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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

1.-TWO weeks, lacking a day." he
unused aloud There is a long-stand-
ing account | should like to settle be-
fore Jessie returns" he said, turning
to Blake, who had partly regained
Eis composure.
what Is it," asked Blake, with a
lively show of interest.
The elder Morris ruined General
Garden as deliberately as ever one
man did another" declared John
Burt, his deep gray eyes flashing a
menace as he brought his hand to
the desk with a blow which made it
rattle. THE proceeds of that viii
lainy have been turned over to his
son. Two weeks from to-day Arthur
Morris shall have made restitution to
the man his father wronged. The GER
tainty of this reconciles me to her
longer absence. | shall win this cam
paign, jim, and it's my last one.
When did Hawkins wire that he
would be here?"
Thursday" answered Blake.
81 shall not wait for Hawkins, .
said John Burt, abruptly He owns
a block of this l.. & o. stock and
shall assume that | have his coop
Grafton. | shall have control of l..
& o. before he reaches New York.
How did it close last night
Twenty and a half replied
Blake.
"It opens to-day at quarter" said
John Burt, standing over the ticker.
Take all offerings up to thirty, but
10 not force matters. You under
stand, Jim? Watch it closely and
keep me advised.
II understand said Blake, as he
arose to go.
wait a minute" called John, as
the other stood by the door. Sam
Rounds was In to see you yesterday,
was he not?'
Yea"
send for him at once. Tell him
it's something important. That's ALL"
Blake entered his own Office and
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08
Franklin's View of Life.

When l reflect, as l frequently do,
upon the felicity I have enjoyed, I
sometimes say to myself, that, were
the offer made me, would engage to
run again, from beginning to end, the
same career of life. All would ask,
should be the privilege of an author,
to correct in second edition, certain
errors OF the first-Franklin
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08
Great Catch of Pickerel.

Postmaster S. A. Royce and son and
Roy Steenrod of Liberty, went fishing
at Stevensville recently and caught
sixty-fve pickerel that weighed over
forty pounds Live bait was used
Middletown IN. W Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Evidently the sultan of Morocco
knows a good thing when he sees it..
He is making use of this interval
when the powers are vieing for his
good will to negotiate trifling loan of
$25,000,000
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

It's shame that the boat having on
board the only woman that ventured
to sail in the transatlantic race should
have had such hard time. Old Nep-
tune certainly was not gallant.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

A great ocean liner slowing down
in midvoyage in order that an opera
tion might be performed in the ships
hospital on one Of the stewards is
pleasing instance of novelty and hui
manity.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Doubtless King Edward gave King
Alfonso much excellent counsel about
the advisabilty of being serious and
sober and sedate when one is young.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

There are more hump-backed peo-
pie in Spain than anywhere else in
the world. Sometimes we almost feel
ashamed of having whipped Spain.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Russell Sage has a cousin who is
"too proud to beg and no doubt I'm
Gle Russell considers him a model poor
relation.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

The sweet girl graduate may have
an exaggerated idea of the knowledge
she possesses, but this would be a
sad old world without her
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Cleveland is to have a $1,000,000 art
gallery and would like to hear of few
old masterpieces that have been found
in junk-shops.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

American girls will be likely to de-
eide that Crown Princess Cecilie is
very old-fashioned in spite of the sto
ries that have been cabled over. She
didn't insist on having fhe obey
clause left out
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Savannah has invented pretty
good word, which the Morning News
hastens to use in explaining the de-
feat of its local baseball team. 1t was
"outlucked" by the visitors.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

II the British submarines are as
dangerous to the navies of other ma
tons as they are to their own crews
they're terrors.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

In New York the other day a bank
clerk who had stolen $4,000 was sent
to reformatory. 1t was lucky thing
for him that he took more than rs
cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Korea is no longer to be considered
a region for international exploit, but
it is doubtful if Korea herself ever
knows it.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

A Chicago woman thinks that chill
all the poetry they write. Wouldn't
1t be better to pay them cents line
for all they don't write?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Henry James intelligent discussion
! OF the habits of Americans suggests
! that it might be well for him to get
acquainted with a few.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

A Chicago professor announces the
discovery that men were fish in pre-
historic ages. Shouldn't wonder;
there are many suckers among men
in this age.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

It's a good thing for kings and rul.
ers in Europe that the bomb-throwing
fraternity know nothing of the game
of baseball.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Mount Bjelcasstza in Montenegro is
reported to be showing signs Of vol
canic activity. II it ever throws up
that name there will be some jagged
rents in Montenegro.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

The leader of the band that played
"McGinty'' in st. Petersburg last Sun
day has been sent to Siberia in irons.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Henry James says the newspapers
use sloppy English" This is letting
us down easy. We feared Henry might
accuse some Of us of Singing bum
grammar"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Chancellor Won Buelow, who inner
tied $1,375,000 and was made a prince
on the same day, must have feeling
now that he is. after all, a favorite
child of fortune.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08
A Wise SUGGESTION.

kiss and make ups" the suggestion;
For the order this reason l rake up
II the latter came first, why, the kissing
Would probably spoil all the makeup!
Baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08
To Cultivate Wild Coffee.

The French government intends to-
make experiments in its Congo colony
In the cultivation OF wild coffee tree
discovered by the explorer M. Cheva-
Her
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

There was man famed Patterson.
Who always went with tai "-s on.
He slept very late,
Rode on a freight,
And never had any matters OF
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

flung himself into a chair. He felt as
if he had aged years in the hour that
had passed.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Wild Nature has been offered the
last indignity, now that Alpine peaks
are being scaled by autos.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

The dancing masters have prepared
bill of $50 new dances. The public
will have to foot it.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

A Winnebago student at Carlisle
has married an heiress. He is no
longer, 10, the poor Indian.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

The proposed duty of cents a
pound on coffee would stimulate the
bean market.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08
EA

Good tea, close price.
There is no other way to
build a good business or
keep a good business.
Your grocer returns your money IL you done
like Schillng's Best.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08
USE THE FAMOuS
Genus Hobo,

hed cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz package g.
cents The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

MRS. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup.
for children teething, softens the gums reduces IN.
nammation suays pain, cures wind cola CSC bottla
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-08-08

Every woman is the better for q
firm friendship with some man.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

ugly pfmples and dull eyes, IL she hab-
itually eats poorly cooked food. There
is, for instance, a widespread prejudice
against hot biscuits and coffee. Soggy
biscuits and muddy coffee are enough
to poison whoever touches them, but
when biscuits are light as puffs, and
coffee is clear as amber, both are in
nocuous to people in health. Every girl
should learn how to make light bis
cults and clear coffee. and this part
of her education Is just as important as
her arithmetic, her grammar. her
French, her German. her geometry or
any one of the numerous branches in
science which now occupy the attention
of girls.
The best cooking school any girl can
have is her mothers kitchen. provided
her mother knows how to cook, Moth
ing else equals the opportunity one has
just there. Three meals day are set
upon the table In most houses. The ia
ther comes home tired after a days
work, the growing boys are always
hungry, and the children may be de-
pended upon to eat their share. 1t does
not seem as If it would take a great
deal of skill to make an appettzins
plate of toast and a really good cup of
tea for mother when she has head
ache, yet 1 know any number Of girls
whose toast is scorched, messy look
drink.
A girl at home should take pains
about these simple everyday things
She should learn how to broil steak
and chops, how to cook potatoes in
many delicious ways, how to prepare
salads in a variety which is legion
Little by little, If a girl is Interested,
she may acquire the art of cooking
we'll at home. and especially she should
learn how to make good loaf of bread.
Dear girls. believe me that until you
have really tried to do this you do not
know what an accomplishment it is.
and how much care and trouble must
be taken before you can know the right
quantity OF flour and the right quantity
of yeast and the length of time to be
spent in kneading the bread and in let
ting it rise. nor have you the least idea
about the temperature Of the oven. In
the South, where bread is made in per-
lection. / have known the cook to go
downstairs in the middle of the night
that she might see how her bread was
coming on This is not necessary, and
yet bread will not brook neglect 1t
must be carefully watched and every
step OF the process must receive intelli-
gent care. Good cooking demands as
much thought as any other good thing
IN the universe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
7 TAKE it for granted that most
young girls would like to know how
to cook. A few years ago / would
have been sure that all girls desired
to know everything they could about
this useful and necessary art of woman s
work. But l found in connection with
classes m social settlements that girls
who had been working hard all day in
shops and factories did not take much
interest in the evening in a chafng dish
OF stove or anything connected with the
kitchen. They told me that they were too
tired TO enjoy this sort of work, and that
it was greater rest and refreshment to
them to take up studies Connected with
books or to do something which would
help them in making their clothes.
To-day l am writing for school girls.
and | feel quite sure that they sometimes
enjoy dropping their books and taking
hold of one of the most practical employ
ments in life. When you think of it,
nothing is more practical than the proper
preparation of daily food. What to eat,
how to cook 1t and how to serve 1t are
departments which no woman can afford
to neglect.
Ill-cooked and ill-chosen food cause in
digestion, ill-temper and ill-health. A
great deal of food in this dear country
or ours is ruined in the cooking With the
finest markets in the world, with plenty
OF everything brought to our doors, we
waste and destroy and throw away food
which in other countries, where people
are more economical is used to the best
advantage, and then we wonder why we
continue poor. We might as well wonder
why we are often plain when we might
be beautiful, and cross when we might be
anna BILE. and out of spirits when we
should be calm and tranquil. Our foolish
extravaganza and inexcusable ignorance
are at the bottom of most of the mis-
chief.
OF course, eyerygirl wants to be at
tractiye in appearance. to have bright
eyes, a smooth skin, and a look of vi
tality No girl will be beautiful or
have anything else than a sallow skin
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
ELDING THE LAST WORD GI

thought which looks far ahead. or su-
perticial view which sees only tomorrow.
In any case, about the school, the horse
or the dog. the last word is the decisive
one, and it is uttered presumably by the
one who sees furthest and is most unself-
ish and consderate.
Otherwise, the last word is that of a
tyrant, and tyranny is fatal to home
enjoyment. Tyranny strikes q blow at
the life of the household and makes
quiet living impossible in that environ
ment. Just as in "Dombey and Son.
the despotism of the elder Dombey was
a whitening and scorching blast within
the doors of his miscalled home. so
despotism anywhere works mischief
that cannot be repaired.
I knew a man whose foible it was
that he must have the final word about
everything. Beyond his own gates he
was q fairly good citizen, a man of
strict integrity, and a. reputable mer-
chant. Once he had turned his latch
key in the door, his whole nature and
Certainly his manners underwent an
extraordinary transformation. He
wanted to adjust everything IN sight.
He prowled about the kitchen, peering
into the pots and pans, and driving the
cook to distraction. He crept furtively
around the drawing room, touching a
a little dust might have settled on the
furniture, and scanning the corners Of
the ceiling above and the floor below
with inquisitive eyes, in the apparent
hope that a cobweb in one place or a
crumb on the other might give him an
opportunity for criticism.
The length OF his daughters frocks.
the color of their hair ribbons. the style
of their shoes and every trifle in their
conduct alike came under his incessant
fault-finding. Now and then. he took
up a fad with extraordinary insistence.
and while the fit lasted woe be to the
family if they ventured to disagree
with him. Once I remember he took 1t
into his head to regard common table
salt as a most virulent poison. No salt
was permitted in seasoning, no salt was
allowed on the table, no salt was ad-
mitted within the pantry door. An un-
fortunate guest, looking vainly around
the table. inquired for salt. Madam,
he said, Il would as soon give you ar
senic." A son of the house ventured
to ask for 1t, and was summarily sent
to Led.
At another time. the same good man
had a fancy that all nutrition and
every possible requirement for physical
growth were folded UP In the little
compass of a lima. bean. Therefore, for
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

some time the family DredhIdSteu' VIII
ed and supped almost exclusively on
lima beans as an article of diet
why in the world" said kinswo-
man, do you all give up to Harold in
so absurd fashion? Life is not worth
living at the price you have to pay
for it.
.rhe truth of the matter is said the
person addressed, that Harold IS SO
set upon having the last word that we
do anything for the sake OF peace ana
Quietness."
Here was an extraordinary instance
of the folly and futility of paying too
dearly for peace. A little war would
have been preferable.
People who go about with long faces,
who yield to the blues, who are grabbed
and perverse, have a good deal to an
swer for. They lessen the sum OF
pleasure In the world. They make
other people sad and give the right OF
way to melancholy, and dim the bright
ness of the daily path. In a girls al
bum the other day / saw this stanza:
Just as a place to live in
This old world is hard to beat
There is a thorn for every rose.
But aren't the roses sweet?
That is the sort of last word" which
we should be all the time saying. There
is little danger that we shall not be
sufficiently serious. Sobriety is In our
blood. Gravity is forced upon most of
us by our circumstances. and we can
not always be jolly. Yet there is no
need that we should go about dragging 6
on our feet the ball and chain of irri-
liability, moroseness or depression. Gay
ETY. is as virtuous and honorable in its
proper place and time as solemnity.
Hjalmar Boyesen, the Norwegian
poet, wrote an enchanting little lyric
all about a girl who was called the
Briar Rose. She went dancing through
the days, and when the other maidens
were milking the cows or spinning, she
was idle. Everybody condemned her.
and sympathized with her mother be-
cause she had so needless daughter.
She seemed as frivolous as a butterfly,
but there came a day when there was
a chance for an act of timely heroism,
and 1t was the little Briar Rose who
sacrificed herself and saved the town.
Friends, it does very little good to
scold and nag and condemn other peo-
pie. What we all need to do is to look
at ourselves. Are we willing to yield
the last word? Are we willing, first
and last to say words that are genial
and helpful? AS the children sing:
Little acts OF kindness,
L,ttle words of love.
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the Heaven above.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

Copyright, los, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Y OORING back upon a heated dis
cussion or a stubborn argument.
IN cooler moments, people are
~ often astonished that they wasted
SO much time and strength in try
ing to have the last word. A man con-
WINGED against his will is OF the same
opinion still, and in nine cases out of ten
domestic dissensions result in discomfort
all around, simply because both parties
are determined to have their own way.
The last word IS not always a pleasant
word nor . wise one. II takes no little
Eelf-control TO leave the advantage with
the opposite side, yet many time we are
grateful II they have the good sense to
forego continued speech and take refuge
In silencs. This is sure TO be true II We
argue On politics. They are too dangerous
70 be admitted into family talk.
Home happiness is a chain that iE strong
or weak. according as it is measured by
the strain each separate link will bear.
II there Is a weak place anywhere, then
one may say good-by 10 peace, and hap
pineSs is more dependent on peace than
on anything else. 1t cannot flourish IN an
atmosphere OF strife and contention. This
is why I would exclude politics, unless all
feel alike about men and issues.
We need not limit the last word" to
disputes and sQYabbles. In household
management there arise frequent occa-
sions for settling questions of Importance,
in which no two Of the family take pre-
cisely the same view, and yet in which
there may be complete anna bility and a
Difference to the wishes of others that re-
move the discussions from anything like
wrangling. For example, when the ques-
ton is Of choosing a profession for the
boy or a school for the girl, or of selling
a faVorite horse or introducing another
dog into a house where everybody does
not equally like dogs. There may be hon
est distaste and aversion or honest desire
and affection, or there may be a fore
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
u.sRNHkr
VI MARGAREr E. sANGsTER'S TALKS
ORD GIRLS SHOULD LEARN TO COOK

An artist cannot paint : picture. nor,
for that matter. can a house painter
decorate a house without taking pains
AS much thought and skill and dexter
ity go into a loaf of bread as into the
molding OF a statue or the weaving OF
tapestry or the writing of poetry.
Whatever else may be slighted. bread
requires conformity to rule. You have
heard old-fashioned housekeepers de-
clare that they were independent or
rules, that they made things by using
their judgment, and truly to look at
them as they work one would think
this so; pinch Of one thing, sprinkle
OF another, a handful of third. a few
ingredients airily tossed together, a
few magical passes. and out comes the
souff1e or the pudding or the dumpling
light as foam. Drowned to perfection,
with the delicate flavor that q chef
might envy. But these good cooks. al
though they do not own IL, probably
automatically adhere to rules. There
is some rule that they observe. and fol-
lowing this they act with a precision
which does not need Weighing and
measuring. Most Of US get on better II
we keep to the rule.
A good cook book with plain direc-
tions, absolutely followed. Is q friend
worth having in the house.
The advantage Of cooking schools for
SlIlS Is SCAy lOQuQ III l1o AdCL llldI
the girls there learn a good deal OF the
chemistry OF cooking. They are told
the why and the wherefore. They not
only acquire deftness OF touch. but
they learn which dishes may be served
together, and how to make the most
of small portions. The success OF a
meal depends on good catering. on
serving the right things, in the right
order, at the right time. Good house
keeping means a wise and discreet Sc
lection of provisions. Each young girl
should learn how to market. how to
cater and how TO cook and then when
she grows up she will be her mothers
capable helper. and should she marry
she will make a good wife, either for
a poor man or a rich man, Just as IL
happens.
There is fun in studying cooking in
a class. A half-dozen girls get more
leasure out OF the work than a sin
g,e girl can when studying by herself.
Additional pleasure comes from eat
ing what has been cooked. at the
close of the lesson. There is a great
deal of pleasure. too. in issuing invi-
tat.Ons to honored guests at the end
of d season, surprising them with a
fac dinner or a dainty supper served
in a style OF which Delmonico might
be proud.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

How to Make Good Coffee us
Important as Arithmetic or
Grnmmar-Mother's Kitchen the
Best Cooking School-In Making
bread, Mind the .RuIes-Chemis-
try In Cooking VIII Help You
Advantages OF Forming n Cook
ing Class.
-
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

Silence at Times Requires
Much f-COntrOI-POlitics Too
Dangerous for Family TaIk-In-
hicting Ones Fads on the Fam
ily-CaSe Where n Little War
Would Have Been Preferable
The Last Word Before the Days
SeParation-Gayety as Yirtuous
as SOIernnity.