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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23

day April Is, as a legal holiday. The
legislature charged the date of Arbor
Day This year, as It has been found in
the past that the former date was too
late in the season to successfully
plant shrubs and flowers.
1t is said Butte faces a street car
strike.
Mrs. Margaret Nicholas, a pioneer
woman of Montana, died lecently in
Helena. Mrs. Nicholas came 10 this
state with her husband during the
sixties, and has lived in various parts
ever since that time.
A formal circular has been sent out
by the state railroad commission to all
DIVISION superintendents ard to the
general managers of all RAILWAYS do
ing business IN the state. calling atten-
ton to the law passed by the Eighth
Legislative assembly r,ouiring the
posting of Delayed trains in the sta
tlons and Notifying the companies 10
give stricter attention to the terms OF
the act.
over two and a quarter million dol
lars were appropriated out of the
states general funds to run the state S
government this year and tAe year
following by the legislature. Nearly
another half million was appropriated
Cor executive and judicial expenses
and maintenance of state institutions,
bringing the total appropriated up to
nearly two and three quarter million
dollars.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23
CHAPTER XVI.

Mary Dynevor lay awake the whole
night, thinking over what she ought to do.
To her father she could not speak; his
temper was too fiery, his authority absO-
lutte, she was utterly in awe of him. She
could only see one way out of the diem
ma-to throw herself on the generosity
of Sir Everard; but she shrank from the
prospect of doing this, and when she rose
In the morning she was as much perplexed
as when she had gone to rest.
The subdean was engaged that evening
to a clerical dinner, and Miss Dynevor
departed with her nieces. They had
scarcely gone when Sir Eyerard Wilmot
entered. And now came Mary's task.
She did not know how to begin 1t. She
was absent and agitated. Sir Everard
could not fail to observe her strangeness
OF manner. What Is the matteri" he
inquired
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23
IDAHO NEWS.

Lieutenant Frank Steunenberg, U.
S. A, attached to the University of
Idaho at Moscow, has decided to hold
the annual encampment of cadets,
about 10, in Lewiston during the
first week in April.
The Pacific States Telephone COM
pany is to absorb the Nez Perez Co
operative Telephone company, accord
ing to a rumor current in Lewiston
and upon the Nez Perez prairie. The
two organizations are rivals in the
territory where they both operate.
There is a disposition on the part of
the saloon keepers of Lewiston to
strictly enforce the provisions of the
Sunday rest law, which prohibits sa-
looms keeping open on Sunday.
The little town of Leland is going
to be the center of one of the big
gest corn raising sections of the In
land Empire this year. The farmers
i'll that section have found that corn
fed hogs are profitable to a remark
able degree, and hereafter will raise
more of that grain.
A. H. Corners has resigned his po-
sition as deputy clerk of the district
court at Wallace.
A. K. Steunenberg, president of the
Idaho Banking & Trust company, at
Caldwell, died Saturday. He was
brother of the late Frank Steunen-
berg. Deceased was 43 years of age.
He leaves a widow and three children.
Governor Gooding has used the veto
ak on five bridge bills providing for
bond issues aggregating $58,00O.
These were Taylor's bills for a bridge
over the Kootenai at Bonners Ferry
and one for four bridges over the
Snake, one at Twin Falls, one four
miles from Rupert, one at Tilden and
one between Owyhee and Canyon
counties.
An epidemic of measles is rapidly
spreading in Kellogg, many families of
children being afflicted at present.
One of the men confined in the
Latah county Jail for safe-breaking
and burglary at Kendrick has confess
sed to Sheriff Keane and County At
torney Stillinger.
been checked, and the authorities are
new in control of the situation.
A jury has been secured to try Cur
ley" Howard at GrangeYille, who is
charged with completely in the murder
of Swain Knudson in August. 1901.
Indications point toward the prob
ability of the returning Of additional
indictments against persons at Lewis
ton in connection with land matters
in that section.
The bill passed at the last legis-
lature providing for Kootenai county
to be cut in two, forming in the north
Bonner county and in the south the
reduced county of Kootenai, is now in
operation.
Governor Gooding has notified l. N.
Busby of Occur d'Alene and Mr.. Trigg
of State Line Of their appointments
as commissioners for the reduced
Kootenai county, who. together with
the recently elected commissioner OF
st. Marie, C. c. Edwards, will NIL all
vacancies occurring in the county Of
fees by reason of the division.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23

The news of the death OF Charlotte
Bronte's husband, Rev. Arthur Bell
Nichols, says the London Academy.
came as surprise to many people who
were not aware he had survived his
first wife SO long. The courtshlp was
fine instance Of "dogged does II"
Mr.. Nichols, a strict, decorous, taci-
turn man, and a poor curate, made up
MS mind to marry "Currer Bell" and
proposed to her at the height of her
lame. The lady seems to have been In
dlnerent; her father, the vicar. was
furious; Mr.. Nichols had to leave the
parish. But he held to his point. cor.
responding privately with Charlotte
Bronte until her fathers opposition
was sufficiently worn down to admit
OF the curate being recalled and the
marriage taking place. though without
the final sanction of Rev. Patrick
Bronte's presence. The simple curate
and the lady Of genius lived very hap
PLY together for something less than
year, when death severed the union.
For more than fifty years Mr. Nichols
lived. mainly upon a farm In Ireland,
honoring the memory of his wife and
what is more--respecting her family
secreta
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23
OREGON SQUIBS.

Coroner Ison has returned to Sump-
ter from Bourne where he had been
called to investigate the death of an
infant child belonging to Mrs. Burns,
which had die( from carbolic acid
poisoning.
Miss Hazel Hamblen won the de-
ciamatory contest at Pendleton acad-
envy and will represent her school at
the interstate interscholastic contest
at Walla Walla in April.
Johnson, Chapman and Tycona,
Umatilla Indians, are under arrest at
Pendleton for horse stealing.
The year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. Ellsworth of La Grande was burned
to death recently.
Pendleton's first cleaning up day"
was a great success. Men, women and
children joined in the crusade against
trash and rubbish, and the city was
given a complete renovation.
For stealing a saddle, valued at 50,
Jesse Lawless was recently sentenced
to year in the Oregon state peniten-
tiary at Pendleton.
Fruit Inspector Evans of Umatilla
county, speaking of the Importance
and necessity of the spraying of fruit
trees, expressed himself as follows
Now is the time to spray for the San
Jose scale, which was so prevalent
last season and can be found in the
majority of orchards of this county"
According to those who are closely
associated with the mill owners of
Portland, the four box factories will
start up this week with partial forces
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23
Nevada Farmer Slain by Son.

Angry at his two sons, Milton and
Fred, because they built fence when
he had told them not to do so, E. G.
Grow, a farmer at Empire, New, Sc
cured a rifle and shot both sons, in
juring them seriously. His older son,
George, was standing near, and, grab
bing another rifle, shot the father
through the head killing him instant
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-23

Three plnts of water daily should IL
drunk by the average man
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
yFv wy
4 4 u m O r
SCIENCE VERSUS SENSE.
s<ssthat the Witty rishman Thought o!
the Chinese Cody.

the Chinese Cody.
AM brcathed forth the learned
A.arofessor, peering down into the
...t-=rench. May speak with you one
Tpoment"'
Longer than thot. sor" answered
ts.I1s laborcr climbing out. "Oi can't
s-'zEt in Il Moment
~fiIxcuse me for the assumption, but
.sraur principal article of diet is Irish
? aot1 loes. is it not?'
All ,yudn't deny it if OF cud"
'yDen / can be Of inestimable serv-
Lar. 10 you. Not long ago we scientists
e,l-ia j. tests to discover the relative
S.azron-th giving qualities of various
s4souds The result was we discovered
ra9s,<r the Chinese cody, who lives on
@-7cs is able to carry just twice as
.enuch rs the Irishman, whose chief
.raAsud, as you yourself admit. is pota-
71.Las. Now that you know the supe-
e-7aorty OF rice over potatoes as a food
az course
''But 1 don't know it, st'.'
'But didn't | tell you our tests
ezEhuwed that the cody carried twice as
7rarlch as the Irishman?"
+'Yis, but thot only proved tn cody
7s.c oe q dom fool, not thot rice is bet
Ger than praties."
''Sir,"
"Sure TIL Chnk carried all he could,
.xn' III Orishman didn't. thot's all.
rZ-t' foreman's ignorance is tn labor
6 ax's bliss. It's a fool thot let's his boss
G xnow all he con do" - New York
-"ENrll
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Too Small TO Notice.

Too Small 70 Notice.
-What Is the matter with him"
"IIe has cricll in his side"
"Trom the fuss he is making Que
a:ight think 1t was river"
When boy "a little, he sneezs at the
little girl because she is afraid Of the
dark. When he grows up, he's afraid
of the eir,.--Someryille Journal.
Jones Who is the really perfect
man, should like to know? Brown
The man your wife was going to marry
ii she hadn't married you!
Linnaeus and Cuvier were the ia
theirs of ornithology, each classifying
the birds. according to structure and
peculiarities, into six orders.
The fern is Indicative Of fascination
In SaXony the present by lover to
his sweetheart of Il handful of ferns
Is equivalent TO a proposal
The camel cannot swim. The mo
ment it loses its footing in a stream II
turns on its side and makes no effort
to save itself from drowning.
Beetles are the most widely spread
of all the worlds insects. Spitzbersep
is almost the only known land where
they are not found.
For five months in the year Cairo
Egypt. is a dead city, no one staying
to endure the heat who can possibly
get away.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Brilliant Display.

The Romeo of 1910 gently steered
his air yacht to the vine covered bal
e-So1y.
Darling" he whispered romantical-
/ II, 81 can see a dozen stars"
'fDo he careful, Romeo" cautioned
he fair Juliet as she picked a rose
i ,.rDm her marcel wave. IF pa comes
G ant you will see thousand stars"
And even then the old gentleman
.--aould be heard hunting for his cane
N.aes AIoineS Register.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Real Fake.

Pearl-Yes, when they were engaged
Ne told her he had the sweetest nature
in the world, but after their marriage
: she found out he had nature like Il
bear.
Ruby-Gracious! He must be one Of
dhssa mature fakirs" you hear so
zauch about.--Chicago News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
His Idea.

"Kastus, you are southern bred, eh?"
"Yessah."
~Then what is your idea of perfect
gentleman"
"a pulfek gentleman, sub, doesn't
say muffin else to de waiter sides his
glndah, sub, 'ceppin' 'Yo' brack scoun-
8 trel, keep dc change"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
10,
r.Jt
He Crossed II Out.

Il certain medical specialist was in
2le habit of using notebook to as
.53st his memory. In the course Of
,suie his aged father died. The worthy
&. S{artor attended the funeral as chief
&-lrurncr with due solemnity. At the
se..lEse he was observed to draw out u
,2-1ttobook and to cross out the words:
-~Nlem.--Bury acknowledgements.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Not Practical.

e'Nyhy are you so dissatisfied with
fiGat young MANI"
gsss1g to memory the advice of rich men
~ how to succeed in life instead Of
ssIrtinG out and hustling for business"
Washington Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Attempting the Impossible.

CHOW did Fakem. the hypnotist, get
&2AIong on his last tripY'
'tlirst rate until he tried the impos-
tssSnle. He hypnotized a tramp one day
sEad tried to make him saw wood
lsaooklyn Life.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
He Eelt 'Em.

co0--They say there are over q
s:&1l.on species Of insects in the world.
Egbert-That's no news to me. Donr
F1r suppose 1 ever went to Sunday
;ss@nool picnic in the woods ?-Yonkers
III Gcsnl0n.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Just Had to Let Him Do Il.

Gdit0r--I hated to refuse Scribbler's
slaoem. It was good one.
Subcditor-Then why did you re-
c.Suse it?
Editor-Why, he said if l didn't take
tgt ~ would kill himself-Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-30
Ought To.

Ought To.
"Have you read the bill of fare"
Eyes. Why"
* was just wondering"
Wondering what"
"lf you get any rebate for eating"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02
shakespeare's Churchgoing.

Probably Shakespeare did his own
thinking on questions of religion, said
little and conformed strictly to the eX
listing order Still we question If he
was a good churchgoer. The town and
church of SlratfOrd had :. decided bent
toward Presbyterianism. and there is
reason to think that he did not get on
we'll with it in this respect. Himself
the wisest of preachers, he does not
seem to have been fond of preaching.
That which sounds most like it-and
very wise it is-comes from POlonius.
whom he calls "a prating old fool"
We fear that when he walked to church
with his wife he went no farther than
the porch, but strolled along the Avon,
where he was found by Susanna and
Judith on "a grassy bank" in close con-
verse with daisies pied and viOlets
blue" and herb o. grace" as became
Sunday. And in winter he was not
sorry when coughing drowned the
parsons saw" The preacher and the
poet have never got on well together
and will not until they learn that they
are identically the same person, as
Cardinal Newman says, and that they
must not divide and antagOnize what
God hath joined Observation-Disclosures
II. Munger in Atlantic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02
Home Trade Hints.

The home trader is the home builder.
The man who trades at home knows
a good trade when he sees it.
When you trade at home instead ot
by mail order you save both postage
and prestige.
Lots Of women refuse to take mail
orders, but they are SO fond of sending
mail orders that they risk their cash
that way.
Some women sweep disdainfully by
bargains in the home stores and send
to the big city just because they like to
get mail.
In my opinion the man or woman
who trots around to the postoffice to
mail money to the big city mail order
houses and then trots around to q
neighbors and complains that this
town is no good is neither philoso-
pher nor patriot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02
BOWSER A SCIENTIST.
Attempts to Settle a Question
That Puzzles Many Persons.
WHAT GOES TO SLEEP FIRST.

Takes Note of His Sensations to De-
termine Whether 1t Is the Brain or
the Feet-His Contention Suffers In
terruption.
Copyright. 1907. by c. H Sutcliffe.l
Mr.. Bowser had been quiet and pre-
occupied all the evening. and Mrs.
BOwser, although she had noticed his
attitude, had failed to make any re-
mark on it for fear of starting him of
on some tangent. 1t got to be O'Clock,
and he could stand it no longer. After
walking the floor for two or three min
utes lie said:
''Mrs. BOwser, did you ever hear of
Sir James Bull. the celebrated English
phySicianE'
Il think l have seen his name men
tiOned,' she carelessly replied.
And perhaps you may have seen the
name of Dr.. Delos of France men
tioned?'
Il can't say. DR.. So-and-SO is bring
ing out a consumption cure today, and
some other doctor is following with a
cure for something else to morrow, and
one can't keep track of half the names
he sees on the bottles in the drug
stores
Good heavensr' he grOaned after
regarding her with a look of mingled
pity and contempt. Il have mentioned
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02
low to Attraet Home Trade.

Some merchants and other business
men complain because the people 10
not patronize home Industries.
This newspaper is q home industry.
Most of these complainers do not
patronize this paper.
Now, this paper has advertising
space for sale.
You, Mr.. Merchant have goods for
sale
Suppose q man or woman wants q
certain thing, finds it advertised in a
mail order catalogue and does not find
it advertised in the paper, what will
the man or woman do? Why, send to
the mail order house. of course.
By persistent and intelligent adver-
Using you are sure to attract and keep
much Of the trade that now goes off
by mail to the city.
Did it ever occur to you?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02
Rembrandt,s Monkey Picture.


Rembrandt was once painting the
picture of a noble family, when news
reached him Of the death Of his favor
lite pet, a monkey. The great artist,
sobbing and crying, began to paint the
form Of the ape upon the picture. The
members of the family protested. The
presence of an ape in the picture
would disgrace the family name, they
said.
But Rembrandt continued to weep
and went on painting the picture OF
the ape. Then the head of the family
grew very angry.
what are you painting anyhow
he asked.
And Rembrandt said, ct is the pOr-
trait of a monkey"
'"Then you may keep the picture"
'I think So" said the painter.
And the picture still exists az a great
work of art
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02
THE MAIL ORDER OCTOPUS.
quit Feeding an Organization That
flinders Your Towns Growth.


flinders Your Towns Growth.
There's a new Octopus, with big Q.
1t is being fed and fattened by the
farmers and the residents of small
towns and the lesser cities throughout
the United States Without being con-
scious of the fact these well intention
ed people are pouring fodder into a
great, hulking, mastOdOnic octopus that
is reaching out its tentacles to seize
and swallow thousands of local enter
prises.
Every day in the year this octopus
eats up some country town or small
city merchant. body and breaches. Ey-
cry day it devours some local manufac-
turing industry And every day the
country people and the citizens of the
small towns and cities are sending in
their tidbits to help fatten this octopus.
1t is like handing peanuts to the ele-
plant. One peanut would not do him
much good, but when so many are
coming all the time from every direc-
ton he cannot help but grow fat and
get strong enough to rake in whole
peanut fields with his trunk.
This is the mail order octopus.
Let us consider briefly What the mail
order octopus eats. First he eats your
dollar. You may now and then get bar
gains 10y mail, but if you would look
around at home you might find the
same things for sale at the same price.
The octopus eats up your dollar and
your neighbours dollar, and SO on, and
pretty soon he has swallowed the
whole store Of your neighbOr in town,
who closes up and goes out of bust
ness.
But that is only a bite for this OctO-
pus When the storekeeper goes out OF
business he goes out Of tOwn-goes to
some town where people trade at
home. He takes with him his family
and his clerks perhaps. That decreases
the population Of your town. Thus the
octopus eats a slice out of your popula-
ton.
Perhaps five years ago your town
had Il thousand people. Now it may
have fallen off to half that number
You own lots there or you own farm
land near by. Your lots and land are
not worth SO much in or near town
of 500 as they were in or near a town.
of 1000 Thus the octopus eats off i
considerable slice Of the value Of your
real estate
This octopus also eats up that fine
new schoolhouse which you might have
if your town kept on growing. 1t eats
up your children's opportunities to get
a good education. 1t eats away their
and your social privileges by reducing
the population. If your town remains
stationary or goes backward, you are
not going TO have an opera house, OR a
public library, or a lecture course, or
a young peoples club-not very soon;
never if you keep on handing peanuts
to the octopus.
This octopus is only about a dozen
years old, but it is of adult size, and
yet it is still growing, most abnormal
~, enriching itself at the expense Of
your community. If all of you in
your own community would quit feed
ing this octopus and feed your local
enterprises, your town would take q
forward movement and you would be
feeding yourselves in the end
Did that ever occur to you?
Think it over.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-02

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THESE DOCTORS =
the names Of two of the greatest ply
sicians in the world. and you connect
them with corn cures and cough sir
ups! Woman. can't your mind get be-
yOnd the buying of a two dollar corset
for a dollar and forty cents at some
bargain sale?''
"WeH, what about these great doc
tOrs?''
1T will be waste of breath to tell
you, but just now they are engaged in
a controversy that l can perhaps help
settle. 1t occurred to me this morning
that l could and have been thinking
about it al day. If l should prove the
means of 50 doing it would make me
famous in day"
And just what is this question, AIr.
BOwser? Even if l do attend bargain
sales perhaps my opinion on other
subjects is worth something"
Il will state the case, but l warn
you in advance that l won't stand
for any of your sarcasms. If you can't
treat it seriously you needn't answer
at ALL You know what sleep is, Of
course. All creation has to sleep.
You have sometimes realized the fact
that you were dropping off to sleep.
Now, then, what part of the human
being goes to sleep first? Is it the
feet, the brain, the legs. arms, eyes
or what? There is the question in a
nutshell DR.. Bull says one thing and
DR.. Delos another. and between them
they have got a million people interest
ed. Have you any information to
Offer:'
Assurance Equal to Ignorance.
4 simply contend that sleep is what
may be called a natural anaesthetic,
and that it affects the brain first.
don't think there can be any question
about that"
Your assurance is equal to your
ignorance. You stand in opposition to
a thousand wise men. That's just like
a woman. She'll burt out an opinion
on any subject as glibly as a parrot
and with as little sense to back it,
And how about your OpiniOnTi ask
ed Mrs. Bowser.
"I have none at present. l am going
10 make an experiment this evening in
order to help me form one. You can
now go to bed. The cat is to be turned
out doors. l shall stretch myself out
on the lounge with notebook and pen
ell in hand and record my feelings
until lost in slumber. / can't find that
any one has done that 70 settle this
controversy
you will probably get up with a
cold in your head after an hour or so"
'That will be entirely ny affair, Mrs.
Bowser. Will YOU now escort that
yaller eyed cat downstairs and throw
him out and give him to understand
that the first meow he utters from the
back fence viii he the signal for his
death?''
eff yOu wake up with your head al
stuffed UP. don't blame me-" she an
swered as she drove the cat before her
"Men have Often given their lives TO
settle questions not 50 grave rs this"
he replied, with much pomposity and
dignity.
Ten minutes later he was alone. The
gas was turned Gus 10 on. burner, as.
be stretched himself on the lounge and