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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22
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NJ. Lacroix. a member OF the French
Academy OF Sciences. read a paper be
fore that learned society on the manu-
facture Of sapphires. He has discov-
cred practically the composition of the
precious stone. and has succeeded In
obtaining some specimens which almost
resemble the real stone. II can not be
said that VI. Lacroix has yet discov-
cred the exact process. FOR those which
he has obtained would not impose upon
a skilled lapldary who subjected them
to a severe test.
The climbing perch (Anabas Scan
dens1, Of which six examples have re-
Gently been received at the London
Geological Gardens. is an interesting
case Of a fish which Is able to spend
considerable time out OF Its native ele-
ment. The climbing perch is able TO
make some progress on land by the
movement Of its pectoral and ventrai
fms. II is even able to climb trees. and
has been found In palm tree several
feet from the ground. It Is difficult TO
get It to display these pecuIIarities In
confinement.
The little black people Of Africa, so
dramatically described by Stanley, are
not the only pygmies produced by that
wonderful continent. In Liberia and
Sierra Leone are found pygmy hippo
potamus. some specimens Of which have
recently been sent to England. These
animals are described as being more
like pigs In their habits than like their
gigantic relatives. A good mud-hole Is
quite sufficient for them. They seem to
prefer solitude In their native haunts,
going about singly. and when two are
seen I'm company they almost invariably
consist of mother and her calf.
President schurman OF Cornell Uni
versfty calls attention to the need Of
the development Of type Of engineer
specially skilled in everything relating
to hydraulics Water, ne remarks, Is
destined from now on to play great
part in the economic development Of the
United States. II Is hereafter to be
used on a vast scale for power and for
irrigation, as well as for navigation.
The maximum benefit to be got from
the use Of water will be sought in the
East from navigation and power, and
In the West from irrigation and power
One Of the unexplained phenomena |
of what Prof. T. O. Bonney calls the |
worlds ice MANTLE Is the alternate
advance and retreat OF the glaciers. AT
present, says Prof. Bonney, only In
and perhaps at Mount w.. |
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

The dental statistics gathered in
many European cities have revealed
such an alarming condition OF affairs
that Germany. at least. has decided to
adopt conbative measures.
In all large towns dental clinics have
been founded. consisting. as a rule, Of
specially fitted up rooms In one or the
central schools.
Fully qualified dentists are appointed.
who devote their whole time to their
duties. but in Stuttgart the work is
done voluntarily by the local dentists.
That such movement is necessary can
scarcely be doubted when one learns
that Of many thousands Of boys and
girls examined from the ages Of to 10
only 2 per cent had a perfectly healthy
set Of teeth. To give an idea Of the
amount Of work done in a year at
Darmstadt schools IL is necessary to
quote the figures Of 1903. During the
year 1876 children we're examined and
1851 teeth were filed, while 1871 were
extracted. In strassburg 1895 children
were examined, 600 teeth were flIed
and 1912 were extracted.
Another interesting fact il that 40
per ceLt Of all teeth examined were
bad. The method Of work is simple;
the teacher takes his class to the dem
tist, who examines each mouth quick
ly and marks on the card which each
child has brought with It whether
treatment is necessary. II 80 the child
must come again on a Saturday.
Russia Is also joining In the move
inent and has already fitted up nine
such institutions In st. Petersburg
alone, while Moscow has also several
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

America was created BENJAMIN Frank
lin. who had been appointed postmaster
o. Philadelphia In 1871, Was given tbs
office Ia 1883 lie visited all tbs Inn
portant postoffices. Though his reforms
made the once bring IN clear rev
enue. be was removed BY the king Ia
i774. bur shortly after was appointed
to the same once b. the Continental
Congress. The nrst postmaster Of the
United States o. America was Samuel
Osgood. when he took charge Of the
department the country bad seveasy'
Ave postoffices.
The charge FOR the delivery OF letters
was based on distances covered and
varied from 8 cents for thirty miles 20
IS cents for $50 miles. untii 1858. dts
tance was the basis Of cost In that
year a uniform rate Of postage ignor-
Ing the distance was nxed a. 3 eentA
Oct. I. 1855. this Was reduced to q
eeNts. During the early days u Alas
kan Development. every letter delivered
IL SaEsS cost the government 81.
Taeugh the use d adhesive postags
Stamps was authorized In 1877. prepay
meSt By stamps was NOT made eompnis-
Org untS 1850 A unifoFm free drliv-
cry syassm was not Instituted untii
1863. though the peuny post existed In
q number o. elites IN 1852 the carriers
remunerating themselves b the eoliec
ton % q voluntary fee % from ! 70
eents foe eNch piece % mail delivered
A convmtSon held IN Paris Ia 1878
made vaFioNs improvements ia the rvs.
rlafi0us and gr0Stdei for = postal con
freaa 10 consider revision % sii pend
nx rules at least every nts yearm tbs
Postal union thus effect.
"a works constantly for the simpiin.
alton and Identification ~ postal aym.
ems. The rate fixed By the arwt COO.
rentiou. Of 8 cents Tor each hsif ungg
u weight for ordinary letters ssili pre-
rails. save that Recently special eouveu.
Hons reducing 4 TO ? cents hare b~~n
arranged between this country ana
England and this country and Germany.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

This first governmental issue Of
stamped envelopes, stamped letter pa
per and adhesive labels or stamps IN
England was in 1910. Three years BE-.
fore. in 1887. stamped wrappers under
the name OF ~go-frees" had been used
experlmentally and had been recon-
mended to the chancellor Of the ex-
chequer for adoption By the govern
ment. In Dundee. a printer named
James Chalmers printed stamps from
ordinary type. washing their backs with
gum. He showed them to his neigh
bors. but made no public mention OF
them until November. 1897. nine months
after Sir Rowland Hin had drawn the
attention OF the commissioners OF the
postoffice to the possibilities Of using
such adhesive stamps when people
bought unstamped envelopes 10 the
postofflce.
The postal system derives It's very
name from the posts placed along Ro-
man roads to mark points where couri-
ers took dispatches. But the modern
postal system with It's prepaid postage.
with It's system Of leyylng postal trib-
ute on the basis Of weight and not dis
lance. its letter boxes, It's delivery Of
parcels and newspapers and money or
ders. dates from Sir Rowland Hill.
The earliest official notice OF postal
service In the American colonies Is
found In the records Of the general
court OF Massachusetts, IN 1859. The
house Of Richard Fairbanks Ia Boston
was under the ruling OF the court desig.
mated as the place for all letters
brought from across the seas or 20 bs
sent thlther. lie was allowed . penny
FOR every letter which be received or
sent. In Virginia. every planter WIS
required 10 provide messenger 70 ear
" letters as they arrived az his plan.
tation 10 the next one. Tie forfeited
! hogshead OF tobacco should he fail
10 do 40. In 1872. the government Of
Sew York established q monthly post
'etween New YORK and Boston. In 1872
be Office OF postmaster general for
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

Most people believe that drugs af-
feet the brain. Yet this apparently is
not so, according to physicians. Drugs
no more affect the brain than
does insaniU-that is, not at alli-ex-
cept alcohol, which does injure the
brain, though not at ali on account of
its mental efTerts, but for the very
different reason that alcohol has
chemical affinity for the albumen and
fats of the tissues. BY this chemical
action 1t slowly alters and damages
brain tissue, but this result In no
wise differs from similar alterations
produced by alcohol in the tissues OF
the liver and of the kidneys. Tobac-
co is q powerful poison, and yet no
autopsies can show the yeast differ
ence between the brain Of a lifelong
smoker and that Of one who never lit
a cigar. Likewise, the BRAN of an
opium iend ls indistinguishable from
any other brain, and 80 on for the
rest Drugs do affect the mind and
viii power. but not the brain substances
ITSELF
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22
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Here's sort OF queer thing" said
nearsighted man. II am very near.
sighted. Strong glasses are indIspensa.
BILE TO me for ordinary. general seeing
10 my goings about, but when sit
down TO read ! take Off my glasses
and bring the print up to within the
natural focus Of the eye. It seems to
me that reading with the natural eye I
can read with a more intimate and
clearer understanding
$50 much for my reading without
spectacles, and now here is the thing
that is queer to me. II when am
reading thus, with my glasses or.
somebody comes along to speak to me.
why, then, to get a clear understand
ing Of that question I must have on
my spectacles.
80 say, or ] would say IL this hap
pened at home where know the peo-
pie, Walt a minute till I get on my
spectacles,' and would put them ON
and then say, Now go ahead. and real
iy, with my spectacles on, with my
power OF seeing at Its best, with the
sharpest definition Of things IN geaerai
to the eye, get the clearest apnsebeu.
sion Of things said to me.
$50 in reading I do best with my
glasses of, but In understanding things
said to me, In listening, l do best with
my glasses on. There Is one modifica-
ton to this-where there is no light, as
In a dark room, where I can't see,
can understand equally well With or
without glasses.v--,New York Sun.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22
CHAPTER II.


An hour and a half later Miss Caring
ton and her niece were walking quickly
down one of tsss garden paths until thes
came to a little gate set in the hedge; UNI
latching 1t. they passed into neighhor-
Ing garden. and then turned their faces
In the direction of low white house.
with veranda running all round 1t. and
roses in profusion running over 1t. As
they did so. the notes of violin. evil
IDENTIFY played by practieed hand. reach
ed them. Miss Carrington's face bright
ened. and. making a gesture to her com
panien TO move softly. she stepped up to
a window and looked through Il. Ths
room. II II we're drawing room. was al
most as heterogeneously furnished as her
own, but Ii bore the character of a r.
hrary. Two Of the walls were lined with
bookcases: grand piano and a harmo-
NOUS occupied some Of the space; there
was a round table Uttered with books.
and a superauity Of easy chairs In every
stage Of comfort, arranged more with
view TO ease than appearance. A nearer
inspection would have pointed ont certain
bachelor arrangements-soms costly Turk
ish pipes: q pair OF pistols. splendidly
mounted; some silver cups and tankards.
with various inscriptions on them. all en-
graved with the name of Grevills Moore.
and purporting to be certain prizes in
the half-mile race. the high jump throw
ing the cricket ball and other feats Of
prowess. performed by some youthful ath-
lete.
An elderly man. with a long whit
beard and mustache, In a black velvet
coat, sat with his back TO the light. play
ing the violin. His face. seen In repose.
was clear cut and handsome. In spite Of
the deep lines that time and perhaps
many cares had traced upon L.; but bis
eyes were cast down, as though In deep
an habltual action. for MFR. /
Moore had been blind half his life.
He was playing from memory an sx
1uisits fugue from Bach. The thin. some !
what wrinkled hand handled the bow with
/ precision. delicacy. a mastery knowl
edge. that seemed surprising In bis situa-
.ion- Apparently be was lost himself in
enjoyment Of the sweet sounds that be
had conjured up In his darkness. for a
smile played round bis lips as the bar
nony widened and vibrated. and bis foot
Ioftly moved as though In unison In a
moment the fugue was ended and the bow
owered.
''Ts chat you. Sunny7 Little witch,
vhy have you stolen q march on the
,Iind man? OF course. you have Town
through the window"
Aunt Diana set me the example," re
ruined Alison. demurely. How do you
% again, Mr.. Moore?"
"Oh. nicely. nicely; time always passeA
uickly with me in my own special world.
lave you given your aunt her favorite
hair7 How does the picture progress.
fiss Diana7 Sunny tells me II Ia one Of
our best"
would you have me praise my owl
Fork7" returned Miss Darlington. bright
=. 81 must leave you to Alison's criti-
ism hope to do something good be-
ore I die. and If I do not succeed. we'll.
~ life viii have been happier for the
rying." {
Ito be continued.) =
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

: g#aH#a#aaaa~~=a INCE the earliest years
III ~ l the postage stamps OF
1 this country have varied
- In design. Their use was
/ / 5SSs- sanctioned by an act Of
I ls51SA Congress March 3. 1871.
- A tentative issue had
been issued at the postotiice OF New
York and In st. louis two years before.
In 1915, and In Rhode Island In 1916.
The first stamps issued were for and
10 cents and bore the portraits OF
Franklin and Washington. At various
times a complete series varying In
price from to 90 cents was issued.
The portraits used on the stamps were
those of Franklin. cent; Jackson.
2-cent: Washington. Scent; Lincoln.
Scent: Jefferson. 1O-cent; Clay. 12-eent;
Webster. f5-cent: Scott. 2f-cent; Ham
ilton. S0-cent: Perry, 9O-cent. and Stan
ton. 7-cent Most of these portraits
were drawn from marbles. but Stanton
was reproduced from a photograph.
Rowland HIN OF England was found
er OF the modern postal system. Eng
land. accepting his scheme Of postal
reform, was the first country to intro
duce the system OF delivering prepaid
letters carrying postage stamps. A story
has 1t that Sir Rowland was staying
at an Inn In northern England. While
there he saw the postman deliver 10
his hosts daughter q letter which she
returned unopened. as she had not a
shilling to pay for It's delivery. Moved
TO compassion by the lingering fondness
with which she turned the letter over
In her hands. carefully studying every
mark on its exterior. Sir Rowland ten
dered a shilling TO the postman. who
left the letter. Then the innkeeper's
daughter. embarrassed by his kindness,
explained that II was unnecessary. She |
and her brother. unable to pay postage. |
had arranged code OF communication. /
While she handled the letter she had /
learned what he wished her 10 know.
Whether this story be true or not.
SIR Rowland Hill. who was only Mr..
Hill at the time. as he was knighfed
alter. early realized the inadequacy Of
he postal system OF England and ar
iently advocated his system. under
which postage should be prepaid.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

Really" said Ncryey. Il want you
to be my wife. Come. now. don't sag
No."
"Mr. Nervey.~ replied the heire~s. ~
wouldn't think Of saying No to you-"
"Ahw
1T wouldn't hive any effect on Won
30 think the best thing can do Is
to yell for the poIlcc.--The Catholic
Standard and Times
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

New Curate-Can any Of You tell ma
how much It costs TO board an automo-
bile here7
Old Resldent--About thirty doIIarn
think
Young ". D.-Tsut II only costs TWEEN.
ty-nve to board horse.
Miss stenographer- And II only coats
I'VE cents to board troIley.--succe~s
Magazine
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

effort. ~ws must pus an shsss trouble
soms things away for the present; there
In the dressing ball. and we have onsy
tina to set ready for dinner. and ycs
know 1t Ia our evening at Fernlsigh. anA
we shall have to be cheerful for Mr
Mcore's sake
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

When a man goes to town to Walt
II is thought funny If he remains two
days but woman Is expected to re-
main at least two months. and hava
parties given 10 her honor.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

"You say your son Ia hard TO manage
Mr. Jims. Does he display any naturai
bentT'
Yes, think he Is going 10 be- a
crook. "--Baltlmore American.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

QUIET, natural home

"A IQUIET. natural home
story. this, but full of
81 character and interest
gor those who delight in domestic
details of life. A young girl
cakes charge of large family in
q motherlv fashion that wins re-
gard. and the incidents are all
pleasing and consistent
This serial win greatly please
acme readers. and its influence
cannot help but benefit and en-
noble the mind and the purer
Impulses of the heart.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

The fools are not all dead set, and.
what is more, they never will ba
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-22

story. this, but full of
character and interest
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
PREACHER KILLS
FELLOW MINISTER
Shot Dead on Street as Result
Of Business Quarrel.

Lebanon, Mo. March 24.-ReV. D. 1
johnson shot and killed Rev. Solomon
Odell. following a quarrel at Russ
Rev. Johnson is pastor Of the Free
viii Baptist church, and the man he
killed was pastor OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. Johnson surren
GeTed.
MT. Johnson is a capitalist as well
~ a preacher. and is president Of the
Laclede County Telephone company.
Recently some OF the subscribers. in.
Guiding Mr. Odell. made complaint re
garding the telephone service. To ad.
just these differences a conference
was held. A quarrel developed, and
later. meeting Odell, Johnson spoke
again Of the trouble. Witnesses say
that Mr.. Odell had an open knife in
his hand when the other preacher ad.
dressed him He closed the knife and
began pulling OF his coat. Then Mr.
Johnson drew a revolver and fred at
Odell. who fell mortally wounded.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26

Aeronaut Blown to Sea and Drowned.
Lester Elkins. aged twenty-five. an
aeronaut. who tried balloon fight and
parachute lump at San Pedro, Cal. was
carried by strong wind out over the
ocean and from height Of $500 feet
dropped into the outer LAY and was
drowned.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
MINERS SIGN WAGE SCALE
over 80 Per Cent at mshsnOy City Col.

over 90 Per Cent a. MahAnoy City Col.
liery Favor Renewing Agreement.
Mahanoy City. Pa. March ia poll
Of the 1900 employees OF the Park Place
oolliery of Lentz & Co.. taken by the
oncials Of the mihes. resulted in over
50 per cent asserting to sign for re-
newal Of the present wage scale so as
TO continue operations after April 1.
Unless an agreement is reached on
or before this date the big mining cor
porations, II is said, will shut down
their collieries. as they are opposed
10 continuing operations after April 1,
pending negotiations. as recommended
By President Lewis.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26

New Castle. Pa, March 11.-Ordera
we're received BY Superintendent Bert
Ross. Of the Greer Tin plant, TO begin
operations in full next Monday morn
ing. Sixteen hundred employees. who
have been idle since last JunS. viii b
given work.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
COAL TO LAST EIGHT MONTHS

Reading Company Said to Have Stored
Enormous Quantity Of Anthracite.
Reading. Pa, March II. - Figures
computed here show that there is suf
hcient anthracite coal on the surface
to supply the trade for the next eight
months.
It is claimed that the Reading com
pany has at least 100000 tons OF
coal at it's storage Yards at Abrams,
Landingville and MahanOy City, and
that nearly a million more tons will
be added by the end Of March.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
Scott'S
Emulsion

of Cod Liver Oil with HypO-
phOsphites should always be
kept in the house for the
following reasons:
Firs-Because, ifany member
of the family has a hard cold,
Il will cure it.
SecOnd-Because, if the chill
dren are delicate and sickly, (
will make them strong andwell.
Third-Because, if the father
or mother is losing flesh and
becoming thin and emaciated,
it will build them up and give
them flesh and strength.
Fourth-Because it is the
standard remedy in all throat
and lung affections.
No household should be with
out it.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
This is the proper
Season to Clip.

"A merciful man is merciful
to his beasts. In the spring
every horse has a long, thick, dir
ty coat Of hair which should be
removed before the hard spring
work arrives just as you shed
your overcOat when warm wea-
Their comes. Clipped horses can
be cleaned in very short time,
the sweat evaporates quickly if
working and if standing dries out
very fast. As a result he rests
well and eats we'll food does him
more good and is not so liable to
colds and coughs.
PRICE S6.75
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
shot HImseIf on Father,s erave.

Wilkes Barre. Pa, March 24.-Seat
al upon his fathers grave in the wy
Oming cemetery, A. R. Baldwin, mer
chant. Of Wyoming shot himself The
noise OF the report in such an un
usually quiet place at once attracted
attention, and the body was quickly
found.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
Blew Himself Up with Dynamite.

David COffman, sixty years Of age,
OF Cleveland, o., purchased a stick Of
dynamite Then he attached fuse to
it. lighted it and lay down on the dyna-
mite. The explosion tore Coffman's
head to atoms and the body almost to
the waist was torn into shreds Family
trouble was the cause.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26

Abraham Lincoln's double. a man
who so closely resembled the former
president that he was often mistaken
for him in Civil War days, is dead at
his home in New York city. He was
Daniel Walford, who was born in Eng
land in 1922, and came to America
thirty years later.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
TrIed . crsmats AImssIf In JsII

Pensacola, Fla, March 17.-Wrap-
ping himself in a cotton blanket. then
tying a handkerchief about his throat,
Salvatore Vincente. an Italian, applied
a match 10 the blanket in the county
Jail here In an attempt to commit sui
eide. He was probably fatally burned
Vincente killed Robert Laird on the
naval reservation here several weeks
AFo.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
cold Found d OLD.

Gravel which sssayists say contains
$40 worth OF gold in every ton, has
been found on a farm at Beech Grove.
west of Massillon, o. The gold is found
in dirt which Is part Of = vein Of
gravel
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26

While William j. Bryan was dOliV-
ering his lecture on The Prince Of
Peace" in University hall at Ann Ar
Dor, Mich Mrs Mary Miller. sixty.
I've years old. who was seated In the
balcony. fell dead from heart disease.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
Favors chIoroformIna Murdsrers.

General Clement A. Evans com
mander in chief Of the United Con
federate Veterans and chairman Of the
prison commission Of Georgia, advo-
Gates chloroforming criminals who
have received the death sentence.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
Aerodrome ElIes EIoht MIIea.

Baddeck. Nova Scotia. March 8. -
The aerodrome Silver Dart. piloted
by Douglas McCurdy, made a success
full flight Of eight miles in II minutes
and Is seconds here, twice crossing
Baddeck. Nova Scotia. harbor
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26

Mrs George d. Seeley, widow Of
Colonel seeley L. s. A.. was asphy1-
lated in her home on Iowa Circle, in
Washington The coroner gave a Ger
tifcate OF accidental death
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26
Wealthy Woman Sentenced For Theft

Chicago March 24.-Mrs. Isaac 7
Newberger, wife Of a wealthy mer
chant Of this city, was sentenced by
Judge Hume to serve ten days in the
county Jail for shoplifting. Mrs. New
berger, through her husband. pleaded
guilty to yielding to some inexplicablc
impulse and stealing goods valued a
$50 from ? down town department
store It was her first Offense.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-26

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