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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
TOLD OF THE TOTS.

The father of four-year-old Bessie
Is travelling man, and during his abb
sence recently new baby arrived.
Upon his return home a few days later
Bessie met him at the door and ex-
claimed: ''Oh, papa, you can't guess
who was born while you were away!"
Little eight-year-old Ida. attracted
by its bright binding, selected from the
library copy of Pope's Essay of
Man" to read. After a diligent effort
to understand it she replaced the book,
saying to her mother: 1T may be
easy on man, but it's hard on chill
dren"
"Noah's wife" said boy in an ex-
animation, was called Joan Of Arc"
water" wrote another, lis composed
of two gases, oxygen and combrigen."
Lava" replied a third youth, lis
what the barber puts on your face
"A blizzard" insisted another child,
"is the inside of fowl"
A schoolboy in the fifth grade
scratched his head for long time be
fore attempting to compare the ami
mails of North America with those OF
Europe" At last, in his desire to say
something he wrote: "The animals of
North America are not as large as
those of Europe, but they get the:a
just the same"
The mother of a six-year-old young
ster was mending rip in his pants
while he sat bare-legged on the floor
impatiently waiting for her to finish
the job He had been unusually quiet
for minute, and the maternal ances-
tor asked:
What are you thinking of, my SOM"
Il was thinking what a nice ciag-
rette picture I'd make"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA
Suffered Untold Agonies - Doctor
Said It Was the Worst Case-Won-
derful Cure by Cuticura.

II used the Cuticura Remedies for
eczema. The doctor said it was the
worst case he ever saw. 1t was on
both limbs, from the knees to the
ankles. We tried everything the doc
tors knew Of but the Cuticura Rem
edies did the most good. | was
obliged to lie with my limbs higher
than my head, for the pain was so
terrible | could not walk. | suffered
untold agonies. One limb wasted
away great deal smaller than the
other, there was so much discharge
from it. l found the Cuticura Rene
dies very soothing, and | still keep
them in the house. / am very thank
full to say that | am cured | found
the Cuticura Remedies all that you
say they are. | hope that you may
be spared many years to make the
Cuticura Remedies for the benefit of
persons suffering from the torture Of
skin diseases, such as l had Mrs.
Golding Box 8, Ayr, Ontario, Canada,
June 6, 1905"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
DoN'Ts FOR CHILDREN.

Before the Chicago tuberculosis in
questions under discussion was: How
to Rid the Schools of tuberculosis?
In this connection Dr. S. A. Knopf, of
the New York health department,
gave the following advice for chill
dren:
Do not spit except in spittoon, or
a piece of CLOTH or a handkerchief
used for that purpose alone. On your
return home have the cloth burned by
your mother, or the handkerchief put
in water until ready for the wash
Never spit on a slate, floor, side
walk or playground.
Do not put your fingers in your
mouth
Do not pick your nose or wipe 1t on
your hand or sleeve.
Do not wet your finger in your
mouth when turning the leaves of
books.
Do not put pencils in your mouth or
wet them with your lips.
Do not put anything in your mouth
except food and drink.
Do not swap apple cores, candy,
chewing gum, half eaten food,
whistles, bean blowers, or anything
that is put in the mouth.
Keep your face and hands and finger
nails Clean wash your hands with
soap and water before each neal
Farmers Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
Sensible Housewife.

"One of my best friends" says a
writer, "who, with six young children
and only one servant, keeps a spotless
house and a soul serene, told me once
how she did it. My dear once a
month | give away everything in the
house that we do not imperatively
need. 1t sounds wasteful, but | don't
believe it really is. Sometimes Jere-
miah mourns over missing old clothes,
or back numbers of the magazines, but
| tell him if he doesn't want to be
mated to a gibbering maniac he will
let me do as | like"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
Sad Story.

Kind Lady-Do you mean TO tell me
that reading Shakespeare brought you
to prison? What work did you read?
No. 411-Romeo an Juliet, mum.
Kind Lady-But what evil influence
could that have on you?
No. 411-Why, it learned me TO be
porch-climber, mum.-Puck.
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fore Mrs. Pinkham every year, some
personally, others by mail. Mrs. Pink
ham is the daughter in-law of Lydia e
Pinkham and for twenty-five years
under her direction and since her de-
cease she has been advising sick women
free of charge.
Mrs Pinkham never violates the con,
fdence of women, and every testimon-
ial letter published is done SO with
the written consent or request of the
writer, in order that other sick women
may be benefited as she has been.
Mrs. Alice Berryhill, of 313 Boyce
Street, Chattanooga, Tenn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Three years ago life looked dark to me.
/ had liberation and inflammation of the
female organs and was in a serious condition.
My health was completely broken down
and the doctor told me that if was not OPP
Grated upon | would die within six months.
| told him | would have no operation but
would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. He tried to influence me against
it but | sent for the medicine that same day
and began to use it faithfully. Within five
days felt relief but was not entirely cured
until used it for some time.
our medicine is certainly fine. have
induced several friends and neighbors to take
it and | know more than a dozen who had
female troubles and who to-day are as well
and strong as | am from using your Vege-
table Compound"
just as surely as Mrs. Berryhill was
cured, will Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound cure every woman
suffering from any form of female ills.
If you are sick write Mrs. Pinkham
for advice. 1t is free and always help.
full.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
Took First Prize.

"My dog took first prize at a cat
show"
"How was that"
"He took the G. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17

Enthusiasm won't carry you very
far without backing.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-07-17
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
Women Obtain Mrs. pinkham's
Advice and Help.
She Has Guided Thousands to Health -
How Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Cured Mrs Alice BerryhiIl.

1t is a great
satisfaction for a
woman to feel
that she can write
to another telling
her the most pri-
vate and confden-
tial details about
her illness, and
know that her let
ter will be seen by
a woman only.
Many thousands
of cases of female
diseases come he,
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ont from Frst PageD
They something immeasurably
the which which
o
this work fortune
AMONG TIL VERY GREATEST CONQUEsTs"
They their worthy from the highest the lowest
entitled credit that would the picked
of victorious this Will in and
greatest conques
peace of
peoples of
a badge be American citizen who for
this Will
working
spirit efficiency of the army
of 1t behooves do all
hold their hands aid them bring
the great o a triumphant conclusion"
ONE INSTEAD SEVEN COMMISSIONERS.
important
n
a seven-headed
departments
undo
country
consulting engineers should be expressly permitted
be a the
he aw as o It's composition
given
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Died.

IANNER-On Sunday, December l5 1906.
Capt. L /. TANNER. T. s. N.-retired
Particulars in another column.
MeCLCRE-At WilliamstowH, y. J.. Satur-
day, December Il, a S a. m. DAISY E. be-
loved wife OF DR.. James c. Mcclure, and
daughter of William A. and LAURA " Bu-
vail. IN the twenty-eiBhth year II her age.
Funeral from the residence OF her pa
rents. l04 6th St nv. Tuesday. December
rs. at 2;30 p. M Relatives and friends in
Nited 20 attend. Il
CADI-On SATURDAY, December IS. Is08.
JAMES r.. CADY, beloved husband Of Mary
A Cady tue@ Rayl.
Funeral from late residence 200 II street
northwest Tuesday. December IS. at $50
a. M Mass at st. Stephens Church at 3
O'Clock. InJernent AT HCiSTood Cemetery.
il
HILIs-Departed this life SATURDAY. De
Cenber Is. 1906, at 40 a, m.. Rev. JAMES
HARVEY HILL, beloved husband Of Sarah
Hli father Of Pearl and Leander and uncle
Of Lille Hiu pastor OF First Baptist Church.
corner Duu.barton avenue and Twenty-sev-
euth street northwest.
Funeral Tuesday, December Is, from First
Baptist Church. I O'Clock .. IN. Body viii
lie In state from 1 o clock Monday until
Tuesday. Il o'clock del5-5t
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AT the outset 1 wish 10 pay tribute
to the amount OF work done by the
French Canal Company under very diff
cult circumstances. Many of the build
ingE they put up were excellent, and
are still in use. though naturally, the
houses are nOW getting out of repair and
are being used as dwellings only until
other houses csn be built, and much Of
the work they did IN the Culebra cut.
and some of the work they did in dig
ging. has been OF direct and real bene-
ht. This country has never made
better Investment than the $4,000 zoe
which il paid 20 the French Company
for work and betteFments, including es-
pecially the Panama railroad.
Route and Type the Best.
An inspection on the ground at the
height of the rainy season served to con-
vince ne OF the wisdom of Congress in
refusing TO adopt either high-leveI or
a sea-Ievel canal. There seems To be a
universal agreement among all people
competent to Judge that the Panama
route. the one actually chosen. is much
superior 10 both the Nicaragua and
Darien routes
THE wisdom of the canal manage
ment has been shown i'm nothing more
clearly than in the way in which the
foundations OF the work have been laid.
no nave yielded 10 the natural impati-
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among the caste and classes that this
murmur may ap put into practical
demonstration that the ''unwrittep law"
is not applicable in All cases.
Both the mother and wife of the dead
man are in critical condition as result
of the tragedy.
The death of either may be the signal
Of a mob 10 form In an attempt 10 iyncn
tine men who shot him down.
The entire trouble arose, according To
the evidence row obtainable, from the
fact that Bywaters. one hour after mar
rylng Viola Strathers. who was too III
10 rise from her bed for the ceremony.
persisted in leaving her 10 return to CuI-
peper. three miles away.
Twelve Bullet Wounds.
The testimony at the inquest late
Yesterday afternoon Was that, when BY
waters. in a frenzy TO be gone. attempt
ed 10 escape from second story win
dow. the two Strother men ridGled his
body with twelve bullet wounds. He fell
ON The tin roof of porch below the
window, where he was LEFT, uncared for,
by his slaycrs.
Probably the most pathetic feature OF
tie whole story was ByWuteTS words
when he was found lNing mortaily
wounded on the porch roof }. ) Lem
ON. a neighbor Oi the Strothers, found
the dying man. who asked for u drink
ol water.
What viii mother say?" faltered By
waters. Il wanted to see her. was
going 10 spend the night with her
According 10 M Lemon : story the
bridegroom ever mentioned his bride.
M. Lemon ought him water and
whisky, and - lived thirty minutes az
ter falling ulI -He roof
Revelation Expected.
II is expected that at the inquest
which will be continued on Wednesday
some clear explanation may be OBJ
tanned OF what happened in the brides
room prior 10 BywateTs tiight. IL was
la THAI room that the bride, ByWateFs,
James and Philip STother. and Mrs.
Gaines. a sister of the bride. were talk
ing Just before the shooting
b.. :. Gaines. bTOtner-in-iaW of the
Strothers, told this story of the shoot
ing:
"Bywaters married Viola. but after the
wedding ne gave us To Understand JudI
he considered his duty done MY wife
demonstrated with him, and told him
that because OF the illness of our child
she would he unable To stay al night
with Viola. and she told ByWatcr she
thought he ought 10 stay, as his wife
was so iil
-Bywaters again said he would not
stay, uUJ sstut uF L. ais wiz . room.
Later the boys went mp. and Mrs
Gaines WenE-Up. NhC I started up the
stairs / met Bywaters coming down, as
though fleeing. IulS Was u.t the OaCk
stairs. ] grabbed him by the coat col
lar and dragged him back 10 IL room.
What transUiTrd i'm The room between
the time Bywaters left Us down stairs
ard the time / brought hIm back. GO
not know.
when I brought him back he made
Tor The window Then the boys began
t0 shoot He got ont the window and
fell ON the porch. None of us went TO
him
Girl IN Washington.
The story tsld by the Stra = family
is that Viola StrOJher was .Fashlng-
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our ordinary municipal Work. Through
out the zone ami in ttIe TWO cities OF
Panama and Colon. IN addition to the
sanitation work proper. he has had to do
all the work that the MaTine-HOspital
service does as regards the nation,
that the health department ofiiceEs do
Ia the various states and cities. .p-nnd
that Cu'onel Waring did IN New York
whsn le cleaned its streets
Tine results have been astounding.
The isthmus had been a by-Sord for
deadly unhealthfulness Now. after two
years Of our occupation. the conditions
as regards sickness and the death rate
compare favorably with reasOnably
healthy localities in the United States.
Especial care has been devoted 10 mini
mixing the risk due 70 the presence Of
those species Of mosquitoes which have
been round 70 propagate maIarisl and
yellow feveTs, In al the settlements,
the little temporary towns or cities com
posed OF the white and black employees,
which grow up here and there In the
trOpic Jungle as the needs OF the work
dictate. the utmost care Is exercised to
keen the conditions healthy
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Special Notices.

THE ANSUAL. MEETING of the stock
holders of the Capital Traction Com
pany for the election Of directors for
the ensuing year viii be held on WE'D
AESDAY. JANUARY 9TH. 1897. at the
X w Washing on. -. &. The polls
viii be open from 10 a NJ until y
O'Clock noon = r. DUNLOP. President.
-. -. RAMPTON. Secretary de17-I5t
J. JAY GOTLD'S Wonder store i2I 9th.
open evenings Tree toys, Favurs. Toys.
Tinscl, Scrap Pictures Snow, Filter.
Tissue. and fancy paper II
ANNUAL. STATEMENT Bouney Min
ing Co: capital stock, 10000: paid in.
s350. 600: Indebtedness. 5000 Sworn 70
and recorded according 10 law. J. 3.
FOSTER. Secretary. IL
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Saw But One Mosquito.

Everywhere are to be seen the drain
age bitches which in removing the water
nave removed the breeding places OF the
mosquitoes. while the whole jungle is
cut away for a considerable space
around the habitations, thus destroying
the places In which the mosquitoes take
shelter. These drainage bitches and
Clearings are IN evidence I'm every settle
meut. and. together with the iHvariabie
presence OF mosquito screens aroInd the
riazzas, and OF mosquito doors 20 the
houses, not To speak of the careful fumi-
cation that has gone on in all infected
houses, doubtless explain the eNtraoTdi-
nary absence OF mosquitoes. AS a mat
ter OF fact. but a single mosquito. and
this not CT the dangerous species, was
seen by any member of our party dur
ing my three daNs on The Isthmus."
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THE ANNUAL MEETING Of the stock
holders of the SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS
or WASHINGTON for the election OF
directors for the ensuing year viii be
held on MONDAY. JANUARY 18th.
1917. al the office of the Society. 925 r
st. northwest Washington y. c The
polls viii be open from 10 F. NJ until
eD T. A. LOUIS 4. ROSAFY.
IL Secretary.
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The autopsy revealed that BY
waters was shot twelve times. There
were five .22-caliber wounds and
seven .3S-caliber. One shot was
found at the base of the brain, four
IN the shoulders and arms, one
lodged in his left ankle, and six
others in different parts of the
trunk.
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ton under such circumstances as led
them To ask an explanation from By
waters. who denied any connection with
The affair Shortly after her return
from Washington. Miss Strother became
seriously ILL., and Bywaters appeared at
her home Saturday morning
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ence of nl-informed outsiders and begun
10 a thorough sanitation of the isthmus
and to q fairly satisfactory working out
or the problem C getting and keeping
q sufficient labor supply would have
beer disastrous. The various prelimi-
merry measures had to be taken first .
and these could not be t2Een so as 20
allow us to begin the real work of con-
struction prior 10 January. l of the
present year. 1t then became necessary
TO have the type Of the canal decided
and the only delay has been the neces-
saTy delay until the 18th Cay OF June
the date when the Congress definitely
and wisely settled that we should have
an eighty-five-fOOt level canal. In
hard earnest ard has been continued
with increasing vigOr ever since: and II
viii continue so TO progress in the
future. When the contracts are let
the conditions Will be such as to insure
Il constantly increasing amount of per-
formance.
Gorgas for Commissioner.
The frst great problem to be solved
upon the solution of which the success
Of the rest Of the work depended. was
the problem Of sanitation. This was
from the outset under the direction Of
Dr. ". c. Gorgas, who is to be made
a full member of the commission. if the
law as the composition OF the commits
sion remains unchanged. 1t must be re-
membered that this work was not mere
sanitation as the term is understood in
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Three WhirLWind Days
Of Canal Investigating

the telling
the isthmus twelve
eighteen day spent
inquiry complaint
its proper attention The Presiden
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THE r. G. SMITH PIANO COMPANY.
Of l235 Peunsy lvania Ave, announces
That the CONTEST held during the
EXHIBITION At Convention IIalI. DEC.
3rd 20 18TH was decided Saturday even
ing. and the 1856 WEBSTER PIANO
was won by MR. JOHN r BOWERS,
Of 1911 Eye" Street, who deposited GER
uhcate No ll,273. 1t
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The Men Behind the Spade.

Next IN importance 10 the problem OF
sanitation, and. indeed. now OF squal
importance. is the problem Of securing
and caring for the mechanics. iaborers
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Drank From Colon's Reservoir.

In discussing the Improvement of CO.
Ions water supply. he says
1T was not practicable. with the force
at the commissions disposal. and in
view OF the need that the force should
be used iu the larger town Of Panama.
TO begin this work before early last win
ter. Water mains were then laid in the
people early In March rom a temporary
RESERVOIR. This reservoir proved to he
OF sufficient capacity before the end OF
the dTX season. aUd the shortage vas
made up- bv hauling water over the
Panama railroad so Jhdt there was at
all times an ample supply Of the very
best water. Since that time the rev
reservoir back OF Mount Hopc has been
p:acticG hy- completed I visited this
reservoir, It is a lake oyer a mile long
and. half mile broad. 1t now carries
some F16UoooQ gallons OF frst-ciass
water. 7 forward herewith = Photograph
Of this lake. together with certain other
photographs Of what ! saw while ! was
on the lstFUgrS. Nothing but a Catariy-Sln
viii -hereaf fter. vender il necessary in the
drv season TO haul water for the use Of
Colon and f'ristoaal
One of the most aYTusing tas well as
dishonesty attacks made upon the com
mission WIS in connection with this
reservoir. The writer in question usual
~ confined himself to vague general
naenda cftV. bnt in fhfs case he Specifi-
callv stated that there was no water
IN the viciViFv ~ for z reservoir Il
drank Il. and Il was excellent. and that
this particular rescre-oir would never
hold water auyw9y. Acronp" nvi1g this
message, rs I have said above. is a
nh0togranb Of the reservoir as 7 myself
saw Il. and as IL has been in existence
ever since the article IN question was
published. With tv1ical American hu-
NOR. the engineering corns stil at work
a. the reFer"Olr have christened a LARGE
boat which IS now used on the reservoir
Nv tho name If tho fl diviTuai who thus
denied the possibility of the reservoir 5
existence
Bad as the Avenue Before Grant
IT rode through the streets II Colon.
seeing them at the height of the rainy
season, after two days of almost un-
exampled downpour, when they were at
their very worst. Taken as whole
they = ere undoubtedly very bad; as bad
as Pcnnsylvan MIA avenue in Washington
before Grants administTa ton. Front
street is already ia thoroughly sat
isfaetery shape, however. Some OF
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Too Many Saloons in the Zone.

There seemed to me 20 be too many
saloons in the Zone but the new hlgh-
license law which goes into effect on
January next will probably close
f0Ifr-ffftha Of them. Resolute and sue
cessfui efforts are being made 10 mini
n1ize and control the sale of liquor.
The cars on the passenger trains on
the isthmus are divided into nTsJ ana
second class. the difference being marx
ed in the price Of tickets. As rule,
secrnd-clsss messengers are colOred and
drst-ciags passengers white, but IN
every traIr- which I saw there were a
number OF white second-class passen-
gers. and on two of them there were
colored firsU-cisss passengers
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Strayer's Business College,

Cor IIth and SIS. NV; all graduates guar
anteed good situations Day and night school
al the year Phone N s43l for catalogue.
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hat many Of the most severe critics OF
the commission criticise them for pre-
cisely opposite reasons, some complain
ing bitterly that the work is not in "a
more advanced condition, while the
others complain that IL has been rushed
with such haste that there has been
Insufficient preparation for the hygiene
and comfort Of the employee. As a mat
Ter of fact ueifiIer criticism is JUST. II
would have been imp0ss bic "a go quick
or than the commission mas gone, fOI
such quickness would nave meant in-
sufficient preparation. On the other
every possible future contingency had
been met would have caused wholly un-
warranted delay. The right course 10
follow was exactly the course which has
been followed. Every reasonable prcpa-
ration WIS made in advance. the NV
gienic conditions in especial being made
the other hand there has been no timid
refusal TO push forward the work be
cause Of inability TO anticipate every
possible emergency. for. Of course. many
defects can only be shown by the work
ing OF the system in actual practice
Police and Schools.
In addition To attending 10 the health
Of the employees. IL is OF course neces-
sary 90 provide for policing the Zone.
This is done by a police force which
at present numbers over 2Oo men. under
Captain Shanton. About one-dfth Of
the men are white and the others
black. In different places ] questioned
some twenty or thirty OF these men,
taking them al random. They were d
fine set. physically and in discipline
With Ons exception all the white men
/ questioned had served in the American
Army. usually In the Philippines. and
belonged 10 the best type of American
soldier. Without exception the black
policemen whom / questioned had ser
we'd either In the British army or in the
Jamaica or Barbados police. They We're
evidently coutented and were doing
their work well. Where possible the po-
licemeu are used % control people Of
their own color. bat in any emergency
no hesitation Is felt in using them indis-
crlminately-
'Inasmuch as so many both OF the
white and colored employees have
brought their families with them
school service being under Mr O'COn-
nor For the white pupils. white Am
erican teachers are employed. for the
coiored pupils there are also some white
American teachers one Spanish teacher.
and one coiored American teacher, most
of them being cOiored teachers from
Jamaica. Barbados, and ST. LlciA- The
sch00lroOms WeTs good, and II was a
pleasant thing TO see the pride that
the teachers were taking in their work
ana their pupils.
Too Many Saloons in the Zone.
There seemed to me 90 be too many
= mnr~HH
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