The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
TAcTD IN TABLOID FoAw.



take the next census.
There are 172 telegraph and eighty
five telephone Offices in Korea.
Within FIVE years Uruguay will have
100000 olive trees. capable Of produc-
ing 100000 pounds OF olives and So
900 gallons OF oil.
Because the demand for machinery
is exceeding the product In the do
nestle market, 1t is likely that this
country will soon be buying foreign
machinery.
In Berlin the walters association Is
considering the plan OF making tips
obligatory and according to a fixed
table. In the cheaper places they pro
pose that the customer shall pay to
the waiter II per cent OF the amount
OF his bill and in the large establish
ments the attentive "kellner" will be
satisfied with 8 per cent.
The great tidal waves observed at
Marseilles. France, June 10. 1903, ap-
pear to have been caused by the I'M
usually high electric charge OF the at
mcsphere which is known to have ex-
listed during the period of the earth
quakes which devasted the south OF
France. The powerful attraction ex-
erted on the surface OF the earth by
this electric charge caused earthquakes
on land and tidal waves In the Mediter-
ranean.
william OBrien, the Irish political
leader. is reported to have taken up
his permanent abode In Jerusalem.
Half century ago another Irish lead
er, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, got dis
gusted with the situation In the En-
erald isle, threw up his seat in the
| house of commons and went into vol
untary exile. But he preferred Aus
tralia, where he entered on a new ca
reer, became a minister to the crown,
premier. speaker and the recipient OF
a political pension of $4,000 per an
mum, which he lived to enjoy for forty
years.
minister, frequently away from
home. was in the habit OF getting some
one to stay with his wife and small
daughter in his absence, says the De-
lineator. Once, however, he went so
Unexpectedly and hurrledly that ne
had no time to make such provision
for them The wife was very brave
until night came, when her courage be-
gan to fall After axhausting every
reasonable excuse for staying up, she
put the child to bed with the injunc
ton to pray especially for Gods protec
tion during fathers absence. Yes
mother, we will do that tonight" said
the little girl, but the next time We
will make better arrangements"
Joe Miller, who is generally believed
to have been the soul OF wit never
made a single Joke II his life. HI
was an actor, and so grave in manner
as to become the butt of other people,
hilarity. When any witticism wen
the round Miller was accused OF IL
! authorship, and he would never den.
It. He lived an exemplary life an'
died universally respected. But NJ
sooner was he dead than appeared j.
Millers Jests; or, the Wits Vad
, Mecum," compiled by Elijah jenkins
Esq; that is to say. forged by jon
Motley, the Jacobite, Just as, years b.
> fore. Hobson's Polly Peachum" an
! Ben Johnson's TESTS" had been forged
Miss Ethel Smyth, an Englishwon
: an, has composed a grand opera an
she has been honored by its perform
; ance before the King. Miss Smyth
a daughter of General Smyth, one Q
the heroes of the Indian mutiny. Mos
OF her studying was done In Leipsi'
There she met Tschaikowski, WHO |
one Of his letters, expressed this pro
+. phetic opinion: Miss Smyth is on
: of the few women composers who ma
be seriously reckoned among the worl
ers in this sphere of music" The firs
OF Miss Smyth's compositions wa
a played in concert in 1890, and he
I opera comes after an interval of Mint
y teen years. The concert compositio
o was a serenade.
/. A Harlem mother has struck upo
I a plan which adds greatly to the gel
y eral good humor of the household owe
9 which she presides. A son works WI
s his father downtown, and there ar
g three girls and boy In school.
/ dinner every night each member ,
:, the little circle must tell the funniei
incident In his or her personal exper
ences of the day. Tried as an exper
meut. the idea has been made permal
. ent. and 1t provides a barrel OF fu
: every twenty-four hours. 1t also hs
increased the powers Of observation
every member Of the family. and no
the plan finds natural development
T a scrapbook In which the pick OF tn
O crop Of stories is jotted down.
n Under the head. Where Were II
: Rich Americans?" the Dresden Tag
e blatt congratulates the people Of &c
many on having acquired a genuin
; Leonardo da vinci bust This wor
g was for many years in the possessio
Of an Gngllshman. whose advertis
: ment announcing willingness to Sc
the treasure brought no English Gu
toners. Privy Councillor Bode, Of Be
lin, went to London, looked at Il
work, purchased it, and it will be erec
ed in the Kaiser Friedrich museum
I'VE always rejoice when treasures {
this kind" says the writer, oscar
the watchful eye of our friends acros
the water and when they do not ia
under the spell of the American do
lar"
In Paris the business Of taking Gin
matograph or moving pictures hs
even invaded the cemeteries. IL