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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
President Castro,s conceit.

Many stories have been told of
Cipriano Castro, president of Venezue-
la, and of his monumental conceit.
During the Russo.Japanese war the
fall of Port Arthur was being ex-
planned to him.
"Pshaw!" he exclaimed. with 500
Venezuelans | could have taken it in
four days"
with thousand, in one day, your
excellency," said the diplomatic rep
resentative of European power.
Castro was so pleased at what was
intended to be sarcasm that, it is said,
the diplomat succeeded next day in Sc.
curing satisfaction of a claim that his
government had been vainly pressing
for years.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Puzzled,

The bard from the city had sold suf-
ficient verses to spend week in a
rural boarding house. Waving off the
swarms of June bugs and mosquitoes,
the bard sat penning his lines by the
yellow light of kerosene tamp.
How | love this )" madrigal!" he
unused to himself.
The horny-handed farmer, who sat
greasing his boots, looked up in sur
prise.
she?"
"Who?" asked thA astonished bard.
"Why, the gal yeou just said yeou
loved"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Natures Gift Wasted.

A Scotchman who recently took the
street car trip on the gorge route, the
New York side of Niagara river, was
much disguised with the hawkers Of
views and Teddy Bears who make
the afternoon hideous and do their
best to spoil natures grandeur. AS
he alighted from the car he looked
angrily at the shouting vendors and
then at the Whirlpool rapids. What's
the use of having a big river like
that" he asked, "if you don't drown
those fellows in it,"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
An Inherited Tendency.

A Cleveland society woman gave a
party to nine friends of her young son,
aged six. To add to the pleasure of
the occasion she had the ices frozen
in the form of hen and ten chickens.
Each child was allowed to select his
chicken as it was served. Finally she
came to the son of prominent poll
tician.
(Which chicky will you have, Ber-
tie?" she asked.
"If you please, Mrs. H., think I'll
take the mamma hem was the polite
reply.-Lippincott's.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Impudence of Hoi Polioi.

A noted English artist was standing
at the edge of tie road, waiting for his
horse, and he was dressed in his
usual peculiar style-mustardcolored
riding suit vivid waistcoat and bright
red tie. A man, who had evidently
been reveling, happened to lnrch
round the corner of the street. He
stared at the famous artist for a min
ute in silence, then he touched his cap
and asked in a tone of deep commiser.
alton, BEG pardon, guv'nor, was you
in mournin' for anybody"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Due Process of Law.

At the time of the famous Eastman
trial in Cambridge, Mass, two Irish
men, standing on a street corner, were
overheard discussing the trial. One of
them was trying to enlighten the other
concerning a jury.
"Bedad!" he, explained. you're ar
risted. Thin If we gets tn shmartest
lawyer, ye're innicint; but If tn other
man gets TIL best lawyer, ye're guilty."
Life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
A Different Loaf.

"Why," exclaimed little Johnny,
when he heard his father telling about
somebody who was looking after the
loaves and fishes, that's just what
mamma says about Uncle Henry"
"Says about Uncle Henry?" repeat
ed his father, in establishment. What
do you mean?"
"Why, pa, don't you know" said
Johnny, mamma says Uncle Henry
only loafs and fishes"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
OF the Cabbage Patch.

Cigar Maker-Here's a new cigar
I've just been putting UP and haven't
any name for it. Suppose you suggest
one
Friend (after smoking it)-They're
naming good many after characters
in fiction now. Why don't you call
this Mrs. Wiggs?"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Sacred Deer of Japan,

Deer are relatively plenty in vari-
Gus parts OF Japan, and in such show
places as Maru and Miyajima are held
as sacred, becoming so tame as to eat
from the hands of visitors. They are
generally smaller in size than the
American deer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Don Is Good Advertisement.

A dog used in advertising a certain
brand of tobacco is attracting consid-
cradle attention in Fitchburg. The
animal is attired in suit of red, wears
a "stove pipe hat, and carries cob
pipe in his mouth like veteran
smnker
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
Real Wealth Is In the Heart.

Relying on outward things to bring
you happiness is indeed a big mis-
take. Earth's real wealth lies in the
heart and there alone and it is use.
less to seek it elsewhere.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30

No impulse Is too splendid for the
simplest task; no task Is too simple
for the most splendid impulse.-Phil-
lips Brooks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
II Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot. Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating callous, and swollen, aching
feet Sold by all Druggists Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute, Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30

New York's Growth.
Builders in New York city invest
100000 each day in land and new
houses for apartment dwellers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, scftens the gums reduces IN.
hammatlon allay pain, wind colC. 25c bottle.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30

Our character Is but the stamp Of
the free choices of good and evil we
make through life.-Geikie.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30

If a girl is as good as pie she doesn't
always take the cake.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
An Ancient Superstition.

It is a historical fact that a cock was publicly burned at Basel in Au- gust, HI, for the diabolical crime of layi1% an e~?s, the egg being also burn- ed lest it should produce a cockatrice or fiery flying serpent On the Thurs day before St. LaWrence's day" writes Gross i'll his "KurtGe Easier Kronik. Y they burned q cock on the Kolenberg. together with 2n cEg which he had laid for they feared that dragon might he matched therefrom. The eX- ecutioner cut open tic cock and found three more eg:-S in him. for. as Vicen- tius saith in the sixth book of his 'Speculum Naturalc,' it hath always been held that q cock in his old age may lay an egg, whence ariSeth q basilisk if it be hatched out on dung heap by the serpent called coluber Wherefore the basilisk is half cock and half serpent. He saith also that certain persons declare they have seen basilisks matched from such eggs."-. Cornhil Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
A Boy and Thousand Dollars.

A New York judge gave his son $1,0O0, telling him to go to college and graduate. The son returned at the end of freshman year without dollar and with several ugly habits. At the close of the vacation the judge told his son that he had done all he could for him. If he had wasted the money that was to have taken him through college, he might as we'll leave home and make his own way in the world. It was a rude awakening for the young man, but he knew that his father was right And so strong was the good influence of his upright father that he did leave home to go to work in downright earnest He went back to college, made his way through. graduated at the head of his class, studied law, became governor of the state of New York, entered the cab inet of the president of the United States and made a record for himself that the country will not willingly let die. It was William H. Seward.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
amous HnaOrams.

Of all the eXtravaC2Dces caused by the anagrammatic fever when many years ago it was at it's height. none comes up to that 1f a FrtHchnan named Andre Pujom, who. discovpril : in his name the anagram Fendu q Riom Uhe seat of criminal justice in the province of AuVergne1. felt bound to fulfill his destiny. committed q crime in Auvergne and was actually hanged in the place to which the omen point ed.
 Among the papers of William Oldys the photographer. was found the foi lowing anagram on himself: In word and will am a friend to you. And one friend old Is worth hundred
 new.
 The Father Pierre de St Louis be- came a Carmelite monk on finding out that his lay name. Ludovlcus Bar telemi, gave the anagram Carmelo SC devovet, and Sylvester, in dedicating a translation of Du Bartas to his sover- eign, made the following anagram:
 James Stuart-A just master''- Minneapolis Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
IrappinQ an Elephant.

Elephants are easily trapped" said q zoo keeper. very easily trapped and very easily tanned. The trapper chooses spot popular with elephants and digs hole five feet deep and twenty feet square. He surrounds this hole with a high board fence except in one place, where he hangs q swing gate. Next he finds a herd of elephants, chooses the animal he wants. maddens it and makes it chase him. The man tears along on his nag. the elephant thun- ders close after, and just at the gate way the man swerves to the right, but the elephant, too heavy to swerve, bangs right on through into the hole. He's mad at first, terribly mad. But they give him no food or drink, they build around the pit fires of damp wood that almost suffocate him with smoke, and they daze and stupefy him with shouts and banging of brass pans The elephant is completely broken and subdued in three or four days. He comes forth and follows the trapper humbly and timidly, with tears in his eyes"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Hookinu the Wary Trout.

Trout vixen hungry usually face Sist current. This fact should be remeIn- bered when approaching bridge or eddy where the "specklcd beauties love to hide." If possible, such spots should be approached upstream. It may take a little more time to go around and come back up. but make haste slow ly'' is said to be the first axiom of trout fishing. AS the stream becomes warmer, the trout seek the cool pools and shaded places. They are to be found where cold spring bubbles up into the stream or where a mountain creek enters. Often Q number frequent the same haunt. Each additional fish means two more eyes to watch for the fisherman. One trout is all that is nee essary to give danger signal by darting away. The rest immediately follow suit. To catch more than one, or even that. in such q place takes skill in the use of the line. But who has said that trout fishing is not an art?-Circle Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Plaster of Paris,

For experimental purposes and where but a few castings of medium and light weight are required plaster Of paris has many good advantages as a material for pattern making. It is light, it can be given a smooth surface, 1t Is easily given any required shape and it can be added to Indefinitely. While it is brittle. this is more than offset by the saving in first cost and the quickness with which the pattern may be prepared. Plaster of paris sets in from three to six minutes, but if for any reason it is desired to keep the mass plastic for longer period one drop of glue to a five gallon mixture will keep 1t soft for couple of hours. Plaster of paris mixed with cold water has an expansion of about one-six- teenth of an inch to the foot when hardening. Should this be undesirable mix with warm or lime water, and there is no eXpansion.-Machln
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Our Pygmy Ancestors,

The armor of the knights of the mid de ages is too small for their modern descendants. Hamilton Smith reco,ls that two Englishmen of average di mensions found no suit large enougl to fit either of them in the great col lection of Sir Samuel Meyrick. Tn, head of the oriental saber will not ad init the English hand nor the bracele, of the kaftir warrior the English arm The sword; found in Roman tulnul have handles ilconveaicAtly small. nnA the great mcdiaeval two handed swort Is now supposed to have been used only for one OF two blows. at tie first onset and then exchanged for a small CT one. The statements made by Ho mer. Aristotle and Viti1lvils r@"rescMt six feet as 8 ,i4l, standard for full grown men. nld tll. irrefutnbIp cvi dence Of th" NuriaNt dn1rwayr. bed steaas and tonbs rro@es tha aver s,,gy gy- size ot tha race cert.:.i.ly not to issz'n diminished in modern days.-Lon;.p:, Hospital
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Aqainst the Middle.

When Bill, the ranchman, came to New York to play the races he put up at one of the most expensive hotels in the city and took one of the most ex. pensive rooms. Then he went broke. The proprietor of the hotel and the clerk held a private consultation.
 "We will let him stay here" they de cided, "but from now on we will feed him liver and bacon until he pays his bill. Nothing does he get in this house from now on but liver and bacon."
 They fed Bill liver and bacon for breakfast, dinner and supper for about three weeks. Then his luck turned. He forthwith walked out to strange cafe to get something to eat. He looked over the bill of fare.
 "What's this in the middle?" he ask ed. Liver and bacon?'
 "Yes, sir" the waiter answered.
 "Give me everything on the bill of fare both ways from liver and bacon,' ordered Bill.-New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Great Musicians Eccentricit!es.

Dolls were the idols, after his hn loved instruments, of Domenico Dr;l gonetti, the king of the double bass He had huge collection of these pup pets dressed in various national eos tunes, and wherever Dragonetti wen the dolls were su1e to go. That was only one of this eccentric genius pec;;;, iarities. He would never play unle.' his dog were in the orchestra. and nc body would have got note out ol him unless he had been permitted t. sit in the orchestra next to the stage door. This was precaution to ena bic him to save his wonderful instrument in case of fire. The instrument itself he brought from the monastery of St Pietro when on a visit to Eincenza. and when he died he bequeathed it to St Marks, Venice, to be used at solemn services.-London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Bamboo Sap In India.

In India the sap of the female bam
 boo is used for medicinal purposes
 "Tabashcer." or "banslochan," is soiH in all Indian bazaars. as it has been known from the earliest times as .l medicinal agent. It is also known ii
 Borneo and was an article of com. merce with early Arab traders of the east. It's properties are said to b. strengthening, tonic and cooling. Ii has been analysed and has been show, to consist almost entirely of silica, with traces of lime and potash. From its remarkable occurrence in the hollows of hamboos the eastern mind has long associated it with miraculous powers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
A Court Fools Joke.

Scogan, the famous court jester of Edward w., dearly loved a practical joke. Once he borrowed money of the king and when the day for payment came was unable to make good his word. He feared the kings anger and decided to appease him by a joke. Feigning death, he had his friends car " his body before Edward. The king fell ready victim to the deception and in his lamentations over the sup posed dead fool said he freely forgave the debt. Scogan immediately sprang to his feet, exclaiming, '"The news is so revivifylng that 1t has called me back to life"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
A Queer Coincidence.

While a serial story was running il a certain magazine q lady ill Joltanne.+ burg wrote to the publisher askiHo whether Christian Lys dhe author: nom de plume) was assumed or rot She herself was Mrs. l gs, who wa. trying to trace an ancesttr of her late husband, who was descendant CI Joan of Are. MT. Brebner, the autho. in question. wrote assuring her tha. forbears having come from Aberdeen Strangely enough, it came oat that he, family came also from Aberdeen and their name was Brebner.-Pall Nal Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
English Plum Puddina.

For English plum pudding clean, wash and dry pound of entrants; stone a pound of raisins. Mix the cur rants, raisins, pound of suet chop ped fine. three-quarters of pound of stale breadcrumbs, quarter of pound of brown sugar, the grated rind of a lemon, half pound of minced candied orange peel, a quarter of pound of flour, half of grated nutmeg. Beat five eggs, add to them half pint of orange juice, then pour over the. dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pack into greased small kettles or molds. This will make about six pounds. Boil ten hours. Serve with hard sauce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
CochineaI.

Cochineal, so much used for colorine table jellies and also given to infant, as a domestic remedy for whoopins cough, is the whole insect of clas. called coccus, but only the females ars used Why? Because the insects art captured by suffocating them with in: smoke of fires below the trees on whc! they live, and as the males have wings while the females have none, the gen tlemen take to flight when the atmos phere becomes unpleasantly warm leaving their ladies to their fate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
A Fish Story,

"Trout protection. Nonsense" said gunner of local eminence. "Trout are amply able to protect themselves. Look at their depredations among ducks, for example, and you will agree with me that it's the birds that need protection. It's a common thing for a trout to jump from the water, seize duck by the neck, drag the unfortu- nate fowl into the depths sufficiently to leave it's feet sticking in the air, where it can get no purchase upon the uni verse, and thus drown 1t. Then the trout picks the feathers from the bird, eats it at it's leisure and swims away out of the jurisdiction of the courts. Are there any fishermen? None? Too bad. This would be match for one of their fish stories. ."-Philadelphi Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Bill Nye and Martens.

In the spring of 1895 the dlstin- guished Dutch novelist known by the pen name of Maarten Martens was elected an honorary member of the Authors club of New York, says the Bookman. When the name Joost Ma rius NJ. Van der Poorten-Schwartz came to the attention of the member ship committee there was gasp of astonishment. Finally the late Bill! Nye came to the rescue with the sug- gestion that the first half of the name should be acted on at once, but that the last half should be held over until the autumn, when the weather would hp cOOi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Pijurims and Puritans,

The pilgrims, or, as they are often called, the pilgrim fathers,' wer the seventy-four men and the twenty eight women, members of the John Robinson's church, who sailed in the Mayfower from Leyden to NortE America and landed at Plymouth Rock where they founded a colony Dec. 2, 1920. The Puritans were the English nonconformists who came over later the name being given to them on ae count of their supposed great purity of doctrine, life and discipline.-New York American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
A Carlyle Comment.

A gentleman once happened to visit Carlyle just after a brilliant man of genius had left him. As they met at the door the man of genius said: "1 have just been visiting poor Carlyle. He Is a mere wreck, mere wreck. " AS the second visitor greeted Carlyle he remarked, "So you've just had MT. - with your' "Yes," was the an- swer of the "mere wreck" land he thinks God Almighty never made such another"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Warnings.

Mrs. Stubb--I notice so many mar ried men save the receipted milline' bills. What use do they make oY them MT. Stubb--Charity. Mrs. Stubb-CEar ity? MT. Stubb-Yes: they are self around to the bachelor clubs to wars any reckless member who might lt thinking about plunging into the se-; of matrimony.-Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Conscientious.

i McAlister-'Tis threepence I'm owin'
 ta ye, meenister. The fact is, I'm a
 conscientious mon, and pit naethin'
 in the plate on Sunday. The smallest l had wi me was a saxpence, and l
 didna theenk the sairmon was up ia 1t. Dundee Advertiser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Her Postscript.

"Why does a woman always add postscript to her letter?"
 "Well," answered the ungallan wretch, "she probably figures out f her own mind what her letter R made you think and then tries i have the last word.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
His Choice.

A witty member of the legal profes- sion was once guest at dinner re- markable for its neagerness. The din ing room had been newly and splendid ly furnished Some of the guests con- pratulated the host on his taste in dec oration.
 "For my part, l would rather see less gliding and more carving" said the wit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
The Trouble,

Jones-I understand there is trou''i' between Mrs. Poet and her husba2'' Smith - Yes. He couldn't sell Ai' poems. and she couldn't eat them, S' she left him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

We ought not to look back unless 1t is to derive some useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experience Washington.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
Overcharqed.

Electricity in the atmosphere af fleets your system" said the doctor "Yes," said the patient, who had paid $1O for two visits, there are times when one feels overcharged.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
The Surorise.

Grandma = Were you surprised to have me come and visit you? Johnny Not so surprised as mamma was. Grandma-Why, she knew I was con- ing. Johnny-Yes; what she was sur prised at was papa's language when Leader.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

The man who sambles is a deiute: fool, but the man who sami'.ef VIM he continues to lose is d colossa! !oo;'~ Henry Sutphin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

Every naticn mocks at other nations. and all are .,!lt.-Schopenhauer.