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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
WAR ON GAMBLING.
University of Nevada Leads Fight on
Vice at Reno.

Reno, New. Oct. 14-Believing
that gambling in Reno is accountable
for the small attendance at the uni
versity of Nevada, because people
throughout the state will not send
their children to school in a city
where the evil exists as it does in
Reno, the university authorities have
taken an active hand in the anti-gam-
bling campaign now being waged in
Reno for the special election to abol-
ish the licenses on October "a
At a student-body meeting Monday
DR.. J. z. Stubs urged upon all stu
dents OF age to be sure and register,
and the registration Office has been
deiuged with students 1t is under
stood that the gambling element will
challenge these votes. A monster
mass meeting was held here Monday
night. at which addresses were made
to an audience OF fully 5000 people.
The movement has gained an inn
mense momentum, and the enthusiasm
locally is greater than any local fac
tion fight ever aroused before in the
history OF the city.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
Few New Cholera Gases.

Manila. Oct 1.-THE number Of
new cases of cholera has declined to
about five cases daily and these are
chiefly confined TO one or two OF the
congested native districts. The health
authorities are vigorously fighting
the disease and. besides guarding and
disinfecting the houses where it oc-
ours, are disinfecting the entire city.
The disease is gradually disappearing
in the provinces, but few new cases
being daily reported from Rial, La
guna. Cavite and Paiawan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
ATcHIsoH GLOBE SIGHTS.

Some people might as well S.e crazy;
they have no sense.
What some men enjoy would cause
others to commit suicide.
Parents and turkeys are always
treated well before Christmas.
When a woman is not in a dry goods
store she is ar the dentists
No man is as good to his wife as he
expects his father to be to his mother.
When you have seen one celebration,
or one circus. you have seen them all
1t is as natural for boy to have
dirty hands as It is for cat to have
fits.
Every man we ever knew had am
bition, but only few had application
with IT,
We occasionally meet a man who
ought to stay at home and send bis
wife out
1t isn't proper to bring a baby down
town until 1t is at least two weeks
old
a man can't tell the truth SO truth
fully that jealous woman can't tangle
him up.
| IL you have no reason to expect IA
letter with money In IT, hope will do
you no good
We don't remember ever meeting d
girl whose shoes were not a mile too
big for her.
We have noticed that In every con
yersation there is something about
finding OUT people.
II always makes some peoples I'm
gers tremble to hear a child talk In
pudently to its parents
AS soon as a woman marries MAI
Of means, the fortunes OF her family
begin to look up.
Next Thanksgiving day We propose
to fast, and see IL we can't feel decen
the following Friday.
When you lind a good husband. thu
women nearly always say: His wifi
does not care much for him"
A man doesn't regard his children
as kin; cousins. aunts and uneies. ant
that sort Of thing. are kin
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
Great Land Auction.

Regina, Sask, Oct. 14-One of the
greatest land auctions in history is
being conducted here this week under
the direction of the Saskatoon &
Western Land company. limited, a
wealthy organization, which had the
pick OF large tracts in the heart OF
the Canadian wheat belt Before the
auction is concluded it is expected
that a quarter OF a million acres will
have been handed over to the highest
bidders in parcels of various sizes.
Prospective settlers are here from
many parts Of Canada and the United
States to attend the sale.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
WITH THE sAGEs.

That life is long that answers life's
great end--Young.
Have the courag to dare to be true
at ali times.-Mansheld-
The lie OF an action is greater than
the lie Of a word.-Crawford-
Get justly, distribute cheerfully, and
live contentedly-
What ought not to be done. do not
even think OF doing.-Epictetus
To be ignorant Of ones ignorance Is
the malady OF ignorance.-Sprits-
All life is music II we but touch the
notes rightly and in time.-Ruskin-
Unless you bear with the faults of a
friend you betray your own.-Syrus-
Stones and idle words are things
never to be thrown at random-Bo-
carri.
Speak as you think; be what you
are; pay your debts of all kinds
Montfort.
Let no man talk Of freedom till he is
sure that he can govern himself
Garibaldi.
Keep ever in the path Of duty. but
fail not TO climb the steep Of knowl-
edge.-Newton.
He is a man who thinks for himself
says what he thinks, and does what be
says.-Hitchcock.
Example is more powerful than pre-
eept; whereof you reprove another be
unblamable yourself.-George Wash
| ington-
l look upon the simple and childish
virtues of veraeity and honesty as the
root OF all that is sublime in character
Carlyle.
Do not consider any vice as trivial
and therefore practice it; do not con
slider any virtue as unimportant. anc
therefore neglect it--Bonar.
Brightness expresses OF actions whai
straightness does OF lines, and ther'
can no more be two kinds OF right &C
ton than there can be two kinds o.
straight lines--Herbert Spencer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

A touching instance Of the humor
which never deserts a true freshman
even in his worst troubles is recorded.
A soldier was seen in the trenches
holding his hands above the earth
works. His captain asked:
"What are you doing that for. PatT'
He replied, with a grin, as he worked
his fingers:
I'm feeling for a furlough, SIR"
Just then a rife ball struck his arm
just below the wrist. Then a queer ex-
preston Of pain and humor passed over
his face as he exclaimed:
"And faith it's a discharge. "-Londor
Answers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
NAV Cost Hin Million

Billings, Mont. Oct 1.-THE first
of what is expected to be series of
damage suits against the Northern
Pacific, as the result OF the recent
wreck at Young's Siding, in which 81
persons were killed and nearly a score
injured. was filed here yesterday by
Mrs. Matte Anderson and her daugh-
ter Mabel. who ask S50,3T5 for the
death of Robert Anderson. husband
and father, respectively, Of the plain
tiffs. In the aggregate the damage
suits which will be begun against
the railroad company will exceed
81 600. 600.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
MAPl ' e. 5:i h ! Z: e..


When the surgeon who happened to
be spending night at Bnshby Inn had
set the broken leg Of the weather-beaten
stranger who was the chief victim OF
an automobile accident, the patient
looked up at him anxlously. See here.
doc" he said. in a husky voice, II
haven't got much Of any money: would
yOr take out your fee in trader
Yes. I guess So" said the surgeon
cheerfully. what Is your trader"
-well, I've got a number Of things
I can do soon as I'm on my feet again, "
said the patient. Il can hang window
blinds. or I can put on lightning-rods.
or can play the eornet; and 1 do EN-
ali frst-rate. IL I'm the one to say it,
doe"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Young gentlemen" lectured the emi-
nent instructor, you are old enough now
to put away the childish and trivia.
amusements that sufiiced for you when
you were younger. Learn a lesson from
the dumb brutes, and even from the rep
tiles. When they arrive at maturity
they comport themselves with certain
dignity"
at isn't so with the rattlesnske. pro-
fessor," objected the young man with the
bad eye. ''The older be grows, the more
rattles he plays with"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Police Justice-This man charges you
with stealing his watch, and the charge
seems to be sustained. You were found
with the watch in your possession
Prisoner-Y'r honor, it amt so; l
didn't steal it. l met him on the street
and asked him what time it was. He
said it was 4 o'clock. l says, 4 don't
believe that watch is right. and he says,
You bet it's right It's just 4 o'clock {;
you can take it from me- Well. y'r
honor, the first chance got took it from
him. and now he's kickin' about it J"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

An Oxford student was showing two
fair cousins through the Christchurch
College
That" he explained. is the picture
gollery; that, the library; and that
tower contains the famous bell, Great
Tom Of Oxford"
STOPPING quickly. he picked up a
stone and sent II crashing through a
.s-cond-stOry, UNFRAMED window. where
there Immediately appeared a face,
purple with rage.
''And that" added the young man,
he.pfully. lis the Dean
Thus it was that be came 10 leave
one seat Of learning for another.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
Airy PerHihaEe.

Mrs. Cuppotee-How could a woman
ever bring herself to marry an aeronaut?
He's SO Eighty.
Mrs. Waypher-Yes, and too often ht
lacks ballast.
Mrs. Marmaiayde-Then, too, be looks
down on ordinary people.
Mrs. Chillicon- Kearney-And again be
moves in the higher circles, and you don't.
Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
q q q CURES
-. os - OLD SORES


constantly being
irritation disease being daily fed with the gnaden
through circulation,
chronic sores BY its purifying action on the blood down into
the
morbid which responsible the failure Of the
makes the blood and healthy blood
carried healing discharge
Inflammation fills with
healthy
vegetable blood purifier young
medical advice TO all write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA GA
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
Mhx ChiIdren 60 Hnnrrl.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE charitable
organizations here declare that an in
vestigation Of the charges OF the So
cialists that $4,000 children go hungry
in Chicago every day shows the
charge 10 be exaggerated and that
drink in every case is at the bottom
Of the evils that Socialists attribute
to capitalism.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
The Inevitable Joke.

''Say, old man." remarked one Of his
neighbors, why have you given your
home a new name? What was the mat
ter with The Nutshell'?"
"Why?" responded the man. with
some warmth. Because was tired Of
being joked. There isn't a boy for a
mile around who hasn't stopped and
rung the door bell every time he passed
to ask If the colonel was inlH-Phila-
deIpnla Ledger.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

The American colonists had just enun-
cIated the doctrine that all governments
derive their just powers from the consent
Of the governed.
"How perfectly absurd" exclaimed
King George Ill. why, a man can't
even govern his family on that princi-
pie !"
Laughing uproariously, he gave orders
that few regiments of soldiers be ship
ped over at once to crush the incipient re-
beIlion.-Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

The eminent detective had found clew
to the mystery he had been trying to IN
ravel.
"Ha;" he exclaimed Il have it at
last And now"
Here he hesitated.
Mopping his perspiring brow. be took
out bis pocket edition Of the Sherlock
Holmes stories and eagerly scanned its
pages to ascertain whether the proper
course after having discovered clew was
70 follox il I'd or 70 run il down
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Jimmie, does your mother still object
to my coming to see your"
Yes. dear; she does"
Good So does mine. She says that
IL 1 marry you she'll cut me of with
shilling"
20. but that's altogether different Per.
hsps, Jack-in view of everything
because-and we're both so young-well,
don't you seef"-Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
A Chance to Work Ii OF.

Political speilbinder-You know I put
in two or three days preparing a speech
/ was expected 10 deliver at the conven-
ton Wen. there were 80 many fellows
ahead Of me that they didn't get around
10 me al all I've still got that speech
in my system. AlFira.
His Wife-You haTes Then I wish
you would 90 out TO the kitchen and
thunder it at the cook. I've tried to dis
charge her and she won't go.-Chiczge
Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
every Day 1. Celebrated a. sunday

Few people know that other days OF
the week than the first are being OBJ
served as Sunday by some nation OF
other. The Greeks observe Monday
the Perslans. Tuesday; the Assyrians
Wednesday; the Egyptians. Thursday
the Turks, Friday; the Jews, Saturday
and the Christians. Sunday. Thus &
perpetual Sabbath is being celebrated
on earth-Success Magazine.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

~You no longer hear about a candi.
date being in the hands OF his friends.
Said one delegate
NO answered the other. NOVA
days a candidate is supposed to have
his own grip on everything and every
body in sight ,--Washington star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Archimedes had just proclaimed that II
he had lever long enough and fulcrum
on which to rest it he could move the
world.
But what's the use of thinking about
IT," he said. so long as the Big Stick is
IN the keeping of t. ROOSEVELT"
Hereupon he spoke a short and ugly
word.-Chicago Tribune
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

did you have a pleasant triPs- they
asked him
Yes said the returned seronaut- ''un-
I'll we landed We came down in a farm
er's pasture, where there was a big red
bull We got away safely. but Their
balloon is there yet.r-Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Nan-Yes, Tom calls occasionally.
Queer fellow. isn't he? Doesn't seem to
know what to do with his hands. Sits
With them clasped the whole evening.
Fan (raising her eyebrows) Sits with
his hands clasped, ehI TogetherG-Chi'
cago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Physician--That boil of yours is the
result of inadequate circulation.
Political mphigner-Impossible sir
In the last two weeks l have circulated
through twenty-seven different States, and
made an average of ten or twelve speeches
~ every one Of them Chicago Tribune
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

II wish had a job on the police
force"
'Go to New York City. There'll be
plenty of vacancies there soon"
How do you known"
Gold has been discovered in Ireland.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

A surgeon was explaining a very I'M
common case 10 his students, and In
ished up as follows:
This. gentlemen. is very rare tu-
NOR. indeed. In all my thirty years
experience / have never come across
one ike this. and you viii see me re-
move 1t tomorrow"
sNo, you won't" said the patient IF
that's all the experience you've had of
this sort Of thing I'm going home"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Maggie. wans you TO incinerate II
rciuse." ~An rishl. ma'am; III com
al do Il rs sisen rs finish hur,ii.
.b, waste. baltimore American.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
W

Learning to play the VIOLIN nut
tered the persistent amateur. bending over
his sheet music and making another stab
ar the instrument. is 10 snap
This being the exact psychological mo-
ment, the E string snapped
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

'Uncertainty." moralized the doctor. is
the poison that turks in everything in this
life
Certainly" said the professor: life
itself is One-half if
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

docs your husband belong to any Sc
cret societiesT inquired Mrs. Kawner.
mo" answered Mrs. Middleblok; II
have found out the name of every one Of
them"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
One Of His MeIancboIy pny.

After sojourn of two or three days II.
the country the professor had returned
home and was cleaning up his badly lit
tered lawn.
'Leaves of absencer' he commented,
rakishly
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Have you been away on any vacation
this summers"
NO: l expected to 90. and sent ny
suitcases on ahead. but something turned
up at the last moment that prevented the
trip. / got all the effect Of a vacation.
though. The suitcases- came back last
week with s7.75 storage and express
charges on them"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Etc st. Vitus' Dance and ervous diseases pernA-
ILL., nentiy cured by DR.. ines Grea. Nerve Re-
storer Send for FREE s2oo trial bottle and treatise
DR.. Z. II. Kline. Id, sl Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Mothers VIII find Mrs. Winslow's Soothine
Syrup the best remedy 10 use fos their ch.ldr n
during the teething period.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Are Likely to Prove of
Interest to Our Readers.
A Brief Review of the News of the
Past Week Presented In Shape to
Appeal 70 AIl-Growth and De-
veIopment, Mining, Commercial
and Farm.

Grangeville-J. w. Vanderwald, a
progressive German farmer living
four miles from Grangeville, enjoys
the distinction of raising the best
wheat crop on Camas prairie, unless
other farmers yet to report can show a
greater yield. From 100 acres Mr..
Vanderwald threshed $500 bushels of
choice bluestem wheat, which tested
full go pounds to the bushel.
With such large acreage this yield
is considered phenomenal, although
many small fields reach near these fig
ures. The wheat was fall sown on
summer fallow ground. This farm
will show gross profits Of almost $50
an acre.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Lewiston.-The cement deposits on
the middle fork of the Clearwater
river have been recently investigated
by capitalists from Michigan and
Indiana, and it is expected an an
nouncement of early development in
that section will be made within a
short time.
The cement deposits are located on
the middle fork near the William
Parry ranch and but about six miles
from Kooskia. The attention OF the
eastern men was directed to the dis
trict by the stockholders OF the
Kooskie FIGURING Mill company, who
are extensively engaged in the opera
ton Of a system of FIGURING mills
throughout Michigan and Indiana.
The experts report on the deposits
shows the required materials avail
able for the manufacture OF a first
class cement, and it IS expected the
/ organization of a company to handle
the project will be announced within
short time.
1t is definitely stated by Kooskia
I citizens that plans are now practi-
cally perfected for the installation OF
not only the cement plant. but paper
mill TO manufacture paper from wood
pulp. and within a short time the
eastern capitalists who are promoting
the projects will announce the or
ganization of the companies. The
first company is now completing one
OF the largest Touring mill plants N
north Idaho and has constructed a
splendid water power system and
electric plant. The manufacture OF
flour and foodstuffs will be com
menced within a short time.
An American aeroplane has beer
wrecked in England and the inventor
hurt. Demonstrations of the machine
we're being given before army men
A colored woman has been arrestes
at Oakland for rcbbing Southern Pa
eific dining cars. Officers watched anS
saw her pick up bag of supplies which
had been thrown from the dining ca
BY her confederate.
A Mississippi mob Of black men huns
another colored man.
Thaw may yet testify in the bank
ruptcy proceedings against him.
The trial Of Charles Morse. VIII,
wrecked New York bank, has begun
The Pacific cruiser fleet has left Hon
olulu for Magdalena bay for target prae
tice.
Great Britain. France and Russia hav
agreed on a program for the Balkai
conference.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Lewiston-The fruit exhibit placed
in Donaldson's glass building in Min
neapolis has attracted so much atten-
tion that the literature distributed to
the interested persons has been ex-
hausted after less that one weeks dis
play, and General Passenger Agent
A. M. Cleland of the Northern Pacific
has wired for 5000 extra copies by
first mail.
The fruit exhibit was placed in the
glass building through the courtesy of
the owner, who has been interested in
the industry in lewiston Charleston
valley. The display consists of APP
pies, peaches, grapes and miscellane-
Gus fruits. 1t is estimated that 5000
persons pass the exhibit daily.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

In the students competitive stock
judging contest of the Spokane Inter
state Fair, Petrie, OF Boise, and
Vaughan, of Preston, two University
OF Idaho students, won the first and
second prizes, respectively. The
third went to a Washington State
College student and the fourth to a
man from Oregon Agricultural. The
tests covered the judging of horses
cattle, sheep and swine.
The number of students registered
this semester already has passed the
limit of the total enrolment for the
year of 19O7-19Os Every student who
registers during the remainder OF this
semester and also the new men who
come at the beginning of the second
semester will count as net gain IN
increasing the attendance of the uni
versity over all previous records.
The University of Idaho football
team won its first game of the season
By score OF 81 to 0. The visiting
team was the Spokane Y. NJ. C. A
Outside football men say the Idaho
team is weeks ahead in its training
over its condition at this time last
year. During the second half Middle
ton sent some OF his second-team men
into the game for the practice.
The faculty reception for the new
instructors appointed to the staff was
held on the 10th, about twenty-five
persons, professors and wives, ap-
pearing then for the first time at Z
university function.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-24

Lewiston = The Lewiston State
Normal school has a larger enrolment
by so than at the same time last year,
and, with the growth credited every
week, it is believed that the attend
ance record will pass the 200 mark
before the close of the first semester,
as IT'S students are in attendance now
President George H. Black has
strengthened the faculty and brought
the school up to such high standard
that the enrolment is much larger
than expected He has been striving
to make the school an all-state insti-
tuition and the enrolment of student.
from many OF the remote counties II
southeastern Idaho shows that he ha:
succeeded in breaking down gsograph
ical barriers. Every county in tbs
state but four is represented in th'
student-bOdy this year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-14
A Bishop Ia ANGER.

It Is popularity suppe ssed that bishopa
possess the power Of self control in :
perfect degree, but come times the best
of them disclose the fact that, after all.
they are but men.
2 On one occasion certain lord Dish
op, eloquent and sandy, whose name
is almost household word in Eng.
land, was preaching at the opening Of
g new church and for few DAYS
stayed at a country house In the neigh.
borhood. This bishop was excessively
fond Of a game Of billiards and could
hold his own on the cloth against the
majority of amateurs g. 3
81 During this visit his lordship PLAYED
several quiet games with his host, but
one morning had a prolonged run of
bad luck, which so exasperated him
that at last he entirely lost his temper
and in his rage snapped the cue in two
across his knee. s 4
This mad action. seemed to bring the
bishop to his senses, and with profuse
regrets he apologized to his host for
his conduct, declaring that he would
not have had it happen for the world.
But the host coolly replied: -
Il must beg you, my lord, to think
no more about the matter. I am really
glad that It occurred, as for many
years / have been wishful to see what
a bishop was like when he wanted to
use bad language."'-London Tit-Bits.