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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

The Sheridan Circle Social Circle
voted Floating Florence" tCool-
idgel the most popular contribution
to current fiction.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That II. II. DRrneille has decided
not 10 enter the Congressional race
IN the Sixth district q Maryland.
but viii stuB,p the counties in tie
interest Of any candidate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

The Rocky Boy Band Of Native
born American Wandering Indians
elected Albert jeremiah Beveridge
chief.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

John Gross. The cipher expert, by
means Of the Baconian theory.
made bis original charge taat John
Asmns was the author Of ]. Cecil
Hooe's poems.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That T. P. Moran is still suffering
under the delusiop that he vas the
Moran who was a candidate for
District Commissioner.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

RushinE Toward AdIournment.

From the ST. Louis Star.
It Is now being figured IN Washington that If
Congress quits work ard does nothing more Il
win be possible TO adjourn by the first Of July.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04
WieIds5 for
the Uplih.
ONE CENT.
WE HEAR

That CHI Bergman, with
large assortment Of Teddy Bears. Is
doing the Boardwalk at Atlantic
City.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04
Hetroeraded.

The people at the comet
Scant terror did evinee.
1t may have scared Mahomet;
It's slumped a trifle since.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

The Daily Stake announced its
abandonment Of the idea Of a
sporting extra. owing 70 'mechsn-
lean difficulties" and made its
weekly change Of baseball editors.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That John Nolan has learned
another Verss Of the stein song. and
viii sing il during the days q
June IA and IS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That Herndoa Morssll win shoTtly
go camping in the mountains q
West Virginia, and viii give song
fest on the hills surrounding Hsrpers
Ferry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That Col. Yerkes has challenged
DR.. Harlan to e foot race 10 be
given In about two weeks Both
are training hard for the event.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

Read the BingTilis BusIs tomorrow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04
CHAT OF THE FORUM.

A Regular Gold Mine.
From the Boston Transcript
Though the Ballinger inquiry has cost $500 It Is
worth many times that TO the magazines.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That Henry Merrill has taken s
new lease on lifs since beginning
the simple life on his farm il Yir-
ginia
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That Ike Cans is sitting up nights
arranging for the homecoming wsek
next fan.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

'HThe Indian has a keen appreciation
of hunlor." said Michael II. Fallon, OF
Minneapolis. Mimi, at the Riggs last
night. and is like a child IN his mirth-
fulness. No orator can see the weak
points in his adversarys armor or silence
a foolish speaker more quickly.
''old shah-bah-skong brought all his
warriors to defend Fort Ripley in 1861
The Secretary OF the Interior and the
governor and legislature OF Minnesota
promised these Indians that for this act
OF bravery they should have the special
care Of the government and never be re-
moved A few years later a special agent
was sent from Washington 10 ask the
ojibways 10 eede their lands and TO re-
move 70 country north of Leech Lake.
The agent asked a friend OF mine for
help. He said; Il know that country. I
have caInped on II. II Is the most worth
less strip of land in Minnesota. The In
dams are not fools. Don't attempt this
folly You win surely come to grief
He called the Indians In council and
said: My red brothers, your great father
has heard how you have been wronged.
He said: Il VIII send them an honest
man." He looked IN the North. the South,
the East, and the West. When he saw
me he said: This is the honest man
whom ! viii send 20 my red children"
Brothers. look at me. The winds of afty-
five years have blown over my head and
silvered It with gray. and In all that time
! have never done wrong 10 any man AS
your friend I ask YOU 70 sign this treaty
'Old shah-bah-skong sprang to his feet
and said: My friends, look at me. The
winds of more than fifty winters have
blown over my head and silvered It with
gray. but they have not blown my hraius
away. The council was ended
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That Henry Xander has hopes
that he can learn TO drive his au-
tomobiie without fear Of its baking.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-04

That Al Mosher and Henry
Kaiser are daily practicing crazy
pool. expecting to get IN a Eame
shortiy,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
ENGINEER SAVES HIS
TRAIN FROM H0LDUP
Clever Ruse Prevents Looting
Of Baggage and Passenger
Coaches.

ST. LOUIS.-Cleverness ON the part
Of the engineer prevented three men
from robbing the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Southwestern flyer No. 3, near
Larimer, st. Louis County, Is miles
from st. Louis, early Sunday morning.
Three men were arrested as suspects,
but were released after investigation.
Engineer Quinn, through ruse, pre-
vented the baggage car and passenger
coaches from being looted. The rob-
bers at the point of revolvers COM
PEELED the engineer and fireman to
descend from the cab and go with
them to the baggage car to assist in
uncoupling it, When tinkering about
the coupling the engineer and fireman
managed to slip away in the darkness.
The two started on run for the
cab. The robbers soon became aware
that the crew was dashing for the
cab and opened fire.
Springing into the cab. the engineer
threw the throttle wide open and
washed away with the train.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
Sand clay Roads In Kansas.

Sand-clay roads are made of those
two materials. and in some parts of the
south are held to be, for particular re-
gions at least, more practicable than
macadam. This construction is now
being introduced in the sand hill coun-
try of Kansas, where the sandy roaes
have hindered agricultural develop
ment by imposing great difficulty on
the transportation of farm products.
Garden City, which is in the sandy
country, solved the transportation
problem by building a sand-clay road
through the hills south of that city.
Before this road was built farmers had
to haul their grain more than twenty
five miles by roundabout way in or
der to reach market that is only ten
or twelve miles distant. The property
owners Of Hutchinson and Mcpherson
counties are now considering the open
ing of big territory that has been
handicapped by heavy sand hill roads.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15

A. G. Spalding, head Of the sporting
goods house of Chicago, has been
formally requested by the business
men of San Diego, Cal, to accept the
nomination to succeed Frank p. Flint
in the United States senate.
Colonel Roosevelt declares Con-
gresham Poindexter did not discuss
the Washington senatorial contest
with him. "My relations with all the
candidates to succeed Senator Piles
have been, SO far as can recall, most
cordial. l will not take any side in
the contest. he said.
eve have fight before US. have
decided what am going to do Those
who may want to come with me, come.
Those who want to stay at home,
stay" With these words William J.
Bryan closed one of the most drama
tic speeches of his career at the DEM
ocratic county convention at Lincoln,
Neb. He spoke in support of posi-
tive declaration for county option, and
at the conclusion of his address the
plank was adopted by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
Cause of Northern Lights.

Neon, n newly discovered gas, is the
cause Of the aurora borealis, accord
ing to statement made by DR.. w. l.
Dudley. head Of the department of
chemistry at Vanderbilt university.
Nashville. Tenn, before the division
Of physical and inorganic chemists of
the American Association For the Ad-
vancement of Science. DR.. Dudley
showed what he claimed to be the
only sample Of neon in this country.
1t requires more than 100 tons Of air
to get one pint of neon. DR.. Dudley
has discovered that the friction of
neon against mercury in Crookes
tube produces a yellow light. When
held near wireless coil Hertzian
waves illuminate the gas. His conclu-
sions are that at the magnetic poles
of the earth neon. under high pressure
because of the cold, is acted upon by
magnetic currents, thus producing the
aurora borealis. phenomenon that
has always puzzled scientists.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
ENGLISH sPARRows STEALING HOUSE.

numbers can be effected by using a
shallow box not less than four feet
square, open on one side and covered
with woven wire on the other. One
side of this trap rests on the ground,
while the opposite side is supported
by stick eighteen inches long. Near
the upper end of this stick is attached
a long cord, apd between the top of
it and the edge of the trap is placed
a chip. By setting the trap over bait
and pulling the cord from a sheltered
point of observation when a flock Of
sparrows is beneath it numbers of
them may be caught. Instead of the
box described above. by which the
birds are taken alive, an old door or
similar device may be employed as a
deadfall.
Sparrows are accustomed to feed in
close flocks, and when thus assembled
large number can be killed by a
charge of No. 10 shot.
Many persons will be surprised to
learn that The English sparrow is good
to eat. Mr.. Dearborn says the bird
has been eaten for centuries in Eu-
rope. In America it is served often
under the disguise of the reed bird
Farmers who shoot or trap large num-
bers of the birds will find them very
palatAble food.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
|DIAz and TAFT
EXCHANGE NOTES
President of Mexico Suggests
Change in Nicaraguan
Policy.

WASHINGTON.-The attitude of
the Mexican government toward the
Madriz cause in Nicaragua was made
palmer, when correspondence which
recently passed between President
Diaz and President Taft on the sub
iect became public.
President Diaz wrote President Taft,
as the result of the circulation of a
telegram Madriz sent to Central Amer
ican governments protesting against
the attitude of the United States in
Nicaragua.
IF these facts are exact in all de-
tails" said President Diaz, after refer
ring to Madriz' protest, 81 permit my
self in the most friendly spirit, to rec
ommend most earnestly to your ex-
cellency that you reconsider those in.
structions of which Nicaragua COM
plains to the end of permitting the
government of Madriz within pru.
IDENTIFY brief period, to accomplish that
complete pacification which is of.
fered."
Information Erroneous, Says Taft.
Mr.. Taft, in reply, said:
~ esteem your excellency's friendly
interest in the relation Of the United
States with Nicaragua. AS your ex
cellency will have surmised, the tele
gram which DR.. Madriz ordered sent
to you, as well as kilograms sent to
other governments in which the con
tinuation of the struggle in Nicaragua
is attributed to the policy of the
United States, has evidently beer
transmitted under erroneous informa
tion with respect to the actual fact!
and the principles of internationa
law applicable to the case"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Walter Brookins, in a Wright BIZ
plane, broke the worlds altitude rec
ord at Atlantic City, N. j., when he
attained a height of 6175 feet.
Clipper as boy with smile and
a real handshake for all well-wishers
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his
list birthday at Forest Hill, his splen.
did summer home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Women teachers showed their
knowledge of politics by forcing the
triumphant election or Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young, superintendent, of the
public school of Chicago, as president
of the National Educational associa-
ton.
Walter Wellman and e. Van Inman
will attempt this Fall to cross the At
lantic ocean in the dirigible balloon
America, which was built for the Well.
man Polar expedition and has been
twice tested In voyage over the Arc.
tic ocean north of Spitzbergen.
On petition of the the International
Paper company, Judge Colt, in the
United States circuit court, at Boston,
appointed John Norris, of New York,
an officer of the American Newspaper
Publishers association, and Charles
+. Weed, an attorney of this city, re.
ceivers of the Boston Herald company
Including a bond issue OF $1,700, 900
the Indebtedness is about $2,200,000
Results of great Importance and
lasting benefit to the United States,
as we'll as to the Latin-American re.
'publics, are expected from the fourth
Pan-American conference, which met
in Buenos Ayres.
The notable conventions of the
week include the Elks at Detroit, the
international convention of the Bap.
tist Young Peoples Union, at Sara
toga, the annual saegerfest of the
Northwestern Norwegian-Danish Sing
ers' association at Sioux Falls, the
convention of the Upper Mississippi
River Improvement association at st.
Paul, and the summer meeting of the
America Chemical society in San
Francisco.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
Much Depends on Grading and
Drainage.
WATER IS A CHIEF ENEMY.
Any Slight Damage Should Be Re-
paired Immediately to Prevent Mud
y holes From Growing - After the
Highway Is Completed Strict Atten-
tion Is Necessary to Maintain It.

When one stops to consider the num-
Der of miles of road in any state of
the Union and compare this aggregate
with the very small mileage of i'm
proved road one can see readily that
1T will be great many years and per-
haps generations before all, or even
half. of the roads are surfaced with
some hard material.
For this reason one should give care
full consideration and thought to the
construction and maintenance Of dirt
roads. which will continue to represent
the greatest mileage for years to come
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
HELPING RURAL CARRIER.
Good Roads Can Shorten His Work
and He Can Serve More Patrons.


and He Can Serve More Patrons.
The man who brings your papers
and letters to you more regularly than
you could go to town after them,
minding not the rain or other inclem-
encies, deserves good roads that he
may shorten his work or serve more
patrons.
Much road building is neglected till
late fall because the farmers think
that this is the only season in which
they have time for such work. Very
often this work is wasted because it
has not time to acquire permanence.
There are, however. a number of road
repairs which may be done to very
great advantage at this time. The ruts
may be filed, the bridges REINFORCED,
all culverts cleaned out, bitches deep
ened or Strengthened out, the split log
drag used after rains. Besides helping
the carrier. all work done on the road
rebounds to the advantage of the
farmer, enabling him to carry bigger
loads to town in shorter time.
Wherever there is any rubbish that
would cause snowdrifts for the car
rier to wade or drive through in reach
ing the box it should be removed. The
mail boxes should be 80 placed that
unnecessary straining or reaching is
avoided.
The mail carrier can always tell you
where the roads need working.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
i arm ano
Garden
ENGLISH SPARROW PEST.
Uncle Sam Tells How to Get Rid of the
Multitudinous Gormand.

MultituoinouS 1ormdnu.
The department of agriculture has
just issued bulletin, by Ned Dear
born, assistant in the biological survey,
which tells farmers how they may rid
their premises Of the English sparrow,
which has been inspected and con-
demned as a nuisance, though some
good points, notably that Of destruc-
tion of obnoxious insects, are admitted
in its favor.
Mr.. Dearborn says the sparrow's nat
ural diet consists Of seeds, though it
eats a great variety of other foods.
The English sparrow seems to be the
champion bird gormand and thief. 1t
even steals houses made for the good
brides. 1t destroys small fruits, such
as cherries, grapes, pears and peaches.
1t nips off tender garden vegetables as
they appear above ground. ''The evil
dence against the English sparrow is
overwhelming" continues Mr.. Dear
horn, who offers these suggestions.
among others, for its determination:
The most effective method of pre-
venting the increase of sparrows in a
locality is to destroy their nests at in
tervals of ten or twelve days through
out the breeding season. By a con-
certed and continued movement to de-
. stroy every nest after the eggs are laid
English sparrows in any locality may
be gradually reduced without resorting
to shot Or poison.
Preliminary to the following de-
structive measures sparrows should
i be baited until they are attached to
| the spot selected for their execution.
| Seeds. grain or waste from the table,
If supplied regularly, will soon estab-
! lish feeding place. If a general cam
| paign is to be undertaken enough such
| feeding places should be maintained
| to attract to them practically all the
| English sparrows in the neighbor-
hood. This can easily be done in win
| ter when food is scarce. After thus
batting the sparrows they may be
trapped or shot.
! Traps alone are inadequate to exter.
| inmate sparrows, hut a reduction OF
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
Plowinu hv Motor.

The gasoline motor plow of the Gas
Motor works Of Deutz. near Cologne,
is designed to take the place Of the
steam plow and is claimed to be an
important advance in agricultural ma
chinery. Though gasoline is more cost
ly than coal. the fuel expense for plow-
Ing by the new method proves to be
about the same as by the old. Steam
plows are drawn back and forth by a
strong rope between two heavy loco
motives, but the single gasoline loco
motive travels to and fro across the
field, pulling one of its two multiple
blade plows at each trip. Being rever-
sible. with an equal pull in each direc-
tion, the locomotive avoids the trouble
of turning around, slight turn Of the
wheels giving the shift through the
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-15
A FICTION EXPLODED:
Medstones Of No Value In the Treat.
ment Of Hydrophobia.

Msdstones Of No Value In the Treat.
ment Of Hydrophobia.
Professor George w. Stevens. who
holds the chair of biology in the North
western Normal school at Alva, Okla,
and regards the maidstone theory as
ignorant charlatanism. has carefully
investigated the structure and history
of number of the more celebrated
madstones in Oklahoma. In writing
lately upon this subject he said:
Most persons use childish judgment
in concluding that an animal is rabid.
The fact that maidstone will adhere
to wound is usually taken as prima
facie evidence that the dog that made
the wound was mad, when, as a mat
ter Of experiment, the maidstone will
stick to one wound about as well as
to another, no matter how the wound
was produced. saw maidstone ad
here to a boys foot which had been
cut on wire fence. have made
one adhere to a persons arm where
had scratched off the epidermis as a
physician would for vaccination. AS far
as adhering is concerned, piece Of cork
or pith would be good maidstone. AS
far as efficiency is concerned, anything
think it was acting properly would be
satisfactory. The one and only argu-
ment for using maidstone is that per-
sons who believe in them get relief
from worry. The main objection to
their use is that in case of real rabies
the correct treatment of the case
might be neglected and the person S
life be lost.
While dogs have more cases Of ra-
bies than any other animal, it is some
times found in sheep. hogs, cattle,
horses and men. 1t does not occur in
any animal unless the animal is ex-
posed to the germs carried by some
other animal. That the disease is nat.
ural to some animals is a mistake
There is belief among the cattlemen
| of the plains that the small species OF
| skunk so common about the prairie
dog towns will communicate rabies by
it's bite. This is not true unless the
| Shuhh SouEhL tuC NASCaSC AVN
some other animal. There is no more
danger from skunk bite than from
a cat bite.
When it is known that the germs
must enter a persons live tissues be
fore they can develop it is not hard tc
understand why a person bitten by q
really rabid animal will not contract
the disease if bitten through clothes
or a glove. Under such circumstances
the saliva containing the germs is
wiped from the animals teeth, and the
clean teeth will not communicate the
disease. But if any person SO bitter
goes to maidstone it is easy to sec
how he will explain his escape from
rabies.
Madstones should be classed will
the buckeye, which was once carried
in the pocket to prevent rheumatism
with the bag Of asafetida. which
was hung about child's neck to ware
off contagious diseases, and with the
rattles OF snake, carried in the hal
to prevent headache. They are now
mere curiosities. recalling the strange
steps in human intelligence leading uT
to our present knowledge of disease
their prevention and cure.-St. Louis
Globe e-Democrat.