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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Shocking Confession.

Benedict is a New Haven man who
has been eight times the father of a
bouncing bounder. In the outskirts of
the university city is little town
among the hills named Prospect, and
last year four Of the children were
sent there for the summer.
One day Benedict and his wife
entertained at dinner new acquaint-
ance, Prof. B. The professor is a
bachelor, and, like many scholarly
men, rather i'll at ease in society.
what fine little family of child
rem you have" he began with an adj
miring glance at the four stay-at-
homes.
Eyes, indeed" replied Benedict
proudly, "and we have four more in
Prospect"
The professor blushed his astonish-
ment-Lippincott's.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

8:00-Awakened by mummy look
| ing down at me as if she expected me
to do something clever. So I cried.
Mummy satisfied.
S:30-Breakfasted Mummy, with
short-sighted liberality, insisted on me
eating too much. Cried again. Per-
sonally detest crying, but not being
able to speak, can only protest against
indignities in this manner.
9:15-Daddy departed for work,
after kissing me savagely. Daddy has
stiff bristly mustache. Naturally,
cried.
9:35-Bathed. Water first too warm,
then too cold. Cried. Wish I could
call mummy's attention to the fact that
the human hand is not an infallible
thermometer. Glad to be put to bed
again. Got a chance to get warm.
11:0O-Awakened for an airing.
Wanted more sleep, so cried again.
Fear that before long supply of tears
will not be sufficient for demand.
12:00-Airing unsatisfactory. am
left in draft while nurse has confiden-
tial conversation with cousin in red
coat.
12:30-Returned home, crying. Num-
my, laboring under mistaken notion,
remarked, "Zere, zere! OATS all ri,
90 pity little sings! Did 90 have a
pain, zen" AS matter of fact was
anxious to draw her attention to sim
gularly sharp-pointed pin sticking into
my person. N. B.-Wish they would
not address me in strange dialects. 1t
may have a detrimental effect on my
subsequent education.
1:OO-Dined. Mummy has peculiar
ideas concerning digestibility of food
for babies. Cried.
2:0O-Put to bed. Investigated with
lips head of wooden doll. Found taste
to be bizarre, but fascinating.
3:00-Awakened to have new dress
put on. Prefer old one. Don't see
sense of dress with blue ribbons
which get into mouth. Cried.
3:30-Explored portion of coal scut-
tie. Discovered that coal is not clean
ly. Old dress put on again. Disliked
fierce expression in nurses eye, so
cried. Told by nurse I was an artful
little monkey. Flattered.
4:00-Taken downstairs to see visi-
tors. Rugged uncomfortably. Alarmed
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Imitation of the Manners and
Methods of His More Expert
enced Friend Got Youth Into
Most Serious Trouble.

Mary A. Livermore was fond OF
telling the following story:
Years ago, when the members OF
the medical profession were not so
numerous as now, there lived in one
of the suburbs near Boston a physi.
clan who had large practice. DR.. x.
finally hired younger and less ex.
perienced man to help him and look
out for the less serious cases. The
younger man was still student, and
was the companion of DR.. x.
One day the elder of the two turned
to his subordinate and said: Henry,
you had better come with me to-mor-
row. I've got to visit old Mrs. Mar
shall, and if you get call from her
later in the week you'll know what to
do"
So together they visited the patient,
a sufferer from intestinal trouble.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
cuTIcuRA GROWS HAIR.
Scalp Cleared Of Dandruff and Hair
Restored by One Box Of cutieura
and One Cake Of cutieura
Soap.

A. w. Taft of independence, Va,
writing under date of Sept. Is, 1904,
says: II have had falling hair and
dandruff for twelve years and could
get nothing to help me. Finally |
bought one box of Cuticura Ointment
and one cake of Cuticura Soap, and
they cleared my scalp of the dandruff
and stopped the hair falling. Now
my hair is growing as well as ever.
am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap
as a toilet soap. (Signed) A. w. Taft.
Independence, Va"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

| by shrill screams of ladies, but later
found they were meant to be lauda.
tory. Didn't see why should be called
on to entertain mummy's visitors, 50
cried. Taken upstairs again.
4:15-Just fallen asleep when taken
downstairs again. More visitors.
Cried at absurdity of proceedings.
Was appeased by hearing watch tick
ing. Watch lent by gentleman visit.
| tor.
4:16-Watch broken. Recommended
crying. Taken upstairs once more.
4:30-Taken downstairs again. More
visitors. Heard remark to effect that
closely resembled daddy. Cried.
4:25-Upset cup of tea in lady visi-
tors lap. She said it didn't matter.
Fear she does not tell truth. Bad ex-
ample for child. Would like to repri-
mand her, but can't.
SOCIAL visitors gone. Greatly re-
lieved. Head aches and feel tired.
5:05-Lying down again. Thankful
for respite.
6:30-Return of daddy from work,
accompanied by friend called Jones.
Am taken downstairs once more.
Jones, though obviously alarmed, is
forced to handle me. Discovered that
beard Of Jones does not come off
when pulled
7:00-Heard daddy tell story of how
pulled cats tail. Bored, having heard
same story 65 times previously. Yarn
strikes me as singularly bald and silly,
but Jones laughs. Fear Jones is not
Straightforward man.
7:30-Daddy danced me on his knee.
Hate dancing on knees. Jones yawns.
Sympathize with Jones. Wish I could
point out to parents Stiffness of which
they are guilty. Alas, can only cry.
Do this heartily.
S:30-Mummy and daddy still re-
garding me with pride. Sudden depar-
ture of Jones, remembering engage
ment Of supreme Importance.
Bed at last. Nearly asleep when
mummy came in to look at me and
disturbed me. Nearly asleep again
when daddy stole into room on tiptoe,
to look at me- Cried.
10-Sound asleep when daddy and
mummy came in together to look at
me. Disguised, and resolve to cease
being baby at earliest possible op-
pOrtunity.-English Home Chat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
81 Saw q Woman Washing tho
Graveclothes OF the Dead =
She Washed Them With Her
Tears.

The woman of the washtub,
She works till. fall of night;
With soap and suds and soda
Her hands are wrinkled white.
Her diamonds are the sparkles
The copper fire supplies:
Her opals are the bubbles
That from the suds arise.
The woman of the washtub
Has lost the charm of youth:
Her hair Is rough and homely,
Her figure is uncouth;
Her temper Is like thunder,
With no one she agrees
The children of the alley
They cling around her knees.
The woman of the washtub,
She, too, had her romance;
There was time when lightly
Her feet flew in the dance.
Her feet were silver swallows,
Her lips were flowers of fire;
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
CHANCE SETTLED TOWNS NAME
Toss OF Coin Resulted In Selection Of
Portland.

Toss OF Coin Resulted In Selection Of
Portland.
Frank w. Pettygrove of Seattle has
the penny that named the city Of
Portland, Ore. On the toss of this
coin depended the question whether
the Willamette metropolis should be
known as Portland or Boston. Twice
the coin turned tails and the town
WAS named after Portland, Me-, the
FORMER home of Mr. Pettygrove's
father.
A. L. Lovejoy Of Massachusetts,, q
member Of the party that laid out
Portland, desired to name it Boston.
after the most important city in his
state. Pettygrove wanted to name 1t
Portland, after the most important
city In Maine, his native state. They
agreed to toss penny, heads to be
Boston, tails to mean Portland, the
best two in three to be the choice.
Pettygrove won the first toss; Love.
Joy won the second, and the third
proved to be tails. and Portland 1t was.
The younger Pettygrove still has
the identical penny and would not
take any amount of money for it. His
father kept it for pocket piece, and
1t has been handed down to the son,
who bears his fathers name. 1t is
dated 1885, and is one of those large
coins in vogue at that time, about the
size of the quarter of the present day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Bull work is said to be very popular
now in England. It is furniture made
of wood, tortoise shell or other costly
material pierced and inlaid with metal
or pearl.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

A young woman while in Pittsburg
lost her railway ticket. She offered
to sell her pretty petticoat to woman
at the station for the price Of a rail-
way ticket home, and the bargain was
promptly effected.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Railway Notes.

Mr.. I. P. Spinning, who for several
years past has occupied the position
Of Northwestern passenger agent of
the G. & o., has been appointed Cen
eral Northern Agent of the Big Four
Railway, with headquarters at 238
Clark street, Chicago.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Allegory of the Washtub
Then she was bright and early,
The blossom of desire.

linen she was DTlgnt ana early,
The blossom Of desire.
o woman at the washtub,
And do you ever dream
OF all your days gone by tn
Your aureole Of steam?
From birth till we are dying
You wash your sordid buds,
0 woman of the washtub!
o sister Of the suds
One night I saw a vision
!, That filled my soul with dread
I saw a woman washing
The grave clothes of the dead.
The dead were all the living,
And dry were lakes and meres;
The woman at the washtub,
She washed them with her tears.
saw a line with banners
Hung forth in proud arraI--
The banners of all battles
From Cain to judgment day;
And they were stiff with slaughter
And blood from hem to hem,
And they were red with glory,
And she was washing them.
Brisbane Bulletin.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Regulated Price of Meat.

In 1892, in England, butchers we're
compelled by law to sell their beef
for half penny pound and mutton
for three farthings. The butchers OF
London sold penny pieces Of beef for
the relief of the poor, every piece tive
pounds and half, sometimes three
pounds for a penny.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

The Really Strong Mind.
"The mind that is parallel with the
laws of nature will be in the current
tof events, and strong with their
strength. Emerson.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Choice in Color of Skin.

The color Of the skin is thing that
makes for beauty or mars it among
different people. Each race considers
its own color preferable to evary 9TH
er. The North American Indian ad.
mires a tawny skin and the Chinese
dislike the white skin of the Eu-
ropeans.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Tons Of Cheshire Cheese.
In Cheshire, England, and the ad-
joining counties more than $4,000 tons
of Cheshire cheese are made annually.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
TEA

Go by the book you find
in our package, and have
such tea as will make you
drink more.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like Schilling's Best
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Did you ever lose any
money on Schilling's Best
anything?
Your grocer returns your money IL you don't Iikeit
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

EngIishman's Harsh Criticism.
An Englishman says that the people
Of the United States are nerve-racked,
bald-headed, gray-headed, catarrhal
people. who do not know how to live.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
TEA

You can almost borrow
the best of it.
Your grocer returns your money II you don't
like Schillings Best.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Monks Made Champagne.

In the seventeenth century monk
named Perignon had charge Of vine
yard belonging to the abbey of St.
Peter Hautvilliers, Champagne, and
he also superintendent the making OF
the abbey wines. In the course Of
his experiments he discovered spark.
ling champagne"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Find Remains Of Sea Reptile.
Ths remains Of a big sea reptile.
said Il be the first Of its kind known
20 scientists. have been dug out OF
the limestone in Humboldt county.
Nevada, and iIpDed to the University
Of California.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Locomotive Needs Much Oil.
A passenger locomotive needs about
l20 gallons of oil each year to keep it
In running order.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
EA

Three-quarters of the tea
is not very good; what's the
use!
Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like Schilling's Best.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
A Woman Of Resource.

NJ Went Home to Die from Gravel Trouble.
Doctors failed. DR.. David Kennedys Favorte Remedy
cured me-" Mrs @. w. Brown, Petersburg, N. Y.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

- NN bakers dozen" arose
N\v .om Of the trade to al.
S~ penny rolls to each dozen
Yep same custom still holds
Neae wholesale book trade.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
TIE

The majority buy poor
tea. There is plenty ,of
good.
Your grocer returns your money If you dons
like Schillings Best.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Progress.
people that live in glass houses
needn't have any fear nowadays"
said Uncle Allen Sparks. There are
plate glass insurance companies"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Flimflammed.

Flimflammed.
well, dern the luck!" muttered
Samson through his close-cropped
beard after Delilah and her Philistines
had finished with him. "Bunkoed, and
by one O. them lady BARRIERS, tool"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
EA

Isn't there anybody else
in the tea business but Schil-
ling?
Yes, a dozen,> two dozen,
three dozen.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

"The wasp is disputatious crea.
lure. to be sure" observed the profes.
sor. "but 1t always carries its point"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb II. 1900.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
TIE "A

Do you drink Schilling's
Best?
Don't you know it?
What! don't know it!
Your grocer returns your money II you don't like e
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
TIE

We like to pay.out the
money; won't you please
take some?
Your grocer returns your money Il You DOM
like Schilling's Best. a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

USE THE FAMOUS
Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oZ. package
cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Generally Justified.

There always remains suspicion in
the mind of the most devoted wife
that perhaps she could have done bet
ter.-Atchison Globe.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
TEA
Shake hands, we are
friends, tea friends, friends
altogether. r
We have hosts Of friends.
T3aker's Dozen.

Your grocer returns your money II you don't
like scRillings Best
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Cremation In France.
The cost Of cremating body in
France is only three francs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
EA
There are perhaps no two
more important words be-
tween you and your grocer
than Schilling's Best.
Consider the Wasp.

Your grocer returns your money If you don't ikeit
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01
Buhl Work.

Your grocer returns your money you don't like Il
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-01

Use Of corais Is Ancient.
The use Of corals by infants while
teething is at least 200 years old.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12
tory 3 q enntarIyeht


r on aS certain d isns MI. Vest had
returned to the senate aft ter one Of his
brief absences 4! Senator II oar " ms
isachnsft Ii, four years his senior, met
him inttle lobby and gchided him good
,naturelly for! not attending strictly TO
business wien vital measures were be-
ing debated. You're q fine young
man. said NIr. IIoar.S"to absent your
self at such a time and leave us old fel-
lows. Coekrell and me and the rest, to
handle tllesclmatters." u
You'll never be as old as l." said
Vest. ''lf3you live fifty years longer"
Bless you, was born in 1s2G and
was preparing for college before you
came into the world said the Massa.
chusctts man. Z Y I
IF ;ou were born In N 72G you
wouldn't be as old as I, '2sald the Mis-.
sourian. "You and Cockrell Will: see
years, but you will never see age. You
haven't livedlas lively as i have, and I
am wishing sometimes that ] hadn't
he said, with a weary smlle.-kansas
City Star. 4;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12

The Morgantown Post says that II
believes the sentiment is well nigh
unanimous In its county told Monon
galia) for the reelection OF Senator
Eliins as against any other pros
pective candidate. This is not at a.!
surprising. Indeed we would natural
ly expect the sentiment to be as
stated in view Of what Senator FL.
kins has done and is doing for the
people OF our neishboring city and
county mentioned toward their ma.
terlal advancement. The Senator has
spent several hundred thousand dol.
lars among them and will spend
more, as he is still engaged in rail
road building. Ele, .Ils
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12
Life In YirginIn In 1913.

In the old days in this country farm
Ing and manufacturing were carried
on together to a very large extent. A
letter written from Virginia in 1913
gives the following picture Of life on
the plantation Of certain Captain
Matthews, leading citizen Of the col
ony: "He hath a fine house and all
things answerable to It. He sows year.
~ store Of hemp and flax and causes II
to be spun. He keeps weavcrs and
hath a tan house, causes leather to be
dressed, hath eight slioemakers EN-.
ployed in their trade, hath forty negro
servants and brings them up to trades
in his house. He yearly sows abun-
dance of wheat, barley, etc. The wheat
be selleth ut shillings the bushel
He Kills store of beeves and sells them
to victual the ships when they come
thither. He hath abundance Of kline
brave dairy, swine great store and
poultry" an
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12

Colonel Tom B. Davis, brother Of
the late octogenarian candidate for
the Vice Presidency, is going 10
dump hundred thousand dollars or
SO into his campaign for Congress
from the Second district, it is said.
Statistics OF the past several years
show that there are not many Demo-
Gratis left in the Second district. Now,
who is going to get that money? Will
It so the same way the money that
Henry Gassaway dumped into the
Presidential campaign in West Viz
ginia went? If SO, and it does not
look unlike It, Colonel Tom is to be
more pitled than blamed.-Clarks.
burg Telegram.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12

The Wheeling lntelligencer puts 1t
right when 1t says: Every vote re.
corded for the Hon. James s. Lakin in
the Second Congressional district will
in the largest sense be an indorsc.
ment Of President Roosevelt. There
is no getting away from that fact.
Democratic papers in the district are
seeking to cultivate the impression
that the contest is for a State office.
While the Republicans would gladly
welcome another battle on State is
sues, this special election is for a fed.
eral office and the man chosen will
have neither voice nor a vote on
State questions from his seat III
Washington.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12

The action OF snake venom on cold
bloodcd animals has been tested by DR..
Noguchi In long series of expert
ments. Three venoms were employed
viz, those of the cobra, water moe
casln and rattlesnake. Snakes and
frogs succumb easily to cobra ven
ON, but are relatively insusceptible to
the other venoms. Turtles are more
susceptible to all venoms than the
foregoing, and fish are still more so.
The grasshopper and some crabs are
almost insusceptlble, while the lobster
Is only moderately resistant. Except
ing the earthworm, all the worms show
ed low degree of susceptibility. The
venoms have little effect on the echi-
nodermata; sea urchins succumbed.
however, but starflsh and sea cucun-
bers were not perceptibly affected
London Nature.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12
STRUCK
THE CENTER POLE.
oFEWALl-AcE'sS MAIN SHOW TENT.
YESTERDAY FTERN ooN, N
KILLING ONE AND lNJu R.55,,S2g3
ING FOUR OTHERS.

MARIETTA, O., May 12.-In the
midst Of itheiperformance Of Wallace's.
circus yesterday afternoon, lightning
struck the main pole OF the side show
tent, killing William Tullis, Of Low
ell, seriously sinjuring four others,
and stunning more than a handred
spectators. The injured are:
Myrtle Gossett, Of Rainbow, who
was with Tullis.
James Lacy. ,3.s
Isl Mrs. W. H. MacFarland.
Y Mazio Lano. "A
All these were performers and
workmen with the show. OF these.
Lano is seriously injured and, al.
though better, is in serious condi.
ton. The big performance was on
at the time and the management kept
things moving so that for two hours
the thousands of people witnessed
the show during the worst storm IL
many years.. and none of them knew
Of the accident until the show wa.
over.
Lightning also struck the Union dc
pot, lnjuring Mrs. Eliza Morrell, ar
occupant Of the building.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-12


InSa ppoin ting s. tate s. nator esaniiis
bel; az Jefferson county Hi condlet
the Davis end fofs the campai Sin the
Second district, itE1ooks To us like the,
Democracy oyer there aid not hope
,orGexpect to sdo6much more than put
up the appearance ola fight. sena.3
tor Campbell IS the last man we.
WouldShave thought Of as a leader in
such a contest. We wouldn't think
Of taking a Democrat from either
Hampshire or Jefferson county for
such position. We remember that
Mr.. w. B. Cornwell, then Of Hamp-
shire, now OF this city, was manager
for the Democracy against Dayton,
some years ago. McGraw being his
candidate, we think, when the Repub.
licans felt that they were UP against
something easy and SO Improved q
be. The reason why successful pc
llticaI managers are not to be found
&. . u
In, such localities Is that they know
nothing about practical politics. The
Democrats are SO largely in the ma
jority in the two counties named tina.
the moment they make their nomina
tons for Office the campaign Is thcr
and there virtually over Nothing Il
necessary to be done afterwards unit
election day. Then they go through
the usual form Of voting, when the re
suit Is invariably Democratic frcn
1000 to 1900 or more III Hampshire
and about the same in Jefferson. s.
under such circumstances politician
are not easily developed. The oppol
| tunity Is lacking to become versed Il
political flnesse. II the aged Demo
cratic candidate had selected a mar;
ger west Of the mountains we woul
have thought he had in view a detel
mined campaign, but with Senate
Campbell at the helm we take 1t t
mean nothing more than a half-hear
ed effort along with desire to kec
UP an organization OF the party /
that district.