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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
The Twins.

The Harmon twins looked so much
alike as babies that their parents
could scarcely tell them apart. AS they
grew older it became evident that to
Grandmother Harmon at least the
twins were a unit
"YOu were asking me how much the
twins weigh" said Grandmother Har-
mon to a neighbor. when l went out
that afternoon l put one Of them on
the scales at the grocery and found
they weigh just twenty-six pounds"
do they always weigh exactly the
sameg inquired the neighbor, and
Grandmother Harmon looked quite i'm
patient.
"The twins?" she said. "Of course;
why not?"
The nelghbor had no reason to give,
but she rebelled few days later when
In answer to her inquiry Grandmother
Harmon said:
"'Where are the twinsr Oh, they
got a cinder in one of their eyes. and
their mother has taken them down to
the oCulist's to have 1t removed. they
were fussing so over lt."-Youth's
Companion.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
One Question Too Much.

The servant problem was under dis
cussion, and experiences" were being
related Several women stopped talk
ing at the same moment, and the ST
lence, which had lasted nearly two sec
onds, was broken by young matron,
who said: But, ladies', that's all moth
ing to what happened TO me last week
My cook left me, you know, for no
earthly reason except that she told the
chambermaid we starved the help.
The idea! Well, 1 went to the intelli-
gence office and after a long search
found the girl wanted to take Mag
gie's place. She answered every ques-
ton to my satisfaction until asked
her, why did you leave your last
placer Then she got red In the face,
threw her head back and said in an
angry tone: Because l wanted a
change. Why did your last cook
leaveY And before l could answer she
turned away, saying, You'll not suit
Now, isn't that dreadfulT And then
all the other women told dreadful
stories.-New York Tribune.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
Mares For work Purposes.

We must depend on the farmer who
will raise at least a few horses each
year in connection with other lines OF
live stock production and grain grow
ing for our supply of horses. The
small farmer who does not have land
enough to keep mares for breeding
purposes exclusively should aim to use
mares for work purposes and breed
them. This will cause some incon-
venience in getting the farm WORK
done, but more healthy normal colts
are produced in this way than when
the mares are allowed to run idle. II
the mares are worked they will not
suffer from lack Of exercise, and the
foal Is more apt to be grown properly
the first summer.-Professo W. u
Richards 10 Farmer.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
Walked Him Up.

"Fare.
The passenger gave no heed.
Fare, please"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
When Cleveland Said "By eosh!"

"a long legged friend of mine, who
may be called Bill Jennings as well as
anything else" says Emerson Hough
in Appleton's Magazine, always in
sisted that he was responsible for the
opening of the Cherokee country. L
went down to Washington said he,
to see Cleveland about it. l went up
to the door of Cleveland's house-right
at the front dOOr-and | knocked, and l
heard Cleveland boiler out to me,
"Come ln!' l went in. and there was
Cleveland sittin' in the parlor, with all
his cabinet there too. l says to Cleve-
land, cleveland. them Injuns has got
to go and them COW men too" put II
to him right plain. Cleveland he lis
tened, and by and by he got up and
come and put his hand on my shoulder
and says he, "Bill, by gosh, she
nansi''
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
Where Diners Had to Be on Time


Closely parallel to the flag end OF
the Euston road and visible from 1t at
various turnings Is street which be-
longs to few mems London. 1t Is
dlngy. granite paved, populous street
of no attraction. Yet this street has
known better times and eager guests.
In the house he knew as 43. now oblit-
Grated by big new warehouse, Dr.
william Kitchener entertained his fell
low wits and gourmets. He had am
pie means to ride his three hobbies,
optics, cookery and music. His din
ners were often elaborate experiments
in cookery, and the guests had to rec
ognize this fact. Five minutes past ;
was the minute and If guest came
late the janltor had irrevOcable orders
not to admit him. for 1t was held by
the mythical committee of taste.
of whom Kitchener was secretary"
that the perfection of some of the
dishes was often so evanescent that
the delay of one minute after their
arrival at the meridian of connection
will render them no longer worthy OF
men of taste."-T. P's London Weekly
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23


The passenger gave no heed.
Fare, please"
Still was the passenger oblivious.
"By the ejaculatory term fare, "
said the conductor, 81 imply no refer
ence to the state of the weather, the
complexion of the admirable blond
Won observe in the contiguous seat, nor
even to the quality of service vouch-
safed by this philanthropic corpora
ton. | merely allude in manner per
haps lacking In delicacy, but not III
conciseness. to the monetary obligation
set up by your presence in this car and
suggest that, without Contemplating
your celebrity with cunctation, you
Iiqnidate."
At this point the passenger emerged
from his trance.-Columbus Dispatch.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
TIMBER Land, ACT, JUNE ), 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOIiCE FOX PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office, Lewiston, Idaho
June -. 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provision of the act Of Congress of
Der lands in the States of California, Oregon
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend,
ed to all the Public Land States by act of Aug
william Sexton
OF Harvard, county OF Latah, state OF Idaho
he's this day flied in this Office his
s%prh st be se ss for the
in Township No AN, Range No e. B, NJ. and
will offer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for its timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes and to tablish his
claim to said land before the register and re-
ceiver at Lewiston. Idaho on Monday the 9th
day of September, 1907
He names as witnesses:
David Mccullough, James Campbell, Thomas
P. Jones' John c. -haw, all OF Potlatch. Idaho.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described land are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said Monday,
July5 Sept t. H. Bartlett, Register
Notice for Publication OF Time APP.
t pointed for Proving Will, Etc.
In the Probate Court of the State OF
Idaho, in and for the County of Latah.
In the matter of the estate of John
Keeney, deceased.
Pursuant to an order OF said Probate
Court, made on the 18th day of August
1907, notice is hereby given that Satur-
day the 9TH day OF September 1907 at
10 O'Clock a. IN. OF said day at the court
room OF said Court, at the court house
in the county of Latah, has been APP
pointed as the time and place for prov
ing the will of SAID John Keeney, de-
ceased, and for hearing the application
of Fred Veatch for the issuance to hin
of letters testamentary, when and where
any person interested may appear anC
contest the same.
Dated August 18th. 1907
augl6-30 Charles NJ. Lukens,
Probate Judge
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
DR.. 0. c. KELLER,
OsrEoPATHIc PHYSICIAN

Graduate of the American School OF
Osteopathy. Treats all acute and chron-
cases. Rooms over drug store.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03

Il With that Tor horse aud you nave stable.
Tree rs indicated by putting the elbow
OF n arm ON the palm Of the other hand.
This brings the forearm upright like the
trunk Of tree: the open fingers representing
the leaves and branches are vibrated 20
carry out the simile.
One could go on indefinitely. For in-
stance. cold is shown by shivering, warm by
breathing on the hand, and hot by wipinR
the forehead with the hand.
IL Is apparently very simple. yet much
orthe language Is the result OF slow growth.
IL is not really taught in the schools for
deaf mutes. yet il is their own choice COM
municating with one another.
They learn 1t by association, and IL allowed
to do as they please will almost invariably
choose TO drop into signs. 1t is declared
that no matter what method is taught in
the schoolroOm there are not more than
two institutions for the deaf in this country
where the pupils do not use the sign lam
guage on the playground.
Entire meetings are conducted in the
sign language. The address lie in signs;
the mutes sign not sing. their hymns.
an expert speaks in this language
Il is very beautiful. The deftness and
grace and swiftness with which the mo-
tions are made are wonderful. while the
spectacle Of a n entire audience singing"
such a hymn as Nearer. My God. to Thee"
10 a thing never to be forgotten.
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MOST VALUABLE FIDDLESTECk,
An Empress's Treasure PeD-ThImbIe That
IVES a WeddInk GIFT,

From TH-Bts.
The Queen Of Siam possesses a thimble
which was a wedding gift and in in the shape
OF a lotus flower. IL is valued at els. 1000.
Each petal bears the enlaced initials OF his
Majesty King ChulalOng kOrn |. and Queen
Pom gsi, set in rubies and emeralds, while
inscribed round the rim is the date OF The
maria ge. the letters and numbering being
decorated with diamonds and pearls.
The Empress Eugene treasures a pen made
from the quill of a golden eagles wing and
richly mounted with diamonds and gold.
which was used at her request by the four
teen plenipotentiaries who signed the Treaty
OF Paris in 1850. When the Hon. Mr.. Ward.
eldest son Of Lord Bangor. was married
n quill nen which was used by the hiRhrcon-
tracing Powers In signing the Treaty OF
Vienna. and which has several. times been
The most valuable hddlestick in the world
In the one used by PaRanini AZ his farewell
recital. afterward possessed oy Verdl: tne
to his favOrite pupil. the late Count d CessOle.
and by him bequeathed to Verdi. Many
offered in vain for this unique possession, and
its estimated value Ia at least cIS.OOO.
for n Kew. but this sum has been given 'byy
a member Of the Rothschild family for what
may be said to be Lhe most valuable key in
the Strozzi family and is believed to be the
work of the great Italian artist Benyenut0
CPlllnl. VINO HOurLAnru III -tne slAbctnNH Actn-
tury. The key In chiselled out OF n block OF
steel. presenting two grotesque female figures
and with various scrolls.
Five hundred and fifty pounds was paid by a
nObleman at the beginning OF the eighteenth
century for o dog collar OF gold. A collar or
silver. with four small diamonds. costing 200
gulneas. was sold toR society lady for her pet
pug dog. II Is fashionable IN France to put
gold bracelets studded with Jewels on the
forelegs Of pOOdles. The plain gold collars
with jewelled settings cost no less than go.
while the iewelled collars run TO clOO. The
bracelets cost from a. to GTO each.
A thermometer can be bought Tor a shilling.
but there II one used at the Johns Hopkins
University In the United States, known as
Prof. BOwlandi = thermometer. which IA valued
at e.. 900. The gradatiOns on the glass are
40 fine that II is necessary TO use a microscope
to read them.
Mr.. Singer Of sewing machine fame paid
cl2, 900 for q pair Of OpeTa glasses. The lenses
the fact that the glasses" were Of solid gold,
monds and %sapDhires. which accounted for
the tall" price.
Women's hats are both common and costly
made no great preteusIOns to fashion. holds
the record for the highest price paid for an
article Of millinery. She bOught a hat with a
lottery ticket which the merchant accepted
In place Of the money. A few weeks later
the ticket drew the great prize Of 5000.
and though the NOmania husband tried TO
Induce the merchant TO share the results he
only received s2s. That bat cost Ela.sfsi A.s
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LUCKY TROUSERS.

schools Of Languages. .

HuWp w hhhh VW"s
what became OF the man who used to
work on the chair az the foot 81 the ClassF"
asked a customer Of the boss OF a down
town barber shop.
You mean the tall young chap that wore
glasses. who was here a year agO?" asked
the boss.
The customer said that was the fellow
he was asking about.
-He has a shop OF his own in a town up
the State. And it didn't cost him a cent"
continued the boss. who prepared to shear
the customer. 1T came about as easy
for him as anybody I ever knew in the
business.
-One day an old man got into his chair
and called for a shave. a shampoo and
shine. He got en- all right, and in the
course of time he came in again. and al
though there were two ahead OF him on
that chair the old man waited.
We'll, that occurred several times, and
I soon saw the old man had aiken a sort
Of liking to the boy. One day l heard
him ask the boy who made his 'britches.'
l overheard the word.
at sounded sort Of queer in his age to
near such a word. Besides. it was a funny
question to ask. The boy spoke up as il he
was rather proud to give the information.
l heard him say his mother made em.
THAT sounded funny to me. 1 did not
suppose hat any young man in this age
was wearing home made trousers.
That ended the talk that day. Not long
afterward the old man was back again. As
he was being cOmbed on the last round
heard him say to the boy that he noticed
he had on a new pair Of 'britches.' The
boy said ne had.
SThe old man asked him il his mother
made them. and the boy said she did; that
she made all he had. He also said he had
never bought a pair Of store trousers in
his life, nor nae a tailor made pair.
1T went on for seven or eight months,
the boy came to me and said ne was
going to quit. I'm used TO that, 30 said
all right. Then he told me he was going
back home to start a shop OF his own.
Il didn't try to persuade him to stay.
but I was sort Of curious to know how he
was fixed, and ne told me the shop hadn't
cost him a cent.
THE old man came from the same town
and has an Office here in the city. The
boys mother used to take in ewing for a
living. Her husband was a tailor-he's
dead a long tims-and he taught her the
business.
THAT old man was a youngster then.
All his clothes were made by this BARRIERS
mother. He said she made the only COM
Portable 'britches'-he called 'em that all
the time-he ever wore and that there
was something in the cut OF 'brltches she
made that made 'em look different from any
he ever saw.
when he saw the boys he seemed to
know 'em right of. That's what caused
the acquaintance, and as the old man is
we'll heeled he set the boy up in business, on
condition ne would go home. That's all.
As the poet says, Some are born lucky,
some get it by main strength and awkward
ness and some by shooting the chutes.'
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when seas arc rough. and every dope
or sage and doctor. 1uack and Pope
Falls 70 revive the dying hope:
When boAtmen buzz
Like bees about q honeyed lower,
Who comes TO mo In that sad hour.
The Consul, In his might and power
The Consul does.
One evening when the train was late
And gcndarmes kept me at the gate.
To pay the brlbe or sit and walt.
Who came and slid
Tn portal open with a shout,
And passed my tTunlS and pulled me Outr
The Consul. bless him. brave and stout
Tue Consul did.
when every document Of stats
Is dated all TOO soon or late
To satisfy the stupid pate
or some old Captain.
What mortal then can move the scamp
To let me trot and trudgc and tramp.
The Consul. with his rubber stamp
The Consul can.
When pension rates are overdue.
When have bowed my last red sou.
And waistcoat. trousers. hat and shoe
Are worn TO Tags and fuxz.
Who greets me with n golden smile.
Totes me around for mile on mile
And Ats me out In London stylet
The Consul does.
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The Jester built q house one day
OF cards. with many q color gay:
And bit his thumbs and twirled bis hair.
AS piece by piece. and layer by layer.
He built his pasteboard palace up,
TIL his def fingers reached the top.
And 40 the nnal card he laid
And smiled upon the house he made.
Alasi an Grant wind blew by.
Scattering all his cards on high.
But Motley laughed and laughed and then,
He skipped away, nor built again.
Sir Wisdom built a castle fair
Not out OF cards. but out of air:
Adorned with every rainbow shade.
With turret. dome and Ohstlon made;
An. never yet In Fairy Land
Did such q wonder palace stand.
But as his spendthTift fancy built
With radiant hopes and dreams Of gilt.
The castle vanished In the air.
Though not a wisp OF wind was there.
And Wisdom wept and wept and then
A house OF Shadows built again.
WILLIAM F. M~cCOaNAoK.
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Relief.

Not long ago my daily path
Was one Of sorrow and of wrath:
Each week there came q hill % twO
Which must be paid as soOn as due.
And then the ever present friend
Who wanted me TO lend. lend. lend.
Disturbed my dreams and made me need
An income very large indeed.
But twas a kindly stroke OF fate
That came to cheer my way Of late:
MY treasured hoard all safely stays
Within the bank for sixty days.
Ny eXtrs dollars rest and rust
Within q badly busted trust:
NY EASILY secured amount
Suspended Is and doesn't count.
Ny xrocer's bills do not perpleA
Because he will not take my checks.
And. best OF all, 7 cannot loan
As I have nauEht to call my own.
l.. S. WATERHoUsR-
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From the London Daily Chronicle.
I would not have trusted the bee with q sting,
Nor the gnat with \ taste for meat;
I would not have hidden In brake and ling
The adder that hAunts my feet.
I would not have bristled the hedge with thOrnS
Nor poisoned Tho berries red:
I would not have fashioned the bulIock's horns
Nor riddled the night with dread.
I would not have burdened the sun with spots.
Nor nut out the moon 20 quickly.
I would not set snalls IN the garden plots.
Nor scatter the weeds % thirkly;
But. knowing the world Ia Gods. not mine.
fancy the gnAt and the bee.
The adder. the oush and tne hcrnAd kim
kpss wundsF EAy Cod mAAs ma
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03

The New Member OF Congress.
The newnedged Representative
Ambitiously will plan
How he Intends TO have the ear
OF every FELLOW man.
Nor Is thai all his programme holds;
He reckOns by his might
He furthermore will have the scalp
OF every foe OF night.
II follows In his rosy dream
That when these feats they see
He then OF course will have the hand
OF all the power that be.
But with a brief experience
His castles tumble low:
He nnds he cannot even get
The eye Of Uncle Joe.
MCLANDBUR0A WuaoN.
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The sea was mist enwreathed at morn;
A void unspeakably IOrlOrn,
Yet from the seeming barren gloom
Beauty. the dream Of the world. was born.
A sudden wafture OF wind breath.
And 10. sun EiOTies none zaInsaith'
Thus shall the wings Of the soul emerge
WHITE from the chrysalis OF death.
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03

PreseS CRlversitatis.
Gomez come. old Pre1.
Why do o vex
The boys with lectures vapldH
You speak a Q n
You'd sailed your skin
In streams without q rapid.
Vet you and
In days gone by
II remember rightly
Were not Aversc
To things much worse
Than you now call "~unslghtiy."
Have you forgot
That nne jackpotH
All right. III not expose IT.
DOn'tlOok so shocked.
My stOry's blocked.
There's one beside who knows I.
And Fanny Fown.
With eyes 50 brown.
And lips so red and m~Ocklng-
You tried. by joel
To kiss her SO
Ny. my. but It was shOckIngi
The nIEhtw We played
ina LflCk on sNdtu
And dIgnIned old "Dutchy--
"In preak YOU pack.
You chumping ch0ck!"
Gee whlZ. but he was tOuchyi
You recOllect
How circumspect
We stole the college clapperf
Bat Archie Dwight
BE pesched. all right.
The little whippersDapperi
And then the time
Oh. glorious crime'-
We hooked away to Phllly,
n had our run
or youthful fun
Twas great, 10 IL was silly.
Well. we'll, old boy.
wish you Joy
or your newfedged perfection
But please don be
4 saint with me-.
II you have no objection.
WILLIAM WALLACE wHITELoc
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Chants short LIVesI.

DIR. Wood hutchinson in the American Nago-
siRS.
Giants are not long lived. or nearly one
hundred names recorded I have been able to
And the ages At death of only eighteen. a. fol-
lows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03

Lewis wilkins .. ......,. '..''''''''. -
The Giant COnstantln ..'..s.'.,...'. W
Charles ByTne. The irish bthhb '''.'.'.'s'.s'' 50
Cornelius McGrath. q. ........ ''..'.' ~
James TOlcr -......... ,'........ ''..'''''' .
Thomas Hasicr, 90. ......., ''...''r''' 's'''''' "a
The Minnesota Giant IS. ..,,., '...''..''' '''.''.'' a
The Norfolk Giant ....... ~
Patrick COttcr ...,..' '.'''''.r'.' '-''.' y,
Clerk. In Bank OF England ,..,.....'''''.' Gee y.
{. Munster ....,..,.. ....'s'. ''''''''s .''''' ~
!. W~lnckclmccr. .,.,,'.,....''. .'..''. =,
The Kentucky Giant. ......,..'. '...''sss'. ,'''''f 80
Lady Aama. ....... ....''.s.r '.''.'''. ''.'' ." n,
y. ROtls e. ........... ,..,.... ...,t'. '... ,'..'.'.' -.
Peter Tuchan .... 4....... ,..'r .'st...'. ''.'' .f a.
The Peruvian Giant ..,...,.. ~
This makes an average lOngevii Of barely
"a wears. or only a third ~ many. years az
thew have inches. Some FIVE Others are
recordpd as diving Young. without any 1gure-
yivsn and the overwhelming majority were
Under 20 at the time they we're measured and
recorded. 4 giant living 20 = Rooo olu ~
lenxth OF inches are utterly ncompatloie ano
no man can have ooth. -
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No Extra Charge for II.

Advertisements foR THE Sun and THE
EVENING SUN may bs left at any American
DistsiCt Messenger onice in the city.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-03
SWEET PEAS lNfwINpowY BOX.
Plant One Of the Earliest to Blossom
Il tya.t AFTER! Planting. aliN ~

(
The recent improvementtin Tvari-i
eties of sweet peas, according to,
Go0d housekeeping have rendered it
possible to get an abundant supply of
aoYers from d Sunny window box and
ITO have the plants to blossom In an
iastonishingly few weeks . after the
seeds are sown. 2stsl5IsS 6
+ In a recent experiment, three inches
Of loam garden soil were placed in
zinc window box four, feet long;
leur inches wide and four inches high.
This was solid box twitheno drain
age hole, which rested .on@blocks of
wood on the window sill of window
having a western exposure The seeds
Of the Earliest Of All sweet peas, we're
'sown in the box March .16, They.
came up in about week, and at the
end of seven weeks from the planting
The tallest ones were "A inches high
and had begun to blossom, buds be-
ing formed in great abundance upon
all the plants. Very few flowers which,
are grown indoors viii begin to yield
saiefop of beautiful blossoms after so.
short period. .s.tr,.,l5I 80 IN
Il IN another experience four varieties
Of s weet peas were planedt in a sim;
ilarizinc ;windowesill box on November
81. They came up soon after and
grew gradually through the winter,
having reached a height of three feet
by the following April Early in
April some blossom buds appeared,
but for some reason, possibly because
! The soil was allowed to get too dry
/ few times, the blossom, buds, blight
I'D and fell of! Toward the end %.
i April however, aebmorea vigorous
growth took place at the tops of the,
plants, and strong blossom buds APP
peareds in great numbers, . The first
flowers expanded April %, and there.
after an abundance of beautiful bios.
SONS sslarge and fine as are common
w obtained out of doors was pro-
ducedAe 50 : iit q, !AK4 lQ t.o8eeiiI @a