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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-07-26
Boundsrie, the Same

The county commissioners are re-
quired by law to fix by resolution
the boundaries of the commissioner
districts. Saturday morning the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30
VALUABLE PRIZES
Offered BY the Egyptian Hustelers
For Athletic Events at Meeting
at Olney.

Prizes valued at $500 are to be
awarded TO winners of the athletic
events which will form part of the
program arranged by the Egyptian
Hustlers' for the meeting at Olney.
ILL.,, June I. and g. A flower parade
of young and pretty women, escorted
by 800 Egyptian Hustlers in white uni
forms burlesque marches comic
races, vaudeville. concerts and dis.
play Of fireworks are to be other mean.
of entertainments.
Prices will also be given for the most
artistically decorated residence ana
commercial building in Olney Spec
ial provisions are to be made for the
reception and accommodation Of wo
men who attend the carnival
The Egyptian Hustlers are travel
ing men whose territory lies in South
ern Illinois Cairo is endeayoring "a
ge the convention of Hustlers for 1897
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30
NEW AUTOMOBILE
Property Of MIR. Leo Mcpaniel Ar
rives From Toledo. Ohio
Largest in Cairo.

A fine new automobile. a recent pur.
chase of Mr.. Leo Mcdaniel. the hay
and grain dealer. arrived in Cairo
yesterday from Toledo. Ohio.
The machine is a Pope-Toledo car
costing $500 and j. the largest auto
mobile in Cairo. being one-balf the
length Of HE box car on which il was
transported to this city. II will seat
seven people ordinarily and can be
made To accommodate from twelve -
fifteen person.. Il weighs ~ tons.
The car was unloaded SUGGEST fully
and is now at Kraikx's garage at
Eleventh street and Washington ave
nue..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30
IN SOCIETY
Observation-Disclosures
Wedding Announced.

The marriage of Miss Lulu B. Swig-
CART 10 Mr. j D. Porter, OF Union City,
Tenn, has been announced TO their
Cairo friends The wedding was
solemnized a The home of the brides
father, Judge w Fl Swiggart in Union
City. Mr. and Mrs Porter have gone
To California 10 spend their honey
moon. The bride is a cousin to Mr. j,
w Bransford, OF Union City. who Is
well known here and will be remem-
beied as one of the bridesmaids at the
wedding Of Miss Earl Bondulant to
Mr. J. w Bransford nearly two years
ago. She is charming girl and her
Cairo friends will be Interested great
ly to learn of her marriage.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30
WITHOUT APOLOGY.

SkeeteTs young. an skeeters old:
Skeefers hOf. an skeeiers cold:
skeeters tender. an skeeters tough
Thank the Lord we have skeeters
enoughl-From No. /.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30
PURELY PERSONAL


Mrs. George McCleaye, Of Law
renceville. Ind, h the guest OF Mrs q.
ii. Thompson of 724 Twenty-frst
street.
Mrs. Walter Stout has returned
from visit of several weeks with
relatives at Jackson. Tenn. Memphis
and Coiinth. Miss.
Mr.. Wilyer formerly with Lord 4
Taylor OF New York and the Marx
Denison company OF this city, has ac-
cepted a position sas city salesman
with the Weber Dry'Goods company
ORION D. Evans of Memphis was in
the city last night, Mr. Evans is en-
route home from Cape Girardeau, Mo-.
where he has been visiting friends.
He left last night on the steamer City
OF Saltillo.
Judge Carroll c. Boggs of the Hi
nos supreme court who has been in
Cairo several days in the interests of
his candidacy for reelection. left last
night for other points He express ed
himself a. well pleased with the re
suits OF his Cairo visit
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30

Eighty-ive per cent Of the circula-
ton OF the Bulletin goes directly into
The homes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30

THE MAN WHO WALKS
A MILE TO SAVE A CAR
FARE WILL WELCOME
THE CHANCE TO SAVE
$3.50 TO $500 ON HIS
SUMMER SUIT AT OUR
STORE.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
THE FASHION IN DOGS.
finy CANNES That Cost Fabulous
Sums Favored by Smart Women.

From the New York Evening Telegram.
Toy dogs, in lingerie trimmed silk
kimonos, wearing dainty silk boots,
will recline on hand embroidered elder
down pillows of satin or silk in the,
rest room when not on exhibit in the
ring at the fourth annual Toy Dog
show that will be held in the Waldorf
Astoria on November 6 and z.
These pets, hat eat from delicate,
china or silver dishes, are bathed daily
In perfumed water, and have their teeth
regularly scrubbed with miniature,
brushes and q good quality of paste.
Their nails are carefully manicured,,
too, so that they will not disarrange
their hair after ii has been groomed.
Most of these little aristocrats will
lave their own maids to feed them
matted milk and prepared foods, but.
for those that arrive unattended, the
officers OF the Toy Spaniel club. that
is giving the show. will supply trained
women. The maids, dressed in white
aprons and caps, win not only attend
to the feeding Of the dogs, but will
try to amuse them and keep them from
getting nervous when not in the show
ring.
It's not only the physical condition,
splendid grooming and pedigree that
will count at the exhibitions this year,
for a special prize has been offered for
the handsomest basket or cage that
any animal is shown in. To get this
unique prize Mrs. Reginald Wander
bilt, Mrs. Howard Gould, Mrs. Robert
Collier n a host of other well known
society women are vieing with each
other in having the most expensive
baskets made by hand. Some of these
will be decorated with exquisite hand
embroidery work, while others will be
ornamented with miniature scenes done
in water colors or in oils.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16

the CRY, and then the Judge said to the
proprietor: at Is impossible for these
girls TO live decently and BEAUTIFULLY on
the wages that you are now paying. 1t Is
OF the utmost Importance, not only to
them but to the state, that they should
have decent, wholesome, %healthful con-
ditions Of life. The souls and bodies OF the
young women of New Zealand are Of more
Importance than your profits, and II you
can't pay living wages it will be better
for the community for you to close your
factory. 1t would be better to send the
whole match industry to the bottom of the
ocean and go back to nints and fresticks
than TO drive young girls into the gutter.
My award Is that you pay what they ask"
The man protested and grumbled, but no
obeyed the order. He did not close his
factory, and his business continued to
prosper. The judges little speech en-
bodies both the underlying principle OF all
New Zealand's progressive legislation and
the spirit IN which 1t is admiE.stered-the
welfare of the worker Is of more import
ance than the profits Of the employer. And
therein Is a complete overturn OF all our
worldwide and time-old convictions,
methods and Ideals. Any civilization
which holds to that conviction and en-
farces it with all the enginery of its gov
m is a new thing under the SUI For
IL is a civilization that Is based, not on
commercial success and greatness, but ON
humanity.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
More Precious Than Gold.

from the new fOTh IOSI.
A metal more precious than gold"
is scarcely thought of by people in gen-
eral, but that supremacy has been at
tanned by platinum, which now ranks
as the most valuable of metals aside
of course-from radium and q few 9TH
ers of the rarer metals which are not
produced in commercial quantities.
An importer, who handles a large
proportion of the platinum received in
this city, said: THE price of platinum
eleven years ago was only Sc per troy
ounce. It's value kept steadily rising
and about a year and a half & it be-
gan to be worth It's weight In gold. To-
day pure gold is valued at $20.67 per
troy ounce. and platinum at from 1913
to $50 per ounce. There is a large de-
mand for the latter at his price.
There has been a greatly increased
demand for platinum in all directions.
but in spite of this the supply has not
increased. Practically all Of the supply
is derived from the Ural mountains in
Russia, where some of the mines are
owned by the government and others
by private companies and Russian
princes. These mines were worked
about the same as usual throughout the
Russo-Japanese war, and If war had
any effect upon them, it is certain that
the supply of platinum has not in
creased since, though the demand has,
Platinum is as necessary to the
chemist as bread is to man in general
hat he may live. The metal is in
valuable as the material of chemical
utensils, because of it's resistance to
heat and acids. 1t is used In all in
candescent electric lamps, and there is
no substitute for It. On account of its
high cost the platinum wires for this
purpose have been made thinner and
thinner. Then a large demand has de-
veloped for the use of platinum in jew>
elry in which it is especially employed
for the setting of diamonds, the pure
white to be displayed to the best adj
vantage, while they are liable to catch
a yellow reflection from a gold setting.
A silver setting of course is easily tar.
nished. / have mentioned only some
of the more important uses for which
platinum is in such great request"
An electrician said that i'm all mean.
descent electric lights little bits of very
fine platinum wire were used for thu
contacts or connections between the
carbon film, in the glass bulb and the
feed wire. slight as the quantity OF
platinum in each lamp" he said, "its
value is now so high that there is a
considerable trade in the old bulbs
when the films have burned out. The
bits of precious metal are extracted,
melted at a very high temperature. re-
fined, recast and redrawn into fresh
WIRE"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
MRS. WILCOX At WORK..

having resigned his place In the rail-
% shops Of ottawa, Kan, because
they wanted him to work on Saturday,
n day he observes as Sunday.
One day a farmer led up a mettle-
some young horse to be shod. Mr.. Will
cox went forward to take charge OF
the animal, but its owner shook his
head.
IF you don't mind. Phil" he said,
"I'd rather Mrs. Wilcox would do this
job. The colt seems to have a weak
ness for her. He nearly kicked the
shop down when a man tried to shoe
him down In Lincoln a few weeks ago,
but when Mrs. Wilcox did II before he
acted like a lamb. She charms them
some way. Maybe it's the way h
talks to them"
Mrs. Wilcox stroked the horse for a
moment on the nose. talking gently to
him all the time. began the work. the
animal Offering no resistance whatever.
though he had laid his ears back
threateningly at Mr.. Wilcox's approach.
Noting the look of surprise caused
by the ease with which she welded a
heavy hammer, Mrs. Wilcox smiled.
Its not so much strength" she said,
though of course I'm a hundred per
cent stronger han / was when / be-
gan this work. It's more in knowing
just how, and, perhaps In really enjoy
ing IL. You'd be surprised to know
how much genuine pleasure l get out
Of the work"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
KAASIA
oAALN

Lincoln, Neb., special: Mrs. Philip
p. Wilcox, a slender little woman,
weighing scarcely over 100 pounds, is
the village blacksmith of College View,
Neb. She learned her somewhat un-
usual trade from her husband.
Having taken up the work at first
for pleasure, Mrs. Wilcox found her
health steadily improved with the ex-
%ercise, n decided to keep the little
Wilcox blacksmith shop open one sum-
mer while her husband was away
working in the railroad shops. Her
success was so marked that she has
kept at the work ever since. She can
shoe a horse as well as any other
blacksmith in the country, though she
admits this Is one part of the work.
which Is a little distasteful to her.
Mrs. wilcox was q teacher before her
marriage, and now holds a teachers
certificate.
Il shall not teach this winter,
though" she said. There is more
money in blacksmithing. If some of
those poor, overworked teachers would
try this business once they would never
go back to the school room again. I'm
bringing UP my girls the same way.
The eldest is an expert bicycle repairer
now, and the younger two are also good
at the business. The oldest girl has a
bank account that she earned from BIZ
cycle repairing"
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox are staunch
Seventh Day Adventists. Mr.. Wilcox
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
How the Japanese Fooled the Faker.

FROM the LOiuOn Telegraph.
The street faker who was selling ce-
ment near the steps Of the court house
stood behind 81 little table on which
was conspicuously displayed the sign:
"A box of this cement given free to
anybody who "a break any of these
apart"
There were spools, blocks OF wood,
and other article that had been cement
ed together and most of them bore
marks of having been struggled with
by persons with grimy hands in vain
attempts to wrench them apart.
A swarthy little fellow who had stop
ped in front of the takers stand point
ed TO a round peg that appeared to
have been dipped in the cement and
driven into a good sized chunk OF wood,
ana asked him what would be the re-
ward for pulling it out.
If o q pull that out" said the
peidler, I'll give you a silver dollar"
The peg projected a little more than
a quarter of an inch above the block.
The swarthy little fellow placed his
left hand on the block to hold it down,
tool the peg between the thumb and
foreflnger of his right hand n pulled
il out with apparent ease, a portion of
the wood coming away with 1t.
Great Scott" gasped the mar be-
lind the table. What are your"
Nj Japanese dentist. " replied the
little fellow. pocl.eting the silver dollar
n walking away with a grin on his
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
Had to Furnish His Own Coal.

Mike and Pat, two Irish lads, were
on their way to the home of the free.
when Mike became suddenly i'll and
died in midocean.
The impressive sea burial service
was read, the lid of the coffin was
Tailed down, when ii was found the
customary leaden weights We're miss
ing, so great chunks OF coal were at
tached instead.
Pat, upon being asked IL he had any
thing to say over his dead friends
body, b~lubbered.
"Arrah, Mike, me bye. l allus knowed
where yez waz going. but sure 1 niver
thought they'd make yez bring yer owr
coali"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
His Wit Saved the pay.

The following story is told of one of the
foremost actors in the country: One even
ing, at a certain city, he was to appear in
a lone act. just as he came. before the
audience a cat walked in and, with .
loud meouw, nonchalantly sat down ON
the stage. The actor Immediately said,
Get out. pussy. quick. this a monolog ard
not a-catalog.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
How Girls Won Strike in New Zealand

An cx-judge of tho arbitration court in
New Zealand told me this story: The
girls in a match factory came before the
court asking for an increase OF wages.
The proprie. or said he could not pay what
they wanted. hat his enterprise was in its
infancy, and II i~9rrease wages would
ruin 1t. The couFs ne trd the evidence on
both sidea, studied the financial condition
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
Afraid TO Show Prices.
From the New York Weekly

Store Proprietor (to possible GUS
toner looking at the window)--Coom
in, COON in, und l show you dose dings
mineself.
Possible Customer (shyly)-I don't
know about going in. l generally deal
in stores that have their prices plainly
marked.
Store Proprietor-Dot vos all right,
mine friendt; but il nod DO vor us to
mark our prices on dose dings. Our
prices is so low dot Peoples would dink
dey vas secondhand.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16

The richest orchestra in the world
will be the Warsaw philharmonic,
which has just received a icgacy OF
81. O00, 900 from q music loving Pole.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
Minrou Stains.

From tho Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. JuSlgott H~ermunn-"My new home
has ass In all the windows"
CT !utaoon-"Now. that's too
Ig ia Ind something thatH take
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
STEAM EMPLOYED IN
SALMON FISHERIES
Along Alaska Coast Tugs Are
Used in Placing and
Drawing Nets.
SINGLE CATCH OF TONS
Often a Net Is Over 5000 Feet ir
Length and More Than $1,000 Fish
Taken in a Single HauI-Weieh
Up to 80 Pounds Each.
How the Salmon Is Caught.

~
Naturally, when so many salmon are
caught, various Ways are adopted to en-
trap the unwary fish. one Of the unique
sights in a trip down the Columbia river
are the big fish wheels, which revolve
slowly, operated by the current. and scoop
Cp thousands Of the refugees. Another
novel sight is that of horses and men
breasting the current. These are drawing
In the nets that have been set over night.
Down around Astoria, at the mouth of
the Columbia, Is the center OF the oregon
salmon industry, and here the business is
conducted almost entirely by Finnish fish,
ermen, who fish three months Of the year,
make on an averade 81 900 a season. and
i've on these proceeds until the next fish
ng time comes around. These fishermen
use the same method Of catching that they
earned in their own country. Each man
1as a clumsy boat, twenty-five feet long,
with a nine-foot boom. A spitsail Is con-
structed so it can serve as a tent when
desired, and the boat puts off at night,
drifts with the tide. and slowly erects a
vast, floating fence as 1t pays out the
seine. This fence is kept upright by floats
On the top and weights at the bottom.
when the men draw this in they have
thousands Of fine ~chinooks, ready TO be
sent to the canning factory.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
The Work in Alaska.

Further north, in Alaska, still other
measures are employed, and 1t is a won
derful sight to see the seines set about the
mouths OF the rivers. Often the net is
1000 of 5000 feet long. This is slowly set
in the water by a steam tug, which makes
a circuit near the mouth of a stream. After
a few hours the seine is steadily drawn
In by means of a steam windlass, and as
II gradually approaches shore the fisher
men put out in small boats and dip the
salmon out of the water, the surrounding
net keeping the fish in a small area. Later,
the net Is pulled entirely TO the shore and
the few remaining fish are removed with
pitchforks. 1t frequently occurs that In
one mornings work of this nature 1900
fish are taken, and as the average length
OF a salmon Is twenty inches. they form
a huge pile as they lie In sheds, ready
for the canning process. Usually a SAL
mon weighs about twenty pounds. but
some chinook salmon weigh eighty pounds.
Naturally, this makes the seine so heavy
that the process of bringing 1t in Is by no
means easy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16

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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-13
WHERE Is FATHER GAPON?

The Pail Mall Gazette CLondon)
suffers a good deal of irritation from
the frequent death and as frequent
resurrection in the newspapers of
Pope Gapon
1t speaks as follows: Father Ga
pom is becoming a public nuisance. Is
he dead. or is he alive? Was he
really found hanging in a deserted
villa in the outskirts of St Peters,
burg? Or was the corpse merely his
double? Or was there ever any
corpse at all? And. II the ubiquitous
Gapon is yet alive. where Is he? He
is variously described as living in Fin
land and in Finsbury, as having re-
tired to a monastery, and as being
seen trying his luck at Monte Fur
thermore-whati is he? Is he q police
spy or not? Was Vladimir Day q
put-up job, and has the hero of that
occasion been pulling the public les
all the time? Really, we wish some.
| body would settle these questions fol
us, for this perpetual popping up II
unexpected places and characters get!
on ones nerves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-13

which had accumulated there slowly,
but evidently had not been Intention
ally buried. Further exploration re-
suited in uncovering numerous OBJ
iects which indicated that the cave
had once been regular place of res
idence for a number of people,
though they did not possess high
degree of civilization. on the contrary,
they represented very primitive modes
of living, other circumstances indi-
Gated that the time when the Spy man
made use of this queer home must
have been many thousand years ago.
Among the bones associated with
his We're some that were identified as
belonging to an elephant. The cli-
mate of Northern Europe does not
permit such an animal to exist there
without shelter, as the elephant re-
quires semi-tropical surroundings.
Again, the rudeness of his weapons
and utensils showed that the Spy man
must have preceded even the barbaric
age of Europe. Some of the unveri-
| fled guesses which were inspired by
these discoveries were that he dated
back anywhere from 10000 to 1O0,-
600 years.-Geologica Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-13
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Wedding rings in some localities
are still worn in the nose.
In the southwest a favorite Sunday
afternoon amusement for children is
easily contrived. One tarantula and
one scorpion dropped into a large
glass preserve jar will keep children
amused for hours, and even grownups
do not scorn this entertainment.
WaXed berries are a beautiful sum-
mer decoration. The same can be
used to start the fires in autumn.
Practicing swimming motion on pi-
ano stool or divan is recommended for
those who cannot get to the sea-
shore.
\ mountain climbing gait is sug-
Gastcd for those who live by the sea.
The mind and muscles thus get all
the benefit of change without extra
expense.
\ real bargain is a good investment:
and slightly soiled loaf sugar may
now be bought at a great reduction.
Pocketbooks ere worn empty at GER
tain seasons.
Those sensitive to draughts should
note that pink cotton is now used in
I Paris for fleshcolored ears. 1t has en-
| tircly superseded white. In case of q
decided brunette yellow may be uset
with good effect.
Keep the mouth closed on COINS
/ from a heated room to the cold air
| 1t rests the muscles OF the jaw. ans
! besides ii gives somebody else q chanc'
to say somethirg.-New York Sub.