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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
JAPs CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Coresns Were Taxed and Squeeze
Numerically by Mobility.

Coreans Were Taxed and saueexed
Numerically By Mobility.
The people OF Cores are among the
queerest and most interesting of the
Asiatic races, and have great posi-.
btities, writes Frank G. Carpenter. AS
to their number, a census was taken
some time ago and the count made
100000. They have been so squeezed
and ground down by taxation, how
ever, that they will not give out the
full number of souls in each house,
and the probability is that there are
many more than were counted. A fair
estimate. l am told. would be 10000.
600.
Most Of these people live In villages.
The farmhouses are squalid huts OF
mud and stone with roofs of straw
thatch tied on with strings, and are
collected together In little villages
There are no trees or gardens about
them. Every home Is surrounded by
a mud wall high enough to keep the
men on the streets from looking In
at the girls The streets are winding
alleys, where the garbage OF the
houses Is thrown out to rot in the sun.
Sometimes bitches run along the sides
of the streets serving as sewers, and
the houses have no sanitary arrange
ments whatever. The conditions are
so bad that typhoid. cholera and dys-
entery are OF frequent appearance and
smallpox is almost universal Nearly
every other face one sees is more or
less pock-marked. and parents do not
count their children as permanent
possibilities until after they have had
that disease.
There are no very large cities. Seoul
has now perhaps quarter Of mill
ion, although the census gave 1t only
about 100000. Pingyang has $1,000,
Taiku $4,000. and after that come
| Chemulpo, Fusan, Gensan and Songdo
| The people are divided into classes
and. formerly, the Emperor and the
nobility owned most of the lands and
held all the offices. They have been
the curse of the country and have
squeezed the others numerically. The
nobility until now have gone about
dressed in silks and fine grass cloths
They have had coolies with them tc
hold up their arms as they walked
and II they rode. a servant would e
along on each side OF the horse to SCI
that they did not fall from the saddle
These people did absolutely no work
and considered 1t a disgrace to carr,
bundle. The boys who went to thu
modern school, established by the EN-
peror, took servants along with then
to carry their pencils and paper, ant
some tramped to the school building
through the rain, because they woulI
not endure the disgrace Of carrying al
umbrella. This sentiment prevail
somewhat to-day, although It is fas
disappearing. By the coming In o
the japanese the most OF the nobilit
have lost their fat incomes and tn
farmers and common people are nov
to have a better show.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
Have Scales mt Home.

The weights and measures Law
has gone into effect After this, II
you buy anything. expecting to get SO
much, you are entitled to get it or the
manufacturer or producer can be fined
for the short weights. If the weight
is below what the package says, the
only way it can be legally sold Is for
the dealer to tell you the weight.
This will hit all short-weight packages
and commercial weights" of every
nature.
Everyone should have scales ut
home. The man who handles much
grain or stock should have five-ton
scales. He is quite apt to secure bet.
ter weights from some stock buyers II
they know he has scales at home. To
know what the stock that is being full
fed is doing Is also one of the great ad-
vantages of having scales on the farm.
Small scales in the house will also
help to enforce the law of weights and
measures. Flour, meal, sugar, in fact
everything, must weigh OUT or the
one responsible for the short weight
is liable to a fine. See that the law
is enforced, now we have it.-Farm
ers' Breeze
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
cultIvation of Corn.


When corn Is planted after the first
week in June the land needs more at
tention than when prepared earlier.
II plowed early the weeds viii have
made an appearance. which is an ad-
vantage. as they can be destroyed be-
fore the corn is planted: but the late
corn will be more easily injured by
drought than that which has made an
earlier start The crop should be cul-
tivated after every rain, so as to pre-
vent loss Of moisture. Another point
Is to thin out the plants II they are
too thick 1t would be difficult to in
duce many farmers to thin out" their
corn, as they would claim that the
land. having been MANFRED, was capa-
BILE of providing for as many stalks
In the hills as made their appear
ance; 1t is not a matter of plant food
with late corn. however, but moisture.
When too many stalks are close to-
gether there Is a struggle for exist
ence; some become weeds to the 9TH
ers. and in the end only the most Wig
orous make growth, and yield grain
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
PORTERs oUTWIT HARTMAN
Buy Land and Block Road Leading to
Construction Camp.

Buy Land and BLOCK hoad Leading to
Construction Camp.
Grass Valley, Ore, July 27.-Porter
Bros. opened war of strategy on Har-
riman's railroad construction forces
today by cutting off the base of sup
plies for Twohy Bros camps at Horse
Shoe bend, in the canyon of the Des-
chutes. This was accomplished by
Porter Bros. by the acquisition of the
homestead of Fred Gurtz, across which
runs the only road that leads to the
brink of the canyon anywhere near the
vicinity of Horse Shoe bend
1t is said that Porter Bros. paid
$50, 900 for the land by which they
have shut off entrance to the canyon to
Twohy Bros.
At Horse Shoe bend Twohy Bros.
have begun to establish the biggest
camp along the construction route, but
to get there with the trainload of sup
plies now here the Hartman construct
ors will have to cross Porter Bros.
land, and Porter Bros. have put up
signs warning trespassers off the prop
erty. The Gurtz homestead is enclosed
by barbed wire fence and wire gate
is across the road at one boundary line
and wooden gate at the other.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

Mexico City, July 27.-Two dead,
20 injured and more than 200 arrested,
is the result of political riots in Guada-
lajara yesterday and last night, ac-
cording to reports received here.
The riots started when mob broke
up mass meeting in Delgado theater
in the interest of the reelection of
President Diaz. The orators were
stoned in streetcars, carriages and au-
tomobiles in which they rode.
Mobs paraded the streets crying
"Down with DIAL" "We want
Reyes p A barricade was erected and
many shots were exchanged. Eight
policemen were wounded.
The police charged the crowd re-
peatedly, but we're repulsed. State
troops were called out and number OF
volleys were fred in the air without
effect.
Considerable American property was
destroyed and two Americans were
wounded. The Americans have asked
the American consulate for protection.
The Hotel Garcia, which was wrecked
by the mob, was leased by an Ameri-
can, and he has put in claim fol
damages.
The riot is the most serious that has
occurred in Mexico in years, and is
looked upon as significant by those who
have been closely following the politi-
cal situation The officials say it was
planned and carried out by the Demo
cratic party, known as the Reyests
party, from the name of the candidate
for vice president, General Bernardo
Reeves.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

so evenly diffused in the finest kind Of
butter that, as is shown by micro
scope, every grain is surrounded by
a film OF clear and transparent brine.
which points out the necessity OF
avoiding the overworking Of the but
ter before the salt is added In the
first working every particle of milk
should be gotten rid Of, but enough
clear water should be left to dissolve
every grain of salt in twelve hours
before the next working. If this be
done there will be but little danger OF
streakiness in the butter. but to get
the best results the salt should be very
finely ground.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
what's a pun. father p

whats a pun. father?"
"a pun, my son. Is a play upon
words. There are three kinds of puns
good ones, which you laugh at; In.
different ones, which you take no no.
tice Of, and bad ones. which make you
throw something at the punster."
Can you make a pun. father?"
"Of course, my SOM Now. your.
thinking about your supper, aren't
your"
Eyes. father"
well, that's s-upper-most in you
mind at the present time. That. you
see, is a play on Here. you young
rascal. what did you throw that book
at me for?"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

up to the average. 1t is, therefore,
better to remove every stalk that
shows lack of growth, and if the hero
lc remedy of reducing the stalks to
two in hill could be tried on plot
by way of experiment, the result
would be satisfactory, as well as con-
vince farmers that there is nothing
gained by endeavoring to grow three
or four plants in a space which only
two should occupy. II rainfall con-
tinues to be abundant, as has been the
case for June, there will be no neces-
sity for reducing the number OF
plants.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
NORTHWEST APPLES BEST.
Bring Higher Price Than Those From
Any Other State.

my OtcF otdtcs
Consul General Robert P. Skinner,
writing from Hamburg, Germany, de-
tails facts relating to the apple indus
try of this country as reflected in the
prices resolved there, and shows that
Oregon and Washington apples bring
more than those from any other states,
the scale being in comparison with the
California product as follows:
State Per I-bushel case
Oregon. Washington :. :. 81. 61@3. 81
Cail1ornla l.6OWZ. 81
AS to the possibilities of the exten
sion of the apple trade with Germany,
the report shows that in 1908 Germany
imported 164, 421 tons of apples, of
which the United States supplied only
10, SOP tons; in 1907 Germany import
ed 181. 457 tons, the UniteA States
sending 1929 tons.
Germany enforces rigidly inspection
for the San Jose scale, and this pest
has been found on number of ship
ments from the Pacific coast. Mr..
Skinner says, however, that as rule
American apples reach Germany in
good condition. He urges that care be
exercised by all apple shippers to free
their orchards from scale and all other
pests, and then exercise constant super
vision of their employees to insure that
the fruit shall be packed so as to make
it pleasing to the eye as well as protect
it against bruising while being trans
ported.
Hamburg is the great apple receiv-
ing port. There, writes the consul,
honest and impartial rules of sale are
observed and the seller always receives
what is his due, the market regulations
and government inspection having been
developed in a manner to make it GER
tain that always there shall be no
crooked work or unjust rejection OF
shipments.
German fruit buyers have for years
been sending their representatives to
America to look over orchards and
packing houses, and keep informed or
the conditions of the industry in all
important localities where considerable
quantities of fruit are produced. These
agents often go withous making known
their identity, and thus obtain infor-
nation which might otherwise be
harder to secure.
The report ofConsul General Skinner
agrees with previous reports which
have been sent to the government from
abroad-that Pacific coast apples nov
lead this country in all European
marts. 1t likewise emphasizes tbs
necessity of maintaining the presen
high standard, in order that the higl
prices now obtained may be main
tanned and the apple industry reap thu
large profit which has been made il
the past years.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
coLoNlsT RATES AGAIN.

Railroads to Give Reduced Fares to
Pacific Coast This Fall.
Chicago, July 27.-Colonists' fares
to the Pacific coast which have been
under consideration at the rate meeting
of the Transcontinental Passenger as
sociation for several days, will be made
this fall at the same rates as hereto
fore, $33 from Chicago, S32 from st.
Louis and $25 from the Missouri river
to California and North Pacific states.
Their availability will be reduced,
however. from the usual 60 days to a
month, from September Is to October
Is.
This was decided upon because the
heaviest movement has been found dur
ing the first and last ten days of that
period. About rs, 900 people are ex-
pected to take advantage of the rates,
which are for single trips.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
Train Falls into River.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 26.-At least
two persons are known to be dead, one
trainman is missing and between 50
and 80 are injured as a result Of a
wreck of Wabash passenger train No.
4, 80 miles east of here tonight. The
train fell into the Missouri river, where
the track had been weakened by a land
slide The engine, baggage car, mail
car, smoker and dead-head sleeper,
plunged nito the water and were COM
pletely submerged.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
SIKH Calhoun venire Ordered.

San Francisco, July 27.<The sixth
veire of talesmen for the second trial
of Patrick Calhoudn was ordered today
by Judge Lswlor, which brings the
total number of talesmen called up to
610 names. The venire of 100 names
drawn from the jury box today was
made returnable Wednesday, when it
is expected the present venire will be
exhausted. The examination of tales
men proceeded quietly, Notwithstanding
several jurors had decided opinions re-
specting the guilt or innocence Of the
accused.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
UNCLE SANS BUSINESS.
fts Management Would Mean Bank
ruptcy to Private Concern.

fts Management Would Mean Bank
ruptcy to Private Concern.
The government OF the United
States has been conducted for more
than a hundred years on financial
principles which would have bank
rupted a private corporation in few
months, says a writer IN Leslie's
Weekly There has been no public Of
fetal directly responsible for adjust
ing expenditures to receipts OF having
any control over the estimates OF diff
ferent departments.
There is probably no other civilized
government on earth-certainly no
government which Is truly representa-
tive-where there has been such a
complete lack OF supervision over the
budget as In the United States. In
Great Britain the function Is imposed
upon the chancellor of the exchequer
of cutting his pattern to his cloth by
comparing necessary expenditures with
estimated receipts and finding means
to meet a deficit II one appears. In
the countries of continental Europe,
even under such an absolute govern
ment as that of Russia, the duty has
devolved upon the minister OF finance
of supervising and regulating expendi-
lures. 1t is high testimony to the
character Of the men who have had
control of federal affairs in this coun-
try that this lack Of coordination and
responsibility has not led to mon
strous abuses.
Putting the government financial OBJ
erations on the basis OF corporation
finance. It might be said that our
| treasury was conducted upon the prin-
ciple that when income did not equal
outgo there should be an assessment
upon the shareholders. Practically, OF
course, nearly all the business Of the
government is conducted upon this
principle. In this country only the
postoffice, with some fag-ends OF pub
| iceland sales and other minor matters
is conducted with the expectation OF
| income. Even the postofice runs VI
a deficit of nearly s13,000,000 a year
without causing comment.
| Whatever our views may be as te
any Of these projects. It will be ad
mitted that We should put our finan
cial house in order. The importance
of this, 1t would seem, should be rec
ognized by the most enthusiastic ad
vocate of state socialism as keenly al
by his more conservative brother
There is certain force in the sug
gestions of Mr.. Hartman on this
point-that the government needi
regulation in these matters as well a.
the corporation. A system which In
big railway left every head Of a de
partment to get what allowances h
could, without reference to what hi
associates we're doing or to the ne
earnings Of the road, would soon ter
inmate in a receivershtp. Yet this I
practically the method upon which tn
government Of the United States ha
been operated up to within fey
months
These unusual conditions, accom-
panied as they have been, by a stead
growth in expenditures. were frs
brought prominently before the pull
lie by George B. Cortelyou when
. vas secretary of the treasury.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
Carving Away sIoop eioa.

San Francisco, July 27.-Fearing
that relic hunters will carry away
piecemeal the sloop Gjoa, in which
Raoul Amnndsen sailed through the
Northwest passage, the San Francisco
police department has set guard over
the sloop and will try to punish some
of those whose initials cover the yes
sells sides. The ship is beached at
Golden Gate park and was intended to
be a museum for things nautical.
Relic hunters have carved away at the
timbers until the worth of the vessel
as a historic relic is impaired.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
Russi, Resorts to Knife.

Paris, July 26.-Jean Jusrez, Social
ist leader in the chamber of deputies.
today publicly warned the French gov
eminent that he had reason to believe
DR.. Dubrovin, president of the League
of Russian People, had sent emissaries
to Paris for the purpose of numbering
NJ. Bourtzeff, an exiled Russian revo-
lutionist. Bourtzeff recently exposed
General Harting, chief of the Russian
political pelice in Paris, accusing him
of being the organizer of the dyna-
mite plot against Emperor Alexander
III
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
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Many Course. In Agriculture.

Many Courses In Agriculture
A total of eighty-seven differen,
courses of study in the long and mid
die courses In agriculture at the Col
lege Of Agriculture of the University
OF Wisconsin Is shown in the new
catalogue of the university Just Is
sued. These do not include the work
in the nine other special departments,
such as home economics, the short
course. three dairy courses. the farm.
ers' course. farmers Institutes. home
making course, and experimental sta
ton work. These eighty-seven courses
include thirteen each in soils and agri.
cultural chemistry. twelve each in AMI.
NAL husbandry and horticulture
eleven In dairy husbandry, eight in
agricultural engineering. seven in bac.
teriology. five each in agricultural eco
Monies and agronomy. and one IN
agricultural journalism.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

Rye pasture for cows makes the
milk have bad taste or favor unless
great care is taken in the matter Of
pasturing. II the cows are left on
all day the milk will almost certainly
be on flavor. strong and bitter. The
only safe way seems to be to turn
the cows in for two OF three hours
right after they are MIXED. then keep
them on the rye antil the next milk
Ing. Even this precaution may leave
4 slight faint In the milk and appear
In the cream and butter.-Denver
Field and Farm.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
Damp. In WELL.

Before going down into a well test
the purity of the air by lowering a
lighted candle or lantern. II the light
burns dimly. or goes out. the poison,
Gus carbonic acid gas "damps" can
be driven out by igniting a quantity
Of turpentine and sawdust or kerosene
and rags in a kettle. and lowering II
to the surface of the water. and then
later pour several bucketfulls Of water
into the well from the top. Test again
with the lantern. and note the Inn
provement
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
ButtermiIk for sheen Ticl..

1t is claimed that by pouring butter
milk freely along the backs Of sheep it
will prove a remedy for ticks. II q
gill of kerosene is added to a gallon
OF buttermilk the remedy will be i'm
proved, as the kerosene forms an
emulsion with buttermilk and does no
harm to the animal The remedy will
cost but little and should be given a
trial by way Of experiment. 1t is also
claimed that II buttermilk is given a
horse 1t will serve better than any
other remedy for bots. These RENE
dies were suggested by parties who
have tested them.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

Canvasser Ito lady of the house)-
Can you tell me. my dear madam,
whether your husband is Liberal or
Conservative?
"Oh, well" said the lady. when he's
with Liberals he's Liberal. and when
he's with Conservatives he's Con.
servative?"
yes. but between ourselves. what
is be at homer"
"Oh, at home. He's a perfect null
sance. "-London Answers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
New Island in Pacific

San Francisco. July PA new is
land has sprung up in the Pacific ocean
not far to the southeast of the Society
and Gambler groups, according to Cap
tain Quatrevaux, of the French ship
Theirs, which arrived from Newcastle,
Australia. yesterday. The island is
but few hundred yards in circumfer-
ence, and appears to be of volcanic
origin. The unchsrted rock is describ-
ed in the log of the Theirs as of low
and uninviting appearance.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

builds, Will ask, and you have true ed
education at its best. Give
children every kind of hand work that
their play instincts call for-and their
play instincts are the deepest and most
useful in their nature-apa then brain
development will follow as naturally
as the night follows day.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

For several years past the sheepmen
Of the Southwest have suffered serious
losses from a disease known among
the Mexican herders as pingue."
'Pingue" is popularity supposed to be
caused by eating either the leaves OF
roots Of a plant which has in the
last few years been quite prominent
in the public eye as the rubber plant
or rubber weed. Hot water and salt
is an efficacious remedy.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

The hide and flesh of young horse
are more tender than those Of an old
work horse. If the shoulders OF the
young horse are allowed to become
sore during the first seasons work Il
Is likely that they will be sore or ten
der all the rest of the animals life
II the young horse passes through the
first season without injury the shout
ders become toughened and with good
treatment are likely never to become
sore.=Field and Farm.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

Would Have 10 Take Roots and Al.
She went into a Fifth avenue hair
dresser's shop to have her head sham
pooed. She wore her hair in a Psyche
knot. The shampooer seemed to be a
trifie rough. and finally her tugs at the
Psyche knot became so forceful that
the woman in the chair cried out in
pain. What are you trying to do;
pull my head ofr?" she exclaimed. Il
am trying to get your Psyche knot
on" replied the shampooer. but II
won't come. How did you ever gel
It pinned on so firmly?" The custo
mer almost shrieked: Come on;
Why, it's my own hair."-New York
Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

The Old Bulldog going to
chain US up on Sunday nights now.
The Young Bulldog-How's that
GOVERNOR
The Old Bulldog-The new Teller
that's started calling on Miss Mamie
has got money-Cincinnat Enquirer
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

They were in the thick of their FIRST
quarrel.
Il thought your tastes we're simple"
said the husband Il didn't expect to
find you such a high fier."
"Yes, you did" she answered; you
knew all about my being high Aier. as
you call it, but you thought I'd be dirigi-
BILE ~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29

"Ths worst has happened, John y pant
ed Mrs. Jipes, sinking feebly into a chair.
"Well, we'll have to advertise for an
other one; that's ALL" moodily answered
Mr.. Jipes.
For he knew. without being told, that
the cook had left
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-29
Tornado Wipes Out Town.

Winnipeg. July 27.-The village of
Mecklin, located on the Saskatoon and
West Askiwin branch of the Canadian
Pacific railway in Saskatchewan, was
wiped out by tornado yesterday after
noon. No one was seriously hurt