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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
GIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN MEALS
French Authorities Allow None of
Them to Go Hunary.

In Paris the city government gives
every school child one full meal
day. This does not tend to pauperize
the children or to lessen the respon
sibility of the parents; for all those
who can afford to pay for the meal
are expected to do So On the other
hand, no jealousy or contempt can be
felt by the richer children for their
starved comrades; for all are sup
piled with the same metal token,
which has to be given up in exchange
fof the meal The "cantine scolaire,"
as this municipal soup kitchen is
called, is not confined to Paris. In
the provinces, the ''soupe scolaire,"
its equivalent, has sent up the school
attendance by leaps and bounds.
Here, however, instead of paying for
their midday meal, all those who can
possibly do so are encouraged to
bring to school their handful of
vegetables and the like and the con
tributi0ns are all put into the com
mon SOUP.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
conversation.

"The power to converse well is a
very greal Charm, says Ruonin.
You think everybody can talk! How
mistaken yen ere. AnyhO9y con ex
change idle gossip, Anybody can re-
capitul1t2 the troubles of the kitchen
the cost Of the last new dress, and
the probable doings of the neighbors.
But to talk wisely, instructively, fresh
ly and DELIGHTFULLY."- is an immense ac-
complishment. 1t implies eXertion
observation study of books and peo
pie, the receptiyity of impression"
Plato bapished the musicians from
his feasts that the charms of CONVEX
sation might have no interference, but
In our later fashions many prefer
music rather than the gossip of the
hour which often degenerates into
trivialities, wearisome and common
place. AS mirror reflects the face,
so the conversation reveals the mind
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
Demons and Fiends.

The one most noted through Mer-
yon's etching is muscular demon
with high cheek bones, his lean chin
resting on his hands, he sits licking
his lips over the sins of Paris. Look
ing westward is q grim fiend throt-
One monster grins with the very nor
ror of a laugh, another is in a sort of
comic despair. and near him a beast
bowls furiously at the city that is
beyond his reach. There is dog
tearing at the bullocks throat, a
monstrous bird, apes, elephants and
Shiny brutes with scales, dragons and
shapes of evil There is but one
human form among them, a man who
twists his fingers in his beard, and
strains out over the city as though
longing for release from all these hor-
rors.
There is a legend of the ruined
churches in Provence which the poet
Mistral has told which gives a most
vivid pen picture of these strange
monsters at the hour when the last
day Is dead and the next one has not
been born.
Then the shadows become alive,
and these chimeras in response to the
deep peal of the bells, snuff the night
air, and stride, shuttle or walk, each
with his own peculiar gait toward the
summit of the bell tower Through
the thick darkness are sounds of hol-
low laughter of grinding claws, and
clapping wings, mingled with the wall
of the wind. Then the first ray of
morning blazes upon the house and
the river, and the weird shapes creep
back to their own places; with a
murmur of returning life the city
wakes, and once more the cathedral
dies.
Grand old unfinished pile. No one
can overlook the stately grandeur of
the Arch Of Triumph, the splendor of
the Louvre the beauty of La Sainte
Chappelle, the fascination of the
Tomb of Napoleon, but for vital his
toric episodes this church stands
alone as a symbol for the whole city
in all its memorable experiences
Los Angeles Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
CATS PREFERRED TO HUSBANDS.
Chicago School Teacher Gives Rea-
sons for Her Theories


We forget who it was that coined
the phrase. "all big things come from
Chicago" but we would like to add
that occasionally some big thoughts
are also born in that metropolis of
tAa West
A Chicago teacher, who we may add
is ct yet heart and husband free,
evolved the interesting theory that as
life companion a cat is far more
preferable than man.
After enumerating the faults of an
average husband, she proceeded to
tell of the high qualities of cat, and
when she came to that part in her ora
ton when comparisons became neces-
sary poor husbands had not leg to
stand on.
The three strongest points that she
made were that cats trim their own
whiskers, never complain and, if they
happen to come home late in the wee
small hours, they DO not invent ex-
cuses, and though guilty of misbe-
hayior, they never walk diagonally
across the room, chewing a second
rate cigar and vainly endeavoring to
make themselves understood
Well, it seems as if the cats had
the better Of it, and so far no de-
fender of poor downtrodden man has
appeared on the Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
Scene of Splendid Ceremonies.

1t has been the scene of many mag
nificent ceremonies Perhaps the most
splendid was the coronation of Napo-
leon and Josephine in the winter of
1904. a century and a year ago. 1t
was on this occasion that Napoleon
took the crown from the hands of the
Pope and placed it haughtily on his
own head, proceeding which must
have been rather startling to his Holt
ness.
A great service was held there in
1910 to celebrate the restoration to
French soil of the remains of this
great leader.
1t is natural that the whole French
nation has for Notre Dame a feeling
of generation and affection similar to
that of English hearts for Westmin-
ster Abbey The marriage of Henry,
King of Navarro, with Marguerite OF
Valois took place at the entrance to
the cathedral, as the King was a Pro
testant. Later the Catholic mobiles
swore at the altar to fight this same
Henry to the bitter end, but he be-
came a Catholic in 1893 and attended
mass when he took the throne as the
first monarch of the bourbon line.
The marriage of Mary Stuart with the
Dauphin was celebrated here and
many have been the TIE Deums that
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
Wins Unique Bet.

One of the most ingenious methods
known of keeping the letter of a bet
and breaking its spirit was that of a
New Yorker, who wagered that he
would not speak to human being for
month. He won his wager, but DE.
fore many days passed his loneliness
began to pail. At last he hit upon the
ievice of expressing his sentiments by
addressing his remarks to his dog
London Pail Mall Gazetta
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
OMISSION EASILY PUT RIGHT
Seaman's Suggestion of Substitute
for Missing Initial.

The skipper of Beverly vessel on
Grand Bank ran up alongside Skip.
per Nat High of Marblehead and Sc
cured spare anchor, having lost
his out in a gale. AS usual in such
cases, he gave an order on the
shoresman owner and sailed away.
A while after, on re-reading the or
der, Skipper High exploded with:
Blast my eyes, men, but here is a
devil of fire. | didn't give him the
O., and my names Nat o. High"
Don't worry about that, skipper"
said Joe Vincent; you can easily
make that all right Just run down
alongside and throw hoop aboard"
Boston Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

The cathedral church of Notre
Dame is almost as closely connected
with the history of the French people
as Is the Abbey of Westminster with
that of the English. The gray-white
building with it's feet nearly washed
by the waters of the Seine, has seen
grand pageants and lurid tragedies
such as even Victor Hugo could not
write.
But no one who had read this au-
thor's graphic story, "Notre Dame de
Paris can ever forget the Archdea-
con clinging to its roof and at last
falling to a terrible death on the
pavement far below
1t is strange that where so much
has been changed, this building has
remained almost unaltered in outline
and general effect. The storm of shot
and shell that has beat upon ii has
seemingly destroyed only the detail,
and the revolutions that have surged
around it have receded leaving 1t
like a mountain in the midst of the
sea
Notre Dame cathedral is no less
written about than others because it
Is less picturesque, it does not SO
much excite the Imagination, The in
tricacy of Rouen, the richness of
Reims, the fortresslike grandeur of
Bourges, and the elegant variety of
the Chartres, these are wanting. Most
casual observers know it only as rath-
er squatty looking building with
two unfinished towers, and it is in its
sculptures and classic architecture
that its greatest charm is found. The
interior is unique because of its dou-
BILE aisles, feature which is not seen
in English churches, even on so vast
scale as Ely or Canterbury.
The stained glass was originally the
glory of the church, and the long
shafts of color that streamed in from
every window must, in the early days,
have been almost a marvel, if we are
to believe the writer's of those times,
These were destroyed, not by an in
furiated mob, but by those in au-
thority, who removed this priceless
material and replaced it by sheets Of
dull color ornamented with the fleur
de lis
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

The published statements of num-
Der of coffee importers and roasters
Indicate "waspy" feeling towards us
for daring to say that coffee is harm
full to a percentage of the people.
A frank public discussion of the sub
ject Is quite agreeable to us and can
certainly do no harm; on the contrary
when all the facts on both sides Of any
question are spread before the people
they can thereupon decide and act in
diligently.
Give the people plain facts and they
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
Mighty Good North CaroIinians.

NJ. c. Austin, who served on the
grand jury last week, said after the
grand jury had finished its weeks
work: you can say that not men,
Der of that jury drinks or smokes.
not a word of profanity or vulgarity
was uttered during our stay together
by any member, and nothing was said
or done that we wouldn't have been
willing for our families to hear or see
and no man spit on the floor. Mon.
roe Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
The Coffee Debate.

Please remember we never say or.
binary coffee hurts everyone.
Some people use it regularly and
seem strong enough to withstand its
attacks, but there Is misery and dis.
ease in store for the man or woman
who persists in it's use when nature
protests, by heart weakness, stomach
and bowel troubles, kidney disease.
weak eyes or general nervous prostra.
ton. The remedy is obvious. The
drug caffeine. contained in all ordinary
coffee, must be discontinued absolute.
ly or the disease will continue in spite
of any medicine and will grow worse.
1t is easy to leave off the old-fash.
toned coffee by adopting Postum Food
Coffee, for in it one finds a pleasing
hot breakfast or dinner beverage that
has the deep seal brown color, chang.
ing to rich golden brown when good
cream is added. When boiled long
enough (15 minutes) the flavor is not
that of rank Rio coffee but very like
the milder. smooth and high-grade
Java, but entirely lacking the drug
effect Of ordinary coffee.
Anyone suffering from disorders set
up by coffee drinking (and there is an
extensive Variety can absolutely de-
pend upon some measure of relief by
quitting coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee.
If the disease has not become too
strongly rooted, one can with good rea.
son expect it to disappear entirely in
a reasonable time after the active
cause of the trouble is removed and
the cellular tissue has time to natural.
ly rebuild with the elements furnished
by Postum and good food.
It's only just plain old common
sense
Now, with the exact facts before the
reader, he or she can decide the wise
course, looking to health and the
power to do things.
If you have any doubt as to the
cause Of any ache or all you may have,
remember the far-reaching kilograms
of hurt nervous system travel from
heel to head, and it may be we'll worth
your while to make the experiment of
leaving off coffee entirely for ten days
and using Postum in its place.
You will probably gather some good
solid facts, worth more than a gold
mine, for health can make gold and
sickness lose 1t. Besides there's all
the fun, for it's like continuous In
ternal frolic to be perfectly we'll.
There's reason for
POSTUM
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd, Battle Creek. Mich
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
coffee users has some form of incipi-
ent or chronic disease; realize for enc

moment what a terrible menace to
nation of civilized people, when one
kind Of beverage cripples the energies
and health of one-third the people who
use 1t.
We make the assertion advisedly
and suggest that the reader secure his
own proof by personal inquiry among
coffee users.
Ask your coffee drinking friends II
they keep free from any sort of aches
and ails. You will be startled at the
percentage and will very naturally
seek to place the cause Of disorder on
something aside from coffee, whether
food, inherited tendencies or some
thing else.
Go deeuer in your search for facts.
II your friend admits occasional neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, heart weakness,
stomach or bowel trouble, kidney CON-
plant, weak eyes or approaching nerv-
oas prostration induce him or her to
make the experiment Of leaving Off
coffee for 10 days and using Postum
Food Coffee, and observe the result.
It will startle you and give your friend
something to think Of OF course, II
the person Is one Of the weak ones
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

have echoed through its aisles for the
victories of the French armies. A
great Thanksgiving service was once
held. The King, Charles VI, had been
dressed as a satyr at palace fete.
The Duke of Orleans curious as to
his identity came near him with a
torch, accidentally setting his clothes
on fire. Four of his companions were
burned to death, but the King him
self was saved.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

Sumatra Vegetables and Animals,
Sumatra has a greater variety of
animal and vegetable life than any
other region in the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
Perfectly Formed Man.

A man, to be perfectly proportioned,
should weigh twenty eight pounds for
every foot of his height.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

Everybody get ready for Spring
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

Everybody get ready for Spring
Conference.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
Good in Little Thinos.

1t Is sometimes good to be content
with doing little; the great and splen.
did occasions in which a man can
benefit his country are few; the hum.
BILE duties by which her benefit may
be advanced are of daily occurrence.
Sidney Smith.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

ard says "T can't quit" you will have
fee importer. Treat such kindly, for
they seem absolutely powerless to stop
the gradual but sure destruction of
body and health.
Nature has a way Of destroying a
part of the people to make room for
the stronger. 1t is the old law of "the
survival of the fittest" at work, and
the victims are many.
We repeat the assertion that coffee
does harm many people, not all, but
an army large enough to appal the in
vestigator and searcher for facts.
The next prevarication of the coffee
importers and roasters is their state
ment that Postum Food Coffee is made
of roasted peas, beans or corn, and
mixed with low grade of coffee and
that it contains no nourishment.
We have previously offered to wager
$100000.00 with them that their state
ments are absolutely false.
They have not accepted our wager
and they will not.
We will gladly make a present Of
s25,OOO.0O to any roaster or importer of
old-fashioned coffee who will accept
that WAGER.
Free inspection Of our factories and
methods Is made by thousands Of peo-
pie each month and the coffee import
ers themselves are cordially invited
Both Postum and Grape-Nuts are abso-
lutely pure and made exactly as stated.
The formula of Postum and the an
alysis made by one of the foremost
chemists of Boston has been printed
on every package for many years and
is absolutely accurate.
Now as to the food value of Postum.
It contains the parts of the wheat ber-
ry which carry the elemental salts,
such as lime, iron, potash, silica, etc,
etc. used by the life forces to rebuild
the cellular tissue, and this is particu-
larly true of the phosphate of potash,
also found in Graps-Nuts, which COM
bines in the human body with albu-
men and this combination, together
with water, rebuilds the worn-out gray
matter in the delicate nerve centers all
over the body and throughout the
brain and solar plexus.
Ordinary coffee stimulates in an I'M
natural way, but with many people 1t
slowly and surely destroys and does
not rebuild this gray substance so
vitality important to the well being OF
every human being.
These are eterSal facts, proven, well
authenticated and known to every
properly educated physician, chemist
and food expert.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08
will take care of themselves.


We demand facts in this coffee dis
cussion and propose to see that the
facts are brought clearly before the
people.
A number of coffee importers and
roasters have joined a movement to
boom coffee and stop the use of Pos
tum Food Coffee and in their newspa-
per statements undertake to deceive
by false assertions.
Their first Is that coffee Is not harm
ful.
We assert that one in every three
IF In
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

If you go to Conference be sure and
Use the Salt Lake Route.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-05-08

and they will not.
We will gladly make a present of
100000 to any roaster or importer of
old-fashioned coffee who will accept
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12

Corset Covers, Drawers, Chemise. Skirts s. Gou,.
NORTH 25c, removal price 1oc
Worth CSC, removal price ~
Worth 5oc, removal price ~
Worth 75c, remova] price oso
Worth 91.oo, removal nrice ~
Worth 91.25, removal price ~
WI w. $50 removal price,. SLY
worth SI.75, removal price 1.oo
Worth S2.oo, removal nrice os
Worth d. ~ lellloval price,. 1913
Worth q removal price,. 2.39
100 n;a pooo REMOVAL prlce..... 2.97
worth &c, removal price. A4c
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12
Shoe Department

~ p JOul lCel as wei
your pocketbook. High grade b,
of we'll known advertised Shoes
are always sold at STANDARD !
stamped on the shoe, but lust 10 /
you that we are right we have ID
them below cost-patent colt |
and box calf.
Ladies' Shoes
Utz l. Dunn's, worth $500, removal price X
E. p. Reed, worth 800, removal price. !
Queen Quality, worth $500, removal price
American Girl, worth $3.50, removal price
Ladies' Felt Foxed, worth 800, removal
- -"
All Felt, worth sl.75, removal price,"
Misses Shoes
Worth $2.25, removal price.
Worth s1.75, removal price 80"
Worth s1.37, removal price"
ITEMS Shoes
Worth 81. 50, removal price.
Worth $3.50, removal price,"
Worth 81. SO, removal price,"
Worth 81. so, removal price,"
Boys Shoes, Box Calf ony
Worth s1.75, removal PRICE"
Worth $500, removal price,"
Kisses and ChiIdren's WOOL s1
Worth 45c, removal price 800"
Worth 3oc, removal price,.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12
Huslin Underwear

Corset Covers, Drawers, chemise, Skirts & Gowns
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12
Mems Pants
Men,s Stiff Bosom Shirts

Here T5 is the biggest offer vet.
lh1nk Of this, a Wilson Bros.
make Of 81. 50 to s1.oo shirts
removal price
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12
Carpet department baJ'
Nottingham Lace eo'''>

Worth CSC, remova! price J.
Worth 85c, removal PRICE,. s.
Worth $I.oo, removal Pli.. !.
Worth $I.25, removal Pli.e. s.
Worth 81. 50, removal Pl;s $.
Worth $1.75, removal Pi; 8.
Worth $2.o 90, removal pr $.
Worth $3.50, removal Pl;c 81,
Worth $500, removal P ar;;ce, Y.
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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12

DRESS GOODS
II pieces extra quality Outing Flannel for 100. &C
25 pieces twilled Outing Flannel Others
get l21ac; our former price 1Oc; removal
6 pieces faxed Suitings, cheap at SIPS. -e-
Removal price ./5C
All Fancy Black Dress Goods, Rare
Bargains at Former Price
Worth s1.OO, removal price /.3C
Worth sl.25, removal price VIC
Worth ,l5o, removal pric. $l.l7
SO inch black Cheviots that were worth H.
$l.l9, removal price "
40 pieces fancy shirt waist Silks, extreme 90
" handsome, worth 75c, removal price. .O2l
IS pieces Liberty Satin, worth SOC, re- ~
% pieces Taffeta Silks. colored, worth CSC,
TemoVai Prlce Al. ~. TOY
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-12
Fur Overcoats at Cost

Sheep lined listers, worth
5000, removal price g.
Sheep lined Goats worth
$500, removal price +.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-18
DECORATION DAY.

1t is the purpose to make the oh.
scryance of Decoration Day (May 500
IN Pennington this year moro general
and universal in character Il an form
erly il possible. Picket Post No. 2l5
&. A. X. has heretofore taken the
lead in this matter; but they do not
wish to create the impression that II is
their day any more than it is the day
and duty Of every patriotic citizen to
keep green the memory of our heroic
dead, whether they wore the blue or
the gray, or whether they fell in time
of war or peace; Tor the heroism aud
courage of all is the heritage of all
Americans. Picket Post has appointed
I. 4. Dalton, W. A. Kennedy and
Thomas Lang as committee OF at
rangements. The Opera House has
been secured, the Woodmen Band has
been engaged, the choirs Of the several
churches will furnish vocal music, and
W. 5. Anthony, Esq, will deliver the
memorial address. 1t is desired that
the observance OF the day this year
/ shall be made memorable in the an.
mails of Farmiugton, and everybody in
the town and vicinity is invited TO at
tend.
Memorial services of Picket Post
will be held at the NJ. L. Church on
Sunday morning. the 27th.
W. A. Kennedy wants fifty boys to
report at his office who are willing to
drill for the march. The procession
will leave Dalton's corner for the Opera
| House at , O'Clock.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-18
st. Louis Fails 10 Appear .

The st. Louis nine who were
scheduled to play Pennington at Wood.
land Park last Sunday lost a trunk
containing their uniforms and were
unable to play, 1t seems that they
checked the trunk through to Farm
ington and it was lost somewhere on
the road. A crowd OF nearly 500 peo-
pie were present to witness the game
and were very much disappointed
The management Of the Farming
ton team is not to blame in the least
for the occurrence, for the St. Louis
nine should hVe carried their uniforms
with for one days stand Next
Sunday Pennington will play the ST.
Leo team Of St. Louis, champions OF
the Soladity League. A good game i,
assured and everybody should come
out and see the home team win.