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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
Public Medical Fund.

The city of Zurich, Switzerland, Inn
poses a medical tax of about 81 cents
a head on the whole population above
the age of sixteen, which creates an
annual revenue of 100000. This Is
divided among forty doctors, who re-
eeive $500 each. In return for this
salary they will be compelled TO give
medical attendance to all citizens or
Zurich who may claim their services.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20

1t is the way to do bust
ness, it is the way to make
money, it is the way to make
friends, it is the way to make
name and fame.
Your grocer returns your money If you DOM
Ike schilnng's Best.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20

There are good grocers
who don't sell Schilling's
Best tea coffee spices ex-
tracts baking-powder soda;
strange but true.
write for our knowledge Book. A. schfllins
Company, San Francisco
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
'EA

You will find no poor tea
in packages bearing our
name. If you find any such,
YOU know what to do.
Your grocer returns your money If you don's
like Schilling's Best
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
Great suppIx of Sherry.

Sufficient sherry wine to supply the
worlds demand for quarter of CEN
fury is said to be contained in the
storebouses Of Jarez de la Frontera, in
Spain.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
TEA

You can have it good if
you want to.
Or bad if you don't take
care.
In every package Of schIIiings Best Tea Il .
booklet. How to Make Good Tea
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
Modern.

Up-to-date Pastor-"The collection
will now be taken, and those who con-
tribute ten cents or more will receive
trading stamps from the ushers. -
Woman's Home Companion.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20

Not l in 1000 who buy
Schilling's Best wants the
money.
schinins's Best is = good foosruis to measure
your grocer with.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
TEA

We tell you the truth;
and moneyback shows it.
We tell you the truth;
and moneyback shows it.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't
Ike sching's Best.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
PreventIna Lead Poisoning.

Improvements in the arrangements
Of two large factories in England re-
duced the number Of cases OF lead
poisoning in ,ne year from 173 to IA
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
TIE

The English serve tea and
a biscuit in business at four
o'clock; a nice little break.
Write for our knowledge Book, A. schilIing 8
Company, San Francisco.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20

Damage by Russian Wolves.
Fully 100000 domestic animals, val
ued at s6,O0O,000, are annually de-
voured by the wolves in Russia.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20

Big Income From Spirits.
The net profit from the Russion gov
eminent monopoly in the sale of
spirits last year exceeded 100000 900.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20

Ram Of Modern Warship.
The ram of modern battleship
weighs forty tons.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
The Human Weakness.

Why can't a man be guided by his
Judgment instead of by his appetitsi
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
Wasted Time,

Wasted Time.
Those who seek admiration make
admiration impossible.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-20
First English PantomIme.

First English Pantomlme.
The first regular English panto-
mime is said to have been Harlequin
Executed" produced at the Lincoln's
Inn Fields theater, Dec. rs, 1717.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

that deadens the sensibilities of some
steadies the faculties of others. The
girl was exposed to no unpleasantness
of association. Her fellow performers
were generally refined, well educated
and well trained. The work was not
excessively severe. The music played
was good of its kind, and rather sim
pie. Yet the young virtuoso, though
given a fair trial by the patient man
ager, still could not conquer her nerv-
BUSINESS and spent all her days in an
guished expectation of the evening
performance. At the end of two weeks
she gave ii up, and was glad to take
a place as special teacher Of the violin
in a wealthy Western family. That
was nearly two years ago. She has
since then worked up clientele in the
city to which she went, is successful
with her pupils and is earning a very
handsome living. Incidentally she has
not made a public appearance since she
left the orchestra and does not ex-
pect to.
Another type of girl who is apt to
fall to realize her ambition to become
a distinguished musical performer is
the one who is afraid of hard work.
Music, as all the world knows, is one
of the most exacting of the arts. Seem
ingly every student who enters such a
school as the New England conserva-
tory should understand the necessity
for serious, continuous effort; and
most do. At the same time every in
structor can tell tales out of school OF
young women who did brilliantly
throughout their course but who just
missed being good enough from an i'm
presario's standpoint because they
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

land and built home. His daughter Leeta
was born there. Property was cheap at
the time and Anderson purchased a whole
square, bounded by four streets, and
across one of the streets was a bit of
ground, probably twenty three acres in ex-
tent. which ultimately passed into the
hands of the city and was transformed
into handsome little park.
Anderson took a great deal of pride In
his square of ground and embellished it
with many trees, lawn, and rose gar
den. His house was not large, but 1t was
picturesque, and in the course OF years
Anderson's place was even handsomer
than the little park across the street.
Trees Her Childhood PIaymates
In this house Leeta Anderson was born.
AS a child she played among the trees
and romped over the lawn. She knew
every tree and shrub on the place. She had
a lively imagination and had read much,
even as a little girl, and, with the ro-
nance of childhood, had even given a
name to every tree and bush and flower
ing shrub.
The big cherry tree was George Wash
ington" and the one beside it was
Martha Washington" The elm tree out
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

had never learned to do their best all
the time. Without in any way depre-
ciating the value of the work Of mu-
sical education in a girls seminary In
Arkansas or Idaho II is a fact that a
slight tendency to let practice and
regimen slide in favor of social diver
sion is less serious in a teacher there
than ii is in a young person upon
whose sincerity of effort the box office
receipts of a metropolitan manager de-
pend. Neither the brilliant but reliable
nor the steady but sluggish girl can
ordinarily be expected to become not
able in the world of music though she
may play her part as highly COM
petent person.
The young women who for various
reasons go into music teaching are
very variously placed. The public
schools, which employ considerable
number Of specialists at salaries rang
Ing from $4,000 down to few hundred
dollars, give opportunities to many.
There are somewhat more than a hun
dred colleges in the United States
which maintain music departments Of
greater or less pretension, and these
provide for a considerable number Of
the best trained young musicians.
Boarding schools and private day
schools there are in abundance, and
it's a small and poor place where at
least one capable musician isn't found
making a fair living by taking private
pupils Piano tuning helps out a good
many whose income would otherwise
be restricted. The book of New Eng
land conservatory graduates shows
that the alumnae who teach are found
In every quarter of the globe.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

II HE INDIAN co r N

uhHHEN the Europeans discovered the
w new world they found the Indians
In possession of three plants
which have since become staples of
the world. These were called the
batata, the petun and the mahiz.
The first of these has changed
Its name to potato. The Sec
ond has lost its native name altogether,
being known as tobacco. from the isle
or Tobago, whence it was first taken
TO the European markets The last is
known scientifically as maize-a varia-
ton of its native appellation-but is
most popularity designated as Indian
corn, or Tin America) simply as corn.
Elsewhere in the English speaking
world the word corn is used in a gen.
eral way for a variety of grains, in
Guiding wheat. rye. barley, etc. To
many who read the bible the story of
Christ's plucking the corn" on the
sabbath day brings up visions of an
American cornfield. However. a very
different kind of field was the scene
of the incident related.
The Indian corn is so singular in it's
appearance that 1t must have evoked
expressions of astonishment from the
IL
to Americans who grow up amid the
corn fields, this plant has something of
the suggestion Of an exotic, borrowed
from the region OF palms and other
endogenouS trees. 1t cannot be logic
ally associated in the mind with any
thing of ancient or medieval history.
Tor Ii forms no part of the historic
pictures of the old world. Yet there
Is fugitive poem In which the mind
OF boy conjures up amid the leafy
thicket of the cornfield the characters
OF that charming tale OF the days of
chivalry, the immortal "Ivanhoe" OF
Sir Walter Scott
Kate Rohrer Cain wrote the stanzas.
ana they were illustrated by Richard
Nevil Cain, with characteristic studies
or the heroes and heroines of the novel,
Inc first picture represents a youth
lying prone upon the grass before the
cornfield, his straw hat thrown upon
the sward. and the open book of the
Ivanhoe" before him. He has raised
his eyes from the book and they look
dreamily upon the waving corn, whose
deep green reminds him of the dense
thickets of old England, In which lived
the outlaws, who were arrayed from
head to foot in Lincoln green" cloth
Ing, so that they might the more easily
conceal themselves from any pursuers.
Then follow the heads of King Richard,
Witless Wanda, the kings fool, Friar
Tuck, Robin Hood, Rebecca and Row
ena, with others of the matchless
throng who live in the pages of that
marvellous book. This Is the poem.
which will go straight to the heart of
every boy who loves the cornfleld and
who loves literature:
A fair June morn love the corn,
Its song and silver sheen,
For dream tits Sherwood forest and
The men in Lincoln green.
Sweetheart's three Spears OF Spyinghowe
often there have seen
Whose villainy is thwarted by
The men in Lincoln green.
The king of England's s rescued from
brother false and mean;
They come at Witless Wamba's call,
The men In Lincoln green.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

side the bay window was "Thy Sentinel
Am /, because she said, IL was on guard
outside her window. The larch tree at
the foot of the rose garden she called
"Gren. Greene'-because ii is always
so green, she declared. And so she had
her own name for every tree, and these
names became known to her parents as
well. When they heard her cry, 20,
daddy, come quick. Jimmy Jones has fall
en- out OF George Washington daddy
knew In an instant that Jimmy Jones
had come to grief while stealing cherries
So, too, in the springtime when Leeta
had rushed in with the joyful tidings:
Mamma, what do you think? Two lit
tie birds are building their nest way up
in Thy Sentinel Am IT," they knew in
just what particular tree to look for the
birds nest.
Leeta Anderson was sixteen years old
when she was compelled to leave the
home in which she had lived all her life
Her mother had died, and her father,
griefstricken, had let the lines of his
business slip from the grasp that had al
ways been firm, and when the banks fall
ed his business and his home were swept
away in the common flood OF ruin. He
did not long survive. Leeta, forced to
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26
HUSBAND PREPARES
DIVORCE DECREE
Woman Marries Again in Two Years
and Is Arrested for Rigamy

NORFOLK, va.-John Newcomb and
his wife, Ella F. Newcomb OF Mecklen-
burg county, Va, finding 1t impossible
to live happily together, agreed to sep
arate, and did so, each taking one Of
their two children. Later Mrs. New
comb sued for a divorce.
Learning of this, the husband went
to her and said he had no objection to
the divorce and would save her court
costs by himself writing out divorce
agreement" The wife consented to
this and withdrew her legal suit.
Two years afterward she married ].
w. Winn. Everything went smoothly
until Newcomb demanded the child he
had permitted his wife to take at the
time of the separation. The mother
refused to surrender the child and
then Newcomb had her arrested and
put In Jail upon a bigamy charge.
The woman pleaded guilty under the
law, but asked the mercy of the court.
and Judge Barksdale, with the consent
of Commemorative Attorney Goode.
quashed the case and discharged the
woman, who returned with her second
husband.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26
By HUBERT NJ. SKINNER

Heigh no. a breeze to toss the leaves,
And there, amid the sheen
One yellow top-the Jew of York
with the men in Lincoln green
shadow deep's the Templar bold.
And flowers bright, 1 ween,
Are ladies fair, escorted by
The men in Lincoln green.
There's Robin Hood. with silver horn,
And Friar Tuck, between
The Abbot proud and Little John.
Three men in Lincoln green.
Oh, fair June morn 1 love the corn,
Its song and silver sheen
For dream It's Sherwood forest and
The men In Lincoln green.
Happy is the boy who has the
healthful exercise of work in the corn
field, with the fresh air and the song
Of birds to cheer him, and with the
culture and the Imagination to people
the field with the heroic characters of
the long ago which the genius of Scott
has given TO the modern world. Happy
the boy whose work is not drudgery,
but Is lightened with imagination and
culture. Happy the boy who loves
the corn, its song and silver sheen''
1t is tradition of New England that
the battle of Bennington began near a
cornfield. and that this fact afforded
the American commander an oppor-
tunlty TO exercise true genius, which
always acts promptly with the means
at hand The soldiers had no uni
form. They had hastily gathered, and
the war had scarcely begun. Of the
large number of people who were as
sembled near the field there were
many, doubtless, who desired to be
mere spectators; not having fully made
up their minds, as yet, to take up arms
against the king. But neutrality could
not be permitted. Men on a battlefield
must be recognized as friends or as
foes. Where could a uniform be pro-
cured on the moment? Let every
true American put tassel of corn in
his hat" was the order which genius
issued. And the tassel of corn was the
badge of the American soldier on Yer
monts proud battlefield
The tassel of the corn is called by
the botanists a terminal panicle of
racemes. This contains the pollen,
which is scattered like dust as the tas-
sells thrash back and forth in the wind.
The female flowers of the corn are de-
scribed scientifically as imbedded in a
thick, axillary spadix enveloped in
many bracts, the pistil being in thread
form. long and green, the culm being
solid. The "spadix" is the cob. the
'pistiP' Is the silk, and the "bracts"
are the husks. The pollen of the
shaking male flowers. or tassels, is
showered down upon the ears, and is
eagerly caught by the silk, through
the tubes of which it is drawn to the
cob. to aid in forming the seed, or
grain.
Corn Is king" used to be the re-
sponse of the northern farmer to the
claim of the southern planter that
cotton is king" Corn has been the
great staple of the north, and it is
largely grown in the south as well. 1t
Is said to feed more men in the world
at the present time than any other
grain except rice. 1t enters very
largely into the food OF domestic ami
mails. 1t is distilled to make alcoholic
liquors. Within recent years it's uses
have been greatly extended in variety
by the production of glucose and starch
from 1t.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26
KILL PIG AND DOG
IN MURDER TRIAL
Animals Shot In Order TO Make q DEM
onstratIon as to Distance Gun Was Held

BRIDGEPORT, COMM order that a
theory upon the proving OF which hangs
a human life might be more clearly
demonstrated by experts for the defense
In the murder trial of Herbert Schmidt.
charged with killing William Taylor on
Aug. % OF last year. at the summer resi-
dence In Sherman of William II. D. Crit
tenden Of New York, two animals were
put to death and their bodies exhibited
before Judge George W. Wheeler and
jury in the criminal superior court.
The animals which were sacrificed were
a hog and a large dog. Both were killed
with shot fired from 10 gauge gun, held
at a short distance from their bodies.
William Taylor was shot and killed by
discharge from a 10 gauge shotgun,
fired by Schmidt. The state says the
killing was wilful and premeditated. while
the defense is that the homicide was an
act OF self-defense.
The experiments upon the living SUBJ
jects were conducted by DR.. John w.
Wright, expert on gunshot wounds. He
gave as his opinion that Taylor was kill
ed by a discharge from gun not held
more than five feet away from his body,
reaching his conclusion as result OF his
experiments with the living animals.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

The expression 'T acknowledge the
corn comes from a legend of our con-
gress- Long ago an eminent member
denied that as much of our corn was
sent abroad as had been alleged by
arother member. But the latter ex-
planned that much of the grain was
sent broad in the form of pork, which
mad been fattened upon it; and then the
obJector gracefully admitted the fact
and acknowledged the corn.''
with the advent of modern agricul-
tural machinery the drudgery of the
cornneld has been largely done aWay
with, and the merrymaking of the old
time "husking bee' is also a thing of
the past The raising of corn is now
an economic matter of vast Importance,
and as such is scientific study worthy
OF the most careful attention from our
agricultural colleges. The products
manufactured from corn, as stated,
nave grown greatly In number and
variety in recent years, and the value
and Importance of the corn crop have
been steadily growing. To raise the
largest and best possible crop with the
least waste of capital and labor is now
the practical problem.
The rich bottom lands bordering on
our western rivers are we'll suited to
corn culture. The writer of this once
took to the st. Louis fair an exhibit of
cornStdIkS sixteen 1eet in height from
the bottom lands" Of Arkansas Sweet
corn, popcorn and number of varie-
ties of field corn have been developed
from the original maize. The number
of the varieties as shown in some ag-
rlcuitural exhibits is surprising.
Corn palaces have been constructs
ed for great expositions. and are re-
membered as among their most unique
and interesting features. The corncob
pipe has gone over the world, and has
steadily growing market
Cornmeal is much more used in the
south than in the north for bread max
ing. In Europe there has been a strong
prejudice against Indian corn as a food
for man, but this prejudice is passing
away, thanks to the exhibits which
Americans are constantly making at
European expositions and fairs.
Arthur Montgomery of Illinois is per-
haps the greatest living painter of corn
in the ear. His picture of the barn
floor. with it's heap of corn, was one
of the conspicuous paintings at the
last exposition at Paris. His pictures
of ears of corn hanging from nails in
barns are seen upon the walls in the
homes of many American merchant
princesand often remind them of scenes
of their boyhood days passed upon a
farm-in which the owners take es-
pecial pride.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

failing that ever-present refuge of the
Gothamite musician, she applies to a
teachers agency and secures q posi-
ton, with at least living salary at
tached, as head of the musical depart
ment of a Presbyterian college in Ala
bama or as vocal instructor in a girls
finishing school in New England.
Teaching, Of course, is traditionally
the main reliance of the musician, man
or woman, who has not succeeded in
arriving at great popular favor as a
performer or who does not care even to
aim for this kind of success. Examin-
alton Of the list of graduates of the
New England conservatory, the Oldest
of American music schools, reveals that
at least 80 per cent of the women grad
uates either are now teaching, or did
teach before their marriage. Many stu
dents enter such a school with no other
object in view. Oftentimes they come
from cities or towns in which the op-
portunity to make a fair livelihood as
music teacher is already present,
given only a sufficient technical prof.
ciency girl entering the conserva-
tory with a view to preparing herself
for such place cannot be said to have
failed to become Nordica; she never
planned to be anything of the sort But
a great many others start out with no
lower resolution than that of enthrall-
ing Boston, New York and London;
and In a great many instances they
fetch up as very useful and efficient
musical instructors at Selma, Saginaw
or Skaneateles.
All sorts of factors may initiate
against a students accomplishing what
she had cut out for herself A certain
girl, for example, who came to Boston
from village in New York state about
six years ago had a feeling for the
violin which made her masters predict
great things for her. She was a tire
less student-rather too tireless, for the
only criticism of her work was that she
frequently exceeded her strength. In
her daily exercise she was admirable.
But physical frailty, conjoined with ex-
treme sen5itiveness of spirit, made
public appearance a torture During
the latter part of her course oppor-
tunity after opportunity was made for
her to exhibit before a Boston public
the talent which her instructors knew
she had developed: and on every oc-
casion she did wretchedly. The news
paper critics Wonderland, to the
young persons CONSERVATION, said so
In print-why so feeble a performer
had been starred.
Still the girl clung to the idea of be-
coming professional She needed
money, but she declined two offers to
teach which presented themselves di-
rectly after graduation. One of her
instructors, feeling certain that the
young woman would never succeed un-
less something of the sensitiveness and
shyness could be rubbed off by con-
tact with the everyday world, got her
chance to play in a woman's or
chestra at high grade metropolitan
vaudeville house. The conditions there
were singularly favorable; strong mu-
sicians have grown out of just such
an environment, for the nightly grind