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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

Mrs. Harry Lehr says she is Every
proud of her pet poodle" But Harry
has her affections
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
Important to M others.
Care of Indoor Palms.

Indoor palms should be watered as
often as the soil seems dry, and the
leaves sponged frequently with milky
water to remove the dust.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

Jupiter will be surprised to learn
that several new moons have been dis
covered hanging around him lately
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

Some people are so afraid of a boss
that they won't enjoy a particle of lib
erty.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

Another racing motorist has gone
through the fence, but there is no sign
OF stopping the foolisbness.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

Castro announces that he is going
to fight the Yankees" Yankees
must be new kind of booze.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

science is slowly getting a strange
hold on the New Orleans mosquito
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17

: Alfonso's Fine Palace

Especial Correspondence

TO an American the royal palace at
Madrid is place of peculiar interest,"
as the home of monarch whose once
powerful kingdom ruled the new
world, from which but recently it has
been expelled by the great republic Of
the west. The great loss of Spain in
relinquishing its possessions across
the Atlantic is never fully realized
by the traveller until. on Sapnish soil,
he witnesses the evidences of the king
doms past glory and riches. both
due to her early admrals and sol
ders.
Now her ruling family reign in a
mockery of regal state. The proud
traditions of the past are never forgot
ten, and the court is maintained as
nearly as possible at the outward pitch
of elegance that it formerly main
tanned. 1t is said, however, that fru-
gality rules in the princely homS of
the youthful king of Spain; frugal
ity enforced by the condition of
country impoverished by decadence
that none can stay.
The royal residence at Madrid is a
most imposing palace, and by curl
GUS parallel it is excelled in its pro-
portions only by the regal habitations
of two other sick monarchies in Eu-
rope, namely, the Winter palace of the
car at st. Petersburg, and the pal
ace of the sultan at Constantinople
the irony of fate being herein exem-
plified by the evident fact that the
strength of nation is not to be
judged by the size of it's rulers pal
aces.
On Commanding Site.
Standing on high bank beside the
dry valley of river bed, the royal
palace at Madrid has a most COM
handing site. It's walls encompass
about five acres of ground, and it's ia
facade is 500 feet long. 1t was erect
ed in 1884 from designs by an
Italian architect, to replace a palace
that was burned. The site was form
erly occupied by Moorish alcaazar,
or citadel. The first cost of the pres
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
BuckWheat.

Buckwheat is corruption NJ
"beechwheat." The corn is SO called
from the similarity of the shape of it's
grains to the mast, or nuts, of the
beech.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
EA

Do you think you know
all there is in those three
letters, tea?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
EA

When tea is good, do you
know why it is good; and,
when it's bad, do you know
why it is bad?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
Complete Set of Chopin.

Herbert l.. jerks has presented the
Fitchburg (Mass.) library with the
only complete set of Chopin's comma
sitions.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
Madrid a Modern City.

Madr1d MODERN CITY.
Aside from it's palaces and it's gal
leries, Madrid has little worthy the
attention of the traveller, II Is the
least Spanish city in the kingdom.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
The New ENGLAND Cook.

The typical cook of the average New
England town lives, moves and has
her being intreuched behind one axiom
of precedent-the thing which, in her
experience, has been done can be done
again. After this, the deluge.
1t may be, for instance, that the do
mestic goddess in question served her
first apprenticeship in family of ten.
For the consumption OF such a family
she was in the daily habit of preparing
twenty potatoes in one or another
form. When during her subsequent
peregrinatlons she condescends to
minister to my modest home circle of
three persons l sometimes assure my
self that IL to knowledge of elemen-
tary arithmetic she could add thor
ouah understanding Of higher algebra,
geometry and trigonometry and then
superadd some slight acquaintance
with differential and integral calculus
she might In time be able to discover
that, II ten persons require twenty po-
tatoes, by the same ratio OF allotment
three persons might be satisfied with
six.
I suggest six potatoes, modest and
satisfying half dozen. The arbiter of
fate replies, You see, ma'am, I've al
ways been accustomed to cookin'
twenty" And twenty 1t isl-Martha
Baker Dunn in Atlantic.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
An ImpuI.,ve Duche...

In 1854 Anne Marie d'Orleans, the
daughter of Philip of France and Hen
rietta of England, was married to Vic
about an alliance between the houses
Of Stuart and Savoy. The duchess
was an impulsive creature and not sell
dom was the occasion of surprise and
dismay. After the marriage In Paris
by deputy she travelled to Les Echelles,
where for the first time in her life she
saw her husband. The sequel is anus
ing.
The duchess had arrived only a few
hours previously and was just finish
ing her breakfast as the duke entered
the village. On hearing the approach
ing sound of flies and tImbrels and the
cacophony produced by cheers, voices
and a general hubbub Of excitement,
she quickly rose from the table and
looked out of TIE window to ascertain
the cause of all this stir and commo-
tion, when she saw the pageant, at tho
head of which marched fair young
man of distinguished and martial bear
ing, who she was told was Victor Anna
deus. Without a moments hesitation,
casting to the winds all the tedious
instructions Of etiquette with which lat
terry she had been surfeited, she few
down the stairs into the street ana
threw herself into the dukes arms
Romance of Savoy"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
Human Horns.

In the anatomical museum OF the
Edinburg university four horns are
preserved which had grown upon hu-
man heads. One OF these Is about
seven inches long, as thick as the little
finger and crooked In shape. a label
attached to it bears this inscription:
"This horn was cut hy Arthur Temple.
chirurgeon. out OF the head OF Eliza
beth Low, being three inches above
the right ear, before witnesses, the
.<h OF May, 1871. 1t was a-growing
seven yeares. Her age is fifty yeares."
The three other human horns also
graced the leads OF ladies'.
In Sir Robert Slbbald's History OF
Fife" a curious book published about
the beginning OF the eighteenth CEN
tury, we read: "a person OF quality,
a lady Of great age in This shire. had
n horn growing out of her toe and put
her from walking. 1t was cut off by
DIR. H., and she was freed Of pain and
walked"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19

ed by rope man who was too care
less. He had lowered me down n mar
row creviee. chimney as it is called,
and having seen me safely come to
ground at the bottom he calmly threw
the rope down to me and went off.
never thinking that he might be re-
quired TO haul me up again. One
glance at the sea told me that / was in
most dangerous position The tide
was coming in and would soon be
yelling up the chimney. and only by
way OF the chimney could | escape.
All intentions of taking photographs l
threw to the wind, and, after shouting
till was hoarse, l began the upward
climb unaided = elbow work of the
stiffest kind. The chimney was 100 feet
high, and l spent the rest of the day
in getting to the top.
Another time the promptitude of n
friend in trying to save my life cost
me valuable outfit / was photo
graphing from the base of a cliff, on
the top of which stood my friend hold
ing the rope to which l was attached.
Along came a fine wave that would
have made magnificent study. While
IL was yet far distant, sudden dis
trust of it entered my friends soul
and while 1 was STOPPING over my
things on the ground, without word
or warning, he gave q mighty jerk to
the rope and hauled me into the air.
Danglins nelplessly, unable to cry out.
l was forced to watch that fine wave
roll quietly in, break with a great ef
feet of foam, and as quietly 60 Off
with all my apparatus,
Il once had aa awful fall when de-
scending steep bit of cliff on ST.
AGaes was clambering down, very
much incumbered by my camera,
which allowed me to cling on with one
hand only, supported by toes, knees
and elbows, when suddenly q rat
leaped from hole In the rock, brushed
against my face and landed ON my
hand. Now, l didn't know that rats
Inhabited the rock, and my surprise
atthis unexpected discovery in natural
history, combined with the start gave
when the rat touched my hand, caused
me to let go my hold and to fall q
distance Of thirty feet. i landed on
my camera case. breaking up my out
fit as completely as the sea itself
could have desired"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19

What is it:'
''Oh. it's May. How could she treat
you SO, and you so good and kind, and
-and-oh, it will break your loving
heart 1t will make you an outcast-
fugitive from justice."
| smiled at her extravaganza of ex-
preston; but, no matter what was the
calamity, | was in no hurry to give
up the warm little bundle in nv arms
This was new sensation, and alto
gether delightful, but quite toe soon
she drew herself gently away and
began the explanation.
She had just received a letter from
May. May had met a man in Paris,
one so dear and so handsome" Her
mione quoted her sisters words with
ineffable scorn-he came of good fam
lily. he was rich, and, and, and
Was ever sweet deliverance so op-
perfume?
"Hermione," 1 said joyfully, lifting
her fearful little face up to mine.
''Hermione, you said the little maid
loved the fool?'
But that was in the story" She
was blushing again,
sand so is this" 1 declared, bending
my head.
There was once man." / observed
contentedly, as we loitered along the
homeward way, ''who believed that
somewhere between the Amazon and
Orinoco rivers lar q land marvelausly
lich in GOLD and precious gems. He
called this fabulous country Ell Do
RADIO but he never found it. 1 am
more fortunate than Sir Walter Ra-
leigh. l have found my Ell Dorado. q
golden region indeed, little girl"
And Hermiops, smuggling her small
hand into mine, asked naively;
':Then it was better fishing over in
I'll Dorado county, wasn't it?'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
Kind Words.


AS the breath of the dew or tbs zen
der plant, they senty tall upon the
drooplng neaft, refreshing its withered
tendrils and soothing its burning woes.
Bright oases they are in life's graat
desert. Who can estimate the pangs
they have alieviated or the good works
they have accomplished? Long after
they are uttered do they reyerberate
in the souls innep chambers and sing
low, sweet, liquid strains that Quell all
the raging storms that may have be-
fore existed. And, Oh, when the heart
Is sad and, like n broken harp, the
sweetest chords of pleasure cease to
vibrate, who can tell the power Of one
kind word? One little word " tender
ness gushing IN upon the soul viii
sweep the long neglected chords and
awaken the most pleasant strains.
Kind words are like jewels in the
heart, never to be forgotten, but per-
haps to cheer up their memory a long,
sad life, while words of cruelty are
like darts in the bosom, wounding and
leaving scars that will be borne to the
grave by their victims. - Saturday
Evening Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
No. Al.

streets-everywhere there Is wear and
tear of things, and the product is al
ways dust The wearing and cleansing
Of our clothing are continually break
ing up its fibers into minute particles,
and the friction of clothing on the skin
carries away the scales Of the epider-
mis-, which are constantly being shed
and renewed.
Every contact of human feet, horses
hoofs and the wheels Of vehicles with
paving and road materials wears away
particles of iron and stone. The effects
Of the weather and the alterations of
cold and heat disintegrate all exposed
surfaces. To these particles, which
form the dust invariably present i'm
dwellings and in the streets, there must
be added the innumerable minute cells
of vegetable origin necessarily floating
In the air, and on complete view the
dust produced by the disintegration of
meteors by contact with our atmos-
phere must also be mentioned.
Dust accordingly consists Of portions
of all substances, organic and morgan
ic, which decay by natural processes
and are reduced to powder by any
means whatever. Few Of its constitu-
ents can be recognized by the naked
eye. The microscope alone can detect
the nature of many and especially those
OF the greatest Importance
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
In the Time of Erasmus.

Then not only all the learned, but all
the educated, were familiar with Latin.
Whoever read, indeed, must read Lat
In, for there was little else to read.
Theology, history, philosophy, all were
in Latin. The national literatures were
only In their cradles Nearly II CEN
tury after the time of Erasmus, Bacon
deliberately buried his greater works In
Latin In the hope of securing his fame,
and even Milton chose Latin as the
vehicle of some Of the best of his early
poetry and did not abandon 1t without
hesitation.
To Erasmus 1t was everything-the
language OF his tongue as well as Of
his pen. He Travelled everywhere, In
Italy, France, England, Germany, but
he certainly knew no English or Ger
man and apparently made his Latin
carry him through wherever he went.
And whatever difficulties of language
he found with innkeepers and servants
and officers Of customs he found none
among the clergy or the mobiles, at
whose houses his introductlons made
him everywhere welcome. - London
Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
The Truth beautifully Told.

A miniature painter had been en-
ployed to paint portrait Of Mrs. Glad
stone in her old age. 1t was intended
that 1t should be present for Mr..
Gladstone on one OF his birthdays.
Mrs. Gladstone was particularly well
pleased with the portrait, but some of
the grandchildren had opinions of their
own about 1t. One Of the younger
grandsons drew Mr.. Gladstone aside
and asked him If he did not think that
the portrait was somewhat fatterlng
1T Isn't much like grandmother Is itT'
he asked. MY boy" replied Mr.. Glad
stone In his beautiful voice, "it is the
truth beautifully told; that's ALBUM
dee Advertiser.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19

One problem fitted for the zeal OF
the folklorist would be the tracking
back of the spider. There is that nice
story about Robert Bruce and his hav-
ing learned patience from the spider.
The Islamites use the web Of the spider
A the flight of the prophet. Probably
the Arabs had 1t direct from the Jews.
There is a Talmudic tradition Of David
flying before Saul and Of David hiding
In cave, and how he might have been
discovered had not spider woven its
web across the entrance. This Is pre-
cisely the same incident as is used in
the hegira. The arachnida spins but
a fiimsy web, but her filaments have
been stronger than cables, for they
still hold fast to the legends Of the
past
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
A CREEPY PLACE.
Some of the Pests and Discomforts
of Life In Bulawayo.

Some OF the Pests and Discomforts
of Life In Bulawayo.
'Life In Bulawayo during the wet
season is certainly not all pleasure"
writes a resident of that African town.
1.-THE rain descends as IL river, hay
ing lost its way among the clouds, was
hurriedly trying to return to earth once
more. The streets are transformed in
to lakes, and the damp, moist heat
makes everything inside the house un-
pleasantly moist and clammy. But,
disagreeable as the rainy season may
be, the cold that precedes 1t In Septem-
ber Is almosc worse. Dust storms are
frequent Trees and shrubs become
brown and shrlveled, and the wind
blows with cutting force across the
veldt. 1t is then, too, that the snakes
are more in evidence than at any other
time Of the year. Half torpid, stupid
with the cold, you come upon them
colled up in unexpected places, as once,
when entering my room, found one
wound round the leg Of my dressing ta-
bic. Another evening we were dis
turbed by u persistent tapping against
the window, as If some one We're try
ing to attract our attention. On rising
to Investigate we found it was sneke
that, attracted by the light and warmth.
was endeavoring to make its way In
through the glass.
"White ants are another terrible pest,
or, rather, they would be did they not
enter SO literally into every circum-
stance of everyday life that they end
by being taken as matter Of course.
For instance, after an absence OF few
hours you return to find half the mat
ting on the floor devoured, or, your
boy, having incautiously left your coat
hanging in the sun, the lining affords q
speedy meal to these voracious little
insects. In fact, you never know what
damage may not be revealed at any
moment, and this uncertainty extends
even to the garden, where your rose
trees have to be grown In tubs half
filled with broken glass and perehed on
bricks soaked In paraffin.
IL found that the tarantulas and
scorpions were everyday evils. to be
endured with what philosophy one
could muster. A tarantula the size Of
n small crab walking across the floor
is not a pleasant object. Our house
boy delighted in catching them to make
them fight with the scorpions, and We
had ocular demonstration OF the fact,
long believed to be only travellers
tale, that on being worsted a scorpion
will commit suicide by bending its tall
over Its back and stinging itself behind
the neck rather than be eaten by its
opponent"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
old Enrlish Houses.

Many old houses throughout England
have long been famous for the quaint
and humorous inscriptions painted or
carved on one of their exterior walls.
On the portico Of Arley Hall, the seat
OF the Warburton family, there is in
scribed this welcome:
This gate is free to all men good ana
true;
Right welcome thou. II worthy to pass
through.
And at Loseley House, Surrey, there
is Latin inscription over the doorway
to this effect, Il am shut to an enemy,
but am always open to a friend"
Above the door OF house ut Saving
ton. Sussex, in which Selden was born.
there Is a Latin couplet much to the
same import, and Montacute House,
Somerset, has these two lines carved:
Through this wide opening gate
None come too early, none return too late.
Under n variety Of forms we find the
same maxim on different houses, and
ut Ferray Hall, In the parish OF Al
mondbury. over one Of the doorways
are the words, AN honest man may
enter" and on the reverse side facing
the spectator when leaving the prem
ises, "A cheat may be off."-London
Standard.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19

On the battlefield, as everywhere else
Bismarck looked after the interests Of
his imperial master During the bat
tie of Koeniggratz the old emperor,
then king of Prussia, had exposed him
self and his staff to the enemy's fire
and would not hear Of retreating 10 a
safe distance. At last Bismarck rode
up to him, saying: "As responsible min
lister of the crown l must insist upon
your majesty's retreat to a safe dis
tance. If your majesty were to be
killed the victory would be OF no use
to u.s. The king saw the force of this
and slowly retreated, but In his zeal
eturned again and again to the front.
When I noticed It," said Bismarck,
telling the story, 81 only rose In my
saddle and looked at him. He under
stood perfectly and called out, rather
angrily, Yes. I am coming But we
did not get OH fast enough, and at last
rode up close to the king. took my
foot out of the right stirrup and secret
ly gave his horse an energetic kick.
Such a thing he'd never happened to
the fat mare, but the move was sue
cessful, for she set or In fine canter."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
TRICKS or BIG WAVES.
Rough Experiences ON the stormy
Coast of the scf1Iy Isles.

There are plenty Of adventures to
be found in photographing the great
waves of the sea. r. ]. Mortimer, an
Englishman, tells of some rough ex-
periences In getting pictures OF this
kind on the stormy coast of the Scilly
islands, lie says: zone can never trust
the sea for a moment. Once ! was
standing with my back to n cliff on
the top OF which was n friend, whose
outstretched hands / could just reach.
After watching the sea for some time
breaking at safe distance, l turned
my back on II FOR one moment to reach
up 10 my friend for n fresh dark slide.
Fatal movement-as fatal as taking
ones eyes from n crouching tiger-for
no sooner had / turned my head than
Il wave darted In and crashed with ter
rife force OH TO my back. | was abso-
lutely nattcned against the rock, all
breath and feeling were knocked from
my body, while my camera was smash
cd to sInithereens. Bruised and gasp
Ing, I could only totter home to bed,
and two days were passed before
was lit TO venture out again.
"Then there was another adyen-
ture," says Mr.. Mortimer ngaiI., "caus-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
COMPOSITIONS IN PRISON.
Confinement Did Not Apparently
Disturb These Men of Letters.

Disturb These Men of Letters.
Imprisonment Of tho learned, wheth-
er legal or Illegal. does not seem to
have disturbed the man of letters In
the progress Of his studies
1t was in prison that Boethius COM
posed his excellent book on the Con
solations Of Philosophy" and Grotius
wrote his Commentary on st. Mat
thew" during his confinement.
While In the dungeon of q monastery
In Portugal Buchanan composed his
excellent "Paraphrases on the Psalms
OF David"
''Fleta," well known and excellent
law production, was written by man
confined In an English prison for life.
His name, however, was not preserved.
During his confinement for five years
on account OF some state troubles Pc
lisson pursued with ardor his studies
In the Greek language and produced
several good compositions.
The best and most agreeable book in
the Spanish language was composed by
Michael Cervantes during his captivity
in Barbary.
When Louis XII. was duke or Or
leans he was taken prisoner at the bat
tie of st. Aubln and confined In the
tower OF Bourges. While there he ap-
piled himself to his neglected studies,
with the result that he subsequently
became an able and enlightened mon-
arch.
Margaret, queen OF Henry ~, king
OF France, while confined In the Lou
vre warmly pursued the studies Of ele-
CANT literature and composed very
skillful apology for the Irregularities
of her conduct.
During his confinement Sir Walter
Raleigh produced his History OF the
World"
Queen Elizabeth while Imprisoned by
her sister Mary wrote some very
charming poems, and Mary, queen OF
Scots, during her long confinement by
Elizabeth produced number of pleas
Ing compositions.
1t was while he was cruelty confined
at Holmsby that Charles !. wrote that
excellent book entitled The Portrait
OF King" which he addressed to his
son and I'm which the political retiec-
tions are said to be worthy OF Tacitus.
BY some this work has been attributed
to a DIR. Gander, blatant radical OF
that period, but who was incapable OF
writing single paragraph of II.