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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18

opinion and to unite all classes the efforts to Tor our
locality the advantages which the sugar industry brings with it.
The history Of the development Of this industry history OF
uniting and Of beterng the conditions Of the farmer the mer
chant the professional man, Of building up the stock industry
dang horticulture Of making possible have better schools,
better roads, better means Of transportation rural delivery OF
mails the rural telephone lines and comforts for the home
in a hundred ways,
While we have reason to be thankful for many things which
seem to have been blessing not out Of order that we
should also be thankful for those things which had the appear
ance Of being otherwise We refer that element the
mnty which the western man calls 'knocker He has per-
steny said to enterprise There lion in the way You
can't They won't It's trick I'll bet you. You'll see.
and you'll be mighty sony The community indebted to this
gentleman for sharpening their wits while he also hnderns
them in their undertakings.
In our Thanksgiving number for 1905 we hope we may
point to greater progress for the year. proportion each
ceedng year furnishes the community with better tools and ap
paras and greater skill and intelligence that brings greater and
quicker resuts.--Mackay Telegraph.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18

I The large fruits, flowers, etc, that
are often placed on exhibit are the
direct outgrowth of the entire strength
OF the plant or tree to the develop
ment OF the one flower or fruit. We
often see punches of grapes weighing
two, three and often as high as sew
en- pounds; apples as high as eight
cen to twenty-four ounces, and chrys-
anthemums and roses of gigantic
size. Ii you ask for an explanation
the florist will tell you that he picked
all the flowers off the plant and gave
the full strength to developing the one
flower. 1t is so with the vineyardist
and orchardist. So after all these
productions are not the average, but
monstrosities.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
TABLET FROM HERoD'S TEMPLE
Pennsylvania Museum Has Cas-
Taken from Priceless Relic.

sS'hoyiNohd "NoSAU t8dS SdSt
Taken from Priceless Relic.
A cast of one of the inscriptions on
Herod's Temple, at Jerusalem warn.
ing Gentiles not to enter, has been re-
Gently added to the collection in the
University of Pennsylvania Museum.
The Jewish temple was sacred to the
followers of that religion, and upon
the big slab imbedded in the doorpost
was written in Greek and in Latin:
mo foreigners shall enter within the
balustrade and Enclosure around the
temple. Whoever is caught will have
himself to blame for his death, which
will follow" 1t will be remembered
that the Jews were much stirred up
against Paul because he brought
Greeks into the temple and hath pol
luted the holy place" According to
Josephus. these inscriptions were at
every gate, but only one has been
found. While Prof. Hilprecht was
working in the Imperial museum at
Constantinople as director he discov-
cred the stone and had the cast made
for the university.-Old Penn Weekly
Review.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
Liddon and ST. Athanasius.

In st. Pauls cathedral. London. on
the last Sunday of the year 1903,
Canon NeWbolt paid remarkable
tribute to the memory of the late DR..
Liddon 1T is now" he said, more
than thirty years since a great theo-
Logan. whose voice sounded from this
pulpit said that if the Athanasian
creed were tempered with he would
resign his preferments and retire
from the ministry of the church. and
nothing has occurred since then to
make us think that if he were alive
to-day he would alter his opinion. DR..
Liddon's underwriting loyalty still lives
and works nightly upon us. and we
re-. a.ahcr his warning"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
BIRDS.

The alarming increase Of caterpil'
lars gives special emphasis to the
need we have to care for and protect
the birds. Laying aside all sentiment
from the viewpoint Of practical util.
ity, II we are to avert the threatened
destruction Of our most valued shade
and forest trees, we must look zeal.
ously to our means of warfare against
the insects which threaten them.
The size and height of these trees
make it very difficult and costly to use
insecticides by spraying. The birds
are the natural agencies to keep such
insects in check. They are great in
sect destroyers. An exchange ad-
vised the use Of every available
means to encourage the presence Of
birds. Bits of meat can be suspend
ed In the trees for winter food.
Boxes for nesting can be placed in
proper places. The most stringent
laws should be passed for bird protec-
ton and those we now have vigilant-
~ enforced.
We heed a much better general
knowledge of bird life and habits. It
is claimed by some that the ruthless
destruction of the birds of which, as
a nation, we have been guilty, has
unbalanced the checks. Nature al
ways puts for the protection of the
vegetable kingdom and the present
plague of caterpillars is but the inev-
table punishment for our transgres-
sions.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
The Mackay Smelter

Someone at Colorado Springs mailed
us the following poem which isn't alto
gether bad, and shows that whoever he
is he was once ON THE HILL"
(Tune, Suanee River.)
When was working in the smelter,
Happy was 1,
Then take me back to dear old Mackay
There where we dined on pie.
When Cox's army on the hillside,
Working night and day,
Kept the traction ears a running,
Any old way.
But a squall drove tn. ship of finance
Fast on a rock;
Now all the manifest and then some
| Won't pay the lighterage to the
dock.
The boys dropped the drills and SHOW
els,
And all hit the pike;
Shipped their telescopes to Blackfoot,
And in empty freight cars took a
hike.
/ All up and down Big Lost River
| Sadly tramp,
Dreaming of reservoirs and smelters,
| And final revival of the camp.
Now the bu: mess men of Mackay.
Noblemen they are;
Are remembered round a hundred fire.
sides,
! Scattered over state affair
When receivers and reclamation agents
| Put business on it's feet;
Men from many distant places,
On that same old ground will meet
They will come with renewed vigor,
For the tasks they do.
Having learne in all their travels,
| Modern methods not few
live struck a job or there would be
more of it. THE Author.
[Glad you got employment when you
did Editor,
/ -Mackay Telegraph.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
Those engaged in swine husbandry

Those engaged in swine husbandry
should give careful attention to secur-
ing plenty of bone in their swine. The
influence Of alfalfa and clover pas
lures in strengthening bone are quite
surprising. Sufficient bone cannot be
secured or retained on diet consist
ing entirely of corn. Therefore wher-
ever swine can be pastured on lie.
gumes. attention should be given to
providing for their being so grazed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
Bankruptcy in Russia

The laws in Russia pertaining to
bankruptcy are very severe. A mer-
chant in Russia can be declared bank
rupt II his liabilities exceed $772 and
ne has not the ready cash to meet
them. He can be arrested, and his
retention depends on the good will of
his creditors.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18

Many growers, says Prof Bailey,
raise berries at much less cost, and
few exceed this sum, especially
when located near large town where
rents are high, but it would be safe
for one about to engage in strawberry
growing to figure close to this total.
aside from the cost of fertilizer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-18
COST OF AN ACRE OF STRAW.
BERRIES.

The question is often asked, what
does it cost to grow an acre of straw
berries? In order to answer this
question number Of good growers
were asked by Prof. L. HI. Bailey for
figures of actual cost, and the replies
form the basis of the following table:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
HaYana,a GOlpOtha.

When Americans visit Havana they
are confronted with many peculiar
customs. One of the most startling
and revolving is that which prevails in
regard to the dead. Colon cemetery,
abeautiful burial ground, laid out in
romantic walks, arched with superb
trees and adorned with costly monu-
ments and classic cenotaphs, is the last
home for all, grandee and peasant
alike.
The rainbow effects of the city's
architecture are carried out here, as
revealed in the various colors Of the
crosses which mark the graves; but
suddenly, and without warning, the
vision is astonished with a grotesque
contrast, which is truly a shocking
commentary upon civilization.
It appears that the ground in this
cemetery is leased, not sold, and if
after a term Of five years the renewal
rent is not paid the dead forfeit their
resting places. The bodies are ruth
lessly dug up and cast into a common
heap, exposed to public view along
with thousands Of other skulls and
bones Of men, women and children
who can never be traced by posterity
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01

ion general, and who succeeds Miss
Barton as president Of the Red Cross
Society, is no stranger to work along
those lines. She it was who instituted
the famous striped hospital of the
Civil War Immediately after the bat
tie of Belmont, in Missouri 500 of Gen.
Logan's men came down with the mea-
sizes. Here was predicament. There
was no such thing as a hospital in
which men could be sheltered. There
was no one to nurse the brave young
fellows who had just gone so gallant
ly through their first battle, not even
tents in which they could be quarter
ed. Mrs. Logan was the woman Of the
hour and rose to the emergency with
that strength and decision that have
always marked her character. She
marshaled a few Of the officers wives,
and detailing them with a generalship
of which any veteran might be proud,
made a complete and exhaustive can
vass of the surrounding counties in
the battle section. The men were sick
at Cairo, ILL.,, and "a hours after she
udu SldILCu OUT Mis-. Loyal was DdCh
with a carload of supplies, gathered
from hundreds Of farmhouses The
hospital was in the City Hotel. The
wives, mothers and sweethearts in that
part Of the country opened out their
stores of household goods most gener-
ously. Not only were there delicacies
for the sick soldiers, but fine, soft
homespun blankets, of brilliant stripes
and hues, patchwork quilts Of gorgeous
design, family heirlooms ungrudgingly
yielded up. 1t was these coverlets
that gave to the hospital the name by
which every veteran Of the war re-
members it to-day. The striped hos
pital" will go down in history with the
rosters Of the old soldiers Of the Civil
War.
In the work of nursing in those aw-
full days of carnage Mrs. Logan played
noble part. Day after day she held
the chloroform sponges for the sur
geons when there was an arm or leg
to be amputated, Or helped to dress
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
GILLESPIE JUROR
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Worry Over Case Drives Him to Take
His Own Life-Jury Is Discharged
Without Agreeing.

Rising Sun, Ind, May 3O.-The latest
tragic chapter in connection with the Gill
lespie murder case was the suicide Satur-
day night Of August Greiwe, who was
on the jury originally and afterwards
challenged. 1t is said he became mental
lly unbalanced worrying over the case,
imagining that James Gillespie was try
ing to kill him.
The jury, after celebrating forty-two
hours without coming to an agreement,
was discharged yesterday morning by
Judge Downey. Prosecutor McMuilen
said the state would oppose any effort
on the part Of the defense to release
James Gillespie and stated that the case
would come UP again next September
At present the four defendants are in
the same position as they were before
the trial began, as the bonds are contin-
uOuS.
It is said that a motion will be made
before Judge Downey to release James
Gillespie from custody and declare him
acquitted. If this is overruled the de-
tense will ask that James Gillespie be
admitted to bail along with the other
three defendants Mr.. and Mrs. Barbour
and Mrs. Seward, who were indicted
with him. Should the writ of habeas
corpus be denied the matter will be TAX
en- to the state supreme court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
GUAM'S SUPPLY OF DOGS.
Neither They Nor the Natives Ever
Get Enough to Eat.

An officer Of the marine corps brings
to Washington the interesting informa-
ton that a feature of one Of our in
sular possessions is an abnormal sup
ply Of dogs, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. Guam, of which we know SO
little, save that it served as a prison
for transported Filipinos, is famous for
its dogs Poverty-stricken and consti-
tutionally lazy, the natives naturally
take to dogs. Neither the natives nor
the dogs have enough to eat, and in
the struggle for food the supremacy
Of the biped over the quadruped is
shown, and the dogs get the worst of
it. But even where things are equal
the dogs show more activity and roam
about searching for food, while the
native wallows in the filth Of his dug
out.
The dogs are great nuisance to the
white people who are compelled to live
in the island. They prowl about the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01

to the teachings Of all history philosophy religion
the idle man woman
think every will understand that my pity is for
all iders make exception. understand how
either possession position Of any justify hui
man being in leading idle life. "In the of thy
brow thou shalt eat thy bread is the decree written
In atom of mans being Our faculties quick
ened strengthened perifed perfected, by use but they
must all be used God designed being for brain
work exclusively and another work exclusively
Neither has he intended that should
trying occupation than around absolutely
lost In slough Of sofa pillows, wondering what they shall
buy next and add, nature has wisely provided that
this sort does not cumber the ground for it
kind that obeys the Scrptura injunction multiply and
replenish the earth
Believing in unity, in democracy in Christianity I can
not understand how be true ideals and hold
any human being in a mental relation. place my finger
this the spot American civiza
ton We can never have social political justice
heritage Of aristocracy.
The highest title that be me is that
of man. Than that no should seek higher Yet
what do we see every side Of in this democracy
Out there on the street mo! some one
hasy and kind enough to inform That is the "gov
ernor senator and So-and-so "his royal highness
Prince Soandso Is there anything in democ
gushing? And yet it is habit that apparently ngrown
in the grain of the American people, this habit worship
ing place position money
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
Easy. Yet Hard.

The merchant was booking an order
for a customer whose name he had en-.
hrely forgotten. He tried to get the
name without betraying himself, and
made a mess Of it, as is usual in such
cases.
''Let me see," he said. "You spell
your name the easy way, don't you?"
eyes," replied the customer 81 sup
pose it seems easy to most people, but
it's really Hard"
This did not help the merchant any
''I beg your pardon" he confessed,
.'but I shall have to ask you how to
spell it."
ooh, it's quite easy to SPELL"
''But didn't you say a moment ago
that it was hard"
eyes; and so it is. But it's easy
too
'How do you make that out?"
Because rs Hard-H-a-r-d."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01

houses at night and seize anything
that smells like food and make of
with 1t. They will even break through
windows of the houses.
The marine officer says that the
dogs are thin and bony, vicious on &C
count Of hunger, and generally a very
d1sagreecble lot He tried to keep
them from his quarters with a shot
gun, but the shooting at all times of
night disturbed other officers, and he
adopted the poison method. He sup
piled the dogs with fresh meat thor
oughly inoculated with quick-acting
poison from the medical department,
and each morning obtained a crop OF
Guam dogs. Not that he wanted them,
but he did want sleep, and this was
the only way he could obtain it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
life she should be subjected to humili-
alton and Misrepresentation.
Miss Barton's Career.

alton and misrepresentation.
Miss Barton's Career.
A native of Massachusetts, where
she was born seventy-four years ago,
Miss Barton's life work began with
the Civil War, when she gave up all
thought Of any other occupation ana
consecrated her life to the services
OF her fellow men. Her first exDerl-
ence in the field was at the battle OF
Bull Run. Undaunted by the sight of
blood, the cries and groans of the
wounded, or the shrieks of the dying,
this CANCEL Of Mercy" continued in
her good works during the whole OF
that long and bitter struggle. Aside
from her services in behalf Of the sick
and wounded soldiers, she was keenly
alive to the necessity of better sys-
tenn of identified ton for those of the
dead who, for lack Of time, were hur-
riedly buried. TIC this end she devoted
all of the time which could possibly be
spared from her other duties.
Miss Barton's labors in this connec-
ton were so valuable as to claim recog-
milton from Secretary Stanton, who
called upon her to go to Andersonyllle
and assist in the Identification Of the
dead that suitable stones might De
erected to mark their graves. Through
her fundamentally many thousands of
buried soldiers were disinterred, iden-
tilted and tenderly placed in marked
graves.
In the Franco-Prussian War.
For time after the close OF the war
Miss Barton lectured upon her work
and experiences among the boys in
blue Overwork brought on a severe
illness in 1869, from which she suffer
ed a long time, afterWard going to
Switzerland for much-needed rest.
But grim war seemed ever at hand to
claim her attention. With the break
ing out Of the Franco-Prussian trouble
she was asked to join the Internation-
nj Red Cross Society in its labors on
the battlefield. There she distinguished
herself again by her remarkable ex-
ecutive ability, as well as by faithful
work among the sick and wounded.
At the surrender of Metz she gave
practical assistance, and was Of inesti-
mable service at the close OF the siege
Of Paris. AS result Of her labors
Miss Barton was decorated with the
Iron Cross by the Emperor and En-
press of Germany.
After her return to America Miss
Barton worked for years before finally
securing the adoption of the Red Cross
treaty by the United States in 1881.
Miss Barton distributed relief in the
Russian famine of 1892, headed an ex-
petition in the Armenian trouble of
1896, and at the request of President
Mckinley carried relief to starving
Cuba in 1898. She did personal field
work in the Spanish-American war,
and conducted relief work at Galveston
after the great tidal wave.
Mrs. Logan's Noble Record.
Mrs. John A. Logan, the widow of
"'Black jack Logan, the famous I'm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
USE INTERNAL MACHINE.
White Men Accused of Planting DEVILS
Box in Field of a Negro
Farmer

Muskogee, O. T., May 3O-Four white
men are in the federal jail charged with
the murder of Robert Suddeth, a negro
freeman, near Broken Arrow, by the use
are Laken McQuerry and Seymour, Ed.
AMI A. J. Luster. SIddeth was disliked
because he owned a farm in the center
Of a white settlement. He was blown TO
pieces while blowing in a field. Detec-
tives found evidence that contrivance
to explode dynamite had been placed in
the ground SO that it must be exploded
by Suddeth's pillow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
THIBETANS ARE WORSTED.
British Lieutenant and Three Sepoys
Killed-Enemy Suffers Heavy
Loss in Protracted Fight.

London, May Bottle Daily Mails cor
respondent at Chumbi, India, says the
British expedition on May &c, after
fight Of eleven hours, expelled the Tribe
tans from the village Of Palla, close to
the British camp at Gyangtse.
A British lieutenant and three Sepoys
were killed and three officers and nine
men were wounded. The Thibetans suf-
fered heavily, and thirty-seven of them
were taken prisoners.
Palla is walled stronghold from
which the Thibetans started to build
works, with view to outfanking the
British position.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
CHINESE BANK CLERKS.


China has way Of getting hold of
some Of the first principles Of things,
even though she may not have devel-
Yoped them into elaborate and scientific
systems. The method of calculation
used in the Chinese banks may seem
primitive to the foreigner; nevertheless
it is carried on with rapidity and ac-
curacy. An English officer, staying in
Hongkong, tells of his visit to one OF
the banks.
AS an Englishman he was received
with great civility. "Schroffr' shouted
the head clerk This word is not, as it
sounds, German, but a corruption OF
the Hindu ''sarraf," or bankers assist
ant. In response to the call a native
cashier appeared, noiseless and defer
entail, with a smooth shaver skull, a
four-foot pigtail and spotless, flowing
garments. He carried neither paper nor
pencil about him.
With great rapidity he made the de-
sired exchange Of notes, doing his cal
culating on an abacus-a frame Of
wire and beads, similar to those used
in country schools years ago. His
long, 1.-the fingers moved over the
beads more quickly than the eye could
follow, but there was no mistake in the
total
The officer wanted a large piece Of
money changed into a small coin. In
stead Of going through the WEAKNESS
Involved in counting out the three hun
rdred pieces included in this transac-
ton, simple, ingenious device was
employed. A fiat, wooden tray was
produced containing one hundred re-
cesses, each just big enough to lodge
~one coin and just shallow enough to
prevent the possibility Of two lurking
together.
The pile of small coins was poured
out on this tray, and with one jerk
of the clerks wrist the hundred re-
cesses were filled and the surplus
swept off. During the performance the
clerk kept his enormous sleeves tucked
well up, in order to disarm any posi-
BILE suspicion Of dexterous pilfering.
The officers change was correct to
the last penny, and was obtained in
an incredibly short time.
Benson-Bought a sawmill, eh
what are Won going TO do with ito
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
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measures and men, When he is in full sympathy with
what that party is doing he should identify himself with
prominently possible When thinks it is doing
badly he should keep out of those offices where he will
be forced support measures which he dsapproves We
attach ourselves to party when believe it doing
good; and as long have sympathy with it's general
aims and purposes and believe that is doing good
than HARM there is no obligation separate
selves from because there within pale
conduct disapprove articles platform
ing which feel doubt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01

the wounds of dying soldiers, while the
air was heavy with the booming Of the
distant cannon. Thus, like Miss Bar
ton, Mrs. Logan won warm place in
the hearts Of the Civil War veterans
and is worthy successor to the can
gel Of the Battlefield" Mrs. Logan
has been connected with the Red Cross
for number Of years and has served
as its vice president for long time.