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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16
Three Kinds of Lightning.

The Etruscans of old believed that
there were three kinds of lightning
one incapable of doing any injury, an
other more mischievous in its character
and consequently only to be issued with
the consent of a quorum of twelve
gods, and a third carrying mischief III
its train and for which regular de-
cree was required from the highest d.
whites in the Etruscan skies. Curl
ously enough, modern scientific men
agree with the view that there are
three kinds of lightning. but their vari-
cites differ from the Etruscans. The
first is known as forked lightning and
runs In zigzag lines. the second as sheet
lightning, because it is seen in body,
and the third as globe lightning, as II
sometimes runs in the shape Of ball
The latter variety is rather slow II
moving.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16
The Word "Nice."

mice" is one of the exceptional
words which have risen on the scale
and improved with age. 1t is from the
Latin "nescius" and originally signi-
fed ignorant. To Chaucer it regularly
meant foolish-"wise and nothing
nice" In Sponsors time it still meant
efreminate. From general foolishness
there was probably first a specializa-
tiop to foolish fussiness about tribes.
Then the idea of ignorance dropped
ont. and the word meant particular
about details. accurate. 1t was credit
able TO be a mice observer or to
show mice" judgment. And so in the
end the positively agreeable meaning
of today was evolved.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

Why is a poodle, 50 called? Some
one saws: Probably the natural an
swer would recall the old lady who
said that no credit could be given
to Adam for naming the pig, since
anybody would have known what to
call it. Poodle seems so obvious a
name for this dog. And. in fact, this
Is not far from the truth about the
origin of the word. 1t is quite recent
in English, not being found before
1864. apparently. 1t is the German
'pudel.' which comes from the Low
German. 'pudeln. to waddle, and the
dog must have been so called, as skeat
says. either because he waddles after
his master or because he looks fat and
4lurrsv on account of his thi"k haiF y
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16
GOOD USE OF
A ROLLING PIN

[Orsginal.l
When the Spanish American war
broke out Eugene Chamberlin. lieu
tenant in the national guard. was Of
fered a captains commission in vol
unteer regiment Chamberlin was as
steady as a rock. level headed. and his
word was considered as good as his
bond. He had been engaged for TWO
years to Jessica Reeves and at the
breaking out Of the war had just got
affairs in shape to be married. 1t
was considered wiser under the cir
cumstances to defer the wedding TIL
his return-if indeed soldier may be
exnected to return from war Cap
tain Chamberlin marched away, ana
"the girl he left behind him" never
doubted that if be did return they
would become a happy man and wife.
Captain Chamberlin just before the
close of the war was wounded ana re-
NAMED in hospital till the surrender
at Santiago. when he went home with
bic command. He had distinguished
himself at the front, and his return
was looked forward to eagerly by MS
fiancee and his former associates. One
Of the latter. having fixed his wedding
dav on the date of Chamberlln's return
n give eclat to the occasion. invited
1 the returned hero to be his best man
We have not heard it stated that a
mans trouble begins when his trienol
marries; nevertheless 1t was so III
Chamberlin's case. AS best man lie
was assigned to the brides first Drlues'
maid Miss Helen Day, and every one
else in fact was astonished to see ny
his marked devotion to Miss Day tha'
ba had been suddenly captivated Dy
her There was a GOODNESS DetWeeil
Chomberlin and his fiaucee for week
after the wedding, when the break was
,o+chad m though it was not healed
Rrt week later Jessica dlscoVeree
that her lover had suddenly become III
fotuated with a ballet dancer ne nat
seen on the stage. This aHair Oroh'
off the engagement.
From this time Chamberlh contin
ned TO fall in love with one pretty slr
after another. From being aulnire'
and Noted after his return from TIT
war he fell into contempt The cas-
was was one that excited great interes
from the fact that the delinquent MAJ
before going to Cuba been conslder s,
,oodel of constancy. One day Il
vent TO his old sweetheart ana saiu'
"Jessica. love you ana you "ion'
p ,,,,t 1.seem TO be subject to Temporal
: Tu' for other girls. / am afral
T. s lonu, Of them will marry me durln
e sUlie Of NV spells. and may be linke
, one i,th g some designing creature who vi
i No me a horrible life. You can say
give ~ mo and | will no Longer 3
!. liable to these infatuanons' ,ora III,
Chamberlin pleaded -. 50 ',ra Tr,d f.
Jessica finally put him on pro9a'iOl y
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16
O~O~~N~~N~~~~
EDITORIAL.

There is no longer the least doubt
as to the future attitude at Senator
Dubois. He has succeeded in wreck
ing the democratic party beyond all
hope OF resurrection within the immed.
late future and with the remnant the
political acrobat will now ioin the
American party and next year make
another effort TO send himself back to
the senate in the place of Senator
Hepburn. This will propably be
mighty comforting information for the
democrats.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

three months. He served the term,
coming out unscathed, but during the |
whole of it was under the care of a
bachelor friend, who on the slightest
sign Of danger locked him up till it
had passed. Jessica's Judgment and
heart had struggle for mastery, and
tie heart conquered. She and Cham
berlin were married Every one pre-
dlcted that the bride would rue the day
that she consented to marry a man
subject to become enthralled az n mo-
ments notice with any pretty face.
and the result was In accordance with
their expectations. Captain Chamber
lin was improved only in this; He did
not fall in with so many women Of in
ferlor grade, consequently his affairs
were of more respectable class.
The poor wife suffered. but no more
than her husband, whose weakness
made his home miserable. Their init
mate associates could always see the
signs of new love in ChdInberlin's
breast in the cloud that rested on him
and his wife. One day while Mrs.
Chamberlin was cooking in the
kitchen her husband, who had just en-
tered on a new infatuation. joined her
there. Hey had been having high
words abC.t the matter in the dining
room. When he came in she was roll
ing dough. A nervous tension that had
been long accommodating at last over
came the equilibrium of her faculties,
and, raising the rolling pin. she
brought it down on her husbands
skull Realizing what she had done,
she threw her arms about his neck and
burst into passionate sobs.
MY woundr' exclaimed the husband
You hit me on the spot that Mausel
bullet struck"
"Oh. heavens"
mo harm done, sweetheart" he sale
encouragngly, but l think I'd bettel
see a surgeon"
In sn hour a surgeon drove up Il
the house. examined the wound-mucl
of the swelling had misrepresentation
upon asking about the original was toll
that bullet was supposed to hay
fractured llle Skull. Dul tut suibcOA
considered it a slight break and ha,
not operated upon it.
Il can see evidence" said the SUI
geon ''of an indentation which seem
to have been modified by this bloN
given today" And with a recomment
alton to watch the wound carefully fc
developments he departed.
From that time a change came owe
the home Of the Chamberlins. Euger
made a model husband and never agai
was even tempted to run after a prett
face. No more devoted couple eve
lived together.
A consultation of surgeons and phr
nologists decided the original woun
had brought about a pressure on Il
source of one of the sentimental pr
pensities located in the center of Il
brain, which had been relieved by Il
second blow.
In other words. the captain had hi
a lot of nonsense knocked into him
n Spaniard with a Mauser bullet whiC
had been knocked out by his wife wi
, a rolling pin.
s. HUNTER HALSEY.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

The returns show that Congressman
French is reelected by from $4,000
to $4,000 over Mr.. Hattabaugh, lead
ing the entire republican ticket. This
is the biggest relative vote Mr.. French
ever received.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

It is to be hoped that the case new
pending against the Standard Oil Co.
will terminate favorably for the gov
eminent. Too long already have the
people submitted to system of extor-
ton and plumber that is shameful and
heartless, and now that the matter has
been started it is to be hoped it will
be vigorously pushed.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

There will be no tears shed anywhere
in Idaho over the defeat of Dubois.
The election OF Mr.. Borah will cause
great Joy among all citizens, regardless
of party, who stand for square deal.
-Pocatello Tribune.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

The action ofthe coast cities in at
tempting to prevent Spokane and other
inland towns from getting a just and
fair freight rate is deserving the sever
est condemnation. The present rates
are unjust and touches the pocket
book Of every man, woman, and child
in the Inland Empire.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-16

LOST: One genial old gentleman
by the name Of w. J. Mcconnell who
was last seen in the vicinity Of Mos
COW three months ago bowling equal
taxation" along with VIM. Leasure. A
liberal reward will be paid for informa-
ton leading to his discovery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Modern Printing Machinery.

American printing methods are
being developed by increasing spe-
c~ialization in mechanism and by the
use of individual electric motors for
each piece of machinery. A typical
modern plant is that OF the New
York Times. Here the pressroom Is
sixty feet below the street level, am
ply ventilated, and it's atmosphere
kept dry by chemico-mechanical5 de-
vices. The paper is printed on four
octuple Hoe perfecting presses, haV-
ing a total capacity of $4,000 six
teen-page papers hourly, counted and
folded. Each press is driven by a
75-horse power main motor, assisted
by two 10-horse power starting mo-
tors. One press a be used to print
two separate editions, or either half
of the press can be used at will.
There are twelve separate sets of
Kohler push buttons to control each
press, and when a pressman presses
the safety" button the motor cannot
be started again except through the
button by which it was stopped. The
motors T in PITS beneath the
presses. The operation and speed OF
q press are automatically recorded on
a paper roll by means Of an appara-
tus invented by Messrs. Winnacott
and Palmer, two Of the engineering
staff Of the newspaper. Ink Is fed
to the rollers by gravity from a stor-
age tank. The New York Times uses
about fifty 1400-pound rolls of paper
daily. A new roll can be put on a
press in twenty seconds. The news
papers on leaving the press are taken
by an endless chain eonveyor to the
mailing and distributing rooms above.
The composing room is on the six
teenth floor, and contains thirty-eight
linotypes, each driven by a quarter
horse power motor. One feed wire
supplies four motors. Gas burners
heat steam for the matrix tables, and
the completed matrices are dropped
to the pressroom on a special lift,
where they are cast on an autoplate
machine driven by a 10-horse power
motor. For communication between
the building and the outside world
there are 1862 telegraph wires and
sos telephone instruments. All the
clocks in the building are regulated
every hour by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. Electric cur
rent is supplied from the street
mains from three separate service
connections, and. in the event OF
emergencies there 10 an additional
connection with the third. rail Of the
New York Subway, which has a sta
ton Immediately beneath a portion
of the building. The bulk Of the edi-
ton is distributed via the Subway.
The building is lighted by $500 in
c%andescent lamps. Cooper-Hewitt va
por lamps are used in the press and
composing rooms. Cleaning Is &C
complished by compressed air. In
winter low pressure steam is used for
heating, otherwise there is no steam
plant on the premises.-London
Times.
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New Work For Girls.

Strenuous girls are finding a new
and lucrative profession in teaching
their own sex games and physical ex-
ercises in schools.
At st. Brides Institute there is a
prosperous school, with four or five
teachers, where girls r. given a two
years training in the work, and from
it they go forth to earn from $500 to
$1,000 per annum. Thirty girls are
at present going through the course.
More than twenty Of their predeces-
sors now certifcated are at work, for
there is q steady demand for these
young women.
This training is no child's play. A
girl who enters for the course has
to be at work either in study Of gym
nasium for five hours every day of
the term. Sixteen is the minimum
age for entry, but most Of the girls
are eighteen when they start. There
are also games to be learned
cricket, hockey, and basketball.
Swimming and rescue work are
taught.-London Daily Mail.
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With a dull lead pencil and a
ruler draw lines on the inside to
represent bricks.
For the roof take four straw COW
erings which are used to protect bot
ties from breakage; cut the strings
so that they will open flat and tack
them in position on top of the box.
The three-cornered hole which is
found at the back just under the
roof can be covered with the end OF
the box which was removed. Green
tissue paper makes a good floor coV-
ering.
You may cut out domestic animals
by the score from old books, maya
zines, or newspapers and stand them
up about the barn, using as props
pieces of visiting cards bent and fast
ened to their backs, as indicated In
the picture. New York Mail.
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in the larger, and it will be higher
at the sides of the tubes than in the
middle. This is due to the pressure
of the air on the surface Of the water,
and to what is known as capillary at
traction, this last causing the water
to rise in the sides of the tube.
Now thrust the tubes into mercury,
and an exactly opposite effect will be
produced, as shown in the darker
picture. for the mercury will have a
lower level inside the tubes than out
side, and as it has a tendency to slip
away from the glass surface rather
than to cling to 1t there is no capil-
larry attraction, and 1t falls downward
at the sides and curves upward in
the centre. Besides, it will rise high
er in the larger tubes than in the
smaller ones.
A similar experiment may be made
with two fat pieces Of glass, placed
together like a wedge, and held so
by a broad rubber band, a piece of
wood being placed at the top and the
bottom of the open part, as shown
in the illustration.
Now dip this wedge into water,
and you will find that the water will
rise higher where the pieces of glass
come together than at the open part,
thus making a curved surface. Dip
it into mercury and the curve will be
reversed, the msrcury having a lower
level where the pieces of glass come
together.-NeW York Mail.
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The LAST One.

The BisLo p Of Worcester was ono
travelling through Banbury by rail-
and wishing to try their celebrated
cakes, summoned a boy and asked
him to procure him one. Learning
that the price was threepence, the
bishop gave the lad a sixpence, telling
him, And with the. other threepenee.
buy cake for yourself" The lad
shortly returned, complacentlys
munching his cake, and handing
threepence back to the bishop, ex<
claimed: There was only one left,
Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
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% wames and
rn~ q tho

main features of my breakfast. Fin
ally dyspepsia cams on and l found
myself in a bad condition, worse In
the morning than any other time. l
would have aifull, sick feeling in my
stomach, with pains in my heart,
sides and head.
LAT times l would have no appe-
title for days, then | would feel raw
enous, never satisfied when | did eat
and so nervous l felt like %shrieking
at the top of my voice. 1 lost flesh
badly and hardly knew which way to
turn until one day l bought a box Of
Grape-Nuts food to see If I could eat
that. l tried it without telling the
doctor, and liked it fine; made me feel
as If l had something to eat that wa5
satisfying and still l didn't have that
heaviness that I had felt after eating
any other food.
II hadn't drank any coffee then IN
FIVE weeks. I kept on with the Grape
| Nuts and in a month and a half l had
gained Is pounds, could eat almost
anything 1 wanted, didn't feel badly
after eating, and my nervousness was
all gone. It's a pleasure to be well
again."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book, 1.-The
| Road to Wellville," in pkgs. There's
q reason.
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"He11o, Girl Thst Can't Hear.

Can't something be done to i'm
prove the hearing apparatus OF the
telephone girls at the central ONCE,
30 that they will not quite SO per-
sistently fail to hear the nickel
dropped into the slot at the pay sta
tons? The frequency and emphasis
with which customers are informed
that they are trying to beat the line,
when they have complied with all the
preliminary requirements is getting
to be somewhat annoying to people
of delicate sensibilities .-Boston Her
aid.
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EVERYDAY Religion.

"I have so fixed the habit In my
OWL mind" said Stoncwall Jackson,
that I never raise a glass OF water
to my lips without asking Gods bless
ing. l never seal q letter without
putting a word Of prayer under the
seal. I never take a letter from the
post without a brief sending of my
thoughts Heavenward. I never
change my classes in the section room
without a minutes petition for the
cadets who go out and those who
coma in
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To Catch the Unruly Hog.

Chasing hogs is exceedingly anus
ing when the chaser is bent on pleas
ure only. When it becomes an
everyday duty the funny feature dis
appears, and instead the air Is gen.
orally laden with expletives not suit
able to polite society. The hog is an
elusive beast. Being round and fat
and also slippery - the chaser Is
not afforded any point Of vantage to
obtain a firm hold. This is true with
but one exception, and that is his
tail. But here again the chaser is
handicapped. Hogs tails are so lit
tie and at the same time so frail that
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of the lid. If now you hold the box
SO that the light will not strike the
hole directly and look through the
hole into the box the hole will ap-
pear intensely black.
Make the hole in the form of a de-
sign or an imp or a brownie, and
even if you paint the lid black, when
Nu look through the hole you will
see the figure darker than the dark
background.
The black produced by this method
is called "CheYreul's black" after
the Frenchman who invented it.
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not infrequently the hog energies
from the chase minus his tail. A
more sensible method is the use Of
the implement illustrated herewith.
The inventor, an Iowa man, claims
that no difficulty is experienced in
getting the moose in position. When
once it is securely clamped in the
hogs nose it is an easy matter to
lead the animal to any place desired.
Philadelphia Record.
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Must Have Faith.

The Indiana State Board of Health
recently analysed $50 samples of
food and drugs and found 3S9 of
them impure. But how is the aver
age Hoosier going to know whether
he is getting one of the 500 or one
of the 3S9?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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like him, but he would not be like me
for worlds" r. =,
was, HE lives according to his
praying!" How vastly dgterent 1T
would have been If be had said: Il
don't mean anythingzbyamy ssHear-
ing, and he don't lea anything by
his praying!" LET your light so
shine before men that they
glorify your Father which is IN
Heaven"
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"Chevreul's Black" Which is Black
er Than Black Velvet.

A simple experiment is one on
blackness. You know that no paint
or any other substance in the world
is perfectly black, but there is a way
to make a figure appear so that it
will look blacker even than black vel
vet.
Paint the inside of a p~asteboard
box black or cover it with dead black
cloth. In the lid of the box make a
hole, being careful not to make it
larger than one-tenth of the surface
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Mercury and Water.

Get a number of glass tubes, vary
ing in size from a quarter of an inch
in diameter to the slim thermometer
tube. Thrust them into water and
see the result as shown in the &C
comparing picture. The water will
rise higher in the smaller tubes than
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A%ttributing his failure at the last
French elections to the frequent
%breakdowns of his motor car, a can
didate has brought action against a
motor manufacture and claims $4,000
damages. p" N. Y.-40
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AZ Starch Box Barn.

This barn is just the thing for a
rainy day. Our elder readers a
make it for the younger children OF
the household and get a great deal
of pleasure out of it for themselves.
Take a wooden box not longer than
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+ Every mother possesses information
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Too often this is never impaired or is
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Girls over-sensitiveness and modesty
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to be told to their physician at this
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, When a girls thoughts become slug
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when she is a mystery to herself and
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Hundreds of letters from young girls
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Miss Mills has written the two fol-
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81 am but fifteen years ofage, arm depressed,
have dizzy spells, chills, headache and back
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Bachelor B~rusqueness.

An old-time English barrister was
John Williams, a sarcastic wit and a
bachelor with an intense prejudice
against marriage. His clerk one day
asked him for a holiday to get mar
ried, and some months afterward, on
entering his chambers, Williams
found his dead body suspended from
the door. He engaged another clerk
and asked him if he was married.
mo-" the clerk replied; but thinking
Williams would regard marriage as q
guarantee of steadiness; he added,