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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-09-20
SPORTING NOTES.

Max Hensler Of Prosser, Wash, ex-
professional, captured the grand Pa
cidc coast handicap shoot at Spokane.
After % minutes actual wrestling,
Charles Delivuk defeated Ludwig Lief
son, young miner from the Standard
mine, at Wallace recently. The match
was for 500 a side, and the condi-
tons were that Delivuk was to throw
Liefson twice in an hour at catch-as-
catch-can style.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
weight, fought Sailor Burke at Bridge
port, Conn. The fight was of six
rounds and the colored man, who out
weighed the sailor, landed some ter
rife blows, flooring his man several
times. Burke weighed 165 and John
son 1856.
London-Sir Thomas Upton win
send a challenge for Americas cup.
Sir Thomas admitted that the Royal
Irish Yacht club was challenging in
his behalf. 1t is learned that Fife
would be asked to design Sir Thomas
Lipton's challenger if he is not al
ready at work on the model of the
Shamrock w., for that is to be the
name of the new yacht.
Bill A. is dead. The old thorough
bred, who appeared on the tracks Of
New York as a 2 year old and was
later brought west and made the cir
cult of the Pacific northwest for
years.
A heart-breaking muff of a fly ball
from Cartwrights bat by Left Fielder
Suess of Spokane, a clean steal Of
third base by the Butte captain, and
a pretty single into right center field
by Sits gave Butte the first, last and
winning run of the most spectacular
the longest, and perhaps the cleanest
game of professional league baseball
ever played in Spokane. 1t lasted 16
full innings.
During the st. Louis-Detroit Ameri-
can league baseball game Sunday UNI
pire Evans was struck on the head by
a soda water bottle in the hands of
a spectator and was seriously in
jured. His recovery is doubtful.
Lew Buchholz of North Yakima will
meet Joe Heinrich on the mat this fall
for purse Of from 800 to $500.
1t will be 70-footer with which Sir
Thomas Upton will try for the Ameri-
cas- cup next August.
Russ Hall, the manager of the Butte
team, says he will be back in the game
again next year.
Manager George Shredder Of the Ia
coma team has signed George Engle,
pitcher who helped Portland win
the pennant in 1901, to finish the sea-
son for Tacoma.
Terry McKune, shortstop, and Dave
Rowan, first base, of the Spokane
League team have been sold. McKune
goes to st. Paul and Rowan to St.
Louis.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-09-20
Big Meet at New York.

Many athletes who figured in the in
ternational track and field games at
jamestown were among the competi-
tors in the fall games for the New
York Athletic club at Travers Island
Saturday.
Ralph Rose of the Olympic club
San Francisco, was the most promi-
nent figure in the field events, as he
made several new worlds records in
throwing weights at jamestown.
In the regular event with the 16.
pound shot, Rose sent the missile AZ
feet IL inches. His first record was
with the S-pound shot, which he sent
out for 67 feet inches, beating M. K
Sheridan's world record by feet.
His other figures were 12-pound shot
So feet IL ga inches; 14-pound, 81 feet
6 S-S inches; 1S-pound, 43 feet 1-2
inches; 2S-pound shot, "a feet 5 inches,
all new marks.
With the 24-pound shot he failed by
a quarter of an inch to equal his own
record Of 3S feet "a inches. Forest
Smithson of the Multnomah A. c. of
Oregon won the high hurdle race hand
lily in 16 seconds from scratch, but he
was beaten over the low by Langdon
of the Irish American Athletic club
to whom the western runner was con.
ceding 10 points.
]. M. Simpson, manager Of the Uni
versity of Idaho football team, has
completed arrangements for practical
ly all the big games to be played by
the university on the gridiron this
fall. The big game of the season is
tc be played at Moscow November 8
when the state college comes over fol
the annual contest.
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whence it has been taken. But a
body of another kind-the organism
of the man himself. in his own spirit
raj substance-must then be laid
bare as the instrument of self-con-
seriousness, and OF expression and
usefulness to others.
Life. as we know it. is a constant
resurrection. The tomb of the past
is the womb of the future All ma
ture is constantly dying. the tissues
of the earthly body are constantly
dying. life is continual triumph over
this universal death. and progress is
made possible only by this process of
resurrection. The Immortality and
progress of the human soul and of
human society consist thus in the
Creators triumph over death.
Easter is a memorial of all this
triumph of life over death. not only
in nature. but also in humanity. The
germ of life in every human breast is
thus raised up when the body returns
to the dust All that has been elabor-
ated within that material husk-all
the love of right or wrong. OF truth
or falsity. of wisdom or folly, of use
fulness or acknowledgements
and bears its fruits, determining the
mans character as an angel or devil
forever.
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RICHEST WOMAN in BRITAIN.
Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot Of Wales
Has Distinction.

1t will probably surprise most PEG
pie to learn that at the present mo-
ment the wealthiest British woman
living is Welshwoman; more. that
she is single. Miss Emily Charlotte
Talbot was one Of the three children
of Mr.. Christopher Talbot. popular
NJ. P. of the mid-Victorian era The
only son died in early youth. and Miss
Talbot's sister. somewhat younger
than herself. became the wife. just 40
years ago, of Mr.. Fletcher of Saltoun.
Miss Talbot remained at home. keep
ing house for her father at beautiful
Margam Abbey. Glamorganshire. and
on his death. which took place some
Is years ago, his devoted elder daugh-
ter found herself left his sole execu-
trix. and owner of all the Talbot real
estate, valued at about million and
a half sterling. as also of reversion-
AIRY interest in a huge trust fund in
consols.
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and uncertainty Of it would always
make such shopping unsatisfactory.
Ordering from a catalogue is a leap
in the dark, except in the case Ct a
few articles whose color, shape and
quality are always the same.
To the man who can soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place of the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is it best from mere within, or even
for a certainty of saving from one to
half a dozen dollars in a year to turn
my back on the old, convenient ways
of doing business. and to do my part
toward running the business of my
old acquaintances and friends. and of
destroying the value of property in
the town where my friends live?
T. b. MILLER
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timekeeper than that famous watch
of Capt. Cuttle's. Anothts friend
bought a buggy at $34 and was elated
over his purchase until it cane and
he saw that the top was very e.din-
AIRY article of oil cloth, instead of
leather. and he was so ashamed of it
that he sold 1t at loss to his hired
man and bought better one in a
nvighboring town. A lady and ner
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said it was
because of limiting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects of buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what will be the effect
of this formidable diversion of trade.
If carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses OF the
smaller towns will become bankrupt.
the value of town property will de-
cline, churches and schools will, re-
ceive feeble support and the toms,
instead of being centers OF business
and social activity, will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations, by
getting their supplies in the cities.
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreary,
implanted little places of half dozen
ramshackle houses. The evil effects
of this loss of trade and destruction
of the value of town property will re-
act upon the value of farm property
by cutting off the home market. They
will add to the taxes on lands by re-
ducing taxable values in the towns.
Surely it is not to the interest of any
body. except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
decay. A live town is not only of
value to the lands surrounding it, but
its well stocked business houses are
a convenience and benefit to the
buyer. Even If money could, in the
long run, be saved by ordering every
thing from the city, the inconvenience
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SEE WHAT YOU BUY
90 NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL-ORDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Use
1t and Sold It to His Hired
Man-it Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright. by Alfred C. Clarke
The East End of London is an ex-
ample or what the city does for hui
maL,ty Ia creating poverty. misery,
disease. drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
Giles are great sores upon the body
polite. Is 1t any wonder that lovers
of their kind are horror-stricken- at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist Is the bodies and souls of
men?
but there Is another movement con-
nccted with this current setting CITY,
ward which, like 1t, is full of grave
menace to the welfare of humanity
This is the dry rot now invading thou
sands of villages and towns. 1t is not
lack OF capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
freightS or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that is bring
ing about this change, but new and
dangerous form of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
continued shrinkage in trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: 81 believe the day of
the village and town is over. The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tie fish. A few small lines of business
that cannot be done by mail. such as
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barbering, blacksmithing or the se-v-
ing of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive. but such lines of trade can
not sustain a decent town" The
cause of this widespread loss of bust
ness is the aggressive and destructive
competition OF the catalogue houses
in the big cities. 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities. II one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit. but this effort
of the mail order houses to cut the
retailer altogether is new thing, the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with n few lines of trade. this
form of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
n country town and it is even asserted
that savings bank department is TO
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business OF over 5000. 100000 may
seem large. but one house alone has
sold goods TO the amount of $29.OO0.-
900 in the past six months and is now
incubating a new plan to increase its
enormous business by selling shares
OF stock to thousands of people in the
hope of making them regular Gus
TONERS.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
lures of articles in a hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring to buyers.
most of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some of the
articles below the usual prices are OF
an inferior quality, while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid TO the home dealer As was
shown last winter in speech in con-
gress, articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of the mail order people with deiio-
crate intent to deceive. One of the
instances given by this congressman
was of some thousands OF finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
were in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles TIL they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality of the most OF them, but there
is no redress as there would be II he
bought at home. He does not like to
own that he is disappointed. so he
makes the best of 1t and tries to per
suade himself that he has saved
money. In many instances ne Is not
well enough informed in values to
know that he could have bought as
cheaply and selected much more sat
isfactorily at home. On a rural route
with which | am familiar and over
which most of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders. lives 4 friend of mine who
bought a watch from the catalogue al
what he considered rare bargain,
The watch came, to be sure. out IL dia
not go. that is at the right speed.
and. although money enough was
spent on it to bring the. price up to
good figure, it was no better -
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cycle Then the baby hares. unlike
rabbits, are born with their eyes open.
and the moon is ''open-eyed watcher
of the night" The open-eyed hare
the lunar animal and the lunar fes-
tival you see, for the time of Easter
depends upon the moon-became as
ISOLATED with the opening of the new
year at Easter and hence. in the
popular mind. with the paschal egg.
token to signify the opening of the
year.
In Germany, the Easter hare rivals
st. Nicholas in popularity for every
little Karl and Gretchen knows, If a
child is good and obedient, white
hare will steal-down a moonbeam no
doubt-into the sleeping house. on
Easter even. and lay its beautifully
colored eggs in all sorts of odd places.
When the myth reached America.
the hare was transformed into the
better-known rabbit; the change due.
perhaps. as a writer naively suggests.
TO the fact that confectioners are not
experts in natural history"
There are some superstitions con-
nected with Easter that IL would be-
wise for the reader to treasure in his
mind. so important are they in their
bearing upin his health and happi-
ness.
II the wind is in the east on Easter
morning, draw water and wash in it.
to avoid the Ill effects of an east wind
throughout the year. The efficacy of
the Easter water cure is so well
known in Germany that the Mecklen-
berg maid servants spread out linen
clothes in the yard. the evening be-
fore. and Easter morning wash them
selves with dew. rain or snow fallen
in the linen. while in 'Sachsenburg
the peasants ride their horses into
the water to ward off sickness from
the poor beasts.
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Market gardeners will not cultivate
crop when it is wet. or when the
soil is so wet as to make clods.
The market gardener sells his goods
for cash. This simplifies his accounts
immensely. In large market he can
sell all grades of goods and this en-.
courages him to grade his stun care
fully.
Those farmers having light,
sandy soil are usually the first in the
market with early vegetables. This
kind of soil is suited for growing very
early peas. beans. lettuce, spinach.
radishes, corn and tomatoes; and
again in the late fall the light soils
can be depended on to grow stuff as
well If not better than the loamy soil
Storing manure in compact and
piles retards fermenta-
ton and reduces loss of nitrogen.
1t is bad plan to turn colts or
other horses loose In the yards where
there are cows, calves or pigs. The
horses and colts like to run about
kicking up their heels. and the other
animals are frequently hurt.
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People who patronize the cars run
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says a writer in the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon OF election day in
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go TO sleep in the
corner of the car.
Just before 1t reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll of the T, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild
Yer a liar, It's John B. Moran"
suddenly.
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HOMEMADE LAND ROLLER.
One Which VIII Do Good Service in
PuIverizine the Soil.

With four old moving machine
Wheels, with the earth slugs cut on. an
axle and sickle bar. a very satisfac-
toy roller can be made after the man
nsr shown inrthe accompanying Illus
tration. One-half inch holes were
drilled every four inches. about the
outside rim of each wheel. Two by
four oak planks three feet six inches
long with half-inch holes bored close
to the end. were bolted on the old
moving machine wheels, being careful
not to let the two by four project
over the edge of the wheel.
In the center an old sickle bar with
guards off was used with two-inch
hole in the center. The ends were
termed half around to fasten to the
frame. This bar was placed between
the two sections of the roller. The
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tall grass by mothers and pet aunties.
and eagerly searched for by all the
excited youngsters of the family. In
the Bristol museum. there is a Ger
man print representing three hens up
holding basket with three eggs
bearing the emblems Faith. Hope and
Charity. with this legend in German:
"All good things are three.
Therefore l present you three Easter
eggs.
Faith and Hope. together with Char
ity.
Never lose from the heart.
Faith to the church: Hope in God
And love Him to thy death"
In Russia. Easter eggs are ex
changed even by the dear dignified
grown-ups. Easter morning, a man
goes to his friends house and greets
him with: Jesus Christ is risen
The friend answers: Yes, He is
risen indeed" Then they kiss each
other on both cheeks. exchange eggs,
and drink brandy.
OF course. everyone knows that the
Easter sun. the world over. dances in
the heavens If sleepy-heads will only
get up early enough to see it. In some
places in Ireland, there is a great
clapping of hands at midnight. Easter
even, happy laughter: and the cry:
out with Lent" Then all is mer-
riment for little while. until the
members of the tired household go
to bed-only to rise at four O'Clock
that they may see the sun dance. In
Scotland. the sun whirls like n wind
mill and then gives three leaps.
One of the prettiest traditions is
that of the Easter hare. The hare has
long been the symbol of the moon.
1t is a nocturnal animal, feeding at
night. The female carries her young
for month. representing the lunar
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ASPIRING @
SGOpENING
,E4ozEBN AND
SOFT e. E4S7ER
M TRADITIONS G0
W2eT MAY G. RlNewaETSk

" oEhtN1 optuiiS every Wutlts
~ In the shop windows. an open
~ ing Of delicate fabrics sprigged
with flowers that might make
nature envious; of airy. fairy hats.
trimmed in stolen bits of rainbow: of
irresistible sugar eggs. chocolate rab-
bits and yellow-down chickabiddies.
In the fields. an opening of leaf and
blossom and a, meadow larks song.
In the churches. an opening OF tomb
and an angel of life In place of the
dead. The opening of human hearts
in love toward God. man, and the lit
tie sparrow. the opening of hands
outstretched to the unfortunate and
thc SHINING. 1t is Eastertide.
While the resurrection from the
dead Is the pivotal belief upon which
the whole Christian faith turns. the
word Easter is of pagan origin. Eastre
being the Saxon name of an old leu
tonic goddess who was the personi-
fication of morning and spring Like
wise. In many of our Easter observ-
ances Christianity has laid its i'm
press upon old pagan myths and Gus
toms-the joy in the new spring life
that leaped so high fame in the
bonflres upon the 'hiIlsides now stead
lily cleaning in altar taper. and spring
flowers once faily gathered for out
door festival song and dance now
revcrently crowding the churches.
Our own earliest recollections of
Faster are flashing memories of those
Grst Easter eggs-red. yellow and
eaos1ous royalapurple-that rolled out
OF tairytnnd into everyday life to
Wystlfy our wondering eyes with their
strange beauty. nd-by happy coin
ctdence. the egg Is the oldest of the
symbols connected with Easter. In
fact. II 1t were an aspirant for mem
bcrship in some glass-case society of
antique superstitions 1t could trace
Its seneaology back to ancient Persia
and skgypt. The Persians. looking
upon their new year-which comes
on the 18th of March-as the renewal
OF ala things. celebrated the festival
by exchanging colored eggs. The
Egyptians considered an egg sacred
emblem of the renovation of mankind
after tho Deluge. From them. the
JeWs adopted it for sign and SYM
bol It now becoming the triumphant
typo Of their departure from Egypt
and intimately associated with the
feast OF the Passover. eggs always
being on the table with the paschal
lamb. The Christians. loving the dear
old family traditions. naturally gave
the egg place of honor in the cele-
bration OF the paschal lamb the
Easter egg being a most fit emblem
OF the Resurrection. "the rising up
out the grave. In the sane manner as
the chick. entombed. as 1t We're. In
the egg. is in due time brought to
life"
The pretty custom of hunting for
Easter eggs originated in Germany,
where the eggs were hidden in the
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N general way. all land in the
United States except very low.
swampy tracts, are suitable for goat
raising. The feed that goats prefer
is browse with a small admixture of
weeds and grass. and therefore those
tracts burdened with brushwood and
briers are especially desirable The
fact makes 1t clear that in the colder
parts of the country 1t would be neces-
sary to provide some feed in winter.
as nothing but the soft twigs remain
at that time as browse. Goats will
eat grass IL required to do so. and
will thrive upon it, but grass land is
regarded as being SO much more
profitable for hay production or as pas.
ture for cattle and sheep that the plac-
ing of goats upon it is not to be con-
sidered.-G. F. Thompson. United
States Department of Agriculture.