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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
A Luxurious Bed.

An Indian potentate recently order.
ed from Paris a bed which will rival
the rajah's bed in the Arabian Nights.
1t is of satinwood, richly carved, and
ornamented with silver plates In re-
pousse work, adorned with bouquets
of roses, pink and corn, the rajah's
coat of arms being placed at the head.
At each corner stands a statue Of a
girl one French, one Greek, one Span
ish and one Italian. Each is tinted &C.
cording to the complexion of her race,
and wears suitable hued wig, either
black, blond, chestnut or auburn.
These maidens have movable eyes.
and their only ornament is a gold
bracelet round one arm, which waves
over the sleepers head either a fan
or yak's tail fly fiapper. The fur.
ther enjoyment is heightened by an
ingenious arrangement in the mat
tress, which, as soon as any one lies
down, plays a selection of Gounods
airs.-Ohio State Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

that his hair was as driven snow
and that his face shone with
strange light In the calm manner
of one controlled by an unalterable
conviction. he stated that he had
made his peace with God, and was IN
spired by Him. He had received the
gift of prophecy and of understand
ing.
When John Burt was seven years
old his grandfather brought him TO
the old farmhouse. With the boy
came his nurse and her husband,
William Jasper, the latter charged
with the duties of hired man. Thus
John Burt began his life on the farm
When John had mastered his let
tiers and primer he was sent to scho"
in bingham, taking the regular course
for five years. Tien a private tutor
came from Boston. Five days IN the
week the boy studied under TINS
young mans direction, and made rap
id progress. With his stern old lace
lighted with joy and pride, Peter Burt
would listen to the recitations.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

in Boston, and Peter Burt began his
solitary occupancy of the ancestral
home.
Shortly before Peter Burt's return
Robert had married, and the old man
was delighted when the young couple
made visit to the old farm. The
following year John Burt was born,
and Peter Burt journeyed to Boston
to witness the christening.
Two years later Robert Burns Burt
and his wife were instantly killed In
railroad accident The train crashed
through bridge. 1t was winter, and
bitterly cold. OF the fifteen passen-
gers in the car occupied by Robert
Burt, but one escaped. A child, two
years old. was found warmly wrapped
in its travelling blanket, uninjured, on
cake of ice. few minutes after the
car plunged beneath the water. 1t
was John Burt
In the opinion of his neighbors,
Peter Burt was crazy from the hour
INC SduhC W I'LL. DtIdu5 =
stories were whispered concerning
Captain Burt, as he was then called.
Belated travellers along the lonely
road saw lights burning through all
hours of the night. They heard the
old man talking or praying in loud
voice.
Upon the death of Robert, Peter
Burt went to Boston and hurled his
dead. With fearless eyes lie saw the
pride of his old age lowered into the
grave. Robert Burns Burt was a care
full lawyer, and his will covered every
contingency. 1t appointed his father
executor of his small estate, and in
trusted him with the care of his son.
Peter Burt placed the boy in the keep
Jag of competent nurse, and re-
turned to his farm.
Save for the occasional smoke from
the chimney, there was no sign that
Peter Burt existed throughout the
three months that followed. His son
Joseph called at the house, but was
not admitted.
At the end of this period the old
man emerged and was seen in Hing
ham. For the first time in years he
spoke to his neighbors, who noticed
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

row the patient wife folded her tired
hands closed her weary eyes and
sank into that sleep which awakens
not to toll. If Peter Burt loved his
second wife, he never told her SO. If
he loved her children, his expression
of affection took a peculiar form. He
made no secret of his fayoritism for
Robert Burns Burt, the only child of
his first wife.
Robert was a boy of whom any
father would be proud. At twelve he
was sent to school in bingham. At
nineteen he entered Harvard, gradu-
ating in four years with honors. AT
ter two more years devoted to law
course, he began practice in Boston
and his success was instantaneous.
For ten years after the death of his
wife, Peter Burt conducted the farm
of his fOrefathers. One after another
of his sons and daughters as they
became of age, left the old home
never to return. One night after sup
per Peter Burt informed the remain
Ing children that he was going to sea-
He had bought an interest in whal
ing vessel, and would sail from New
Bedford in a week. To Sarah-the
eldest of the children-he gave three
hundred dollars, together with in
structions concerning the manage
ment of the farm. He did not know
how long he would be gone-it might
be year or it might be five, With
some tenderness he kissed the weep
ing orphans, and tramped down the
road in the direction of bingham.
Five years later the Segregansett
dropped anchor at New Bedford. None
of the crew that went on with her re-
turned. Peter Burt sold the cargo,
paid off his men, disposed of his in.
terest in the ship, and on the follow
ing day walked into the Burt farm
house. He was greeted affectionate-
ly by his son Joseph, who for year
had lived alone in the old house A
week later the boy was sent to school
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
CHAPTER THREE.
John Burt's Boyhood.

For two hundred years the Burt
house had withstood the blasts of
winter and the whitening heat Of sum-
mer. Time had worked upon the
rough exterior until it seemed like a
huge rectangular rock, weather-worn
and storm beaten. The small plateau
on which it stood sloped northward
to the sea. Rugged rocks to the west
stood as a wall. frowning at the quiet
beauties of salt marsh and cedar
swamp below To the south were
patches of meadow wrested from
wood and rock by generations OF toll.
Through this fairer section a brook
wandered between banks festooned
with watercress. Old settlers knew
the locality by the name OF Rocky
Woods.
When Hezekiah Burt died, Peter
Burt inherited the hold homestead in
Rocky Woods. He was young giant
with the shoulders of Hercules. At
the age of thirty he took to wife the
fairest maiden Of the surrounding
country, and to them a son was born
and christened Robert Burns Burt. A
year later the mother sickened and
died. The grief Of Peter Burt was
terrible as his strength. For year
he remained prisoner in his house;
then returned to work, and for two
years labored with the energy of
demon. His second marriage followed.
He led to the altar the daughter of
poor farmer and of this prosaic union
seven children were born.
After fifteen years Of work and sor-
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
Comforts of Travel.

The porter on the California Limited
this winter will be prepared to press d
gentlemans trousers while he waits.
This Is new wrinkle, introduced for
the benefit of tastidious dressers. 1t
isn't absolutely necessary to carry
along an extra pair Of trousers, either;
the porter works while you sleep.
On this luxurious train daily market
reports are received by wire; there
are the latest morning and evening
newspapers issued en- route, fine sta
tionery, library of western books and
current magazines. A Whitley exer-
ciser for those who wish to keep up
their athletics, and electric curling
irons for the ladies' are other travel
comforts
The Santa Fe intends to keep it's
fast flyer at the front
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
CHAPTER FOUR.
James Blake.

John Burt was fourteen years OLD
when he first met James Blake. Inc
elder Blake had purchased the old
Leonard farm, and so had become the
nearest neighbor of Peter Burt. There
were several children in the Blake
family, but this narrative has concern
only with James, the eldest, a boy OF
John Burt's age.
The two farms were separated by a
creek, which, at a place called the
Willows, widened to a pool, famed as
fishing and swimming place. One
June morning John was seated on a
log spanning the narrow neck of this
reach of water. He had landed a
bass, when the cracking of twigs and
the swaying of the underbrush on the
farther side of the creek attracted his
attention.
A moment later a boy emerged
from the thicket. He surveyed John
with an expression more of contempt
than of surprise. The new conner was
a tall, well-formed lad, straight as an
arrow. quick and graceful in his
movements. He also carried rod
which he rested against the log; and
for a few seconds he calmly gaZed at
John Burt
Hello"
Hello" answered John Burt.
"Fishin?"
No; swimming" replied John.
Think you're smart, don't ye?' re-
sponded the strange boy as he baited
his hook. Crazy Burt's boy, amt
ye? No objection to my fishin', have
you?"
There was a haunting sarcasm in
his voice, and defiance in his air.
Without waiting for reply he cast
his line into the water.
you can fish as long as you please
on your own side of the creek" said
John sullenly. For half an hour no
word was spoken. John caught four
bass during that time, while Jim
hooked only eel grass. Then he cast
his line across the pool, dropping it
few feet from Johns line.
John Burt's face flushed angrily.
Keep on your own side!" he COM
manded.
"I'll fish where | darn please! This
isn't your creek!" retorted Jim Blake
with a defiant grin. III it is, what
are you going to do about it,"
AS he spoke John brought his hook
near the surface, and by a sudden
twist "snagged" Jim Blake's line.
With a jerk he whipped the rod from
his opponents hand. Young Blake
was furious. John calmly towed the
rod across the pool, unsnarled the
lines, and threw the rod on the bank.
Obeying boys first instinct, Jim
looked for stone. but found none.
Then he jumped for the log. Drop
ping his rod, John Burt also sprang
forward, and they met in the center
Of the bridge.
Ito be continued.)
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
YELLOW CRUST ON BABY
Would Crack Open and Scab Causing
Terrible Itching-Cured by
Cutcura.

"Our baby had yellow crust on his
head which | could not keep away
When thought had succeeded in
getting his head clear, it would start
again by the crown of his head, crack
and scale and cause terrible itching
then got Cutieura Soap and Oint
ment washing the scalp with the soap
and then applying the Ointment. A
few treatments made complete cure.
I have advised a number of mothers
to use Cuticura, when | have been
asked about the same ailment of their
babies. Mrs. John Boyce, Pine Bush,
NJ V"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
CHAPTER TWo-continued.


Prince growled. John looked up the
road.
There's someone coming" he said.
Jessie turned and saw Miss Maiden
approaching She looked at her mud
dy feet, her bedraggled hat and her
splattered blouse and skirt.
"I'll get an awful scolding," she
said, half to herself and half to the
boy. Then for the first time she
scrutiniZed John Burt She noted
that he was well dressed; that he
was not barefooted, like most farmer
boys, and that he was handsome and
self-possessed.
DO you belong to the riffraff?"
asked Jessie, lowering her voice so
that the approaching governess
should not hear her.
Never heard of it, replied John
Burt in puzzled smile. What
is ito"
81 don't know" said Jessie; but
my papa don't allow me to associate
with the riffraff, and | forgot until
just now to ask you if you are a riff
raft.
A look of pain came to the honest
face of the boy. Before he could
speak Jessie turned to meet Miss
Maiden -. sr-e.
why, Jessie Garden, what have
you been doing?" With cry of dis
may the governess dropped an arm
full of flowers and surveyed the, wreck
of the sailor suit
Jessie looked penitent indeed as
she gazed at the muddy shoes and the
torn stocking; but contrition is fee
BILE flame in the heart of child.
Never mind the old clothes,
Govie," she said Watch me catch
crab! | can do it just splendid"
Jessie, lay that pole down and
come away, with me-" said Miss Nal.
den sternly. How dare you play
with a strange boy! What would
your father say? Come with me at
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
Ad,Itsr.tlon of Coffee.

A German review contains an articls
nv Bertarelli on a new adulteration
of coffee. The roasted beans are
plunged in a nv0 per cent pollution OF
horax and then left to dry. The borax
makes them shine and absorbs water,
thus adding to the weight OF the cof
fee. The way to discover this ingeni
GUS fraud Is to dry the coffee and IL
II loses over 4 per cent in weight
there has been fraudulent absorption
of water.-Lordon Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

once!" She gathered up the flowers
and took Jessie by the hand.
Goodbye, Prince! Goodbye, John
Burt" Jessie waved her hand gaily
at her fishing companion as Miss NAL
den turned into the path leading
through the woods.
He was real nice. and you're aw-
full good, COVE, not to scold HIM"
were the words that reached John
Burt as he carried his basket OF crabs
to the wagon.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
Doas That Smoke Pipes.

These two dogs, Dewey and Ruth,
are the pets of a Minneapolis MAJ.
Their skill at balancing pipes between
their teeth is but one Of the many
clever tricks they have learned. In
justice it should be said that the pipes
are never lighted, but the dogs enjoy
them, all the same and anybody who
tries to interfere with the after-dinnei
smoke must watch for fight.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
Euos Easily Diuested.

Eggs are very easily digested. Raw
eggs are more quickly digested than
cooked eggs. soft-boiled eggs, roasted
eggs and poached eggs are more cas-
lily digested than fried or hard-boiled
eggs. The stomach will digest raw
egg In from one and half to two
hours
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

When a New York man was fined
325 the other day his wife and eight
aunts and female cousins who were In
court promptly swooned. What dread
full thing would have happened IL he
had been fined $25.49?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

A Chicago woman has been award
ed 1899 damages because railroad
conductor squeezed her hand. In this
case, II is safe to say. the lady does
mot appreciate the mark-down.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

That New York physician who rec
ommends that idiots be drowned has
no idea how much fun the world has
with them when they grow UP and be-
gin writing opinions and theories like
his
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
A Elna Distinction.

.Twas twins! The doctor laughed "ah!
hal"
And the father laughed "he! he!
A difference In the laughs your note;
Now wherefore should 1t be?
"Hal ha" Ia the proper thing TO laugh
At thought of the bill and its Joys:
HE, helF is the laugh pronomenal
When It's twins and the twins are
boys
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

Mrs. Philip Carpenter tells few
club sisters at breakfast that mans
ideal woman is always the one fur
Their back" But never meaning, Of
course, the woman behind the times
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

The woman who secured divorce
after the plea that her mother'in-law
had refused to lend her 'one small
egg" could have advanced no more
seasonable argument-unless The
small egg had been a bit of coal.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
Turquoise a Lucky Stone.

The Orientals have proverb, THAT
a turquoise given by loving hand
carries with it happiness and good for
tune; and another, That the tur'
quoise pales when the well-beinS OF
the giver is in danger" Who, then,
would not be the possessor Of lucky
turquoise?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

A man OF the name Of Extra Smith
has been fined at Pottstown, Pa, for
failing to support his wife. Perhaps
the lady's trouble arose from the fact
that he was always Extra dry.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

The supreme court justice who held
court in bed at his hotel while he was
nursing rheumatic foot, probably
wasn't in any mood to listen to any
trifing from the lawyers.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

The public would be vastly more in
terested in that decision handed down
by the supreme court against the
beef packers had the decision called
for shading in the price Of beef
steaks.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
Apples in China.

Apples, in central China, are soft,
lack flavor, and have no keeping quail.
tiles. Imported American varieties are
doing comparatively well, but soou
lose their hest qualities.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
TEA

The indulgence in tea is
so very slight, that the pleas
ure escapes attention, unless
one waits a bit.
Write for our knowledge Book. 4. sohilling b
Company, San Francisco,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

These stories of cats adopting moth
erless rabbits make the average
boarder look with suspicion on rabbit
stew.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

He planted firm his dainty feet upon
the pavement slick with sleet, and
then he planted hard his head upon
the spot his feet had tread
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

King Leopold of Belgium has added
to his reputation for eccentricity by
going back from the automobile to
the horse. 1t may be, of course-the
dispatch does not say--a simple case
of Gin the machine shop"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

An effort is to be made to Dust"
the golf ball trust. II this can be
done a good many people will cease to
care how the fight on the meat trust
comes out
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

II you would be convinced that il
Gays to advertise insert an advertise
ment stating that you are rich and de-
sire to wed; then hire secretary to
open the letters.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

Members of an exclusive London
women's club call themselves the
oysters" and the latter being dumb,
cannot resent it,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

The Washington baseball team has
discarded the name of Senators, as
being a hoodoo, and is casting about
for new one. How would Deficits
do?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

New York has lost twenty-five mil
lionaires in one year. They left all
their wealth behind however, and will
not be missed.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
T'EA

You can have good tea il
you want it, wherever you
are.
Your grocer returns your money II you don't
like Schillng's Best
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

A Chicago man who describes him
self as wealthy and generous adver-
tises for a poor but honest wife
There's no doubt about his getting a
poor one.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

According to the city treasurer's re-
100000. 1t looks as though we should
be driven to marry money.-TorOnto
Mail.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

Now it is claimed that whistling
will cure consumption, even If it does
cause profanity and a desire at times
to commit murder.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

The New York custom house inspec.
tors are to adopt new custom, that
of wearing coats with fifteen pockets.
Seems to be good deal of doughbag
for one small garment.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

Another "Bunko King" Is dead.
However, there are plenty Of bunkoers
and bunkoed left.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

Ingenious inventors have devised a
way of turning buggy into an auto
mobile" An awkward driver, how
ever, can do the same thing much
more expeditiously.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11

Under existing circumstances it
must be a common thing for the Office
to seek the man in Finland. ~g.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
The Hearthstone.

When the logs are burning free,
Then the fire Is full of glee;
When each heart gives out its best,
Then the talk is full of Zest:
Light your fire and never fear.
Life was made for love and cheer
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
TEA

Tea thoughts are like dream
thoughts, not tied to our
cares and SORROWS.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
TEA

This is a better country
because we are in it-tea
country.
And that isn't all.
Write for our knowledge Book, A. sehillins
Company, San Francisco.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-04-11
And that isn't all.
A Foreqone Conclusion.

A Foregone Conclusion.
When husband and wife ar. both
OF one mind 1t isn't difficult task to
figure out which originally owned tho
mind,-Philadelphia Inquirer.