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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

while Fsedins the MIA Ff.h Get.
Gable In fts Mouth ana Chokes.
A big whale tried 70 run away with
tho cabis connecting this city With
Alaska. according 10 a story brought
down from the north By Capt. Taaln
Of the United States cabieshlp Burn.
side. says a Seattle wash dispatch
TO the New York Herald.
The Burnside was sent north along
the coast OF Alaska 10 repair tho "a.
Bile. because during the last winter
difficulty had been experienced in send.
Ing and receiving messages. Ths
Burnside picked up the cable connect.
Ing Valdez and sitka a few miles on
Cooks Inlet. not far from sitka. The
crew never had such a time hauling
cable on board a. they did that
day on tho Alaska coast. Finally the
cause Of the great weight was found
Some time during the winter a
whale feeding on the bottom Of The
ocean with wideopen mouth colllded
with ths wire rope.
Unable to shake the big wire from
the mass OF whalebone In It's Jaws the.
big FISH turned turtle. rolled over
once. turned around. rolled again and
dived. In these few movement the
nah proved himself his own hanxman
for the cable vas twisted tighter about
the. head Of the whale than any NOR.
tai could have done with the most DOW.
erful machinery.
The whale drowned and the carcass
was deyoured on the oceans bottou ~
othsr fish. The crew Of the Burnsida
hauled up great load Of whaIsbons
and found a great twist in the sov.
srnment cable that had been m.
'ause Of the unusual difficulty IN soma.
ng messages to and from either end
" the rope
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

time-saving devices he had despised.
And with the departure OF the old
fashioned methods his old-fAshloned
brusqueness seemed 10 depart too.
Customers who had been offended AZ
his lrritability and plain speaking
came back. The business was In bet
ter shape than ever.
I'm losing my grip" he growied 10
himself Il don't know anybody who
fears me. And yet. eonfound Il. the
old house seems 10 have a new lease
OF prosperity. II only Robert
He had been thinking a good deal
about his son. No doubt Il was an.
other proof Of his fatuous weakness
He arose suddenly and took the va
cant chair BY the girls table.
Miss Norris no abruptly said.
I'm troubled
mot about the business. Mr.. Thur
bert"
mo. The business IL all right Per
haps. II Il wasn't. I could keep my
thoughts on Il. II Is my sou Robert
who bothers me-
Yes. Mr.. Thurber-
But you don't ask me whyT-
Il know something about the story.
sir. You disagreed. Your son felt
that you were treating him like
child. He rebslled- You drove him
away"
ITS all quite true" said the man.
ITS very hard for me to think | was
wrong Robert was a good boy. Per
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

front door the openns OF the and leavs
Il locked until she returned In the fall from the
country the mountains the seashore But the
age housekeeper Is fortunate n the whole family
enjoy even two weeks outing Those weeks
actually heavenly but they are generally sandwiched
in between four OF misery before and the
amount OF time after.
II one can obtain country board within striking dis
lance Of city that the head Of the family get
and out to his each day peryerse fate seems
to ordaln Il board Is only alleged hoard the
rooming facilities such that ones house apartment
In the city preferable Quite the most satisfactory
way rs to build little shack" sufficiently large
eommodate from three half dozen persons. the
located. out IN the woods a half mile
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02
Taken on Trial
The man whIrled about.

The man whiried about
"I1l try you for week. he snap
ped, and your pay will be $40"
The girl paused on her way 10 the
door.
Thank you" she said Il expect 70
make myself worth more than that.
When he came down the next morn
ing and tramped into his ONCE. he
found the girl seated at her table. her
brown head bent over her work He
was Just little surprised TO ind her
there. Persons he engaged had way
Of promising to come back and falling
to do so. He knew that he was to
blame for this. and he rather sloried
In the thought But here was this
strange girl at her place and looking
as II she meant to stay there. She
was a neat.looking girl. Her hair was
tidy and there was bit OF white
about her neck that softened the Of
feet Of the black frock. And In lit
tie vase In front OF her was a flower.
red flower OF some kinda flower.
he told himself. that looked strangely
out Of place In the dingy room.
And then the man suddenly stared
about him. Both the windows were
open, and they were clean. and the
sunshine was streaming In. And there
was q general air Of freshness about
the place that was quite amazlng-and
the odor Of cleanliness was fairly pun
gent.
Good morning" said the girl sweet
ly.
This girl was going altogether too
far. What did she mean BY taking |
such Iiberties7 He would show her
that he was not the sort Of man that
could be imposed upon. No doubt she
had been spoiled in the once OF her
father-her dead father.
He looked up. The girl was stand
ing by the desk.
The men from the telephone com
oany will be here at 10 o'clock to ar
range for moving the phone" she said,
and the typewriter is being put in
order. DO you feel the draught from
he windows7
He growled an inarticuiate word or
.wo and the girl turned away.
oh" she said and turned back.
Mary. the woman who cleans, asked
ne to tell you that she wasn't In any
way responsible for the improved ap-
Of the once. She said she
vas quite willing to let me take all
he credit. It seems much nicer here.
Doesn't III" I
Heer was his chance TO assert his
uthority. But. strange TO say. the 1
My form Of expression his anger took
Tas another vicious slam OF the much I
uffsring private drawer a
The girl brought new methods into
hs business. the labor-saving and I
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02
HOME

Might / but see. my journey done.
You stand beside the door
To take my hand and lead me IN.
All. could l ask for mor=I
To sit together then. my dear.
No word. perhaps. TO say.
To sit together then. my dear.
just as We sit to-day.
The journeys long TO make. my dear
Clarifies the hills to roam;
And oh. the wandering viii be far.
The end-will II Be homs7
Might but see. my journey done.
You stand beside the door
To take my hand and lead ne In.
An. could I ask for morel
Success Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

Look here. Abraham" said the
Judge. Its been proved right here in
court that instead of doing something
to help support your wife and children
you spend your whole time hunting
'possum :"
The old negro hung his head
Now, Abe. you love your wife
don't your
~Ah suttinly doesl"
~ADd your chiIdrenT
'sYas, sub :"
"And you love them both better
Better ev'ry day, JedgeI" Abe
broke I'm.
-better than a Thousand pos
sumT
Look hyah, Jedge." exclaimed Abe
with widening eyes, "dat's takin' a.
coon at pow'fuI disadvantage f'-Ths
Bohemian Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02
CHAPTER VII

Very sad was Maude when she heard
the evil tidings, and that she had but a
short time left to look upon the grand
old chestnuts, the groves Of laurel, and
the soft. pleasant, turfy vistas amid which
she had been born Bitterly she thought
how the loss Of all the accustomed sur
roundings would be felt By the gentle
mother she adored and well she OWNED
what would be her fathers sensations
when, having left the home Of his auccs-
tors. he should find himself exposed to the
monotOnous existence Of some watering
place or dull continental town. How he
would brood over the extinction of the
Denisons Of CHM none realized more
fully than Maude. She knew her father
thoroughly; she was clever girl. and
fully recognized his foibles and weak
nesses. She comprehended the shock il
would be to his family pride-what the
loss Of country pursuits would be 10 him
what It would be to find himself a mere
Mr.. Denison on straitened means in some
quiet place where gossip was rife. and
your social status was pretty nearly
gagged BY the bills incurred at the butch
er's and the wine merchants. And then.
the girl thought. sorrowfuIly, how little
she could do to alleviate all this. To
her mother--ahl yes, she could do much |
to Tighten her troubles, and be a comfort |
to her; but for her father, nothfn9-and |
the tears trickled through Maude's long |
ashes as she thought how little she could
be to him.
Such, so far, were the results Of the
nachinations Of that experienced fisher
Of men," Mr.. Pearman, on the unfortu-
nate family at Glinn.
have told the ingenious process of
BY which Harold Denison had,
1t last, not only soothed his conscience,
put arrived at the conclusion that, like
he grim old Crecian, his duty required
aim to sacrifice his daughter I often
.hink that old story a grand aIlezory.
Agamemnon sacrifices Iphigenia, even
ret, pretty constantly at st. Georges,
Hanover Square. We substitute the ring
or the knife, and the wedding breakfast
or the smoking sacrifice; and we wreath
ourselves with flowers and silken raiment
y we offer up our maidens at the shrine
4 Plutus- Who shall say that, after
II, that was not the meaning Of the
able?
But Harold DenIson was conscious Of
n inward feeling that the newly formed
dea was an extremely awkward subject
Q breach either to his wife or daughter.
That he had never even alluded to Pear
mans proposal need scarcely observe,
nd that II looked still less pleasant to "
ouch upon now be had made up his mind a
o be an active supporter thereof, must
e equally obvious. Still the clouds were
80 thick over the house of Gllnn
hat no time was TO be lost and at last
be squire nsrvsd himself TO the task,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02
A Fresh chiIa.

young man. said Mr.. Blunkins,
when was your age always stood
at the had Of my class"
"well," answered the fearfully pre-
cocious boy, maybe teachers were easi-
err to fool then than they are now"
Washington Star.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

To keep the water fresh and sws.,
In vases OF cut Bowers. add to n =
small bit OF sugar. This IL successfuI
even In tbs case Of such tAinau "a
wsiinowsrs.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

from the trolley line II only the weekend j. spent
In such place Il viii than repay It's cost Tor
somehow one seems 10 feel the heat Of Saturday
or Sunday than in the middle Of the week
Old-fashioned camping parties. where half dozen
families live together In tents out OF doors Tor
a month at a time are stlii In vogue In other places
than the extensive Maine woods or the Adirondaeks
The average American city has numerous colonies o.
these campers just beyond s outskirts each summer.
Il is an inexpensive way OF getting breath o. fresh
air at cost sufficiently small not 10 Interfere With
the convenient paying OF the the city home
apartment while away from H. one Of these days some
sntsrprisins young architect will apart
ment house several miles beyond the city limits IN hs
heart OF the virgin forests for summer boarders oniy
and he will have paying venture. too.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02

Sam sleek-It's dead easy to make
money when you know how.
Tom Toots-Do you know howf
Sam Sleek-sure.
Tom Toots-why don't you make
some?
Sam sleek-I'm afraid I might get
caught while trying to pass II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
Feeding HORa.

Professor Dietrich of the Illinois Ex-
pertinent Station devotes his whole
time to the study and teaching of
swine husbandry, and he says the
average market hog should weigh 300
pounds at months of age. For the
pig to months old protein is the
most important feed. Without pro-
tein 1t cannot build up the lean meat
or grow to any size.
Protein is found in skimmilk, clover
and alfalfa. Corn Is nine-tenths car
bohydra ties. Oats have a little more
protein than corn, but not sufficient for
the pig. Rye contains little more
protein than does corn. Barley is
one OF the best feeds on the farm; 1t
contains more protein than does rye.
In clover and alfalfa there is a large
bulk for the required nutriments and
pigs cannot get enough for a maximum
growth. Even if you have corn and
clover it is still necessary for the
young pig to have some protein food
-cowpeas, soy beans or Canada field
peas. There is nothing better grown
on the farm to balance up the ration.
Rape is bulky feed for fattening,
and it is necessary to use heterogeneous
feed with it. If you feed clover hay
In racks the pigs will not eat as much
Of it as If 1t were chopped up as fine
ly as possible, scalded with steam and
mixed with slop. You can buy mid
dlings Glow grade -FOUR !; 1t has pro-
tein, but not enough. Tankage meat
and blood meal are very much richer
than shorts. Perhaps the most concen-
trated heterogeneous food we have is
tankage. 1t was found by test that 60
per cent tankage contained about 10
per cent of digestible protein. There
is danger in feeding too much protein
it is worse than feeding too little.
Dnring the last two months of the
feeding period carbohydrates or fatten-
ing feeds are of greater Importance.
We must use feeds that are digestible
like corn, wheat, -four or middlings,
but bran is practically indigestible for
the pig. Oil cake contains as much
protein as middlings and ranks with
meal, blood meal or oil meal; the last
is perhaps better because it contains
much ether extract.
1t is much better to mix the feeds
than to feed corn at one time, and
something else at another time. 9th
erwise the pigs are liable to get too
much of the protein feed, lose their
appetite for corn and become stunted
for their lives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
OIL SUIT COSTLY.
Uncle Sam Spends 81, 900, 900 to Kill
Oil Trust, but It Still Lives.

Uncle Sam Spends 1000, 900 to Kill
Oil Trust, but 1t Still Lives.
An unprecedented record of cost in
a single suit and a record of words
of testimony never before approached
in a case prosecuted by the Federal
Government were revealed when the
case of the object of which is to dis
solve the Standard Oil Company in
New Jersey ended in New York.
The testimony taken filed twenty
two printed books The Standard Oil
Company spent more than $4,000,O00
to defend itself and the Federal Gov
eminent spent about the same amount
in prosecuting. Sixty-nine companies
declared to be subsidiary to the Stand
ard Oil were involved in the suit.
Exactly 1872 witnesses were called
by the government and 140 by the
defendant The testimony consists of
100000 words, a greater number per-
haps than any ever taken in a trial
by the United States Government of
any individual or corporation. The
Bible contains only 773, TAG words.
If the tables of the government and
the Standard Oil be added to the fig
ures mentioned the addition would be
about 100000 words, submitted in
print but unspoken. If all the testi-
mony were printed and bound the vol
60
high. The maps submitted by the COM
pany are in four colors, thus entail
ing great expense
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

house" he said soothingly, in response
to her gasp.
But can you break IMP
Modern window fastenings," ex-
planned the young man, who had recent
ly read a newspaper paragraph on the
subject, "are simply invitations to bur-
glars"
He clambered on to the low balcony
in front of the window, Involving him
self In catastrophe Of fiower-pots as
he did so.
The girl, with half-frightened ad.
mlration. observed him extract his
knife, and by its means slip back the
catch of the window. She watched him
with whole-hearted admiration-such is
the effect of success ON the onlooker-
as he raised the window, and, with g
parting smile of encouragement. disap.
peared into the house.
DO be careful" she called out, as
noise suggestive of an overturned
table reached her ear.
Her warning, If heard. was unheeded
for the disturbance assumed cataclys
mic proportions. Her feeling Of alarm
gave way to curiosity. and by the aid
CT small Gladstone. which s..
dragged from the doorstep. she. in heI
mrn. mounted the hli1ony.
Its all right, gasped the voice OF
her deliverer, as she peered in at the
window. don't be"-his voice broke of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

Data regarding the character Of the
Ingredients in continental stock foods,
the results obtained in feeding tests
with such materials, and formulas for
making such foods at home are sum-
married. in a Wisconsin bulletin. The
authors conclusions follow:
Stock foods are of no benefit to
healthy animals when fed according TO
manufacturers directions either as to
increasing the digestibility of the feed
eaten or rendering it more effective for
production of meat, milk, wool, etc.
They are of no benefit as cure-all
for diseases OF the various classes Of
live stock; neither do they possess any
particular merit in case Of specific dis
eases, or for animals out OF condition,
off feed, ETC., since only small proper
ton of ingredients having medicinal
value is found therein, the bulk cf the
foods consisting of a filler which pos
sesses no medicinal properties what
ever
Exorbitant prices are charged for
these foods, as is natural, consi iering
the extensive advertising the manufac-
turers are doing and the liberal COM
missions which they pay agents and
dealers. The large sales of stock foods
are doubtless mainly to be attributed
to these facts.
BY adopting a liberal system of feed
ing farm animals and furnishing a va
riety of feeds, good results may be OBJ
tanned without resorting to stock foods
of any kind If farmer believes 1t is
necessary to feed stock foods at times,
he can purchase the ingredients at a
drug store and make his own stock
foods at a fraction of the cost charged
for them by the manufacturers. He
will then have the additional satisfac-
ton Of knowing just what he is feed
ing, and Of feeding a concentrated
food" instead of one largely diluted
with nonmedicinal ingredients.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

said, sinking into chair. "That man
was probably working there; that's
why he didn't hear the bell"
'Working?" queried her companion
you don't mean
Eyes. do You saw the number was
49, didn't your
Its not the wrong house?"
She nodded dismally.
"'53, Claremont road,' I'm sure was
the address, though" she added In self
exculpation.
"Claremont?" He gazed round the
room. and his eye fell on an envelope
on the sideboard. II thought SOL
wasn't sure. This is Benares road.
Claremont is the next turning.
The girl stared at him helplessly.
Whatever shall l do?" she said in
frightened whisper 'That idiot Of
cabman.'' she added viciously.
Under the circumstances. unused
the young man, "to explain would be-
well, an unthankful task"
Her fellow housebreaker lool;ed at
her from the corner Of his eye.
But we must"
do you mean must morally? Be
cause, if not-the man in the next
room is not likely to know us again"
The girl looked at him, gnawing the
knuckle Of her forefnger hesitatingly (;
then she rose stealthily to her feet.
Il hope" murmured the young man,
as they let themselves out by the front
door. for the sake Of our-er-host,
the others won't be late getting home"
London Sketch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
GOOD LUCK TO sPARRows.
Shoe Thrown mt Departing Bride
Now Home for Bird Family.

Shoe Thrown mt Departing Bride
Now Home for Bird Family.
Suspended from the branches of a
tree in McDonough street, near Reid
avenue, Brooklyn, the New York Her
aid says, is an old shoe which long ago
served its term of usefulness to hui
mainly, but which now affords a COM
Portable home for Mr. and Mrs. Spar
row and their little brood of baby spar
rows, which are just about old enough
to fly
For three years the old shoe, care
iessly thrown into the tree after serv-
Ing as q good-luck emblem at we'd
ding. has been swinging in the branch
es, defying wind and weather. There
have been storms in the neighborhood
that have uprooted trees and broken
of their branches, but the tree in
which the old shoe has found lodg-
ment has withstood all weather sieges.
Not long ago two sparrows came into
the neighborhood and started house
keeping in the old shoe, which affords
them a shelter and is sufficiently large
for the simple tastes of aerial Hat
dwellers.
Whether or not the great nation Of
birds is ruled by an pathological
Roosevelt Is not known, but certain it
is that Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow are not
believers in race suicide, and since TAX
ing up their abode in the old shoe they
have raised a large brood.
The Sparrow family has many OF
the comforts and conveniences of life
The opening in the shoe serves all the
purposes of vestibule. The tip not
only makes a fine piazza for the whole
Sparrow family in fair weather. but
makes n fine swing for the Sparrow
! children when the wind is gently blow
Ing. Judging from the chirping, the
baby birds enjoy their fun just as
much as human children might enjoy
an old orchard swing.
Residents of the. neighborhood, even
the children. appreciate the situation
and every day one of the families
whose homes are near the tree leaves
/ ont food so that the father and mother
| bird need not send any Of their brood
/ TO bed hungry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

D;fN


A project to organize a labor protective
league is on foot in Boston, Mass.
Union cigarmakers in Pennsylvania are
preparing to demand an increase in
wages.
In 1894 a mechanics convention was
held in Utica, ~ Y, to protes, against
convict labor.
About 400 maltsters employed in Dub
lin Greland) breweries have struck for
increased wages.
A New England district council of re
tail clerks union was formed at con-
vention of thirty-two of the unions.
The government of Hungary has order
ed the dissolution of the Union of Rail
way Workers and the confscaton of their
funds.
A great victory is recorded in favor OF
industrial peace in England by the CON
stitution of Cancellation board for iron
founders throughout Lancashire.
The proposed consolidation of the Cen
trail Labor Union and the Federation of
Labor, of Brooklyn, n. y. has the APP
pearance of an accomplished fact
Cleveland (England) ironstone miners
have decided unanimously to use every
endeayor to obtain a per cent advance
in wages on the present existing base rule.
A railroad section laborer in North
Carolina has patented a tie-tamping ma
chine. practical tests of which have
shown that on both old and new road
beds It will do the work of fifN men.
81. hot ttsaiu a1 n
dustrial workers and for the establish
ment of more manual training courses
in schools and colleges is set forth by
the commission appointed to investigate
the industrial needs of New Jersey.
Under the provisions of child labor
bill formulated in Wheeling, W. Va. it
will be unlawful, in the event of its adop-
ton by the Legislature, to employ child
during the school period under any cir
c-mstances. The age limit is fixed at
fifteen years.
On account of the alleged practice of
several garment manufacturers of plac-
ing false labels on their product. the Gar
ment Workers Union is contemplating
prosecuting the manufacturers. They
claim that their label is being infringed
upon. and think that the courts win up
hold them against the, infringement.
A resolution by the Shirt Workers
Union of the coast--tkat the garment
workers in the Shirt, Waist and Iaun-
dry Workers Union, making cuffs. collars
and shirts. go over TO the United Car
ment Workers Of America in body-is
now being widely discussed.
Local members Of the trade unions IN
Toronto. Canada. will shortly present
the government with figures a. 70 the
number Of unemployed men in Toronto,
union and sonunion. Similar figures ere
being collected in other towns in Cana
ia. and viii be presented at OTTAWA by a
deputation win a view 10 stopping immi-
grafton.
Massachusetts, has adopted a stringent
measure. with a view to stopping the
custom Of loaning money to working peo-
nle at usufious rates Of interest. 1t pro
vides that no assignment Of wages shall
be valid unless approved by the employ
ers Of the borrower. and if the latter be
married. the assignment must also be
approved oy Nis wife.