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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
BUILDING GOOD ROADS.
Interest in the Movement Spreading
to All Parts of the Country.

The good roads problem is occupy
ing the attention of the people as it
never did before, and on every side
are heard discussions of ways and
means to provide better highways.
In Missouri Gov Folk has suggested
that the money obtained from dram
shop licenses be used in building
roads. and the next legislature will
be asked to pass law to that effect.
In some states the revenue derived
from automobile licenses will be used
for building roads. The utilization of
convict labor seems to be the simplest
and best method Of improving the
roads quickly and at the least ex-
pense, and when this method is adopt
ed the roads will rapidly become bet
ter
In the southern states it is COM
mon sight, says the Motor Way, to
see the convicts working on the
roads, and wherever this work Is be-
ing done the county or district is
benefited and the improved roadway
means a higher value for the ada
cent farm land Better highways will
bring the country resident closer to
the city and enable him to enjoy
many Of the privileges of city life
heretofore denied him.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
FOR DISTRIBUTING SILAGE.
Continuance in Siio Which Facilitates
the Filling Operations.

Many farmers sustain more or less
loss each year because of the uneven
settling of material in the sil0. rms
is due to the uneven distribution or
the silage as it falls from the blower.
1t results in an uneven packing, ana
consequently settling Either one or
two extremes is generally noted; the
silage is either packed too hard in the
center, and not enough about the
walls, or vice versa. The latter re-
suits in an uneven settling that Is
ruinous TO a part of the silage, says
Montreal Herald No matter how hard
sne man may work, or how careful
he may try to be in spreading out
he cut stuff there is always a posi-
bility that there will be extremes OF
tight or loose packed places. Where
the blower is used, device for even
ly distributing the silage over the sur
face of the silo is practical. rms
guard of spreading board "A In our
illustration, is securely hinged direct
ly over the center of the silo, in Such
a position that the ensilage thrown by
the blower strikes it in the center
when hanging vertically, as shown by
&C" and so that it may strike only
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
For Distributing SiIage Evenly.

the lower edge when elevated to the
point shown by the dotted lines indi
eating the door at e a light rope,
M" is attached to the swinging door
by eye bolts r. passed over two
pulleys, "P," and is operated directly
by the man working in the silo, He
may, if desired, keep the spreading
thus securing very nearly perfect re-
suits in the way of even distribution.
The board should be made of extra
heavy planks, or several thicknesses
of heavy boards, so that it will easily
resist the force of the impact of
ensilage from the blower and maintain
its position by gravity.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
A RuIs and an Execution.

According to the New York rrib-
une, country paper lays down this
rule OF etiquette; when a lady anc
gentleman are walking in the street,
the lady should walk inside of the
gentleman"
1t seems a little strange that this
simple rule SO long current among
the cannibal tribes of the Andaman
and other islands, should find its way
into rural journal of more or less
civilization 1t would appear that the
etiquette editor of the paper in ques-
ton was either too careless or too
hurried to note any exceptions to the
rule. Otherwise he would have ex-
planned that when the gentleman was
thirsty and desired to enter a cafe,
the lady would walk on the outside
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
SKIN gRuPTloNs a5 YEARS.
Suffered Severely with Eczema All
Over Body-A Thousand Thanks
to Cuticura Remedies.

"For over thirty-fve years l was a
severe sufferer from eczema. The
eruption was not confined to any one
Mace. 1t was all over my body, limbs,
and even on my head. | am sixty
wears old and an old soldier. and have
baen examined by the Government
BOARD over fiji cen times, and they
said there was no cure for me. l have
taken all kinds of medicine and have
spent large sums of money for doc
tors without avail. A short time ago
decided to try the Cuticura Rene
dies and after using two cakes OF
Cuticura Soap, two boxes OF Cuticura
Ointment, and two bottles OF Cuti.,
cura Resolvent, two treatments In all,
T am now we'll and completely cured.
A thousand thanks to Cuticura.
cannot speak too highly of the Cuti-
cnra Remedies. Jonn T Roach, Rich
mondale. Ross Co., Ohio, July IL,
1906"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Consummate Nerve.

Senator Tillman, at a banquet In
Charleston, said of notorious cor
poration:
This is what | dislike about these
people
They break the law with bribery
and with corruption, and then, if there
lis strike among their hands, a win
dow broken, gate torn down, they
are tt.s first to come whining to the
law .Sese lawbreakers-for protec.
tion What nerve what impudence!"
Senator Tillman paused and smiled
Do you know what in their nerve,
they remind me Off" he said They
remind me OF man who takes shelter
from a thunderstorm in an umbrella
shop"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
oo;l.A . Take a Day Of.

A postmaster, not many miles from
gillville, posted the following notice
on his shutter recently:
"All parties expectin' mail are here
by notified to git all that's comm to
'em In adyance-any time before next
Thursday, that bein' the day we have
app'inted to go huntin'-not havin'
had holiday from the government
since July 4, and the said government
seemin' to forget that bein' only hui
man. we need rest and recreation &C.
casional. There's some little mall
here for the Joneses and the Tompin-
ses-but it don't amount to much, as
it's all got one-ecnt stamps on it.
There amt nuthin' much in the bust
aess nohow."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
THEY CURE RHEUMATISM
a Particularly Painful Form OF This
Disease Yields to Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

OF the many forms which rheumatism
takes, that which is popularity known as
sciatic rheumatism probably tortures it's
victim more than any other That DR..
Williams Pink Pills have cured this
stubborn as well as painful trouble is
fact proven by the following statement,
and no sufferer who reads this can af.
ford to let prejudice stand in the way of
trying these blood-making pills.
Rheumatism is now generally re-
cognized as disease of the blood DR..
Williams Pink Pills Enthusiastically
make-pure blood When the blood is
pure there can be no rheumatism. Mrs.
Thomas Bresnehan, of 81 Mill street,
WATERFOWL, N. Y, says:
"My trouble began with severe cold
which l took about week before
Christmas i'll 1904. began to have
rheumatic pains i'll my back and limbs
and after time | couldn't straighten
up, suffered the most awful pain for
months and much of the time was UNI
able to leave the house and had to take
noIu OF cnalr VI Ordef TO Walk ana
sometimes | could not stand up at all.
1.-The disease was pronounced sciatic
rheumatism and, although had good
physician and took his medicine faith.
fully, / did not get any better. After
some six weeks of this terrible pain and
suffering | tried DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and that is the medicine that cured
me. After few boxes the pain was
less intense and | could see decided inn
proyement. / continued to take the pills
until / was entirely cured and ! have
never had any return of the trouble"
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Piuk
Pills, or the remedy will be mailed post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for So so, by the DR.. Will
lams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Uncanny Chinese Legend.

There are the two celebrated tow
ers Of the imperial city, the Bell tow.
er and the Drum tower AS to the
casting of the bell in the former there
is this legend: There had been two
unsuccessful attempts and the life of
the founder was threatened in case of
third failure. His daughter discoy.
cred by occult means that nothing but
the blood of a virgin mingled with
the molten metal would insure sue
cess. So at the next casting she sac
rificed her life by throwing herself
into the molten metal leaving only
one shoe behind The casting was
perfect. But when the bell was first
struck "all were horror-stricken as,
after the heavy boom of the bell,
came a low wall as of girl in az
ony, distinctly saying the word 'heish.
shoe. And to this day people when
they hear it, say, There's poor Koai's
voice calling out for her shoe. -
Shanghai Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04

important, for it is not intended that
there be any strain on the framework
composing the holder proper. Take
two pieces of strong wood an inch
wide and half inch thick, bore holes
in one end with spike, through
these holes fasten the two arms to
the top of the post. At proper in
tervals on each arm insert screw
hooks over which the buttonholes in
the bag are to be slipped or If the
bag is without holes the edge may be
slipped over the hooks. A strong
cord is tied to the ends of the arms
and supplied with additional hooks to.
hold up the front of the bag. The
illustration shows plainly the details
of this convenience, which may be
readily made from material likely to
be found on any farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Kaiser Won Bride for officer.

A curious instance of the active
part the kaiser takes in arranging the
marriages of relatives and friends is
recorded. A personal aidde-camp of
his majesty was very much depressed
by the lady of his choice giving him
a refusal. The same afternoon the
kaiser drove to the house of the
young lady, the daughter of wealthy
Berlin banker, and pleaded the cause
of his aid-de-camp with such elo-
quence that the marriage took place
month later Reynolds Newspaper.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04

If there is cider mill nearby it will
pay to have the surplus apples ground
sip into cider, says Farming. 1t is al
most always readily marketable as
vinegar. Sweet cider should never
be added to old vinegar, because the
acetic acid in the vinegar will prevent
the sugar in the cider from being con.
verified into alcohol. and consequently
the result will be a very poor quality
Of watery vinegar.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
HARD TO SEE.
Even When the Facts About Coffcs
Are Plain.

It is curious how people will refuse
to believe what one can clearly see
Tell the average man or woman
that the slow but cumulative poison
Gus effect of caffeine-the alkaloid in
tea and coffee--tends to weaken the
heart, upset the nervous system and
cause indigestion, and they may laugh
at you If they don't know the facts
Prove it by science or by practical
demonstration in the recovery of cot
fee drinkers from the above condi.
tons, and a large per cent of the
human family will shrug their shout
ders. take the drugs and-keep on
drinking coffee or tea.
Coffee never agreed with me nor
with several members of our house
hold" writes q lady. IT enervates, de-
presses and creates feeling of Ian
guor and heaviness. 1t was only by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
that we discovered the cause and cure
of these Ills
"The only reason, am sure, why
Postum is not used altogether to the
exclusion of ordinary coffee is, many
persons do not know and do not seem
willing to learn the facts and how to
prepare this nutritious beverage,
There's only one Way-according TO
directions-boil 1t fully Is minutes.
Then it Is delicious" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little book, "The Road to Well
VILE in pkgs There's reason"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Successful Dairyinq.

Successful dairying means the APP
plication of careful thought and in
telligent effort all along. and the Bob
cock test is an important adjunct of
the business. II is the only reliable,
cheap. simple method of determining
the value of milk of the COW, avail
able. It is the amount of fat COW
nuts into her milk that gives her
value, and the man who neglects to
find out about this as soon as the
COW comes into milk is greatly handi-
capped in his endeayor to make
money, for he is guessing. He puts
doesn't know whether he will get
more than that back. or less
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
New York Girl Now Lady Paget.

There are now ten Lady Pagets in
Great Britain, the latest being the
wife of Gen. Paget, who has just been
knighted She was Miss Minnie,
daughter of Mrs. Paran Stevens, of
New York. Her first appearance in
London society was made a good
many years ago, when her beauty and
vivacity caused quite a sensation.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Woman Novelist Widely Read.

Miss Braddon, the popular novelist,
who celebrated her SEVENTEEN birth
day by issuing her sixty-second book,
received $3.50 for her best known eff
fort, Lady 'Audley's Secret" Since
then royalties have been paid to her
on over a million copies Miss Brad.
don reads French, German. Spanish
and Italian with equal facility.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Sculptor Alleges Injustice

Information comes from trance.
where George Gray Barnard is work
ing on the marble groups which are
to be the chief adornment of the new
state capitol at Harrisburg, that the
sculptor has told intimate friends that
he will wreck his creations before he
will let them be taken across the
ocean without fair compensation for
his several years of labor. He was to
have 100000 FOR the work, but the
payments have been delayed An
order to prepare replicas of his statues
for exhibition at the opening had been
nearly completed when It was coun-
demanded. although Barnard had ex-
pended $4,000 upon 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
Important 70 Mothers.
Rif 1,s unhroken Eliaht.

In one unDroken nocturnal flight the
European bird known as the north
ern blue throat has been proved to
travel from central Africa to the Ger
man ocean, a distance Of 1880 miles
making the journey in nine hours.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
s.sL "a Abolish Opium Evil.

Three separate societies in England
are agitating for the abolition OF the
opium trade in india.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04

Smoking in the barn may not only
cause fire. but the milk may absorb
the bad smell
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04
A. G. SPALDikG g. BROS.

New York Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco
Boston Buffalo Pttsburg ST. Louis Kansas City
Washington Baltimore Syracuse Cincinnati
New Orleans Minneapolis Denver
Montreal, Canada London, England
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
Press Makes Comments.

Berlin, Nov 1.-The twenty-hfth anniversary of the late Prince Bis marck's announcement in the Reich stag that the emperor was deter mined that the state should system atically assist the working people, male or female, by accident, sick and old age by insurance, was comment ed on widely in the German press to- day. which generally approved or dis approved the results, according to the political opinions of the commenta- tors. The socialists, following the policy which they adopted when the laws were passed. found fault with the insurance as being inadequate and not radical enough to really pro- vide for the casualties in the indus trial warfare and the disabilities of those worn out in the service of capi- tal." But the whole body of liberal and conservative opinion appeared convinced that the laws are bene- ficial. During the last twenty years $555,750,000 has been paid out for sickness, $252,750,000 for accidents and $13.500,000 for old age.
 The sum of $312.500 was expend- ed daily on the combined objects, the total of the various funds is $375,- 100000, the total amount paid in since the law was passed is $1,656,- 750.000, and sixty million persons have profited by this legislation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
This Started Story That an Attempt Had Been Made to Murder
 Brother of Ambassador.
LABORER CAUSE OF TROUBLE
The Major Was Not Injured and The Man Was Later
 Arrested.

Berlin, Nov 1.-The statement published in the United States yes terday in dispatch from Berlin that an attempt had been made to murder Major speck Won Sternberg, brother of Baron Speck Won Sternberg, the German ambassador to the United States. was gross exaggeration. The facts are as follows: A laborer tried to enter Major Von Sternburg's g residence in the suburb of this city. under the pretense of trying to ob- tain employment. When the major refused to employ the man the latter kicked him. whereupon Major Won Sternburg knocked the man down. He fled. but was arrested later. The major was not injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
WORK OF BLACK HAND.
Bomb Exploded in New York Tene
 ment House This Morning.

New York, Nov 17.-Hundreds of panes of glass were shattered, several doors were blown from their hinges and hundreds of persons clad only in night clothing rushed into the street in panic early to-day when a bomb was exploded in the hallway of a tenement house at 33 Stanton street. Pietro Realmutto, an Italian who has a deIicatessen store on the ground floor of the Stanton street house, told the police that he had received nu- merous letters from the Black Hand demanding money. The last. which was received only two days ago. told the storekeeper that unless he sent money to the writers at once they would kill his two children. The money was not sent and the bomb which was hurled into the hallway to-day is believed by the police to be a warning from the outlaws that their threat was not an empty one.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
Her Deck Seams Opened.

Seattle, Wash. Nov 1.-The United States cable ship Burnside. Captain Henry W. Stamford. arrived at Sitka yesterday. according to ad- vices to the Post Intelligencer. with her deck seams opened and after en- countering very rough weather. The damage to the vessel is considerable. but 1t is not believed at the local ofice of the signal corps that the work on the cable laying will be de- layed longer than a few days. Dur ing the trip the vessel was entirely submerged at times. The cabins were filled with water. The fremen tried to mutiny and it was with difi- culty that they were kept at their posts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
A VOTE SAVED TO HUGHES.
MT Braun Convinced Hebrew That
 Whiskers Were Not False.

Washington, Nov 17.-This is the story of how Charles E. Hughes came near losing vote on the East Side in New York because a venerable Hebrew residing there had got the idea in his mind that the republican candidate wore false whiskers. It was told yesterday by MT Braun. the we'll known Hungarian. He said that few days before election he met an old man with long flowing beard who informed him that he intended to vote for Hearst.
 When asked his reasons the old man waxed indignant and swore by the Prophet that he would not vote for one who practiced deceit. Pressed for an explanation, he said that he was certain that MT Hughes's whis- kers were not real. that they were worn on the East Side to capture votes and that they were removed as soon as MT Hughes went away to speak in other parts of the city or up the state MT Braun said he saved the vote to the republicans by con- vincing the old man that Mir Hughes hirsute adornment was the real thing. ,@ss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
FIGHT ALL GAMBLING New York Starts a Crusade Led By District Attorney
 Jerome.
RAIDS ON THE POOL ROOMS

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Public gam bling in New York city is doomed if the blows now aimed against it prove effective.
 Poolrooms, gilded places of chance, even the race tracks, intrenched be- hind the Percy-Gray law, are menaced by the crusade .in which the leaders are District Attorney Jerome, Judge Rosalsky, Police Commissioner Bing- ham, the Rev. pr. Parkhurst and the Rev. Thomas R. Slicer.
 Based upon information furnished to the police commissioner by Dr. Park hurst, a series of raids upon disorderly places in the city will be begun at once.
 All cases against gamblers will be tried by Judge Rosalsky, who has en- tered into compact with District At torney Jerome to do all in his power to aid in the vice crusade in this city.
 The most telling blow ever aimed at gambling in New York city. 1t is de- clared, will result from drastic action taken by District Attorney Jerome and Judge Rosalsky in general sessions. The repeal of the Percy-Gray law, which permits gambling in race track inclosures, but nowhere else, is the ob- ject sought for, and the district attor- ney is to draft a bill which If passed by the legislature will prevent any form of gambling.
 During the court proceedings MT. Je- rome took occasion to say that he be- lieved that the Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, pastor of All Souls Unitarian church of this city, had done more to prevent gambling of this sort than all the courts and district attorneys in the four counties comprising the greater city of New York
 Mir. Jerome made an extended speech during the proceedings, in which he said he had asked and had received the cooperation of Judge Rosalsky in his efforts to stop gambling, and added that he believed he had the sympathy and cooperation of Police Commis- sioner Bingham and his deputies in breaking up gambling. But I can't say the same of all the captains and inspectors" he added, land it is a fruitful source of blackmail to my mind.
 Don't laugh at me-" said the district attorney. turning upon one of the first defendants who came to the bar and smiled at Mir. Jerome. T will break the neck of gambling in New York state or it will break mine."
 Some 1S0 prisoners were before the court. The most of these poolroom pris- oners were merely employees and, re- fusing to plead guilty, were immedl- ately served with grand jury subpoe- mas for examination. Rather than submit to that they changed their pleas in every case and were fined S25 in most cases for the first offense, with severe punishment awaiting second offense.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
Cost the State Ss2, sS2.

Montpelier, Vt. Nov 17.-ver- mont's cattle commission, which re- gently resigned as a result of criti- cism in connection with the investi- gation into the sale of diseased cattle for alleged food purposes. cost the state $s2.132, according to its bi- ennial report just published. The report states that largely increased
 number of farmers has asked for in- spection. trebling the work of the commission. In the biennial term ending June 30. 1906. 2s.39s cattle have been tested by the commission CTS, and of this number 2.724 have been condemned. for which the sum of s72.ss5 has been paid the owners.