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alted." by West. and the offertory num-
Der will be a duet for soprano and tenor.
Il Will Magnify Thee" by Rosenthal.
The quartet is composed Of Mrs.. Dshei
Barnard. contralto: Mr.. Richard p. Back
ing. tenor: Mr.. Henry Kaiser, basso.
The Christmas music at this church will
be given next Sunday.
The choir Of the Church of the Epiphany
is preparing q special program for the
Sunday evening after Christmas. Decem-
Der 26. They will sing portions OF Dud-
King" and Gounod's "Sanctus.' The
tenor soloist for this occasion will be DR..
Kimball Of St. Patrtck's Church The
other soloists will be OF the Epiphany
soprano: Miss Katherine Lee Jones. con-
tralto and Mr.. Charles +. Roberts. basso.
Mr.. Otis ID. SWEET will be the organist
and the program will be under the direc-
ton Of Choirmaster James g. Traylor. No
cards Of admission will be needed.
Mr.. Richard p. Backing, the young
tenor who did such satisfactory work
for the Choral Society at it's recent con-
cert, has just declined an offer Of the
position Of tenor solo ut at st. Bartholo-
news Episcopal Church. New York city,
at $1,800 q year. where he would nave
succeeded Danied Beddoe. whose concert
engagements prevent his doing regular
church work.
Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw-Gawler. soprano;
Miss Ethel Lee. cellist, and Miss Sallie
Mason, pianist. will give the program at
the Library Of Congress Thursday. De-
cember 30
Miss Gertrude e. Trow ana Miss Z.
Lenore Lacey have been engaged to sing
with the choir Of the Eastern Presby-
terrain Church.
A. tbo rorent musical riyen NV CO.
lumbia Chapter. d. A. R.. in the ballroom
Of the Arlington, Mrs. c. 8. Hyer contrib
uted the first number. piano solo. by
a song, whisper and I Shall Hear
and for an encore. Little Boy Blue"
Mrs. Melville D. Lindsay was heard
in the soprano solo. Waiting. by Mil
lard; and later On the Adrian Sea-.
tributed a delightful song. Thoughts
Have Wings" by Lehman. Miss L. Clo-
rine McCarty gave as piano solos Cho-
pins Andante and Polonaise. and later
At the Washington Heights Presby-
terrain Church today Mrs. Elliott Wood.
soprano. and Mrs. A. NJ. Blair. con-
Faith Looks Up to Thee" Mrs. Blanche
Muir Dalgleish, the regular soloist of
the church. will sing at the evening
service. her selection being II Will Lay
Me Down In Peace" by Barry.
The Mendelssohn Musical Club. COM
posed Of the piano pupils OF Miss Berda
Stewart Wilson. gave its third recital OF
the season at her home in Park road.
Those who contributed to the program
were Miss Jean Ayler, Miss Katherine
Tonge, Master Melvin Myers, Miss NIL
dred Price. Miss Bessie Yost, Miss
Eleanor Earnshaw. Miss Lillian Burch.
Miss Mary Postles. Miss Esther Murphy.
Miss Edna Dixon, Miss Irene Yost, Miss
Virginia Collins. Miss Selena Post, Miss
Ruth Ayler. Miss Hazel Yeatman. Miss
Hazel Chisholm. Miss Georgia Bell Earn
shaw. Miss Wilson played several num-
bers from Chopin. Wagner and Liszt.
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The second lecture recital in the series
by Mrs. John Hartman. pianist, was
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Mr.. Huntington May has returned to
the city to spend the holiday season with
his family He sang Sunday afternoon
at st. Matthew's Church and will assist
that choir, of which lie Is former men,
Der, with the music at all the Christmas
services.
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Gallery practice during the winter will
be conducted as follows:
A full score will consist of five shots
at 200 yards standing. 300 yards kneelinx
or sitting. and 500 yards prone. Two fun
scores will be required at each distance
making thirty shots in ALL
Company commanders will see that all
recruits are thoroughly taught the sight
Ing. position and aiming drills before per-
uniting them to appear with the company
for gallery practice; and will continue this
instruction for at least fifteen minutes
each company drill night for such men as
need this instruction. and until ever man
is thoroughly instructed In these drills
A report will be made of this instruction
on weekly drill reports.
Gallery qualification shall be not less
than so per cent Of the possible score.
but scores made in the gallery will not be
considered In connection with classi-
tcation. They will. however. be reported
on the annual report Of target firing.
Those who fail to attain the gallery quail
ihcation in ordered practice or team COM
petitions may have issued to them, free,
not to exceed twenty rounds of am
munition per day. until they make the
requisite 50 per cent. or a total Of forty
at each range
Company commanders will furnish the
superintendent of the gallery with a copy
of all scores made in voluntary and
ordered practice that the record which Is
kept by the card-record system. may be
complete.
inspectors of small arms practice are
required to be present and supervise all
practice for which their commands are
scheduled.
The following schedule for gallery
practice will be observed for the months
of January. February and March, during
which period the prescribed practice will
be completed, except that the schedule
may be intermitted during the annual In
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The following statements issued by the
division of militia affairs of the War De-
partment are of general interest to Ma
tional Guardsmen:
1.-THE War Department has decided that
Stockton's Guardsman's Handbook can
not be adopted by the government, for
the following reasons:
Under section II of the militia law
publications to be available for issue to
the organized militia must be such as are
supplied to the army by any department.
This handbook would, therefore, have to
be approved or authorized by the War
Department for use by the regular army,
and 1t is thought that such action should
not receive favorable considera ton.
There are numerous publications OF
this nature on thte market, and there is
no reason for approving this one for use
over several others which may be consid-
cred equally good.
SIN this connection attention Is invited
to the fact that the manual for q private
of infantry OF the National Guard has
been prepared as an instruction circular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

Miss Gertrude E. Trow ana Miss L.
Lenore Lacey have been engaged to sing
with the choir Of the Eastern Presby-
terrain Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw-Gawler. soprano;
Miss Ethel Lee, cellist, and Miss Sallie
Mason, pianist. will give the program at
the Library Of Congress Thursday. De-
cember 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

The holiday season Is already much in
evidence upon the programs OF Washing
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spections and completed on correspond
ing dates during the month of April:
First Battalion, list Infantry, third and
fourth Wednesdays of each month.
Second Battalion, list Infantry nrst and
second Thursdays of each month.
Third Battalion, LIST Infantry, first and
second Fridays of each month.
First Battalion. I'd Infantry, first and
second Tuesdays of each month.
Second Battalion, I'd Infantry, first and
second Mondays of each month.
Third Battalion, I'd Infantry, first and
second Wednesdays of each month.
First Battery. Field Artillery, third
and fourth Fridays of each month.
Signal Corps, third Wednesday in each
month.
Oficers of staff departments. regi-
mental field Except majors) and staff
officers. regimental on-commissioned
staff officers and the post non-commis-
stoned staff. the fourth Saturdays OF
each month.
On this night all other officers Of the
brigade who have not fired the required
scores will be expected to do so.
Battalion commanders and STATS and
battalion sergeants major. on same
nights as their respective battalions.
The LIST Separate Battalion will prac-
schedule to be prepared by the Dat
talon commander.
The Naval Battalion will practice
aboard the U. s. S. Puritan, on schedule
prepared by the commanding officer
Naval Battalion.
Members Of the bands will be permit
ted to fire voluntary scores for record
and practice on any day except Sunday.
between the hours of and 8 o'clock In
the evening.
Saturdays, excepting the fourth Satur-
day of each month. the rifle gallery is
assigned for use of the Officers Re-
volver Association.
Companies will report at the rife gal
lery at o'clock pm.
The rifle gallery will be opened every
day except Sunday after January 1
from to o'clock pm. for voluntary
practice. The superintendent OF the
gallery will certify scores to the cap
tains of companies. to be credited as
part of the required practice. Company
commanders may obtain permission to
use the gallery for target practice on
unassigned nights by applying to the
superintendent.
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If you have not received copy of our Gift
Book" come in and get one. We have few left.
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The District OF Columbia branch OF the
Society OF the Army Of Santiago de
Cuba. of which Gen Harries is presi
dent and with which many members of
the National Guard Of the District are
connected. held meeting Friday night
in the rooms Of the Washineton Board
of Trade. It was decided to give the
first annual banquet Of the society dur
ing the latter part Of February. At the
January meeting committees will be ap-
pointed to take charge of the affair.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
STORM ALONG MISSISSIPPI.
Waves Wash Over Levees, lnundate
Farms and Drive off Families.

Waves Wash Over Levees, lnundate
Farms and Drive off Families.
st. Louis, July ia cyclonic wind
struck ST. Louis and suburbs at noon
today. Telegraph and tele phone wires
were blown down. In ST Louis county
trees were uprooted. Several persons
were injured.
The heaviest storm was at Alton,
ILL.,, where the excursion steamer Alton
was buffeted by the wind. Finding
that his boat could not make Roadway
toward the regular wharf, the captain
headed it across the river in an at
tempt to effect londing on the Mis-
souri, side The boat was tossed back
to midstream, which threw the passen-
gers into panic. The boat was
jammed broadside into the pier of a
drawbridge, where the wind held the
vessel firmly until the passengers were
taken off.
Lashed by the wind, the waves
dashed over the levee protecting Ven
ice, ILL.,, from the Mississippi river.
Tel thousand acres of farm land were
inundated and $50 families were forced
to flee for their lives.
The wind attained velocity of &c
miles an hour and telephone messages
state that it was heavier north.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
WILL pEPosE SHAH.
RevoIutionis's in Persia Gaining 9

Revolutionists in Persia Gaining on
Government Forces.
St. Petersburg, July 12.-The Rus
sian expedition from Baku which land
ed at Enzell, Persian seaport on the
Caspian yesterday, is made up of ], 900
Russian and 800 Cossack cavalry, with
eight field guns and eight machine
guns Despite the correct attitude
maintained by the Russians, the natives
are demonstrating their unfriendliness.
The unopposed advance of Siphidar,
the leader of the revolutionists, and
Sardarasad, the chief of the Bakhtiari
tribesmen, towards Teheran, is taken
here to mean that General Liakhoff,
the governor of Teheran, considers his
force inadequate to engage in general
battle, and that he has decided to EN-
ploy his Cossack brigade merely as a
guard over the life of the shah.
Persons well informed here regard
the entrance of the revolutionists into
Teheran as foregone conclusion, while
the deposition of the shah, which sew
eral times has been mooted, will now
arouse no surprise.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
PRESENT WRITING TABOoED.
Uniform Method to Be Used in Phlla
deIphia Schools.

delphia Schools.
Philadelphia, July 12.-Both vertical
and Spencerian handwriting have been
tabooed in the public schools of this
city, and after this a uniform method
of penmanship will be adopted.
Numerous complaints have been re-
ceived from business men who can t
decipher the writing of their clerks and
applicants for jobs who have learned
their peculiar style of chirography in
the public schools.
For some time Superintendent Brum-
baugh has been at work on a plan to
unity and improve the writing, and
this plan was adopted at meeting of
the elementary schools committee.
A free, legible style of writing,
slightly slanting to the right, will be
taught. Students, no matter how ad-
vanced they may think their fiourishes,
will have to begin again with pot hooks
and ciphers.
According to the new code, writing
will be taught like calisthenics or a
manual exercise. The teacher will
clap her hands and count, and the en-
tire class will make letters with hooks
and tails and crosses simultaneously.
The exercise is intended to give free
mechanical movement to the arm and
increase the speed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
FOURTEEN DROWN
AS STEAMER SINKS
Collision in Dense Fog Near 800
Costs Vessel Laden With Iron.
Stricken Beat Sinks so Rapidly That
Members of Crew Have No Time
to Don Lifebelts Before Leaping
From Doomed Ship-Passing Yes
sci Picks Up Captain.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, July 3D.
Three minutes after the steel steamers
Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle had
collided in Lake Superior early today,
about a mile and half off White6sh
Point lighthouse, the Cowle had gone
to the bottom in so fathoms of water.
carrying with her Ia members of her
crew.
The Scott, although badly damaged
about the bows, put back to this port,
where she arrived this afternoon with
part of the crew of the Cowle. A
heavy fog was responsible for the col.
lision.
The Scott, a new boat on her maiden
trip to the head of the lakes, had just
passed the light at Whitfsh Point, and
Strengthened out her course up the
lake, when she suddenly saw the Cowle
loom up through the fog, broadside on
and only few feet away.
The Cowle was down bound with
5000 tons of iron in the hold. For Is
feet the bow Of the Scott penetrated
the side of the Cowle. Tons of water
rushed into the great opening and in
three minutes the Cowle had settled.
Immediately after the collision line
was thrown from the deck of the Scott
to the for ward deck of the Cowle, and
three members of the crew escaped to
the deck of the up bound boat by this
means.
The rest of the crew who were saved
jumped from the sinking steamer into
the lake, some without life preservers,
and were picked up by the Scott.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15

inches long. The Stats should be nailed
to a crosspiece about one-quarter the
distance from the top. A couple Of
nails are driven through the box and
into the crosspiece to swing on. Half
way back, on the inside, narrow
piece Of board is nailed. back of which
the nest is made.
To set the trap simply raise the
Stats inward from the bottom or 9
inches high and place small stick
under one of the Stats. AS the hen
enters the door is raised off the stick.
which falls to the floor. There should
be about five Stats for a box II or IA
inches in width. Stats close against
inch strip at bottom.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
Spraying 10 KIN Weeds.

Kill weeds by spraying. To make
the spraying solution. empty a hun
bred pound sack of sulphate Of iron
into a fifty-gallon barrel; fill to the
chine with water and stir with a hoe
for a few minutes until dissolved.
Strain through several thicknesses OF
cheesecloth tackled over the manhole
Of the spraying machine. Apply with
a powerful spraying machine, produc-
ing a real mist, free from drops. Use
about fifty gallons to the acre. and
spray on bright. warm day, or on a
dark. damp day; 1t does not matter.
SO long as rain does not come within
eighteen or twenty hours. This spray
will not harm grain crops and will
kill wild mustard and various other
weeds.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
ESKIMO WILL SEEK POLE.
Boy Brought Here by PearY Will Try
for Arctic Honors.

for Arctic Honors.
New York, July IL. = Separated
from his native home for 13 years,
Meme Wallace, an Eskimo boy brought
to this country with five of his people
by Commander Peary from the Polar
regions, sailed today on the Red Cross
line steamship Rosalind, for st. Johns,
N. F., whence he will be conveyed to
his home in Greenland.
Before Meme sailed, the Arctic club
extracted from him a written agree
ment that he would not again return to
this country and that while in Green
land he would not bears arms against
the Peary expedition. This was due,
it is believed, to the fact that Meme,
angered at the attitude of Peary and
the Arctic club in refusing to take
him back to Greenland, once safe in
his native home, might seek revenge
for the treatment he received while in
this country.
Meme said he would organize an ex-
petition of Eskimos to find the North
pole.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
osIer Untrue to Teaching.

Baltimore, Md, July 13.-Dr. Will
liam Osler was go years of age yester-
day. He is also hale and hearty, but
he is not hereabouts. The joke is on
him and he knows it, so several days
ago he stole silently away. DR.. Oslsr
must admit that he is of humsn incon-
sistency. For didn't he prescribe che
chloroform route for men Of three
score years? The eminent physician,
who held that mans best usefulness
was passed at 40 and that he ought to
be chloroformed at go, sailed recently
for England.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15


In the way OF treatment the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry has
discovered a vaccine which saves
about S0-odd per cent after cholera ap-
pears in herd, and. larger per cent
II vaccinated before the disease is in
troduced. Time will demonstrate the
practicability OF this method The
bacteriology department Of the Kansas
State Agricultural College is also
working along these lines. but is not
yet ready to announce anything but
progress.
When symptoms Of cholera appear
In herd, 1t Is wise to dip the whole
herd, disinfect their quarters thor
oughly, give them a slight change in
feed. and add to this about five drops
Of tincture Of prickly ash for each
hundred pounds OF hog once or twice a
day. The old remedy OF wood ashes
and salt is good in many instances.
little powdered sulphate OF copper
dried sulphate of iron or charcoal
given daily when the animals are moi
perfectly healthy frequently does much
good. After all. the old adage, ar
ounce Of prevention is worth a pound
OF cure, holds good here.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15

A few simple fertilizer maxims are
SO important that they should be
fixed in the mind. Per cent is only
another way for saying parts in 100.
Fertilizers may be direct or indirect
in action. The former contains need.
ed plant food, the latter enables the
plant to get food from soil or air.
Lime is not plant food under common
conditions; it corrects a bad condition
of soil-sourness-and unlocks soil
materials. Sulphate Of iron "copper".
as), sulphate Of copper (blue stone) /.
sulphate of magnesia epson salts)
and sulphate of lime (gypsum) are
among these indirect fertilizers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
Earthquakes in France

Marseilles, July 12.-Earth shocks
occurred last night throughout the same
region which suffered seismic disturb
ances in June. The shocks lasted four
or five seconds, and were in direction
from east to west. The inhabitants of
Rogues, Lamboseo and st. Cannat and
other communes in the AK district
were panic stricken and rushed from
their dwellings. They are now camp
ing in the open. At Marseilles the
patients in La Conception hospital
were greatly alarmed but they were
treasured by the surgeons.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
Sioux City Water Plagued

Sioux City, Ia, July 12.-Tonight
the little Perry creek, which suddenly
overlooked its banks early this morn
ing, causing loss estimated at from
$500. 900 to 81, 900, 900, has nearly re
turned to its channels. Many of the
hundred families which were driven
from their homes will not be able to
return to their homes for several days.
Because of the flooding of the power
plant of the Sioux City Service COM
pany. the electric car service is entire
ly tied up Many factories closed
down today.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
Bids for cut-of onsned

Seattle, Wash, July defenders
for the contract to construct the Mis-
soula- Kooskia division of the Northern
Pacific known as the Lolo pass cutoff,
which effects saving Of over 10O
miles between st. Paul and Portland,
were opened today by Northern Pacific
officers at Missoula. Caughren, Win
tiers & Smith, Foley Brothers G. Lar
son, Thomas L. Greenough and Porter
Brothers & Welch were the leadir g
bidders.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15

Buenos Ayres, July 13.-The Argen-
tine government is in direct commune
cation with the government of Bolivia
through Senior Fonseca, the Argentine
minister at La Paz, who has presented
to the Bolivian government a demand
for an explanation of the attitude of
the Bolivian minister here as well as
for the recent attacks on the Argentine
legation at La Paz. Senior Fonseca
has informed the Bolivian government
that he will withdraw from La Paz if
the situation does not improv.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
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Farm Telephones.

In some parts of the country tele-
phones are becoming very common. 1t
seems that once a telephone is estab-
lished in the family it is there to stay.
Other sections Of the country are very
much behind the times in this respect,
probably because no one has gone
ahead with the preliminary arrange
ments
A farm telephone is not only great
luxury, but II is fast becoming an alb
solute necessity. With the addition OF
more business to the farm every year
and the scarcity of labor anything that
saves steps is worth money. When
you get accustomed to doing business
over the telephone you realize its
great value
A short time ago | heard a farmer
order 100 bushels of seed oats by
phone from another farmer about ten
miles away. He had seen sample
at the fair last fall and made the ne
gotlations accordingly. The business
was transacted in about five minutes
while the farmer was sitting at his
desk after reading his morning mail
left at the box by the rural delivery
man. It would have taken him all
day to get his mail and drive to the
other farmer and buy his seed. oats.
But there is a social side to farm
life that is fostered by the telephone.
1t often happens that woman is left
alone for the day and she can easily
make arrangements to have a neigh
Dor call and spend the time pleasant
ly Instead of feeling lonely. Then 1t
Is so easy to make social arrangements
for evenings or to meet friends as oc-
casion requires.
There are always people in neigh
borhood who are public-spirited
enough to go ahead with the necessary
arrangements to establish a telephone
service. Others should encourage them
promptly by subscribing to the fund
required. Everybody is benefited, be-
cause the arrangement is mutual in
the neighborhood. = Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15

The new waitress sided up to a
dapper young man at the breakfast
table, who, after glancing at the bill,
opened his mouth. and a noise issued
forth that sounded like the ripping of
of all of the cogs on one Of the wheels
in the power house. The new waitress
made her escape to the kitchen. Eel
low out there insulted me-" she said.
The head waiter looked at him. "Tll
get it," he said. That's just the train
caller ordering his breakfast. "-Argo-
paut
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-07-15
ss,sntins small Farming.

An experiment from which much
may be learned is being tried in Hun
gary. 1t is embodied in the new land
bill, which is now coming into opera.
ton. The proposal is to break up "a.
600 acres into settlements. which set
Elements will be subdivided into plots
OF seven acres each. But the interest
ing point is that In the center OF each
group OF small holdings there Will be
a larger holding OF not more than s66
acres. which will be in the hands Of
a capable and experienced farmer.