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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14
Proposing by
the Dictionary


Miss Ruth cuiberson bought her die
tionary AZ a IRE sale. Il Vas On.
abridged and contained eighty thou.
sand words printed on one thousand
two hundred and eighiy-one pages Of
heavy white paper. There Was no ap-
pendix Of weights and measures and
proper names. but then she paid only
nineieen cents for a.
Ruth laid The dictionary on the
small table that stood In The oenter
q the room. q perfect monument Of
ugiiness. and without unsrApplng it Or
vouchsahns any explanation ~ 70 what
4 vas she sent into the aicofe adioln-
Ing their little pariof and began 20 ~
move the dust and cinders she aiaays
carried bone with hef from the down
town district
Her mother regarded the package on
the table with Increased earnestly.
she frii h and lifted Il and tried 70
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

iCSI-Laealle took possession Of Louis
lana In the name Of France The
province OF New Jersey offered Tor
sale. az about $4,000.
iess-FIrsr anti-slavery protest signed
At the home Of Francis y. Pas
torius IN Germantown, Pa
i7lo-Four Indian chiefs from Eastern
Canada arrived In London and
were carried IN the royal coaches
10 their audience with the Queen.
i712-Boston voted 70 accept the gifr
OF Faneun Hail from Peter FaneulL
175e-Goy. Morris OF Pennsylvania Of
fered bounties for Indian scalps
1775-Ride Of Paul Revere from Boston
70 Lexington
f779-Three American vessels reached
Boston with a British feet hey
had captured on Cape Henry
i7S2-John Adams received BY Holland
as minister from the United
States.
iS3s-NafIonal gallery opened In Lon
don--. Enactment Of the New
York general banking law
isfe-The Pennsylvania Railroad was
-AaILcItl-
1s5l-1finors Ledge lighthouse carried
away.
ls52-FIrst alarm Of IRE By an electric
telegraph system given in Boston
1ssl-charles Sumner OF Massachu-
setts presented 10 the United
States Senate a monster petition
urging the abolition OF slavery.
ss5-AssassinatIon OF President Lin
coin
buildings IN Quebec
destroyed BY IRE
Isss-Unifed Nine Workers conven-
ton az Columbus ordered gen.
eral strike.
iSs5-Raiiroad tranlc impeded in YER
mont and New Hampshire by
heavy foods.
lSs7-French fishing vessel Valiant
foundered on The Grand Banks.
Newfoundland. with loss q sixty
I'VE lives.
isss-The New Brunswick Legislature
rejected a resolution favoring wom-
an suffrage
1soo-Paris International Exposition
opened
lso4-La-se part OF the business dis
trict Of Toronto destroyed BY fire.
1s05-FInal settlement Of the Alaskan
boundary agreed upon BY Crest
Britain and the United States.
and IRE destroyed
large section ef san Francisco.
'sO7-The Medical building Of McGm
University. Montreal. destroyed ~
fire. Opening Of the fourth Brit
ish colonial congress IN London
Carnegie Institute al PittsburE
dedicated.
lsos-Treaties signed az Washington
between Great Britain and the Uni
ted States FOR determining tbs
Canadian boundary and regulating
the fisheries on the Great Lakes
THE United States made repre-
sensations TO Great Britain regard
ing the seizure by Newfoundland
OF fishing vessels
isQ9-United States House Of Repre-
sentatives passed the Payne tarin
bill... Young Turk forces TWISTED
Constantinopie. A new ministry
assumed power in Turkey.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

tarmerc In many counties OF Calitor-
MA are organizing against the employ
ment OF japanese.
Union plumbers IN an parts OF the
country are voiine on proposition 70
establish a home FOR aged. and disabled
members.
Sailors Union OF the Pacific, win Short
" leave for the East 10 obtain legisla--
ton FOR sailors generally.
statistics show that in Colorado and
Tennessee. where the coal miners are
practically unorganized. the percentages
OF fatalities Is. in the FIRST named State,
7.S2 q tho.e|nd. and the latter G61.
while IN the organized States Of Illinois
and Michigan the percentage OF tatali-
ties Is only 2S2 and 2.76
An OF the unions OF the building
trades class are under instructions
from the State building trades council
carrying cut the orders OF the pulldinE
trades section OF the American Fedora
ton OF Labor 70 affiliate with the cen
tral labor body OF the county m which
the individual unions are located
An union carpenters IN Boston and
vicinity are voting on the referendum
propositions submitted to them by Car
pontors District Council. The work
men are asked to vote on whether they
are IN favor this year Of demanding .
wage increase amounting TO ~ cents
an hour for all the carpenterA
The new work hour scale Of tho
leather workers on horse goods al ever
the United States. Canada and Mexico
eieht-hour workday.
The Tennessee federation n TIEor-
Gus and progressive Organization. and
has succeeded IN obtaining the enact
ment OF many laws beneficial 70 the
workers Of that State
The carpenters scale 81 Ninnearo-
lie Is now As cents an hour. and no
Is Approximately Liep
which Is an increase IN lbe eAi year
% about three hundred
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14
rIBErAE sEEsIBnITY.


The Audubon Society has an uDcon-
scIous branch in Tibet. or one may
say. since such compassion exists in
that distant country. that a similar in
nuence is unnecessary. In Sven Hedin's
Trans Himalaya" the traveller speaks
OF the sorrow Of Dang eye. the son Of
the Governor Of saka- Dong. when
one 81 the caravan shot a wild goose.
He wac quite overcome at this brutal
murder. and could not conceive how
the servant could be so heartless and
cruel.
You are right I answered. 4 am
myself sorry for the wild geese. But
you must remember that We are trav-
elers. and dependent for our livelihood
on what the country yields. Often the
chase and fishing are our only re
sources"
In this district you have plenty OF
sheep
rs Il not Just as wrong to KIN sheep
and eat their iesh3~
"Noi" ho exclaimed. with passionate
decision. THAT is quite another mat
ter. You will surely not compare Sheep
to wild geese There Is as much diff
ference between them as between sheep
and human beings. For. like human
beings. the wild geese marry and have
families. And II you sever such
union BY a thoughtless shot. you cause
sorrow and misery.
THE goose which has just been be-
reaved Of her mate win seek him
frultlessly by day and night. and win
never leave the place where he has
been murdered. Her life win be empty
and forlorn. and she win never enter
upon a new union. but viii remain a
widow. and win soon die OF grief. A
woman cannot mourn more deeply
than she win. and the man who has
caused such sorrow draws down a pun
ishment on himself"
I had heard in the Lob country sim
liar tales Of the sorrow OF the swans
when their union was dissolved By
death. It was moving to witness Gang
eyes tenderness and great sympathy |
for the wild geese. and I felt the deep
est sympathy for him. Many a noble /
and sensitive heart beats In the cold /
and desolate valleys OF Tibet
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

Perhaps one OF the best Of the nu
merous class OF sham Latin inscrip
lions was that which appeared some
time ago IN a Dublin paper. It was
In antique Latin" as follows:
Il sayblle haeres ago, fortibus es IN
arc. Mobile Thisbe forte trux. Sc va
ticinem--pes an dux."
This purported to have been found
near the site OF a church dedicated to
~the saint known to the old chron-
iclers as Uncatus Ambulanus"
The Latin inscription was In real
ity an absurd rhyme,
say. Billy. here's a sol
Forty buses IN a row.
No. Billy. this be forty trucks,
See vot is In 'em-peas and ducks
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

In certain parts Of New Guinea the
wallaby. a species OF kangaroo, are
very plentiful. and the traveller IN
search OF sport finds the pursuit Of
them an exciting occupation. Wailahy
steak - a refreshing change from
canned meats. and the natives are
only too glad to have the remnants
Of the carcass. A writer in an Eng.
ilah magazine tells an amusing incl
dent connected with the animal.
he had been ashore IN one OF the
sparsely populated regions OF the coast
and secured four wallaby. an ample
supply for the whole party. native
guides and servants included. But he
found that. although wallaby IL re.
earded az such a delicacy that no
trouble Is considered too great to OBJ
tain Il. none of the native boys In the
marty would touch Il.
This was mystery until one Of
them explained that they had been
trained In childhood IN the belief that
n they ate wallaby before reaching
certain age It would stop their growth.
These boys all belonged to the part
Of the country whore wallnby are few.
ana one can imagine the crafty old
folks seated round the festive pot and
wlnklng at one another as the young
peonlo declined the aucculent dainty.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14
A SUNNY SOUL



The Dyson girls. A. Dulverton ex
pressed Il All amounted 70 some
thing. they had facuiiy-except Of
course Il usually added, with an in,
dulGent smile, Miss Winnie She
didn't seem 70 take after the Dysons,
somehow She did her best; she new
er shirkcd: but Layinia Dyson's best
friend could scarcely maintain thar
she was capable"
She was gone now. and the gentle,
indeclsiye, huttering hands had no
more tasks 70 do. The other Dyson
elderly women an. bat sim girls
IN DulFert0n Darlance-saf soberly in
the sunny psrlor. in eompanionable
silence. each with her task.
They were busy women, seldom Idle
even for a moment Miss Lueretia
was a leader in church work; Miss
PAMELA was a notable housewife. and
took orders for special kinds Of pre-
serves and cakes and pickles: Miss
Anne had worked her way through col
lege. and was a teacher IN the high
school: Amanda. the Widow Cole. had
done her duty BY three children Of
her own and a half dozen stepchildren
before she Joined her sisters in the old
homestead
Abruptly Hiss Lucretia laid down
her scissors. Il don't believe any one
Of US would have been missed 50
much" she said. ~It's-rm ashamed
10 say its coming to me as a surprise
We knew what Winnie was; we knew
what she meant at home. and. thank
heaven. we loved her for Il, and she
knew we did; butt never even
guessed what she meant 70 other PEG
pie.
''rhe things that everybody IS say
Ing-the people who stop me In the
street She broke on TO master her
voice. and finished with a sudden lit
tie sobbing laugh OF pride: Winnie
was an influence in the community.
And how amazed she would have been
II any one had told her So"
I know ! know." assenfed Miss
Anne. I'm finding IL out. too; and
I've been trying 10 make out Just how
II was. She didn't do much-or say
much. even, but she was always so
and she always took il for
granted everybody wanted 10 do the
best thing the best way-she never
wasted time or strength on worries
or resentments. or suspicious. or pet
Illnesses. People were somehow
not 10 behave the way she
expected them 10
Yes agreed Miss Lucretla. -and /
hen they liked her so much; nobody
could help that. and Of course that
made them want to do what she want
"a She was always 50 pleasant.
Ny girls adored her: they thought
here was nobody with such ways and
as Aunty Winnie murmured
Amanda Young people never seemed
10 feel the bar OF age with her: she
seemed 50 happy
~Ah. that was it, cried Miss Anne.
7 think 4 was her way Of gathering
brightness. and passing il on. Seemed
lappy-she was happy. She didn't
heed TO do things like the rest Of Us.
She iust-shone, No wonder she's
missed: it's like losing sunshine
a single sunbeam" quoted Miss
-ucretia. softly. from her favorite
saint Francis. "'can disperse many
ihadows. youths Companion
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

Ixfnr Enjoys Joke Played on Malta,
dor Who Had one Great Ambition.
Il Is said that an have their
double" in this world. and apparently
kings are no exception 70 this rule.
King Alphonso has his and thereby
hangs the following tale:
A maindor who styles himself Fl
vaiieniito has or rather had an over.
towering amhition-onc indeed which
had become a perfect obsession with
him--and this was TO be presented 20
King Alfonso: but months passed on
and his desire did not seem likely 70
be gratified
A certain youth residing in Madrid
Is the image Of the king In nearly
every particular. a correspondent Of
the New York World says. Indeed.
when In Paris some three or four
years ago be was often mistaken for
him. many newspapers Of that capital
announcing that his majesty was there
incognifos
This youth determined that II Fl
vaiientlto could not be received by the
real king he should salute his double,
and 50. with the oonnivance OF trusted
friends who quite entered into the
spirit OF the thing. arranged that on
certain afternoon his majesty would
visit the bull fighters casino 50 that
the matador should then be presented
70 him.
81 valientito was duly Informed
and, arraylng himself In his best. con-
WINGED that the dream Of his life was
about to Be accomplished. awaited the
visit Of his majesty and In due time
was presented 10 him. He afterward
expressed himself as charmed with
the kings" afabllity.
Not for a long while did the mata-
dor learn OF the hoax which had been
played on him. Now be has vowed
vengeance on It's perpetrator.
No one laughed more heartily over
this adventure than King Alfonso
himself when he heard OF r. Il Isl
rumored that IN the kindness OF his
heart be may send for n valientito
and concede to him an authentic inter
view.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

The Enchanted Rock" IN the San
Saba valley. Texas. rises 200 feet from
the plain. and can be seen for several
miles. In the moonlight Il presents
a striking resemblance to an immense
castle with many windows brilliantly
lighted, this effect being caused by
the reflection Of the moons rays from
numerous polished surfaces Of quarts
and pyritos OF copper The Comanches
believe It to be one OF the abodes OF
the Great Spirit and regard II with
much reverence.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

There may be small, excuse for Il
You may have little use for L.
And curl your supervisory lip In su.
percilious ways
You may regard Il banefully.
And pass Il up disdalnfuliy,
But when il gets the money wotlnoi
have you TO aay7
--ChlcnEn Trlhnne.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

"Your wife looks charming tonight.
Mr. Bllnkers." remarked the hostess at
the reception. "Hor new costume sim.
ply beggars description"
well. ] don't know as to that" re.
Joined Biinkers, "but Il almost beggars
Chicago News.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

Going to school finally becomes
habit Many young man continues
in school long after he should be at
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

Some day you are going 70 DO a LOT
OF things you ought to do today. No.
body seems to care much for time
when procrastinatlon ls The thief.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

II the weather Is bad for the crops.
BE- an optimist and 80 70 q baseball
CANA
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

A new kind OF perfume smells like
a bad case Of rheumatism that has
had all kinds II Imminent tried on It.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-14

II girl Is all the world TO a man
he should marry her and anpoao N
the real estate business
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
END THEIR LIVES
IN SUICIDE PACT
Aged Physician and Wife
Drink Poison at
Table
LEAVE NOTE ASKING
DECENT ATTENTION"
---------
Leave Property to Those Caring
for Funeral Arrangements.
Came to Philadelphia
From Baltimore.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. March IL
Seated face 10 face at their beau
tiful table In their apartment In FIJI.
bert street. DR.. Charles Coleman Ben
son. IS. and his wife. Isabel. 81. swa
lowed poison to-day. 1t was cieari,
q case of doublG suicide. In which
husband, Q medical man.--prepared
the deadly drAnaht which snutfcd
out both 1ivsa5 They were dying
rnahed I'm q patrol wagon to the
Medico-chi hospital The couple Il
thought to havo como from Bai.I-
more.
The following letter, In the hand.
writing Of DR.. Benson, explained the
dual suicide:
my dear wife and have decided
we do not wish 10 longer live. W.
have committed suicide. We ask FOR
decent attention and wish our bodies
cromated and the ashes scattered n
the air. We do not wish any religious
services.
Fl would b seventy-three years
old next March ~. MY wife wn4
sixty-seven years old last December
To those who will attend TO our
funeral We will rive all The props
erty remaining 70 us.
Il have two patents pending IN the
patent ONCE and much mediciraas anu
drugs and also . little furniture"
There was no signature to the note.
DR.. Benson ID said TO have come
originally from Baltimore, where Il
Is said he claimed to have discovered
a cure for consumption and to Nave
put In a claim for the $4,000 prize
offered by the French Academy OF
Medicine for such discovery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
TOWN Of |RONAkER
MAY Be EXTENDED
34f III =
Both Branches PISS Bill After
Sharp Fight---Catawba Mat
ter Again.

Having been amended so as to spe.
eifically- state the bounds of the towr
OF Honaker, the bill amending the
charter of tf,ut town wxs parsed -by
both Houses Saturday afternoon. This
bill occassoned a sharp clash between
Messrs.4 johnson and, Williams In. the
House Saturday morning.
Senator Noel ANNOUNCED that he
had received a long distance tele-
phone message from ''a.Dr. williams
In Philadelphia, saying .the purchase
of the Catawba Sanatorium was a
graft pure and simple. and from star
to finish" He said the physician
would be in Richmond Sunday morn
ing.
Mr.. Noel said III the facts and
papers this gentleman gives me war
rant an investigation. I shall ask fol-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
METHODIST BISHOP
SUDDENLY STRICKEN
Rev. Henry Spellmeyer, of st.
Louis, Dies of Heart Disease
in Trenton. N. J.

TRENTON. N j.. March 12.-Bishop
Henry Spellmeyer. Of St. Louis. Mo-.
presiding officer OF tho seventy fourth
session Of the New Jersey annual oon-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, now meeting in Atlantic CITY.
was found dead In bad at the Hotel
Dennis there this morning At 3 o'clock.
Heart disease 10 assigned a. the cause
of death "a
the oon3sSsncs this year f or The trss
time. rrtor to his elevation TO the
DpasocpAcy q the General Conference
- ~ pfomsncnt meGher 81 ths N.T-
ark, New Jersey Confsrsnce and pas
tor Of CsntsnaTy~ church. Newark, in
the boundaries OF which conference he
had been . pastor since his admission
In ftes. He was born November IS.
1sl7. No arrangements for the funeral
have been made.
Bishop Thomas p. Medley, Of New
Orleans, who n in Atlantic City, will
preside over the remaining sessions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
RUSSIAN BUREAUS
MAY CAUSE TROUBLE
Denmark and Finland Object to
Surveillance BY Cars Secret
Police.

COPENHAGEN. Mar.i1.--Russia's 60
tabiishment Of secret police bureaus
here and q Stockholm. to watch FIN
nish j politicians on their Journeys
abroad. u threatening trouble to-day
between the Danish ANA axsdiah. Eos-
srnmsnts and the st. Pstersburg for
sign once.
Neither the Danish nor swedish gov-
srnmsnt's authorization was asked ana
the secret agents are bafng maintained
without any explAna ton The agents
interference with the FinnlsA tIAvelef1
IN Denmark and Swedon has heen 20
opon g to cAuno embARrAaomnnt. Gev.
ssai have complained ot ransacktn9 q
thols pepsra and overhaulinG u their
luREn4o On trains and boats In Danish
~ 6Wedish territory.
Dokh ID Denmark and Sweden thoro
- much popular sympAthy with Fra
1&AA'a atrugIle to retain tndeponAonce
an& that workers In this cause should
- hartasssd whom outside either Rus
~ a. their own land u arOuaing I FEEL
ing " intAnes indtknAtion HI
4hA Nuost8A 0ONr{ makoe mo secret
tha4 81 xs4Ats ~ WATCH Etnna ahruAA
heoAuse ~ suspects them Of working
TOR 3oyetUa pr0tAete A9Alnse the Rus
alan policy toward yinland and o4 o..
Ennlalag a<uae6 tsaistancA,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
TURNS GAS ON AND
PUTS END To LIFE
Daniel Arthur Commits Sui
eide at His Boarding
House Here
TWO FORMER ATTEMPTS
HAD PROVED FUTILE
No Explanation and Only Note
Left One Bequething His Be
longings to His Friend. Came
from Philadelphia.

Having failed twice before to end
his hfe---once by cutting the arteries
In his wrists and again by turning on
the gas In his room--David l.. Arthur.
finally succeeded Friday night. his
tieadN body betng round IN me nayn-
room OF his boarding house. 500 North
Seventh street, Saturday morning by
raek. Death had resulted from In.
haling gas.
Coroner Taylor viewed the body and
deemed an inquest unnecessary. II
being evident that suicide was the
cause of death. Undertaken Bennett
took charge OF the body. and Arthur's
relatives In Philadelphia are to be
teiegraphed for. Mr.. Bridges. to whom
he left q note. Is his friend. but had
not been communicated with In the
afternoon.
Left Note to Friend.
All / have Is yours. Bridges" ID
the note left by Arthur to tell any
one OF his contemplated suicide. Mr..
Bridges II his friend and worked with
him for the I. J. Smith Contracting
Company. He had not arrived at the
boarding house at the time Saturday
the body was taken to BENEFITS un-
dertaking establishment, nor had
he received the note that was left by
his friend
In the latter part of December Ar
thur attempted suicide by cutting the
arteries In his wrists He was then
L.. ~ 4 III
Stinruck. with whom he boarded.
and DIR. A. e. thurman. OF No. IL
West Grace street, was called to treat
him. No report to the puftce was
ever made Of the affair. and while Mr..
Arthur worked and paid his board
there was nothing said about his at
tempted suicide.
Turned ON the Gsas.
On last THURSDAY. hcwaser. the man
wanted to XIII himself by inhaiing
sWassaseH~ WINS In nis room Rt this time.
and the oder from the gas attracted
the attention Of the other boardefs.
They reported the matter to Mrs.
Steinruck. who sent her son to the
room and had the gas turned of. and
awakened Mr.. Arthur At that time.
according to the man who Is now
dead. he did not want to end his life,
but had only turned on the gas as
a inka-Ha was told that such a thing
as turning on the gas while the win
dews were down and door was
closed was dangerous Bat he seems
to have again chosen the same meth
Cd to end his life.
From Philadelphia
Mr.. Arthur came here from Phil
adeiphiA n year@er more ago and
went to work with the I. T. Smith
Company as foreman for the plant.
He boarded with Mrs. Steinbruck all
the while he was here. and had been
very quiet and becoming until about
a week ngo. when, 1t Is said. he start
ed to drinking. This Ia thought to
have led to his suicide Friday night.
though there are some who think that
troubles he had with his wife two
or three more years ago may have
been the cause OF the death.
The body was viewed by Coroner
Taylor. and afterwards turned over
TO Undertaken Bennett.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
PLAN BIC T|E-uP
OF NORTH JERSEY
Strike May Follow Meeting OF In
ternational Officers Of Street
Car Employees.
UNION STRENGTH GREAT
Organizers Said to Have Been
Working Months on Public
Service Roads.

NEW YORK, March ia NUM-
her ~ ,b., .n,err.t,,r., ofF7cars NJ ms
iAmaieamateo Association OF stress
and Electric Railway Employees me.
here to-day and an rasnn ~ In
-. ~, -
.Aau. TAO w Oh ali Oh 1ne hnes Oh rue
Pnofic service Corporation. operating
the transit system In all of North
rer.ax "a ,,ke,v rh.se MAN arv,ra.r.
-, -, =, -
60 the sucoeastai striAe IN trenton.
They declare they have had organlz-
ers working for months on the pub-