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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Miuht Give Him a Chance.

IA good story is related in To-day of
a man who, on a visit to, Scotland,
went to the kirk on the "Sawbath."
Feeling very drowsy he succumbed
entirely after the first sentence or so
of the sermon.
An elderly man, who had been
watching with rising wrath the OBJ
viously ~'irreleegious' attitude Of the
stranger, bert forward, shook him and
whispered in his ear:
Gle the mon a chance. Wait till
he gets along a bit, and then if he's
no worth listening to, gang to sleep,
but dinna gang before he gets com
Observation-Disclosures.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
One Who Has Suffered.

Gossip is a humming bird with
eagle wings and a voice like a fog
horn. 1t can be heard from Dan to
Beersheba and has caused more trou-
BILE than all the bedbugs. ticks, feas,
rattlesnakes, sharks, sore toes, cy-
clones, ~earti,Guakes, Billiards. small
pox, yellow fever, govt md i~ndiges-
ton that this great United States
have known or will know when the
universe shuts up shop and begins the
final invoice. In other words, it has
war and hell both backed up in
the corner yelling for ice water
Guernsey, Wyo.. Gazette.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Prayinu for Good Husbands.

A picturesque ceremony takes place
every year in Haute-Vienne. All the
girls in the place on the day of st.
Eutropius file in procession to ST.
Junien-les-Gombes to the cross which
is erected near the church to the
saint. Each girl hangs her left garter
on the cross and prays that she may
have a good husband, and then gives
way to the next girl. The cross is SO
smothered in garters of different col.
ors that at a distance lit looks as
IT, AZ ,hseS ~ sAnsAa- -4xAAaasA
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
First Musical COMEDY.

Musical comedy was introduced i.to
England May 20, 1856. Digniied by
the name of opera an entertainment
called "The Cruelty Of Spaniards in
Peru" was produced at the COCKPIT
theater on that DAY. According to no.
tees Of the time. it was expressed by
vocal and instrumental music, and by
the art of perspective in scenery"
The production also marks the first
use OF scenery on the stage, and it's
development a few years later caused
Pepys to remark disparagirgly, after
avisit to the serious drama, Strange
to see this house, that used to be SO
thronged, now empty since the opera
began"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
VALUE OF COOL HEAD.
Self-Possession One of the Most Use.
full of All Traits.

The cool head ~conduces to a sue
cesssul meeting OF emergencies with =
feeling that everything is going to
come out all right. The feeling Of
quiet, ~self-control in itself makes one
the better able to work toward the
good result.
To a mother this self-possession is
Invaluable. In a large family small
events calculated to upset the domes-
tic machinery constantly occur. To
the mother it seems to be a law Of
nature that children should continu-
ally have hairbreadth escapes and
come out within an inch Of their lives.
But is is equally a, law of nature
that they should escape. And when
ever the critical moment arrives in
her own life or in the life Of another,
it is important for a woman 10 remem
Der that the worst thing she ear do
At that moment is to lose her head;
the best thing she can do is to keep
her mind in control. To keep her
head cool means that she is a help
instead of a hindrance, IN assistance
instead Of a drag.
In an e~ Urgency it is better to
seem heartless than to be inefficient.
Better the n person who stands
coolly by the sufferer and sees the
way to help him than the ten persons
who are ready to cry out and faint and
shed tears v e his %calamities and
pains. Affection and sympathy are
sometimes best proved by ignoring
them, particularly when the moment
arrives for action, not tears.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Meant to Enioy Fortune.

what Will He Do With IT. is a
story as well worth reading to-day as
when it was written, nobody knows
how long ago. A biz windfall tumbled
into a certain poor mans lap recently,
and the very first question his friends
asked was: What will ne do with his
fortuneg Il suppose" 6 q one, you
will be har autonioz $ now, and
buying TIE vile some diamond jew
elry?' well, | guess not was the
emphatic rejoinder. Haven't we had
trouble enough? I'm going to sit back
and enjoy living!"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Near the Grim Original.

"A pupil in n of Chicago's schools
a called upon to read the sentence:
"Only those who have been near the
grim original a know how quickly
death is pictured in the mind"
Her teacher. who lives in a section
of the city where the street piano
fourishes, thought it not devoid of
sense when the child read: Only
those who have been Gear the grind
organ a know how quickly death
is pictured in the mind"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
{ CONDITIONS.

So far as farming is concerned old
conditions have passed away. 1t will
not be possible for farmers of to.
day to pursue the practices that pre-
vailed twenty-five years ago. Things
move faster now than then. Prices
are higher, wants have multiplied, Ia
Dor is scarce. and everybody must
work intelligently or get left. the
early settlers could live largely on
game and fish, and they generally took
life easy. The settlement Of the
country has eliminated romance from
the dreams of farming. Only the
rich can pursue the old way. The
men who must make their income out
of the ground will have no time to
follow the streams with a fishing rod
or hunt for the game that is gone;
they must work in their fields. We
do not mean that the farmer or fruit
ROVER must henceforth slave. Not
at all. He should not work so many
hours, but he shall read and think
more. His avocation now ranks high
er than ever before, and 1t has come
to pass that the fruit grower. in par
ticular, should know considerable of
commercial business; he should In
derstand tho nature of plant growth,
the composltion of the soil; he should
be something of an entomologist.
Think of a man spending his days
with nature and yet not be acquainted
with her plain facts. She opens doors
to knowledge, presents illustrated
pages to her children every day, yet
many never see them. Let us make
the most possible of the future. have
cooperation between mind and
muscle. and life on the farm will be-
come the most honored pursuit, the
one that the best people in the towns
will desire to engage in-the ideal
life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29

Select a good soil for the aspara-
gus bed, well-drained and enriched by
manur to a depth of a foot and a half,
more or less. Cut wide and deep
trenches for receiving the p11, s,
spread out the roots and set e
crowns at least three inches deep;
some good %cultivators set them five Or
six inches. Strong one-year plants, if
they can be procured, are better than
feeble two-year ones. Set in spring,
as early as the ground can be pulver-
lied. 1t will be fit to cut in two or
three years. A heavy coating of ma.
nure as fertilizer and a mulch should
be applied every autumn. A common
mistake is in setting the plants too
near together by which they become
crowded and small. II the single
plants are three or four feet apart
both ways, Or better, four or five feet,
they will make a much finer growth.
many of the stalks being nearly as
large as a hoe handle, and so numer-
GUS as to more than compensate any
fear of loss by being too thinly plant
ed. Keep them clear of weeds and
well cultivated and the bed will last a
lifetime.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Barrels Always in Demand.

The demand for barrels is steadily
increasing because modern machinery
has made it possible to make them
for the trade cheaper than almost any
other form of package. That it is the
most convenient form of package has
long been acknowledged. The ancient
cooper's art was a skilled one, and the
work of cutting out the slaves and
them assembling them required long
practice and apprenticeship. To-day
machinery performs in a fraction of
the time what hand labor did so slow
ly and clumsily.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Iryina to Get Out of Il.

A quaint story of Lord Leighton
was told by Mr.. G. Storey, A. R. A.
Two ladies were looking at his Helen
of Troy, 1T is a horrid picture" one
remarked to the painter. I'm sorry,
but it's mine," said Sir Frederick, as
he then was. oh" said the lady,
you don't mean to say you've bought
it?" NO, l painted it." was the reply.
oh" declared the ladies, you must
not mind what W. say. We are only
saying what everybody else saws"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Life.
T. and toll ic da,a

A little longer and toll is done.
A little farther on the road to so,
A little stress of shifting. dlifting snow,
A little journeying through shade and
sun,
A little rest where quiet waters run,
A little palleying vita friend and foe,
A little oasis where blossoms grow,
A little darkness ei4 the hight Is won.
A little sin that leaves a .ittl, stain,
A little sorrow anu a little JOY.
A little mending OF a broken toy,
A little pleasure and a little pain.
A little thought of when | was a boy,
A little fear that have lived in vain.
London Opinion.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Duck Is Natural SURGEON.

A hunter who lives at Kustrfn, Ger.
many. shot and wounded a wild duck.
When he came across it, after a long
search, he found that it had tried to
stay the flow of blood under the wing
by stuffing in a number Of g~rasebledes.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29

What's the use of drinking rum. any
how? 1t costs a lot of money, Goes no
GOOD, and leads to great harm. We
hope none of our readers touch the
nasty stuff. or, if they do, they will
quit it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29

Don't bring your horse in hot from
a drive if you can help it; if you do,
rub him thoroughly dry. A slow jog
or walk for a short distance before
u%nhitching will cool him off quicker
and save much work.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Greyhound the Fastest Animal.

Hunters of big game used at enc
time to say that there was a species
OF antelope in South Africa which
could escape any dog, but a test made
with two good greyhounds proved this
assertion untrue. So far as is known,
a greyhound is the fastest animal on
earth.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
The Cornerstone,

The cornerstone in Truth is laid:
The guardian walls of Honor made;
The root of Faith is built above:
The fire upon the hearth is Love.
Tho rains descend and cloud winds cal
This happy house shall never fall.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Back 70 the Soil.

At an agricultural dinner the follow
ing toast was given: The game of
fortune! Shuttle the cards as you will,
spades must win"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29

Be careful of the seed you buy;
there is much poor seed on the mar.
ket. for last season was a poor year
for it..
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
WRITE US A LETTER

freely and frankly, in strictest confid-
ence, telling us all your symptoms and
troubles We will send free advice
In plain sealed envelope, how to
cure them. Address: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, vhe Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29

AOE9GHSARDt
@&GXRDEN
BRYANT, THE POET OF TREES.

ut is pleasant" as Mr.. George W.
Curtis has said, ito remember, on
Arbor day, that Bryant, our Oldest
American poet and the father of our
American literature, is especially the
poet of trees. He grew up among the
solitary hills of Western Massachu-
sets. where the woods were his nur-
sery and the trees his earliest com
rades. The solemnity of the forest
breathes through all his verse, and he
had always, even in the city, a grave,
rustic air, as of a man who heard the
babbling brooks to whom the trees
told their secrets"
His Forest Hymn is familiar to
ma Z, but it cannot be too familiar.
1t would be well If teachers would en-
courage their pupils to commit the
whole, Or portions of it at least, to
memory. Let it be made a reading
lesson, but, in making it such, let
pains be taken to point out it's facili-
ties of expression, its beautiful moral
tone and. lofty sentiment, and its wise
~counsels for life and conduct. Moth
ing could be appropriate, espec-
tally for the indoor portion of the
Arbor day exercises, than to have this
poem, II portions of. it, read by some
pupil in full sympathy with it's spirit,
or by some class in concert. And it
must not be forgotten that this great
poet even looked irto the small things,
and his advice in planting Of trees,
is applicable to the planting of any
tree on Arbor day, when he said:
Come, let us plant the apple tree;
Cledve the tough greensward with the
spade;
Wide let its hollow bed be made;
There gently lay the roots, and there
Sift the dark mold with kindly care,
And press it DER them tenderly.
AS round the sleeping infants feet
We softly fold the cradie-sheet.
So plant we the apple tree"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29
Artificial Ewes.

Artificial eyes were first used by the
Egyptians long before the Christian
era. Mummies have been found with
artificial optics. They were fashioned
Of gold, silver, copper or ivory.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-29

Of mine," writes Mrs. F. l. Jones, Of
Gallatin, Tenn:
"For since taking CaFdui have
gained IS lbs, and am In better health
than for the past 9 years. ! tell my
husband that Cardui is worth its
weight in gold to all suffering ladies'"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

guest Of the University of Pennsylvania,
to quote anotherSof Washington's max
inns: Promote, as an object Of primary
Importance, institutions for the general
diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as
the structure Of government gives
force to public opinion, it is essential that
public opinion should be enlightened"
Education may not make a man a good
citizen, but most certainly Ignorance
tends to prevent his being good citizen.
Washington was far too much of a pat
riot, had far too much love for his fellow
citizens, to try to teach them that they
could govern themselves unless they
could develop a sound and enlightened
public opinion. No nation can perma-
.nently retain free government unless it
can retain a high average Of citizenship;
and there can be no such high average
of citizenship without high average
of education, using the word in its
broadcast and truest sense to include the
things of the soul as we'll as the things
OF the mind. School education can never
supplant or take the place Of self -educa-
ton, still less can H in any way take the
place Of those ruggedIand manly qualities
which we group together under the name
of character; but it can be of enormous
use in supplementing BOTH 1t is a source
Of just pride to every American that our
people have SO consistently acted in ac-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

July, 1888, the University of Pennsyl.
vania conferred the degree of Doctor
of Laws upon the first president Of the
United States of America. The trustees
of the same university now, after 12s
years, once again request the provost
to honor with the same degree our last
president. This makes all other com.
ments needless
Other Degrees Conferred.
Other degrees were conferred as fol
lows:
Doctor Of Laws--Sir Henry Morti
mer Durand, ambassador from Grea'
Britain; Rear Admiral Charles Edgar
Clark, U. S. N; Senator Philandel
Chase Knox and David Thompson Wat
son of Pittsburg.
Doctor of Letters Bailey
Aldrich.
Doctor of Science-Robert Simpson
Woodward, president of the Carnegie
Institute.
Leaving the Academy of Music, the
president was escorted to the armory Of
the First troop, where he was enter
tanned at luncheon. This is the frs
time in the history of the troop that
it has entertained president of TIT
United States. It rendered dinner tt
Washington on Sept. ID, 1887, but thai
was before he became president.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

return. What he thus owes he can as a
rule only pay by the way he bears himself
turnout life. It Is but occasionally that
a college graduate can do much outright
for his alma mater; he can best repay
her by living life that will reflect credit
upon her, by SO carrying himself as a citi-
zen that men shall see that the years
spent in training him have not been vast
ed. The educated man is entitled to no
special privilege, save the inestimable
privilege of trying to show that his edu-
cation enables him to take the lead in
striving to guide his fellows Alright in
the difficult task which is set to US of the
twentieth century. The problems before
us today are very complex. and are wide
ly different from those which the men of
Washingtons generation had to face; but
we can overcome them surely, and we can
overcome them only, If we approach them
in the spirit which Washington and WASH
ington's great supporters brought to bear
upon the problems of their day-the spirit
of sanity and OF courage the spirit which
combines hard common sense with the
Hottest idealism.
DR.. s. Wier Mitchell, the "public
orator. presented each of the candi-
dates in turn for their degree. In pre-
senting the president, DR.. Mitchell
said: Theodore Roosevelt, president
! Of the United States; On the Fourth Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
TOOK A STRAW VOTE
interesting Experiment. in a Restaura.

= Z - S : :
An, advertising agent, representing a
on recent western trip, was dining one
evening in a Pittsburg restaurant.
81 While waiting for his order he
glanced over his newspaper and no
ticed the advertisement Of we'll
known dyspepsia preparation, Stuart s
Dyspepsia Tablets. AS he himself was
regular user of the tablets, he began
er travelling men in the dining room
were also friends Of the popular remedy
He says i counted twenty three
men at the tables and in the hotel Of
fee took the trouble to interview
them and was surprised to learn that
nine Of the twenty-three made prac'
tice Of taking one or. two of Stuart 8
Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal:
One of them told me he had suffered
30 much from stomach trouble that at
one time he had been obliged to quit
the road, but since rsing Stuart g .Dys-
pepsia Tablets had been entirely free
use, especially while travelling, on &C
count Of irregularity in meals and be-
cause like all travelling men, ne was oft,
en- obliged to eat what he could get and
not always what he wanted. = a
Another, who looked the picture. OF
health, SAID he never ate a meal WIFI
out taking Stuart Tablet afterward
because he could eat what he pleased
and when he pleased without, fear of a
sleepless night or any other trouble.
Still another used them because he
was subject to gas on stomach, causing
pressure on heart and lungs, shortness
of breath and distress in chest, which
he no longer experienced since using
the tablets regularly.
Another claimed that stuart,.s Dys
pepsia Tablets was the only safe rem
edy he had ever found for sour stom'
ach and acidity. He had formerly
used common soda to relieve the trou
BILE, but the tablets were much better
and safer to use
After smoking, drinking or other ex
cesses which weaken the digestive or
gans, nothing restores the stomach tc
q healthy, wholesome condition so eff
fectually as Stuart 8 Tablets.
Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets contain
the natural digestives, pepsin, diastase
which every weak stomach lacks, as
we'll as nux, hydrastin and yellow pa
rilla, and can be safely relied on as a
radical cure for every form Of poor di
gestion. Sold by druggists everywhere
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
ROOSEVELT .EXIOLS
FIRST PRESIDENT.
University Of Pennsylvania Con.
fers Degrees on Nations
/. Chief and on Kaiser.

Roosevelt and Emperor William today
received the degree Of Doctor Of Laws
from the University of Pennsylvania.
The degree was conferred upon the
German emperor in absentia, Baron
Speck Won Sternberg, the German am
bassador, accepting the honor for his
sovereign.
The comforting Of the degrees was a
feature of the commemoration of Wash
ington IS birthday by the faculty and
students of the university. President
Roosevelt was the. orator Of the day.
He delivered patriotic address on
f"Some Maxims of Washington" He
said -. -. .s..s...s,s> !
AS nation we have had our full share
of, great men, but the two men of pre-
eminent greatness who, as the centuries
go on, will surely loom above all others
are Washington and Lincoln; and 1T is
peculiarly fitting that their birthdays
should be celebrated every year and the
meaning of their lives brought home close
to us. ~ - ?.
No other city in the country is so close
ly identified with Washington's career as
Philadelphia. He served here in 1915 in
the continental congress. He was here
as commander of the army at the time Of
the battles of Brandywine and German
town.. and it was near here that with that
army he faced the desolate winter at VAL
ley Forge, the winter which marked the
turning point of the revolutionary war.
Here he came again as president Of the
convention which framed the constitu.,
ton. and then as president of the United
States and finally as lieutenant general
of the army, after he had retired from the
presidency. $500
One hundred and eight years ago, just
before he left the presidency, he issued his
farewell address. and in it he laid down
certain principles which he believed should
guide the citizens of this republic for all
time to come, his own words being,
(which appear to me all-important to tho
permanency of your felicity as a people,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
Nations Example to Mankind.

Again Washington said: "Give to man
kind the example Of a people always
guided by an exalted justice and benevo-
lence." This feeling can be shown alike
by our dealings within and without our
own borders. Taft and Wright in the
Philippines and Wood in Cuba have
shown us exactly how to practice this
other peoples--a justice and benevolence
which can be shown, not by, Sinking our
duty and abandoning to self destruction
those unfit to govern themselves, but by
doing our duty by staying with them and
teaching them how to govern them
selves, by uplifting them spiritually and
materially. Here at home we are obey