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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
IN ENCOURAGING SIGN.
Increase Of knowledge Among Farm
ers Means Better Farming.

Recently some have expressed the
idea that the people living in the
country are not increasing in in
formation relative to the scientific
handling of stock and the methods in
vogue among scientists in the. cult
walton of the soil. This is a mis-
take, says Farmers Review Agri-
cultural science is gaining among our
rapidly as the years go on. 1t was
natural that at first the progress
should be slow. body of 100000
persons is not to be moved In a
hurry. 1t is an aggregation of hui
man beings so vast that no one can
conceive of it's real import.
1t must be remembered, too, that
at first the means for affecting this
great mass and moving it were very
meager When our agricultural col
leges were organized there were few
men capable of acting as instructors,
for the universities of the country
ricultural science In many cases men
had to be taken out of the fields and
the creameries to teach in the col
leges. While they had a great deal of
practical Information, they had not
studied systematically the mass OF
agricultural information that had been
accumulated, and were but poorly pre-
pared to teach it.
1t is only within the past Is
years that most of our agricultural
colleges have been we'll enough
equipped to become aggressive. Now,
however, the material for teachers and
instructors is abundant and great
work is being done. That the farmers
are being reached is demonstrated by
the increasing attendance at farmers
meetings and in the agricultural col
leges. Information is being spread
rapidly by word of mouth. Complaint
is made that the bulletins issued by
the stations are not widely read by
the farmers. This is because it takes
airy matter and really absorb it, max
ing it into something having force.
But in each locality are few men
that have this ability and they spread
the information by word of mouth
and by example
There are numerous factors that are
operating to bring about better con-
dition in the not distant future. One
of these factors is the taking of more
interest in agriculture by the men
that have money and at the same
time have a fair knowledge of farm
ing matters. These men are buying
farms and are putting into practice on
them modern methods of agriculture.
The farms so handled become object
lessons. Other farmers follow the
lead of the most enterprising, unless
they lack the will and the ability to
learn. There are some of the latter
class, but they are destined to disap-
pear during the next generation or
two, for the reason that others will
buy their farms, which will have be-
come Improbable to the present
owners.
1t is becoming increasingly difficult
to farm without thought and still
make money. Farmers must make
more money from their farms to-day
than they used to, because they have
more expenses. The expenses cannot
be avoided, and must increase as pop
ulation becomes denser and the price
of land higher With the increase of
knowledge of how to handle land,
farmers will be able to balance the
increasing expenses with increasing
returns.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
Died in Westminster Abbey.

Henry w. died in Westminster Alb
hey in 1913. 1t is claimed that from
that time to this no life has ended
there, except that of minister named
Shepherd, who dropped dead in the
famous old sanctuary, just as he fin
ished a speech, at meeting recently
held under the charmanship of the
Dean of Westminster.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
SALESMEN WANTED.

We want live, active and thorough y experienced
salesman n this locality with sutf cent money to
buy outright his first month s supply of our SIM
plicity Low Pressure Hollow Wire Case
home and fully complying with insurance rules. To
such man we will give exclusive sale rig and
guarantee to refund money ( goods not sold N GU
days Further particulars on request. The Standard-
Giilett Light Co. $50 N. Halsted Stp Chicago, ILL.,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
SPREADING HAY IN NOW.
Simple Device by Which the Hump
in Center Is Avoided.

l put my hay in barn by large hay
fork, which FUNDS on track, writes a
correspondent of Rural New Yorker.
The hay naturally falls in the center,
and is hard to NOW away. l nailed
a dozen inch boards together with
cross pieces on under side, and hung
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
Poacher Had Nerve.

Robert Jones, Liverpool surgeon,
tells of patient who was an old
poacher and who while under the in
fluence of cocaine during an operation
upon the bones of leg, RECALLED the
surgeon with tales of his poaching ex
nlnits
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
Don't Forqet.

When you finish shingling that
building, don't forget and leave the
boards there which you nailed on to
keep yourself from slipping off. Take
them off when you are through, or,
later, you will be likely to find some
rotten shingles under them.-Farm
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30

Chinese Send Much Money Home.
It is calculated that Chinese living
and working in other countries now
gend home not less than $50,000,000
annually.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
For Distributing Hay In Now

as per diagram. When the forkful
reaches the slide, the man above no.
titles the man on load to trip fork,
and it slides to desired location.
When one side has enough, slide is
reversed
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30

When a married woman throws a
hint it is reasonably sure to strike her
husbands pocketbook.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
Mrs. WinSIC

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, in
nammation allays pain cures wind collie Csc bottle
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30

About the dearest thing on earth Is
cheap man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

broken, and why should I have done
so? I don't think I slept on the front
steps, When 8 man has a house he
sleeps inside instead of outside Of It.
I sort o. wish Mrs. Bowser was home
Cook says I have quite a fever She
attributes it to political excitement.
Mrs. Bowser is one of the best hands
in case of fever I ever heard of. l
might reach her by telephone, but
"Monday-Doctor has been here.
Says I have had a narrow escape.
Says a man of my age ought to have
wife to held him down. Says there's
no particular harm in moving pic
lures. vaudeville shows, sacred COLI
certs, poker games, gin fizzes, high
balls, Rabbit clubs and sleeping in the
front hail, if taken in moderate doses,
but that seem to have overdone the
thing. tr
Cook is kindness itself. but she isn't
Mrs. BoWser.
Il now begin to understand why
men marry, and why man is an ass
5tflof 6aoes4,t t. There Is something sac
red about home. There is nothing
sacred about a sacred concert.
Cook continues her kindness. She
has just limited that she has nothing to
tell Mrs. Bowser, who will arrive
early tomorrow morning am count
ing the hours. 7 shall explain to her
that it is a hard cold. but she will
suspect the truth and forgive me.
Dear Mrs. Bowser! Durn high balls
and a life of freedom p Copyright
1906, by Eugene Parcelles.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

go to the theater. may stay out
rather late o. nights in the interest of
the next presidential election. l feel a
strange elation. If Mrs. Bowser stays
a month l shan't kick
''Wednesday-=Wa out late last
night to the Rabbit Club. When it
came eleven o'clock I did not have to
grab for my hat and overcoat and rush
for home and wonder what Mrs Bow
ser was going to say
"At midnight several members ex-
pressed surprise that I had not de-
parted. I gave them to understand
that no wife could run me
AT one O'Clock several other fellers
came around and said they hoped my
staying wouldn't lead to divorce L
told EN- I didn't care how burned
quick Mrs. Bowser applied for one.
Home at two in the morning. No
one leaning over the banister as
opened the front door. No one to re-
mark the hour and say that such car
rvings on at my age were shameful
Didn't have to creep up stairs like a
thief. Didn't have to take anything
off but my coat to get into bed
Thursday sarcastic looks or
words at the breakfast table this
morning over my being out late last
night and 1 never enjoyed a break
fast better. No one to ask me for
money. No one to caution me not to
buy a balloon or a diamond mine dur
Ing the day Took in vaudeville show.
Never knew before that there was SO
much fun in them. Roars of laugh
ter from start to finish. Sauntered
around the town by moonlight after
the performance. Met a cop that 1
knew and he chuckled and poked me
in the ribs and said / was a gay old
boy. Home some time in the morn
ing. Didn't even have to take my coat
of to go to bed. Tt makes me mad to
think of the years have wasted in I'M
dressing
Cook said she was awake at four
o'clock in the morning and heard
some one coming up stairs. 1 easily
This is life. this is. BY thunder. why
does any man ever marry
''F'riday-Out again last night.
cannot tell the reader what a relief it
Is for me to put on my hat and coat
after dinner and walk out without be-
Ing questioned and cautioned to hurry
right back.
went to a bowling alley. Went to
a club. Dropped in to see the moving
pictures Hadn't one single thought
of the house. No chillsz went creeping
Up my back as I thought of Mrs.
Bowser meeting me in the hall and
saying that she was glad we had no
son to follow in his fathers footsteps.
Thought the cook might have some re-
marks to make at breakfast, but on
the contrary she gave me an encour-
aging smile. When woke Up found
that I was fully dressed, even to my
Shoes but I never slept better in my
sit and yet millions and millions Of
people viii spend an hour out of the
tWenty-four dressing and undressinS
Wasn't cautioned when left the
house not to invest in chickens, pigs
COWS, autos or winter tonics. Went
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

lit was almost at once and did not
crowd her From the first she seemed
to feel at home, calling each of US by
name she selected herself, and she
had been with US for five days before
the captain sat down to draw her out
There was nothing to draw In other
words, she remembered nothing pre-
vious to waking up in the stateroom
she must have been on a ship, and
that there must have been cause for
her leaving it. She had no recollection
such thing She must have been go
ing from somewhere to somewhere.
She admitted it, but could not name
the points. If she had father and
mother, sisters and brothers. she did
not know
You would say that a person who
had been called by one name for six
teen years would recognize it even If
memory were gone. We tried this CIR:
with very female name in German or
English we could think of, but we did
not hit the right one. Then we called
her Annie, and in time she got used to
it. 1t was Of course plain enough to
us that there had been disaster out
there on that wide ocean. A ship had
foundered or burned, and as the girl
had been lowered into one of the boats
it had broken adrift and gone swiriing
away. In no other way could her pres
ence in midocean be accounted for
For the first three or four days we kept
a sharp watch for open boats or wreck
age, but nothing was seen.
We were q rough lot Of men, but
that girl had the pity and sympathy of
every man aboard The many tricks
we resorted to to call her memory back
would make a book. The sailors be-
fore the mast were allowed to make
suggestions. and every day some new
scheme was suggested. She knew the
uses of the comb, brush and glass, and
she could sew. Her table manners
showed that she had been well reared.
She would take a book and read for
hours, but it was a disputed point with
US how much she understood. We
mentioned the name of almost every
town in Germany, but all seemed
strange to her. Then we tried South
Africa, and our earnestness made her
laugh merrily. Nothing was surer
than that her father and mother were
Germans. but when a German sailor
sought to converse with her in that
language she simply stared at him.
Wherever our charts showed that the
Germans had a colony in the Pacific,
we mentioned the name, but it did no
good.
The girl spoke to US only in broken
German and was a child in her ways.
She regained her health and spirits az
ter a few days, and then wandered
about the decks asking the name and
use of everything she saw. She would
exclaim in her native language and
sing songs IN German. but she would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Talked politics and played poker.
Talked Cuba and played more
poker.
Talked Panama Canal and had a
flush.
Held threes and straights and big
pairs, and never once thought of Mrs.
Bowser. Free as air, and feeling like
a 4-year-old.
What asses men make of them
selves when they marry! Just let
Mrs. Bowser give me one sassy word
when she gets back and
II have an indistinct recollection of
dropping something at poker, but
whether it was a cent or $40 shall
never know. In fact. I don't care.
When 1 set out to have a good time
there's nothing stingy about me.
Il remember of speaking about go
ing home at o'clock in the morning,
but some one asked what's the use.
and / said no more. Don't remember
of getting home. Don't remember of
a policeman kindly unlocking the
front door for me and calling me
regular Jim Dandy. Can't remember
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

in the dales of idealisn. but is bla-
family tried and practical, rotund and
alert With American lOng-headedneS
he has harmonized his private purposes
and the claims of his constituents in a
thoroughly squared, buSineSs-like NOR
al code His clear-cut dicta reveal
philosophy of politics at once recog-
nizable and efficient. The book has
hit OF the congressional chairman as
he is heard and seen and beyond that
makes its gibes applicable in other
fields than politics The volume Is
made uo with a Typographical elegance
that IS thoroughly in harmony with its
epigrammatic smartness.
Lieut.. Peary's achievement in the
Arctic gives a peculiar timeliness to
Anthony F'fala's Fighting the Polar
Ice" which Doubleday. Page & Com
pany are just bringing out after long
F'iala held the record for the farthest
north for America, having gone to
eighty-two- In commenting on Peary's
achievement Mr.. F'iala said: Il am
forcibly struck, in the somewhat mea-
gre reports Of Peary's success in a
search for the North Pole, with the
similarity Of his difficulties and mine
while in command of the Ziegler Polar
expedition. Going over my diary. OBJ
servations, and records of my last, not
attempt, I find all the anxieties and
probable dangers clearly set down
that Peary has encountered since he
left New York. After the experiences
of '03, '04 and '05, it appears to me
that the most feasible method of at
tack would be to use a strongly built
drift ship on the plan originally sug-
gested by Admiral Melville from OBJ
servation taken during the drift of the
Jeanette and materialized later in the
success Franz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
a MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
nv NJ. Ouad.A

BY M. 0luad.1
If YOU draw a straight line from the
1 pc of Good Hope to the island of
Australia you have a distance of six
thousand miles. 1t is six thousand miles
| of troubled water, with no island with
in five hundred miles of the course.
1t is the longest voyage without a port
of call IN the world, and even the old
est shellback of a sailor gets homesick
before the run is finished A ship may
voyage between the two points and
and not sight a single sail. Out there
in the midst of that great ocean man
feels his insignifcance as nowhere else
on the globe.
from Liverpool to Sidney, calling at
Capetown, and the days observation
had shown that we were about half
way between Capetown and Australia,
when a man aloft sang out that he
could descry a ships boat about two
miles away on the lee bow. For eigh-
teen days we had not sighted a sail.
We had been as much alone on that
ocean as if ships and men did not exist.
There was excitement on deck at once.
There was a fair wind and a tumble of
sea and as we had run through a gale
the day before we INN edtately began
to wonder how a ships boat could
have lived through it. There it was.
however, as we soon made out. It was
a quarter boat, painted black and with
out mast or sail It was driving with
wind and sea- and until We fell off our
course and passed 1t within biscuit toss
we supposed it to be empty. As we
passed it we saw a female crouching
IN the bottom. and when we raised a
shout she stood up and duplicated us
with hands and arms to save her.
The bark was brought to the wind
and boat lowered and after a little
we had the girl aboard. I say girl.
for she was not a day over sixteen and
was of German birth, though she
could speak English to1erably well. 1t
was only when she was safe aboard
that we found that she had lost her
mind and was like a child OF course,
the first thing was to overhaul the boat.
She had no name. There were a few
biscuits left, but the water key had
been empty for at least three days
There were no oars-no spare cloth
ing-not the slightest thing to give US
a cIew to the identity Of the girl or
the name Of the craft from which she
must have cast off. She had not suf-
fered greatly in a physical way, but
was mentally upset and looked about
her so strangely that we wondered If
she had ever seen a ship before. She
was given a spare staterOOm and fell
asleep almost at once and did not open
her ewes for sixteen hours. Mean
while her clothing had been inspected
for marks or initials. There were none.
While the garm ents were servtceabl
they belonged rather to a wealthy girl
than a poor one.
It was hoped that when the stranger
awoke her mind would be clear and
that we should hear her story. but in
that we were disappointed She met
US with a smile and asked how she
came aboard. She did not even recol-
1ect being taken from the boat I said
she had lost her mind Perhaps It
would be nearer the mark to say MEM
Org, though at the same time it could
be seen that the hardshiDs she had
passed through had more or less af-
fected her mind as well. We saw how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

not speak it. She called the captain
father, and me Carl, and was content
not to even ask our destination. BY
and by we saw that 1t was useless and
gave up trying. She had her own state
room, was always ready at meal time,
and one not knowing of her af1ictiOn
would not have suspected it from any
thing in her actions. It was only when
she began to talk that you saw her
mind was blank. She was treated aa
resp ectfully as II she had been the cap
tainis own daughter. and 1t was a hard
task parting with her at Sidney. She
was taken TO the German consul there,
and he at once bestirred himself TO
gather particulars I am telling of
what took place over twenty years ago,
and yet have a letter from Australia
lying before me as I write that sayu
the mystery surrounding the girl, who
is now a middle-aged woman, has
never been cleared up. She has never
recovered her mind. and Will continue
to be an inmate of a Home to the day
of her death Inquiries have been
pushed everywhere and IN every direc-
ton, but without success. Old Ocean
has secrets that cannot be wreated
from her. and this Is one q them.
1905. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Of the cook finding me lying in the
front hall when she came down. The
first I knew 1 was uo and dressed, and
plying the man who ties himself to
wife.
Policeman met me at the gate as I
started for the office and wanted to
know if 1 was going to pay for that
window. I didn't even ask him what
window he meant. but when he said
the damage was 81 I pulled out the
money and paid it like a man. Cook
brushed feathers off my clothes and
picked straws out of my hair before
I sat down to breakfast. but she was
1iscreet-very discreet. She said she
used to pick uD feathers and straws
when she went to sacred concerts
"Sunday-W Up with a recollec-
ton. Several recollections- Also a
sore throat and a headache. Break
fast in bed. More recollections and
headache than breakfast.
Cook very kind and thoughtful
Discovered that I had lost my watch,
and symDa thized with me
discovered that I had lost my wal
let, and said it didn't matter as long
as I had had a good time.
81 don't think came home in an
ambulance. Neither of my legs are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
MIR. BowsER's WEEK.
He Puts In Seven Days With His
Lonesome.

Mrs. Bowser received word the
other afternoon that mother had fall
len down stairs and broken several
ribs and wanted her daughter for
week. and the news was communicated
to Mr.. Bowser on his arrival home
from his office. He was agreed that
Mrs. Bowser should leave on the train
next morning, and leave she did, while
he was left to keep house for a week
with the assistance of the cook. Mr..
Bowser won't admit that he kept a
diary during the seven days Mrs. Bow
ser was absent, but those who know
him best are quite sure that he did,
and that the following is q correct
transcript:
''Tuesday-Mrs. Bowser left this
morning for Blanktown to see her
mother. 1t Will be a change from the
dreary monotony. If I want to go to
club or poker party I shall have no
one to look at me accusingly. I may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

The Christmas McClure's contains
some Of the most varied, picturesque
and striking material which the mag
azine has ever gathered together in a
single number Perhaps the most in
9eresting single feature is an editorial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Particular interest attaches to the
publication of sJoggin' Erlong," the
new book of dialect poems by Paul
Laurence Dunbar. as It IS the first
book issued since the death of that
gifted negro writer. Dodd, Mead &
Co are issuing the volume In a style
similar to Poems Of Cabin and Field,
by the Same author
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

The Outing Publishing company has
bought Caspar Whitney's Well-known
book, Jungle Trails and Jungle Peo-
pie" from Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

right out with-uy- head up and able
to look the world in the face. How
have stood Mrs BOwser's sarcasm as
long as I have Is a mystery to me.
Saturday-Change my clothes az
ter I got home and had dinner and
went to a poker party. It was what
is called a stag party. That is, you
drank as many high balls and gin
fixes as seemed proper, and lost all
the money you wanted to.
Very pleasant lot of fellows, and all
surprised to see me. Heard some of
them limiting that Mrs Bowser must
be dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

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1t has been generally known that the
law which forms the groundwork Of
Mrs Caroline Abbot Stanley's "A Mod
ern Madonna" q law permitting a man
to will away the custody and tuition or
his unborn child, was actually existent
in the District of Columbia up TO ten
years ago. Now the attorney generals
of the states of Tennessee and South
Carolina are authority for the state
ment that almost identical statutes are
in force in these states today. The
book. therefore. treats of a live and
appealing issue.