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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07
CHAPTER xxIv-


Three months later Walter arrived at
Columbus. the capital Of the State. after
a business tour Of considerable length,
during which be had visited from twenty
to thirty different towns and villages. He
had now got accustomed to the business,
and understood better what Arguments to
employ TO those whom he wished to pur-
chase his book. The consequence was
that he had met with degree Of success
which had far exceeded his anticipations.
He bad tested bis powers, and found
that they were quite equal to the task
be had undertaken--that of earning his
own living. He had padded his own canoe
thus far without assistance, and he felt
confident that. IL his health continued
good. he should be able to do 30 here
after.
After eating supper. and spending an
hour or two In the public room Of the
hotel, Walter went mp to his room Here
be took out a blank boot, Ia which be
kept an account Of bis sales and expendi-
tures. and. taking a piece Of paper, dr-
urcd up the grand result. He wished TO
know just how he stood.
After q brief computation. be ssid.
with satisfaction, Il have sold two hmm
dred and eighty books, which gives a
sross prodt Of three hundred and fifty
dollars Ny expenses have been eracfiy
two hundred ana sixty three dollars. That
leaves ne eighty-sev dollars net profit |
This was q result which mixhf well |
yield Walter Satisfaction He vzs only
fifteen, and this was his frst business en- |
psriencs- Moreover. be was nearly a
miles away from home and
surrounded By strangers. Yet. By
ais eacrgy and business ability, he had
been able to pay all his expenses. and
,hese, Of course, were considerable, as he
Tss constantly moving, and Jet had made
dollar a day clear profit.
That Il rather better than working for
ny board In Mr.. Drummond's store,s be
affected Il am afraid It would have
aiken me a long time to make my for
une II I had stayed there. wonder
'ow my amisble cousin Joshua Is getting
long"
This thought led to the sudden rscol-
sction that be had written to Mr.. Shaw,
sking him to write to the hotel at Co
INDUS, where he was now stopping. Civ
e him any news that he might consider
Such letter might be await
,x him
he went downstairs and approached
10 clerk III
Have any letters been received here
" met" be Inquired.
What nameT' asked the clerk
waiter Conrad"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07

strongly delineated-
WILL LEXINGTON COMFORT, the author, is well
known for his superior literary talent and in the present
instance he has selected theme admitting of intense
neation. No story of recent has covered theme
interesting than that of the eruption of Mont Peee
The serial has all the coorng and charm of the beautiful
surroundings of Saint Pierre and there touches of
perfection in the descriptions of scenery and Incidents
Peter Constable and Hayden Breen young Americans visit
Saint Pierre just before the Peee volcano death
and destruction the Inflated island The hero of the
story Constable the life of the beautiful Lara STAINS
bury the time of the eruption and the that
occasion are thrilEngly described.
All through the story Incidents of the most ascn-
ang character. They include touching love of
Hayden and the girl whom he devoted the horror
and fate that egned at the when the island
engulfed in doom and disaster. This brilliant and mas
terly narrative of the crash at Martinique man
and standing clear against the sequence events
rivals THE Last Days of Pompeii in pictorial and dra
matte power The story should have very cordial recep
on it will interest all readers young and DID, and may be
assed among the very best serials of it's class
been written IN recent years
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07

She was student at vassar,
While he was Princeton man:
And during the Newport season
They gathered a coat Of tan
Which caused unlimited wonder
Knockers cried What disgrace r.
For each Of the pair was sunburnsd
On opposite sides Of the face.
Life.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07

HIS is serial of great power and interest.
and will not soon be forgotten by those
who love good literature. The Whited
Sepulchre" is THE STORY OF MoNr
PELEE, and is graphic, natural narr alton
of that great disaster which thrilled and
shocked the civilized world. The word
painting is vivid and inspiring. the Incl
dents powerful and exciting. the characters
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07
/ STRONG AND STEADY !
y uoeArs uss. ~



CHAPTER KILL Confinued-1
leaving Walter busily enxased in sell
ing bsoks. ws viii glance At the Drum
mend household, and inqufrs how tn,
meabers OF that interasting fxnI1y fared
after Walters departure
Joshua's discomfort increased daily He
was now eighteen. and his father ALSO
iutsly refused t. Increase his allowances
Of twenty-five cent? a week. which was
certainly ridiculeasly small for boz OF
oils age.
While he Vas thinking this matter over
dangerous thought entered his mind
His father. he knew. had a ANAL brass
nailed trunk. in which he kept his money
End securities. He had seen him going
70 It more than once.
Il wonder how much he's got In IL"
thought Joshua. AS It's all coming to
mo soma day there's no harm in my
knowing."
Tbsrs seemed little chance Of finding
out. however. The trunk was always
locked. and Mr.. Drummond carried the
key about with him In his pocket. II he
had been a careless man. there might
have been some chance Of his some day
leaving the trunk unlocked. or mislsying
che key but In money matters Mr.. Drum
mond was never careless. Joshua would
have been obliged to wait years, II he
bad depended upon this contingency.
One day. however. Joshua found in the |
road q bunch Of keys Of various sizes at |
fsched to q ring. He cared very little /
% whom they belonged. but Ii flashed /
upon him At once that one Of these keys
might ft his fathers strong boz. he hur-
ried home at once with his treasure and
ran upstairs breathless with excitement
He knew where the trunk was kept Mr..
Drummond, relying on the security Of the
lock. kept 1t In the closet OF his bed
chamber
Joshua made his way at once to the
closet. and. entering. began to try his
keys. one after the other. The very
last one was successful in opening the
trunk.
Joshua trembled with excitement as he .
saw the contents Of the trunk laid open /
10 bis gaze he turned over the papers
hoping to come upon soms rolls ,
Of bills. In one corner be found fifty I
dollars In gold pieces Besides these, I
there were some mortgages. In which he r
felt little interest But among the con I
tents OF the trunk were some folded pa i
pers which be recognized at once as Unit v
ed States bonds Opening one Of them. 5
be found IL to be Five-Twenty bond for /
i've hundred dollars Id
Five hundred dollars What could he .
not do with five hundred dolIarsl He Z,
sould go to the city and board and enjoy O.
himself meanwhile. till he could find d
'lace- His CALLING dependence would be
- - l.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07

! lie nsssr lives to be old.-esrmss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26

a dozen Stockings until the O'clock
whistle blew. Then the street gang,
union men. left the battlefield in full
retreat.
That evening Miss MARKHAM had
the boie filled up and the grass re-
placed. and. though weeks have passed.
the pole has not been planted.
When Il woman wills she will, and
when she won't she won't"
Maybe the feminine diplomacy comes
as a heritage from the woman of the
store age who had nothing but her
wit to interpoSe against the club OF
the primitive man.
Anyway
The mere man who tries to beat a
woman at her own game will get left.
There may be exceptions.
A few women of today, a reversiou
to type. will allow a man to bully and
beat them and admire him for it, but
they are scarce and growing scarcer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
Formation of Dew.

Ground little below the surface Is
always warmer than the air above it..
So long as the surface of the ground Is
above the dew point vapor must rise
and pass from the earth into the air.
The moist air so formed will iningie
with the air above it. and its moisture
will be condensed, forming dew wher-
ever it comes in contact with surface
cooled below the dew point. In fact
dew rises from the ground
But how is the dew formed on bod
les high up in the air?
Dew does not rise in particles, as IL
was once considered to fall in particles
like fine rain. 1t rises in vapor. Some
is caught by what is on the surface of
the earth, but the rest ascends in vapor
form until it comes in contact with b
much colder surface to condense 1t
into moisture The vapor does not
flow upward in uniform stream, but
is mixed in the air by eddies and
wind currents and carried to bodies
far from where it rose. In fact. dew
may be deposited. even though the
country for many miles. all around be
dry and incapable of yielding any
yapor. In such cases the supply OF
yapof to form that dew would de-
pend on the evaporation of the dew
and on what was waited over by the
winds
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
Would Always Be Busy.

Not long since in village in the
north of Scotland the parish minister
meeting a farm servant who is a mem
Der Of his flock. the following CONVEX
sation ensued:
Parish Minister Well, John, and
how are things doing with you? l
hope you are keeping well.
Farm Servant Hech, sir, it's hard
work | haze to dae. Nae rest from
morn tae nicht. Work an work. an
no minutes peace for me.
Parish Minister Well. John, we must
all do our share in the work of this
world. Remember, it is only the prep
aration for a better world. where there
will be no more work to be done.
Farm Servant Weel. sir, that may
be for the likes O you. but I'm no. sac
sure that there will be naething for
me to dae in the other world. 1t will
be the same thing there, and I'll be
told. John. clean the sum- John,
hang cot the moon. '.John. light the
STARE and so on. I've nae doubt
they'll find always something for nc
TO do. unIucky man that am
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
JUST A PRIVATE.

Peter Brittin. stockyard commits
sion man of Chicago died few weeks
ago.
He had a history.
Back in 1861 Brittin landed at Cas-
tie Garden fresh from Germany.
He went direct to Wisconsin, where
he had job working Oh farm.
Then Lincoln called for volunteers.
One day the little German heard the
drums beating up for volunteers, >
saw the flag and the crowd and got a
gun and started south with the others.
He could speak no word of English.
He didn't know any better than to
stand on the firing line in front of the
bullets and got eight separate wounds
at different times. Each time when
the doctors fixed him up be grabbed
his gun and stood up for more.
Like the legendary cat, Peter Brittin
seemed to have nine lives
Once they left Peter on the battle
field for dead. He lay there for days
neglected and helpless. Finally the ne
gro hostler Of surgeon brought him
some water.
Don't bother with that little Dutch
man." said the surgeon; hell die any
way"
+ Perhaps Peter would have died that
time If kind Confederate surgeon bad
not found him and nursed him back to
life.
Peter got away before bis weund
was healed. found his company, got
bis gun and never stopped fighting un-
til somebody told him the war was
over.
Peters name was never mentioned
in the newspaper dispatches.
He was just private.
He was Of that grand army, Federal
and Confederate. Americans all, who
touched elbows with each other
through dust and mud and under
brassy skies just privates. to be piled
in great windrows after the battles
that made generals famous.
Peter Brittin had no bitterness il
him as a Union soldier. He simply
fought because he was built that way
And when the war was over and be
understood it all and remembered the
kindness of the Confederate surgeon
and nurses there was no feeling in his
heart against the gallant men whom
he had fought. There was only surg
ing sense of fraternity and brotherly
love.
He was just a private.
And he was Il fine type of the Amer
lean citizen who fights hard when be
fights. but who always fights fair and
who dearly loves a generous foe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
ONLY A SECTION HAND.

A few days ago Frank Angelica
died the hero's death.
Section hand: A hero? Yes. and he
was an italian only year over from
the old country and Just twenty-one
1t was on the Panhandle railroad.
near Steubenville, O. The young man
was walking the track when he noted
little schoolgirl in danger Of being
run down on another track by a
freight train.
By shouting and gestures he induced
the girl to get off the. track just in
tiIhe to save her. But
So intent was Angelica in saving
the girl that passenger train unno-
ticed bore down upon him and crushed
out MS life.
That is one story of heroism in our
common life. everyday heroism. Here
is another:
Not long ago a Mexican section hand
on the Santa Fe railroad in New Mex
leo saved the lives of hundreds OF pas
sengers on a limited train.
The section men had been repairing
the track. aud all was supposed to be
right. The heavy train was bearing
down on the section gang when sud
denly little bent Mexican discovered
something wrong with rail.
He saw that if the rail was not fixed
the train would be wrecked. He jump
ed to the place and spiked ii. And
Before the little old man could get
away the engine struck him and threw
his poor mashed body into the ditch.
Inside the train men ioiled and read
and smoked and women talked to one
another. all unconscious Of their quick
deliverance.
/ And the little old Mexican died in
The ditch.
One of these section hands was fresh
from the vineyard slopes of southern
Italy: the other had a wife and chill
dren in old Mexico. and they were
heroes. both.
Surely. And if you have ever looked
Isdisdainfully on a ''dago" or classed all
"greasers' as cutthroats be ashamed
of yourself and of your intolerance of
race
ANY of us should be proud to claim
kinship with these so called common
men" there are no common men in
the eyes of the Father as white on the
inside as you or the president Of this
country.
"God hath made Of one blood all
the nations of the earth" and into the
soul of every people he has put the
godlike
Is it not So?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
Heart toHart
Talks.
A CHRISTLIKE MAN.
By DwN A. .NYR.

Doubtless you have read The Little
Minister" and perhaps also Sent.
mental Tommy by J. Nj Barrie. the
noted writer of Scotch stories.
If SO. you must know Barrie has a
great and tender heart.
Poor Barrie!
His life's happiness was cruelty
blighted. He married wife whom he
loved with all his great nature. She
probably did not love him At least
she was untrue to him. She was not
only guilty. but hoaSted of it.
A friend" whom Barrie had helped
up in the world was the betrayer
What would you have done?
You would have doubtless given the
woman scorn for scorn and secured Il
divorce, or. if you are violent man,
you might have killed her and her be
trayer and been exonerated by a jury
on the plea Of The unwritten law"
What did Barrie do?
He forgave the woman and tried to
save her,
And he simply did what Jesus did
when that woman was brought to him.
Jesus. you remember. said to the &C.
cusers. Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone" And he wrote in
and, rising. said, Neither do | con-
denim thee; go and sin no more"
Barrie said. STAY AND SIN NO
MORE"
Nevertheless. despite the Christlike
action of this great man. springing as
it did from sore and bruised heart,
the world vents its contempt and calls
him weak" and coward
No.
He had soIemnly promised to love
and cherish his wife until death part
ed them And he could not forget
| what she had once been to him. And
Instead of showing his weakness he
showed a tremendous strength of char.
acter as well as tremendous love
when. bitterly wronged. he forgave his
wife and tried to help her to retrieve
| herself
Is it not so!
I Surely it is sad comment on this
| Christian era to say that the world
at large would have held Author Bar
RE in greater esteem had he gone. like
| Othello, TO the chamber the woman
had desecrated and killed her with his
own hands,
Well
1t is not without consolation that ]
/ NJ Barrie should feel that some, know
ing his inner travail of soul, should
love and esteem and admire him more
| than before.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
THE GAME COMMISSION
Seeks to Establish Dynasty Controlled
by Political Dictator.

The object of President Miller of the
Game Commission seems to be to estab-
lish system of blue laws or a kind of
dynasty or feuda1ism under which the
game and fish will be owned or con-
trol1ed by a political dictator, or the
party in power and control of the gov
eminent. We do not believe that the
Legislature will sanction such law or
set up any such scheme of government.
Homer Guardian Journal.
The Legislature, if it will do its full
duty to the people, will repeal the law
creating the Game Commission, and by
this action President Miller will be re-
lieved of his dictatorship.
After having given the Game Com
mission fair test, its failure to dc
what was expected of it, as protection
to game, has been demonstrated practi-
cally, and therefore it should be abol,
ished.
The Caucasian reiterates what it has
said: To each parish should be left the
authority and the power to protect the
game and fish within its confines. The
Legislature in abolishing the Game
Commission, as it now exists, should
pass a general law which would operate
with the Same uniformity of action ant
of control, every parish in the State II
the protection of game and fish In
stead of State commission with a
president, operating on high priced sal,
aries, the constables of each parish
could be named as wardens, whose com,
pensation could be fixed by the police
jury of each parish.
The Game Commission, as it is ope
rated, is simply an adjunct to the politi
cal machine of the State, and therefore
if for no other reason, it should b.
smashed into ''smithereens
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT on
THE SUPREME BENCH

New Orleans Picayune Dec 22. Hon.
Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee, who
has been nominated an associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, was yesterday confirmed by the
Senate, and will at once take his seat
to fill vacancy caused by the death of
Mr.. Justice Peckham of New York.
Judge Lurton was for some time
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Tennessee, in which office he made a
distinguished record. In 1893 he was
appointed Judge of the United States
Court of Appeals, and was occupying
that position when President Taft chose
him for the vacancy on the Supreme
bench at Washington. He made his
record as a gallant and faithful Con-
federate soldier. He is in his 65th year
of life, and very vigorous physically
and mentally. He has always been an
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
THE COTTON CROP
The World Is Confronted with Short
age-The Consumer Must Pay the
Price for Cotton Cloth.

New Orleans Picayune: Monday the
Census Bureau of the National Gov
eminent issued a report showing the
amount of cotton ginned to December
-. This report bears out closely the
estimate of the government issued on
December of a crop of Io,o88,ooo bales
of 500 pounds gross weight. While the
governments estimate has often fallen
short of the actual outturn in the past,
there are many evidences this year that
warrant the belief that it will not fall
very far short of the mark in the pres
ent instance.
With a commercial crop of not much
over Io,25o,ooo bales of American cot
ton, supplemented by very short crop
in Egypt, the world is confronted with
shortage of the fleecy staple which 1t
has not known in years. What this
means in the mater of the price OF
raw cotton, as we'll as in the price
which consumers will have to pay for
cotton cloth, there is already ample evil
dence. Raw cotton has already adj
vanced beyond IS cents per pound and
cotton cloths would already be on
parity with the price of the raw ma
teria1 had it not been for the stubborn
refusal of manufacturers to believe ii
very short crop.
From now until after the Christmas
holidays there is not likely to be much
activity in any branch of trade, but
there are not wanting signs that cotton
spinners are waking up to realization
of the shortage in supply which con-
fronts them. The Manchester Guardian
which naturally is biased by the views
of Lancashire spinners, says editorially
in an issue recently received: The
United States Governments estimate Of
the American cotton crop is always
awaited with interest, and this year
there has been some lingering hope that
it would put better face on our pros
poets of supply. This hope is frustrated
and if we are to take it that the esti-
mate published yesterday is approx
mately correct the supply will be incon-
veniently if not disastrously small. The
government, however, has way of I'M
derestimating the crop, and as year
ago its estimate was about a million
bales less than the crop turned out we
may hope that its present estimate Of
Io,o88,ooo bales is at least as far from
the mark. Yet, with the evidence of the
ginning reports to back it, this estimate
makes it almost certain that the crop is
exceptionally meager, and the predic,
tons of the bull party seem likely this
time to be justified"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
FOR SHAME!

At a recent hearing the Superintend-
emit Of Brooklyn reformatory denied
that he had struck a boy over the
head.
No. stree!
The boy deserved whatever he got.
If hit him any place it was ACROSS
THE FACE"
That was what he said out loud on
the witness stand. And the shame of
it.
This brutal overseer. remember. was
no prison guard. but head of a re
formatory." place where boys. hard
ened and calloused by i'll treatment or
bad surroundings. are supposed to be
treated with tact and kindness in or
der to give them self respect and prop
er ambitions.
Moreover
1t was shown in the investigation
that the Manual Training boys were
compelled to fashion clubs with which
they and other boys were to be beaten.
And
One small boy after being whipped
for nearly an hour-presumably struck
across the face a few times-was
dragged from under the bed, where
he crouched in agony and fear, and
beaten some more
Are there any merciful folk with red
blood in their veins in or about Brook
Ign?
Of
would not dare to beat horse or a
dog in such manner. They would be
afraid of prosecution for cruelty to an.
imalS
But child
Why. a child is helpless. 1t cannot
fight back or, should it do so, would
speedily rue it. Let us. therefore, vent
our spleen on the small creature.
Should one of these natural born
slave drivers get mad at big. husky
man would he try to vent his rage
Not while discretion is the better parl
Of yalor.
1t is bad enough when the natural
parent mistakenly deems it his occa
sional duty to beat his child, which
beating. if given in anger, only hardens
the heart of the child against the par
ent.
But
TO hear burly boss talk frankly
about his beating and bruising OF ar
orphaned or helpless child, striking
him across the face in vengeful an
ger
Why, this makes one wish that such
a bullying wretch might suddenly meet
somebody as much bigger than be as
he is bigger than the child who would
summarily teach him the poetry Of
equal and exact justice
For shame.