture the Bacon cOnven-
ion in Chicago last fall. The
board of trade holds its annual
meeting in Washington in Janu-
airy, and it is the idea Of the rail
way lobby that a set of resolutions
sprung here about that time will
help to stiffen the back of the sen
ate.
The railroads control the New
York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
Boston delegations and they are
'rying to line up Cleveland, Cincin'
| lati and Milwaukee Most of the
| western members have withdrawn
from the national organization and
/ is no longer representative of the
| general business interests of the
| country.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
II PORT A[T[R
STORMY VO1Ad[

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-The
steam schooner Laqua, lumber la
den, reached this port this morn
ing after seven days stormy vOy-
age from Willapa Harbor jury rud-
der, her rudder having been wash
ed away. The schooner Tampico
from TampicO and steamer Umatil-
IA from Puget Sound also arrived
after trying experiences in heavy
seas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

It's rumored that half a dozen
baseball managers are trying tC
sign the Quebec man who hit Sar
a hBernhardt with an egg. They
think a man who could hit Sarah
ought to be a great pitcher.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

"You don't love me any more,A
said the beautiful young actress.
Indeed l do" he insisted. You
are bound to me with ties of Steel"
Which was enough to convince
any young actress.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

James" she asked her husband,
do l talk in my sleep?"
81 don't know, my dear" replied
James, "but I'm almost certain you
talk in my Sleep"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
GO AFTER THE
TICKET BROKER
(Scripps News Association

SAID LAKE, Dec. %. - Two
suits were filed in the federal court
against Oscar Groschell and every
ticket broker in Utah, by the Den
yer and Rio Grande against asking
an order of court restraining the
brokers from operating in Utah.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

Calve refused to go to Milwau-
kee, giving as an excuse that she
had sore throat. Of course, if
anybody really has a sore throat
there isn't much sense in going to
Milwaukee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

NUTRITO, the twentieth century
cereal coffee, served free at the
Emporium Dry Goods Co today
and tomorrow. Everybody likes it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

A Word from Josh Wise: TIL
man always kickin' on Christmas
is tn same one th't used t cele.
brate it by hangin' up tweopairs NV
stockin's.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

Buffalo Bills friends in the west
say his recent letters to his wife
have been signed willie" I'm
doubtedly Bill intends to retire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

IN SIko1b
know where all the children who
are needy live. Weeks before the
holiday he begins to do his shop
ping. All of his present he stores
somewhere about the Journal build
ing. By the time Christmas eve
arrives he has usurped the build
ing from the cellar to the compos-
ing room and the place looks like
a large toy establishment. He per
sonally superintends the sending
out of the presents, but keeps care
fully out of sight.
Nichols graduated from Illinois
college, working his way through
by the hardest kind of labor, at a
time when Injuries were few. 1t
was by being denied the things that
go to make JOY for the young that
ha scaused him to take up the
work of doing good for others.
Some time ago Nichols donated
$4,000 with which has been estab
lished a beautiful park just south
of the city, which has been named
for him and which will stand as a
monument to his memory.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

"The fat men in our town have
formed club and won't admit any
man who weighs less than 210
pounds"
81 suppose they feel that they
compose the city's swell society"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

"She's not an especially hand
some girl. Her greatest beauty
lies in her hair"
Lies in it? Oh, yes, I see what
you mean. False hair"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

Be kind to the rich. Think of all
the actresses they have to look
after.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22

81 suppose you took him for bet
ter or worse"
mo, | took him for what he
was worth"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
Not for the Public.

1t now appears that the public is
not to have the benefit of the $40
600 experts who have been work
Ing all summer to digest the testi-
mony taken last April before the
senate committee on interstate
commerce. Messrs. Newcomb and
Adams have finished their task
and the senate contingent fund
has been assessed to pay the cost
which is said to be s10.0O0-but
the chairman has ordered only IL
copies to be printed, this number
being sufficient for the committee.
A lot of people who are interest
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-22
Staff Special to The Press.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. 22.-
Representatives of the shipping in
terests have opened headquarters
in Washington and are preparing
for a rate campaign lasting for
months. Z. P. Bacon, who is at
the Arlington, says he is prepared
to stay as long as the railroads
make it necessary. Frank Barry
is with him and there are half
dozen members of shippers asso-
Citations who are in and out Of
town aiding in the campaign.
A close watch is being kept or
Senator Elkins' committee on in
terstate commission, which is hold
ing daily sessions. Elkins prom
Uses to recommend a bill which will
meet all kinds of approval at the
hands of the president. Frankly
the shippers have no faith in this
promise. They have had look at
the rough draft of the Elkins bill
and say it is a gold brick
The Joker In It.
"The Elkins bill will have a very
plausible look" one of the ship
pers' lobby explained. at will pro
vide for a lot of things that are al
right and which everybody wants
But in the one vital point of ratC
regulation it will have the little
joker in it. This little joker is &
clause of paragraph which give.
the courts a right to review The
reasonableness of any rate name
by the commission.
Off hand that sounds quite limo
cent. But in its legal effect, anC
with the peculiar wording of hi.
bill the result will be TO strip thu
commission of all real power. W.
are willing to have the courts re
view and set aside any rate which
is cOnfiscatory - any rate which
Is to take property without du'
process of law. But so long as i
does not do that We want the com
mission TO have a free hand to dea
justice between shipper and rail
road"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-13

car did not draw up this document
without your encouragement, and that
IN encouraging the car you acted as
the instrument of the council of state.
/ am entitled to suppose that you were
not blind instrument, but that you
knew pretty. well why the council were
SO ready to fall in with the enthusiastic
impulses of Nicholas H.
It was a bold thrust, but it went
home. The grand duke gave me
startled look and relapsed into 2, long
said: ~
And supposing I were to tell you
some thlng that you considered it worth
q million roubles to hear, what guaran-
tee have that you would not betray
my secretY What proof have even
now that you are not a spy set on by
my enemies in the council Of state9o
will give you highness that proof
on condition, that if it is satisfactory,
you will accept my proposal.
consent.
"Then all need do is to invite you
to make your communication, not to me-,
but to the ambassador of the Sublime
Porte, whom you will hardly suspect Of
being in the confidence of M. Pobie-
donostzeff'
With these words I rose to my feet.
Supplied for moment, the grand duke
recovered himself in time to make a de-
tanning gesture.
Do not go, monsieur. What you
have said completely satisfies me-. It
appears that I am required to betray
my country ~ ~
"That depends returned smooth
~. If the council of state is plotting
to betray the czar, as [ understand it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-13

the Amur when the longest stage of all
was reached. We ran from the sunset
of one day to nearly noon of the next,
only hating to take in water and fuel.
Then at last the train entered town
of considerable Importance, apparently
a sort of depot of the line, there being
many side rails on which trucks were
standing as tho waiting till they
should be required.
AS soon as the train stopped, I got
out as usual with the other passengers,
to stretch my legs and look about me.
The long journey and the lack Of proper
rest had SO exhausted me that it was
some time before l realized that there
was an unusual lack Of hustle about
this particular halt.
When at last the fact Of this strange
stiffness was borne in upon my con-
seriousness, reused myself to observa-
ton. At once perceived that the
alighting passengers were fewer in
number than before. It was the troop
I had mistaken for prisoners who were
missing. I looked at the end Of the
train for their car. It was no longer
there.
We had silently slipped the wagon
in the course of the night!
This discovery acted on my tired
brain like magic. In an instant | was
again the alert, cautious Investigator
intuitions were unerring. Without hes
itating ] returned to my carriage, re-
moved, my luggage with the aid of a
porter, and ordered sleigh to drive me
to the hotel.
The guard of the train came up to
me, as [ was making these preparations
and asked me if I were not going on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-13

Dlan HSt By shall t brest my GsRsS
here reD and look ' about t me: By what
I can see this place seems likely to be
an Important commercial center, such
as [ have come in search of.
& Your excellency is mistaken the
man answered roughly. ""This place
is nothing at all-only a dumping place
for spare wagons. Tomorrow we shall
come to really important town, where
much business IS done.'
/ gave the fellow my most supercil-
ious stare. Then, pulling out note
for fifty. roubles, I handed it to him,
saying haughtily- ~' r. =, r..
tra OH am $ Gb5ifs Gav. t9 you for your
He drew back astonished and
abashed, and made my way out Of the
station, without once turning to see it
II were followed. ~. .<.,.
Directly [ reached the hotel I threw
myself on a bed, and slept soundly for
twenty-four hours. ;
I awoke refreshed and vigorous, and
ready to carry out my task with cool
ness and resolution. Knowing myself
to be in land where every second mar
was a spy, I thought it idle to attempt
any concealment Of my actions. was
there as an explorer, and l determined
to explore boldly. If the agents of the
government took it on themselves to
stop me, I knew well enough how to
MY first step was to ask the landlord
of the hotel to recommend me guide.
The man whom he presented to me was
a typical mouchard, with 'spy' writ
ten on every line of his countenance.
| This was just what l expected. l en-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-13

campment, capable OF accommodating hal
in meeting with fnanciers willing to
constitute me their agent, to inquire
into the character of some of the un-
dertakings submitted to them.
The only person I proposed to take
into my confidence was the Turkish
ambassador in Petersburg, on whom I
relied for information as to the per-
sonal influences at work in the Russian
court.
It was to the ambassador, therefore,
that paid my first visit on arriving
in the northern capital. His excellency
received me at first with some reserve,
which was quickly dissipated by a
perusal Of the sultan 8 missive.
You have come to learn the truth
about this rescript,, he remarked It
believe in the sincerity Of the car, I
supposed y.
Not in the sincerity Of the czar,
but in the sincerity Of those who make
his benevolent sentiments the cloak Of
their own secret policy I corrected.
The ambassador nodded approvingly.
8 You have put your finger T., on the
weak spot, s he responded. 1.-The dan
ger. IL dealing with this rescript ig that !.
owing owl gs to Their their trust in the personal
character of Nicholas. In reality. Mich
olas is merely an instrument in the
Hands of three persons, without whose
advice he. does nothing, and two of
those three are themselves creatures of
the council of state.
And the three persons are =8
q They are his mother, the Dowager
Empress Dagmar; Pobied onostzeff, the
procurator Of the holy synod. and the
| Grand Duke ----, the cars constant
companion and bosom friend. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-13

at was singular scene. as stood
there laying down pile after pile of greasy
1o,0oo-rouble notes on richly inIald
table," .sz
gagged him at liberal salary, and or
dered him to fit out an expedition for
journey Of some days into the interior.
Where do you want to goY' the
man asked.
"Where I please I replied sharply.
"Keep your curiosity to yourself, or
take another master. | want a guide,
not q partner. ~
This rebuke had the desired effect.
The police agent, for such, of course, he
was, was obliged to come with me on
my own terms. Doubtless he reported
me to his bureau as headstrong man
who could not be controlled by any
means save open force.
Al, the same time lost no opportu1'i-
ty of impressing the authorities with
my assumed character. The project of
the town called on me, and / explained
to him that Siberia was regarded in
Paris as one Of the richest mineral re-
gions Of the earth, and that I was mere
ly the pioneer of a swarm of prospectors
who would be invading it before long.
] made his mouth water as [ talked Of
shares and syEdicates, and conveyed to
him that by a judicious use ofshis OPP
portunities he might become one Of the
millionaires Of the future.
The westward Of the town, in
the direction from which the train had
brought me- there was visible a range
Of low hills, a conspicuous landmark
in the desolate plain. It was toward
these hills that / ordered my guide to
conduct me, as soon as the preparations
| for the march were completed
L I'M, VOC au1 yoc rY1r irrr A.