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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13
II THE wAsTEBAsKEr.


Tho reosng death o. Miss Julia BTy-
ant. the daughter o. William Cnilcn
Bryant. has called forth a number Of
"Reminiscences OF the poet and bis fam.
~. Although always Kindly. Bryant
was not man Of winning personality.
Ne ives too dlknlned But az home
he could unbend with his children and
their intimate friends DO could coca.
ssonnlly even romp with strange chill
drcn the poei. perhaps being little
shy OF them. became cven more than
usually dignincd. with the result Of re-
ducing them 70 solemn and hopeicss
good behavior.
Il always In my infaniile mind.
confessed lady who know him slight.
~ In her childhood. connected him
vaguely with the Old Testament. and
revercd him accordingly. Such n beard
and such a brow were his 10 I knew
only IN Biblical Illustrations depicting
McthusaIeh and Jeremiah. IL would
have shocked me. ! am sure. to see
him laugh
with another little girl. whom he
knew better. however. he often laughed |
and used 20 perch her on bis dcsk to
listen TO her amusing chatter. when |
he had had enough OF Il. and wished to |
resume bis writing. he would put her
IN the big waste paper basket, carry II
outdoorA and merrily tip her out on the
grasz
His own girls were at that time
grown up but II was a method OF clos.
Ing a conversation frst practiccd upon 1
them. Sometimes. too. he used the
same receptacle to bold a daughter too
small 20 be overconvcrsational. but
large enough 20 inslstently demand
amusement Dumped in among the
scraps. she would be happy for long
time. grooming to herself and tearing
bits OF paper into smaller bits
Not until the grooming stopped did
her father need to give her any further
attention. but silence was a signal not
20 be disregarded. for II meant that she
was. BY no mems iguratIveiy. exercis-
ing her literary taste upon his latest
discarded poem. Her opinion Il wan
never possible to extract; but the poem
Il was-more or less chewcd--and Il
was removed from her mouth as rap
Idly as possible. and the little lady sup.
piled with some other playthlng lens
tempting or more dIgcstible.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13
THE HOMESTEAD.

Grit all about with fence Of white
The low-roofed cottage stands:
There. stretching far. are banks Of green,
And Jon are fallow lands.
Skyward AZ eve the swift bird wings
Along its melted way.
There. stars Of love look down by night.
A sun Of love BY day.
Unchanged the Wild and singing woods;
The glad brook dances still:
And echoes a. Of yore ring out
The music Of the hill.
And where We played the violet grows:
The Trout leaps In the stream;
And inst as fair as long ago
see you In my dream.
All things in earth. and sky. and breeze.
To olden days are true:
0 playtime maiden. naught has changed,
Or passed away. but yorl
Youths Companion.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

The tendency 20 preserve relies OF alb
sent ones sometimes results In odd com.
pIlcations. n the experience OF man
who visited a West Philadelphia home
recently may be taken AZ an example.
lie had been ushcrcd Into q small ait.
ting room until the master OF the house
should be at liberty to see him. He
took chair. and. noticing a corncob
pipe on a shelf, picked Il up, found II
about half filled with tobacco. Iit Il and
smoked.
When the tobacco was exhausted he
put the pipe back on the shelf and
waited for his host The latter came
In. their business was soon finished.
and then the host explained that most
OF tho articles In the room were pre.
served exactly AZ the son OF the house
had left them when he went to Europc
90 study. several years before. Here.
for instance, ls his pipe" he said. ''sslll
half loaded. just as he laid II down
when he was last nt home IL gives
his mother and myself great pleasure
to think that these things have not
been used or touched since he went
away. as II he were coming back TO
finish his smoke Sentiment. Of course.
but Il consoles u.s."
The visitor naturally felt his sacri.
cgious conduct too deeply to mention
The fact that he had finished the alb
sent sons smoke.--PhiladelphIa Rec
ord.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13
SMALL TOWN IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE



Z 7 J. !. ] !. !. !. J
~ Some people IN happy circumstances
1 WI happy. Many who better on IN their small
| Al town would Ike TO live IN large Big
4 M ness does not happiness II does not
III insure content. which anywhere Is essential to
1 happiness The toNn OF 1900 almost any
~ where IN the agricultural regions OF this eoun-
IN Try Is more favorable piacs Of residence
E--@@J than Il the average town Of 10000 larger.
IL cleaner and healthier Il has better class Of peo
pie The average % intelligence and OF character Is
higher n the small IL without saloons Il has that
distinct advantage others large and small which
have and the isrEer usually have the saloon and
the evils which consr~<afe about H. The small town
has no considerable vicious element whereas tia,
meat rules many q The larger The air o. The
small Il clear and pure that o. THE b'g town
tlp loaded with knoks and SCOT ard buniened with
the bad odors Of dirty sfrrrts The small has
good schools good ehnrches good teachers. and
good prsacbss and recognition IN the home and society
dos not depend mnrh upon money. There IL less
snohtery and DISSIPATION There 10 iusfcr recognl-
ton q personal worth AZ tie time the con.
veniences uxuFas Of e 70 b enJoyed aud Nv
lng cheaper.
The word fhnt Il b. spoken 10 the people o. the
small town the uord of appeal 10 make the best OF
natural advantage II they Into manufactures
s-onomy dictates what they -. II abundant
materials exist and II there Is practically unlimited local
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

zeal and selfsacrnce that they vanity, frvoy
sensual delights they would exhibit zeal that would
give them place ia the book OF martyrn
The time has when speak OF the big splen-
dh virtues OF former generation odfashoned rir-
Well. the oldfashioned flowers In mothers gar
den arc the sweetest flowers that grew. We
viii outgrow the virtues OF fathers that rooted
faith courage illustrated in struggle for
liberty. and eompaced In the laws and institutions OF
These poor silly restless folk that want to
cast on the yoke OF their fathers choose Jokes
OF iron. They want easy yoke But when II is too
they md the yoke iron. and that the shoulders
are worn raw. that the feet cut and the heart s
broken. and that hope 10 dead
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

demand for the product IL is a clear case II there
great local demand while transportation small ng-
ure In the OF the product il may pay. Those things
settle themselves when OF means are weaned OF
speculation abroad and satisfied with modest returns
OF money invested home
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

We have been used to hear that
while the fear Of dangerous negroes
made II hard for white chilean In the
South to get to school. the negro chi.
drcn were not In danger. and going TO
school without fear or risk had on
that account an educational advantage
over the white chIldrsn. A Southern
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13
MAKING BUSINESS OF BENEVoLENcE.
By John ID. Rockefeller

II takes practical mind 10 make
fortune. Men have often said IN
my hearing. ~Oh. how l wish ! were
rich. II had money | should do this
great work or that" Now. those men
will never be rich. They haven't got
the purpose aud practical bent OF
mind for H. They think OF The fruits
OF victory without the struggle II
Is necessary 70 TX the mind pretty
firmly upon the making OF money be
fore Il Is possible 10 plan lis spending.
l remember clearly when the financial
plan-lf | may call Il so-Of my life
was formed was In Ohio. under the
OF a dear old minister
who preached. Get money get Il hon
esiiy. and then give Il wisely" ! wrote
that down in a little book. ! have
Tho little book yef. with that writing
In H. have tried ever since 70 get
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

= money honestly and 10 give u wisely
There Is great deal OF folly shown In the dstri-
buton Of beneYoence. II substance Is trust then Il
a very serious business this OF dispensing H. One
cant simply get rid OF Il and have FREQ conscience.
responsibility attaches 70 the distribution have
idea that point 10 this effect; Let have beneyo-
isnt trustseorporatons to the business OF be
pesolence.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

THAT man Jawkins IL the most ener
getic playwright ever knew"
.what Is he up 70 nowf"
"He Is Just finishing the third act OF
iurid melodrama 10 which live vol
cano win be the star. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13
PLEASURE IMPOSES YOKE OF IRON.
BY Rev Or. Newell Dwight HHiis

Consider that all schemes OF living
based on pleasure. sensual delights
or worldllness impose on men a yoke
OF iron. II the biography OF cpl
cureans tells Us anything. II the lamp
OF experience throws any light on the
pain OF life. then the way OF worldly
pleasure is a thorny way. steep
path. and pleasures yoke is a yoke
OF Iron. Strangely enough. II many
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

what has become OF the old-fash-
Toned woman who always got batter
on her thumb when she turned a buck
wheat cake ON the griddler
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

Managing Director-well. and what
are your qualifications for the post OF
night watchman7
Appllcant-well. sir, for one thing.
the least noise wakes me up.-Illus.
trated Bits
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

When boy goes out west hunting,
and writes home that he killed deer,
he can fool his mother. but he can't
fool hls father.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

After man has posed as cynic for
short time he begins to think too 1T
tie OF others and too much OF himself
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

One Of the funniest things In this
world IL to see woman who isn't
used 70 Il. maze change.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

A reputation for wisdom IL easier
gained by keeping your mouth shut
than by attempting to talk wisely.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13

worldghosfs OF dead crces dead passions. dead con
rctionR Ibsen than a morbid breaker OF
ecgions-he a master and knew life. lie perceived
the truth that meas minds controlled not by
much BY the long gray OF vanished reasons
By living intelligent convictions much by tie
crStnzed power o. dead convictions; not by voluntary
will bur By automatic Institutions
We are born into a nagridden world We nnd ell the
prizes OF life morfsaged by fathers fears We
bdden conform die To revolt wildly at all Of this
Il folly: the ghosts too strong for us and
nsht they who beat the air only make ourselves
ridiculous But the way freedom Is 10 Ind the truth
and sell not 70 cling IL 10 follow IL unwavcringly.
better 10 ind lore and follow that strOng Son OF God
who is truths self Following Him we come ever
wider chambers and last TO freedom
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-13
GHOSTS DOMINATE THE WORLD.

In Ibsen's play. Ghosts Mrs Aiving
claims. upon discovering the evil bent OF her
son. and realizing that Il is traceable TO the
father that she seems 70 hear ghosts Ex-
tending her thought. she adds that she feels
that her own so-caiied principles are but
ghosts. Ghosts. she cries. al the earth. thick
as the sands OF the sea she secs them between
the lines OF the newspaper. they dominate the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-24
DECLARES LABOR NEVER CAN
COOPERATE WITH CAPITAL

Los ANGELES, Dec. 1S-[Editor
Herald: l want to direct my critics
attention to that part of my letter in
which l say: when a man has capital
he can cooperate in enterprises accord
ing to that amount"
Here 1t is stated plainly what mean
by cooperation, as to capital. AS to
labor I do not believe it can be pooled
successfully, nor can labor be its own
capitalist.
State Socialism is impracticable, the
more so that it wants to do away with
personal property, and to build on the
rotten foundation of Proudhon that las
properiete, cest lie VOL (property is
theft.
| know enough of Latin to understand
what cooperation means, and because
/ do I know also that labor never can
cooperate with capital, as they are
antagonistlc and must feed on each
other. Consequently they cannot go
hand in hand, and if they do it is like
a band of robbers, for the porpose of
fleeing the people.
State Socialism never can initiate en-
terprises to develop the resources of the
country, as is done by private enter
prise. Consequently there would be less
work, and when that should fail the
state would have to provide food So
the Spartan soup kitchen would be close
at hand.
I am persuaded that Socialists who
now clamor for equal distribution
would be the first to rebel at the first
application of the arbitrary rule Of the
majority, If that did not happen to fall
IN with their views, and they would be
the first to cry Tyranny" c. f.
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CORNER STONE OF SOCIETY
RESTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21.-EEditor
Herald: In your issue of December
10 a Long Beach correspondent de-
plores the immoral condition of So
ciety and is of the opinion that there
is no cure for it in the several systems
striving to correct this state of af-
fairs. Among these systems he men
lions "Eddyism," by which he presum-
ably means Christian Science, as there
is no such thing as the former.
Our critic is mistaken, however, in
his conclusion that Christian Science
cannot cure the wrong conditions of So
ciety as they exist today.
This is the mission of Christian Sci
ence and it is accomplishing it through
the regeneration of the individuals; the
corner stone upon which all society
rests.
Christian Science is teaching the in
dividual that his health, happiness and
prosperity depend upon his character,
upon his right thinking and living.
When this postulate is realized by the
individual, his object in life is to cul-
tivate righteous thought, which ex-
press IS itself in righteous conduct.
When the Individual is right society is
right, and all of its abnormal condi-
lions have no place.
1t is thus that Christian Science, the
panacea for all discord, is redeeming
mankind from the bondage of the flesh
into the freedom of the sons of God
W. E. BROWN.
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WORK AS FREE MEN AND NOT
IN OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.-[Editor
Herald: George M. Downing appears
as a champion of obedience to or
ders." OF course he knows that was all
slavery was-'obedience to orders"
All the slave driver wanted was "obedi-
ence to orders" The greateset tyrant
that ever lived only asked obedience
to orders
This is what Mr.. Downing stands for,
and L thank him for his straightfor-
ward defense of authority. He is the
only consistent State Socialist who has
written for the Letter Box. The rest
Of them try to stand on both sides Of
the question of Liberty vs.. Authority,
but Mr.. Downing stands for 'orders,"
like man who believes in giving or
taking them.
OF course he does not believe that a
liberty-loving people could run a rail-
road or anything else without being
ordered to do so. While I, for my
part, think free people win go into
the railroad business, not because they
are ordered, but because they desire
it.
When they agree on a plan or time
table, it viii be for their best interests,
and not because they were ordered to
do so.
If the engineer learns from the teleg-
rapher where he is to meet the next
train, he will govern himself accord
ingly, because his own life and that
of others depend ON it, as well as his
other personal interests, and not be-
cause he was ordered.
On the other hand if it is not to their
interest to cooperate in this free man.
ner it will be a hard job for Mr..
Downing and other authorizations to
compel them to do so.
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
tried giving orders from London as to
how the Paris Commune should be rum
and even their communism followers
rebelled. If they could not stand for
it, how would people who believe in
liberty accept orders how to run their
business from politicians who know
nothing of that business?
G. T. SPREADING.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

kkD oUBLE double toll and trouble
if you don't own an automo-
~ bubble Los Angeles is becom-
ing known to fame as the automobubble
metropolis. Why? Because no city
official is completely equipped without
an auto The auto is not perquisite
of office, but a requisite of office. Soon
the tourist in Los Angeles may find the
police patrolling the streets in auto
mobiles. The chiefs of the various de-
partments will conduct business in au-
tomobiles. In one respect this will
give them an advantage. Instead of
summoning witnesses when it is neces-
sary to conduct Investigations they
will go out in swift autos, Assoc the
witnesses and take down their state
ments in shorthand at the rate of sixty
or seventy miles an hour. Henceforth
no one win be able to say there is any
thing slow about justice or to complain
of the laws delays when municipal af-
fairs are concerned.
BY and by the tourist may see a
procession OF speedy autos streaming
down Broadway like flock of wild
geese. The man in the first will wave
hammer and gesticulate. The occu-
pants Of all the others will do gymnas-
tic stunts and howl hoarsely. This will
be the city council, in what used to be
called session, but is now known as
progression. In the course of time.
after every department official from
the mayor down to the city bootblack
has his automobile, other reforms will
be introduced. The city Jail will be put
ON wheels and offenders will be sem
fenced to terms in the autobastile.
While acknowledgements has seized tho
city government and all the officials
are provided for. it win be easy to dis
tinguish between the common, ordinary
taxpayers and tho bloated taxophagists.
The taxpayers viii plod afoot. The
taxophagists viii loll in the cushioned
recesses Of the latest model OF forty
elephant power Dunderundblitzen.
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CHRISTMAS
EveI We have reached

OHRISTMAs Evel We have reached
! the point at which the preacher
~ says, FINALLY. brethren" but, ac-
oording to a well-founded belief, after
finally there is always zone word
more" Not much time is left in which
subscriptions may be sent and COLI
tributions made to The Herald's dinner
and entertainment for poor children of
Los Angeles.
Applications should be made at once
by children who wish to be guests at
The Herald's Christmas dinner at the
Y. M C. A. building and the entertain
ment at Simpson auditorium. Appli-
cation blanks will be furnished at The
Herald's depot, 323 South Hill street.
The Herald's Christmas festivity is
worth all the plans made for it and all
the trouble it involves. 1t is a prac-
teal way of showing Christmas is not
all sentiment, and that in addition to
good will to one another, people are
ready to do good deeds to their poorer
neighbors, from whom no reward"
may be expected. According to the
Founder of Christianity, the kind OF
giving which expects nothing in re-
turn is the kind which In the long
run brings the greatest reward to the
givers. This is one of the eternal laws,
and its accuracy in operation may be
depended on.
We thank not only subscribers and
contributors. but friends who are vol
unteering to help in the actual work
of the festivity.
In order to be of the greatest service,
volunteers should report at the Y. M.
C. A. building at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
morning. We can assure all volunteer
helpers they will have a Merry Christ
mas" and a memorable one. The Her
aid festivity illustrates the practical
celebration of Christmas. It is a dem
onstration of Christianity We know
it will be a success. and we wish all
who take part in it, all who have given
money. all who have sent gifts, all who
have helped with the preparations, all
who will assist at the dinner and en-
tertainment, and all the little folks.
boys and girls who will he entertained
a right Merry Christmas.
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REDWOOD RAID

~ ALIFORNIA Redwood park should
be preserved, and the state for
~ ester should not be allowed to let
private contracts for cutting timber in
it. That the state forester has acted
like the state vandal is the most as.
founding news of the more or less
Akerrie Yule Tide. We are told this
official has consented to the cutting
and removal of mot less than forty
living redwood trees within the area
of the park, some of which were not
less than nine feet in diameter and of
great age" The plea was made, in
behalf of the state vandal and his as
sistants, that the trees had been
stripped and practically destroyed by
fire, but the experts Of the Sempivirens
club of California have sent Governor
Gillett, the state board of forestry and
the state legislature a memorial in
which 1t is said the trees which had
been denuded by fire were still alive
and vigorous, were putting forth new
life, and in the course of a few years
would have been as beautiful as ever.
This fact, knowledge of which must be
vexing to every patriotic Californian,
gives point to the recommendations Of
the club, that preventative foresting
should be conducted under the direc-
ton of those only who are in full sym
pathy with the original purpose for
which the forest was acquired; and that
such removal of living, dead and down
timber as may be imperatively neces-
sary shall be done only under the direct
supervision of the state itself, by which
the expense may be borne and the
profit, if any, received.
The attempt to commereialize the
noblest trees in the world is mercenary
and disgusting. One shudders to think
what might be the fate of the Egyptian
pyramids if they should ever pass into
the control of men of the type of the
redwood forest raiders.
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ASKS If CANNON is DIVINELY
FAVORED IN HIS ELECTION

LONG BEACH. Dec. 21.-[Editor
Herald: Whatever the people of this
country may think of the doctrine of
the divine right of kings they can
hardly deny that the Hon. Joseph G..
Cannon enjoys a divine right to his
seat in the sixty-first congress- to which
he has just been duly elected. We
must arrive at this conclusion from the
fact that so goodly number of righte-
GUS men, or at least men who We're sup
posed to be righteous, filed their objee-
lions to the election of the famous
pigeon-holer with the Great Arbiter
above and Notwithstanding he was re-
turned with a majority that no one Will
think of contesting. Now, If we are
not willing to admit that Providence
was in favor of the election of the
aforesaid j. G. c., then we are com
PEELED to hold to one of two other
propositions, to wit, that there is little
reality in the long cherished belief in
the efficacy of prayer or that none of
the petitioners, located in different
parts of the country who sought his
defeat through the medium of prayer,
were really first class righteous men.
But, as it is not reasonable to sup
pose that none of those men who sought
divine help to encompass the defeat of
Uncle Joe were not able to line up as
righteous men, whose prayers the Scrip
lures say aVaileth much, and as we
are not yet ready to relinquish our
faith in the doctrine of the efficacy of
prayer we are compelled to admit that
Speaker Cannon will not only occupy
the unique position in the sixty-first
congress of being duly returned by the
votes of a majority of his constituents,
but that he was divinely favored in his
race for reelection.
THOMAS j. EDGERTON.