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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
Even Going So Far AS to Put Ons
ForepaW on the Low Step.

advisable considering the journey be-
fore him
From behind the mat of snow-white
hair his little beadlike eyes lighted
up-unmistakably the odor of his ia.
vorite brand of liver was waited from
the door of the carriage. Again the
familiar whistle invited him.
He ventured nearer. even going so
far as to put one forepaw on the low
step. shifting hungrily the while
Nice Poodles-" same from within
IN a caressing voice. At the same time
1 square of fresh. juicy liver was edged
nearer the door. That was too much
Tor an empty stomach. Poodles eaped
In. the door slammed and the carriage
rolled swiftly away
The areh-conspirators. for there
we're two of them. looked into the eyes
of each other and laughed. Poodles.
deeply engrossed in the delicacy OF
liver. remained blissfully ignorant of
the fact that he was being stolen.
Didn't it work beautifully" asked
the girl
You're a wonder" said Aunt Polly's
nephew as he squeezed the slender
figure beside him. and now maybe
he ole lady won't refuse to meet you ="
Its rather mean trick" said Syl
via remorsefully, "but-there is no
sense IN her refusing to have anything
to do with me just because / hammer
TO support my family by going on the
stage--is there?' She looked at him
lppeslingly as if for confirmation of
her reasoning. But that was not neces.
sary. Tor Jack Orth loved Sylvia Day
and would sacrifice any inheritance
rather than lose her: but Sylvia had
made up her mind to make Aunt Polly
Ortiz love her. too. The kidnapping of
Poodles was a plot entirely her own
Jack was merely willing second to
anything Sylvia desired
You see." she continued, Il am do
ing this as much for her as | am Tor
us--she loves you more than anything
after Poodles-and if she disinherit-
cd you she would be almost as unhap-
by as she Will be over the loss of
Poodles"
Sylvia. how can you care for a man
who comes second TO something like
that?" he asked. casting his eyes at
Aunt Polly's treasure.
The treasure was lying, fat and
sleepy, on the floor of the carriage-a
satisfied grunt escaping him now and
then
Il know. laughed Sylvia, but
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
ONE REASON FOR STATUES
Not Altogether Devoid of Common
Sense Was Answer Given to
lnquisitive Child.

A Washington dentist praised en-.
Enthusiastically the respect paid to the
memory of Horace Wells by the
French government. 1t has erected
recently a statue of him in the Place
des Etats Unis, In Paris, and the un-
yelling ceremony in March was at
tended by distinguished scientists
from all over the world.
Professor Wells" said the dentist,
was born in Hartford in 1916. He was
pioneer in the use of nitrous oxide
gas in dental operations to prevent
pain, and for his discoveries in anaes.
thesia he may be regarded as a bene-
factor to mankind.
wells has been dead so years, and
France is the first-a tardy first-to
acknowledge the Importance of his
discovery, and raise a tribute to his
almost forgotten memory. This case
reminds me of conversation between
little boy and his father.
"'Why are statues erected to ia.
nous men, fatner?" said the child.
so that they may become known,
lear was the answer"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. Il Pays
Big Dividends.

II parents will give just little In.
telligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over. for the small trouble.
A mother writes saying: "Our chill.
1ren are all so much better and
stronger than they ever were before
we made change in the character OF
the food. We have quit using pota-
toes three times a day with coffee
and so much meat.
Now we give the little folks some
fruit. either fresh stewed, or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa.
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have som,
meat and vegetables.
ut would be hard to realize the
change in the children, they have
grown so sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that. / understand, exist Il
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had great deal of stom.
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until tried
Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk. and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and we'll"
Read "The Road to Wellville," found
In pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever rend the above letrers a new
one rpDe-rs from time to time. They
,-r "EU.ae, true, aAd full of humaS
~~...s...
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
A Child's View.

Scarlet fever was in the house next
ioor and n little girl of eight had lis
.ened to the recital of what was hap
2ening. A caller came and the child
attempted to entertain the stranger
Until her mother came into the draw
ng room.
She told about the trouble next
ioor, but in the te ling broke in and
broke out" got tangled in her child
brain.
"Johnny's got scarlet fever, because
els face is all red and his chest Is
broken in!". she announced
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
IN MOURNING FOR HER DOG


81. Louis.-All social engagements
OF Mrs. r. 3. Wright of Sunset ave-
nue.. Richmond Heights. have been
Cancelled for the period OF mourning,
which she has entered upon in mem
DRY Of her pet dog "Chita." The pet
expired in its mistress arms at mid
night one night recently. Incidental
ly. the refreshment committee Of the
Sunset Literary society had no pre-
siding officer when an open meeting
for the entertainment of the members
husbands was held
A telephone call to the arrange
ments committee by Mrs. Wright an
nounced a death had occurred in the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
QOOOOOOOOO QODOOOT]OO
All on Account of PoOdleS
By DOROTHY DOUGLAS

II all happened In the baggage
room Of the Grand Central station
and was entirely Marie's fault. though
not so much her fault as her Ignorance
OF Poodles' position in the household.
They were on their way to Rye
Beach-Poodles. Aunt Polly and Marie.
Marie carried Poodles simply because
an attack OF rheumatism prevented
Aunt Polly's carrying the dog and two
cru'ches at the same time.
Marie was newly acquired member
Of the family and all during the drive
TO the station her ears were being
rrammed with what to do and what
not to do with Poodles. Arrived in the
baggage room everything slipped from
her mind except the careful checking
OF three trunks. Aunt Polly had been
rushed or to her train by the porter.
trail of cautions waiting back from
the door as she went.
Naturally, Marie did not know that
Poodles was never permitted to put
MIS- little feet on the dirt of public by.
ways and, unthinkingly, she set him
"- "AA'iO ohC dCCSpltu HeT luRRdk6
check. Meantime. Poodles roamed of
toward the door and out into the fresh
air BY the ti-no Marie had delved into
the bottom of her handbag. extracted
her purse and put a coin into each of
the hands outstretched in readiness
she heard an "all aboard" and rushed
on just In time to make the train be-
fore it puffed out
But quicker than that had been the
wc-k OF the villains. The moment the
small tousled head of poodles appeared
In the station door there was a low
entlcing whistle from within a closed
riage.
Goodies was not ungrateful to Aunt
| Polly for her slavish devotion. but he
was prone to accept favors from
others. Besides-another thought pro
PEELED his fat legs in the direction OF
the whistle-he had had no breakfast!
Aunt Polly had deemed breakfast un.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
QUAKER ARTISTS PLEASED
Appointment Of John e. D. Trask OF
Philadelphia Shows Importance
Of Academy.

ladelphia.-John E. D. Trask,
new United States commissioner-gen.
eral to the international fine arts ex.
position at Buenos Ayres and San.
tiago. sailed few days ago for South
America. Mr.. Trask is manager OF
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts in Philadelphia. The Argentine
exposition opens at Buenos Ayres
June s and the Gillian exposition al
Santiago September Is.
The appointment of Mr.. Trask by
Secretary Knox is regarded in art cir
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

to feel better when / had taken only
one bottle OF Compound, but kept on
as was afraid to stop too soon."-MrS.
SADIE MULLEN, 2728 N. B. st., Ell
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
IN operation or drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the Joy Of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
For thirty years it has been tho
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help yOus
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn.
Mass, for advice. YOur letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
Al the Bovine Faucets.

Il sent my little boy on his first visit
to the country last week." said Wash
ington Heights milk dealer. Although
my boyhood was passed on the old
farm, Willie has grown to the age of
eight in the city. He lad been watch
ing Uncle Hezekiah milk the COW on
bis first evening, and when he re-
turned to the house his aunt asked
him:
" is Uncle Hezzie through milking
yet, Willfe?'
Not yet answered Willie. He
has finished two faucets and has just
begun on the other two"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
GNAT CAUSES PELLAGRA.
Committee on Disease in Europe Says
Corn Is Not to Blame.

London, May 14.-Dr. Sambon, q
member of the Field committee which
has been investigating the disease
pellagra, telegraphs from Rome that
the committee has definitely proved
that maize or Indian corn is not the
cause of pellagra.
The committee finds that the para
site conveyor of the disease is the
"simulium repans," a species of biting
gnat.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

An announcement from the British
foreign office is to the effect that
China has granted concession under
the terms of which an American Eng
fish syndicate will finance the Chin
Chow and Aigun railroad. This line
will run through a part of Manchuria,
and the concession represents the sue
cessful negotiations with which our
government has been connected. In
fact 1t indicates acquiescence in the
propositions Of Secretary of State
Knox looking to the fair recognition
Of American interests In that guar
ter
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Prince Victor Napoleon will, 1t is
announced. renounce his pretension
TO the throne of France. Prince Vic
tor is about to marry daughter Of
the late King Leopold of Belgium and
she has lot of money. so that it Will
not be necessary for him to go on pre-
tending for the sake of having some
thing to do.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Herr Wilhelm Voight added to the
galety of nations when he personated
the Mayor of Koepenick. although the
imperial authorities. who do not relish
that sort Of humor. sent him to prison
for his indiscretion. And now he nnds
that the Joke" has a serious side.
Uncle SANS laws forbid the admIs.
sion of immigrants with prison rec
ord. and Herr Voigbt. who wanted to
locate here. has been deported as an
Objectionable alien. The laugh at
present seems to be on the man who
made merry at the expense of the
German army.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

There is butter war" out In FL
gin, ILL.,. the center of large dairy
industry. One faction is trying to
hold up prices to a certain rate and
another crowd wants the figure one
cent pound lower. Meanwhile the
ultimate consumer" is disregarded
He is expected to pay whatever the
other fellows decide upon That seems
to be the way the law of supply and
demand works with trusts and COM
binations running things
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
PIacarded.

A pretty good joke was that played
on rotund alderman, who wandered
about the streets bearing a placard on
his broad back inscribed.
'Widened at the expense Of the cor
pOIa ton. "-Tit-Bits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

An English novelist is in this coun-
try to study the women. The Amer.
lean woman just now seems to be the
most interesting topic of civilized ere.
alton. Still. there is no need to be
going to outside writer's for a full I'M
derstandlng OF her. 1t takes the ma
tive American to appreciate her full
worth
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

The meteorological drama to be
given by Wisconsin girl students in
which bacilli and germs will be per
sonified on the stage goes the Chan
tecler barnyard drama one better.
There will be curiosity to discover
which particular microbe will have
the leading role.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

There are a great many swollen for
tunes In this country. but investiga-
Non will show that very few of them
can be traced back to the Belgian hare
craze that caught so many hopeful
ones dozen years ago.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Fret not thy gizzard," is the mot
to that DR., d. X. Pearson, Chicago's
millionaire philanthropist gives to the
world. at the age of ninety. It's
comparatively easy motto to live up
to, when you are retired multi-mil.
lionaire, but it's harder when you
don't know where the money Is com.
ing from to pay the rent
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

In London police magistrate de-
cides that it is proper when a woman
theater to put her out. The issue Is
out Of date in New York The lady
takes her hat off. over here. rather
than put her neighbor out.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
ON The COLLEGE NINE.

'Tain't no use talkin', Cyrus, tibet
boy Of ourn certainly do love tn coun
try. He writ me er letter yesterday
an SEE he was overjoyed cause theI
going ter put him in tn right field
next summer"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

What makes you doubt that all
men are born equals"
The absolute confidence of every
parent that his baby is superior to
any other in existence"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Some claim that young Sidis. who Is
slucidating the fourth dimension at
Harvard. is after all but reincarna-
lion OF Euclid. Young Sldis him
self says to this theory: What bosh!"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

The prospect of a "Chantecler"
drama in this country should arouse
great hopes among the musical CON-
edy players known as broilers.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Lord Kitchener. England's big gen.
eral. knows what good soldering Is.
and having seen West Point he gives
high praise to the military academy
as one of the best of training schools.
And American history shows his judg-
ment Is correct
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

A six-year-old girl in Brooklyn has
two heads. 1t must be something Of
strain on her lungs when she gets into
an animated conversation with herself.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

The couple who we're married on a
Western Maryland train going at the
rate Of 40 miles an hour evidently
wished the matrimonial knot tied fast
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Hurrah! The Maryland strawberry
crop Is reported to be one Of the best
ON record. The optimists are not all
dead yet
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

A Washington bulldog ate up one
enumerator's census book. He may
ind the long list OF queries but ques-
tionable diet.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Wien our names are blotted out,
and our place knows us no more. the
energy of each social service will re-
main.-John Morley.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

New York city continues TO go up in
the air. The plan for a new 3S-story
building means a notable addition to
the finest collection of sky-scrapers In
the world
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

cles as a particularly fortunate one.
In addition to the fact that the com.
missioner-general is acknowledged to
be one of the best art connoisseurs in
the country, his appointment is looked
on as a recognition of the Importance
Arts.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

To Judge from the way aviators
have been falling from the sky lately
there Is at least one product Of the day
which is coming down.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Die COMPOUND. 1
was sick three
months and could
not walk. / suf-
|fered all tho time.
The doctors said l
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for / could
|har dly stand the
pains In my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leg. l began
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

What 4 perfect rhyme there IL be
tween April seeds" and July weeds!"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

Thus far this season anglers agree
that the biggest got away.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCured byLydiaE. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Elwood, Ind.-"Your remedies have
cured me and have only taken six
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-07-15

poration. "-Tit-Bitl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
THE BLESSED PAIR.

There was a young woman without any
Or father or sister or aunty or brother.
Who met young man in her own walk
and station
Who, had, I am told. not single relation.
This motherless maid and this fatherless
fellow
Went counting each other, and life seemed
all mellow
And sweet, for they had to please only
each other.
And not any aunty or father or mother.
Il love you," he said. and he never d.
luted
His love with the hope that his father
was suited;
Il love, you.' she said and she added no
other
Remark about hoping he'd please her
dear mother.
And love seemed to smile on the whole
of their wooinE,
For they passed no stand of relations re-
viewing,
They wanted each other and not some
odd dozens
OF uncles and aunties and parents and
cousins.
And these kinless youngsters pray note
We the moral,
Were married without having had a real
quarrel,
They were not distinguished OF wealthy
or clever,
But, oh, they were happy for ever and
y. W. Foley. in the New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
PARCELS POST LEGISLATION.

Announcement is made by Mr.. Hitch
cock. who is proving himself to be quite
the most active and successful post
master general the United States has
had in many years, that he will press
congress for the creation of a limited"
parcels post law. Such a law would
permit of the handling by the post
office of parcels weighing up to eleven
pounds on the rural free delivery
routes. 1t could not fail to be great
boon to the country merchants, the
merchants in the smaller cities and
especially to the farmers.
Nor is there any reason why it
should not work reversely, as it were,
and be Of benefit to the people in the
cities as we'll as to the farmers. 1t
would provide a medium whereby the
farmer could ship good sized-packages
of farm products Of all kinds directly
to customers in the city. Such is the
use which is made Of the parcels post
in European countries. It England, it
is no unusual thing for fishermen
along the coast to pack up a fish or
two and send it by mail to some GUS
toner in the city. The farmer could
do the same with butter, other dairy
products, and all kinds of produce
which cityans would be delighted to be
able to get fresh" from the farm, and
which are handled by city grocers
more for the convenience of their GUS
toners after ordinary groceries and
meats, than for the profit which is in
them.
No doubt this limited parcels post
would soon pave the way for the estab-
lishment of a general parcels post sys-
TEN, a proposition that is most de-
sirabIe, if for no other purpose than
to bring the express companies to time
in the matter of making their express
rates more reasonable. John Wanna
maker, when he was postmaster gen
eral, named the four big express com
panies doing business in the country.
as the chief reasons why a parcels
post law could not be placed on the
statute books. The express companies
are just as vigorously opposed to such
a law as ever, but it is not reasonable
to believe that they now have the in
fluence with congress that they had a
number of years ago. especially when
the late Tom Plat of New York, a
president of one of the companies, was
| the senior united States SeHatOT 1TOiu
| the Empire state, and the far-famei
senatorial courtesy" Of the past rath-
| er prevented national legislation which
might tread on the personal and pri-
vate toes Of one of the nations solons
That era, thank goodness, is of the
past.
| Country merchants, who fear the
inroads Of mail order houses, have also
doomed up of late years as strong op-
] ponents of the parcels post plan. Their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
Mercantile value of Crops.

In the foreign trade Of the United
States the three largest single items of
export are raw cotton, copper, and IL
Illuminating oils. These together aggre-
gate about 40 per cent of our total
exports. In cotton very largely and in
copper and not so much so in oils, the
labor involved and paid for is confined
to originally producing the raw article,
and practically only this one class or
profit is left in the country.
But in corn, fortunately our greatest
crop, and in hay, our fourth largest
crop, the case is different. Here the
article originally produced is only the
! first form of a to-be-manufacture
product, with the exception Of a rela-
lively small portion used for subsist-
ence Of draft animals. All the rest is
used in the manufacture (the correct
term) of cattle and hogs and in the
manufacture of many classes Of food,
solid and liquid. for mankind. These
manufactured products include corn
meals and many corn foods, glucose,
starch, alcohol Especially denatured).
Whistles, coarse paper, etc. These corn
product trades are all prosperous. They
employ large labor forces. reap abund-
ant profits, and add very considerably
to the volume of our foreign exports.
The feeding of cattle and hogs Is
| practically a manufacturing business
in corn and hay. The great feeders OF
| the country can estimate accurately al
most to a pound what added weight loo
pounds of corn and hay will give to a
steer and what part thereof, adding
weight to the steer and passing on, is
consumed by the hog. 1t is asserted
| that the manufacture of cloth from
cotton is not more accurately known in
It's details of costs and results than that
of cattle and hogs from corn and hay.
The next step of slaughtering and pre-
pairing the meats for market is really
| only a further manufacture of the corn
and hay products. Here additional
enormous payments of labor are involv-
ed. and by reason of the magnitude of
the business, profits, small in percent
age, become great in the aggregate.
The business of four great meat firms,
employing very large capital, furnished
in 1909 exports Of 1925. 900, O00.-Collier' s.