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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

And IL you really assembled that
awful mountain why did you leave no
visible tracer
The footprint left by the astral
body is not tangible thing" respond
ed the explorer with dignity almost
frigid-PhiladelDhia Ledger.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

And now. children" said the reach
81. addressing the question to the class
in anatomy ~ physiologs-. can you
tell me what milk is2"
Eight cents quart" shoUe-- the
children, in un,son.-CI 'cago Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

II think" said the ambitious man.
that l would like to be king Of
finance"
Don't think OF it," said the great
European money lender. Think Of
the dangers that beset a throne. What
you should say is that you would like
to be a fnancier OF Kingdoms. Wash
ington Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

The mighty Casey had struck out.
Il had to do it or spoil the poem
he explained.
Years afterward. however. when he
saw how the elocutionists had over
worked 1t, he bitterly regretted the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16
u You tiaye Common Sore tyes.

if lines blur or run together, you need
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, 25c. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo,
N. "
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

After a woman makes up her mind
It doesn't take her long to make up
her face.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

81 understand that she is separated
from her husband"
Yes"
"Oh. tell me all about it. What did
she do2"
Nothing. He died"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16
Hoods
SarsapariIIa

Cures all blood diseases and
builds up the whole system.
There is no "just as good"
medicine. Get it today and
begin taking it at once.
In uaI liquid form or chocolated tab
cts called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses 81.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

It's SO much easier to gossip about
people than &c pray for them.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

HowARD E. BURTON As,ayer and chemist,
Ieadville. Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold.
oliver. Lead, 81. Gold. Silver. 75c Gold, 800; Zinc
or Copper. s. Mailing envelopes and full price list
lieItsd Reference. Carbonate Nstionsl Bank
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

"My father has been sufferer from sick
headache for the last twenty five years and
never found any relief until he began
taking your Cascarets. Since he has
begun taking Cascarets he has never had
the headache. They have entirely cured
him. Cascarets do what you recommend
them to do. will give you the privilege
of using his name" -E. M. Dickson,
II2o Resiner St., w. indianapolis, Ind.
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken Weaken or GRIPPE
10c. 2Sc, SOC. Never sold In bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped &C Guaranteed to
cure or your money back vs.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

The bitter end in cigars is the last
half inch.
Everybody is anxious to serve . rich
man with subpoena
One boarder claims the fruit salad
is Just another scheme for serving
prunes
When nice mon are put up, how
are we going to stop a woman from
voting for both candidates?
The insurance company agrees to
pay certain amount to one widow
Washington Herald
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

Mrs McCall-How about your ser.
want girl? The last time / saw you
you complained about her being sc
very slow
Mrs. Hiram oten-Oh. she's pro
crossing.
Mrs. McCall-Indeed?
Mrs. Hiram Offen-Yes, she's get
ting slower and slower. = Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

The reason why Ayers Hair Vigor stops
falling hair is because il first destroys the
germs which cause this trouble. After
this Ia done, nature soon brings about
full recovery, restoring the hair and
scalp to perfectly healthy condition.
-xsds sy the !. o. Aver o.. LEVEL. Esss.---
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-16

Brussels, Dee. 14.-At O'Clock thii
morning the condition of King Leopold
was unchanged.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
Obituary Editors Warning.

The average country editor is a
chump. He will submit to the abuse
of some old. miserly skinfiint or Shy
lock in the community for years, and
when death in all it's merciful kind
ness removes the worthless old car
cass to a place that has possibly been
eager and yawning for years to even
UP his devilish score, Mr.. Editor, in
laudatory language and half-column
space, will pour out his hypocritical
sympathy touchingly, yea, patheti-
cally. Not so with the Call. The
next old reprobate that shuffles of
may die with this troubled fact on
his mind, that we are going to ever
lastingly lambaste him as soon as we
have proof that his grouchy life has
been snuffed out and he is on his way
home. Some of you old reprobates,
be you one or many, had better take
due notice and come in and make
good with us before the last call, fol
there is not a drop of sentimental hy-
pocrisy or snivelling pretense IL eur
heart.-Purcell (Okla.) Call.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
CHAPTER ".
The Waiting-Maid.

Perry glanced up at the windows;
those of the sitting rooms were dark,
but light still glimmered in the top
story. He moved rapidly to the back
of the house, and took similar OBJ
servation of it; that side was dark.
Perry uttered his usual exclamation of
disappointment, noun OF three syl-
tables, generally understood to be the
copyright of divines. He was evil
IDENTIFY puzzled what to do. After
moments reflection, however, he
mounted some iron steps that led
from the garden to the drawing room
balcony, and also to door which
gave egress to some smaller chamber,
probably a lady's boudoir; and taking
a half crown from his pocket, struck
with it the brass around the keyhole
twice. Amid the roaring of the wind,
he blow was unheard Without but
inside the house the noise Wfj PROP
ably distinct enough, especially to
ears that were accustomed to such
signal. There was a consid derable de-
lay. during which Perry stood with
one ea- at the keyhole, and his foot
on the step prepared for instant flight
should the expected footsteps sound
unfamiliar to him. Adair crouched
down behind him, shadowed by a
laurel bush, and watched his every
motion as a cat of tender years
watches a rat of dangerous dimen-
sions.
For a wonder, Perry showed no
trace of impatience (Which convinced
! the other that he had been used TO
wait under similar circumstanceS)
and remained in that statuesque
| buG somewhat strained position I'll
his signal was answered. A bolt wa
quietly withdrawn, the door softly
opened, and after word or two-as
it seemed by the tone-of objection
on the part of the person WITHIN the
Young man was admitted.
When the door had opened to Mr.
Perry's signal, it was at the touch Of
a female hand indeed, but it was no'
Sophy's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
ONLY A CENT.

Uncle Harris was carpenter, and
had shop in the country. One day
he went into the barn, where Dick
and Joe were playing with two tame
pigeons.
s'Boys," he said, my workshop
ought to be swept up every evening.
Which of you will undertake to do it?
I am willing to pay cent for each
sweeping"
"Only a cent?" said Dick. "Who
would work for cent?"
81 will" said Joe.
So every day, when Uncle Harris
was done working in the shop, Joe
would take an old broom and sweep
it.
One day Uncle Hs1ris took Dick
and Joe to town. Wl&!e he went to
buy some lumber, they went to toy
shop.
What fine kites!" said Dick. Il
wish that 1 could buy one"
"Only ten cents" said the man.
81 haven't cent" said Dick.
81 have fifty cents" said Joe.
''How did you get fifty cents?"
asked Dick.
by sweeping the shop" answered
Joe-Sunday Afternoon.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
For the
Younger
Children.

mind to spend the night III the street,
for it was cold weather at that time,
so Spunk sneaked slyly behind the
kitchen range out of sight and went
to sleep.
Harry got sleepy, too, in due time
and went upstairs to bed. So did all
the other seven people in the family
when their sleepy time came, and not
one of them knew about the tramp
cat behind the kitchen range. 1t was
a gas range, and one Of the gas jets
belonging to it had been left burning.
The lighted jet had been turned so
low that when the early morning
came and the gas pressure was re-
duced the light was quite extln-
guished, although the gas still con-
tinued to flow, filling the kitchen
with it's poisonous fumes. By de-
grees the gas mounted the stairs up,
up and through the rest of the house.
All the family-father, mother and
children-were still fast asleep,
dreaming of anything but the deadly
danger they were in.
But Spunk, cat fashion, was an
early riser. She wandered through
the kitchen, looking for something
to cat. Then she smelled gas. 1t
seemed as if she knew all about it,
and maybe she did. Who can tell?
Spunk bounded lightly up the stairs
and through the rooms till she came
to Harry's bed. She sprang upon 1t
with a big bounce, and stroked
Harry's face with her paws till he
walked suddenly.
He jumped up with a yell, for he
had been suddenly wakened from a
sound sleep. The yell walked all the
rest of the family. In an instant they
smelled the gas, and the grown folk
knew what it meant. Harry's father
jumped to the windows and opened
them, and that let in the air and
saved their lives. Then he bounded
downstairs and shut off the gas jet.
AS to Spunk, she just sat still upon
Harry's bed and looked nightly
pleased. News-Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
Started a Run on Roses.

A very shy young man had been
calling on "the sweetest girl in the
world" for many moons, but, being
bashful, his suit progressed slowly.
Finally she decided it was tine to
start something, so the next time he
called she pointed to the rose in the
buttonhole of his coat and said:
Til give you kiss for that rose. ;"
A crimson flush spread over his
countenance, but the exchange was
made after some hesitation On his
part. Then he grabbed his hat and
started to leave the room.
why, where are you going?" she
asked in surprise.
ITO the-er-horist for more
roses" he called back from the front
door.-Sketchy Bits.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
A0Iuck and
b Adventure

AN INCIDENT OF PEKIN SIEGE.
The late DR.. w. S. Ament was one
of the brave missionaries who went
through the Boxer siege of the lega-
tions at Pekin in 1900. Among those
who experienced the terrors of that
time was an American woman with
her husband and young child. The
mother narrates this characteristic
incident of that trying time:
Let me tell you about one act of
DR.. Ament's the day the siege began.
We had reached the British legation
coming from the Methodist compound
when l discovered that in our haste l
had not taken any of the prepared
food for baby. l spoke to my hus-
band about it, but he said he could
do nothing; that we were fortunate
to get to our present place of safety
alive.
But baby will die, said. with
out that food
am sorry. but any one would
be killed who tried to go back for the
food. We must trust the Lord
'Dr. Ament had heard our CONVEX
sation, and without saying word he
suddenly left us. Later I learned
that alone, carrying his rife, he had
walked back to the Methodist COM
pound. followed only by Chinese
whom he did not know, but who evi-
IDENTIFY knew him. The gates of the
compound he found locked. Climb
ing up on the wall he looked down on
the inside upon a dozen Boxers, each
armed, and their guns pointed to-
ward him.
eff you won't shoot, 1 won't he
said, and a truce was formed. He
foand the baby's food, and loading
himself down with that and other ar
ticles of food he rode back to the le-
cation upon bicycle, followed by his
unknown friend.
When the other missionaries saw
DR.. Ament return they said that if he
could go back to the compound they
could, and soon a string of men could
he seen carrying food, clothing and
other articles into the legation
grounds AS long as they could go
with safety they continued to go, and
only stopped when the fire from the
Boxers on the city wall warned them
that their lives were really in danger.
There is no doubt in my mind
that our boys life was spared by the
heroism of DR.. Ament, and that all
of the adults as we'll owed much of
their comfort to the example which
he set-in fact, it is doubtful if there
would have been food enough in the
legation to enable us to hold out till
relief came. christian Advocate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
THE JURY'S VERDICT.

Cowardice does not get itself re-
ported as heroism does, but it is un-
happily. not rare A woman was re-
Gently drowned at Hampstead, Eng
land, while four men stood on the
bank of the pond and watched her
struggles.
The coroners jury entered on its
verdict it's regret that when the de-
ceased was alive and in the pond, no
one was present who felt competent
to enter the water and endeavor to
effect her rescue"
The verdict must have been eX-
ceedingly unpleasant reading for
those four men. But their inaction
was due simply to their inability to
collect themselves and decide upon
what should be done. They were un-
accustomed to meet emergencies.
When one came, it found them want
ing So, alas! it might find even our
would-be heroine.
One of Stevenson's characters
makes a piteous outcry over his want
of this great, silent power. do l
indeed lack courage? Courage, the
footstool of the virtues, upon which
they stand? Courage, that poor
private carrying a musket has to
spare of; that does not fail a weasel
or a rat?"
The poor private carrying mus
ket" has had a certain training. Ex-
perience shows that this particular
! training conduces to courage in re-
markable degree.
But we cannot all participate in the
military drill. 1t behooves us, il we
are set upon heroism as vocation,
to look about for the next best way
of learning to be hero.
A careful study of certain exam
pies of nobly heroic action may re-
veal the qualities of character which
produced them, and so may indicate
the lines along which the education
of courage should lie.
On an English railway a signalman
was employed whose house was near
his post The tracks ran between
the signal box and his garden, and
the garden was separated from the
rails by a high fence. One day he
received, by his electric bell, the sig
nal to stop an approaching train, as
there was trouble down the line.
AS he stood at his post, flag in
hand, the signalman saw his three
year-old boy creeping under the
fence-evidently with the intention
of snatching the forbidden pleasure
/ of visit to his father in the signal
box.
The train was close upon them.
The father had but an instant to
choose between leaving his post and
seeing his child run down by the en-
gine.
He stood firm, and the terrible sac
rifice to duty was exacted from him.
His child was killed, but the train
was saved from disaster.
Of course an unframed man would
have dropped the flag and sprung to
the rescue of the child. He would
have seen only the impending horror
of the boys death, and not the more
awful tragedy which threatened the
helpless passengers on the train.
But the man who for years had
been taught by command, by practice
by every habit of thought and life tC
guard the trains committed to his
t care, did not wavef even under the
supreme test His years of obedience
to the call of duty had fitted him to
stand the strain, and like Abraham OF
| old he could say in answer to the ap-
palling summons to sacrifice, Lord
! here am L."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE: :

A variation of the old guessing
game, "What's Ny Thought Like?'
may be arranged for a change. To
play it the leader begins by saying,
81 am thinking of a proyerb which
illustrates" for example, "the ten
dency of inferior character to take
advantage of any absence of authorl-
tv." The other players are allowed
to ask questions concerning it thus:
Allow many words does this pro-
verb contain?
Answer-Nine.
BIS it a familiar saying?
Answer--Among the most familiar.
Glow many times does the word
''the" occur in it?
Answer-Twice.
D-Does it begin with the word
"when?"
Answer-Ies.
E-And end with the word "play?
Answer-It does.
Els there a mention of certain
animals in it?
Answer-There is.
G-Is it, "When the cats away the
mice will play?"
Answer-That is it.-Home Her.
aid.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09

in spite of his motions, refused to
bulge. He changed his gong, got the
signal to start, and put on the power
again.
'One thing is true" the motor
man said to the passenger on the plat
form, men don't do that. It's only
women. Did you see what she did,"
NO said the passenger. II did
mt notice her till you stopped"
Didn't you? She was beginning
to cross the street. l saw her, and
she saw me, and l thought that she
saw l saw her. Anyway, I slowed
up to give her characteristics,
I'm ahead of time, two minutes. Then
when I get near, she stops, and looks
up, and refuses to move. | have to
stop because 1 can't tell which way
she's likely to 60"
Women dom understand mechan-
ical things" said the passenger.
"P'r'aps not. There's one woman
lives in town. he jerked his thumb
to indicate the direction. "She used
to take my car when I was on the
old route every morning. The regular
stop was on the south side of the
cross street Just as regular as the
clock, she'd stand on the north side.
First time I kind of slowed dowL,
and motioned to her, and she ran
along I heard she reported me for
not letting her get on, and making
her follow to the post. Mind you,
she did the same thing every day. I
got to watch out for her, and I used
to try to be half minute ahead of
time so as to make up for it. For
all I know, she does it STILL
The passenger was silent a mo-
ment. do women get off backwards
much?" he asked.
"Not on this end of the car" said
the driver, grimly. Il scare 'em too
much. One tried it on me once.
said Danger, ma ami in a loud voice.
and she jumped back as if she'd
stepped on a live wire. Hello, there's
my friend. Wonder what she's doing
way up here. And she's on the wrong
side of the street, too"
He stopped the car by the signal
post, and waited patiently for h3r to
catch up.
"Some'll never learn" he said.
wearily.-Youth's Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
CAUGHT NEWFOUNDLAND BEAR

CAUGHT NEWFOUNDLAND BEAR.
Two sportsmen in Newfoundland
ran across the carcass of caribou,
all the signs showing that good,
able-bodied bear had brought 1t there
within the last twenty-four hours.
Apparently he had not yet begun to
feed on it, which meant that he would
be back. Mr.. Richard D. Ware, in
his book entitled "In the Woods and
on the Shore" says that the sports
men decided that they would be back,
too, and took up their watch on
neighboring bush-grown ledge about
a quarter of a mile away.
1t was then about four o'clock in
the afternoon. The sun was getting
low and it had turned quite cold. AS
the shadows grew deeper we began
to see bears everywhere. 1t had be-
come so dark that it would soon be
impossible to see to shoot at all, and
my friend suggested that we should
give it up. I agreed to go in fifteen
minutes by Stroud's watch.
had hardly spoken when black
thing sticking up in the brush at the
edge of the bog seemed to move;
but the phantom bears had seemed
to move, too, and said nothing about
it. The next instant 1t did move un-
uuestionably. A moment more and
the creature was on the bog, clear OF
the brush, where he had been peer
ing about to see if the coast was clear.
Stroud had already taken OF his
boots as turned to him.
'sTake off your moccasins," he said.
when he begins to feed we'll start
for him"
Subsequent developments proved
that the rocks were sharp and that
the bog was very, very wet to our un-
shod feet, but we did not think OF
those things then. We were after
that bear.
Suddenly black shape rose above
the brush. 1t was the bear, and
Stroud had passed him. Thanks to
some previous experiments, caught
the white sight of my rifle quickly
on the creatures shoulder and fired.
Down he went. For few moments
we heard nothing; then half-smoth-
cred, groaning below sounded in the
depths of the thicket Then all was
quiet again.
"He's dead,'' said Stroud, but he
did not go into the thicket to pull
him out.
= Finally l worked round to new
point of view. 1 had gone about
dozen PAGES through the brush when
a low, stiff spruce blocked my stride.
I pushed through it, and brought my
unshod foot down full weight on
something soft that rolled down
under it. 1 backed off more rapidly
than l had advanced.
Stroud joined me and we went
back. There was the bear quite dead,
fiat on his back, with his paws out
stretched. I had stepped on one OF
them.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
Distance of q Knot.

In considering the speed of a
steamship, it must be remembered
that a knot, or nautical mile, Is a
very different thing from land mile.
A mile is $3.50 feet, while knot is
6OSO feet and fraction. Therefore,
when a vessel makes 1905 knots an
hour, she passes over nearly nearly
twenty-seven land miles.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
3SScCCCCCCc CCcCSOCCSSSc
3 AL N erry Side
; EM "a ..uOf Life
A HARD LUCK STORY.

A HARD LUCK STORY.
Ii L was squirrel I'd have nothin' much
to do,
Excep' to scamper roun' de tree when peo.
pie come in view.
Il was, catfish OF sinner or a bass,
I'd simply have to swim aroun' an let dc
seasons pass.
If was a bird I'd go a-foatin' thro' dc
sky
A-pickin' out de climate dat I thought
would satisfy
Il I was bulldog or setter or spitz,
I'd romp aroun' an bark an scare de
strangers into fits
II L was mos any critter dat ever sees
I'd spend a heap O time in doin' mos ly
as l please,
Alvin in de sunshine or where leafy
shadows lurk;
But cause rs human folks, doggone. Is
got to go to work!
Judge
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
WHAT THE TRAMP CAT DID.

Spunk was tramp cat that haunt
ed the garbage barrels and Easements
of a neighborhood in New York City
She was not at all clean and not
bit handsome, but she was tame and
good-natured, and the neighborhood
children had lot of fun with her.
One afternoon a little boy named
Harry, seven years old, picked up
Spunk in the street, dirty as she was.
and carried her in his arms into his
mothers kitchen to have a play with
her. At supper time he fed her. then
forgot all about her. Spunk did not
forget herself, though, and had no
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
is PAPA MARRIED.

Esther and Baby Lois and mother
were having one of their confidential
talks the other day. rs papa mar
ried?" Esther asked suddenly.
"Why, Esther!" mother exclaimed.
Don't you know who papa married?"
Esther reflected for a moment. and
then said radiantly, Course I do!
He married us-you and Lois and
me!"-Youth' Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-09
ALL DEPENDED.

"Pa," said the little Pennsylvania
boy
"Well?"
'Is the moon made of green
cheese"
Not if the contract called for
green cheese, son. But run along.
Little boys mustn't monkey with poll
tics. ."-Louisyille Courier-Journal.