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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Candies With Walnuts.

Walnut candies-Put half pound
of good brown sugar into pan add
half a gill of cold water and pinch
of cream of tartar; boil until they be-
come clear Then add half a gill of
golden syrup and half an ounce of
butter. Boil the mixture until, when
some of it is dropped into cold water,
it sets. Pour the mixture onto an oil
ed marble slab or a large dish will
do. With an oiled knife keep folding
the edges over into the middle and
go on doing this till the nuts 1.-TWO
ounces) are mixed in. Oil your hands
and a pair of scissors and as soon as
it is possible to handle the candy cut
it into thick strips. Pull and stretch
these out till about an inch wide. You
must be very quick in adding the
walnuts, otherwise the candy will
set.
Walnut tablet-Butter or oil tin.
Chop four ounces of walniits and
sprinkle them on the tin. Put IA
pounds of sugar into pan, add half
a gill of water, dissolve very slowly,
then boil to 200 degrees, or until it is
a light yellow color and quite brittle
when dropped in water, Pour over
the walnuts when nearly cold. Mark
into squares or strips and break when
quite cold.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Jockey Race.

A fine romp for a rainy day in a
house where you have a big play
room, or, better yet, for out-of-doors
any winter day when the pavements
are not icy, is jockey race on canes,
Put each player astride long cane
tied with a gay ribbon bride to match
a paper jockey cap. The bride must
be held in the left hand, while whip
is used in the right
The starter, with flag, stands to
the side of a given line, while the
riders are lined up back of it.
"One, two, three, Off" cries the
starter, and away go all the jockeys
at a full gallop around the course
which has been decided on before
hand.
The rider crossing the line first is
the winner. After finishing the race,
the winner takes his place at one
side, and all the rest ride their canes
slowly past bowling profoundly as
they come directly opposite him.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
The BIarney Stone,

Few persons know how the Barney
stone, the kissing of which is known
TO bestow peculiar wheedling powers
upon a person, first got its reputation.
1t dates back to 1902, when the Span
ish were trying to excite the Irish
chieftains to harass the English au-
thorities. Captain Cormac McDermot
Mccarthy, who held the Castle of
Blarney in Ireland, had concluded an
armistice with the Lord President on
condition of surrendering this fort to
an English garrison, but day after
day he put off the English lord with
soft promises and delusive delays un-
til the English lord became laugh
ing stock and "Blarney talk" a pro.
verb.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
For the Handy Boy.

The design for an umbrella stand
given in illustration is made of or
binary wood and covered with bur-
lap or bagging finished at the edges
with screws or slim steel wire nails.
Over the enti., outside of the box
stretch burlap or bagging such as fur
niture is wrapped and packed in;
fasten the material in place with fiat
headed carpet tacks or liquid glue.
After the glue is dry the burlap may
be treated to several coats OF paint
of some desirable color. A zinc tray
that will fit inside the stand, to catch
the drippings from wet umbrellas, can
be made by any tinsmith
An ordinary canned goods box can
be fixed up and painted to appear as
shown in the illustration. Cover the
surface of the box with heavy build
ers' paper, gluing it on smoothly
avoiding creases or wrinkles. and
paint a rich mahogany brown. Two
or three coats, each thoroughly dried
and afterward vanished and rubbed
down, will make a good, durable sur
face. Scrap iron corners and cross
bands, embellished with big, rough
headed, handmade nails add to the
apparent strength of this chest and
give it the character of an antique
stronghold.
A box of this sort may be put to
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Finqer Tricks.

To show what surprising Strength
tests" can be carried out with the
fingers alone, an English paper gives
three experiments:
Place your elbows close to your
sides with the tip of the second fin
ger of each hand pressed together
in front of you. It then becomes
practically impossible for a second
person to pull the fingers apart
while standing fairly in front of you
and grasping your wrists.
Sit in a chair, and rest the tip of
the first finger of either hand on the
top of your head. Ask person to
raise the hand by grasping your
wrist. Sandow, with all his strength,
could not lift the hand of a child. He
would raise the child from the floor,
but its finger would not BIO moved
from its head.
A third trick shows how easily the
strength in the fingers Of any ordi-
nary persons hand can part the fists
of strong man. Place your fists to-
gether at arms length let another
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Great scuIptor's Early Struggles.

Augustin Rodin, the French sculp-
tor, had a great struggle with poverty
and adverse criticism in his youth.
OF an episode of this early period
writer says: with that inf1exible
will and singleness of purpose that
never failed him throughout his ca
reer, the young sculptor set himself
to express in clay, marble or bronze
his conception of life and art. He
used his leisure in working at night
time, in deserted stable he had
transformed into studio, at his won
derful mask of The Man with the
Broken Nose After eighteen months
of hard and patient labor he finished
this mask and sent it to the salon. IL
took the hanging committee fourteen
years to discover any merit In the
work, for it was rejected in 1864, and
finally accepted only in 1878"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
A Postcard Dress.

When the album is filled, or when
one has accumulated many souvenir
postals that are too good to throw
away, but not quite good enough to
put in, it sometimes becomes a ques-
ton what to do with the surplus.
attended fancy dress carnival where
a girl appeared charmingly attired in
dress decorated with picture post
cards, strung with narrow green rib
bon. The skirt was very prettily
pleated at the waist. the cards over
tapping one another to form the
pleats. The bodice was also pleated
in the same way and hung loose.
There were no sleeves, but pieces Of
green ribbon were brought round the
arm, with dainty little bows. The
headgear was made in the shape of a
tight-fitting cap. Eight postcards
were strung together to form a small
album, this being open, and fastened
on to the top of the cap"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
White Ants as a Dellcacy.

The natives of nearly all parts OF
Africa are exceedingly fond of white
camping on the banks of the Zougai
Livingstone was visited by chief, and
as he was at dinner at the time he
gave him a piece of bread and some
preserved apricots. The chief seemed
to relish 1t very much, and Livingstone
asked him if he had anything equal to
that in his country. "Ah," said he,
did you ever taste white ants?" Liy-
ingstone assured him that he had never
tried that delicacy. We'll, If you
had" replied the chief, licking his
mouth with pleasant memories, you
never could wish anything better"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Which :?

Which country makes you shiver?-
Chile.
Which country gives you an appe-
tite?-Turkey.
Which country reminds you of meal
time?-Hungary.
Which country is always in a tur
moil?-Russia (rush-a).
Which country is destructible?-
China
Which country is always lament
ing Wales (wails).
Which country is always frozen?-
Iceland
Which country reminds one of sum-
mer?-Greenland
Which country is always fat?-
Greece.
Which country is fishy ?-Finland.
Which country, although old, is al
ways ew?-Newfoundland
Which country is ever green?-Isle
of Pines.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Two Kinds of PeIicans.

We have in America two kinds Of
pelicans, the white and the brown,
writes Frank Chapman in the Cen
fury. OF the former, can only say
that it does not encourage the ad-
vances of the avian psychologist. In
vasions Of its strongholds on remote
lake islets in Manitoba and in Ne
vada have resulted in their complete
desertion by every white pelican old
enough to spread wing; and success
here is doubtless not to be looked for
so long as this snowy-plumaged bird
remains a shining mark for every
rowing rifleman.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
UNDER WHICH KING
1.-THE More Postum the More Food
the More Coffee the More Poison.

the More Coffee the More Poison.
The Pres. of the w. G. T. U. in a
young giant state in the Northwest
says:
Il did not realize that | was slave
to coffee till left off drinking it. For
three or four years | was obliged to
take nerve tonic every day. Now
am free, thanks to Postum Food
Coffee.
After finding out what coffee will
do to it's victims, | could hardly stand
to have my husband drink it; but he
was not willing to quit. | studied fol
months to find way to induce him
to leave it off Finally told him }
would make no more coffee.
81 got Postum Food Coffee, and
made it strong-boiled it the required
time, and had him read the little
book, The Road to MELVILLE that
comes in every pkg.
To-day Postum has no stronger ad.
vocate than my husband! He tells
our friends how to make it, and that
he got through the winter without a
spell Of the grip and has not had a
headache for months-he used to be
subject to frequent nervous head,
aches.
THE stronger you drink Postum the
more food you get; the stronger you
drink coffee the more poison you get. "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Ever Hear of "scotty" and His Record
Breaking Rider

The story, briefly told, is this: Wal
ter Scott, the Death Valley gold miner,
made the trip from Los Angeles to
Chicago last summer on special
train over the Santa Fe" in less than
as hours. That whirlwind train cost
him more than $4,000. 1t was the
fastest long distance run over noun
tains and plains ever made on any
American railway. 1t demonstrated
beyond dispute that the Santa Fe
track, equipment and employees are Of
the dependable kind. Probably you
wouldn't care to ride SO fast. You pre-
fer the luxury of our three trains from
Utah and Colorado to Everywhere
East and Southwest.
Ask me for ticket rates and litera-
ture.
C. F. WARREN.
G. A., A. T. & S. F. Ry.
All Dooly Block. Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
state Conducted Funerals.

In many of the cantons of Switzer-
land the public burial is the rule. the
private funeral is the exception, and
in one canton at least all burials
are conducted entirely at public ex-
pense. This canton Is Glarus There
the relatives pay for the dressing OF
the body and they are permitted to
provide monument and special
adornments for the grave. They may
also provide religious services II they
wish. But for the rest the canton
pays all, and the relatives are strictly
forbidden from even SO much as fee
ing the sexton.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

King Psammeticus was dispensing
Justice, it let the shoe fall right into
the kings lap. It's size, beauty and
daintiness Immediately attracted the
royal eye, and the king, determined
upon knowing the wearer of so cum
ming a shoe. sent throughout all his
kingdom in search of the foot that
would fit it,
AS in the story of Cinderella, the
messengers finally discovered Rhod-
ope, fitted the shoe and carried her in
triumph to Memphis, where she be-
came the Queen of King Psammeti-
Gus.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
The Real Cinderella.

Cinderella's real name was Rhod-
ope, and she was a beautiful Egyp-
tian maiden who lived 670 years be-
fore the common era, and during the
reign of Psammeticus, one of the
twelve kings of Egypt
One day SIC ventured to go In
bathing in clear stream near her
home, and meanwhile left her shoes,
which must have been unusually
small, lying on the bank. An eagle
passing above CHANGED to catch sight
of the little sandals, and, mistaking
them for a tootbsome tidbit, pounced
down and carried off one in his beak.
The bird then unwittingly played
the part of fairy godmother. for, fly
ing directly over Memphis. where
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

What Time Is it2
What time is it?
Time to do we'll
Time to live better
Give up that grudge-
Answer that letter;
Speak kind word to sweeten a sorrow:
Do that good dead you would leave till
tomorrow.
Time to be happy,
Doing your best
Time to be trustful
Leaving the rest;
Knowing, in whatever country or cline,
Meier can we call back one minute of
time.
-Woman's Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

person strike simultaneously your
left fist with one finger in down
ward direction, and your right fist
with one finger in an upward direc-
ton. No matter how hard you press
your fists together, they will fly
apart.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

that | was laid up
I our months. I
had night sweats
and fainting spells
and dropped to 80
pounds. The urine
passed every few
minutes with in
tense pain and
looked like blood.
Dfopsy set in and
the doctors decid-
ed | could not live
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

My wife got me using Doan's Kidney
Pills, and as they helped me took
heart, kept on and was cured so thor
oughly that I've been well three
years"
Sold by all dealers so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
A Weighty Card.

Take visiting or playing card and
bend down the ends as represented in
the accompanying diagram. Ask any
one to try it and blow it over. This
seems easy enough, but it may be
tried for hours without success. 1t is
to be done, however. by blowing
sharply on the table at some distance
from the card New York World
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

The French are said to expend no
less than $100000,000 annually in
tips. In Paris alone $4,000 a day
is said to find its way into the poo
kets of walters, cabmen, porters and
the many other persons who look ON
tips as their right and perquisste.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures PAIN
full smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing
nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by
all Druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Promote German Trade.

Within the last few months Ger
man capitalists have started banks for
the promotion of German trade In East
Africa West Africa, Asia Minor, Ar
gentina, Bulgaria and Central Amer
lea.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Poodles sheared by Machinery.

The Paris poodle is now sheared by
machinery. A clipping machine, driv-
en- by two and half horsepower
gasolene motor, is mounted on wheels.
and moved from street to street as
required. The result Is stated to av-
erage six dogs per hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
Possesses Rare Book.

The Duke of Devonshire possesses,
as an heirloom, Claude Lorraine's
Book of Truth" which is said to be
one of the rarest and most valuable
volumes in Europe. 1t Is worth six
times as much as the "MaZarin' Bible,
the most costly book that the British
Museum can boast. The late duke
refused an offer Of 100000 for 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

use as a silver chest, and if so it
should be lined with canton flannel
or felt, which may be tackled or glued
fast. Several trays may be provided
in which to keep spoons, forks and
other small articles of plate.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

A round trip rate of $50 to California
will be In effect all winter via the new
and popular Salt Lake Route. See
nearest agent or write for information
D.. l.. Moore. d. P. A.. Salt Lake City.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
To Make Diamond Brilliant.

A few drops of ammonia on the
under side of diamond will clean it
Immediately and make it very bril-.
liant
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
USE THE FAMOUS
Deacon Came Out Ahead.

Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5
cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

Follow the proper lines with a pen
ell or pen, and you will trace an out
line drawing of great historical
character.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

To CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BR0M0 Qunine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money II IL fails to cure Il. w.
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27
RAISED FROM A DEATH,HEp.

Mr.. Pitts, Once Pronounced lncurabIe.
Has Been Well Three Years.
e. E. Pitts, 60 Hathaway St. Show.
hogan, Me-, says; Seven years ago
my back ached and | was so rim down
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces ~
lnsmmation alays pain, cures wind collie 26c bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
SANITY OF THAW
IS QUESTIONED.

NEW YORK. Sept. 27-Tt was dis
closed tonight thar Harry X. Thaw IS
to be examined before lailaey com
mission. This step has been decided on
by Tkaw's lawyers af.er mnc, per-
suasion vy Mrs. William Thaw. She
plans to a~oid having him placed on
trial for the Staying of Stanford
White. preferring to have him sent to
the Matteawap asylum for the criminal
insane.
An application for the appointment
of the lunacy commission will be made
it is understood before Justice Clan
chard next week in the Supreme Court
criminal branch. The application will
be based upon the aff1davits of several
of Thaw's lawyers and of alienists who
have made a thorough physical and
mental examination of the prisoner.
Information that this was to be made
has reached the District Attorneys Of
fee No opposition will be offered. The
District Attorneys ofice will insist,
however upon having an examination
of Thaw by Drs. Macdonald and Flint,
representing the State.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
APANEsE RA|D|NC
SEAL ROOkER|Es.

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept 27.-The
sealing schooner City of San Diego,
first of the fleet from Bcring Sea to
reach port, arrived tonight, bringing
news of several more raids made by
Japanese sealing schooners, armed
with quick-hring guns, on Copper and
Bcring islands, whose rookeries are
leased by an American company from
the Russian Government, which has
guards on the islands. Hunters of
japanese schooners who boarded the
City of San Diego in Bering Sea re-
ported that number of Japanese
schooners had made raids at Copper
Island, two being armed with Cat
lings, with which they bombarded
the huts of the guards on the island
before landing.
During the past summer, t was esti-
mated, at least twenty Japanese were
killed and none know how many Rus
slams had been shot. The captain of
one of the Japanese schooners was
among the killed, having been shot
through the head by the rookery
guards The City of San Diego re-
ported seeing about twenty five Jap
anese schooners in Bering Sea. They
were clustered close about the islands
and shooting right and left. Conse-
quently the Victoria schooners were
obliged TO remain sixty miles outside
the islands and had poor season.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
ALLEGED FRAUD IN
COAL LANDS.

DENVER, Sept. 27-Charles A.
Prouty. Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner. heard evidence here today under
congressional authorization against
the Union Pacific Coal Company, a sub
sidiary corporation of the railway COM
pany, in connection with charges that
the company fraudulently secured con-
troll of immense tracts of coal lands.
Tonight Commissioners Prouty said:
IF the evidence given before me
and I believe it to be true-can be sub
stantiated, the Union Pacific Coal Com
pany wrongfully controls coal lands in
wyoming and othel States that are
worth millions of dollars. The matter
will have to come before Congress, and
after it does it remains for those most
deeply interested to begin civil actions
in the courts
Judge Cyrus Beard of the Supreme
Court of wyoming was one Of the Wit
nesses today and he testified that he
located coal lands for the company and
then sold his location right for 5000
more than the speculation cost him
At that time he was Union Pacific at
torney. He admitted that the com
pany provided the money with which
he paid for the lands originally, and
that the 5000 was for his trouble Half
a dozen witnesses testified that they
were taken to a room in the Union
station by George Mosholder. gam
bier, and were there given from So to
SIS each for signing papers the nature
of which they did not know
It is alleged that these men. who
were mainly habitues of saloon and
similar resorts, were used as dun
mics BY the company in securing
lands under their names. All the wit
nesses are said to have been promised
immunity and they testified freely.
The Denver hearing is the last to be
held in the West at this time and Com
missioner Prouty has started for Wash
ington, where he will file his report
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
Pre- PAIRING PLANS
FOR INVASION
Of CUBA.
Transportation of Troops a
Grave Problem Being Con
sidered by Army and Navy
INTERVENTION SEEMS
QUESTION OF HOURS
All Efforts to Keep Palma
in Office Fail Taft May
Soon Become Governor
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

CALL BUREAU, POST
BUILDING, WASHINGTON,
Sept. 2Z-Possible invasion OF
Cuba was the incentive of con-
tinued activity in the War and
Navy departments to-day. At the
war college the general staff of
the army has held session
which lasted through the after
noon. At its close the policy of
secrecy which has characterized
the army in the prosecution of
Cuban as we'll as other matters
was maintained, and it was said
that the meeting had to do only
with the practical working of the
problems dealing with the trans
portation, arlning and feeding a
United States army which might
be called upon to sail from the
Atlantic Coast to Havana or some other
point on the Cuban coast
In spite of repeated assertions by
members of the general staff that an
army sufficient to quen the disturb
ances in Cuba could be landed in that
island within a week, the question is
raised by military experts not directly
interested in the general staff plans
whether this is actually possible. They
seem inclined to doubt whether the
army is very much better prepared for
such contingency than it was in 1895
They point out that the bids for horses
and mules were opened in Chicago only
two days ago and that at least a month
will be required for their inspection
and acceptance. In the matter of
transportation the army IS said to be
equally badly off. Only the Sumner is
available, and. although the general
staff is keeping watch of ships which
might be pressed into the service, the
number of these varies from day to
day. and when any one of them be-
comes available it will require several
days to refit it for the transportation of
troops.
WORK AHEAD FOR THE NAVY.
Meanwhile the brunt of actual op-
erations has fallen upon the navy In
addition to the ships already dispatched
to Cuba it was officially announced
this afternoon that the Columbia, after
reaching New York with Secretary
Root on board, would be held in readi-
ness to transport bluejackets and ma
rines to Cuba if required 1t was said
that this was also the intention to-
ward the Rhode Island, which has been
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