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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Bachelors Kitchen.

The children sit in row, with the
exception of one, who goes in success
sion to each child and asks him what
he will give to the bachelors kitchen.
Each answers what he pleases, as a
saucepan, a mouse trap, etc.
When all have replied, the question
er returns to the first child and puts
all sorts of questions, which must be
answered by the article which this
player before gave to the kitchen, and
by no other word.
For instance, he asks. what do you
wear on your head?"
Mouse trap"
The object is to make the answerer
laugh, and ne is asked a number of
times, until he either laughs or is
given up as hard subject. The ques-
toner then passes to the next child,
and so on through the whole row.
Those who laugh or add any other
word in their answer must pay for
felt, which is redeemed in the same
way as in any other game.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Great Open Air Sunday School.

Great Open Air Sunday School.
If you should be asked where the
largest Sunday school in the world is
could you give the answer?
1t is in England, on a high hill in
the thickly populated town of Stock
port. Think of Sunday school with
5000 pupils right now, and record
of over 100000 pupils who have been
thoroughly brought up in the Scrip
lures within its walls during the 100
years since it's organization.
Over 5000 enthusiastic teachers
have given many years of their lives
to the services of this Sunday school.
What glorious Sunday school it
must be to call forth such enthusiasm
from men and women and children!
Why, it has a graduate, man
named Weathered, who now lives in
New York, who goes back to Stockport
every summer, rain or shine. to attend
the annual anniversary celebration of
the Sunday school. He is 81 years old
now and still every summer he goes
over to the old Sunday school, such
Is his love for it.
Years ago, before Stockport had got
day schools, reading and writing used
to be taught as we'll as the Bible, but
now, of course, reading does not have
to be taught by the Sunday school.
However, they still retain the custom
of having their lessons written, be.
cause they find that the boys and
girls learn much more thoroughly in
that way.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
NUTSHELL CANDLE CAP.

match sticks in opposite directions. II
you do all these things properly the
nut shell will be horizontal, or nearly
so, and it's sharp point will be driven
into the candle by the tension of the
stretched and twisted rubber band.
OF course, you must use perfect
shell with an unbroken point.
Now your little automatic ex-
tinguisher is perfectly balanced. The
elastic band would make it fly up,
turning on the hook as on a pivot, if
it were not held in place by the point
driven into the hard wax, or parafin,
or tallow. Now light the candle.
AS it burns down and the fame ap-
proaches the shell the wax which
holds the point softens, and when the
top Of the candle is about level with
the shell the wax has become too soft
to hold it, and suddenly it flies over
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

Here is an amusing little trick for
which you need only candle, hair
pin, a small rubber band, half wal
nut shell and about half match stick
Bend the hairpin-a large and
strong one-into the shape shown in
the left-hand picture and the white
line diagram. That is to say, bend
about half an inch of the loop end
down at right angle, and then bend
the tip Of this up again to form a hook,
and bend the ends of the hairpin twice
at right angles, spread the bent parts
and pinch the tips together so that
when the hairpin is put on the candle,
as in the picture, it will hold on tight
ly.
Bore with a pointed file or a red
hot wire or very small gimlet two
little holes through the walnut shell,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Chinese BOYS Queue.

When the Chinese boy is old enough
he grows a queue. This event in the
Chinese boys life does what the first
pair of trousers does to the American
boy-changes him from baby to a
boy. The queue has many uses. In
some of the games played by the
Chinese boys the queue is used in a
variety of ways. In geometry 1t Is
used to strike an arc or draw circle.
The laborer spreads towel over bis
head, wraps his queue around 1t ant
makes himself hat. Cart drivers
whip their mules and beggars scare
away dogs with their queues. Whe1
Chinese father takes his little sor
out for q walk he takes hold, not o
the boys hand, but his queue. Some
times the child follows the father, and
lest he should get lost, the fathe
gives him his queue to hold, and whel
his little boy wants to play horse thei;
queues are always ready to be uset
for reins.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
METHOD OF LEGAL TORTURE.
England the Last OF Civilized coun.
tries to Abolish II,

England, as all the world knows,
was the last Of civilized countries to
abolish the test by torture as a regu.
lar legal institution. A historian who
has made a special investigation OF
modern methods Of torture has dis.
covered that the barbaric practice is
still common in many out-of-the-way
corners Of the globe. The early Eng.
fish system, too, has been widely i'm.
ftated. Even in the time Of Henry
Ill the torture trial was in vogue.
First came three days Of preparation
by fasting and prayer. On the solemn
day a caldron was made to boil in
church and a stone was placed, appar.
emily, in the boiling water. Two
5uries OF twelve men apiece were pres.
emit In the interest of accuser and &C.
cused. Both sides tested the water,
and II they agreed that it was boiling
the accused thrust in his bare arm
and took out the stone. His arm was
then wrapped in cloth and sealed. On
the third day the priest inspected the
arm and If It was perfectly healed the
accused got off. It seems as If the
testing Representatives may have been
tempered with or the examining priest
may have been corrupted.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Don't Look Back.

In climbing up the trail Of life, though
troubles may embarrass you.
Though clouds of disappointment may
obscure your mortal skies,
Though thorns lie hidden in the path to
wound your feet and harass you.
And hostile winds may blow retarding
dust into your eyes,
Keep holding on with steady nerve; II you
should fall just rise again,
II you should for moment stray, get
back onto the track;
Keep praying that the coming day may
bring you sunny skies again,
Your eyes. fix on the beacon light and
don't look back
The beacon way up yonder CLEANS. though
clouds at times may curtain it,
The light Of hope is shining on the
summit of success,
Though 1t may sometimes vanish from
your sight you may be certain 1t
Again will flash it's CHEEKY rays to
Danish your distress.
The gaunt wolves of adversely from
gloomy lairs may howl at you
And clinging fears your bosom may
most mercilessly rack,
The grim fiends of encouragement from
darkened hooks may scowl at you,
But hold a grip upon your nerve and
When rest the darkest clouds of life the
CHEEKY sun will shine again,
The fiercest storm will spend its force
and leave a smiling sky;
Around the winter-fettered oak the flow
ering vines will Irvine again,
The longest lane of woe will have a
turning by and by
II you should slip and lose some ground
strive hard to gain your place again.
Be not appalled, when obstacles con-
front you on the track;
If wearied, stop and blow a bit, then
strike the same old pace again.
And set you teeth and bulge ahead
and don't look back.
Denver Post
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

rear the pointed end and near the
dye, one on each side Of the point.
bread the double or endless rubber
and through these holes, and secure
by a bit Of match stick slipped into
he 10, o at each end on the outside Of
he shell. The rubber band must be
st long enough to be adjusted in
his way, with little stretching
Now insert the hooked loop Of the
qirpin under this tight elastic band
side of the nut shell, slip the wh0la
,paratus down the candle until the
,,int of the shell is an inch or two
alow the wick, and twist the rubber
I'D. to tighten it. by turning the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
STUDY FORESTS OF HAWAII.
Interesting Facts Learned by Depart
ment of Agriculture.


ment Of Agriculture.
The forests Of the Hawaiian islands
have been studied by the servants EN-.
ployed by the Department of Agricul.
ture. There are two very distinct
kinds Of forests in the islands, one on
the drier lowlands near the sea and
the other on the mountain slopes,
where there Is heavy rainfall. The
coastal forest is composed exclusively
Of "algaroba or the mesquite" OF
our Southwest, which was introduced
By Father Bachelot in 1887. From the
original tree, which is still standing
It 10 estimated that at least $4,000
acres Of forest have sprung, fairly
we'll distributed over the different is
lands. The native forest of the noun,
tain slopes is distinctly Of tropical
character. None of the familiar trees
OF the north temperate zone are pres
emit. One looks in vain for oaks, the
maple. pine or spruce. The more i'm
portant trees are the "lehua," "koa,
''mamane" and "kukui."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
vIgo Scene of Much Warfare.

Vigo, the Spanish seaport. is an
old-time scene Of war. 1t was to
Vigo that Drake and Norris sailed
in 1888 to place Don Antonio on tho
throne Of Portugal. They burned
vigo, but failed to capture Lisbon, and
went away cursing each other. So
little plumber was there that the com.
mon sailors received but 5 shillings
a man in wages, and took to robbery,
for which many Of them were hanged
In and near London. When the Eng
lish under Rookie put into vigo har
Dor again there was treasure in sight
A feet Of Spanish galleons, of which
Benbow had been in pursuit, was in
the bay, protected by a French fleet
Several galleons were captured by the
English. but more went to the bottom.
and there remain to this day. Now
adays Vigo is a commonplace little
town.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Simoie Box Windmill.

The two pictures shown are enough
to enable any ingenious boy to make
fine windmill without any further ex-
plantations. The windmill is small
copy of one that is used in great
many places throughout the Western
states. The big ones are immense az
fairs that give power enough to drive
quite heavy machinery. The fans are
placed in the box so the fan that is
uppermost will just rise above the
edge of the box as the frame revolves.
The wind strikes only this blade,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
WAITED 27 YEARS TO WE'D.
Then Married In Dark That Marks OF
Age Might Be Less Apparent.

Inen Married IN lark nat maVNs W
Age Might Be Less Apparent.
Judge Zell Roe left his bed the other
night at IL o'clock to speak the words
which bound together Ragan B. Bay
hard and Lou Fairn, aged AZ years,
says the Des Moines News. The cou-
pie walked into the city from oppo-
site directions to reap the reward they
had waited twenty-seven years to re-
ceive and then asked to be wed in
the dark.
The groom arrived about II o'clock
and hung around" the front yard un.
til the arrival of the bride. They met
in the moonlight and approached the
house hand in hand. 1t had been a
long time since they had last met.
Judge Roe thrust his head from the
door without the formality of dressing
or striking light.
please don't strike light, squire
pleaded the groom in a husky voice
II reckon Lou amt es purity es she
was twenty-seven years ago. KANT
you tie us up in the dark so we keD
think we air es young es we used t
be-"
When it was over they told q pa
thetic story of humble submission ia
fate. Each had watched tenderly ovei
the last declining years Of father and
mother. For twenty-seven years they
had shaved to ease the path Of inval
ids in the separate homes. A few
days ago the death angel fitted away
with the soul of an aged mother in
one home and a father from the other
The angel opened wide the door
which has been barred these long
twenty-seven years.
Judge Roe will not deny that he
felt thrill Of Joy as he watched them
wandering arm in arm down the moon.
lit road.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
How Streams Purify.

TOW otTeaInS furlIys
An Italian scientist has lately made
detailed explanation Of the accepted
fact that the waters of lakes and riv-
ers, however thoroughly infected, DOS.
sess the power of purifying them.
selves. A great amount of bacteria
this authority says, Is dragged to tho
bottom by the precipitation of solid
matter, but this is not the only puri.
tying process. In swift currents the
velocity Of the stream is in itself a
cleansing agent, and it has been shown
hat sunlight destroys bacteria ID
water to depth of three feet. The
obvious conclusion is that rapidly flow.
Ing streams or ponds not more than
three feet deep contain the purest
water.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits UnconsciousIy Formed
and Hard to Break.

and Hard to Break.
An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary t. break lifelong habit would.
II it could be transformed. lift q
weight of many tons.
It sometimes requires higher de-
gree of heroisnl to break the chains
of a pernicious habit than to lead a
forlorn hope in bloody battle. A
lady writes from an Indiana town:
"From my earliest childhood was
D lover of coffee. Before l was out
Of my teens I was miserable dys-
peptic. suffering terribly at times with
my stomach.
II was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
I could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. At the age Of 36 l was
In very poor health, indeed. My sis.
ter told me was in danger Of becom-
ing coffee drunkard.
'But I never could give up drink.
ing coffee for breakfast although It
kept ne constantly i'll. until I tried
Postum. I learned to make it prop
erly according to directions, and now
We can hardly do without Postum for
breakfast, and care nothing at all for
coffee.
II am no longer troubled with dys-
persia. co not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me 90 when I drank coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
Iittis book. 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
A Chic Retort,

Mr.. Choat's quickness at repartee is
well illustrated by the following story:
During week end" at an English
country house his neighbor at break.
fast one morning CHANGED to be a
pretty American who had come to
misfortune in trying to manipulate
her egg in the English fashion. With
face full Of dismay she turned to him:
"Oh, Mr.. Choate, what shall I do?
rye dropped an egg!"
"Cackle, madam, cackle," answered
the ambassador.-Lippincott's.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

and is clapped down on top of the
wick, extinguishing the flame 40
shown in the right-hand picture.
You see what q simple and prac
teal little device this is. It will re.
quire a little patience to get it to
work just right, for the size of the
hairpin, the way it is bent the size
Of the shell and the tension of the
band have to suit each other.
You can put the extinguisher as far
below the wick as you choose. The
lower you place it the longer the can.
die will burn before being so uncere-
moniously snuffed out by itself, so to
speak
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
In and Out

A pleasant girl answers the ring of
all callers at certain rectory in
Brooklyn. She is daughter of the
Emerald Isle and is capable of as
good Irish bulls as any son of 'the
ould sod" To the inquiry of a recent
caller II Father - was in she re.
piled in the negative. The caller, how.
ever. rather than be disappointed, was
content to see one of the curates and
tnId the girl as much. "Well," she re.
piled. "There's only one in and he's
Just gone out"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
The Fans Of the Mill.

which is forced over and down in the
other side of the box, another blade
always coming up to take its place,
and so a constant revolution is Sc.
cured. The shaft, or axle, on which
the frame revolves passes out through
the ends of the box. one end of the
shaft being given a crank form to
which pitman rod Is attached for
the running of machinery, or wheel
may be put on at this end for a belt
to run upon in the ordinary way, &C.
cording to the machinery that is to be
run. A grocery box two feet square
and eighteen inches deep will make a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
It Won't Happen AGAIN,

It Won't Happen Again.
II have received some funny OK.
cuses from the parents of my schol
ars in my time" said school teach.
er yesterday, "but I was handed one
Tuesday that beat them all. A little
fellow named Johnny did not come to
school Monday, and Tuesday he ap.
peared without the customary excuse.
I sent him home for it. An hour later
he returned with the excuse. This 10
what it said: Deer Madim: Please ex.
cuse Johnny for eating pie yesterday
and getting the stumack ache. II
shall mott happen again. kansas
City Times.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

High and Low.
All men are equal in their birth,
Heirs Of the earth and skies;
All men are equ, when that earth
Fades from this lying eyes.
tbs man alone mo difference sees
And speaks of high and low,
And worships those, and tramples these
While the same path they 60.
o let man hasten to restorea
To all their rights of love;
In power and wealth exult no more
In wisdom lowly move.
Harriet Martineau.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Have Smaller Faces.

Tho chief difference in the heads Of
men and Of the lower animals is ir
the size Of the face. Man has a very
large head and very small face, ani
animals are more fierce and brutal ex
actly as the face is found large and
the rest of the head small.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Who Likes Peanutsf

All boys and good many Of thei
sisters are fond of peanuts. Ever
body knows that no circus is complei
without them, but probably not mar
boys of girls know just how the
grow. The peanut is supposed to /
a native Of Africa, where 1t forms tt
chief food of certain resions. but 1t
found, too, in South Al. erica and F.
rope, the species varying in the d
ferent countries. Here il the Unit
States 1t is cultivated chiefly ~ "
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Old Roman Work Of Art.

A discovery Of considerable import
ance was made in August at Suse, the
ancient Segusio, in the province Of
Turin, Italy. At depth Of six feel
or more a colossal mans head waa
found. 1t is of bronze and Is double
the natural size. The head Is Of o.
cellent workmanship and is well pre-
served. 1t is supposed that the head
belonged to the statue of the minister
of Augustus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrip
pa, who was the husband of Julia
daughter of Augustus. Agrippa was
the grandfather of Caligula and great
grandfather of Nero. He died In the
year IL B. G.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Novel Grab BAD,

On a narrow sheet hung up in a
doorway, cut hole large enough to al
low a false face to be fitted in. Flaps
of cloth are left for pasting inside
the face. Cut two holes for arms to
pass through. In these sew sleeves of
material, perfectly bright tolored mus.
lin, but in the form of an apron. The
sides are then pasted or sewed to the
sides of the sheet.
When pasting in the false face, first
cover the flaps left at the opening for
the face with stiff paste. Then paste
these flaps into the inside of the false
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

Full Of pitfalls for the foreigner who
Is logical is the English language. A
Frenchman was invited to lunch at
a club of "workingwomen"-an asso.
citation of progressive English So
ciety leaders. "Ah," said the French.
man, these workingwomen, they are
the wives and daughters of your work.
ingmen." His hostess airily ex.
planned that the two phrases did not
balance. "The workingman," she
said, wears his garters outside his
trousers and does not use a handker.
chief. But the workingwoman"-sh"
glanced around-"wears rather !,
hats. don't you think?" Y
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

Next to the retreat from Moscow,
the most famous in history is prob
ably that of Xenophon and his 10000
Greeks from a point in the interior
OF Asia, 3,465 miles from a place Of
safety. They fled the distance in 215
days and made a retreat so success.
fully that the little band reached safe.
ty without loss for which the pur.
suing enemy was responsible.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

'rA7. or oaIc, G CIR, Or TOLEDO IS.
r,.rx = CHHNEY makes oath that he ID senior
osrtner Of the Arm Of F. J. CHENEY Co., doing
business in the City Of Toledo. County and STATE
sforessid, and that said frm viii pay the sum OF
~ Of CATAHHH that cannot be cured BY the use Of
HALLS SAfA""n FRANK J. CHENEY.
svorr N b.fore me and subscribed In my pres.
encs' this 9Th day Of December, A. .: 1883:
1:,..f ssr4.. rv..'s.
Hal)'s Cstarrh Cure 10 taken internally ana aSte
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF Inc
system. Send for testimonials free: m ro,.a. a
F. ]. CHENEY b CO., ToIeoo, "
Sold By MI Druggists, 75c.
Taks Hsirs Family Pills for constipation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

face, bringing it close to the sheet. II
small openings are left. or the sheet
FUCKERS, never mind, cover the defects
by sewing on frill of thin white ma
terial around the face and for the COL
lar.
Leave an opening or pocket hole
through the sheet, so the hand can be
slipped in for packages placed within
reach, back OF the curtain. Some one
should be seated behind this curtain,
and slip her arms into the sleeves,
then she can see to whom she is talk
ing. In one hand she holds the pack
age and in the other she receives the
money. Print on the sheet these
words:
Five cents for what is in my
pocket"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
The Windmill Complete.

ne Windmill Complete.
good one, and dry goods box about
three by four feet in length and
breadth will make a very powerful
windmill which will run almost any
small "real" machinery.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

the amount of water remaining in the
bucket.
If you are giving a skating party
and wish to introduce some novelties,
you will find the bucket race will
make hit as one of them, as well as
affording the slower and more careful
skaters chance to "even up" on their
speedier and more careless friends.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
Bucket Race on Skates.

Bucket Race. on Skates.
Here is new pastime for the days
when it is cold enough to call your
skates out.
An old broom and bucket are
necessary for each player. The buck
cts should be filled to the brim with
water and set in front of their re-
spective owners.
The object is to push the filled
buckets of water a given distance
across the ice, and the player who sue
ceeds in traversing' the distance in the
quickest time wins, providing he re-
tains more water in his bucket than
the others. But if he spills more than
does the boy who comes in second,
then the order of finishing is reversed
and the second boy in point of speed
wins. A rule can be used to measure
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13

Ptso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever USED
or all affections Of the throat and lungs-WM
D. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-01-13
TEA

Good tea, close price.
There is no other way to
build a good business or
keep a good business.
Your grocer returns your money II you don't
like Schilling's Best.