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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
PROFIT IN GROWING WEEDS.
These "PInnts Out of Place. Have
Fixed Market Value.


Money in weeds? To be sure. The
national department OF agriculture
has been for many years telling the
farmers of the large money value go
ing to waste each year in this coun-
try in the shape of pernicious weeds.
and has been Issuing bulletins with
directions for collecting. curing and
selling weeds. A quarter of century
ago DR.. George B. Loring, the commits
sioner OF agriculture. called attention
to the fact that in Germany many Of
the commonest and most pernicious
weeds that the American farmer has
to contend with were successfully and
probably cultivated, says the Kansas
City Star. Burdock, dandelion, witch
grass, foxglove, MULLEN. horehound,
jimpson, mustard and water hemlock
are among our commonest weeds and
grow in great profusion almost every
where in the United States. Ordinar-
lily they are regarded merely as trou-
blesome weeds. The trouble, OF course,
is in the lazy habit of attempting to
grow weeds and cultivated crops on
the same land at the same time. So
1t often happens that the witchgrass
between the potato rows is more val
liable than the tubers In the hills.
When you raise weeds you must make
a business of 1t. Land that will raise
nothing else will raise weeds. The
jimpson grows in rank profusion about
the feed lot, the front yard is yellow
with dandelion flowers and the flowers
of the mullen bedeck the pastures
The burdock grows In the roadside
fence corners, and the waste lot pro
duces an abundance Of witchgrass and
comfrey. yet majority of the drug
weeds used in medicine In this coun
try are still imported, and paid fol
at a high rate.
Without counting NORWOOD, tansy
or rhubarb, all of which are weeds In
favored places, and without including
catnip or pennyroyal or any of the
minis, the American people are paying
out more than 100000 year in hard
earned money for imported weeds
which are growing wild in nearly ev
cry part of the country. The imports
for the year 1907-19OS we're as fol
| lows:
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
AIphabetIcaI Time.

One Of the discouraging things about
advertising is that the investor can
rarely be certain when he gets re-
turn and when he does not. A writer
in T. P.'s Weekly tells a tale of an
English firm, Higgins 6 Dodd, who,
finding that there were twelve letters
in their name, placed a great clock
over their door with the letters on its
face instead of numerals.
They waited anxiously for days,
weeks, hoping for some return; but
not a soul took notice of the clock.
At last, amid excitement behind the
office window, man was seen to halt
in the street and gaze at the clock,
puzzled.
Slowly he came to the door, entered,
and drawled, Say. is it half past Hig-
gins or a quarter to Dodd?"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
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STRIKING FOR COMPANY. (
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A strike for higher wages or shorter
hours OF more and better food is com
prehensible, but one has to go to Next
co, writes C. NJ. Flandrau, In Viva,
Mexicol" for strike that involves mel
Their question of material advantage
nor of abstract principle. One after
noon, during the busiest season OF the
year on a coffee-ranch, all the coffee
pickers, with the exception OF one fam
lily, suddenly struck. When asked what
the trouble was, the spokesman, In
fiorid and pompous address, declared
that they were "all brothers, and must
pick together, or not at all.
It came out during the Interview
that the father of the family who had
not struck had received permission for
himself, his wife and six small chill
dren to pick In block Of coffee by
themselves. and to this the others had
been induced to object.
Why they objected they could not
say, because they did not know. II
was explained TO them that the man
had wished his family to work apart
for the sole and sensible reason that,
first, he and his wife could take bet.
ter care OF the children when they
we're not scattered among the crowd;
and secondly, that as the trees OF the
particular block he had asked to be
allowed to pick in were younger and
smaller than the others, the children
had less difficulty In reaching the
| branches.
He had not only derived no financial
advantage from the change, he was
voluntarily making some sacrifice by
going to pick where the coffee, owing
to the youth of the trees. was less
abundant.
Don't you see that this Is the trutf
and all there is to it," the strikers
were asked.
yes"
"And now that 1t has been explain
ed, won't you go back to work."
mo"
But why not?"
Because"
Because what?"
Because we must all pick togeth
err"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

no one can speak with certainty upon
this point, but have become convinced
that a great majority of the people of
this country are in favor of vesting the
national government with power to
levy an income tax.
"Second, the decision in the Pollock
case left power in the national govern
ment to levy an excise tax which ac-
complishes the same purpose as a cor
poration income tax, and is free from
certain objections urged to the propos-
ed income tax measure.
81 therefore recommend an amend
ment to the tariff bill imposing upon
all corporations and joint stock COM
psnies for profit, except national banks,
otherwise taxed, savings banks and
building and loan societies, an income
tax measured by per cent of the net
income of such corporations. This is
an excise tax upon the privilege of do
ing business as an artificial entity and
of freedom from a general partnership
liability enjoyed by those who own the
stock.
81 am informed that 2 per cent tax
of this character would bring into the
treasury of the United States not less
that $25, 900, 900.
"The decision of the Supreme court
in the case of the Spreckles Sugar Re.
fining company against McClain seems
clearly to establish the fact that such
tax as this is an excise tax upon priv
ilege, and not direct tax on property,
and is within the Federal power with
out apportionment according to popu
lation.
'The tax on net income is preferable
to one proportionate to a percentage o.
the gross receipts, because it is a ta1
upon success and not failure. 1t i'm
poses burden at the source of the in
come at time when the employer il
well able to pay and when collection il
easy.
"Another merit of this tax is tn,
Federal supervision which must be ex
ercised in order to make the law effect
i've over the annual accounts and bust
ness transactions of all corporations
While the faculty of assuming a cor
porate form has been of the utmos
utility in the business world, it is ais
true that substantially all of the abuse
and all of the evils which have arouse
the public to the necessity of reforr
will be made possible by the use of thi
very faculty.
eff now, by a perfectly legitimat
and effective system of taxation, W
are incidentally able to possess tn
government and the stockholders an
the public of the knowledge of the res
business transactions and the gains an
profits of every corporation in tn
country, we have made long step tt
ward that supervisory control of col
porations when may prevent furthe
abuse of power.
81 recommend then, first, the adoI
tion of a joint resolution by two-thirc
of both houses, proposing to the state
an amendment to the constitute
granting to the Federal governmeI
the right to levy and collect an incon
tax, without apportionment among II
states, according to population; ar
second, the enactment as part of IL
. pending revenue measure, either as
substitute for or an addition to, the i
heritance tax, of an excise tax upon g
corporations, measured by 2 per cent
their net income"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

The knowledge that there is money
in the very common and much de-
spised weeds is spreading every year
and very considerable industry in
medicinal weeds has arisen, but 1t Is
far short of what it should be. The
average farmer cannot bring himself
to regard as other than heresy the
declaration that weed is simply a
useful plant out Of place.
The prices paid by big jobbing
drug houses for leaves, flowers or
roots of the commoner weeds which
afiict the farmer with their presence
when he let's them get out of place are
as follows: Dandelion roots, dried;
jimpson weed, leaves and seeds; poi
son hemlock, freshly plucked and
dried flowers and leaves, dried and
cleaned: seed of black and white mus
tard, cents a pound; burdock root,
sliced and dried. Z cents a pound;
dried leaves and blossoms. of bore
hound and wild foxglove, to cents
a pound; dried blossoms of the tall
pasture MULLEN, 60 cents a pound, II
sealed in tight jars. In addition to
the above standard drugs the dried
leaves of pokeweed and trillium, gold
thread and jack-in-the-pulpit, are mar
keted, as well as the leaves and flow
ers of tansy, lobelia, boneset, catnip
and a dozen other very common
plants, all of which are In demand at
the market prices.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
ALMA-TADEMA's COMMISSION.
Some of His Best-Known Work Is
Included in n Dealers Order.

Some of His Best-Known Work Is
Included in n Dealers order.
"In 1864" says the well-known ar
tist, Alma-Tadema, in the Strand, Il
received a visit from the English pic
ture dealer, Gambart-il principe Gam
barti, as they used to call him in Italy.
He was the picture dealer par excel
lence Of this day and was naturally
held in great respect by artists. re
member him on that first visit to me,
standing before my easel, on which
had posed my Coming Out Of Church.
and instantly exclaiming:
"'Did you paint that picture for the
VanderdonktsY
II assured him of the fact. He
asked me If they had seen 1t and what
was the price l told him that they
had not seen 1t as yet. Well, then,
said Gambart, III take 1t, and let me
have couple of dozen of that kind at
progressive prices each half-dozen.' 1t
was really as II he had been buying
bales of cotton. OF course, l thought
and not without reason, that my for.
tune was as sOOu dS ludue. MOIcONcl
ii principe Gambarti agreed that
might deal with the antique period
l loved, instead of the middle ages
where l had latterly been seeking my
subjects. And so it came about that
some of the pictures by which l am
perhaps, best known as a painter we're
included in this first singular bargain
-Four years did 1t take me to carry
out Gambart's first commission and the
day arrived when Gambart again paid
me a visit. I want you, he said, tic
paint me another four dozen pictures
on the same condition Of rising value
l consented and I did my best not tc
| disappoint him. The Vintage was paint
ed as one of them and when the deal
er saw it. perceiving that 1t was a fai
more important canvas than any of its
predecessors work, too, that hac
cost me far more time and labor-ht
at once insisted upon paying for it tn,
figure which was to have been give1
| for the last half-dozen"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Strike in Plate Trade.

Pittsburg, June 17.-More than TO-
900 skilled workmen, members of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, employed by
the American Sheet and Tin Plate com
pany, will quit work June 80, at which
time the open shop order of the COM
pany becomes effective. Many I'M
skilled workmen will also be affected.
The decision to take this action fol-
lowed a special convention held here.
In the Pittsburg district majority OF
the mills of American Sheet and Tin
Plate company are non-union.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Alaska Teacher Accused.

Seattle, June 16.-A special cable
to the Post-Intelligencer from Valdez,
Alaska, says that complaint has been
filed with the United States commits
sioner at Copper Center against Frank
Russell, government teacher there.
Several serious charges are included in
the complaint, among them being en-
bezzlement, defrauding the natives,
inhumanity to the natives and COM
plicity to defraud the government.
Russell is now on board a steamer en-
route to Seattle. The complaint is in
the hands of the district attorney.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
IT'S A COUNTRY OF SMELLS.
A Traveller Recalls n Striking Char
acterfstic of East Africa.

Traveller Recalls n Striking Char
acteristic OF East Africa.
Discussing Col. Roosevelt's trip in
Africa, Young H. CARING of Toronto,
Canada, who is at the Arlington. said
recently that when Mr.. Roosevelt re-
turns from Africa and recalls wildly
to mind his experiences, or relates
them to his friends, that which will be
pre-eminent will be the atmosphere CT
smells in which he lived when there,
the Washington Herald says.
81 traversed the country which Mr..
Roosevelt intends visiting. While I
heard Of lions, black panthers, rhino-
ceroses, antelopes and gazelles. was
not hunting and did not see any of
them. held an impression which,
while not as startling as an encounter
with a wild beast, will be remembered
as long as that would have been. l
cannot express 1t better than to say
that 1 smelled Africa.
zone meets the real smell Just after
landing. II may be at one port or
another. OF all first impressions, none
is more plain. and 1t comes upon you
with a distinctiveness which is almost
startling.
"The traveller hardly knows enough
OF native life to enter with any full
ness into the multitude OF causes
which produce this familiar result, but
some Of them do not lie very far
below the surface.
Take az a typical example any Al
rican city, large town or stable sta.
tion," added Mr.. CARING. Let 1t be
in the seaport or in the inland town
II makes little difference. Leave out
the many scented plants and trees that
add their aroma to the general fund
Of smells. First, there is the fuel used
by the natives, which is scraped from
the roads, and made into round. iat
cakes and sundried on the walls Of the
houses for burning. Next, there is the
wood and charcoal used by the better
classes for cooking fires, coal being ar
unattainable luxury. Then, at night
fall. the sweepings Of the stables are
carefully burned to be accompanied by
an odor Then there are the cooking
oils and other things. Yes. sir; Col
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Tax unearned Increase.

Berlin, June 16.-The reichstag re-
assembled today. Among the official
communications laid before the house
was one from the government concern
ing the proposal to tax the unearned
increasement in real estate values.
The government has decided that it is
inexpedient to do this for imperial pur-
poses, inasmuch as there are seemingly
unsurmountable difficulties in the way
of an equitable adjustment of the taxes
on city and county values, but it APP
proves as just the taxing of the I'M
earned increasement for local purposes.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
RoniIIa MAY Lead Revolt.

New Orleans, June 17.-Dispatches
received by local business houses say
that La Ceiba and the Northern coast
provinces of Honduras are in open re-
volt and have sent emissaries to New
Orleans to persuade Manuel Bonilla to
return and take possession of the gov
eminent. Davillas has applied to the
United States, and the United States
gunboat Paducah is patrolling Ceiba
harbor to prevent sanguinary out
breaks. General Bonilla is in New
Orleans now. He denies that there is
anything significant in his departure.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Illinois Primary Law Invalid.

Springfield, ILL.,, June 1.-THE Su-
preme court of Illinois today declared
unconstitutional the state primary law,
and as a result the state is without a
legal method of nominating candidates
for Office. 1t is thought special ses-
sion of the Legislature will be called to
enact new law. The decision of the
Supreme court is the result of an at
tack made upon the primary law by
candidates defeated in the state pri-
maries last summer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

81 suppose you know. barber" said
Percy, with a wink at the man in the
other chair. that the hair on a mans
head grows at the rate of three millionths
of a yard in a second"
mo, l never heard that BEFORE" said
the barber, beating a tattoo on the strop
with his razor; "but l know there's a
spot on the back of your head where the
hair wouldn't grow as much as that in &
million years"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Plan Buffalo Roundup.

Butte, June 16.-0ne of the most
unique roundups in the history of the
West will start tomorrow at Roman,
on the Flathhead Indian reservation,
in Western Montana, when the Pablo
herd of buffaloes will be corralled and
driven to the stockade at Ravilla.
The animals will be loaded on specially
constructed cars, number of the fin
est specimens going to the Canadian
National park. Others of the animals
will be shipped to Western parks.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

"You had a political debate in your
district school building last Saturday
night. Uncle Sine, | understand. How
did it go OFF,"
I'VE win. Whenever the other fellers
tried to talk we turned loose two dozen
cowbells, a lot o ishhorns. a bugle. a
bass drum, an a horse fiddle, an they
guy it up an quit. BY George, they
didn't git to saw blamed word 7"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
I'll. rnIlorsa nirectinn..

Red tape leads one to curious
lengths. A writer in the Columbus
Dispatch tells Of a street railway car
that picked up a young heller on its
fender and carried 1t some distance
through the street.
In making out the required report
to the superintendent. the employee
wrote, in answer to the query on the
blank form, What did the victim
say?" "She was carried along on the
fender and then rolled OF and ran
away without saying a word"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Hadlsx Turns Down Fair.

Kansas City, June 17.-Governor
Hadiey today vetoed the bill providing
for an expenditure of $50, 900 for
Missouri exhibit at the Seattle fair.
The governor said the state needed the
money more for educating its citizens
and for the poor.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

do tell me, Pulsatilla," begged the girl
under the inverted waste basket 'the
secret of that wonderful blonde hair of
yours. 1t defes detection"
Il will" said the girl under the in
verified coal scuttle, "if you won't tell
anybody else. | selected for my grand
mother and mother two women who haf
Nair lust lilo -,i-o"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

"Come away, children" said their
mother. Run out in the yard and play"
But we're watching papa lay the stair
carpet, mamma" they answered.
II know it, but he's going to lay it
around the bend in the stairway pretty
soon. and | don't want you to hear the
language he will use."-Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Philanthropic Person with subscrip-
ton paper)-We are raising a fund to
prosecute the white slavers. Can you
assist us?
Baseball Magnate-Sure I've just dis
posed of two of my players and got a
good cash price for them. Hundred dol
lars be enough Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Salesman Cat bookstore) Perhaps
this is what you are looking for. It's a
work entitled Housekeeping Made
Easy" Tells you all about
Anxious Customer-No; we've got that
Haven't you a book called Moving Made
Easy" Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Always shake in Aliens Foot-Eas powder.
Il cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet.
Cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. At
All druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept
any su bstitute Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted lie Roy, n. Y.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Entirely trustworthy.

"Maria, I'm going to have DIR. Squil-
fps treat me for my heart trouble"
"What do you know about DR.. Squil-
lips, John?"
"All l know about him is that Mr..
Gotsum recommends him to me-"
"Who is Mr.. Gotsumw
"Mr Gotsum is one of the stockhold-
ers of the life insurance company that is
carrying a $4,000 risk on my life
Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Little children are suffering every
day in the year with sprains, bruises,
cuts, bumps and burns. Hamlins Wiz
ard Oil is banishing these aches and
pains every day in the year, the world
over.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Method Generally Adopted.

Rivers dipping his pen in the ink)-
Tell me a diplomatic way how to call
man a liar.
Brooks-Always select a smaller man
than YOU are
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Lawyer (cross examining) You testi-
fed that Miss Smythe was walking in
her sleep. How do you know she was
asleep?
Witness-Well, a mouse ran across the
floor right in front of her and she never
even batted an eye.-Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Fate cannot harm me-" wrote Sydney
Smith. 81 have dined to-day"
Even as he wrote, however, he was in
the shadow of a coming calamity.
The cook was preparing to leave.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Author-What did you think Of my
mystic jewel story?
Friend-It was a geml-Baltimore
American.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Accommodating.

First Passenger-Pardon me, but
would you mind loaning me your spec
tacles a moment?
Second Passenger-With pleasure.
cir.
First Passenger-Thanks, awfully,
and now, as you can no longer read
your newspaper, would you kindly pass
Il over to me?
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Many people are curious to know
about peculiar things. For instance.
the writer is curious to know II a
barber gives his wife the fee he col.
lects for shaving a dead man.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Insomnia

II have been using Cascarets for In
somnia, with which have been afflicted
for twenty years, and can say that Cas-
carets have given me more relief than any
other remedy have ever tried. 1 shall
certainly recommend them to my friends
as being all that they are represented. -
Thos. Gillard, Elgin, ILL.,
Pleasant. Palatable, Potent Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or GRIPPE.
Zoe, 2oc, Soc. Never sold in bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped c g. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back ga
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
Chronic.

away down in her heart" said the
boarding house philosopher, every wom-
an is a pessimist. When any calamity
happens she always wants to know the
worst, and isn't happy until she hears
II -
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

The farmers life has cares and joys,
His work is long and hard and rough;
He slaves from dawn till after dark,
To raise and grow and own enough,
But there's bright side 10 his life,
His sorrows he can always drown
When, with his team, he's hired to haul
A busted auto back to town.
Los Angeles Express.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Estelle-I don't suppose you have
heard of it, but George and l are going
to be married some time next June.
Maybelle-Glad to know it, dear. Has
George heard of it yet?
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Tommy-Paw, what is concentrated
I've?
Mr.. Tucker-It's the short and and
ugly word, Tommy. Don't bother me-"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

"Yes." said the retired auctioneer.
shat boy of mine is a chip off the old
block, with all the original bark on him;
he's a spieler for a 5-cent theater." -
Chicago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Though the play was a farce,
1t left him quite blue,
For a terrible hat
Distracted his view.
New York Telegram.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

"You say Grinder worker last sum-
mer just for fun?'
"Oh, no; just for funds Harvard
4
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
He DIdn,t Like the bait.

1.-THE other night a fellow sat back
of me at the theater," said Simeon
Ford. "and talked with bated breath
the whole evening.
Il wouldn't have minded" he added,
after a moment, ''if it hadn't been bait
ed with limburger. New York Times.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
eyrup the best remedy to use for their childrel
during the teething period.