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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
WORTH KNOWING.

Smoking was penal oreuse at ons
dine In Turkey.
II Is said there are 900. 900 Egyp
tianz who can neither read nor write.
There are blind spots" on the
tongue which are insensible to certain
eavors.
Last year about thirty thousand per
sons visited the birthplace Of Shakes
peare.
An oficial estimate places the num-
Der OF dairy cows in the United States
at II .oo0. 900.
Before It is completed a champagne
bottle passes through the hands OF
forsy-nye workmen-
Turkey has more aged people In pro
portion to her population than any
other European country.
Fifty-hve million square miles is the
area Of the Pacific ocean-the same az
the earth's land surface
French theaters receiving govern
nent subsidy are obliged to give free
performance every year
Canada produces nearly one-haif the
worlds supply OF maple sugar. about
1900 900 pounds annually.
Germany. Great Britain and the
United States produce four-hfths OF the
worlds supply OF pig iron
On the coast OF ireland it rains on
an average OF POS days in the year:
} ia England zbout $50 days
Nearly 10000. 900 gallons OF water
are used annually to cleanse tins
streets of the city OF London
Guatemala now ranks next to Brazil
,, In Importance as the source Of the sup
ply OF coffee. Ecuador Is rapidly ex
banding Its cocoa production
After being at liberty for ten days
, a canary belonging to T. Kirk Of Tiy
srtou. England, returned TO its Gag
, with another bird OF the same species
The largest grape vine in the worli
is 100 years old. and Is at San Gabriel
Cal. planted by Franciscan friars- Tn
stalk is III feet In diameter. eigh
feet high. and the branches and foliag
cover 5000 square feet Its yearl,
crop Of grapes Is PA tons
When weighing-in time came at tn
field day OF the Connecticut Fat Men
Association. Dan Wadsworth. the big
gest man in Hartford. which va
! founded BY one Of his ancestors. sen
! the beam to 436 pounds at Bristol II
was unanimously elected president 0
the club
A splinter that has hcen driven int
I the flesh can be removed by the aid G
+. steam Secure a wide-mouthed bottl
! and I'LL 1t nearly full Of hot waite
1 place the injured part over the bottle
a mouth. and press slightly The a.
g ton thus produced will draw the fes
Il down. and in a minute or two the steal
q win extract the splinter. also the il
:. dammation-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
ELECTRIC FLASHES.

There are 172 telegraph and IS tele-
phone Offices In Korea
Woodpeckers are destroying the
wooden transmission poles IN the West
and Southwest
Chicago Is considering plans for an
extensive subway system Of railway
to cost eighty millions
Greece has practically no coal de-
posits- Whatever electric power It
has comes from water falls
The Dayton. Ohio. Lighting Company
has formed a night study class for
instructing its employees on electric
subjects
The Argentine Republic has appro-
priated $4,000 to establish wireless
operations between Buenos Ayres and
Ushuaia-
Over a thousand miles OF the New
York Central Railroad viii soon be
equipped with telephones for train
dispatching-
Sixty-tvo electric railway lines oper.
ate In and about the city OF Paris
The annual average Of passengers car
ried Is 1e0.000.OO0.
The Mont Blanc electric railroad In
Switzerland IS now in operation 10 an
elevation Of 5.4s5 feet: 1t viii be con
tinued TO the summit
The work of constructing power
houses on the Rubicon river in Califor
mia has started and the Southern Pa
cifc viii be electrified
Electrically driven vacuum cleaner
are now to be used on the best train
Of the Great Northern in place OF tn
old dust cloth and broom
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
White Rhino Hunt Begun.

Butiaba, Jan. 10.-The Smithsonian
African scientific expedition arrived at
Rhino camp, the basis for the hunt for
the eargerly-sought white rhinoeeros,
today. Rhino camp is on the Congo
side of the Bar El-Jabel river The ex-
pedition, as made up in the present
hunt, consists of Colonel Roosevelt,
Kermit, Mearns, Heller, Loring, Gun
ninghame and 90 porters and boys.
They have 200 loads of supplies The
party has temporarily left Ugands for
the territory remarkable for the pres
enee of the white rhinoeeros-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
Monorail Car Is Success.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE first exhi-
bition in this country Of the gyro-
static monoran ear, which has been
ranked among the wonders of the pres
emit century, was given today in Brook
lyn by Richard Seherl, the inventor,
who is the son of Berlin newspaper
man. The model, whieh seats four pas
sengers and two operators, worked per
feetly. Mr.. Seherl believes a speed Of
120 miles an hour can be maintained
by a train of regulation size.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
omcer Arrests Chief.

Los Angeles, Jan. 11--'sThat police
man win get box of cigars from ne
for doing his duty" declared Chief
Dishman, referring to his arrest in
Hollywood Sunday, for exceeding the
speed limit 81 shall also promote
him at the first opportunity. Dish
man this afternoon sent the cigars
Chief Dishman was arrested by c. NJ.
Blinn, motor patrolman, in Hollywood.
Blinn wanted to withdraw the charge,
but Dishman insisted on the law taking
its course and paid his SO fine in Judge
Herndon's court today. Biinn is a
Los Angeles policeman
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

A man was waiting patiently for 4
street car the other day at transfer
cation. gays the Boston Record. Ehsa
woman, highly excited. rushed up t.
him. and cried. Are you the mar
nerez~
Il don't understand be said
Are you the man hsreT she -
peated-
NO. madam he said. conceallnK .
smile. The man here IS that man
over there"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Cairo, Ill, Jan. l0.-The grand jury
which investigated the murder of Miss
Anna Policy and the lynehings Of
Henry Salzner and VIII James, the lat
ter negro, adjourned today. The re-
port stated that it was evident the so
called lawless element was not cor
cerned in the lynehings, and 1--WE be-
lieve no innocent man met his death at
the hands of the mob" Salzner was
accused of numbering his wife James
was suspected Of causing Miss Pelley 5
death.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

That there is big money in hog-rais-
ing in the Pacific northwest at the
present livestock prices was shown by
the sale of single porker at the Port
land Union stoekysrds yesterday lac
particular aninal that attracted the
attention of everybody at the yards
was a monster that tipped the scales
at $50 pounds. He sold for cents a
pound live weight, which meant s6l-20,
the highest price that single hog
ever brought at the stoekyards-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
WHERE MEN WILL PLY.
Aviation Field at Los Angeles Is Ideal
Place.

Los Angeles, Jan. 1O--On level and
broad field, where but week ago
herd Of cows grazed in peace, NINA
ture city Of tents and plain wooden
structures today marks the spot where
the first aviation meet in America is
to begin, and above which the first
competitive trials of speed and endur-
anee between heavier than-air machines
will be seen on this continent.
Aviation camp is - miles from this
city On the lines of the Pacific Flee
tric extending to the numerous beach
resorts along the Pacific coast. On a
stretch of high ground at one side Of
the field a high grandstand has been
erected, rising 40 feet in the air and
extending for 700 feet along the course
over which the trials of air craft and
speed contests viii be held.
Stretching out across the aviation
field from a point in front Of the
Qrandstand is a long row of tents that
now cover numerous flying machines
and will house many more during the
ten days of the aviation meet On an
other side of the broad field another
line Of tents are placed and here the
United States army dirigible balloons
and many other dirigible airships are
being assembled, ready to be inflated.
Aviation camp Is on ground made his
torie in the days of the Spanish Dons
It is a part of the famous Dominguei
ranch given to Lieutenant Juan Jos
Dominguez of the army of Spain II
the year 1874, and its extent was de
termined in the grant by clause whiel
said that the gallant soldier, for valian
services, was entitled to as large I
tract as he could ride around between
sunrise and sunset. The soldier waite'
until one December 81 to ride the boun
DIARIES of his land
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
rail Is rollowing COINED.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan IL. = A
straight and slender tail has been dis
covered trailing behind the nucleus OF
Halley's comet, according to dispatch
received at the Harvard observatory
Yesterday from Professor E b. Frost
Of the Yerkes observatory The tail
is faint one. shout 10 minutes in
length, and has an agile Of % degrees
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
out OF the Controversy.

Don't you think the Kirs OF Den
mark was little hasty IN awarding
credit for the discovery OF the North
Poler'
mo. He acted with foresight To-
day he Is about the only man In the
world who can ckim TO have the
whole business OF his mind. Wash
lrn<ton Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Professor (of English lIferzture)-At
times you find II difficult. 1 dare say. TO
comprehend the involved styls Of lcr.
James
Miss De Auir-O. no. professor.
never have any difficulty IN UNDER
standing him The only trouble 1 have
Is to ind out what be Is driving at
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Penelope was bewailing the protract-
cd absence OF Ulysses.
Il might as well be the wife OF a
b,mmercial traveller" she said. and
Re done with IT."
Scornins to avail herself of an easy
divorce. she plunged deeper than ever
Into the pages of the Ladies' Home
Journal for consolation
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
HookwOrm in College.

New Orleans, Ia, Jan 1o.--Constern-
alton prevails among the 100 or more
students OF Tulsre college following the
examination OF every student for hook
worri. II Is announced that more than
a third CT the members OF the class
were found 10 be infected
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Boarder Cat summer resort)-Dldn't
your booklet say there were no mos
quitoes here?
Proprietor-It did. SIR. and # told the
exact truth We had the booklet print
ed IN February. and am prepared to
prove that there wasn't a blamed
tslap) mosquito within so miles OF
here at that time.-Chicazo Trfbuna
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

House-hunter-S Seems to me this
house isn't very well built. The floor
shakes when we walk.
Agent-Um--y-e-s; that's the new
kind Of spring floor for dancing. you
know.
Householder - And these stairs
creak terribly.
Agent-Y-e-s; we furnish this new
paent burglar alarm staircase with
out extra charge.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

you should buy all your Christmas
gifts now
That's what they say. but I'm not
30 sure OF IL You see. I've made up
ny mind 10 give several Of NY friends
dozen eggs apiece-nO matter what
they cost-and hate to think OF buy
INK EN- now."-CleTeland Plain Dealer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

IF you had any life in you. Henry"
she snapped.
You'd go out there and fire the
cooki"
but I haven't. you see, Flo," he pla-
cidly yapped;
And he buried himself in a book.
Chicago Tribune
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Stranger-What do you do with the
vast swarms OF immigrants that hand
on your shores every year?
Prominent Gothamite-We don't
have amy throuble. sor. in assimylat-
in thin
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Have you any good apples to-day.
Mr. Barlowz-
Yes. we have some unusually nns
Northern Spies
%. hang your northern spies,-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Maria. this telephone call is for you
Mrs. Highmore wants to talk to you.
Mrs. Highmore? Graciousi And
look like fright John. hold the wire
a minute till l do up my hair,"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

HCWARD z BrEION Az--5e- 40 ch<z.<
~ Lez1F-lle- C1-cr1a-c- 1-erluez prices- erol4-
Silver Led II Gold sllrer. r. Cod sse- zi.s
q Cop5er- a M1iiinz ensssope- Hza fan prsrs 10
ss-e o. arrlirz<lcn- Crztrui SD r-pirx rurk -
llei-s1- Esfe-sz1s= czrhozzts Sszi1---l Blk
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

&c Is not old. he Is not young.
The Chinese i4undryman- Hop Lung.
The yelio~ed cheek. the sIanting eye
The humble nose. the cheekbone high
The cheerful face. the willing hand.
That serves the prOudest IN the land
His back yard you may scan with
care;
No dirty linen airing there,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

you must rest" said the specialist.
after knowing humping on the pop
ular preachers person. You will be
in the next world in three months I'M
less you go abroad and take a complete
rest"
"Oh. then I'll go abroad at once"
replied the preacher. quite innocently.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
Diliousness

81 have used your valuable Casca-ets
and find them perfect Couldn't do
without them I have used them for
some time for indigestion and biliOusuess
and am now completely cured Recon-
mend them to everyone Once tried you
will never be without them IN the
family. Edward A Marx, Albany, NY.
CUT THIS OUT. nal Il with yOuz sd-
dress 70 the S-eriinz Remedy Company
ChiczEu. H. and rec i've = hz1dscEs SOL
vsrir God Bon Bon FREE
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
Hoods
Sars ariIIa

Is the Worlds Greatest Blood
Purifier and Strength-Giver.
1t builds you up. Accept no sub
stitute, but insist on having
Hoods, and get it today.
In u uaI liquid fAm II chocoIated tab
ets called Sarsatabs. 11O Doses 81
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Landlady-You say the chicken
soup isn't good? Why. told the cook
how to make it. Perhaps she didn't
catch the idea Boarder-No; /
think it was the chicken she didn't
catch
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

There's language in hotel labels.
the same a. In stamps or howers.y
said a courier. All over Europe the
hotel porters paste the hotel labels on
your trunks in such a way that the
oorters In future towns win know
what sort Of a Upper you are.
up at the top Of the trunk the la
bel means you are generous In the
middle It means you're mlddling
7rt- Down very low it means you
re no good
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Ethel-Let's play house
TOmmy-Al right: I'll be pa anu
you can be ma away IN the country
Hzrper's Bazaar.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

PAZ0 OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itching. Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
TO Il days money refunded &c.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

that are irritated from dust, heat. sun
or wind, PETTIT'S EYE SALVE- All
druggists OF Howard Bros, Buffalo,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
onIr one "BRoMo ouININt.

That Is LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE. Look
for the signature OF E. w. Grove. Used the
World over to Cure Cold in One Day. Csc
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

Mothers WIN find Mrs wInslow's Soothing
byrup the beat remedy 70 use for their ch.ldrea
during the lee thing period
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13
Natural Mistake.

caner-what Ike about your nat
Is its fine large closets
Mrs Wrenter-T beg your pardon
but-er-you've been looking at the
bedrooms--Chicago Tribune
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

The Nature Place
He-What Is the latest topic Of
household interest. my dear2
She-Oh, the fall housecleaning Just
now Is on the carpeS--Baltimore
American
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-13

One OF Ayers Pills atsedtme will cause
an increased fov OF bile, and produce a
gentle laxative effect the day following
Formula on each box. Show IL TO your
doctor. He will understand at 4 glance.
Dose, ono pill at bedtime.
- Nsas ~ Ne J. c. Aver Co.. Lswsn. nNss--
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
mo ENODrs TO LONG ISLAND.
Crowds TaN the Capacity Of the Railroad
TO Its I.IInIt.

Ore Of the biggest eXoduses OF out
going traffic IN the history of the Long
Island Railroad occurred between noon
AMI q % clock Yesterday. when more than
iU u" pass'n-'r. "scaptng from tn"
Leat II the city .rowI,i trains bound
for Sound and ."a-.tr resorts In adj
dItIon tn tn" 10 trains on the regular
:, hcdIic for Yesterday afternoon twenty
ICdItional trains Mere pressed into scr
Vie" until every available uSr and loco
motive WAS siuiuE uurv on some outgoing
tram Even the ward locomotives were
utilized ,u help C4t vsth tie crush at
traffic.
ra---.u.e'r- uy.ripw"d ~" coaches
ard crowded tic raCI tI-' cars 50 that
eN",y train ont q the l'n- Island city
station waS crowded 60 the limit Of stanG-
irr room. Iarr" crowds also went ont
from the Atlantic az 'a'i" station m brook
ivn. and Elior"tl"r. IL" railroad p"oIla
suy. ~ vas enc OF t'' biggest JAMS iu
the hl-tU-' uf tn, ryla
Electric ....yIg. O.. Ur0 nm fror tho
R'.tRnuNs direct mo Poe iiE "a lroaG
st.t.ou ~ ion. l-iFrt cry. sHd a., -
t-u.u- wtr.. run 'o % "ir fail as ac1tV
to carry IT. crowd bound lot a." RI -
nNaNs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
DR. JAMES ~. SCOTT PROMOTED.
Appointed solicitor for international
Arbitration..

WAsHISGIoS. July DIR James Brown
scott solicitor Of the state Department
has resigned TO become special counse
II the Department in promoting Secrstary
knoxs plan for the establishment OF an
International court Of arbitral Justice
Dr SCOTS new title will Re Solicitor
for International Affiliations
Dr Scott will receive a salary Of IS. o.
a year He il now at The HaEu "a one
u the American counsel in the New
found land fishery case. He has been
solicitor Of the State Department since
january ~. ieoe.
J. Reuben Clark. Jr.. NJ Utah. assist ant
solicitor. has been appointed collector Of
the Department to succ-ed DIR Scott.
Mr.. Clark IL a graduate Of the University
- Utah and 81 Columbia University. He
sI-nt several years teaching in Utah prior
To his appointment as assist ant solicitor on
September S. 1919. Mr.. Clark has been act
ing solicitor since DR. Scott went abroad
" illiam &. Dennis u Indiana an assistant
solicitor Of the department. has also re-
signed 10 devote his attention TO tho han
ding Of the Orinoco steamship Case, which
~ To- he aTbitrated NJ The Hague this
summer. Mr. Dennis IN agent for the
United States in this case He has been
an assistant solicitor since June ~. 1904
Frederick Van Dyne. former American
Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, has been
transferred To the State Department ar
an assistant solicitor. n post which he held
prior To his appointments in 1909 rs Consul
~ Kingston.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
mo NV kENNEDI DEiD.
uriI known Gambler. Recently Married
Dies NJ the age Of B5.

Rig lin kslpriy. wa va known
10 pretty nearly every BODY IA me United
States who ever took whirl AZ roulei .
or hacked has luck agains. a faro bank.
died on Wednesday las IN Roosevelt
Huspit al If pneumonia Very few II hrs
old friends knew that he was IN town
and their surprise a. tn" news Of his
death was increased when II was learned
tina; a few weeks before his death 10 had
married the woman who nursed him
during hl- last illness Kennedy il re-
ported to hay" left nearly S5Op 90. tie
was 6J years old and hlz bride ~ %
Mrs Kennedy ~as Hattie Egnom, a
trained nurse ~ Huntington, W Va.
She me- her husband IA Hot Springs.
Ark where Kennedy went last March
m search Of health. She accompanied
him to New York when his physician
advised hum 10 come here for an opera.
ii1n. and they were married Ola June l
lust b.fOre Kennedy went to the hospital.
Mrs Kennedy nurred her husband after
his operation and remained with him until
he died
Big Jim IN his day ran gamb ling
HOUSES ia New York and Saratoga that
were IA well known In their way ~ the
more refined gaming places preside q
over by Richard Garfield. kennedy's
places were % the free and easy sort
Their. were no exhibitions 81 art in his
-ciuh~. and II the gambling fever ran
high here Was no objection TO shirtsleeves
AZ thetabI.- Rig Jim was always ready
for high play and he had n reputation
for han ging on To his winnings.
In his application for n marriage license
kennedy gave his birt hplace rs Iipps-
rary Ireland. He came To tins country
when ne WaS a young man and went
to work ~ the Havemeyer sugar factory
~ Williamsburg a. a coOper. There ne
me. the late senator McCarren. who had
a Job in the same place. and for a short
time the two men 1sarned politics to-
get her.
Kennedy didn't play politics long. He
figured that there was more money IN
gambling houses. II wasn't long before
he had a place on West Thirty seventh
street. which lie ran in partnership with
GOttfried Walbaun and man named
BuTbridRc This was house 81 high
play AMI Kennedy began TO prosper as
soon M he started IL. He opaned -clul,a-
in Chicago and Minneapolis and for a
time ran the -Chicago Club IN Sarai oga.
which became a gathering fac" for the
gambling profession. Kennedy gave up
his Eastern houses a few years ago after
a disagreement with his partners. but
he ran a placy IN Chicago for some time
afterwaTd
Kennedy was large and was said to he
a. strong a. he was big lie had suffered
from kidney trouble for year before his
death
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
! FOt RrH'S or or TOWN RUsH
Was 10 strenuous mat It seemed 10 De-
populate p,er part og the city.

New Norks Fourth Of July exodus vas
we'll under way early yesterday morn.
mg. and Judging from the way IL kept
mp all through yesterday there wouldn't
- enough people left above Fourteenth
street Ia line the sidewalks II the parade
were going 10 continue above that bound
ary
visit late on Friday night to the
supper place. where theatregosrs and
stage folk foregather showed few persons
alnu'
The closing 81 the Stock Exchange
to-day IL responsible. said a head waiter
Most ~ our regulars have already gone
tn the country
II has b,.-n long time since So many
now dress suit cases were seen in public
thoroughfare, on uns day From an
early hour men. women aud children
were hurrying along in the direction 81
a railroad station or a ferry laden with
hays and bundles At the Lexington
avenue station the waiting rooms and
1atfprins were thrCngpd from an early
hour and u was not until late in the after
noon that the trains succ',.d"d IN sen-ihly
diminishing the crowd The ferryhOusss
We're filled all day and the Hudson tunnel
did tremendous business The subway
worked hard To- take people To terminals
and ConCy and the bedch'.- near 10y drew
their thousands
At the hotels yesterday was about the
uui.test day sinCr Christmas for incoming
travel and some ~ the bigger ones we're
almost cuipticd before nightfall The
Saturday sNnduS To Europe itself would
have Ieft them almost d.populated, and
II seemed that everybody who hadn't "a
steamship ticket Was bent On getting
away go'Hewherr
The shopping stre"tS ~ the morning
were well lid and almost everybody
seemed Ia - carrying either "A bag or a
hrndl" Visits to habe-daShers revealed
men making purchases Of flannel and
duck trou-,.r, and other articles ~ ap.
parc', indicating expectations of doing
the Fuurth's yacati IN IN styl"
We have had hardly a customer 10.
dav SAID clerk AZ one Of them. who
did not InsIst upon carrying his purchases
who has been IN here said he wds in n
hurry to catch "A train