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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-20

Jurgis laughed at the discomfort every.
where manifest. They are not men,"
he exclaimed. What Of the speeding
up" practice of the packers? It was
but play to him to keep abreast of the
fastest. He was working to wed Ona.
They were all cheated shamelessly
by the sharks which infest the great
packing district; they could not speak
English and they were at the mercy of
these parasites. But as new obliga-
tions arose in the buying Of a small,
worthless house, sold them by an
INSCRIPTIONS agent, ETC., ETC., Jurgis
but smiled grimly, confident in his
strength, energy and great love for
Ona. II will work the harder" he says.
And then came a misfortune. Ona, a
mere bloom of a girl of II, had to 60
to work-temporarily. Then a young
er child. Then Jurgis had fateful
day, after many months Of faithful and
herculean service for the great corpora
ton. In the melee of a wounded
steer running amuck, he slipped on the
bloody floor and sprained his ankle.
Did the packers give him short fur
Tough with pay while he was recover
ing; at least they held his place for
him? Neither. He returned to work,
not very strong looking through pain
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Who For Next President?
rom American Spectator,


At considerable expense American
Spectator has obtained opinions and
expressions Of the same from all Of
the prominent candidates for Presi-
Dental nomination. These are all un-
genuine, having come to us over our
own private line, the least longest
wire in the world. The pithy, cpl
grammatic summing up will, Of course,
be thoroughly appreciated. The fol-
lowing terse expressions are In an
swer to our query, "Will you be a
candidate?"
Taft-My candidacy is a weighty
problem, and there is a heavy respon-
sibility attached.
Cannon-I will If I do.
Bryan-The third Is the lucky trial.
I shall not get out Of communication
with my friends.
Shawl have always universally
considered myself strong candidate.
Hobson-Of course, it is an Office of
limited responsibilities
Fairbanks-You'll really have to ask
Mrs. F.
Funston-Am too busy to think Of
it, but they do say I was born in
Ohio.
Foraker may have to do it just
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-20
RUSS BANQUETS JAP.
BARON ROSEN ENTEREALNS THE
FIRST JAPANESE AABASSA.
DOR 10 AMERICA.

Cordial Diplomatic Relations Estab.
lished Following Bloodliest War In
Modern history-Count Aoki the
Guest of Honor.
That social ceremonies follow peace
conferences was demonstrated the
other evening, at Washington, when
the Russian Ambassador and Baroness
Rosen gave a dinner to the Japanese
Ambassador and Viscountess Aoki
While the historic Portsmouth Peace
Conference was concluded many
months ago, and, politically, Japan and
Russia then resumed diplomatic rela-
lions so abruptly terminated at the
commencement Of the Russo-Japanese
war, this function marks the resump-
ton Of social intercourse between the
representatives Of these great nations.
Although Viscount Aoki only ar
rived in Washington "A few weeks ago,
interest has since been
in the personal relationship
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dren. The poor husband Is stunned.
"Napoli! She 60 back to Napoli!
No, no. All, Dio Mic! You dom under.
stand" he goes on, wistfully. II
work three year an sava da money to
bring her to me. Your boss he can
nota send her back--we live all right
on nine dollar week. take her away.
You leta me go--ehY
!. Its hard on you," says the officer
"but it's the law"
Luigi scorns the notion.
Law? You taxa my wife away;
you senda my littlea boy and girl back
to Napoli, an you say it is da law.
Ma, ma. America Is free country.
I pay for her to comea to me. don't
steal, so whata de law got to say?"
But threats, tears, reasonings are
all In vain. Luigi at last stealthily
offers the blue-coated official 81, his
all, wrapped up in handkerchief, as
a bride. The officer frowns and says
firmly:
II cannot. I didn't make the law.
every day."
"Every dayY Luigi's eyes grow
wide with pain. "You doa this every
day? All, Dio! Every day you breaka
da hearth!
Then he goes to Maria, lakes her in
his arms, and explains brokenly what
1t all means.
"They will not leta you stay-Maria
mia--we have waited long-we musta
stilla wait"
In the face of her fearful dismay he
even tries to be cheerful.
"Say, looka here" he cries; "you goa
back to Napoli now, an bimebye ]
getta da more money. make may
be twelve-fifteen dollar week. Then
I senda for you an Pablo an Tessa,s
an they letta you stay"
But Maria Is overcome.
Back to Napoli? AloneT' she sobs.
A sudden thought comes to Luigi.
mo, no; not alone. l goa too. II
they senda you, goa too"
He rushes over to the officer with
his poor seven silver dollars, only to be
met with the cruel truth, "Not half
enough for your ticket"
Meanwhile the boat Is returning.
The officer lays his hand kindly on
Maria's shoulder. The children look
wonderingly on. Painfully the little
trio pick up their bundles and turn
back to the great gates. Luigi en-
braces them between his sobs.
"Don'ta cry, carrissima; don'ta cry
I soon make twelve, fifteen dollar
week and buya da peanut stand, an
I keep da little home. Then you come
again to stay. Don'ta cry--you goa to
the Nader In Napoli. All, Dio! We
have waita three year an must senda
you back. Maybe next year ! send for
you again."
As they pass out Of his sight his
voice fails him and he falls sobblng
against the gate.
The author is said to have got his
idea for the piece from a newspaper
read at the breakfast table
in three lines case Of the
sort.
Robert Patton Gibbs, who played
Luigi, studied his type with the help
IF a Neapolitan who has been long
enough away from home to know the
salient characteristics of his own
PEOPLE. The extra wome'. who At so
we'll into the picture are caretakers Of
he Hudson theater.
Eve used to rehearse the piece every
low and then down In the coal cellar"
explained Mr.. Gibbs, "and these two
used to come and weep over
r
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-20

Hook. and had to put back for a new
spar, which was Immediately prepared
to permit her to restart the following
tuesday. The Tamerlane's navigator
seeing the Lila's plight, decided that 1t
would be an unfair advantage to con-
tinue in the race, and she, too, put
back. The people Of the littl. Gauntlet
aid not see the accident to the Lila, 1t
is supposed, for the sloop kept right on
in her sea-smashing trip to Bermuda.
The three yachts that contemplated
the trip lay at anchor off the Brooklyn
dock all morning, with their owners
and crew busily at work preparing
them for their severe test. On beard
the little eau, :let, Mrs Thora Lund
Robinson was as busy as the rest max
ing things shipshape about the beat.
Until the day before the race no one
took seriously her statement that she
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-20

proposed to accompany the. yacht, and
1t was with CONSERVATION that the re-
gatta committee learned that she
meant to go. Refusal to permit her to
start, threatened to disqualify the
boat and all appeals were in vain. At
last the committee yielded and permit
ted her to start.
The Tamerlane finished the course
at Hamilton, Bermuda, at 3 o'clock,
June Bird, while the Gauntlet did not
arrive until "a hours later. The result
was in doubt until the finish Of this
tiny boat, as the Tamerlane had to al.
low it 16 hours and 10 minutes owing
to the difference in their length.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-20
THEJUNGLE.
Mr.. Sinclair's Story of the Awful
Methods of the Beef Packers.

Mr.. Sinclair's Story of the Awful
Methods of the Beef Packers.
No more powerful or terrible book
has been written in recent years than
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. It
seems incredible that such depth of
human misery as the author relates
could be permitted even by the most
callous money maker or the most
soulless corporation; or, on the other
hand, that such vileness and filth in
the preparation Of human food could
be permitted; yet most Of Mr.. Sim
clair's statements are from personal
knowledge and observation, visiting
the great packing plants, as he did
mostly in disguise. Moreover, his
statements have been abundantly cor.
roborated by President Roosevelt's
special commission, whose confidential
report, containing descriptions of deg
radiation, filth and food pollution, is
too vile to print in a newspaper.
The hero Of THE JUNGLE is Jurgis, a
great, broad-shouldered Lithuanian,
who gloried in work, for the mere sake
Of 1t. even II he had had no incentive.
In the far forests of Lithuania, where
he and his father had lived all their
lives. children Of nature. Jurgis had
heard of free America. and that as
much as $40. a week was to be earned
by willing laboring man, in the great
city Of Chicago. And after many argu-
ments and much discussion, he had
prevailed upon his father, and Ona the
sweet blithsome lass to whom he was
betrothed, and her mother and several
children and relatives, to emigrate to
splendid America, where a man may
not always remain a peasant, but
where he has chance to improve him.
self and rise in the world. Ten dollars
week was an unheard Of fortune.
The peasants Of Europe make few
cents a day.
So they all went to Packingtown, and
the first day that Jurgis stood in line,
being altogether the finest specimen
Of man in the yards, he was beckon-
ed to by the boss and given job He
went home jubflant. Two other mem
bers of the family. one great strap
ping woman, also got Jobs at once.
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BRIDE AT SHIPS HELM.
MRS. G. ~. ROBINSON ASSISTS
HER HUSBAND IN DARING
OCEAN RACE.

Twenty.Eight Foot Yacht Braves
Dangers of Gulf Stream and Treach.
erous Waves Off Cape Hatteras-
Winner Received $500 Upton Cup.
After a daring ocean race Of $50
miles, the sloop Gauntlet, with Mrs.
Thora Lund Robinson at the wheel,
finished second in the contest for
which Sir Thomas Upton offered a
$500 cup. The course of the race ex.
tended from Gravesend Bay, New York
Harbor, to Bermuda. Mrs. Robinson
Is the two months bride of George w.
Robinson, the owner of the boat. It
was daring race for each of the three
small yachts that competed, but more
so for the Gauntlet, because she was
the smallest Of them all, being only 20
feet long from bow to stern. The yawl
Tamerlane, which won the cup, was 40
feet long and the yawl Lila, 80 feet
All of the craft belong to the Brooklyn
Yacht Club. For eight days these tiny
boats were at the mercy of wind and
wave, so much so that the yawl Lila
was compelled to put into Norfolk har.
Dor to save itself from destruction,
while the smaller yacht bravely stuck
to Its task. They had to cross the gulf
stream $50 miles off Hatteras, one of
the stormiest spots on the Atlantic.
Experienced yachtsmen were much
surprised that the little Gauntlet was
not wrecked or foundered somewhere
on the way.
BUT TWENTY YEARS OIL.
Mrs. Robinson is only 20 years old
but ever since childhood she has been
used to boating and swimming. For
several seasons she has sailed an eigh-
teen-foot knockabout, making her sum-
mer headquarters near Amboy, on the
lower New York bay. Though small,
she is athletic and skilled in handling
craft and is said to be without fear
on the water. Storm or sunshine is
all the same to her.
Zone of the conditions of our mar
riage on April 17th," said Mrs. Robin
son before starting in the race, twas
that should 60 in this contest. George
tried to dissuade me few days after
we were married, but I made him keep
his promise. Although I am rated as
the chief mate and bottle washer, If
you will, of the Gauntlet, I have an
idea that I may superintend things be-
fore get through.
Yachting is not new to me. I sail
ed a knockabout for years in the lower
bay. I learned to swim because was
capsized so many times that I had to
learn.
"Mr. Robinson and myself are to
stand watch together, while J. L. Dun
lap and H. Higgins, the remainder of
the Corinthian crew, will alternate in
keeping watch. Steer? Why you don't
suppose I'm going to be passenger?
I can, and am going to, do everything
that good navigator must do"
STUMPED PROFESSIONAL SALTS.
Professional sailors stood aghast at
the courage of the Corinthian tars in
undertaking such a perilous voyage.
Disaster was predicted from the first.
The yawl Lila lost her mainmast
shortly after the start outside Sandy
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-20
Live HealthHy.
Horace Smith

The English Poet. Born 1779. Died
1849.
Ye who would have your features ford,
1.-the limbs. bright eyes, unwrinkled fore
head,
From ages devastation horrid,
Adopt this plan s
Twill make. in climate cold or torrid,
A hale old man Cor woman).
Avoid In youth, luxurious diet;
Restrain the passions lawless riot:
Devoted to domestic quiet,
Be wisely gay;
So shall ye spite of ages fat,
Resist decay.
Seek not In Mammons worship pleasure,
But find your richest. dearest treasure
In God, His word, His work, not leisure.
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I to get that Roosevelt fellow out.
Roosevelt-Didn't l say all along
that there would be no third teri
for me. After what's happened I sup
pose you'll believe it now.
Hearst-I have enough capital to
command labor.
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Heaven On Earth.

Be such a man, live such life. that
If every man were such man as you
and every life a life like yours this
earth would be Gods Paradise Phil
lips Brooks.
Honduras has a debt Of about one
hundred million dollars or about 81 300
Z head.
There are three hundred million
British subjects In Asia. t
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
The Audience.

The young woman who eats peanuts or
bonbons between every number and ex-
claims. MY. here is Wagner and Bache
again." was consDicuously absent at the
Saint-Saens concert. The dude. arrayed
Ike Solomon in all his glory, without
Solomons wisdom, had not been attract
ed thither. The doting grandmother, who
takes several little people TO any and ev
cry matinee. was likewise absent. But
the music-lovers, the music teachers. the
schoolgirls. who are engaged in ''execut-
ing" distinguished composers, with view
to exhflarating proud parents at COM
mencements also foreigners a-many were
there-shabby foreigners, who knew ev-
cry note and had the score. which they
intelligentIy followed; well-dressed for
eigners, leaving traces Of Lubin on the
frosty afr as they dashed into the thea
ter at the eleventh hour Carriages de-
posted the elect of Croesus: ladies'
whose clothes were a credit to Paris: gen
tlemen with fur overcOats and mustaches
waxed and curled at an imperial angle
toward high heaven. Altogether the audi
ence was representative as 10 quality. but
there were a good many empty seats,
which the minstrels would have filed.
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& shock.

Dean Stanley was very much startled
when he was in this country by the sud
den appearance at his car window Of a
lank countryman who beamed on him, ex-
claiming: Hello Stanley! How's Afriky?'
He had been mistaken for the African ex-
plorer by his democratic admiTer. But he
had been wrapped in cottonwood and tied
with a blue ribbon all his dignified, shell
tered, emineutly respectable life, and it
gave him a shock from our great Ameri-
can electric battery TO be so addressed
he. a beneficed clergyman of the Church
Of England.
Another formal severe English archdea-
con was walking on the veranda of one
OF our hotels last summer. when he came
upon a small boy of eight. who only
stared at him, but said never a word.
Don't the people in your country say
gOod-morning, my boy?" the archdeacon
asked very pOintedly. indeed.
Yes" said young hopeful; they do.
II they have a mind TO. and are not too
busy But 1 like to get mine off the list
the night before; il saves trouble. Good
morning yourself, though, If you like 'em
up to date" Most extraordinary child
Most extraordinary 1 never saw his
match" exclaimed the archdeaeon. my
word I wish 1 had him in England He'd
get the stick. I can tell you. Yes, till his
impudence had been regularly thrashed
out Of him forever"
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well what she was bargaining for; her
family knew quite as well. and she and
they were willing to pay the price. Why
Bonfs amours were the talk Of Paris be-
fore Anna Gould ever set her covetous
eyes upon him. and she not only knew
the story of his unwholesome past, but
was we'll acquainted with the standards
OF the Partisan husband, belonging TO the
noblesse. l considered at the time that
her marriage to Count Boni Casteilane
was a shameful bargain, and in this re-
gard I have never changed my opinion
so 1 have no setimental tears TO shed
with the -others who think differently
about the matter.
THE Marlborough affair Is different,
for the unhappy little duchess had moth
ing to do with arranging her marriage
Her ambitious mother relieved her OF all
trouble and responsibility in the purchase
OF the titled scion of a house that had
been notorious for its licentousness since
its very foundation. The present duke,
though still a lad at the time Of his mar
riage was already wise in the ways Of
the world. and had had several affairs.
From the union Of such youth with an
American girl in her teens, although that
girl had been trained by a worldly and
socially ambitious mother, there was
only one thing to be expected, and the
expected happened For the victim Of
this sad affair. poor little COnsuelO,
have nothing but the warmest sympathy
and I hope when she gets well rid of her
duke she will find another and a wOrthier
husband. Now. don't look so shocked
I earnestly hope that this
beautiful. charming, and good little wom-
an will have in the future such great
happiness that it will make up for the
past.
Before you GO" said madame, do let
me tell you the funny answer a profes-
sor in one Of our military schools came
across at a recent examination. To the
question, Who was the Colossus Of
Rhodes? the answer as written on the
examination paper was, Colossus Rhodes
was the private secretary of his cousin,
Cecil Rhodes, tac King OF South Africa.
Now isn't that delicious?'
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Ia the Tunnel.

always enjoyed the story they tell in
South Carolina Of "a dinner given 10
Tbaekeray in Charleston 4 beautiful
girl sat next to him az table, a great ad-
mirer of The Newcombs. Oh, Mr..
Thackeray, i am so glad to meet YOU"
she cried, turning a beaming face toward
him. There is something I want to know.
And you are the only person in the
world who can tell me. Did Give New
comb kiss Ethel in the tunnel when they
were going down 10 Brighton? Gives
valet said his master did: and EtheTs
maid vowed that he didn't. and YOU
wouldn't say. which was right Did he?''
My dear said Thackeray. after q
pause, with a twinkle in his eve. take
a good look at yourself tonight i'm the
glass. when you 60 upstairs. and answer
that question for yourself" That settles
1t. III spite Of Lady Kew and the most
noble Marquis of Farintosh in spite of a
spiteful fate and hard fortune, poor Give
had his 'ae fond kss''-only Thackcrav
was better to his lovers than Burns and
did not leave Give and Ethel broken
hearted On the contrary. he married
them Oft triumphantly Give was al
lowed, after long and painful experience.
to double his joys-and treble his ex-
penses-for matrimony in London IN their
class Of life is no joke
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EVERYBODY saws SO.

The cost OF living here has three times
doubled itself in the past ten years house
keepers all say, and Cupid will need
bank hStes for wings badly if this goes
on. Once it was only mamma and papa
who were keenly alive to these possibili-
ties, and distracted their daughters and
their daughters impecunious suitors with
their butts, and Ifs" and afterwards. ~
But now 1t is mademOiseIle la debutante
who says Go to- young man Put money
in your purse. I must and viii live as nv
set live" To be sure the young man ex-
lists who says: 'Tll none of you. I like
my club. my liberty. my trips abroad. my
good Havana. my theater, my Vive Clic-
quot my handsome clothes" And
straightway mademoiselle allies herself
with millionaire dotard Mamma saws
that dear Jenny never knew what love
was TIL she met her husband old Money
Bags. And Edward finds for his precious
self, an heiress, who is stOne-deaf and
squints and talks about "her carriage"
and her servants. Monks and nuns.
after the Order Of st. Beelzebub," Thack-
cray calls them. But so wags the world
FRANCES COURTENAY BAYLOR.
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prove a stumbling block to their plans,
from the very first they did everything 10
harass and embarrass him, and, II is said,
have gone so far as TO prefer charges
against him, though I can hardly credit
this, as Il would be such a stupid thing to
do If this rumor Is true. whoever insti-
tuted the charges has small idea of Gov.
Hagermans fighting qualities, and the
strong influence back Of him, but they
must surely appreciate his ability and
that his record both as a man and an of
fetal is without a single flaw. Any such
charges would assuredly prove boomer
ang, and hit very hard the people who
made them.
He Is good to look on, this young gov
ernor, OF what we have been taught TO
regard as one Of the wickedest Terri
tories in the Union; stands six feet and
over in his stockings; is big and broad
and muscular, with large, clear cut fea-
lures. wholesome complexion, and the
hOnestest eyes in the world-the sort of
man who would be equally facile in
knocking down a bully or cradling a suf-
ferins child in his arms. When he was
attached to the embassy at Petersburg.
Gov. Hagerman was one OF the popular
members Of the diplomatic corps, and his
friends on this side the water feared he
might bring home a foreign wife, but he
proved loyal to his c0untrywomen. came
home unattached. and still remains a
bachelor but whether he is heart whole
and fancy free-quien sabeT
yes, indeed, count" said madame. re-
plying 10 the diplomats query, Prince
Henry de Croy came TO see men when he
was in Washington. not once, but many
times. You must know" explained
madame to the Senator, who was stand
ing In a statesmanlike attitude with his
back to the fire, Prince Henry de Croy
is dear old friend or the count and Of
mine. We were all together in Paris.
and such a gay time as We had. You
know him. OF course. mOnseigneur, since
his brother, Prince Ferdinand. is a lay
priest Of your church. a member of the
POpe's household and canon Of St.
Peter. All! I thought so. Perhaps you
can tell me why this interesting person