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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
THE rARM.

Good seed is essential to good crops
and is cheap at any price
Flowing too wet ground glazes over
the elods and keeps in the water.
Don't plow the soil deep when i. is
wet It Will result in lasting injury.
The COW that is spring poor" now
won't be worth much the coming sum-
meT.
Keep plenty of vegetable matter in
the soil by use OF clover, cowpeas or
manure.
Don't blame your neighbor because
his cattle get in your field. Keep youI
fences repaired.
We have as yet hardly begun 10
study our grasses, of which many
kinds grow wild in the United States
Give the boys FIVE square rods of and
for garden. Let them plant anythins
they like. tut insist that they keeI
down the weeds.
No barn dressing should be used In
growing potatoes II has a tendency
TO produce rot Use barn dressing in
seeding to grass after the potato crop
e. Rogers. Cumberland county. Ne
a top dressing of nitrate of soda is
applied early in the spring by that
very successful hay grower OF Connec-
ticut. George NJ Clark. II gives grass
a vigorous start
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

hotel of his own under his own name.
q name worth money.
An old-timer: yes. When he was
running the Grand Union hotel in Sar-
tago-capaeity somewhere about l.50o
he would meet the bus at the door
and greet every guest by name, that is
II he had but once seen the guest be-
fore. In the city he made the same
trait invaluable. OF late years, as the
number of impressions on his mental
photography increased beyond all rea
son, he sometimes missed a name. A
genuine regard for the comfort of his
people went with his marvellous mem
DRY. Nowadays the proprietor of great
hotel scarcely sees his guests Usually
he is quite different person from the
manager. anyhow. Boldt at the Wal
dorf-Astoria. Hahn, Muschenheim. are
of the new type. They look after the
kitchen more than the front Office. and
they are rather fnanciers than hosts.
oscar" is known TO ten times as many
people by sight as Boldt Nor is the
steward Or head waiter a bad substi-
tute in some ways. He gets big sal
airy and q percentage on the business.
He is a iiplomat, tactician. an ex-
pert of cooking and service. Louis
Sherry was once head waiter or stew
ard, and so won favor in that place
that his rich patrons practically set
him up in business. But there is a
difference. The head waiter type, as
representing the hotel to the average
outsider, has at times the subtle air
of the turnkey He is obsequious OF
naughty as the case demands. The
old-time landlord was not much of ar
expert on French cookery, and he die
not greatly study grace in usherins
people about He was a free and equa
| American citizen, too simple to COW
low before wealth and too human II
snub any decent guest. 1t was the no
tel clerk. not the proprietor, who pu
on airs. Now the clerk is an-humblet
and brought low: made the keeper and
the slave of all manner of electrical
contrivanees, naughty only TO the bell
boys.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Wuch Needed Law.

After an agitation that finally won
to its support all but the owners and
breeders of coach horses and thoss
that slavishly follow fashion the New
York legislature has passed by very
large majority a bill 90 prohibit the
docking Of horses tails and the i'm
portation into the state of horses thus
mutilated The New York Evening
Mail says: There is no question OF
the merit and need of such a law
The docking Of horses tail is a
senseless abasement of Gods noblest
fourfooted creature 1t is repuisive
as well a. a cruel outrage upon an
animal which repays brutality with
geEleness and good service. A FIRE
Quent argument against an snti-dock
ing bin las been the assumption tina,
it would only serve TO penalize breed
ers in this state, since purchasers
would buy their horses outside the
state and bring them in The bill
passed by the assembly the other day
forbids the Importation Of locked
horses So far as the CONSTITUTIONAL
y Of such a provision goes, it need
only be said that if the state may
prohibit the importation of harmless:
oleomargarine and of lawfully killer
game birds, it must certainly posses!
the power to shut out manned beasts
Another argument against the Law
has been that spirited horse may be
come impossible to control if he il
able to throw his tail over the reins
In answer to this claim it is onl!
necessary to say that spirited horse1
should only be driven by competen
drivers, and that a good driver doe
not allow the reins to get out of hi
control"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

things go now. Yet the styles have
come round to il Just such clni- ?
rooms are being constructed to-day
noble of proportions with their pilas
ters-
Breslin had been connected With
some Is C~erent hotels, but ii was his
long stay in the Gilsey House that
made him famous in New York. He
managed at times all three Coney
Island hotels. Guests followed MIN
from the St James. the St Nicholas,
the Gilsey- People attended his fu-
neral who had from time to time Oeen
with him 40 years and more. Many
congressman knew him by his enc
time lease of the old Wizards in
Washington
Brooklyn is peculiar in being city
of more than a million people all by
herself, without single first-class 10
eel of transient type. The family no
tel, on the other hand, fiourishes
nightly in Brooklyn For some rea-
soa this kind of place never seems to
need, or at any rate to get, landlord
The visible source of authority is a
pale, nervous and overworked clerk
who Ill replaces the stout, digniied
well-poised, comfortable figure that
old-fashioned people instinctiyely ex.
pect to meet in a landlord. Breslin
was that man TO a dot. He could have
been put on the stage and played. The
Lelands were such men. Even the
name is almost forgotten.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

ana rub your eyes; there away below
the fashionable center of the town are
a lot of real drummers, the kind you
sorts. sitting out on the sidewalk in
rocking chairs. And on Broadway. It's
below the theater quarter and there is
room enough after the wholesale
houses close. Some of the chairs are
even In the roadway. That is at Tilly
Haines' Broadway Central hotel There
are men who have stayed there at
times for a generation. The Fifth
Avenue has been of the same sort II
must 60 pretty soon-site too valuable
for five stories-but 1t has been notable
for generation Tom Plat for years
lived there. and Republican politicians
naturally followed suit, but there were
plenty Of non-political people who
learned TO appreciate the delicate i.tle
attentions, the extra treats at Sunday
night suppers and the like. Down in
CORTLAND street the old Merchants
was long the special resort of Jersey
men. The Ashland House has scarce
ton. Southern men go there. Many
of these also favor the Astor House
the noisiest site in the city by day and
at night one of the quietest- Sim Ford
of the Grand Union is famous for the
| funny after-dinner speeches which he
began making a few years ago. after
having lived As years unheralded.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
VALUE OF A GOOD oARDEN
A Word Of Advice as to Devoting.
Small Patch on Farm to Rails
ing Vegetables

Many people fail to realize the great
value of a thrifty, we'll kept garden
Even an inferior one Is much better
than none. Vegetables are indispensa-
BILE to a family, so far as health is
concerned to say nothing of the money
saved by not having to buy to much
-four and so many groceries
Ii would seem that every man
should manage to obtain a piece of
ground and see that 1t became well
fortified and enriched and then put
under a thorough state of cultivation
before trying 10 plant the seeds. II
only costs little TO buy enough seeds
for quite a good sized garden.
Radishes and early onions may be
made to grow in such a way as to
keep the table well supplied nearly
the whole season, and. when taken
fresh and crisp from the garden. they
have proved 10 be fine aid to diges-
ton. Radishes soon grow too strong
and pithy, and are not fit to use on
the table. To be good they must be
planted in rich and well prepared soil.
Ny way of having a continual sup
ply, explains a correspondent of the
Orange Judd Farmer. is to get two
packages of radish seed, one of the
small turnip-shaped kind, the other
of the long kind, that are not quite so
early. both of the red variety. / then
plant one third Of each package. This
amount is for small family, but
where there is large family 1t will be
necessary to plant more.
When the early, little round rad
ishes are about gone. plant again
about a third from each paper. BY
the time the third planting has been
nearIy used other vegetables have
come on and are taking their places.
The ground. however. should be
cleared by removing all the waste
ones. / have found that hogs relish
these leftover radishes very much.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

ciety belle has considered it-that is, liz
she has considered it at all. But once
awakened TO its importance she will de-
vote to it some time and attention that
she will find to be by no means misspent.
The resourceful woman can do much
toward acquiring the desired accom-
plishment So far the comprehensive
correspondence school genius has not
added the study 10 his curriculum, but
in most large cities there are exclusive
finishing schools where they give you
lessons in sitting down. they divide
the lessons into four parts: First, en-
tering the room: second, the greeting;
third. the selection of a chair; and,
fourth, the being seated
In the fourth class there are many
things to be grasped. The first is that
you must not lean forward, when you
sit down 1t looks awkward. Don't sit
with the body inclined forward 1t gives
one look as though one were about 10
start.
Don't sit with one foot doubled in
under your chair: and. of course, don't
sit on your feet. Place your feet in front
OF you, not extended too far, and don't
spread them too far apart. Let them
rest easily upon the carpet
When you sit down, don't loll: don't
lean way back: don't cross your feet
and don't look too uncomfortable Rest
comfortably, but don't be too comfort
able. Moderation in this matter is as
important as moderation in anything
alca
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
THE COURTEOUS PERSON.
Even Reproof Need Not Be Given
Rudely-About Various Points
of Etiquette.

There is never an excuse for rude
ness; a perfectly well-bred person is
never rude. If occasion demands, and
reproof must be given. it need not be
given rudely: rather with. a dignity
that makes it all the more effective
TO be curious about other peoples
affairs is to be rude; TO intrude when
one is not quite sure that a converse
ton is private. is to be rude: TO make
direct personal illusions is rude: to
turn remarks into personal applica-
ton is rude. In short. anything that
in any way seems in the least calcu-
lated TO make others uncomfortable is
absolute rudeness, for which there is
no excuse.
A very rude thing is to interrupt
with a contradiction or correction,
either of pronunciation or of state
ment; in the first the person may be
purposely misstating with some ulte-
rior object with which one has no
concern. IL this is not the case, it
is better to take the opportunity to
call attention in an aside. rather than
before others.
To correct is to confuse: IL it Is
in the matter of pronunciation, re-
member that different localities have
differeL1 pronunciations OF the same
word, and yours might sound quite as
bad, even worse. in such localities.
Some very well-informed people
have peculiar ways of pronouncing
simple words: the close .'u' of the
yirginian IS an example. This can
by no means be considered incorrect /;
il is habit and tie custom; therefore
it is rude to notice Ii in a fault-inding
or corrective spirit
Also. in the matter OF pronouncine
words that are little out of the or.
binary, 1t is never so much the accent
on the right syllable that is to be
noted as that the word itself is cor.
| rectly applied. Many learn from read.
ing. and yet may not have opportuni
ties Of hearing such words pronounced
| as they should be. II is not the place
of the listener to correct. unless r.
ouested, and then only In the polir4
spirit
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

dunn 30 yards long. Then there's
base ball.
People have short memories Who
remembers Henry Chadwick, thf
father of the game? Who remember.
John Montgomery Ward? As a base
ballist, that is? He was once the lido
of New York, college graduate, Law
student, husband OF popular actress
famed short-stop. For a time New
York bowed low before Amos Russie
New idols rise. The fan" who car
rare Baseball Is game FIR yount
men You draw big none r a few
years, then just as you b-g-n to fee
that you know the game, along abou
% years OF age. people be- in to cal
you veteran" and the manager IRE
leases" you to minor team or poor
er club in a smaller city. The famoM
players over 80 years of age who hold
their own without shadow of doubs
are mighty few. To compare un.ik,
things, John L. Sul1i an was a wonder
be was champ" for IL years before hs
went down and out But he became Al
ex-"champ" at 60 That's Old, in the
ring or on the diamond. Fit simm ons
is a young man. comparatively. bus ir
the ring he's a marvel of survival, no.
a champion. The most successful base-
ballists are the fellows that get plenty
of fame and succeed in starting sport.
ing goods stores before they lose head.
way in the diamond. Baseball man.
ayers have a hard-hearted way of ee
handing results and the public h
tickle. Besides, business is business
Suppose there should be long Goa
mining strike and bad crop and few
other tribes Where would the base
ball cash boxes be at the end OF tbs
season?
OWEN LANGDoN
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Planting Corn in Warm Soil

In the growing of corn find that
the matter Of seed is of very great i'm
portance. writes Kendall county IN
correspondent of the Farmers Review
l sometimes buy seed to get a change
and then l SOW my own for a few
years | prefer to buy any time after
January /. as after that time seed can
not well De changed. Ii ii is good SEED
at that time 1t will stay good, and II
bad there Is no way Of improving it /
test several times and make a thorough
test In winter. The sandy loan is
ready TO plant several days earlier
than the clay loan prepare nv
ground thoroughly. and when the soil
has become warm | plant about one
and one-haif inches deep.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS.
Plant Whose Botanical Name Is Poa
Pratensis Is One Of Much
Value.

This is one of the very famous
grasses of the United States and one
Of the most valuable. In different
parts of the country it is known by
different names, among which are:
Green Meadow Grass. June Grass,
Common Spear Grass.
The grass attains a good height,
sometimes being 80 inches tall. The
leaves are narrow and long and are
easily distinguishable from Canadian
blue grass, which has a broad leaf.
The roots are perennial. and creeping,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

stolen or taken as spoils of war by an
ancestor in Philadelphia $50 years ago
II was during the British occupation
of Philadelphia that the picture disap-
peared, in spite of the usual rules
respecting private property; and dur
ing at least 100 years of that time il
has hung on the walls of the Grey an
cestral home in Northumberland l
suspect that for about so years OF the
century the Greys enjoyed having it.
Now they are glad to send it back to
its old home. On April 30 it is to be
restored to Philadelphia with a disni-
fed celebration. Philadelphia may be
slow about getting what is coming to
it, but it IS sure
Even monarchies learn in time. They
send out different men to sit as figure
heads over a practically self-goverling
colony now from 20 years ago, when a
Durham could come over on the heels
of the Papineau rebellion, bring in his
train group of drunken and rascally
ne'erdoweels, squander money like wa
ter and in the end issue an Illegal war
rant banishing the rebels" under pain
of death il they returned to their ma
tive land In Dufferin and Grey and
Mimic the Canadians feel that they
have had the best the home country
could send them. l suppose most Eng
lishmen have by this time found out
that the Papineau rebellion-and for
that matter the much more recent Riel
attempt-had at least the excuse OF
pretty substantial grievances.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

Six red-haired talesmen who had been
accented by the state In the selection of
q iury to try Sabine Perielle. charged
With the murder of fellow Italian,
ware excused by Jacob B. Goodhart, at
,ornev for the accused, in the Waterbury
snperior court at Derby, Conn. q few
aavz aeo- Mr.. Goodhart held that his
client because OF his swarthy hue
wou,d mot be 30 likely to receive i'm
n.rssal fuegment from men Of sandy
complexion as from those Oh darker
....,rae The auburn haired tales
msn barred all had red wniskers-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Athletes Own the Earth.

he whole world il
G o i n e a I HE I Q
crazy. George AIDE
finds England in
midwinter daHy
yer tooth a II
Down in Greece
they are getting
ready for the
Olympian games
with athletes from
all the world to
compete in 6
white marble sta
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
IN THE METROPOLIS
THE oLD-TIME HOTEL MN
AND THE NEW.
ASToR HOUSE UNCHANGED
Earl Grey with Due Ceremony to Re-
turn a Stolen Portrait-Nother
Country Now SENDS
Good Men.

EW YORK.-James
H. Breslin was an
o d. tim e hotel
man. He worked
from tellboy to
pro pri etor, and
when he died In
the hotel Vol ,ott
he was one of the
best known men
in the business
had been president
of the local and
national associa-
lions, and had q
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
IARKER FOR CORN OR POTATOES.

MARKER FOR CORN OR POTATOES.
corn in width. An extra board is
placed on the two center runners to
stand on while driving. The guide is
fitted with double end and hinged
at the center of the marker, SO that
it may be turned over to either side
as desired. The tongue of an or
binary bob-sled can be attached with
out much bother, or special tongue
constructed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Earl Grey's Franklin Portrait.

HE British cabinet
made a hit in
sending Earl Grey
over to Canada
At least they made
a hit in Phila lei
phia, New York
and Washington.
1t isn't every Bril-
ton who could
come to this coun-
try bearing in his
boxes as a peace
Offering a portrait
of Ben Franklin
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
old-Fashioned Hotels.

} L read much
about the splendid
new carayanseries,
but there are still
m ore old fash
Toned z hotels in
New York than in
any other Ameri-
can city; and trey
get business. Walk
a ! o n G 10 " e T
Broadway of "a
summer evening
about eight O'Clock
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
A HANDY MARKER.
One Which the Farmer Will Find
Convenient Under Certain
Circumstances.

Where the check row planter or
two-horse drill is not used the marker
here shown is very convenient in lay
ing of field for corn or potatoes,
says writer in the Farm and Home.
The runners should be ZIG in strips
at least six feet long, the cross pieces
2x4, as long as you want the rows CT
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Honey Ointment.

Take equal parts of honey and white
-four and stir together with a little soft
water, just enough TO make a thick
paste, solid. not liquid. This is one of
the good old-fashioned remedies for
sores and boils-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Fashions Come Round.

GOOD many of the
old-time hotel men
ind it policy to
n a a & e tn cir
places as little as
possible. The class
OF patrons they
get care nothing
for gewgavs- In
that gay . curious
thing has hap
rened to the Astor
House. Its interi-
or architecture has
scarcely b zen
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
Fewer Foreigners.

China and Japan have fewer foreign
residents than any other countries.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

changed for 60 years. 1t is stately,
eignited. classical. rather quiet as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-15
Zion is Hard Up.

The report of Receiver Hately shows
an excess of liabilities in Zion amount
ing to $3,400,O00. The aggregate liabil-
tiles are put at $6,125,O1S. The quick
assets are estimated at $372,054, and
the slow assets at $2,156,427. The LA
bilities are made up of stocks and
bonds issued at random by Dowie for
account of unincorporated companies,
land department and bank; of mort
cages on real estate, of loans of all
sorts, and of bank deposits and annu-
tiles.
The entire list is published in the
Chicago papers, and it goes to show
that Dowle was a crazy business man,
and that his dupes were equally fool
ish but much more honest He went
along smoothly until his egotism push
ed him into the scheme of capturing
New York city. That silly expedition
cost him nearly million dollars, and
it was a fiat failure. This started
Dowie down hill, and he struck bottom
when Voliva bounced him and exposed
the extravaganza of his management.
Some of the factions in Zion have
been shut down, and others perhaps
will be. The place is full of bicker-
ings, and a wholesale exodus from it
is freely predicted. The entire delu.
sion Is on its last legs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-15
Cuban Affairs Uppermost.

The Cuban situation Is becoming
warm. The insurgents seem to be con
centrating upon Havana, and Presi-
dent Palma is powerless to keep them
away from his capital. He even asked
the commander of the cruiser Denver
to land a force nominally for the pro-
lection of American interests. Captain
Colwell did so, and he also placed his
ship where 1t could rake the chief com
mercial street. But the government at
Washington ordered him to call back
his men, which he did.
But while our marines were return
ing from the grounds about The presr
Dental palace, President Roosevelt
was preparing for a conference at
Oyster Bay, and Secretary Bonaparte
was hurrying more cruisers to Havana.
The Newark, the Tacoma and the
Cleveland are to join the Denver in
Havana harbor, and their going is to
be SO expedited that the three will
probably sail from Norfolk this week.
No one need fear that the President
will not act soon enough or strong
enough. He is built on strenuous lines,
and all he asks is a good excuse to
act under the terms of the Platt
amendment. This excuse he will Sc
cure perhaps in a weeks time.
The truth is, the Cubans are not fit
to govern themselves. The Palma
government is not a credit to them,
and the insurgents would not establish
becomes exceedingly interesting. 1t
will necessarily involve the question
of annexation. Intervention cannot
properly be delayed, because every day
of delay means great loss in material
interests. When" says the Chicago
Tribune. "the United States goes to
Cuba to establish peace-and that will
be soon-the peace it Will establish
will be lasting, for 1t will be American
peace. When the American flag goes
up again on Cuban soil, it will go up
to stay. There will be an end to amia-
BILE experiments in Cuban capacity for
self-government. No American will
tolerate another hauling down Of the
flag and another withdrawal from Gu
ba. All will insist on the realization
of the century old dream OF American
statesmen-to see Cuba what nature
meant it to be, an integral part of the
United States"