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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30
m A PYTHON's COIL



The attendants In geological gardens
ara exposed to dangers OF various
sorts. The superintendent Of the Gin.
cinnati animal park once had an adj
venture with a python which came
near costing him bis life.
Il became necessary 10 make some
changes In the snake house. and the
superintendent. Mr. Stephens. was in
he cage Of Dythons. anticipating -
danger. when to his dlsmay he saw
the largest snake coming toward him.
Kissing and darling its tongue angrily.
Instantly he realized his danger.
The superintendent quickly grasped
the huge reptile Just back OF the neck
with his right hand. and with the left
clutched the creature two feet lower
down. where the greatest muscular
power OF the python Is located.
He tried to thrust the writing
mass into a waiting box. but the
python coiled its twelve feet OF length
round the mans leg. and began to con-
strict. carrying It's tightening coils
higher and li4gher.
Struggle as he might. Mr. Stephens
seemed helpless In the serpent's grasp.
His hands were so moist that the
scaly body twisted in them. Perspira-
ton streamed from his face The
python had worked It's head free and
was darling is horrid tongue almost
In its victims face.
The man threw up his hand instinc- |
lively to shield his face. and az the
same moment the snake seized and
began swallowing Il.
BY this time the attendants had
rushed into the cage. and they began
beating the python. Not liking this
treatment. the big snake relaxed its
oils. Mr. Stephens jerked his hand
rec. and broke of one OF the python's
angs in his thumb In 80 doing.
IF had not held on TO It's heaviest
said the superintendent Il
ave no doubt It might have strangIed
ne. AS long as I kept my grip there
felt confident but I was pretty weak
.fter tho adventure"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

We spead years % llme. lnsnify o.
attention. thousands 81 ths psosls't
money. turning tAs trial % wealthy
murderer into Complicated game
England last year settled 4 sone1h &
similar case 10 iasi cne day TAs
year shs took q small par; % sinxls
day on tho trial and sentencing d
aadar Sal phlnasri: she ala i thfeu
weeks after the murder. a lev weeks
more saw the Hindu pass from earth.
and nobody prctends the resnls uoula
or should havs been Different II gag
land had tied herself up with a. many
fool technicnilfles a. arlet ert,ainai
Law In the United States f,ha .ad
thing for the Stats 70 Mi any human
being: Il T. sadder to kili one uhoss
act seems virtuous to himself: but a.
long a. such necessity exists IN a.
imperfect universe. Il should b mo,
with certainty. sravlty ana prompt
ness The courts should deal serioas
" with the evidence. not presid. AZ
spectacular combat between legal siadt
ators and mercenary experts" With
the upper courts looking on. ready .
upset an unmlsiakably just conviction
n some clerk omits The word she 10
an indictment Or ~ sons judge goes
astray on one Of the numhsfissA i,n.
"ins,racilona- called FOR b.
lawyers FOR the sole purpose Of upset
ling verdict By technical sicirhtof
hand. Mr Taft has led the public "a
expect some reform on the barbarle
which uni,ed States courts
and lawyers have constructed. anl We
look forward 70 the day when our
Judges and iuries shall. Ike The Eng
ish. deal only with the fundamental
aw and with the evidencs. Golfers
Weekly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30


slogan Of Upfon Sinelalr'. campsian
Tor the Use o4 naw Food,
After the ire at Hellcoa Hall an.
the strain and worry caused by serious
financial losses" writes Upton sin
clair In the Independent \ was n
very bad health, and ms wife in even
worse. So Tor the first time N nay
life I began 20 pas serious attention
to the question Of diet.
"A good many OF the members Of
the colony had been yeeetarsans before
they came there. bat We had served
meat for the meat eaters. ana the TO
suit was that all The vegetarians had
fallen from grace
Nov. however I became a vege
tartan for keeps. living for the most
part on the germ proof food prepare.
tons Of well known manufacturer
OF that sort OF thing. That helped
me some. but very little
Last fall found myself In such
condition OF nervous exhaustion that
I went away by myself to California
vowing that would not come back to
my family and my friends until had
made myself well man.
4 got a little bungalow. and because
I did not want 10 have to bother with
a servant and wanted to be alone at
meal times ! took to eating foods thar
did not have 10 be cooked. could
not get the prepared stun / had been
eating. but was n a land Of fruits
and fresh vegetables. and SO lived
on these.
IN this blind way and quite with
out guidance I stumbled on what ll
now know TO be the greatest discov
cry OF my life; the deadly nature q
the cooking process. which destroys
The heaith-slvlug properties Of foods
incites 70 gluttouy and "a the cause
OF 95 per cent or the diseases OF the
human race
Il used a kind Of whole hard wheat
cracker. but Tor this ] ate no cooked
food for FIVE months lived on nuts
ripe olives. salad. vegetables and
variety Of the kindly fruits cf the
sarth.' both fresh and dried was
Indoors most Of TIRE time. Tor the En-
nate was vile-It rained nearly every /
my al winter through.
I worked harder than I had ever
worked IN my life before. and yet my
roubies fell from me Ike a CASTOR
garment. Ny stomach ceased from
rowling. ny sluggish fnfestines
woke. my nerves became calm ana
ny headaches were forgotten. I was
lecture OF radiant and rejoicing
lealth.-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

The undertaken was a witness in
court After It was all over he said
to the lawyer: Allow me to thank
you for your kindly consideration.
You handled me gently during the
cross-examination-"
"Oh, that's all right" replied the
lawyer. You see, don't know how
soon you might be handling me, 30 I
thought It good idea to play safe"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30
ssekroom Mirrors.

only a hand Mirror should fnn
place in a sickroom," said a doctor.
''and it should be one hattering to the
patient-the kind. for instance, which
II the face Is too broad will lengthen
it little. And the patient should only
be allowed to look In the mirror at
propitious times. Many patient has
been frightened literally to death by
his haggard rehectIon--has looked,
sighed and renounced hope. But many
another patient in really bad way
really desperate. too-being given a
look at himself Just after he has taken
a stimulant has bucked up wonderful
~. In fact, a sickroom mirror wisely
handled is curative agent. while reci
lessly handled It may KILL"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

When / awoke in the morning I was
more than half Of the mind that / had
dreamed Of the lightning's singular pic
lures, or at least that. being suddenly
startled from sound sleep and dazzIed BIZ
successive flashes and stunned By the
roar Of thunder. my imagination had
played some trick on me. Anything else
seemed too remarkable to be believed. Yet
I could not quite convince myself that /
had not seen the tormented schooner, the
landing on the beach Of the long boat, the
march into the pines, and the final pic
ture Of that tall, gaunt figure gazing sea-
ward. I could not believe that my ima9i-
nation or my dreams could be 30 vivid as
my remembrance of those scenes.
I questioned Charles closely at break
fast as to how be had passed the night.
II seemed that he had slept stoIidly
through all the uproar. Even had he not,
be would probably have seen nothing. for
his room was at the back Of the house.
The storm continued, though with les
sened violence. After breakfast I ven
tured out, dressed for a wetting, and
went first to the place where, as I re-
membered, the long boat had been beach
ed. The waves had done away with all
traces Of the keel Then followed as
nearly as I could the path which the
had taken to the pines: but
the wind and rain had obIiterzted tbs
II there had ever been any
here. poksd into the pines, only to
,e drenched by waterfalls for my pains. |
The mystery was as deep as over whom |
no4lly desisted and went back to sbsl- |
er.
After some thought, determined to
eep my secret TO myself. Charles would
especially listen to my statement but
'ithout further evidences hs would b
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30
- Science
.aNIIlyentiOn.

The federal forest service has ds.
saloped a process Tor making paper
from scrub pine. which covers exten.
sive areas on the southern Atlantic
seaboard and "a little used except for
'ucl.
A London scientific Journal that
analysed samples OF snow taken from
the roof OF It's building found that
weekday SHOWS contained about i've
times the impurities OF those gathered
on sundayA
II has been satisfactorily demon.
strated that the blue rays from mer.
curry vapor lamps Kill bacteria and
sterilizs water In which the lamps are
placed without appreciably Increasing
"a temperature.
Because Of an increase In the mum
Der OF cases OF malaria. the city OF
Leipzig has declared war on the mos
quito and win fine any resident who
fails to carry out certain regulations
Intended 70 exterminate the insect.
Because the blowing out OF fuses has
caused panics among passengers. new
cars being built at St. Louis are carry
ing the fuses on the outside. the smoke
and discharge material passing
through Slated openings TO the outer
air.
Hitherto the use Of the falls OF the
river Rhone for the production Of cleo
trio power has been almost confined
to the Swiss part OF the stream. but y
project Is on foot for the utilization
OF the falls AZ Genlsaiat. IN French ter.
ritory, for the production OF electric
power TO be sent to Paris. The falls
have a descent OF over 200 feet. and /
It Is estimated that they will produce
$50. 900 kiiowatts per hour. an amount
Of energy the production Of which
would demand the consumption OF
more than 200 tons OF coal.
Sir william Ramsay and X. W.
graw have liquefed and, they believe.
solldifed the emanation from radium.
which Is popularity famous for chang
ng spontaneously into helium. The
polling point Of the emanatlon at at.
nospheric pressure is 4s.5 degrees be-
ow zero centigrade. The liquid is
lightly phosphorescent. but II II Is
cooled with liquid air It begins to glow
With q white light, which passes FIRST
o yellow and then to orange. In the
microscope the light resembles little
lectric arc. On removing the liquid
.ir the colors succeed each other in
he reverse order, and blue color ap-
ears, followed By a change az II the
rystals Of solid were dissolvfng.
he experimsnters believe that the
rilliantly luminous substances seen IA
he emanation in the solid state.
Since 1906 diamonds have been
,und in Pike County. Ark. In rock
Imilar to that OF the diamond fields
I South Africa. II Is a peridotits OF /,
gneous origin which has been pushed
D through carboniferous and creta-
sous formations. In some places the =
,ck IL very hard and dense, but IN
Tiers II has weathered to soft yell
wish and grsenish material 20 TO rs
,et deep. About 500 diamonds have \
sen found in this rock, the largest /.
eighing 81 carats. The usual colox
70 white, brown and yellow; but one \
ne diamond and several black ones b
i've been found One bore for en- O
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

The Jolly Bachelor-You must feel
little homesick since you moved into
this neighborhood
The Merry Widow--Not a BIT All
my new neighbors snub me just as
they did where I used to iive.-CIsvs-
land Leader.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30
CHAPTER vi.


must have been asleep for some time
when a sudden sky-cracking crash of
thunder brought me wide awake. An In
stinctive movement made me jump out of
bed and 90 to the front window which
looks out upon the sea The blackness
of the pit, and only the roar Of the
waves against the cliff Then while I
peered into the night came a fash Of
lightning, revealing the beach and the
waves and the open sea with startling
clearness. The scene was over IN the
time II takes to tell Il. but I had seen
something long ships boat, oar-blades
flashing. half way between the light of
the Shifting ShoaI and Alastair. There
followed blackness, and another crash Of
the sky's guns
! waited, my eyes trained on the spot, |
and again came the fash. and now, out
near the Shoal, saw long. black |
schooner. bare Of canvas. pitching like
mad In the MOL Of an angry sea. She
was not on the Shoal-she might be some /
on it-but she was tasting
very nasty squall. Darkness, another
peal. more lightning. and now | saw that
the long boat. shooting furiously land
ward. was heading towards me, was max
ing straight for the beach as fast as the
waves and the oarsmen could drive her.
Another lifting Of night. and saw tall
~ao he seemed strangely. uncannily tall
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

80 your husband is In tho psxean.
Mrs. Jones. ! didn't know he belong.d
TO the Church Of England"
mo. mum, he don't. But there. h..
very broad minded. and he don't MIND
being an ancient bishop In the csuss
Of charity. Punch
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30
AN OPTICAL nIusror.

Hero is method by which an optI.
cal illusion Of length lie plainly shown;
Judged BY appearances the line A B
In the larger figure Is considsrably
longer than the line A D below II. but
tested By measurement they arr az.
actiy equal.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

Tom-How did you come out at the
church fair last night7
jack came out with nickel
3tst enough to pay my car fare home
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-30

Even the biggest fish began life on
q small scale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
The Church And The State
 Are And Should De Distinct

deny him vote when we elect elders
 The church has no right to make a that touches 6 mans time. money or person. Put up thy, sword" ven geanee is mine, will repay saith the Lord. "If 1t be possible as much as lieth in you live peaceahly with all Rsrmless msh ps as ss GoyesS sSs Ths penalty for for hands. As a church we have no right to punish & man by fines. stripes or imprisonment. Having no right to ad-
 9ists5 Kbt ter she sSih sR esyirysg nss Stn R such a penalty for some other power to enforce.
 ton he deaiins sI" with the the affairs of the temporal society dealing with mate rial matters. trouble Is caused by the introduction into the church of foreign matters; Much of our civic dlscord IS eaused py sHPssIieff ed reIisffous ua'e effort i or intolerance.
 DO you know. brethren, that the tangling up of ecclesiastical ana ponI- icai matters has caused on earth more 1 torture, bIoodshed, death and hell than any amalgamated product of sinI
 Who does not rems%Ser M.nD.D vdrS, the OlSSdo %So has forgotten the history of a reliS. ion-part Christian, part Pagan ana part Heathen.that was thrust upon upon snd sne the flames? Who does not think of the Mohammedan knife in. Asia? Who has forgotten the devilish inSals- nd;a,co itiH1 Of aSS spainIiien irneIiTien and cemsntins them together with fanaticism and vanishing them with into!erancet Your children can can reia.e en,, ean sne recan the nected with Henry the Eighth? Who does not know that ,dtnars 1stwsen nsva b5 be5eid the bodies of their Sutchered babes; husbands have seen their wives dis before their faces, ana maioer thair ,Ian5 ad to paint the sands of the AtianstS States? Who does not know that tnls has been the harvest aiready ysessapstica1 seaspsdi ah and political seeds in the same gar den-planted in denominational 6igo- try try. fertiiized with, religious fanan- dizement of political prefermeet?
 The Presbyterian Church, and espec- iaily our branch, has always stooa toE rellgious tolerance and polt'cai ifee oona' Tn this age of reform; at this time of femperance legislatton; In mess days of fiStgs Stgs ,saeue sna SHd ssd societies. at this time when morality and sPir. ituality have in the common miho littlo discernable difference; at this tia.,notin1 tlme when when mSs aSsre mIs is vital difference; at this time 1t has occurred to me tnnt thele @ should be blazing of the path path Between the things that be o< Caessr @ and the things that be of God, anas Let traS tnS ptbe 'i1stre of the historic position or our our Ssioved church. Render to. so CSeS- ar what is his, give to Cod snd HIS rsmsm. own: her that the Kingdom of Jesus is not 0i It ms is my purpose that no man shall shall discern from my pulpit work tne e"n1 TIe1i0n pon %ant Ti my my political views then put inc on the program. to speak them ,o so a public gathering in the court house on some Friday evening"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
BEARING FALSE WITNESS.

On this page We publish a news let ter from The Advertisers regular cor respondent at Wetumpka which tells of the inauguration of the campaign for the prohibition amendment in FL more County. It was inaugurated on Sunday and in a church.
 But what drew the attention of The Advertiser to the church opening of the campaign was the false statement of Rev. Oscar L. Colley, Assistant Su perintendent of the Alabama Anti-Sa- loon League. who declared that The Advertiser refused to publish a re- joinder from Editor G. Ernest Jones to pr. w. II Williams. MT Colley was perhaps falsely informed. certainly he repeated what was false from the pull pit The Advertiser did not refuse to print a rejoinder or any other com munication from MT. Jones On the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
ALABAMA VETERANS
Are Questioned As To Amount The
 Have Received.

Have Received. Birmingham Age Herald.
 N. A. Stuart, a well-known citizen ok Birmingham and Confederate vet eran, takes exception to the statement made some days ago that every dollar due the veterans by the State of Ala bama has been paid.
 MT Stuart states that he has not re- ceived all that is due him. and inti- mates that there are numerous others in the same boat.
 In order that data might be gather. ed in this connection he has compiled the following list of questions which he wishes the veterans of the State to aD- swer
 First. How much pension money was paid to you for the year 19O7s Did you get the promised S3O How much Is due for 1907? What you re- ceived on tine first day Of october, 1907 is not to be included in the amount due you for 1907. because October l. 19O7 was the beginning of another fiscal
 Second. How much persIon money did you receive from October l, 1907, tc September 30 1908? How much Is still due for 190s2
 Third. How much pension money 1908, to September 30. 1SO9@ How much is yet due for 1909?
 Address your letter to me at 1920 Second Avenue. Birmingham
 Will the papers throughout the State please copy, and thereby confer a great favor upon all Confederate soldiers. their sons and daughters.
 N. A. Stuart.
 Birmingham, August 23. lO90.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
RY ZAcH MetihEE.

Liverpool. Aug. 24.-New York's mammoth Of1ce buildings afforded my last sight of America Looming there. island. they seemed to wavo their tall heads in adieu as we steamed out of the harbor. An impressive spectacle the sight of those sky-scrapers typi' freakish, yet awe-compelling in their immensitles and the boldness of their design. confusing to the imagination less human activities they represent. These sky -scrapers. signs of prosper ity. according to Senator Aldrich. Speaker Cannon, and their school or mess men" or whatever class they may be denominated. are due to the high protective tariff policy Of the Tnite9 states The day oerore th aeaylng stranf underneath one of these commercial "Towers of Babel" man came to me and asked to be allowed to carry my grips in order that he might rssEn earn fast. There are those who have sug- gested that possibly that mans com dition Is another product of America g
 Anyway. no such Towers of Babel greeted me on this side of the Atlantic. and so far, after several days in great and Manchester, l have encountered no beEgars The absence of -scrapers, according to the Aldrich- Cannon Payne Lodge Shoot school, is because England is a "decadent nation" And the reason 1t is decadent, they have told us is because the English people persist in the ruinous, senselesS policy of putting no Instructions in the way of trade: because they boldly declare to the whole world, Bring ns what you have to sell and If we want it. If It can contribute to our health. our comfort, our happiness, and our pros perlty. we vi 'uy; and trom him who gives us the Q and the most for our money we wi. ny the most:
 Have you anything dutiable?" ask him at the docks in Liverpool with two dress suit casvs-"luggage," he
 What is dutiable7" I asked.
 Have you any cigars or tooaccof"
 Any wines or liquors?"
 Any perfumery?"
 Open this one," he said, choosing one of the two dress salt cases. obeyed. He ran his hand rapidly among the books socks, tooth brush papers, pajamas, pencils razors, and a few similar articles closed the lug gage" marked 70. K," on both pieces and went on to somebody else.
 An ordinarily amlable gentleman oi our party, from Staunton. Virginia who was in a hurry to get to the city In order to learn whether Harry St tIeorge Tucker had triumphed over hls opponent In the race for aovernor, fol
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
Zach McGhee Writes Of
 Trade and Tariff in England

lowed me rather sullenly to the hotel some half hour or more later, having been delayed while he produced from qa6oSt M a ss5o) duty duty oD 'er enough G shss chewIag tobacco to last him while wanderin 6 around in the Sir Walter Scott coun- try for two. weeks. He had with him tractivs nieces, in the interesting vi cinity of twenty-striking an average who, 1t afterwards occurred to him, "luggage'' some of this good old Vir- ginia plugs to stimulate their imagina- tions In the contemplation of Loch Lomond. But it was too late; he had and half plunks. This. ne said. was more than the whole supply cost him In Virginia, but we have # on the au- thority of Senator Joseph Weldon Bal ley, who received part >l ms educa- ton in Virginia, that f6Dacco is one of the necessities of life.
 New York lawyer who had maNied s Tennessee lady and who hence was impeiled to applaud when the band aPlged Dixie" was widely and pro- fuSely generous with some very fine cigars. A friend had sent him a thous- aud to the boat to bring with him. and Ne was trying to consume them so that The would not have to pay duty. He land. at 3 o'clock in the morning, and If by that time. during tne watch hours of the. night, he had not smok ed himself to death. he had to pay the duty; but how much I do not know.
 There were all sorts and sizes of trunks among the passengers. but out side of these little luxuries-or ne cessities"-tobacco and wines, there was nothing that caused annoyance. trouble, delay, or tax to any of our party that were entering England. No tobacco is produced in England; hence there Is heavy tax upon Its importa ton, to raise revenue. Nobdy by this tax Is "protected' in the American sense, even to the smallest degree. Wines, liquors, spirits, beer, perfum- cry. and a few other luxurles which are produced In England or the British Isles are taxed for revenue but the incidental" protection is killed by the home producers having to pay an in- ternal ravenue tax-With some slight exceptions which will tell about in due time-that balances the import tax. The home manufacturer charges if. but he has to pay all the extra charge to the government.
 expect myself to experience the processes by which one gets himself and his Luggage" past the customs officials of the various nations in Flu rope; but a well known publisher and magazine editor of New I ork who had just returned from an extended trip ln Europe, said to me few days before I sailed. We found the least trouble in England and Belgium, slightly more in France considerably more in Ger many. and most in America"
 Copyrighted, 1909. by Zach McGhee.