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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
Sister Found Out.

In direct disobedience Of orders.
tempted by the frozen surface of the
pond, Tommy tried to skate upon it,
but. the treacherous ice gave way and
he fen in. Returning home sh. YER
ing from his icy bath, he met his sis
ter. She sympathized with him in his
misfortune, brought him dry clotf ing,
and concealed his djsobedience from
his parents. Next day she came from
the pond in a similar plight In tier
amazement Tommy surveyed her Trip
ping form, exclaiming: 81 told you
the ice wouldn't bear skating on,
Jennie. Why did you try itT' 81
wanted to see for myself whether it
would or not was his sisters ear.
full reply-New York Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
No Chance for a Girl.

The accepted masculine attitude
was well expressed by the small boy
who overheard the conversation of a
caller He was one of four brothers,
and the visitor remarked, What a
pity one of your boys wasn't girl"
Dropping his game and thrusting
hands in pockets he exclaimed: well,
I'd like to know who'd "a ben'er
wouldn't a ben'er, Joe wouldn't a
ben'er, Ed wouldn't "a ben'er, and I'd
like to know who'd a ben'e err"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
SANG IN OPEN sTREETs.
Vienna Stage Celebrities Test Pub
lies Judgment of Music.

A merry quartette of performers
streets of Vienna, says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat, in order to
see with their own eyes how the gen
eral public would appreciate the high
est artistic talent if it were exhibited
in the open street, unannounced and
unadorned.
Miss Gerda Wade. prima donna of
the Vienna stage, Louis Treumann
the popular comedian of the Carl the
alter; Edward Eysler, the composer
and Alfred Deutsch-German, the play
wright, arrayed in the garb of ordinary
street musicians, made tour through
the principal streets of the city. The
composer, Eysler, performed the du-
ties of organ-grinder while the Others
sung a repertoire which included
such well-known songs as "Geh, Mach
Dein Fenster Auf' Go, Open Your
Window, "Kussen Ist Keine Sund2
C'Kissing Is No SIM and "Jetzt
Spiet's Uns an TAM (Now They Play
and Dance for Us").
The incognito of the celebrated band
remained undiscovered and the day S
"tallings" aggregated paltry 6S
kreutzers (about l shilling 2 pence),
which they laughingly divided among
themselves. Their previous doubts as
to the ability of the public to judge
of the value of art unassisted by the
atrical effect have now given way to
settled conviction. But, nevertheless,
it would have been interesting to find
out what the days takings would have
amounted to had the quartette openly
announced themselves as the leading
lights of the Austrian musical world.
Doubtless the man in the street, even
in Vienna does not look for talent
in the streets.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
NO MlNoLlNG WITH RUSSIANS.
Poles Hold themselves RigidIy Aloof
From Their Conquerers.

Hugo GAM in his book on Russia
writes as follows Of the relations ex
listing between the Russian officials
and the Poles; They remain separ
ate, like oil and water The Rus.
sian, even though he is the master
is of no consequence here 1t Is only
necessary to observe for the space of
an hour from some corner of the ele.
CANT dining room of the hotel the be-
hGvior of the Polish society and the
complete isolation of the Russian of.
fieers or officials it is only necessary
to be able to distinguish the groups
from one another-the Baltic nobil.
ity with their almost bourgeois fam.
lies, merchants from all the princi.
pal countries, Russian functionaries
and Polish society-and it will at once
become clear who is at home here,
firmly rooted to the soil, so that all
others become strangers and intrud,
ers; 1t is the Poles and the Poles
alona"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
Father Mas Laid un.

Arthur Hill and Joseph Schrode of
"The Wizard of Or company CHANGED
to drop in at a small shooting gallery
in Providence last week, where they
spent an hour peppering the bulls
eye and winning innumerable cigars
The place was presided over by a
pretty girl and a decrepit old man
man whom she called Father" As
Arthur Hill does not indulge in the
pernicious smoking habit, he handed
back all the cigars he won for his un,
erring aim and said to the girl, Give
them to the old man"
The next day Hill and Schrode
were strolling past the same place,
and they noticed that the girl was on
duty alone, but the old man was miss
irg.
~ guess father smoked them,' re.
marked Hill, laconically.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
An Irresistible Conclusion.

He was a critic so he said
He wrote his way to fame,
If nonsense CHANGED to fill his head,
He wrote it just the same.
His essays were made up of queer
Opinonated kinks,
And people trembled at the sneer
OF Jingle Burnem Jinks.
He showed where Shakespeare sometimes
failed,
Although his work was fair.
At Swift he arrogantly rallied;
He patroniZed Voltaire.
The life work of the worlds great mon
He'd crush in forty winks,
And very few escaped the pen
OF Jingle Burnem Jinks.
But those who followed him at length
Grew very sad indeed.
They cried Pray show us, In your
strength
What is there left to read
Upon what author may we lean
As one who really thinksY
He answered with an air serene,
"Why Jingle Burnem links"
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16

There are cases where an operation
is the only resource, but when one con-
siders the great number OF cases OF
ovarian and womb trouble cured by
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound after physicians have advised
operations no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Nerkley of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Loss of strength, extreme nervousness
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said | had ovarian
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia T.. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound. The liberation quickly healed all
the bad symptoms disappeared and | am
once more strong, vigorous and well.
Ovarian and womb troubles are stead
lily on the increase among women. IL
the monthly periods are very painful,
or too frequent and excessive-if you
have pain or swelling low down in the
left side, bearing down pains, leucor-
rhma, don'tneglectyourself try Lydia
K. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-05-16
OPERATION AVOIDED
EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitable How She Escaped It

When physician tells woman suf-
fering with ovarian or womb trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are fnll of women coming
for ovarian or womb operations
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

The sudden dOwnpOur Of rain
which usually follows a bright
fash of lightning has generally
been supposed to be the result OF
the discharge Of the electricity.
The most advanced weather stud
euts now put forward the state
ment that the contrary is the case;
in other words, that the sudden
increased precipitation causes the
flash, instead OF the
fash causing the sudden
increase in rainfall.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

It is interesting to note, in view
Of the precautions taken to pre-
serve neutrality Of the philippine
coasts and harbOrs during the
Russian-Japanese naval maneu-
vers and fighting, that the Amer
ican feet in Asiatic waters is, next
to the British, the strongest Of any
neutral power now stationed in
that part of the globe. Three
battleships of which one is the
Oregon, and a double-tuTreted
monitor, form the backbone of the
feet and enhance the assurance
that our neutrality will be abserv-
ed.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

The Indiana solons are carrying
reform to radical extremes. In
that state now a man is required
to swear that he can support a
family before he can procure a
marriage license. This is simply
putting a premium upon race sui
eide and ought to be earnestly re-
sented by all consistent anti-race
suiciders.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

Comparative wealth North and south.
In the centennial year 1860, says
the New Orleans Item, just before
the civil war, the South was rapid
ly surprising the Northern States
in wealth. In 1860 80 per cent Of
the entire banking capital of the
country, or s117, 400, 900, was in
the South. The census OF 1860
shows that the South ranked very
high in wealth as compared with
the rest of the country, proving
that its people were not slothful in
the business of money-making.
In that year the assessed value Of
property in Georgia was greater
than the combined wealth o I
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Rhode Island. South Caro-
lima was $3.50 900 richer than
Rhode Island and New Jersey.
Mississippi Outranked Connecticut
by S16O,0OO,OOO. In the assessed
value Of property per capita Con-
necticut stood first in rank; Rhode
Island, second; South Carolina,
third; Mississippi, fourth; Massa-
chusetts, fifth; Louisiana, sixth;
Georgia, seventh; District Of Co
lumbia, eighth; Florida, ninth;
Kentucky tenth; Alabama, elev-
enth; Texas twelfth; New Jersey,
thirteenth; Maryland, fourteenth;
Arkansas fifteenth; Virginia, six
teenth, and Ohio seventeenth.
New York and Pennsylvania we're
also far behind the South in the
amount Of wealth in proportion to
population, The former state rank
ing twenty-second and the latter
thirtieth. In 1860 the total as
sessed value Of property in the
United States was SO, 900, 600, 900,
and this the South had 5,2OO,-
600, 600, or "A per cent.
In this tabulation it must be re-
membered that the slaves we're
counted as personal property. II
The labOrsrs OF the North and East,
who did similar work to chat Of
SLAYER, had been assessed at SO
much per head, the figures would
not have been so favorable to the
south. Now that we have gotten
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17
UhIIzIng convlets BraIns.

An embarrassing predicament
has arisen in Ohio, says the Kan
sas City Journal, They have so
many bankers in the penitentiary
that there isno longer any place
lo store them. This state ol
mgs developed when A. B.
Eaear, late cashier OF the 'sChad.
wicked 0berlin bank, was taken
to prison. He had letters from
prominent people asking the ward
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

Nevada had no idea that a fos-
sill, Of curious design and great
antiquity was hidden away in the
State, or it would have selected it
to the United States Senate long
ago.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

ment, bat the warden explained
that be already had ten bankers
to take care Of and that he had no
easy work for any more.
It is cuatomary in most prisons
to put the eonvicts at tasks suit
able to their skill and iormer po
sition in life. This is proper, for
what would be easy and natural
occupation to one man. would be
torture to another. But the pre-
dicament OF the Ohio warden is
unusual. he is suffering from an
embarrassment of talent at his dis.
pOsal. The accounts OF a prison,
while complex and requiring ex-
acting care, are limited, and elev-
en- bankers on one set Of accounts
would be bad official economy.
The situation in Ohio gives rise
to speculation as TO the advisable
ity OF expanding the Industrial
line represented by convict labor.
We have boot and shoe factories,
implement and furniture factories
twine plants, ETC., in many OF our
larger prisons, but there is a
dearth Of emplOyments calling for
the higher intellectual qualities, of
some Of the prisoners, who, before
their incarceration, were engag-
ed in the more exalted callings.
It is an economical absurdity and
sheer waste of brains to put a
former bank president to digging
coal. He will be a poor coal dig
ger and his talents are not being
used to the best advantage.
1t would not be an easy thing
to suggest what high intellectual
callings could be practiced within
prison walls. The very physical
conditions would not be conducive
to mental concentration. A ball
and chain are not stimulative Of
cheeriulness, and iron bars do not
inspire noble and lofty thoughts.
There might be a department. SET
aside for the brainiest Of the con-
victs where campaign literature
could be manufactured. AS the
prison is theoretically a nOn-par-
tisan institution the output OF such
literature could be made suitable
for all parties and platforms. Then
too, campaign speeches could be
written by the cord and stored uu-
til the need arises for their use.
They could be auctioned of and
a revenue thus accrue to the state.
Another branch Of brain work so
called through courtesy merely
would be the manufacture of edi-
torlals for the yellow journals.
This would offer considerable
scope, for almost any OF the con-
victs could take a whirl at such
employment. The joke depart
ment need not be neglected. The
dark cells and insane wards would
be ideal places for the exercise Of
the iekesmith's art.
These are only few OF the
many emplOyments that could be
introduced into our prisons in or
der to utilize the brain energy
that is now going to waste. Since
the warden OF the Ohio peniten-
tiary is suffering from such q pie
thOra Of intelleots it seems only |
fitting that he take up experiment
tation along the lines suggested.
the results would be watched with
interest.
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Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

Perhaps the packers advanced
the price Of meat 4 to 6 cents as a
gentle hint to Uncle Sam as to what
they might do if be does not stop
getting gay with them.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17


and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become 50 prevalent
thathis not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
afre foo rffan "a H.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

rid Of the incubus that weighed US
down, the South is advancing with
giant tread. In q few more de-
cades we will be the seat 81 com.
mercial and perhaps political
power.
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17
Great Britain Complains Of
Russia.

Russia
It has been very apparent that
British sympathy is against Rus
sia, says the New Orleans Item.
The alliance with japan is sui-
feient evidence that there is a gen
eral distrust and fear Of the intent.
ions Of Russia has been to reach
the sea. Beaten of time and again
from the Mediterranean, she has
pushed down almost to the Per-
sian Gulf and threatens the Indian
commerce heretofore almost ex.
clusively enjoyed by Great Britain.
Now is the time to push back the
great colossus and the British
premier is talking out loud. Yes.
terday in parliament he suggest
ed that the navy should he concen.
trated at some central point so as
readily reach any part Of the col
onial empire. This sounds very
plausible, but it actually means
the mobilization Of the fleet east
ward and its concentration at
Alden or Singapore so as to be
ready to finish up the Russian
fleet If Togo should fail. 1t would
never do to have that powerful
feet a menace for the entire Asiat-
ic coast, including India.
Mr.. Baliour said that having re-
gard for the changes in the sea
power of other nations, redistribu-
tiOn Of the feet and army was desir-
able for colonial defense, and the
committee Of defense Of the admi-
rality had concluded that the fleet
and the army should be concen-
trated in the center of the empire
from which they would be distrib-
uted as necessity arose. An in
Vasion Of India has been the dream
of many military leaders. The
progress Of Russia towards the
Aighanistan frontier and the con-
struction Of strategic railroads is
compelling the government to con-
slider with all seriousness what it's
great military neighbOrs could do.
No surprise was possible in an in
vasion Of India. Any collision Of
magnitude between two powers
must depend on the rapidity Of
railroad construction.
Lord Kitchener said that if Great
Britain permitted the slow absorp-
tiOn Ct Afghanistan in a way sim
liar to that in which the Central
Asian States had been absorbed,
and if Russia's strategic railroads
we're allowed to creep closer and
closer to the frontier, Great Britain
would ultimately pay for her su-
pineness by helping to keep on
foot an army far larger than could
be contemplated with equanimity
and she would be faced with the
greatest military problems which
have ever confronted the British
Government.
This kind Of talk sounds war
like, and it looks as il the time is
approaching when Great Britain,
instead Of being q silent partner OF
Japan, will be an active bellige-
rent. Singular to say, Just when
the British premier was breathing
war Kaiser Wilhelm was deliver.
ing a speech to bis troops at Stras-
burg, in which be referred to the
var in the Far East, and declared
that as Russia had proved incap-
able Of aVerting the ''yellOw peril, "
Germany might find it necessary
to undertake the task.
"The Russian army has been
defeated in Manchuria because It
was demoralized By vice and
drunkenness" he said. ''This is
the only possible explanation OF
Che Russian collapse. Russia has
proved incapable Of averting the
yellow peril, aud Germany may
find it necessary to oppose the
Of the yellow race fOrci
bly,"
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child
reaches an age when il should be able to
control the passage, tits yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble IS due to a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-ROOt is soon realized. Il is sold
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty. vieor
Okolona messenger., 1905-05-17

by druggists, in fifty Es
cent and one dollar q - .:..
sizes. You may have 'lls Be.
sample bottle by mail =ssasls .1.ssi. u. y
free, also pamphlet tell Home Of swamp Root.
ing all about II. including many Of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. ln writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. r., be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, Swamp.Root, DR..
Kilmer sswamp-Root, and the address,
Binghampton, New York, on every bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
HARLAN PRAISED KENTUCKY.
Says Her People Have No Superiors in
True Manhood.

Justice John NJ Harlan of the United
States Supreme Court was the guest at a
banquet in Louisville, KY, Thursday night,
given in honor fhis seventy-second BIRTH
day by the Louisville Bar Association.
Justice Harlan, who is a native of Ken
lucky, RESPONDED to the toast My Old
Kentucky Home" saying, in part
''Will it be said that there are some
things in the history of Kentucky which
kentuckians wish to be forgotten? Yes:
but that might be said of any people.
Every people will now and then depart or
permit departures from the strict rules of
propriety and do permit to be done
things of which they will in the end be
ashamed.
have been too free in what a friend of mine
admit that now and then in it's history
there has been in some parts of our state a
failure to administer the law with prompt
son of crime should have forfeited their
lives or their liberty have been permitted to
go unpublished.
But such state of things has existed
at times In every state. Yet no people
should despair of establishing the reign OF
law and order. Liberty regulated by law
is the basis of our Institutions. When the
law perishes liberty will perish What l
claim for Kentuckians mass is that in
all the qualities that go to make I'D true
genuine manhood this people have not now.
and never had, any superio-s on the earth .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
CITY OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
Action Against Cumberland Men by
State Game Warden

State Game Warden John w. Avirett
at Cumberland, Nd, has caused the
arrest of Mayor Clarence NJ. I<ink, city
attorney. and the eleven members of the
city council for alleged failure in not pro-
viding fish ladders along Wills Creek in
Cumberland. as required by law
Sheriff Dcneen was kept busy serving the
warrants. Avirett has been filling the
office in sensational style, begin
ming with the dypamting of fish pots,
which occasioned excursions down the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal. the closing of
the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Com
pany's plant at Harper's Ferry the arrest IS
of merchants in Baltimore and Cumber-
land for selling understood fish, and the
destruction of the nets of the Annapolis
fishermen, which resulted in the arrest CT
the game warden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
Exchange of Dummy Cartridges.

Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff, has ISSUED
general order directing that all dummy
cartridges of old design for the United
States magazine rife, models of 1896 and
1898, and for the United States ma ga zine
carbine. model of 1880, distinguished by
three rings around the shell in front of
the hange, which are now in the possession
of post ordnance officers or organizations.
be turned in to the nearest arsenal ord
nance depot. Requisi,ion will bc made in
accordance with the provisions OF general
orders of January 81 1903, for dummy cart
ridges of the latest design 10 replace those
turned in. The new dummy cartridge is
timed, provided with six longitudinal cor
ruga tons, and has three circular holes near
the head end of alternate corrugations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
BLOWN UP BY HER CAPTAIN.
Russian Cruiser Izumrud DESTROYED
When Escape Seemed Impossihla


Official reports bearing on the naval bat
tie are beginning to be received by the en-
peror and Grand Duke Alexis the high ad-
miral at St. Petersburg, the most i'm
portant of these reports revealing the fate
of the cruiser Izumrud. being telegram
from her captain, Baron Ferzen, dated June
l.. saying that he had blown up the cruiser
at the entrance of Vladimir bay. and brief
ly describing the battle. Baron Ferzen's
report says:
Il was cut off from the squadron, and
finding it impossible to rejoin it, resolved
to make for Vladivostok. l put on full
speed and the enemy's cruisers came on
in pursuit Owingto the insufficiency of
my coal supply and the certainty of meet
ing the enenys cruisers. l subsequently al
tered my course for Vladimir bay where
arrived on the night OF May % At 30
O'Clock mex morning. in pitch darkness,
the IZumrud ran full on a reef at the en-
trance of the bay. Having only ten tons OF
coal. and seeing that it would be impossi-
BILE to again float my vessel, l ordered the
crew ashore and blew up the Izumrud to
prevent her failing into the hands of the
enemy Ten of my sailors Were wounded
in the battle. but the officers and the rest
of the crew are all safe"
Baron FerZen's report disposes of the
statement sent from St. Petersburg yester-
day that the IZumrud had arrived at Vladi-
voStok.
The Izumrud was built at the Nevsky
yards, ST. Petersburg and was launched In
1903 She was of 3 ,106 tons displacement,
1900 indicated horse power and Az feet
beam and Is feet draught, with a speed of
% nnots an hour. Her armament consisted
of six 4.7-inch Quick-firing guns, six Is
inch quick firing guns. two Ia machine
guns, and she was equipped with five tor
pedo tubes. Her complement was $40 men.
The Baron Ferzen, who commanded the
Russian ship Izumrud, was formerly naval
attache of the Russian legation here and
well known in club and social circles