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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
WHEN THE FISH HURDLE.
Man Wanted to Be Far Away From
the Danger Spot. i.

OF course at this season the usual
run of fish stories" are going the
rounds. But one relating to the
hurdling prowess Of bass and trout,
which was told in all earnestness the
other night, takes first prize.
Fish always go up stream in the
springtime," said the fisherman, "and
scarcely anything will keep the bass
and trout from getting near the head
waters. | have known these two
species to jump over dam eight to
ten feet high and continue their up
stream journey"
What was that you said?" re-
marked a friend, who also claims to
be somewhat of an angler. The man
repeated his assertion that he had
seen fish jump over dams eight to ten
feet high, and as there was no one
present to deny the hurdling abilities
of the fish, the only challenge to his
remarkable statement was a laugh by
all hands.
well, trust | will never be on tie
top of Niagara falls when one of.those
hurdling fish you speak of comes fly
ing through the air and hits me in the
eye" remarked the friend. That
broke up the fish stories for that even
ing, but the man still insists that a
tenfoot dam can be hurdled by either
bass or trout.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
DEATH IN A NEW euIsg.
Scheme That Landed a Hungarian
Judge in Town Jail.

In little village on the Hungarian
frontier, not far from Presburg, a
peasant woman recently received 400
kronen $3.50 from her husband in
America.
She promptly deposited it in the
local branch OF the postofice savings
bank. and then the next day went to
withdraw the whole amount.
The bank official was somewhat sur
prised, and asked for an explanation,
when she said that Death had ap-
peared to her during the night and
threatened to take her away with him
unless she had the 400 crowns ready
for him the next night.
The gendarmes were communicated
with, and when Death" made his
promised appearance he was found to
be very much alive, in the person of
the local judge.
The woman's money is still in the
bank, and the judge is in jail.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Chinese Jews.

American interest in China since
the Boxer rebellion has extended to
the Chinese Jews, who settled at
Kaifungfu during the Han dynasty
that ruled China from 200 B. C. to 200
A. D. The Kaifungfu colony is men
toned occasionally by European trav-
elers, among them Marco Polo in the
fourteenth century. while in 1000 and
1904 they were visited by Jesuit mis-
sionaries. To-day. according to AL
fred X. Glover, writing in the Over
land Monthly for May, the Chinese
Jews are almost extinct, but their rec
ords and historical tablets are care
fully preserved.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Have Trouble
with Your Food !?
Try
|Grape-Nuts
Perfectly Cooked.
Ready TO Serve.
Delicious and Healthful

THE ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked few minutes in halfhearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
of anything short of an OK.
ANY preparation of wheat or oats
put into water that is below the boil
ing point and cooked as mush is usu-
ally served, remains a pasty, indi-
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition, the stom-
ach of a person sensitiyely constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. 1t is sent into the second stom-
ach, the Duodenum, where in conse-
quence of the long time of the first
process of digestion, is fermented and
soured AS an eminent medical man
pertinently states, the stomachs of half
the people going about the streets are
about in the condition of an old vim
egar barrel.
Intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding"
knowledge of these facts and wide
experience in the preparation and use
of cereals brought out the product
known as Grape-Nuts, manufactured
with special reference to having the
heterogeneous and starchy parts Of the
grains, of which the food is composed.
perfectly and scientifically cooked at
the factory. ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma
nipulations of any cook good or bad
The starch of the grains, changed to
grape-sugar, can be seen glistening on
the little granules, and gives forth
delicate sweetish taste, very palatable.
Children and adults obtain fine re-
suits from the use of Grape-Nuts food.
1t is so perfectly adapted to the wants
of the human body and so easily d. |
gested that many cases are on record
of nurcing babes being fed very sue
cessfully on 1t. There's Reason
Made at the pure food factories of
the Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. |
Read The Road to Wellville." in pkgs. ,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Economy Carried to Excess.

Inhabitants of well-known region
of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, a
district famous throughout the Alps
for it's large breed of cattle and its
brand of milk, are spoken of as
coffee faced and fiat chested." At
the last military draft eighteen young
mountaineers were called up, and of
these all but four were rejected. This
result is said to be not, uncommon in
these all but four were rejected. This
milk are the main sources of income.
The peasant feeds himself too much
on the milk and grudges himself the
meat
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
WAITING FOR THE FUN.
Youngster Had Reason to Expect
Something Would Happen"

An old gentleman, rather portly and
clad in a somewhat youthful suit of
light gray flannel. sat on a bench in
the park enjoying the day, relates the
Woman's Home Companion.
What's the matter. sonny?" he
asked small urchin who lay on the
grass just across the walk and stared
intently. why don't you go and
play?'
Don't wanter," the boy replied.
but it is not natural" the old gen.
tleman insisted, for boy to be so
quiet. Why don't you run about?"
"Oh, I'm just waitin'," the little fell
low answered. I'm just awaitin' till
you get up. A man painted that
bench about fifteen minutes ago."
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
TWO SISTERS HAD ECZEMA.
Cuticura Cured Scalp Troubles Of
Two Illinois Girls-Another Sis
ter Took Cuticura Pills.

II must give much praise to all the
Cuticura Remedies. l used but one
cake of Cuticura Soap and one box OF
Cuticura Ointment, as that was all that
was required to cure my disease.
was very much troubled with eczema
of the head, and friend Of mine told
me to use the Cuticura Remedies,
which / did, and am glad to say that
they cured my eczema entirely. My
sister was also cured of eczema of the
head by using the Cuticura Remedies.
Another sister has used Cuticura Re
solvent and Pills and thinks they are
a splendid tonic. Miss Edith Hammer,
R. F. d. No. 6, Morrison, Ill, Oct 3, '06."
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Is Pe-ru-na Useful
for catarrh?

Bhoulda List Of the ingredients Of Pc.
runa be submitted to any medical ex-
pert ofwhatever school or nationality.
no would be obliged to admit without
reserve that each one of them was ofun-
doubted value in chronic catarrhal dis
cases, and had stood the test Of manv
Year, experience In the treatment Of
such diseases. THERE CAN BE no
DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT
EVER Peruna Is composed of the most
efhcacious and universally used herbal
remedies for catarrh. Every ingredient
Of Peruna has reputation of its own
In the cure of some phase of catarrh.
Peruna brings to the home the COM
BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat
ment of catarrhal diseases; brings to
the home the scientific skill and knowl-
edge ofthe modern pharmacist; and last
butnotleast, brings to the home the vast
and varied experience of DR.. Hartman,
intheuse ofcatarrh remedies, and in the
treatment Of catarrhal diseases.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis
ease which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited
doctors over and over again, and been
told that their case is one of chronic
catarrh. 1t may be of the nose, throat,
lungs, stomach or some other internal
organ. There is no doubt as to the ma
ture of the disease. The only trouble
Is the remedy. This doctor has tried to
cure them That doctor has tried to
prescribe for them.
BUT THEY ALL FAILED TO
BRING ANY RELIEF.
DR.. Hartman's idea is that a catarrh
remedy can be made on large scale,
as he is making it; that it can be made
honestly, of the purest drugs and of
the strictest uniformity. His idea is
that this remedy can supplied direct
ly to the people, and no more be charged |
for it than is necessary for the
handling oft.
No other household remedy 30 uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
ahowing that Peruna invites the full
inspection of the critics,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Jack and the Apple.

It was during an arithmetic class
in a country school that Jake Boggs
was called upon to solve problem.
Now, Jake" began the teacher, ''if
you have two apples and your little
brother took one how many would you
have left?"
I'D just like to see him try taking
one" said Jake, shaking his fist.
WELL" said the teacher, well put
it this way. Suppose you gave him
one"
Yes; but l wouldn't do It," said
Jake.
Just supposing you did, what would
remain?" said the weary teacher.
"a big fool, that's what" replied
Jake.-JuGge.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

ton OF the blad-
der and the trou-
BILE had gone SO
far in five years
that my physicians
said nothing but
an operation would
cure me. Awful
b e arr n 6 d 0 W n
pains, backaches
and headaches tor
tured me. there
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Blacklist of All.

The millionaire from Pittsburg was
observed to be lettering outside of the
pearly gates.
"Why don't you hurry up and
knock?" queried a shade.
I'm waiting for that other chap to
get ahead of me-" whispered the Pitts
burg millionaire.
''And who is he?"
why, CRATER from San Francisco.
By the side of him l will seem as in
nocent as lamb"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

were spells of dizziness and faintness.
the kidney secretions were like blood
and passed with intense pain. l had
lost 80 pounds when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, and was dread
fully nervous. In one week felt bet
ter and to-day l am a well woman and
have been for long time"
Sold by ali dealers so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Diversified Existence.

An old brick laboratory in Middle-
town. Conn which was torn down
SATURDAY, has been pitt to many uses
since its erection in 1925. Originally
it was gunhouse, but it has since
been used as hospital. an eating
house, a carpenter shop. an icehouse,
and an electrical laboratory.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Good for Elshermen,s "Rait.n

The remarkable Notwithstanding eff
feet of vacuum is strikingly brought
out in the claims made for a new
sportsmans bottle. The vessel has
double walls, being really one bottle
within another, with sealed-up in
tervening space from which the air
has been withdrawn. 1t is asserted
that liquids in this bottle can be kept
hot 4S hours in the coolest weather,
and that inced beverages will retain
their delicious GOODNESS for weeks in
the hottest summer.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
A woMAN's suFFERINes.
a Dreadful Operation Seemed to Be
tho Only Outcome.

Mrs. Clyde Pixley, Bridge ST., Beld-
Ing, Mich, writes: II had infiamma-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

Shakespeare has no heroes; he has
only heroines.-Ruskin-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethfng. softens ths guns reduces n
domination. sllays pain, cures wind collie sc bottls
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

Women forgive injuries. but they
never forget lights.-Haliburton
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10
NX1OMAlag
INTERESTS
TO MARK THE 'kERcHIEF.
Use Of Small lndeIible Stamp Is the
Best Method.

Marking handkerchiefs with a SIM
pie initial is extremely confusing, es-
pecially when the washing is
sent to the laundress outside Of the
house. A good plan to avoid this is
to mark with both or all three initials.
OF, better still, with the entire name.
This, however, is un~pleasantly con-
spicuous.
A better way is to ecure a small
indelible stamp of the name, and to
stamp the center of each handkerchief
so that the marking is in sight
except when it is needed.
Another plan, adopted in a family
of three daughters is to use a system
of eyelets in the corner-one eyelet
for the eldest daughter, two for the
second, three for the third. The plan
works like a charm, for the family
initial on the parents handkerchiefs
are, of course, easily recognizable
from the difference between the size
of mems and women's handkerchiefs.
Finally, one girl who boards alone
marks each of her handkerchiefs with
large and plain X, confident that no
one else will claim that initial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10
The Newest Fabrics.

New and fashionable colors being
displayed on the silk and velvet coun>
tiers reflect hues of precious and semi
precious stones. Among the attractive
mineral colors are malachite deep
blue), azurite (blue and green), rho
donite (pink or flesh red) and zoisite
deep rosel; this last hue is some
times described as thule, and is an ex-
quisite shade of rose that looks par
ticularly well in face cloth and soft
velvets such as are being used for
toilettes. Going over the list of un-
usual new shades n would think
creators of new fabrics had made a
tour of a museum of natural history
and culled out all the beautiful color
ings nature has given her gems. In
other words, mineral colors have new
er entered so largely into fancy ma
terials as at the present time. Some
of the handsomest gowns shown are
composed Of several contrasting min
eral colors so %cleverly put together
that one marvels at the designers
ability to produce such fascinating re-
suits in the realm Of colors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10

A ripe tomato cut and rubbed on
the face tones and refreshens the skin
and in some cases will remove yellow
spots, including freckles.
Nothing makes a face so insipid as
too scant eyebroks. The growth may
be thickened by rubbing into them
once a day some red vaseline. The
white has been so refined that it has
less strength.
Cucumber juice is the best Of all
bleaches for the skin. When cucum-
Der cannot be obtained fresh ripe
grape fruit will be found a good sub
stitute. Cut open and rubbed on the
face, it is a tonic as we'll as a bleach.
A rational diet, regular meals,
plenty of exercise in the open air,
copious draughts of pure water be-
tween meals, with frequent and regu-
lar breathing exercises, constitute a
treatment for dyspepsia that will in
time enable the ~dyspeptic to toss bot
ties and pills out of the window.
When cold cream is found to dis
agree with the skin, as sometimes
happens, try rubbing a little almond
oil perfumed with a few drops Of
bergamot. Wash the face we'll first
and then rub in the oil, using the
/. massage movements. Wipe off care
fully all superfluous oil.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10

overheard. The old gentleman can
keep things going for six months
longer without jeopardizing any of the
remaining trust funds, Of which he has
some two millions, and while his wife,
who is an invalid, knows the Judge is
in some trouble, she does not suspect
his real position. His daughter says
that when the blow came, that day of
the panic, when Reinhart jammed the
stock out of sight and scuttled her
fathers bankers and partners in the
road, the Wilson's Of Baltimore, she
had a frightful struggle to keep her
father from going insane. She told
me that for three days and nights she
kept him locked In their rooms at their
hotel in Baltimore, to prevent him
from hunting Reinhart and his lawyer
Rettybone and killing them both, but
that at last she got him calmed down
and together they have been planning.
Jim, it was tough to sit there and
listen to the schemes to recoup that
this old gentleman and this girl. for
she Is only FL, have tried to hatch up.
The tears actually rolled down NV
cheeks as ! listened; couldn't help
1t; you couldn't either, jim. But at
last out of all the plans considered.
they found only one that had a tint of
hope In 1t, and the serious mention Of
even that one, Jim, in any but pres
ent circumstances, would make you
think we were dealing with lunatics.
But the girl has succeeded IA making
me think 1t worth trying. Yes, Jim,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10
KEEPING UP-To.DATE.
Old Fashioned Ways Do Not Win in
Competition with Modern
Methods.

1t. is within the province of the res
idents of a community to either kill
off or build up the trade of the home
town. 1t is too often that the mer-
lhants and other business men are
to blame for the conditions of which
they themselves complain. This is
an age of advancement, of improved
methods, and the business man who
persists in carrying on his business as
his forefathers did years ago, is very
apt to lose out. What would the mer-
chant think of the farmer who would
not do his blowing with an o~ld-fashion-
ed plow and an oX-team, and cut his
hay with a scythe and do his reaping
with a sickle? In fact, such a farm
er would, in the present age, be a
unique personality in America. Yet
the merchant in many cases will adj
here to old style and practices. This
is a time when rapid sales and the
quickly turning over of stocks are es-
sential to the success of the mer-
chant. Competition is strong, and
the man in mercantile lines who con-
ceals his light under a bushel' is
indeed unwise. Publicity" should be
the w~atchword of the live business
man. The greatest treasures of the
earth lie concealed until their exist
ance becomes known. To succeed it is
necessary that not alone judicious ad.
vertising be done, but that when Gus
toners call, prices be right for the
quality Of goods offered, Then there
is courteous attention on behalf Of
manager and clerks toward all who
call. knowledge Of goods handled,
prices, fluctuations Of the market,
and many other things are necessary
to the progressive merchant, and his
endeayor should be to extend the bene-
fits to his customers. In this way
he wins confidence, helps retain Gus
tom for his town, thus keeping dol
lars in circulation in his community
that otherwise would go elsewhere.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10
a Town convenlenee.

Only for the farmers, the laborers
and others that comprise the great
part Of the population, the merchants
of the towns would have little excuse
for being in business, and the mer-
chant is a wonderful convenience to
people OF his nolghborhood. One can
not well get along without the other.
The merchant depends more upon the
success Of the farmer and the laborcr
chan do either Of the latter on the sue
ress OF the former. Between them
there should be greater harmony. In
towns that are noted for activity and
progress. particularly In agricultural
sections. It viii be found that u Ia
'tAs united Efforts 81 al elasses Of
workers tilat win
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10

and l think the house has been prom
inent in its banking affairs. Now, Jim.
this poor girl, who, it seems, has re-
Gently been acting as the judges Sec
rotary, has Just learned that that coup
OF Reinhart and his crowd has COM
pletely ruined her father. The decline
has swamped his own fortune, and,
what Is worse, a million to a million
and a half Of his trust funds as well,
and the old judge-well, you and I can
understand his position. Yet l do not
know that you just can, either, for
you do not quite understand our Vir-
ginia life and the kind of reyered posi-.
ton a man like Judge Sands occupies.
You would have to know that to I'm
derstand fully his present purgatory
and the terrible position of this daugh;
ter, for it seems that since he began
to get into deep water he has been
relying upon her for courage and ideas.
From u talk l gather she has a won
derful store of up-to-date business no
tions, and l am convinced from what
she lays out that the judges affairs
are hopeless, and, Jim, when that old
man goes down it will be a smash that
will shake our state in more ways than
one.
up to now the girl has stood up to
the blow like a man and has been able
to steady the judge until he presents
an exterior that holds down suspicion
as to his real financial condition, al
though she says Reinhart and his Bal
timore lawyer, from the ruthless way
they put on the screws to shake out
his holdings in the Air Line, must
have q line on 1t that the judge is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-10

two before Bob and Miss Sands came
out. After he had put her in a cab for
her hotel, he said in a tone curiously
intent: Jim, / have got to talk with
you, got to get some Of your good ad-
vice. Suppose we hustle along to the
yacht and after lunch you tell Kate we
have some business to go over. don't
want to keep that girl waiting any
longer than possible for an answer I
cannot give until I get your IDEAS"
After lunch, on the bow end of the
upper deck Bob relieved himself. Re-
lieved is the word, for from the minute
he had put Miss Sands into the car
riage until then, it was evident even
to my wife that his thoughts were any
where but upon out outing.
"Jim," he began in a voice that
shook in spite Of his efforts to make it
sound calm, there is no Disgusting the
fact that | am nightly worked up
about this matter, and l want to do
everything possible for this girl. No
need of my telling you how sacred we
have got to keep what she has Just let
me into. You'll see as ! go along that
It is sacred, and I know you will look
at it as I do. Miss Sands must be
helped out of her trouble.
Judge Lee Sands, her father. is the
head Of the old Sands family of vir-
ginia. The Virginia Sands don't take
off their bonnets to another family In
this country, or elsewhere, for that
matter, for anything that really counts.
They have had brains, learning, money
and fixed position since Virginia was
first settled. They are the best peo-
pie OF our state. 1t Is a cross-road say
ing in Virginia that a Sands OF Sands
Landing a go to the bench, the
United States senate, the house, or the
governors chair for the starting, and
nearly all OF the men folks have held
one or all of these honors for genera
lions. The present judge has held
them all. / don't know him personally,
although my people and his have been
thick from away back. Sands Landing
on the James is some so miles above
sour home. The Judge, Beulah Sands
father, is close on to 10, and I have
heard mother and father say is a stall
wart, a Virginia stalwart. Being rich
that lis, what va virginians call rich,
a million or so-he has been very ac-
tive in affairs, and | knew before his
daughter told Inc, that he was the
trustee for about all the best estates
In our part OF the country. 1t seems
from what she tells, that Of late no has
been very actiye In developing our
coal mines and railroads, and that par
ticularly he took Z prominent hand IN
the Seaboard Ar Ltna. Kou know the
road for your fethAE WAS : director.