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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18
MINING FRAUDS

GREAT many magazines and newspapers
- L contain alluring advertisements of Western
- / mining companies For the most part. these
l. advertisements make promises that no hon
kH8H0GA ct and experienced miner would dare make
ESLN2yl As rule they describe prospects which
only one mine out Of every 800 fulhlls In
some Instances there behind these advertisements not
no much as hole the ground; In others old pefere
bought for used only In parting bard
working people from their surplus cash.
The mines that are valuable for sale by their
owners Ii they should sale they would be offered
privately and the transaction would not be known TO
the public until 1t closed The mines that are
snered the public worth SO much as the price
of their stock They doomed simply to be unloaded
an unsuspectlng public II holders Of such stock
do not believe statement let them offer to sell back
to the companies the stock that they hold even at
discount
might be well for lot Of people to have the rude
awakening that such proposition would result In IL
would certainly convince them that when they started
the road TO get rich quick they made very DIG
(pa.l Grit
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

Occasionally a man In 30 Lazy bis
chief regret Is that be is not 10 consti-
tuted that be can hibernate all winter.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18
THE HABIT OF PROFANITY.

HE common use Of profanity Is shocking not
only 10 the sense Of reverence. which to
some extent Is a common heritage. but TO
the sense OF refinement 1t Ii possible 10
hear in public places. along the streets and
in the cars language that Is unfit for use
anywhere, that is disgusting or distressing.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

No wofnan's picture looks any better
because she was trying to look through
the skylight when 1t was taken
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18
MARRIAGE AT A DISCOUNT.

LII the conditions Of modern life are such az
to discourage men and women from mar
rying. and If they do SO to make them dis
eontented- Divorce has rushed from the
extreme Of being considered disgrace
which never should be mentioned TO that of
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

according the mental construction Of the unwilling
hearer.
Ii is needless for addicted to the practice TO
that they cannot correct themselves There are
many whose ordinary talk when among is but line
on which to hang string OF oaths and yet who, know
ing themselves be In the presence Of women never
would be guilty of such conduct They would, In par
Tor as family feel more impulse TO swear than
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

HE upper Mississippi Improvement Associa-
ton Is lobbying In Congress for an appro-
priation OF $20.oo0.0o0 TO Improve the Mis-
sissippi River from Minneapolis to Its
mouth II Is proposed TO make the river free
~ navigable at all times. and lobbyists say
that this viii reduce the cost Of carriage
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

breakfast right the middle OF the harvest that quit
field work halfhour early Thursday night to get
money pay the preachers salary and prayed ferveny
In secret the salvation Of the rich who looked
with scorn such unousness like behavior. That's
what we clean this country of the nth Of
graft and of greed petty and bg OF worship Of dns
houses and big lands and high Office and grand social
functions-wa Street Journal
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18
MORE PrETY WANTED.

HAT America needs more than railway ex-
tension and Western irrigation and a low
tariff and a bigger wheat crop and a mer~
chant marine and a new navy, Is revival
OF pIety. the kind mother and father used
to have-plety that counted II good bush
ness to stop for daily family prayer before
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

The really popular boy always has q
nickname"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

comic papers fit subject to be worked up stage
edy hilariously received by large audIences-New
York independent
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18
QUIZ NEED OF A GREAT NAVY.

the United States is 10 maintain its posi-
ton rs world power great navy il nee
l essary. But great navy Is expensive. and
many Americans find themselves wishing
NaAl now and then that the country had not
Vel branched out into world politics.
But II Is useless TO regret the Spanish
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

war the acquisition OF Porto Rico. Hawaii and the
Philippines We have been forced Into place with
other great powers hurry burly OF the world and
nothing quiet and security that
ours In century The life Of the IL Ike the
figures KALEIDOSCOPE continually changing the reia
tive position Of components and by chance
assuming that shape 1t showed last week The United
States must hold its position much the charge
n must be ready any moment defend itself wherever
the attack may So only may we have peace
We might as well make up minds now to accept
eur destiny and prepare live TO IT, Millions OF
dollars win be necessary and much but there Is
no sscaplng the necessity We must build up great
navy as guaranty peace Only By 1t being equipped
for war can we avoid it-Indianapolis Sun
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

Further notes are given b. the al.
thor Of a Massachusetts, bulletin on tbs
behavior Of the winter.lnJured peach
trees receiving tfl no pruning: (2l
moderate pruning: go severe beading
back. and t$) cutting back 10 stubs
or dehorninx &c. s. r.. ~. p 2&sl.
The general conclusion of the prwc~f.
Ing year. that moderate pruning Is to
be preferred for wiuter.lniured peach
trees, still stands. though the severe
~ pruned trees made q relatively bet.
ter showing under the stres. Of a good
crop Of fruit The results Of the sr.
pertinent. as whole. indicate that
when the wood has been injured By
freezing peach trees should be mo<ier.
ately pruned. removing not more than
one-third TO one-haIf the previous
years growth when only the fruit
buds are killed. the wood being unln.
jured and the trees in good condition.
prune severely. cutting back the annual
growth to two or three buds n MAY
be expedient to cut some branches back
even into two or three year old wood.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18

An article in the unltnt States DE
partment OF Agriculture Year Book do
fines the term inbreesiinx and discusses
the use OF inbreedinx in the lmpTcve.
meat OF animals. the dlrvreut degrees
of lnbreedlng in plants and It's effect
on their vexetatlve vixvr aud fertility.
The beneficial effects % lnbFeesiinx In
tobacco and the detrimental effects Of
lnbreedlnx IN corn are discussed. IL IL
stated that lnbrceiiug IA tobacco IL an
effective means Of maintaining desir.
able characteristics In the established
varieties. willis cross fertilization with.
Ia the varieties Feduccs uniformity and
decreases vigor. A method Of corn
breeding 10 avoid inbrcrdinx Is de.
scribsd and Illustrated The author
inciines n the belief ~thaf the Improve
rnent Of our crops csa BE- most rapidly
effected with permanently beneficial ~
suits by following the practice Of In
breeding. or crossing. to the degree In
which these methods Of fertilization
are found TO exist naturally 10 the kind
OF plant under consideration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
Conscientious Husband.

Eugene Higgins, whose yacht Varu.
ma lay in the harbor of Nice, was en-.
PERTAINING at dinner at Ciro's, in
Monte Carlo, party Of Americans.
The talk turning to play at the
Casino, Mr.. Higgins described an In
cident that he had witnessed the night
before.
I'm one of the gold rooms" he said,
"a gentleman in lavender gloves was
playing in wonderful luck, winning
nearly every stake. AS a great stack
of plaques-you know those beautiful,
big gold pieces called plaques-was
pushed to him by the croupier I
heard young lady whisper in his
ear:
"Tt's very odd, monsieur, to wear
gloves at play. What do you do i. for
Luck?
The fortunate player smiled grim
ly.
Not at ALL he replied. 4 promised
my wife on her death bed never again
to touch card.
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edge of the belt IS kept well down, or
the deepest line of the basque sits
jauntily out at the hips, so as still to
retain a rather long-waisted effect.
But if the shape of the corsage as
regards the waist is but little modified
so far from what it was in the winter,
there is very decided new note at
another point: the necessary up-to-
dateness of your frock will reveal it.
self at the shoulder. For the dress
sleeve proper now reduces itself to
practically an epaulette-a very short
puff at the utmost-and the sleeve that
actually covers the arm to the elbow
comes out of the arm-hole as distinct
affair, making believe, as it were, to
appertain to an under-blouse, even
though no blouse be there This is
described as "kimono" fashion, though
with not much more exactitude than
the existing short-waisted style is
Empire" However, the Japanese
'kimono" cut is the idea, the original
model, from which these new shoulder
and armhole effects have "evoluted;"
that is certain. The shoulder cut all
in one with the front of the bodice,
thus giving very long effect on the
top of the shoulder, and the extremely
wide and low cut under armhole, make
a very characteristic feature in the
new models, and fulfill the object of
our dictators, the dress-producers, in
compelling us to restock our ward
robes.
AS an under-sleeve, appearing out of
the wide, full, and often draped epau-
letted sleeve, there usually comes, to
reach to the elbow only, puff of
some fancy or fragile and delicate
fabric, as lace, broderie Anglaise, soft
satin, embroidered gauze, or pleated
tulle. This undersleeve is made of the
more fragile fabric, irrespective of
whether that is used elsewhere on the
dress, although, as a general rule,
more or less of the material of the
sleeve will be seen introduced some
how. The effect of the "kimono'' cut,
with the lighter sort of undersleeve
coming out of the wide armhole, is
naturally much the same as it would
be if there were separate blouse be-
ing worn, to which the under-sleeves
belonged; and in fact this is the case
sometimes, the corsage being a bolero
without any more sleeves than the
''kimono' cut gives, and blouse is
worn beneath, showing down the front
and as the elbow sleeves. Frequently,
however, the whole corsage is in one,
and yoke, or vest down the front,
or only v at the throat, is of the
same material as the sleeves, all
placed on one fitted lining with the
rest Of the bodice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
IN NORTHERN JAPAN

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Sendai, Japan.-Althouga made lam
GUS by famine, Sendai is now the
center of record rice crop. From
condition of hunger and distress that
called forth more than 100000 from
warm-hearted Americans, this region
has now passed into a period OF rare
prosperity. The rice crops are 20 per
cent. above the average.
A Famine and international Relations.
Only memories and few hundred
orphans remain as reminders OF the
dreadful famine of year or so ago.
Among the memories is an enhanced
appreciation of Americans and their
religion. The aid so promptly and
generously given during the famine
has affected all of Japan. In amount
1t exceeded the gifts of Japan and all
the rest of the world combined, reach-
ing a total of 100000 In this region
especially the feeling towards 1.-The
rice country" - which, curiously
enough, has always been the way the
Japanese write the word America
is warm beyond expression. The gov
ernor of the province, the mayor of
the city, the general in command of
the military forces here, the presiding
Judge of the courts, the editor of the
leading newspaper, and many private
citizens assured me in most cordial
terms of the city's gratitude for the
assistance rendered to the famine suf-
ferers.
1t took American enterprise to ava
ken even the Japanese to the serious
ness of the famine situation. At their
Thanksgiving day service in Sendai
in 1905 the American missionaries
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From them the city has obtained it's
favorable impressions of foreigners. 1t
is said that any white mans word is
perfectly good in the stores of the
city. The attitude of the officials is
certainly more than kind; it is cor.
dial and sympathetic to the last de-
gree. On the occasion of the return
of Rev. DR.. d. B. Schneider from
America he was met at the station by
all the prominent officials of the city
and province, as well as by a multi
tude of other persons. 1t is said that
DR.. Schneider, who is the oldest mis-
sionary of the Reformed church here,
and Rev. DR.. John H. DeForest, of the
American board, are the leading citi-
zens of Sendai Certainly they are
high in the friendship and honor of
the official classes.
Going the Japanese One Better.
First in Importance and magnitude
of the numerous Christian enterprises
in this place are the two great schools
of the German Reformed church, the
Tohoku Gakuin, for young men, and
the Miyagi 10 Gakko for young wom-
en-; these schools, like practically all
others in Japan, are known by other
names in America, which are practi-
cally never heard here. These two
schools are more modern and better
equipped than even the government
schools. 1t was really a surprise to
find, out here in remote part of ia
pan, American schools, supported and
controlled by Americans, which COM
pare favorably with similar institu-
lions in the home land. The buildings
are modern and imposing, far surpas-
sing in appliances and arrangement
any of the several government schools
which 1 have inspected. The wisdom
of this is most appreciated by those
who best understand the Japanese
character; here in the east face" or
front" as the American slang has it,
must always be considered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07

The new pinafore dress Is not be-
coming to all women, but it is exceed
ingly popular. The two costumes
which are shown above are quite ideal.
The seated damsel is decorating a
gcwn of puce and green shot taffeta,
with broad hem bearing raised APP
pliques of silk outlined with embroid-
cry, the same adornment being evil
dent in the front of the bodice, which
has the broad Japanese sleeve, while
the neck shows a square of lace, and
the broad-brimmed hat is of puce-col-
ored straw with variegated anemones
as trimming.
Biscuit-colored cloth is the material
chosen for dress No. 2, with thick
guipure to form the center panel and
the small V at the neck, the bodice be-
ing further ornamented with bold fill
gree buttons. The hat of brown chip
bears tulle and feathers as its trim
ming, and takes deliberately that back
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07

formed the first committee of relief,
for their work throughout the three
affected provinces had made them ia
miliar with the dreadful conditions.
Of the 100000 inhabitants of these
provinces, 100000 were poverty
stricken. When it set out upon its
task of creating international sympa-
thy for the sufferers Zone curious and
unprecedented consequence of which
was the gift of $4,000 by the dowa-
ger empress of China from her private
purse) this committee added an Eng
lish teacher and French priest to it's
number. It was this small body of
seven men which not only touched the
heart Of Christendom with Japan's
plea, but even stirred the Japanese
themselves, as the latter avow.
The recognized fact that these lead
ers in famine relief-a work which, l
learn, was carried on in most bust
nesslike fashion, and in closest CO.
operation with the Japanese officials
We're Christian missionaries, that an
American religious newspaper, The
Christian Herald, was in the forefront
of the contributing agencies, and that
great quantities of rice, especially
that given by the German Reformed
churches, came in Christian sympa-
thy" bags, could not fail to make a
decided impression. If anything was
needed to strengthen the respect of
the Japanese hereabouts for the Amer
lean religion the famine relief work
did it.
Where Americans Are Welcome.
This city is strategic point in
Japan. With hundred thousand in
habitants, it is considered the metro
polls of the north. 1t has 1900 sol
diers in garrison, and some 5000 stu
dents in its schools. On its bay is
Matsushima, one of the three beau
tiful places" in Japan, series of
lovely islands, pine-covered and water
worn, with famd US temple on enc.
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eS,porQl8
GOSSIP.

II any one of the contrasts In the
ring is to be especially commented
upon at present, it is the difference
In financial status prevailing among
some of the men who are on the CEN
ter of the stage just at present and
that existing a few years ago. Take
Abe Attell, for instance. When he won
from George Dixon in the fall of 1901
he had just been brought from the
west by Jack McKenna. Attell had
made quite a reputation, in a mild
way, by fighting couple of draws
with Dixon, but no manager had come
forward to claim him. McKenna picked
him up and decided to take him east.
He had found Abe hanging around
Young Corbett's training quarters in
Denver. Abe fought Harry Forbes
once and Broad couple of times in
st. Louis, and then went on with Ben
ny Yanger. This was the biggest
house he had battled before in his
career, the receipts being more than
$4,000. Yanger got the verdict, the
police stopping the fight in the nine
teenth. Out of the amount won At
tell received exactly SIS To-day Abe
is able to draw down $1,000 for a six
round go in Philadelphia, and is credit
ed with making money rapidly. Mike
Schreck, who can now command a
fair-sized sum in any battle, fought
one of the hardest scraps of his career
in January, 1902, at st. Louis, with
Hugo Kelly. The fight went Is rounds
and there was a total of $1,000 in the
house. The fighters divided $500.
In their next so they drew $4,000. To-
day the same fight would draw more
than that many thousands on the
coast. The same evening that Jack
Sullivan was knocked out his brother
Mike, now mentioned as candidate
for the welterweight championship,
won a preliminary. He received the
magnificent sum of $50 for his share.
John A. Donohue, first baseman OF
the Chicago American League club,
was one of the chief individual factors
in the capture of the worlds cham
pionship fall of 1906, his fielding being
phenomenal and game-saving, and his
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and caves hundreds of years old
carved by the Ainu, where lived the
Buddhist priests from the beginning
of Sendai's glory. The city is noted
foc its progressiveness and hospitality
to foreigners, and yet for its thorough
ly Japanese character For instance,
there is only one vehicle in the city
to which horse is driven, and that
is the prison van. OF course there are
draught horses, led, or as the Japa-
nese term truly has it, pulled by a
rope
When Mr.. Lloyd Griscom, the for
mer United States minister to Japan,
visited Sendai, the city feted him in
the lavish fashion which only the
orient knows. Other Americans have
had similar experiences. The Ameri-
can Young Mems Christian associa-
ton secretaries met last summer at
little seashore village near Sendai,
and literally the entire community
turned out to welcome them, lining up
along the road, and the school chill
dren singing songs. The village Off
Gals had met the visitors a mile or so
from town. An evergreen arch was
erected over the main street, bearing
the English word welcome" and the
entire convention was one day taken
on an excursion to Matsushima.
How the Missionaries Stand.
All this is noteworthy in the light
Of the fact that Sendai knows few for
eigners save missionaries. With the
exception of two teachers in the gov
eminent schools, the entire foreign
community in Sendai is made up of
Christian preachers and teachers
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A dress in gray wolfe, trimmed with
tuckings of the material; cape-cor-
sage over lace blouse. Chip hat
with ostrich feathers.
ward tilt which gives the talent of the
hairdfesser much opportunity for ex-
preston.
A marked effect of the seasons
frocks are their soft, clinging charac-
ter. The corselet is making but little
show in the new models; it proved too
trying style for any but perfect fig
ures, and needed such excellent max
ing. Nor do the promised long, tight
fitting coats seem as yet to make
much Roadway. The prevailing style
is certainly deep swathed belt with
short, loose bolero coat overhanging
it, for the softer and more dressy ma
terials; and for the tailors' materials a
little basqued coat, with the lower
edge of the basque scarcely turning
the hip-line, and the apparent waist
several inches higher. The tendency,
you see, continues to be rather to-
wards the high-waisted style that we
call the New Empire fashion Though
not much like the Napoleonic outline
in TRUTH and not in the direction of
the long-waisted, close-fitting corsage,
which gets itself periodically predict
ed, but does not arrive. Still, although
the waist-line is made high by swathed
belt or curyed-in cut Of coat, the lower
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Doubtful Compliment.
adn1ira

Stippler-Did Miss kits admire
your paintings?
Dobber-I don't know
Stippler-What did she say about
them?
Dobber-That she could feel that I
put a great deal of myself into my
word.
Stippler-Well, that's praise.
Dobber-Is it? The picture l showed
her was Calves in a Meadow"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
PLENTY at Hand,

Mrs. A.-What have you there, my
dear?
Mrs. "a list of summer fiction. I
always start buying early SO / will
have plenty to read when l go away
on vacation.
Mrs. Al never buy any summer
fiction.
Mrs. You don't? Then where do
you get it?
Mrs. A.-Oh, / read my husbands
letters from town.-Chicago Daily
News.
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batting most timely. Donohue was
born on July Is, 1879, at Springfield,
o. He played his first game of real
baseball at Marietta, O., in 1896, start
ing as catcher, where left-handed
thrower is under a heavy handicap.
In the middle of 1897 Donohue Joined
the Wheeling team and was trans
ferred with that franchise to Grand
Rapids in 1898. He was sold to Day
ton in that year and remained there
until August, 1900, when he was sent
to the Pittsburg Nationals. He fin
ished that season with Minneapolis,
then went to Milwaukee in 1901 in the
American league. The franchise was
transferred to st. Louis in 1902 and In
the middle of the season he was re-
leased, went back to Milwaukee, and
started playing first base. At the
close of 1903 he was purchased for
the White Sox and Joined them in
1904. He throws and bats left-handed.
Ira H. Whipple and j. F. Alofsin, of
Chicago. have established motor cy-
Gle record between Chicago and Mil
waukee. The running time of the
pair was four hours, So minutes. Con-
sidering the condition of the roads, the
time is considered good. The run from
Chicago to Milwaukee was the result
of a wager that no motor cycle was
ever built to stand the strain of the
ITO miles in five hours. Whipple of
the Chicago motor cycle trust had
one end of the wager and William
Mohs had the negative. The amount
wagered was small, but the feeling was
high. The pair covered 1876 miles in
the run, due to a lack of knowledge
of the road, being lost three times,
near Glencoe, Lake Bluff and Lake
side. =
Although the Chinese baseball play
ers are mighty scarce in this country,
over in Honolulu there is team COM
posed exclusively of Chinese and they
play good baseball. The team is called
the Chinese Alohas. In recent game
with the players representing the
Hawaiian Hotel the Chinese team won
by the score of 9 to s. The lineup of
the Chinese team is as follows: F.
You, catcher; Chang Yen, pitcher; N.
Sheng, first base; All zap, second
base; Yuan Chew, third base; Hoi
Sing. shortstop; Ho Tong, right field;
All Sam. center field; Hung Nyam
left field