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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
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an American girl or boy, but the
weirdest dance of all is performed
upon stills, and is called ocuya or
giant dance. The ocuya is an object
made of wicker work with an enor-
nous head of wood. There Is no word
hideous enough to describe the ugli-
ness of this ocuya. 1t has outstretched
wooden arms and monkey skins form
the hair and beard, while long skirt
of grass cloth hides the silt walker,
who places this grotesque monster
over himself The arms are kept out
dance proceeds, sometimes hundreds
of the Aponos taking part in it at
once.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
eABYs ToRTURlNG HuMoR.
Ears Looked as If They Would Drop
Off-Face Mass of Sores-Cured
by Cuticura in Two Weeks
for 75c

Il feel 1t my duty to parents OF
other poor suffering babies to tell
you what Cuticura has done for my
little daughter. She broke out all
over her body with humor, and we
used everything recommended, but
without results. called in three doc
tors, they all claimed they could help
her, but she continued to grow worse.
Her body was a mass of sores, and
her little face was being eaten away;
her ears looked as If they would drop
off. Neighbors advised me to get
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
before had used half of the cake
of Soap and box Of Ointment the
sores had all healed, and my little
ones face and body were as clear
as a newborn babes. | would not
be without 1t again II it cost five dol
lars, instead of seventy-fve cents.
Mrs. George j. Steese, 701 Colburn
St., Akron, Ohio"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
Parsee Christening Ceremony.

A grandchild Of Sir Dunshan Petit,
who lives in Bombay, India recently
was invested with the Sudrah Kusti.
which is the Parsee form OF christen-
Ing. This ceremony Is one of the
most interesting rites of the Orient,
and consists Of placing upon the child
the sudrah, shirt believed to pro.
tect the body from harm, and the ty-
Ing on of the kusti, thread girdle,
which is supposed to keep the soul
from evil
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
WON WAGER BY BATTING VICTIM.
After Much Provocation Conductor
Was Caught Mapping.

Some time in the seventies party
Of friends en- route to Boston from
Portland on the Boston & Maine rail-
road, with Payson Tucker as conduc-
tor, Matched up a plot, and made a
wager of quart bottle Of wine that
Tucker couldn't be caught mapping.
One Of the party said that he would
take the bet.
He separated from the others, and,
as the conductor came along, asked
what station they were then passing,
and on receiving the reply he an.
swered, That's what thought" This
act was repeated several times, and
finally Conductor Payson" became
very indignant, and said: do you
take me for a ID fool?"
That's what | thought" replied the
other, who now owned a quart of the
finest wine.-Boston Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17

operations against the Moros in the
Philippines collected apparently sub
stantial evidence relating to mys-
FERROUS white tribe in the Island of
Mindanao The officer was so i'm
pressed that he determined to con.
duct an exploring party across the
center of the island. But apparently
the mysterious white folk had van
ished, for the world up to the present
time has heard nothing of his search
being crowned with success
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
A Homemade Sled.

The Russian boy who cannot a1ord
to buy sled makes very good
substitute from ice. He saws out
block that is longer than it is thick,
and high enough to make comfort
able seat. Then he. scoops out hol-
low like a saddle little way behind
the middle of the upper surface, and
upholsters it with straw or rags. The
sled is then ready for its first trip
down-hill, and if the rider is skilful
he will make very good speed on it..
But carrying it back to the top or
the incline would be too hard work
even for a Russian boy, and pushing
it uphill would be almost as bad. A
clever lad once thought of a better
way. and all others boys have copied
him ever since. He found piece OF
straw. and began blowing through it
at the front of the block, with the end
of the straw close to the ice. Soon
he had a little hole in the block, as
neatly drilled as steel tool could
have done it. In the course OF an
hour and half he had driven hole
slant-wise through the ice, coming
out at the top just in front OF the
saddle. A strong string passed
through the hole and knotted, COM
pleted his sled which could then be
drawn uphill almost as easily as the
best coaster that ever was made. II
a boy is careful of his ice-sled-and
he is apt to be careful, for consider
able trouble is necessary to make
one-it will last all winter.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
A Mountain Torrent.

The next rainy afternoon, when no
one knows what to do, try this inter.
esting trick of making mountain tor
rent right in your own home:
Place four books on table at equal
distances apart. The books them
selves must be of different sizes and
arranged in regularly diminishing Or
der
Blacken with smoke long strip of
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17

Jesus, Friend unchanging,
Thou art at our side:
Through the stress and turmoil.
Thou art still our Guide.
Oft our eyes are holden,
And we see Thee not;
Oft. in bitter anguish,
Think Thou hast forgot.
Sterner was Thy conflict.
Fiercer was Thy foe.
On the path thus trodden,
Should we stumble so?
Strength from trial garnered
Till the struggles past,
To Thy likeness bring us
Safely home at last.
Arthur Seaton
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
Some Queer Dancers.

Far down in Africa, the other side
of the equator, live the jolly Aponos
They are an honest, light-headed set
of savages, who for several months of
the year do nothing but dance, sing
and drink palm wine. When the sea-
son is over they settle down to their
ordinary pursuits. They have many
Iances which would seem strange to
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17

inches from the top of each piece and
chisel out a piece from each, as shown
in the picture. Then make two pieces
inches wide on one end and inches
wide on the other end, and make the
length of each piece inches. After
this has been done measure down 2
inches and chisel as before. The bot
tom piece should be Sx3 inches. Com
plete the work basket by mailing the
parts together.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
Iona Time BuiIdino Memorial.

The Rev. Henry Francis Lyle, whose
hymn, abide With Me-" is one of the
most precious to Christian hearts, was
vicar of Lower Brixham. Thirty years
ago an attempt was made to rebuild
the old church as memorial to him.
Some progress was accomplished, and
now a final effort is being made to
finish the tower.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
States Lonu Used in Schools.

1t is not easy to tell exactly for how
long period states have been used
by school boys; but they were used as
writing tablets as far back as the
Middle Ages, and probably, therefore,
they were introduced into the schools
of Europe at very early reriod In
the history of education in this part
of the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
Claims Immortality of Beasts.

Prof. Howlson of the University of
California at Berkeley, Cal, argues
that, since intelligence is eternally ex-
istent and since animals have intel
ligence, ergo the beast of the field is
immortal
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
Japanese Painting Exhibit.

San Francisco is to have the first
exhibit OF Japanese paintings ever
held outside of Japan, it believes.
There will be no prints. because the
Japanese say prints are not art, but
craftsmanship. But there will be $50
specimens Of paintings in water color
or sunni Ia black medium), on paper.
some Of them dating back 1900 years.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17

The enormous crops of our Northern
Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms
the past year compel us to issue a spe-
cial catalogue called
sALZER's BARGAIN SEED BOOK.
This is brim full of bargain seeds at bar
gain prices.
SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive free sufficient seed to grow
tons of grass on your lot or farm this
summer and our great Bargain Seed Book
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
Remit &c and we add package of Cos
mos the most fashionable, serviceable,
beautiful annual flower
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Craw.
er W., La Crosse. Wis.
1t is thought that the game of whist
was first played in the time of King
90
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17

paper by passing 1t above lighted
candle.
This done, apply your band Of black
ened paper on the backs of the books
in the manner shown in the picture.
That is, waving from one book to the
other. The smoked side is upper
most.
Close to the last book-the small
est-put saucer to which the strip
of paper leads
Then pour water from a spoon, drop
by drop on top Of the first book, as
shown In our drawing, and you will
see the drops glide over the paper
without wetting it, and after running
down the mountains fall into the
saucer.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17

go outside the circle One of the
horses picks up the ball and tries to
hit knight If he succeeds, the
knights become horses. If lie misses
his aim, the knights remount, and the
game continues as before.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
USE THE FAMOUS

Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2,oz package 5
cents. The Russ Company, South Bend. Ind.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-17
lmnortant TO Mothers.

California harvests about 100000
tons of grapes year, worth $l5,-
100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
THE CHILEAN "YAPPA."
n Is Similar 10 the "Lagninppe" of
New Orleans.

Residents of New orleans and north
city are familiar with the interesting
and gracious custom of small trades
men of giving lagniappe. The word,
commonly pronounced "lanyap," refers
TO the small present which the dealers
make to their customers as a sort of
inducement to call again. The custom
is so firmly established that the people
are in the habit of waiting for their
little present after they have made
their purchases, and children ask for
1t. Mrs. Hort in her book The Garden
of the Pacific" describes a similar Gus
ton in Valparaiso. The Chileans, how
ever, call the gift a ''yappa," which one
readily sees Is kindred to the word
used in New Orleans.
Il used to frequent the fruit market,
which was well stocked. The fresh
figs were the largest and sweetest that
/ had ever seen or tasted, and | made
a point of daily bringing some home
for breakfast.
The first time | selected the number
which | wanted the girl placed them
between leaves in my basket and then
laid another half dozen on the top. |
supposed that she wished me to buy
an extra quantity and shook my head
in the negative. She smillngly ex-
planned that it was for a yappa. As |
had nothing more to pay, l was agree
ably impressed by the custom,
'"The Chileans exact the yappa as
their due. We were in n confectionery
shop one day when a small child came
In and held mp Il centavO halfpenny)
for some sweets. The man handed
them to her. She held up her other
hand and .lsped out, MI yappa,' and
got it."-New York Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Don't save your money and starve
your mind.
Vigorous thought must come from a
fresh brain.
Tens of thousands of people fail be-
Il they love their ease too much.
Keeping alive that spirit Of youth"
Stevenson used to say, was 1.-THE per
ennial spring of all the mental facul
ties
A man may build a palace, but he
can never make Of it a home. The
spirituality and love of a woman alone
can accomplish this.
If we are contented to unfold the life
within according to the pattern given
us we shall reach the highest end of
which we are capable.
BY proper training the depressing
emotions can be practically eliminated
from life and the good emotions rem
dered permanently dominant.
Every time you crowd into the men,
Dry what you do not expect it to re-
tain you weaken its powers and you
lose your authority to command Its
seryices.-Success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

The speed with which sound waves
are transmitted through the atmosphere
depends on several conditions. When
the temperature is at 81 degrees F.,
sounds move with n speed of 1,090 feet
per second, the velocity increasing with
the temperature at the rate of about
n foot of speed per second for each
degree above the freezing point. Then,
again. in damp air sound moves with
a greater velocity than it does in dry
air, no odds if the dry air be warm and
the damp cold. In water sound moves
more than four times as fast as 1t does
in air, or, say, at about the rate of 400
feet per second.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Wooden spoons.

A curious industry in Russia and one
which nevertheless finds employment
for thousands of men Is that of max
Ing wooden spoons. In the district Of
Semenovsk, where they chiefly come
from, no fewer than 1000 men make
a living at tie trade. Thu spoons are
generally made from brentwood, and
q skilled workman can turn out sew
eral hundred a day. 10 fewer than
100000 spoons are manufactured
during the course of the year, which
are sold at @ to s rublcs per thousand.
They find a ready market and pene-
trate rs far rs Persia. Khiva. Bokhara
and Khokand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
TRAPPERS.
Torture 10 Animate and Ruthless
Destruction of Game.

People who have mt seen IAN form
no idea Of the suffering trGppers cause
nor of their ruthless destruction of
game. Nothing escapes them. Even the
squirrels are sacrificed to bait traps
for marten and fisher. and not only the
squirrels, but all kinds of birds, wheth.
er game or song birds.
In trapping mink, otter, beaver and
a few other fur bearing animals tie
trap is nearly always set near the
water, where the animal when caught
can drown itself, thus ending its suf-
fering.
But with bear. marten and fisher 1t Is
different. The bear must drag Il heavy
clog about until it clutches in some root
Or bush. There he must wait until the
trapper comes to kill him, and this In
some cases is not for days. The bones
of the leg are almost invariably broken
by the trap. and the leg swells to in
credible size. One trnpper In II day
shot nineteen large blue grouse merely
to try a new rifle. The birds were nest
ing. He had no use for them, and not
one did he even bring to camp.
Years ago in British Columbia an old
trapper camped near our bear hunting
party. lie shot everything he could
find. even little ducks and marmots. A
goat he killed fell over a cliff, and as
1t was harder to recover 1t than to shoot
another he shot another. He was
framing bpayer ont Of season and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

After the Dutch had taken the Mo-
luccas from the Portuguese they in
into their OWL possessions. cut down
all the Glove trees of the Moluccas and
pronounced death on any one who
would plant n SINGLE Glove bush or
gather or sell a pound Of the product.
Expeditions We're sent from their other
eastern possessions every year to cut
down any bushes that might have ac-
cidentally started in the Molucca Is
lands. This barbarous policy made the
islands a desert, for, deprived of their
forests, the volcanic soil was washed
AWAY, and the population starved or
was deported.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
COMPARISONS.
As Soon as We Begin to Make Them
We Begin to Suffer.

:" "a
We would not have to strive so for
courage IL what we vaguely call
things were more evenly distributed
among us, for no ones lot would then
seem to him an evil one. If we were
all humpbacked or lame or blind:
IL every husband were unfalthful and
every child a cross; If we were all poor
and no man had any more than anoth-
err; If nobody's son died in his early
strength and nobody was loved while
we sat neglected, then who Of us
would know what sorrows and afHic-
lions were? We would take each of
them for granted, as a Chinaman takes
his yellow skin and an Indian his red
one.
1t Is because we see our estate differ
Ing from that Of our fellows that we
are tempted to comparisons, and 1t Is
in the making Of these comparisons
that a sense of III sorrows, like the
knowledge of our Affections, Is first
born. How would we have known that
we were poor unless we had seen some
one else who was richer or that our
son was unsuccessful unless the SON of
somebody else were making a great
mark In the world? Would our little
children be unhappy with only one
dress had they not seen other chill
dren with two?
1t comes to this, then: When we be-
gin to make comparisons, we begin to
suffer. This may seem to be a hard
saying. but 1t Is a true one.-Lillie
Hamilton French In Harper's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

Our Dumb Animals tells a remark
able story about the intelligence of Il
mare who saved her colt from death
y stopping Il train on Il railroad in
TtxGs. The colt had fallen with its
ess through a railroad bridge, and the
a.other started down the track to meet
he coming train. As the train came
~ she stood on the track whinnying.
u train stonoed, and then the mare
trotted ahead of it as it moved slowly
- = bridge. Here the colt was dis
covered and extricated from its peril
BUS position. The story was vouched
Tor by the engineer, railroad men and
rlssengera In the train.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
EVOLUTION.
Use Of tive suRx "Less' In Verbs,
Nouns and Adjectives.

Nouns and Adjectives.
Many Will remember that some years
ago there went on a violent contro-
yersy about the word t~ireless. The
discovery had been made that less"
was a sufiiX which could properly be
appended only to nouns; hence the
form must be discarded, and we must
all take pains to say untiring. The
Luty of so doing was preached from
scores of professional and newspaper
pulpits. No one seemed to think or
care for the various other adjectives
similarly formed and therefore liable
to the similar censure which they
never received. Hostility was direct
cd against it alone. The actual flaw
which vitiated the arguments against
tlreless its censors never knew or took
into consideration. This was that the
fancied rule covering the creation Of
such words had practically long ceased
to be operative whenever Il new forma-
ton struck the sense of the users Of
language as being desirable.
Unquestionably in our earliest speech
the sufix less when employed to
form adjectives was joined only with
nouns. But the general sloughing off
Of nominal and verbal endings which
went on III later centuries reduced a
great proportion of ~substantives and
verbs In the speech to precisely the
same form. In consequence the sense
Of any fundamental distinction be-
tween the two broke down in many
ways-in one way in particular. There
is nothing easier in our speech than to
CONVERT a verb into Il noun or Il lot
into a verb. 1t is Il process which has
taken place constantly in the past and
is liable to take place ut any time in
the future, either at the will or the
whim of the writer or speaker
Thomas Il. Lomsbury in IIarper's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
TOOTHPlCkS.
A Visit to London and IA Little Les
son In Etiquette.

son In Etiquette.
az ran yer for II short v,s,t to Ion.
don" said a rlobe trotter. "On tho
boat was n pretty widow from Altoona
who Disguised and amused all hands
one day by SAVING.
az am surprised that a fast and ex.
pensiye boat like his sbould fail to
sunn,v nc with ~toothnicks,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

A letter written by Thackeray to the
proprietor of Fraser's Magazine is
quoted under the head of when
T~hackeray Went on Strike" AS a
matter of fact. T~rackcray, so far from
acting on the principle of unionism,
acted on precisely the opposite prin-
ciple and asserted his right to individ-
ual preference. We'll" he says, 81
dare say you will be very indignant
and swear | am the most mercenary of
individuals. Not so. But l am a better
workman than most of your crew and
desire a better price" He ends ami
ably, "You must not, ] repeat, be angry
or, because we differ as tradesmen,
break off our connection as %friends."-
London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
POWER OF MIND.
Always - Valuable Asset In Press
~nce OF Danger.

wnce OF hanger.
Presence of mind is always an ass
set. 1t is especially valuable in pres
ence of danger such as springs from
the presence of men intent upon mur
der, This was never better exempli'
fed than when Il gang Of men set out
TO take the life of MazZini. He got to
hear of their project. All the precau-
tons he took was to get ready Il store
Of very excellent cigars. The rulllans
presently appeared at his address.
Come in, gentlemen he said and
produced his cigars. To each nan he
handed one. Taken aback at their
reception, they seemed abashed and
confused. Il know that you came to
kill me-" he said. "Why do you not
proceed to your task?" This was too
much for even this bloodthirsty depu-
tation. They could not kill the man
whose cigars they were smoking and
who invited them to carry out their
task. Muttering some Xcuse for hav-
ing interrupted his studies, they shut
fed out of the room and troubled him
no more.
Each man has his own method with
would be assasslns. With Napoleon
il was the eye which counted. While
he was visiting the Duke of Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha one of the dukes retainers
made up his mind to Stay MIN lie
had so frequently heard the great man
denounced as the curse of Europe that
he felt impelled to seize the chance to
destroy him. He was a common sol.
,!ier ut the time and had to do sentry
duty In IL of the corridors of the pal
ace along which Napoleon passed. He
l-lt his finger to the trigger as the
dixie, accompanied by Napoleon, drew
in sight. He aimed for Napoleon's
heart. Napoleon saw him. He said
nothing. but simply fixed his eagle eye
upon the youth. The latter seemed
,cllbound. He let the musket fall
with n crash to the floor of the stone
corridor. He felt, he said, as If he
must have swooned. Napoleon took
no further notice, said no word, pass
ed upon his way rs If nothing had hap
pened. That nashing glance had
saved his life. He knew its effect
and value.-St. James Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
STAG LEGENDS.
Ancient stories of the Animals An
tIpnthy to Snai.es.

Ancient Stories of the Animals An
tipnthy to Snakes.
There Is no beast In the world to
which more legendary virtues are at
tributed than the stag. partly owing
to the tale of st. Hubert. partly to a
supposed antipathy Of stays toward
serpents, partly to n peculiar mass of
grlstle In the shape of u cross which
is found In the animals heart. A
whole book might be written on the
miraculous power of the heart and the
efficacy OF different parts of him
against the troubles OF this evil world.
F'prllloux. In the sixteenth century,
gives a long list. and Master Robert
Topsel fills page upon page with them.
but u author In his solid English
fashion Is chary of accepting such
stories.
Men say. he admits. that when a
stag Is right old he beateth a serpent
with his foot till she be wroth, and
then eateth her, and then goeth to
drink. and then runneth hither and
thither till the water and venom be
meddled together. and maketh him cast
all his evil humorS that he had In his
body, and maketh his flesh come all
anew. But. he adds. with the sblemnity
Of Herodotus himself. Thereof make I
non affirmation" And this phrase
occurs again and again. for the Comte
de Folk Is too great and noble a hunter
that any assertion of his should be
laughed at.-Macmillan's Magazine.