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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
cATEcHIsM OF cIVIcs.
Questions and Answers of Interest
to Americans.

Questions and Answers of Interest
to Americans.
What are the prlncipa. products OF
the United States?
Historical Novels and Health Foods.
Where is the Corn Belt locatedf
1t extends from tile Chicago E1-
change to Trinity Church in Wall
street.
Does the climate vary much in DIFF
ferent parts Of the Unlon1
Yes.
What is considered to be the hottest
region in the country
Zion City.
And the coolest?
John d. Rockefeller's safe deposit
vault.
What common product is raised In
the same proportions all over the coun
try?
Babies.
Are there any exceptions to thisf
Yes. Newport and South Dakota
What are these babies used fort
In the South. to run the factories; II
the North, to furnish New Educationa
Systems.
How is the Trust Crop grownl
By magnates and the common pee
pie.
What is a magnate?
Almost any dishonest man who ma
money enough to keep out OF jail.
And when the common people nav
gathered the Trust Crop, how are the
paldl
In common stock.
Does this yield anythingf
Oh. YES. When you squeeze II
Yields water enough 20 make a goo
circus lemonade.
What are the principal trades OF u
United Statesl
Operating for appendicitis wriun
advertisement poetry and going out o
strike.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
Y OLD 3
'Mssessssssxn.a.......&


When the Cows Come Home.
With klingle, klangle, klingle,
way down the dusty dingle.
Ihe cows are coming home;
Now sweet and clear, and faint and low
Ine airy tinklings from some far-off
tower,
UT gatherings Of an April shower
mat makes the daisies grow
ho-kling, ke-klang, koklinglelingle,
way down the darkening dingls
Inc cows come slowly home.
sort sounds that sweetly mingle
With jingle, jangle, jingle,
Inc cows are coming home;
Malime, and Pearl, and Florimel.
he Ramp, Redrose, and Gretchen Schen,
queen Bess, and Sylph, and spangled
Sue
Across the field | hear loo-oo,
And clang her silver bell.
Go-lng, go-lang, golinglelingle,
With faint, far sounds that mingle.
The cows come slowly home;
And mother-songs Of long-gone years,
And baby joys, and childish tears,
And youthful hopes, and youthful fears,
When the cows come home.
With ringle. rangle, rjngle,
ny twos and three and single,
The cows are coming home.
Through the violet air we see the town,
And the summer sun s-slipping down;
The maple In the hazel glade
IhrOuc dou,p tho path Iouuo-
And the hills are growing brown.
Io-ring to-rang, toringleringle.
by threes and fours and single,
The cows come slowly home.
The same sweet sound of worldless psalm
The same sweet June-day rest and calm,
The same sweet scent of bud and balm,
When the cows come home.
With a tinkle, tankle, tinkle,
Through fern and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home
A-loitering in the checkered stream,
Where the sun-rays glance and CLEAN,
Starine. Peachbloom and Phoebe Phylli
Stand knee-deep in the creamy lilies,
In drowsy dream.
To-link, to-lank, tolinklelinkle,
Der banks with buttercups a-twinkl'
The cows come slowly home
And up through memory's deep ravine
Come the brooks old song and its old-tim
sheen,
And the crescent Of the silver queen
With a klinkle, klangle, klingle.
With a loo-oo. and moo-oo. and Jingl
= The cows are coming home;
r And over there on Merlin hill,
Hear the plaintive cry of the whippoo
will;
The dewdrops lie on the tangled vines,
And over the poplars Venus shines;
And over the silent mill,
Ko-ling, ko-lang kolinglelingle,
[ With a ting-a-ling and jingle,
a The cows come slowly home.
Let down the bars, let in the train
g OF long-gone songs. and flowers, and rail-
For dear old times come back again
When the cows come home.
Agnes E. Mitchell. .
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
MODEL SHOVEL SALESMAN.

story Told of the Duke of yelling
ton and a Big Contract.
A millionaire shovelmaker. as he sat
In the smoking room OF an Atlantic
liner, said to a St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat writer:
II have been over to England trying
to sell shoveis to the British govern
ment failed l couldn't sell a SHOW
Ell. A dead man named Jones was the
cause OF my failure.
Jones was alive, very much alive.
during the battle OF Waterloo. He sat
on horseback near Wellington's tent
Wellington, seeing him there in civil
Ian's dress, said angrily:
who are your
~ am a shovel salesman said
Jones, and l came here from Brussels
to see the battle
"sNow that you are here said Well
ington, are you willing to carry a mes
sage for me to one OF my generalsf It
will be a dangerous errand, but l have
no one else to send
| "sTll carry your message, said
Jones, and as for danger, one part of
this battle field is no more dangerous
than another to-day
80 Wellington gave him the message
and Jones delivered 1t. but failed to re
turn. The duke thought him slain, but
one day eight or nine years later q
man accosted the duke In London.
"'Do you remember mer he said.
az do said Wellington. shaking the
mans hand warmly, you saved tive
regiments of mine by the delivery Of
that message. Why didn't you return
to met"
Jones said his horse had been Kill
!. ed by a cannon ball as he was return
ling. and he himself had been shot In tn
! side, but not badly-a few days abe
had brought him around.
"'Well,' said the duke, what can
do for your
llama partner in that shovel hous
of ours now said Jones, the nrr
name is Smith, jenkins & Jones, an
{ I'd like to get a government contract
I HE got it." the millionaire ended
sadly. From that day to this all tn
shovels used In the British army an
navy have been supplied by the hous
OF Smith, Jenkins & Jones. 1 waste
my time trying to compete with this
s firm"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
CAN LIVE WITHOUT A STOMACH
"rEHn Not AIways N..
NMns NUWn n :"

"ot Always Neces. Il
says DR.. Carl Beck.
a man can live without stomach 60
"H woman. This declaration il basad
upon the authority Of DIR. Carl Pscl,
ueau OF the department OF suroarv 4,
'ne North Chicago Hospital The as.
ssiuon OF the surgeon was brought out
W tne recent remarks Of Professor
Sonh Mason Tyler Of Amherst Colleoa
- iec,ure at the University OF chi
easo' Professor Tyler said: "A man
ean live comfortably without brains
ou' no man ever existed without a AZ.
gestiye system"
Snail not assume that the distin-
suished professor meant literally that
man could not live without brains -
eau Dr' Beck. 1T is apparent thar he
conveys the idea that an Ignorant man
may exist with all his functional
strength while an enlightened and
learned person with weakened digestive
organs cannot hold a decIsIvelv on.
posite view as to the stomach end NJ II
backed by personal knowledge and an.
thorltIes.
Persons without stomachs not only
can but do live, and we have notable
instance Of the fact in Chicago to-day
SIX years ago l removed the stomach
OF Mrs. Hansen. who lives on Roscoe
near North Clark street and she il liv
Ing well and hearty to-day.
"Of course II was necessary to max,
certain Intestinal connections TO sustain
the Internal organism. but the stomach
was entirely removed. Artificial nom.
lshment was required for time. The,
new stomach formed and 1t has re
stored the victim to perfect health.
The late Sheriff Thomas Barrel
lived for months without functional on
GRAFTON OF the stomach. Not because /
was affected but because he was IN
able to swallow. and the nourishmen
he obtained until physical exhaustlo,
caused his death was by artificial
means."-Chicago News.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
DESERT CHAUFFEURs.



There is desert product which is
essentially modern, and which must
be classed AS type of the twentieth
century mining camp says a writer
in the Outing Magazine. This is the
desert chauffeur, who opened the trail |
of traffic between Tonapah and Gold |
field, Nevada, and later drove his ma
chine on south to the camps of the |
Bullfrog district. 1t is distinctly pic
turesque, and is as thoroughgoing a
pioneer in his way as the freighter is
In his.
Il can spot one of those desert auto
mobile drivers coming up street as far
as | can see him." said a man in Gold
field. After he has been at ii a year
he looks like a sheep herder. He gets
that locoed look in his face and the
same kind of a wild stare, and he looks
as II you couldn't get the dust out of
his system II you ran him through a
stamp mill"
1t is one of the many lncongruities
of those towns dumped down in the
heart of the desert to see the pros
pector and his burros turning out to
dodge the high-powered automobiles
which snort through the unpaved
streets in squadrons. Nor have so
many costly machines been wrecked
anywhere as on the road, II you may
call It such. between Goldheld and
BulIfrog. 1t Is a stretch of sixty miles
of lonely desert, without a town or a
house as a refuge in case Of a break
down.
When made the trip, says writer,
II was as cheerful a risk with respect
TO reaching your destination as putting
out TO sea in a fiat-bottomed skin. The
law OF the survival Of the fittest had
wrought Its pitIless work among the
battered machines, and from the wreck
age doomed the commanding figure OF
one bill" Brown, the only driver who
) guaranteed to get you across, whether
his auto held together or not.
He had rebuilt his car several times
D So little of the original material was
5 left that it suggested the present con
? dition Of the frigate Constitution. Th'
S car had been shipped into the desert
1 ornate. elaborate, equipped with man!
4 elIttering devices which "Bill' Brow
/ began to eliminate with ruthless hand
4 If should furnish makers and owner
Of automobiles with food for reflection
TO learn that this iconoclastic chauf
d feur took thousand pounds OF weigh
h from this machine before he had 1t run
d ming to please him. When he had dis
a corded a vast amount of machinery an
d trimming, he tossed aside the oouS
n and built new one from the sides o
II hacking cases, to save weight and max
n room for more passengers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
81. !. Not the only one.

Here Is an essay of small senOOis'.,
on tho subject Of III Were Grows
~ TN - III l we're grown up snouiI
ret married and have jam whenever S'a.s.
Ike. And think I shall be a urs 1ot
maker. When l am married Ia | am lo mOs
rn,nS ont washing clothes like so"nT :
$50 shall have baby ana
p Poi, rot let anybody smack 1t unless
it's naughty. II 1t wants SIS, sn"S'n LITTLE
shall smack 1t. I shall have .S.r lis IL
boy. II have place , where 'pS want #
= a., strict lady shall leave. ,.S wT
lrsat:s all I have got to say about . wnen
I am grown up-'-New o'''
Democrat
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

She had been cleaning up her den
and came across various and sundry
unfamiliar books in the process. AFTER
thinking hard she had restored them
all to their rightful owner with a me
and conscious sense OF virtue. Oniy
one remained and one night the man
with whom she connected this parti'
cular book called. She brought IL out.
"Here's little old book OF yours
she announced in her usual nippan'
wav "and | wish you'd take 1t home
I've given It house room long enough
He took the book and looked at her
rather queerly.
AN right" be said. but there was nc
enthusiasm in his tone.
IFS yours. isn't itf' she demanded
well. not exactly he replied q
cave It to you for birthday present
about two years ago
Now she is writing her name In every
book she owns.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
CAREER OF THE TEXAS.


Wsrxhip Completed I'm 1895 Looked |
Upon as a "Hoodoo.v
The battle ship Texas, the "hoodoo
boat OF the American navy, has been
placed on the retired list, says the Au-
gusta Herald. She has been sent to
the navy yard at Charleston, 8. c.. to
serve there as a station ship. and un
less war should break out, which would
necessitate the bringing into service OF
every available vessel, her active days
are past.
The Texas is not old. She was com
pleted In 1895, but was never a good
steamer, though she consumed tremen-
dous quantities OF coal, and Ill luck 80
persistently attended her that she came
to be regarded as "hoodooed."
Once In her career the fatal spell de
parted from her, during the battle OF
Santiago de Cuba. Her noble behavior
during that struggle under command Of
Capt. Jack Philip is fresh In memory.
But the hopes to which that paomen-
tary refrigeration gave rise were
shortly after shattered and she resum.
ed her wonted course Of awry action
When she was out for her first trial
one Of her propeller blades cut into q
passing schooner and sunk II. Placed
on a dry dock for the first time, shs
| could not bear the strain of her Owl
weight, and had to be overhauled Al
great expense Later, she ran ashore
In Norfolk harbor. In 1895, while she
was lying In the Brooklyn navy yard
one OF her seacocks became unfssteneS
and she sank. In February, Of 1897
she went ashore at the Tortugas, and II
December OF the same year In the Wal
labout channel. In November Of 1907
while she was at target practice, he
big guns broke the recoils and wrecke'
the surroundings works. That was he
last accident, but there is no tellin
what more would have happened to he
II she had been required for somewha
active service.
1t is altogether likely that her hoo
doc days as well as her active days ar
over Her 6-inch guns have alread
been taken from her, and her turrs
guns will be taken as soon as use ca
he found for them. She will RENAL
quietly at her dock until at some tim
in the future she will join other 70
gotten vessels in the naval graveyard
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
: OWNS THE NORTH LANDsf
somewhat Academic, but
ssts' rrteresttng.

= somewhat Academic, but
t'" very Interesting.
.rooe of the Canadian govern
=. ~ cruiser Arctic to the far north
Fs '..,. for consideration the ques-
the ownership Of some far
y s,.,u lands. For many years ex-
'.'.r. Of various nationalities, Brit
"A e. American, Scandinavian and
have yentured into the frozen
s 'o,s,,sss lying between the dominion
.r.n,d. and the north pole, and have
-. discovered lands hitherto un-
and have named them and
..,sd aags upon them There has
q. much International rivalry In the
~ AZ celebrating the arctic map and
ou.hIpg on toward the pole. But
s.,s has been little thought In the
IA. If the adventurers or In that
| ! tbs public Of the delimitation OF In
sn,tioual boundaries in the realms OF
..Is0crvstIc Ice and eternal snow. Bu'
(. tbe Canadian government brings
AT thought to mind in the intimation
Az tho dominion extends clear to the
WITH pole, and that all the lands which
NJ, been discovered and explored II
n0,s regions, no matter by whom. arr
ud,r the British flag.
Asdemically, the question is some
that complicated, and might form thu
ubIsct OF lnterminable argument
There are those who hold that discov
~ and exploration give title to new
tpds while others insist that title 1
vt perfected without actual occupation
md permanent settlement. But how
1 The lands in question are not at 70
Il susceptible Of settlement7-Nev
/ yaf Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

The boy wanted some worms for bait
He had selected a promising spot
shady and low lying knoll, but, though
he had been digging now for fifteen
minutes, not a single worm had his
spade turned up.
Here, sonny said an old angler,
take this chunk Of soap and make me
a quart or two OF soapsuds.'
The boy brought the suds. the old
man sprinkled them over the ground
and then he. In bis turn. began to dig
II was amazing. Here, where the boy
before had not found single worm
the old man now discovered them in
dozens
"You can find worms most any
where, sonny" said the old man, al
YOU wet the ground with soapsuds first
The soapsuds draws them, the same a.
molasses draws flies A weak mixture
Of blue vitricl and water will do th'
same thing also. Journal
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

In the cooks absence the young mis-
tress Of the house undertook, with the
help Of a green waitress, to get the
sunday luncheon. The iurried maid.
who had been struggling in the kitchen
with a coffee machine that refused to
work. confessed that she had forgotten
TO wash the lettuce
"Well. never mind, Eliza. Go on with
the coffee. and I'll do It," said the con-
siderate mistress. Where do you keep
the koapT'
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
,rtland Trade Directory
AZ the Conversations.

"See that man with the REINFORCED
forehead and prominent teethl That's
Mouldypast. He's more sought after By
literary men and critics just now than
any other man in the ROOM
"What for?"
He claims to have unearthed an orig
inaI manuscript from the pen Of Martin
Farquhar Upper, author Of 'Proverbisi
Philosophy
Il see. They are trying to get him to
suppress il"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

" e.ae q, Svne Hundred Dollars Reward fol-
uicstsrrs' s., that cannot DO cured By
W. Tia vhaENEy 4 CO., Props., Toledo, o.
e,hey n, u,nhuerhgned. have known y. j.
ckcily hoa ane last 10 years, and believe him
"a, I'D sS u in all business trsnsao-
sauons m az Sneially able to carry out any OBJ
rr.sane, KIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
I'm Toledo, O. q nAhSis' Wholesale Drug
sydssctIss n,,i Cure Is taken internally, act.
- Of H. pom the blood and mucous sur.
I" sy al Dr. system. Price 75c. per bottle
asl's Fxm1ss siss. Testimonials tree.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

burden. / tired easi-
ly, had no ambition
and was fading fast.
My complexion got
yellow, and 1 lost
over so pounds. My
thirst was terrible,
and there wss sugar
in the kidney secre-
tons. Ny doctor kept
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
walking ON the Water.

A nair of aquatic shoes has been con-
strnrted. writes NJ. Glen Fling in Teen
meal World Magazine, which enables
~ wearer 10 walk on the water as
easily as a ship sails the sea. "Canal
boats" for sure. are these water SHOES
hut when foot is slipped into each anu
the wearer give a slight bunch forward
With the body and deft push WIN
FIRST The right foot and then WIN the
laft and the shore begins to slip De
hind him as If he were wearing Tue
som.d seven league boots size Is Oh no
oonslderation. A long pull STRONG
null first with one foot and then VITA
t,other and he is slipping down s're ,-l
80 easily and POLITICALLY and as noise,
, as as sneaks the Indian In his olreu
90" Lieutenant Arthur T. sadler' oil 'n'
r,nItsd state volunteer life saving crew
=, Csarlesbank, Mass, is the uiseo'e .''
~ ~ This new sport, and he is also 'H'
, =, of the novel boat shoes
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

81 believe" said HI Tragerdy, that
.hav had hoped to catch the town with
Hamlet but it was quite fruitless eff
fort ,.,., .o,,,os
- comerdy. Il understand the hen
s.,,,t was there in plenty, although
somewhat aged."-Philadeiphia Press
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

y on strict diet, but IS his medicine
M not helping me 1 began using
Dau'I Kidney Pills. They helped me
aucs, and soon all traces Of sugar
dAppearsd. / have regained my
hrns weight and am perfectly well"
Nld BY all dealers. 80 cents box
iaA'Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

=" opp'' said the merchant, stern
y Aaam Upp, his bookkeeper. IL
~ ~ you at the baseball game yester-
"nen you asked me to let you
~, ! w The afternoon you said you were
1as to funeral"
-, -a's So replied the bookkeeper,
n, IL pretty near a prophet. amt II
NV ,0u ever see slower game in your
r. Inc Catholic Standard and
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

sffN Sc
John Paul was the
NTH OF a family OF
seven children. The
boy was u years
old when he was
bound over to a
merchant in the
American trade. as
he had showed a
desire to follow a
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
WORN TO A SKELETON.

Wonderful Restoration Caused a
Sensation in Pennsylvania Town
Nn. Charles NJ. Preston Of Elkland,
h., nys: "Three years ago l found
bat nv homework was becoming a
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

.vss he asked me for the loan VI 8
-. lss and l let him have it.
o,Osr we'll enough for that s0ow him
QUIZ INST about. but now kn0" ~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
~ - Can Get Aliens Hoot-E.se FREE.

= ami Men - :. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y, for .
estinv ~, VI Alien 8 Foot-Eas II cures
h Or i i, h'' swollen, aching feet. It makes
tns ins,.snoes easy. certain cure for
N ris3,,Vwlngnails and bunions. All drug
zoc. Don't accept any substitute
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

u man should advertise 70 ,i NOV, ,sao.
..,n,,c meeting in which to praise ps'
pls would he attract crowd
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

b,a ~ girl was asked, Who IL the
~, VI our governments
!. It, Roosevelt" she replied, prompt
Sut =. Is right" said the teacher (;
.T. saat Is his official titleT
pcad,s responded the little miss,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
mn. Beautifu1 Way.

The beautiful way
We are going today .,,on Ike the
May;
And sorrow still seems
Rnt an echo Of dreams. or.- n.
while pIs the light of eternity over
streams
In that beautiful way
We are going To-Day
Atlanta Constitution
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

All the worlds stage. they say;
For each part is SET
And when mosquitoes start this way
We play behind net
Washington Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08
'<++++++++++++++++$4.,.,..
AuTILE LESSON
IN ADVERSELY. |
+++t+++++++t+++.t4..as....L.+

Inc father and grandfather Of John
raui Jones' the great naval hero, were
market gardeners In Scotch IN
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

uot air is cheap enough un'ii '0'
heat house with II
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

We have reached the age when we
don't see what's the matter with eating
the picnic lunch on the dining room
table at home. and having no baskets
to carry.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-09-08

Mems Shoes. So 70 $50 Boys, Shoes g
- Al as Wonen's Shoes. $500 TO t1-5O.
Misses' & Chfldrsns Shoes. 50 20 70 <l-Oo.
Try w. l.. Douglas Women's, Misses and
fhndren's shoes; for style, ut and wear
they excel other makes
II | could take you Into my large
factories at Brocktou, Mass. and show
YOU how carefully WI Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
WHY thew hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are Of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever yor live. You can obtain W. L
Douglas shoes His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom. which protects you against high
prices and Inferior shoes Take no saesft.
ute Ask your dealer Tor W. l. Douglas SHOES
and insist upon having them
Fast Color Egefsts used they wfH not wsor Grassy
Write for Illustrated Catalog OF Fail styles
w. l. DOUGLAS, Dept Is, broekton' Mass