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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-12

II f. Just ten years since Sir william,
crcokes. president Of the British Asso.
citation for the Advancement OF Sci
cncc. presented his alarming array Of
statistics, proving to his own satIsfac.
ton at least that by the year 1925 the
entire population Of the globe would
be face to face with starvation. or. AZ
best. short rntions. for the reason that
the production Of wheat could not pos.
sibly keep pace with the progressive ln-
crease In the worlds population. Sir
william failed 70 take Into consldera-
ton the neglected and ungathered har-
vest OF the seas IN the great Sargasso
Sea alone. In the North Atlantic Ocean.
sufficient nutritious vegetation flourish
Is and decays to support the entire
population Of Europe, II Il were har-
vested and prepared In a manner fitting
Il for human consumption. on the sea
beaches OF the United States enough
protelds are cast up by the waves. and
allowed 20 decay and dessicate into
their original elements. to take tho
place Of the whole product OF the
Northwestern wheat fields. II the
worlds tceming millions ever face
wholesale hunger, II viii not be on ac-
count OF any niggardllness on the part
of nature, or any short-sightedness OF
Providence. but because mankind lack
the wit to utilize the food materials
that exist IN superabundance.- Tech.
nlcnl world Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-12
BETrER rHAN BERRIEs.


Harriet Hoxmer's Delight When She
First Ffrd- Modelling Clay.
An old school friend Of the late H..
riet Hosner. the scuipreSs has recent
b reiatei some Interesting anecdotes
of her childhood lIer nrsf modelling.
II appears. came about through blue
berryinr expedition. Hattie as she
was always called. had gone 10 the Der
~ pastures with her foster brother
Alfred
They had tramped farther than
usual. when all of sudden Hattie
stumbled upon a big clay bank. 1t WAS
Just ms n she'd been looking for II an
her life Out went all the berries from
her nearly fun pail. and into the pail
vert big double handouts OF the so.f
clay.
Then she fairly rushed home. saf
down on the back doorstep. and there
modelled her first figure. a representa-
tion or the little. shaggy yellow deg
who was at that time her chiefest
Treasure After that she never forgot
the clay bank.
''KVhy. when she was al boarsiing
school with the rest Of US she made
casts or all our hands. and they were
beautiful She did one OF Mrs Seic-
wick's. know-she was our head mis-
tress-and I remember that Mrs. Seig-
wick said it was truly exquisite. and
wound it all over with the soft. smooth
silver paper she used for her finest
laces'
In day. when the athletic. outdoor
cir. was yet thknown. Harriet Hosmer.
against all convention. at the lmpers-
tive call OF a free nature. rode. swan.
padded. hunted ished. climbed. tramp
ed. and studied uature-to the horror
and dismay Of the excellent housewives
OF her town.
''Tou should have seen her collec-
TONS said her old friend. "She had
bugs and beetles. squirrels. rabbits and
bids, and even an old fat woodchpcls
that she had shot and wounded herself.
We girls could never see how she could
co ft~-the things are 500 smelly
and unpleasant
Even when her study OF her art had
taken her to Rome. among fellow az.
fists and great folk who praised her
and made much Of her. she yet kept
enc relic Of these happy days. oddly
TUCKED In amid the clay and tools and
glisteniug marbles OF her studio. II
was an old. dilapidated crow'snest the
prize Of a daring climb. reduced to dec
sf.a1n ~ a. 49,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-12
Presence of Mind


The curtain had fallen upon the first
act. and Thomas Nash. whose atten.
ton had been divided between The
stage and the girl who sat next &c
him. was able 20 devote all his atten'
ton 10 the latter. That. be It under,
stood. rs far as he dared; for she was
4 complete stranger to him. lie could
not speak to her. but was forced 70
content himself with little surreptitious
elarices aside. each Of which gave him
some further detail Of her profile; her
blue eyes. her slightly retrousse nose.
her arched lips. and the whiteness OF
her neck and shoulders. There was a
man with her. a man with a brown
mustache. which Afr. Nash character
lied unjustiy ms scrubby. But for the
girl herself. be had nothing but appre-
ciatlon.
The orchestra was about to com
mence the enfr'acfe. when a man In
evening dress stepped before the foot
lights and spoke to the audience In a
voice which cracked little in his ef-
'or. 70 supprsSs $500 80, a.,
Lauiss anu ss",.,'..e - ....,s
snould ieei naen oD'''.'n !. sou $500 ,''
al ieAse 'ns s''''".'' 9. - - -.
" 1nere y 10 ',,''es'' ~ : =. 80. 49,
lease ~ onee' ''s l's''V.se ~
'eaoer Oh ene o'0'''s1." - 49,
everywhere men a,'o 49," s.'1
up qu'eA hnAiess - - -, -
quesuoninss =, ,ns,. - J. 80 -
men' ar Nasn ,o, ,, - '.s '...'s','', :.
ana sne mo MOI n''''''Ase 7" si''7"A -
oim
What Is itf she said unoer ner
breath. "FireT
Il suppose So ne answered non
with the wish to pose as a
hero In her eyes. But don't be AFRAID
There Is nothing to fear. ! VIII help
you II necessary. have been IN
theater fire before he continued ping-
ing truth to the winds The great
thing Is TO keep ones presence OF
mind"
And then the curtain ouiged forward
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-12

People sometimes complain that the
sense OF humor Is dying out IN Ireland
we are therefore specially glad 10 re
cord a proof to the contrary. An lrisl
tenant who had Just bought under the
purchase act boosted 70 the agent that
his landlord was now God Almighty"
and that he need fear nothing.
"Don't be TOO sure, Pat was IN,
reply. Remember God Almighty evict.
ed his first two tenants.r-L London
Spectator.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-12

.why. Johnny. said Mrs Mugxins.
ewhat are YOU doing here7 Is wlllier
party overT'
"Nome." bluhbcred Johnny. "Bul the
minute got inside the house wnlle's
father told me TO make myself at
home. and I came.~
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-12


How I'd Ike 70 be there. though
Five and three and two are tsn)
Wonder II il looks the same
Nowadays a. Il did then.
! can see them. plain as day
l1hirteen, eighteen. twenty-four)
The old farmhouse, and the barn
Vita the sunlight on the floor.
Just bsyend. the meadow green.
And the woodland, dark and cool,
VIA theFirer running through,
And the sandy swimming pool.
Forty years since ! left home
Don't seem possible 70 me
II can he 80 long ago
(Ihlriy-se,en, carry three).
Reoolleel the huskipg bees.
And he dancing 'Ail hands round" ,
Night the district school house bnrnedf
Day Skip French was nearly drowned1
Wonder what's become 81 Jim.
Jack and Kate aud Lulu Fennf
(Stunge these figures don't come right
sFose she ever married Benf
berryins on the summer hills.
Fishing when the day Was bad.
Skafins those long winfer nights
Ah. The merry Times We had
How ia Ike 70 b. there now.
Walking down The village street:
fsefeBfeen. Rinefeen. twenty-five.
oh. oonfound this balance shseti)
New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
PIG SETS NEW RECORD
FROM STANDING START
Lack of DifferentiaI Ascribed as Cause
of Failure to Turn Corner
While Running at High
Speed

A pig of considerable size and good
weight can run 224a miles an hour on
heavy road and keep his feet, but he
cannot turn a corner without banks at
that speed, having no differential This
has been established distinctly by the
use of a Warner autometer on jack
son car.
DR.. C. G. Percival and f. P. Blake
of Boston, who drove a Jackson car
from Jackson, Mich, to Bangor. Me-,
recently, made a record of the real
speed of the ig for a distance of about
half a mile. The instance happened at
the roadside, and the pig was lying di-
rectly in the rut. The car approached
at a speed of slightly over twenty-five
miles an hour without noticing the
pig. Suddenly there arose from the
mud in front a black object, which
started from a standstill and carried
the race for about half a mile, finally
turning in at the gate of farmhouse.
The porker fell as he turned the sharp
corner, making several beautiful somer-
saults, and then lighted out for the
barn. The incident was very amusing
and at the same time interesting, as
the hog was forced to establish a
standing-sta record with the car fol-
lowing a very close second.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
POWDER PUTTING NEW
METHOD OF ROBBERY
Two Persons Testify to Efficacy of
Lateat Thing in Holdup Line
Practiced in Phila-
deIphia

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-Two per-
sons yesterday told Magistrate Scott
of a new method of robbery which
made the police open their eyes.
The method is called the powder
puff, because of the gentle manner of
application. 1t is the very latest thing
in holding up. The robber takes a
paper of white powder from his pocket.
puffs it in your face and then you
faint. When the hearing was over, the
chagrined police set out to find where
the powder could be obtained.
Louis Softer of POOL South Bowler
street was one person who testified to
the value of the new system. He is a
shopkeeper, and a stranger tried 1t on
him. When he woke up the stranger
and his money both were gone. Max
Stiegel of 1923 Ritner street told how
his wife had shown $240 to man
named Schmidt just before being pow
der-puffed When she came to Schmidt
had gone, ALSO the $240.
These stories were told when Louis
Glazer, accused of putting Softer, was
given a hearing. Softer could not
identify the prisoner who was dis
charged.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
BUYS FURNITURE ON
ANTICIPATED MONEY
WHICH IS TO COME
Neqotiates Partnership with Proprie-
tor of Roomlng House, at First to
Her Joy but Later to Her
Sorrow

By a recent experience Miss Rather
inc Quincy, proprietor of rooming
house on South Hill street, has come
to the conclusion that there are
others" besides European counts and
dukes who sometimes overestimate the
value of their worldly treasures.
Several days ago man giving MS
name as Andy June secured a room at
Miss Gurney's house. Monday he ap-
preached Miss Quincy and told her he
had lust received news an uncle had
died and he had fallen heir to $4,000.
He told Miss Quincy he would buy her
furnituresfor $1,000 and would refurnish
the house.
1t seemed a straight proposition and
Miss Quincy agreed to "go in halves
with him.
Tuesday June placed an order for
furniture amounting to about $500,
saying he would pay for it little
later.
When the piano and remainder of the
furnishings were unloaded and in the
house Miss Quincy took great pleasure
in showing her neighbors the new
things"
1.-THE Lord has been good to me-" she
said. 1--WE had lots of trouble, but it's
all being made right"
However, the failure of June to set
tle," even to put in an appearance at
the furniture store, naturally aroused
the suspicious of the manager of the
establishment. Accordingly he sought
Mr.. June and demanded payment.
II am very sorry" said Mr. June,
"but my money has not come from
Omaha"
The company had the furniture re-
loaded into wagons and carted 1t back.
Mr.. June still lives at the rooming
house, but Miss Quincy is out of heart
with everything.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
AVOID DRINKING WATER
THAT CONTAINS
IMPURITIES
BE Just as careful that the drinking water
you serve Is pure as that your food
is sweet and wholesome

Many illnesses are caused by i'm
pure drinking water.
Almost every houselieeper exercises
great care TO see that the food she
serves on her table is pure and whole
some. But the same care is seldom
exercised in securing a supply of pure
drinking water.
Pure drinking water is just as es-
sential to health as pure food. 1t is a
fact that many illnesses are directly
caused by impure water-and that in
many others impure drinking water is
a contributory cause.
Our city water is not desirable for
drinking purposes. 1t contains con-
siderable amounts of minerals. These
are entirely dissolved in the water and
cannot be separated from it by any
mechanical means.
It is only by distilling water care
fully that it can be made absolutely
pure. Distilling water is really turn
ing it into steam and then condensing
this. steam into water again. In the
process all impurities are eliminated.
That is the way Puritas Distilled
Water is produced. We distill Puritas
twice-double distillation is essential
TO water purity. We aerate it with
pure ozone. We bottle it so carefully
that it reaches you pure.
Every step in the process OF distflling
and bottling Puritas is the result of
long experience and scientific care
the reason why Puritas is so uniformly
pure-why you can absolutely rely
upon it.
Puritas is neXpensive-fiVe gallons
cost but 40c. Just telephone us, Ex-
change 6, either telephone, and we will
see that you are supplied promptly.
Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
SANTA MONICA

=" S. KING, a cattle man of Aus
tin, Minnesota, has come to
IL Santa Monica with his family
for the winter and has entered his
daughter in high school.
s.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Boston of The
Hoosier, on Ocean avenue, have re-
turned from Elsinore, where they have
been for a number of months for the
benefit of Mrs. Boston's health.
4
L. C. Watkeys, formerly with the
Santa Monica Land & Water company,
left yesterday for Medford, Oregon,
where he expects to reside. Mrs. Wat
keys will not leave for two or three
weeks.
Miss Doris Scheer and a few of her
girl friends arranged a pleasant sur
prise party for Thorna Baker at S2l
Hill street on Monday evening. Every
one enjoyed a pleasant time. Those
present were, Misses Rose Burgoyne,
Mabel Dunsmoor, Eva Gowland, Eliza
beth Knox, Dorothy Knox, Gladys
Musser, Gertrude Moran, Stella Miller,
Doris Scheer, Ruth Smith, Gladys
White and Mary Westbrook; Messrs.
Lowell Chambers, Marvin Beardsley,
VIM. Fitzgerald, Sydney Furze, Guy
Musser, Leonard Menzie, Sylvester
Mcdowell, Edward Mullen, Billie Mo
ran, Ward Parcher, Orrin Smith, Bob
White and Marshal Wilkinson.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
For the Children

You can confer a lasting
favor on the children of your
acquaintance by telling them
about the Herald Junior is
sued every Sunday for the
boys and girls of Los Angeles
and Southern California. The
Herald Junior gives several
dollars in prizes each week for
the best letter or the best
verse. Parents and school
teachers all over Southern
California are taking a lively
interest in the Junior because
they realize it's value as an edu-
cational factor.
Tell the children about the
free coupon in The Herald
each day, which entities them
to admission to the best NOV
ing picture theaters in Los
Angeles. No sensational pic
lures shown. High class, NOR
al, instructive and amusing
scenes are the only kind ex-
hibited at Brackets theaters.
No strings to this gift. You
simply cut out the coupon and
90 to the entertainment. No
money required. Your coupon
is your ticket. See the coupon
in The Herald today. Beat the
others to it and clip it in ad-
vance.
If you are an amateur photog-
rapher see the magazine page
devoted to your art. Send in
a print and get the cash prize.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
POLICEMAN FINDS CHILD
WANDERING ON BROADWAY
Officer Is Given Name of Child's
Father After Little One Is
Subjected tc Close
Questioning

whats your name?"
Eta Marie"
YES; but what's your other name?"
"Ain't got no other name"
This dialogue was participated in
yesterday afternoon by 'sunny-haired
maid, aged 5 years, and Patrolman
Charles Craig, who had found the little
girl wandering along Broadway looking
for her mamma. The policeman at
last succeeded in persuading her to di-
vulge the information that her papa's
name was Paul, and after a few more
minutes questioning she said his other
name was Doerfel.
She was given in the charge of the
desk sergeant, who amused her until
her parents, who had lost her on a
shopping tour, arrived to claim her.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

designated as "driftwood," an adapta-
ton from the Japanese, and one muen
sought after by persons of taste and
culture. Its buildings are attractive,
surroundings picturesque and its gar
dens and interiors made beautiful with
the art of many nations.
The Palette club held its first meeting
this term at the school of art and de-
sign and organized for the years work.
The following officers were elected:
Malcolm Macleod, president; Alexan-
der Hockerblum, vice PRECEDENT; Ralph
Warren, secretary; Carl Wilkenburg,
treasurer; Lilly Bertrand, program
committee. William II. Knight read
an able paper on the subject of "Incen-
tives to Art" The vacation subject for
sketches, Summer" brought out a
goodly number of sketches, many of
them very creditable.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
ELECTRIC CAR BEATS
HIGH-POWERED AUTO
CONTEST RACED THROUGH
contested STREETS
Gasoline Machine, with Forty-Horse
Power Engine, Is Beaten Ten
Minutes Over Route Ten
Miles Long

That an electric vehicle of acknowI-
edged low power can defeat high
powered gasoline touring car in a race
over a ten-mile course sounds improb-
able, perhaps, yet a race took place a
few days ago in Philadelphia in which
an electric carriage won by margin
of ten minutes, or one minute to the
mile
Incidentally the rules of the contest
were arranged on a common sense
basis, to get information relative TO
the advantage of different types Of
self-propelled vehicles for special traf-
fic conditions in congested city streets.
The contest proved there is no COM
petition between the gasoline and the
electric car-that the latter should be
considered as q necessary adjunct to
the former; and the practice of using
expensive, high powered. long-wheel-
base gasoline ears for city calls is not
only extravagant, but is less expedi-
tious, for the more flexible electric will
beat it in this kind of service.
The contestants in the race at Phil
adelphia were both Studebaker cars,
one being an electric runabout, capa-
BILE of making about seventeen miles
an hour and driven by Miss Laure
Duval, an enthusiastic woman driver
of electric vehicles. The other car was
forty-horse-po touring car with
maximum speed of nearly a mile
minute, a seating capacity of seven
passengers and driven by Tod" Mid
dleton. an expert, thoroughly familiar
with Philadelphia streets.
Challenged by Woman Driver
The challenge came from Miss Du-
l.. III H.. 11-E-.
large and speedy touring car with her
Studebaker electric, providing the route
is laid through the congested portion
of the city, and q certain number of
stops are made.
The rules of the contest required the
driver of each car to make twenty-five
calls in the shopping district; the en-
CINE of the touring car to be stopped
each time; the driver must leave the
car, enter building, return to the car
and start for the next calling point.
The route selected was about such a
one as a society woman would arrange
for an afternoons shopping, and stops
were made at department stores, thea
ters railroad stations, milliners, hair
dressers' and candy stores.
The list of the twenty-five calling
places was reversed the two cars COM
ing at all times fro Indifferent direc-
lions, the last call for Miss Duval being
the first for Middleton. Miss DuvaPs
route was from the Studebaker sales
rooms on North Broad street, south on
Broad, around public buildings to
Chestnut street, with five stops on that
thoroughfare, and as many more on
Market street, several on South Broad
and one each on six of the north
south narrow streets east of Broad.
Several wagers were made in the mo-
tor colony, which was curious to learn
the result of the experiment, and many
We're surprised the electric so COM
pletely demonstrated its right to be re-
garded as the ideal car for business
and social calls
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
Continuance Denied Hatch

SAN JOSE, Nov. fudge WEIGH Of
the superior court today noon denied
the motion of Jackson Hatch's attor-
ney for a continuance of his clients
trial for alleged embezzlement, and he
will be called on to face the court and
a jury November IS. The contention by
Hatch's attorneys is that he is not
physically able to bear the strain of a
trial was not borne out by the evidence
of the nhYSicianS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
penounces Philippine Policy

CHICAGO, Nov 7.-Prof. Frederick
Starr of the University of Chicago, in
a public address here today, denounced
the continued occupation of the Philip
pines by the United States, and said
the Filipinos probably would next
adopt the English language. Prof.
Starr further declared that the Amer
lean teachers being sent to the islands
were inferior and that all the i'm
provements there were paid for by the
Filipinos, who were heavily taxed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
Maxine a DIAGNOSIS

Physician-From a hasty examina-
ton, am of the opinion that you are
suffering from clergyman's sore throat
Patient-The HI you say?
Physician (quiclly)-But it is quite
possible I am wrong-I will look again
Bohemian Magazine.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
His Mark

well young DR.. sucer has made his
mark already. hasn't he?"
Yes; did it on his first case"
''Great Scott What did he do?"
''Vacclnated a man"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

Lose gOod-pay tenant, or boarder? Let
a want ad help you to take it like a philoso-
pher.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

n UR of the interesting news items Of
today is the formal announce
" ment by Mr.. and Mrs. James Au-
gustus Olcott of West Eleventh street
of the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Ethel Lucretia, and DR.. Ira Frank
Dillman a well known dentist of Los
Angeles
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

Miss Olcott is. most attractive
young woman, petite and piquant, and
a great favorite socially, and as mu-
stefan she has won for herself the
right to claim pre-eminence on the Pa
cific coast as a guitar soloist.
The wedding will take place during
the holiday season.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

Mrs. Eva Bird Bosworth and daugh-
ter, of Denver, Col, are guests of
Miss Lena Wright, 500 Magnolia ave-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Grant K. Stannard
have returned from a visit to San
Francisco, Monterey. Del Monte and
Santa Cruz.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

Miss Jessie Cowgirl and Miss Anna
Marquardt of Colorado Springs are
in Long Beach for the winter Miss
Cowgirl is a niece of Mrs. Homer o.
Bates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of an order and decree o.
the County Court of Rock Island Coup.
w Illinois. made on the petition of the
undersigned, John Rinck, executor, OF
the last will and testament of Williams
Rlnck, deceased, for leave to sell the
real estate of said deceased, at the
May Term. A. D; 1908. of said Court
to-wit: On the 18th day of May, 1904
I shall on the 9th day of August next
between the hours of 10 o'clock in the
forenoon and o'clock in the after
noon of said day, to-wit. at the hour of
o'clock p. m, sell at Public sale at
the east door of the Court House. in
the City of Rock Island, in said Coun-
ty' the real estate described as follows,
Lots One %, Two CD, and Three
~, IN Weatherheads addition to the
Citv of Rock Island, in Rock Island
county. Illinois, on the fonowing terms,
to-wit: For cash.
Dated this 1st day of July A. D. 1908.
JOHN RINCK,
Executor of the Last Will and Tesla.
ment of William Rinck, Deceased
Ludolph K Reynolds, Attorneys.