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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-09-20
SPELLING.

- HERE Is much complaint that the rising
" generation can't spell True. there was
complaint that some OF the forefsthers OF
the present generation could not spell.
YEr1yYNI George Washington. Andrew Jackson and
&GEE other men eminent In our history con
- Quoted . SPELL as you please Ancient
men Of letters were poor spoilers. In many instances.
Still the average has gone down-hiii. II appears Per
hsps the memory Of the tfngling cheeks. and the ready
birch 10 the teachers hand. which accompanied a spell
down. makes us children OF an olser growth think
that we learned TO spell better than do these young
siers. nowadays Usually. with the old methods. IL did
not pay 10 miss the same word twice.
why is IL" the question used TO 90. that all the
bad spoilers become sign psintersr' Is IL because OF
the strict union rules. nowadays. that the bad spoilers
have deserted sign painting and overlooked into all The
other occupatonsf Have modern methods OF teaching
overlooked the desirsblnty Of teaching the boys and
girls spelling and the three RS. in order to cram their
little beads with rnsmsntal accomplishments
There has been a widespread belief that the resior-
alton OF the old fashioned kpsllng bees. spell up and
spell down" would be a good thing The Brooklyn
Eagle thinks 80. 10 such an extent that Il has offered
prizes on condition that tho public school principals will
let their pupils take part In a series OF spelling match
es- The principals do not take kindly 10 the notion.
The Eagle says:
The nub OF the matter is Just this. the public
school children cannot spell. The principals OF the high
schools know that they cannot spsn. as does everybody
Elise who has occasion TO receive Letters from them IL
q series o. compositions we're held this most trouble
some fact OF the school situation 70 those on the In
side might be revealed 10 the gerat body OF parents
aud taxpayers. Thea there might arise such a hue and
cry for common sense and the funds meniais OF educa-
ton as would annoy the authorities who now make out
our scientific and philosophical course Of study. which
sights spelling for general Information about every
body from Confucfus and Buddha down 10 Admiral
Togo. II the school should once begin 10 make time
enough for Fundamentally. OF which spelling Is easily
nrs,. Their. Is no telling how many fads and frills would
have to be cut out 10 hnd the time for sssenuals"-
Albany Argua
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-09-20


l40sABsttIe of Brznbsm Moor.
l4s7-James /. Of Scotland murdered
l5I9-Hernando Cortes sailed from Cuba
TO conquer Mexico.
list at Toulouse
ie5e-Spain declared war against Eng
land.
1694-Bradford paid for printing nnsf
book In New York City
l749-Riot in Haymarket. London. over
failure Of a man to jump into .
quart bottle as promised
1759-French siege Of Madras raised
1763-Seyen year, war ended
i77s-First salute 10 American flag By .
foreign government
17soABritish under Gen Clinton invAf
ed South Carolina
l7s2-Americsn Congress granted =
bounty to fishing vessels
1793-British flag raised on the island
of Corsica
1so3-Ohio admitted az the seventeenth
State.
ls04-U. S. frigats Philadelphia DESTROY
ed in hsrbor Of TripolL
1so7-Aaron Burr arrested near Fort
Stoddart, Alabama
1s12-Fiorida ceded to the United States
By Spain
1s15-Frigate Constitution captured
British sloops Cyane and Lvant
ls1s-Gen Jackson took the Geld
against the Florida indians
1ss1-PoIes defeated Russians At Gro
chow
1853-Ship Independence lost OF Lower
California; 40 persons persisted
IS58-ship John Rutiedge sunk By an
Iceberg.
lSeo-ship Hungarian lost OF Gaps
Sable 205 persons persisted
ls51.Jeferson Davis inaugurated Presi-
dent Of Confederate States Texas
State troops seized o. S arsenal and
barracks at San Antonio
ls62-Surrender Of Fort Donelson-
iS6z-First war prisoners received at
Andersonrille prison. First knights
Of Pythias lodge organized in Wash
ington. D. C-.--Second Confederafs
Congress met at Richmond
fee5-Columbis. s. c.. surrendered to
Gen. Sherman
1s67-First passage Of a ship through
the Suez canal
1S6s-Bartle between Ruba and Nsrn-
nez. near Mazatian. Mexico Amer
lean thezter burned in San Fran
cisco.
1S6e-Loans Of money on United States
notes by national banks forbidden
ls70-Northern Pacific railroad begun At
the Dalles of St Louis. fin
le7s-Fernsndo Wood moved 10 the
House for the impeachment OF Vics
President Collar
ls74EBusiness section Of city Of Pan
ANA destroyed by fire.
ts75eerse Pomeroy. boy murdersr.-
sentenced to death In Boston
is7e-Congress appropriated <1-500.ooo
for Centennial Exposition At -Phila-
delphia-
IsTS-Paxssre Of the Bland silver bin In
the o. S. Senate
1sp-women admitted to practice b.
fore the United States Supreme
Court
5SS2-Congress voted widow Of President
Garfield a pension Of $1,000 q year.
...Nihilists convicted OF assassinAt-
ing Alexander ii. of Russia
Ss5tNew comet discovered BY Prot
Bernard
1ss1-Conxress passed a bin retiring the
trade dollar. -. Woman's surrsgs
became q law in Kansss-...U &
Senate passed anu-polygamy bill
se2-Edward P. Deacon shot and killed
NJ. Abeille at Cannes. rance
1s95-Msdge York. actress. murdered In
~Philadelphia by James B. Gentry
an actor.
lsas-Battleship Maine blown up in
Havana hsrbor.
lpo5-Five killed in mine explosion AZ
Birmingham, Al--
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" HEY cay that people cat too much and that
many common Tile spring from overfe~t-
ing Professor chittenden. ~ the shenheld
| Scientific School at Yale. recently msde
YCfc91f0i experiments 20 determine the hygienic
IX~~EI nodirum Of food suitable for . healthy
- human being Tsking as subjects three
Glasses OF men. q number Of Yale professors . nnm-
ber OF ssndrnts aud : squad Of soldiers from the reg
ulnr army. be put them on a diminishing diet His
experiments lasted from sf months 70 a year. lie
compelled th-m TO take physical exercises regularly.
A. the conclusion OF the experiments the weight Of The
subjects vas IN some cases exactly what u had been
beforr. and In some cases slightly lover. but al the
subjects. BE- reports gained In strength aud bodily vigor
durfnr The experiment The daily consumption Of food
toward the end o. the period was only from one.haif to
one third ss much - that OF the average healthy man.
although Professor Chlsisndsn endestorsd 10 satisfy
che appetite Of each subject Add Professor ChitteD-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-09-20

Rssnss Horn SQUADS . Warming fsts
70 the Unredeez.ed cd

EEP the getet
OF the eyes and
there viii be
fewer insurec-
recuons In the
a~ppetites.
II you have a
god who can be
packed away In
. definition you
had better get
another.
Expecting to
be saved by the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-09-20

Divorces are hereditary in families,
the Same ne red hair and weak eyes
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06
THE PRESIDENTS
| ANNUAL MESSAGE
To LAWMAKERS
recommends Legislation on
New and important
Subjects.
INCOME : INHERITANCE TAX
He Believes Such Laws Would Curb
Growth Of Fortunes to DAN
gerous Proportions.

Hls Views on Negro Question--Asks
for Currency Reform, and Shipping
BlIl--Would Make Citizens of Japs
Many Other important Subjects
Discussed.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

to do away with the power NJ ini,rotior.
and therefore such careless use of the
lnJuncuye process tends to threaten its
very existence, for II the American peo-
p.e ever become convinced that this
matters Affecting labor or in matters af-
iecung corporations. II will be well-nigh
Impossible to prevent its abolition"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

OF labor, with as a goal the general in
PRODUCTION OF an eight-hour day, but in
sists that on the Isthmus OF Panama the
conditions are so different from what
eight-hour day on the canal would be
absurd, and continues, "just about as alb
surd as II is so far as the isthmus Is
concerned, where white labor cannot be
employed, to bother as to whether the
work is done by alien black men or alien
yellow men"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

Railroad Employees Hours.
He asks for the passing of the bill linn
iting the number OF hours of
employment OF railroad employees, and
classes the measure as very moderate
one. He says the aim of all should be
to steadily reduce the number of hours
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

kOfIlDlUdklObo NV
1.-The actual working of our laws has
shown that the effort to prohibit all com
bination, good or bad, is noxious where
IL is not ineffective. Combination of
capital like combination OF labor is a
necessary element of our present Indus
trial system. 1t is not possible completely
to prevent It; and If IL We're possible,
such complete prevention would do dam,
age to the body polite. What we need
is not vainly to prevent all combination,
but TO secure such rigorous and adequate
control and supervision OF the combina-
tions as to prevent their injuring the
public or existing in such form as inev-
ttably to threaten injury-for the mere
fact that a combination has secured
practically complete control of a neces-
sary of life would under any circum-
stances show that such combination was
to be presumed to be adverse TO the pub
lie interest II is unfortunate that our
present laws should forbid all combina-
lions, instead OF sharply discriminating
between those combinations which do
evil Rebates, for instance, are as often
due TO the pressure OF big shippers (as
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

He appeals for every encouragement
that the congress can give to the sgrl-
cultural interests of the country. He
points to the good that is being done by
the various forms OF grange organiza-
lions, and says:
several factors must cooperate in the
improvement OF the farmers condition.
He must have the chance to be educated
in the widest possible sense-in the sense
which keeps ever in view the intimate
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

the direction OF granting large mcss-
ure OF self-government."
American citizenship should he oen-
Tbe harhor os San 'Iian in Porto Rice
should be dredged and improved. Tho
expenses OF the federal court OF Porto
Rico should be met from the federal
treasury. The administration OF the at
fairs OF Porto Rico, together with those
OF the Philippines, Hawaii and our other
insular possessions, should all be direct
ed under one executive department.; by
preference the department OF state or the
department OF war
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09
SEED CORN,

The outlook for the farmer who
speculates continues to be bad.
It's handy to have a ladder long
enough to reach from the barn floor to
the peak of the roof.
A nail here and a screw there, and
the setting up of slanting post. take
little time or trouble. and make the
place look "lots better"
When you are through using the
grindstone, let the trough down so that
the lower part OF the stone will not
rest in the water. II you do not, you
will soon have soft spot in your stone
where the water touches 1t.
The farmer boy has the best chance
in life and is usually able to fill every
position that is open. He does in mis-
youth the hard, difficult things that
call for pluck, sound body and fer
tile brain. Three cheers for the farmer
boy
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09
Drains in BarnYards.

Drains in barnyards should not be
sub-earth drains unless the soil OF the
harnyard is OF soft, loose texture.
Wherever the barnyard is composed OF
compacting soil, such as ordinary soil
suitable for tillage purposes, the drain
laid two or three feet under the sur
face will quickly become useless. The
stock soon tramp the ground into such
a hard mass that 1t becomes imper-
vious to water, and the latter cannot
get down to the drain. II drain is
TO be laid under the surface 1t should
be run so close TO the fence or the
buildings that the stock cannot walk
on top of It, The rest of the land
should slope in the direction OF he
drain. Surface drains, says the Farm
er's Review, are always adapted to
barnyards, but these also should be
run near the fences or barns.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09
SEED BED FOR THE GARDEN
Preparation of the Soil Determines
What the Success Will Be
with Plants.

With view of preparing the most
suitable seed bed possible for our gar
den, which is too often neglected upon
many farms, we first went over II twice
with a sharp disk harrow, the same
day II was plowed to a depth OF be-
tween six and seven inches.
One days sun was allowed In which
to dry off the surface of the soil SO
that 1t would not pack under the
horses feet. Then float was run
over 1t several times, and again twice
disked, and again the float until the
surface was level and perfectly fine
This manner of working has given a
fine loose seed bed the depth of the
blowing, which will retain moisture
better, cause the plant food to be avail
able to the plants, and will be espe-
cially favorable to strong rapid ger
mination of all garden seeds.
BY this method, says the Prairie
Farmer, the plant requires the Least
possible effort upon the part of the
young plants to send out roots and ar
ford connection with the soil. With
this preparation we can reasonably ex.
pect cultivation to be more effectively
and quickly done than II the under soil
was full of large clods.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09

nentor when hS went TO New York
on matters social.
Martha Z. Lewis was the daughter
Of boat caullSer employed by Mr..
Brown. When only child in short
dresses the millionaire had taken to
her because she reminded him Of his
dead daughter when she was tiny
girl. When she grew older he made
her his almoner in his many charities.
and when she was out of her teens
he had her made secretary of the Sun.
day school which he had endowed.
Gifts were showered upon her just
as the were upon Miss Grace Brown.
For awhile things went along smooth
ly enough on the surface, but Mrs.
Brown gradually discovered that she
was being undermined. Miss Lewis
finally got control of the establish.
ment and ran it with an iron hand.
Family Makes Objections.
The other Browns-brothers, cous.
ins and nephews-didn't like this at
all. They demanded that Miss Lewis
be at least sent to live elsewhere and
that Mrs. Grace Brown be brought
back from Kentucky. where she had
gone. to give tone to the household.
Not for a minute" retorted the old
man. Grace has chosen to live away
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09

from me ana | will not trouble her"
Apparently however, the aged mil.
lionaire was still fond of his sons
widow. She spent a part Of the sea
son with Mr.. Brown last year and as
the Christmas holidays were approach
ing she received hurried call to come
to the old mans bedside.
He was dying.
The young widow caught the first
train. But as she sped through the
darkness another will was being made
in Pittsburg in the old Brown man.
sion. With few strokes of the pen
all she had believed was to be hers
was blotted out. But no one told her
this when she reached Pittsburg the
next morning.
Young Mrs Brown was received
with open arms. Twenty days later
Samuel S. Brown died. During those
20 days the deathbed will did not
come to light. Mrs. Browns friends
say that ii was purposely hidden so
that she would know nothing about IT
until 1t should be too late. The mil.
lionaire died, surrounded by his fam.
lily, while Mrs, Brown knelt at the
bedside.
Will Kept Secret.
Never were greater efforts made to
keep a will from becoming public. 1t
was filed secretly. The authorities
were ordered to keep 1t secret and
meekly complied. The family lawyer
furnished an extract to the newspa-
pers, but all reference to either Of the
young women In the case was careful
ly eliminated.
That's all we care to give out to
the newspapers" was the lawyers
curt rejoinder when pressed for an ex.
PLANTATION.
But the New York Sunday Worlds
correspondent in Pittsburg made
things so interesting for all concerned
that finally the entire contents of the
will were made public as provided by
law.
Then the storm broke The feud
became public property. Promptly
there came a demand from the officers
of the Mary Brown church that Miss
LOWS resign her position in the Sun
day school.
Forced to Leave Sunday School.
The church had Mr.. Browns $780,
900. They cared no longer, They had
bowed to his will in life, and they
had installed his protege to a posi-
/ tinn of diEtiuctiOn in church affairs
Now they would have no more of her
At public hearing she was asked
to resign, and she did.
Then she announced that she in
tended marrying and that was her
ostensible reason for retiring. She
and william Arthur Porter race
track employe OF old man Browns
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09

Pittsburg, Pa.
William Brown, Princeton, Ky:
,, wait am coming down that way
For an answer this came back:
Can't wait WILL
And this was the reply:
All right. Go ahead. God bless you
both. Bring her home. FATHER.
But 1t was not so fated. viii
Brown, undisputed heir to the larger
share of his fathers millions, did not
bring his bride home. She brought
him home-in coffin. Almost the
next day he fell i'll and was dead
within a week. The bridewidow, al
most i'll with her grief, met her IA.
ther-in-law and went straight to his
heart.
You must stay here with us, my
dear" said the millionaire, and be
my daughter, too. know viii would
have wished 1t So"
Old Mans Daughter Dead.
So the girl stayed along with the
old man, and year after year made
herself better loved by him. Their
came another blow-his only Twins
child, his daughter Nellie, died In
Italy.
81 am afraid my poor old heart will
break" said the old man, bowed un
| der this added weight of woe.
There was no one to turn to save his
daughter-in-law now. He called her t
him one da" soon after the funeral
and said:
Stay here with me, for | am lef
alone. Be the head of my household
and when die you will be the sam,
in my will as If you were my owl
daughter. And why not? Are yol
not the wife Of my dead son, my onl!
boy?"
But the girl did not need this prom
Use. She loved the old man as tn
father Of her boy husband. Her sis
ter came to live with them and sh
took her place at the head of tn
Brown household. The servants wer
instructed to obey her in everything
and wherever she went she was In
troduced by the millionaire as I'm,
daughter Grace, my sons widow, dea
to me as my own"
Everywhere II was understood tina
the young widow was to be his heir
ess. Folks were told that Mr.. Brown
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09

& Co."
Tenth.-"I also give and bequeath to
Miss Martha Il. Lewis aforesaid, first
mortgage bonds of the Ptttsburg Brew
ing company TO the aggregate par value
OF $4,000, which | direct shall be de-
liyered to her by my executors within
30 days after my death; and II for any
reason the said bonds are not delivered
within the period aforesaid, | direct my
executors to pay To her on the first day
of the month following my death the
sum OF 1925 and a like sum monthly
thereafter until said bonds are deliv-
cred to her"
was empowered by the will to select
one-half Of the books is worth $4,000,
and one of the most complete Libraries
in the city. The Astoria racing plate,
which also went to Miss Lewis, was
of gold, valued at $4,000. 1t was
won by Sue Smith.
Received Many Presents.
BY the will Miss Lewis got in all
100000. This was only small por'
ton of her benefits. When she was
23-her last birthday-Mr. Brown
handed the delighted girl 100000 in
new bills. Only few months before
he had given her a beautiful big house
on Greenfield avenue, worth 100000.
This is where the bride will live when
she returns from her honeymoon. She
got $4,000 worth of diamonds, too,
and in all $4,000 in cash, say Mrs.
Browns friends, before the old mans
death.
The Browns have taken the daugh.
ter-in-law to their hearts. She is
again mistress Of the old Brown man
sion, there to stay as long as she
pleases. w. Harry Brown, the broth
er, even Weather than S. S. Brown,
who inherits the bulk of the estate,
is understood to be against Miss
Lewis claim.
There was a tragic scene when the
will was read. Mrs. Elizabeth Will
lard, sister of the dead man, knew
nothing of 1t. When she heard II
gave the young widow but 100000 in
beer bonds she burst out weeping and
ran from the room crying: "oh, Sam
uel, how could you have done this
thing?"
A strange feature Of this strang case
is that the millionaire provided bet
ter for the young widow after her
death than during her life, A niche
by his direction has been reserved for
her in the rich marble mausoleum out
at the cemetery. There she will rest
with the others of the family's dead.
And whether an old mans tickle
fancy changed at the last or design
ing girl succeeded in plot to secure
wealth at the expense OF reputation
and standing in society, is the ques'
ton.
Probably 1t will be answered In thu
courts.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09
Test of Alfalfa.

In a test of alfalfa seed grown in
different states 1t was found that al
falfa grown from seed of southern
states, as California and Arizona. win
ter-killed, while alfalfa from Kansas
and Utah seed withstood the winters
successfully. Alfalfa from Peru also
winter-killed, but both Turkestan and
Samarkand alfalfa withstood the win
ters in perfect condition, even better
than common alfalfa In ordinary
years Turkestan has yielded about the
same as common alfalfa, but during u
dry year Turkestan alfalfa gave con-
siderably better yield than the ordin-
airy alfalfa and is no doubt we'll adapt
ed 10 dry climate.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-09

THE SPLIT LOG SOIL PULVERIZER.
which must be bought for the purpose,
II one has leaning toward manufac-
tured articles. This homemade clod
crusherand soil leveler can be made of a
log Of hard wood by splitting It In half.
The log should be about two feet In d.
ameter to work to the best advantage.
Lay the two halves of the log side by
side with the rounding part down and
at either end, about foot from the
end, spike two by four strip, letting
them project out sufficiently far at one
side so that an iron strip or hoop may
be set over the ends, into which to
hook the whifiitree chains. This i'm
plement can be made at small cost.
says the indianapolis News. and un-
less the logs are too heavy good
team of horses can handle II nicely.
The illustration shows the idea clearly
and how very simple II is.