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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
Ripeninq Peach Wood,

Much can be done to make trees
endure more cold and to ripen WOOD
and fruit buds before cold weather
Cultivate early in the season to make
best growth possible, then stop cul
ture in early August. Last of August
cut about one-third of this years
growth off to cause the ripening oil
wood and fruit buds. All tall limbs
should be cut off, leaving trees six to
nine feet high. I use long handled
fruit shears and can trim from so to
$50 trees a day.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Although many other industries
flourish in this country, the manufac.
ture of paupers seems 10 be on the
decline. According to report of the
bureau Of the census, the number of
paupers in almshouses In every hun
dred thousand of the population has
decreased from 1872 In 1880 to frac-
ton more than 101 in 1903. Eng
land and Wales had, In 1905, almost
700 indoor paupers to the hundred
thousand of population, or almost
seven times the proportion of the
United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
WhiteWash for Barns.

Whitewash is much better than
paint for dairy barns, both inside and
outside. 1t does not cost as much
and Is much more sanitary than paint.
Paint will spoil pail of milk, white
wash will not. 1t needs to be renewed
oftener, but that is not an objection;
it Is rather in its favor. Everything
about dairy barn should be kept
sweet and clean.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
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GARDEN TOOLS.
The Selection of the Right Ones Of
Great Importance.

The selection of garden tools avail
able for man who wants to dc
things right Is now an extremely va
ried one. He may have as compli
Gated paraphernalia as the golf player
If he chooses There are all kinds OF
pushing and pulling hoes, and weed
ers, wheel hoes and horse tools. 1t is
hardly practicable for any man to run
the whole gamut, even If expense is
no object to him. The fact Is that
many of the tools are adapted only to
special crops or special soils. STILL
the up-to-date gardener will certain
ly provide himself with a consider
able number of these helps, and from
day to day he will employ that one
best adapted to do the task in hand
In the mere matter Of hoes there
have been improvements. AS a rule,
the blade of the modern hoe Is made
thinner and lighter than formerly. In
fact, one of the most conspicuous diff.
ferences between those regions which
still practice semi-civilized kind OF
agriculture and those In which the
most advanced ideas are held, is this
difference in the weight of hoes.
Wherever one finds the big, clumsy,
eight-pound hoe in use, he may decide
at once that all forms of agriculture
are still laboring in the depths of ig-
norance and superstition. For garden
work, a light hoe is especially desir-
able. Those forms with narrow blades
are usually better than those with
wide blades. In a few places one is
able to buy hoes from which the up
per corners of the blades have been
cut away, leaving sharp angle at the
outer end of the blade. This is great
convenience in hoeing small crops,
such as lettuce, beets, carrots, etc.
The sharp point at the corner OF the
hoe is particularly convenient for get
ting in close about the small plants
and removing weeds from the rows
where the plants stand thickly to-
sether.
There are still some gardeners, and
many general farmers, who do not
know what scuffle hoe Is, says the
Country Gentleman. 1t Is barely pos
bic that there are some farms on
Aich the scuff1e hoe will be a super.
nuous tool, but it is hard to imagine
what the circumstances of those farms
would be. A scuffle hoe will work on
very stony or very trashy ground, but
everywhere else it will do good serv.
ice. For the best work the soil must
be smooth, level, free from stones and
grass, and in first-class condition. This
Is the proper, and one might say the
ordinary, condition of garden land.
Wherever such crops as beets, man.
gels, parsnips, carrots, onions and the
like, are grown In narrow rows, the
scuffle hoe Is great labor-saver
There are several different types Of
the scuffle hoe, but as rule the sim
pie ones are better. A very popular
sort has toe or gauge running ahead
of the knife-blade. BY this continuance
one Is able to gauge more accurately
the depth to which the blade cuts
The same contrivance helps also in
steering the hoe and in giving 1t a
steady motion. Considerable practice
is required to do the best kind of
work with this implement, but 1t is
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

by power from a gasoline engine
is illustrated in the sketch of elevator.
Parts may be secured ready-made
from manufacturers of these appli-
ances.
The dump, explains the Farm and
Home, is arranged so that load of
corn may be dumped directly from the
wagon bed without shoveling. By
drawing back the lever, C, the pivoted
platform on which the wagon Is
firmly secured comes down and allows
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

practice which every farm hand and
farmers boy ought to have. Milking
is an art which every farm boy ex-
poets to learn by long practice. Scuf-
fie-hoeing is another art worthy of
just as much attention.
The line of distinction between
scufle hoes and wheel hoes Is rather
hard to draw. A wheel hoe is simply
q scuffle noe with a wheel on, which
Of course Is simple definition. The
various kinds of wheel hoes that have
been used In this country, however,
have been considerably improved In
recent years, AS rule, it is best to
select those machines having wheels
of the largest diameter. Tie one
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
Look for Borers.

Look for borers each year; for the
larger apple tree borer the last of
June or early July and in early Sep
TENDER; for the fiat-headed borer
after heavy storms, severe hot. dry
spells, attacks by lice or anything
that lowers the vitality of the trees;
for pear tree borers at intervals Of
one month to six weeks from June to
October.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

A Texas railroad has ordered that
no boys are to be employed in the
company's shops who have not com
pleted eight grades of school, while
none are to be taken for clerical work
who have not completed high school
course. Compulsory education laws
would become mighty nearly obsolete
II similar rules were adopted by all
business and industrial concerns.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
South Africa's Gold Production.

The production of gold in the mines
of South Africa for the month Of June
was the greatest ever recorded. In
the first six months Of the current
year the production was nearly So
100000 greater than in the CORE
spending time last year.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Mrs. Humphrey Ward is coming to
this country, perhaps for the purpose
of finding out whether she stated the
case strongly enough when she said
all Americans were insufferably vul-
gar. incidentally she will lecture the
vulgar things and get as much of their
money as possible.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
Hasty
Nervous
Chewing
Of Food
the Cause Of
Dyspepsia

If your teeth are fit, chew, chew,
chew, until the food is liquid and
insists on being swallowed.
If teeth are faulty, soften Grape.
Nuts with hot milk or cream, OF
allow to stand a minute soaking in
cold cream.
There's a reason" as follows:
Grape-Nuts food is in the form
OF hard and brittle granules,
intended to be ground up by the
teeth; that work not only preserves
the teeth but brings down the saliva
from the gums SO necessary in the
primary work of digestion.
Many people say (and it is true)
that when they eat Grape-Nuts they
seem able to digest not only that
food but other kinds which formerly
made trouble when eaten without
Grape-Nuts.
Chewll
There's reason" for
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

The daughter of a Standard Oil
magnate has announced her engage;
ment to chauffeur. Who will be the
first heiress to marry her fathers
aer0naut?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

The New York World publishes an
article under the title of New York
Minds It's Own Business 1t does so
probably because 1t refuses to recog
nize the fact that there is any other
business.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
The Cow and Her Owner.

The quality Of the cow can improve
only SO fast as the quality of her
owner improves. In regions where
little thought has been given to dairy.
ing we find men keeping a very poor
class of cows, from the production
standpoint. The education of the
cow-owner must come If we are to
have COW population that is alto
gether profitable.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

the grain to run
into the barn,
where it is taken
up by the eleva-
tor. A small por.
ton of the floor,
b, also drops down,
making a larger
opening for the
grain.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

A Kansas lady insists that woman
can never hope to be mans equal I'M
til she is able to open telegram as
calmly as she is able to open can of
corn. Why not give her a chance?
Let her have equality as soon as she is
able to open a telegram as calmly as
a man opens can OF corn.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

The boy who was fiogged by the
driver of an ice wagon for jumping
on the step behind and taking a spln-
ter Of ice, should have remembered
that, at the present rates, fragment
big enough for cooling mouthful Is
valuable piece Of property, the TAX
ing of which is almost grand larceny.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

The Candymakers' association has
retained a medical expert to investi-
gate instances of candy poisoning.
After diagnosing eight cases in Brook
Ign, the deaths were attributed ito bad
milk" or course, the milk dealers
physician will promptly shift the re-
sponsibility to breakfast foods.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
War on LIQUOR and Tobacco.

The Kansas Anti-Liquor Society has
adopted a new plan to fight the liquor
traffic. 1t is mailing free recipe for the
cure of the liquor habit. 1t can be given
secretly in coffee or food. Also one for
the tobacco habit that can be given Sc
cretly The only request they make 10
that you do not sell the recipes, but give
free copies to friends. Their address is
Room 10, Gray Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

shown will held 5000 bushels of corn
on the ear, IL both sides to the top
are filled. Additional bins may be
provided in a driveway at either end,
raised at such a height as will allow
a loaded wagon to pass under.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
LEFT THE BABY BEHIND,
The Nurse Had the Carriage, But the
"eaby" Was Missing.

Mrs Maud Miller Ripple, whose
advocacy of course in motherhood
for young matrons has already begun
to bear good fruit, was talking of the
duties of young mothers.
"And no young mother" she said,
mo matter how many her millions
nor how high her station, should trust
her little one entirely to nurses
care. A nurse may be the most intel.
ligent most conscientious; but to rear
a baby properly is difficult task, and
only one person is sufficiently inter
ested in this task to perform 1t well.
That person is the baby's mother"
Mrs. Nipple smiled.
"A young mother" she said, was
walking with her husband on the
Atlantic City board walk. Suddenly
she gave little cry of pleasure.
Oh, she said, there is nurse
nurse wheeling baby
And she ran lightly to the luxuri-
Gus coach of leather, with it's swan
shaped carriage and it's rubber-tired
wheels, and she pushed back the para
sol that shaded the occupant from the
sun.
Then she gave great start.
Why, nurse she cried, where's
baby?'
THE nurse gasped. Goodness gra-
cious, ma'am! / forgot to put him
in!'"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
aer0naut !

The discovery of a lot of new coal
in Pennsylvania will not especially in
terest the consumer A find of this
kind does not exert any effect on the
price
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Bostons school board has announced
that the marriage of teacher will be
considered equivalent to her resigna-
ton. There has for long time been
a general superstition thai Boston
school teachers never married
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Immigrants are arriving In New
York at the rate of 5000 a day This
will to some extent offset the sum
mer travel from America to the cap
itals OF the old world
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

A seacow 18 feet long and which
cost $4,000 has been added to the New
York aquarium. The trouble with
these seacows is that they give sailed
milk.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Neither Alfred Belt nor Russell
Sage had s100,000,O0O, and some day
we may learn that even Rockefeller
has been worrying along with not
much more than half billion.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Arrangements were made to take
sunlight photograph at the bottom of
the shaft of mine 1000 feet deep
at Sombrerete, in Mexico, on June 81,
the only day in the year when the
sun shines there Even then its rays
touch the bottom of the mine for only
three minutes.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

A Gloucester, Mass, man has been
bitten 40 times by pet bulldog"
There's no accounting for tastes in
the matter Of pets.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

We cannot expect the pleasure OF
friendship without the duty, the priv.
ilege without the responsibility
Hugh Black, M. A.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

The English are Directing serious.
ly to the smell of the American cigar.
cite. This international bond of unity
Is growing.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

A Tennessee man wants congress to
pass law against peek-a-boo waists.
He must possess an unholy desire to
get congress to hunt for trouble.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

into a crib with
out an elevator
OF S o m e sort.
Such a device,
which may be in
stalled in a barn
or crib RI he RIM
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
There Is nothing truer than q MA
oer's love-for some other chap.

! PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color,
/ Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

1t is often desirable to locate pair
OF scales in the driveway of granary
of this sort, where they are very con.
venient for use. Such crib as here
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
First Coins Were Brasp,

The first coins were struck in brass
about 1884 B. c., and in gold and sill.
yer by Pheldon, tyrant Of Argos, about
1862 B. C.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16


they excel other makes.
II I could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
Thy they hold their shape, fit better,
year longer, and are Of greater value
han any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain w. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
j1 tine bottom, which protects you against high
prices ard interior shoes. Take no snbsfIs
tate. = SIX your dealer for w. l.. Douglas shoes
and inst upon having them.
Fast Color Eyeists used; they nH not wea ovussv
Write for Illustrated Catalog Of Fall Styles.
w. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. II, Brockton, Mass-
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16
ELEVATOR FOR FARM GRANARY.
How the Handling of Crops Can Be
Made Easy.

Much heavy work is necessary to
put large crop of corn or other grain
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

Charged for Using French.
For speaking French to him. land,
lord of q Dusseldorf hotel recently
charged a guest extra in ais bin.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

A boy never lets his new watch run
down.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-16

THE nurse gasped. Goodness gra-
cious, maam! / forgot to put him
IN 40
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

State Health Commissioner
Samuel G.. Dixon will cali upon bank
officials throughout Pennsylvania TO
assist him in checking the spread Of
disease by taking the precaution to
fumigate money before it passes out
of the banks hands.
DIR. Dixon has found disease pro-
ducing germs in filthy paper money
in circulation and says that un-
doubtetlly many cases of communi-
cable disease throughout the State
must be traceable to infected money.
He has prepared circular letter
to be sent to every bank in the State
and believes it will not only prevent
infection but be of direct benefit to
the institution itself as business
proposition. The letter is as follows:
''As the germs of disease are
found in money in circulation, the
Department of Health respectfully
suggests and requests that you CO.
operate with it in the protection of
the health of our people by fumi-
eating all money received by your
bank before it is again put in cir
culation. Such a precautionary
measure, / am confident, will avoid
many cases of sickness and death
in your community"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

To vote next year, Il person must
answer a great number of questions.
according TO il blank form of the new
personal registration law received by
the county commissioners from the
department of internal affairs. The
law goes into effect at the February
election. Among the questions that
must be answered are the following:
Full name, occupation, place Of
residence, including the name of the
owner or lessee of the house, length
of residence in the state and election
district, time and place of last regis
tration, if any; place of birth, date
of naturalization papers and before
what court they were obtained, date
of tax receipts, personal decription,
including color, age weight, and
height, and then his signature.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

The LADIES' Aid Society, of Milan,
Bradford county, is in a peek Of
trouble on account ofa supper served
by the ladies several days ago. 1t
seems that there was wreck on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, aud IA pass
enger train was delayed thereby.
On the passenger train was Pure Food
Agent SINNERS, who was on his way
to Milan, but he did not reach there
until it was past the supper hour at
the only hotel in town. He was
hungry and was anxious to secure a
substantial meal. Some one recon-
mended him to go to the church and
patroniZe the Ladies' Aid Society.
The pure food man went there and
enjoyed hearty supper, but now
claims that the butter served to him
was nothing more than Oleomarga
rine, and he is about to arrest IL
number of the members of the socie
tv, as we'll as the grocer who sold it
to them.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

State Factory Inspector Delaney
has inaugurated campaign against
aldermen and justices Of the peace
throughout Pennsylvania who vio-
late the factory law by issuing en-
plOyment certificate to children not
legally entitled to be employed in
mills and factories. Deputy inspect
Ors have been instructed to bring suit
against all these offenders, and seve-
raj such prosecutions have been en-
tered within the past ten days. The
law requires that a child seeking em-
ployment be fourteen years Of age
and must have certain specified edu
cational and physical qualifications.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

A very unusual, but interesting in
cident took place at the Wyoming
Conference, when Polish Catholic
priest, the Rev. Joseph Davidowski, +,
who is at the head Of the Polish
Catholic church at Plymoth, Pa,
came upon the floor of the Conference
asked to be admitted to the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. He is an ed
ucated man but speaks broken Eng
lish, and he explained that he and
about forty families in his parish were
dissa tisfied with their religion and
that they wanted something better
and felt that the Methodists were
the ones to help them. They were
reading the New Testament, he eX-
planned, and believed itand loved it..
Bishop Goodsell was surprised and
somewhat nonplussed by the novel
situation, and told Rev. Davidowski
that he would have to think the
matter over.
"You are sure you want to join us??'
said the Bishop. The man replied
that he had had the matter in mind
for some time and was firm in his
conviction.
"Then let it be clearly understood, y
said Bishop Goodsell, ''that you seek
us and not we you. Our church is
not a proselyting church"
After due deliberation it was de-
cided that the appeal could not be
ignored, and the members of the for
mer Polish Catholic church at Ply
moth are now part of the Metho-
dist denomination. The church
property does not necessarily go with
the congregation, but whatever dis
position of it that Is lawful, will be
made.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

An eminent physician of Scranton,
in sptaking of appendicitis, said that
there is absolutely no danger in an
operation, if it is made within the
first twenty-four hours; that it is the
safest operation surgeons are called
upon to make, if taken carly. But
as Il rule, there is a natural dread OF
an operation in family, and it is
usually put off from day to day until
too late. He says people should lis
ten first of all to the family physician
and if he advises an operation, it
should be made; that physicians do
not gain credit or fame by perform
ing operations that are not necessary
and that cannot be successful, but
only by successful ones, and that the
physician for this reason, no other,
will advise honestly. He also says
that while there is an impression
abroad that doctors like to advise
operations for the sake of making
them, the reverse is true, and that
only where necessary, are they like.
ly to be advised.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

1t is reported that Postmaster
General Cortelyou will recommeid
an additional yearly appropriation
of 5000 for rural mail carriers for
horses which their trips require.
The present pay $72O will leave the
carrier about $3.50 a year for his
labor, the balance being spent for
horsefeed and repairs on buggies.
For the kind of services the Post
Office Department expects, the pay
the pay is deemed too small. The
deficit in the Postal service last
year may delay the new appropri-
alton, however.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-26

Governor Pennypacker signed
the bill which fixes a penalty of $40,
or ten days imprisonment ''for
throwing waste paper. sweepings,
ashes, household waste, nails or
rubbish of any kind into the streets
of cities, boroughs or townships, or
for distu, bing the contents of any
receptacle placed upon the street OF
sidewalk for collection of such
sweepings." tits law and should
be enforced.