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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-10-18
Lonliest Spot on Earth.

The lonelliest spot on earth Is the
island of Tristan d'Acunha, a DESC
late rock in the South Atlantic. TIC
the eighty white people who live
there it is their world. They are al
most utterly cut off from their kind
electric light and all the inventions
of the last half century are but a
name.
Once year or so they may get
news of the outer world from some
sailing ship or man of war of the
British South African squadron. A
thousand miles of the Atlantic separ-
ates them from Africa's most south
erly extremity on the one hand, while
1900 miles in the other direction
South America ends abruptly in
stormy Cape Horn.
It is hard to imagine more lonely
spot than Tristan dAcunha. Yet
only last year one of the commodity
who visited the cape grew homesick
and went back in the boat that con.
veyed the new captain and his wife
to the island.
For many years Mr.. Dodgson, a
brother of Lewis Carroll" Of "Alice
in Wonderland" fame, acted as chap.
lain on the rock and strove to teach
the men and women how to read and
write. 1t was a pretty hopeless task,
TOR they have the minds of@cHildren,
except when 1t comse to driving q
bargain, and how to do that they
seem to know by instinct.
Last year the Rev. J. G. Burrow
and his wife volunteered to go out
to the island. The couple landed on
Palm Sunday in a furious storm
They and their belongings were liter.
al hurled on a beach eight miles east
Of the settlement.
They were received by the whole
island population. The inhabitants
set apart two huts as church and
school house, and Mrs. Lucy Green
and old widow, turned herself Out
Of her own home that the newcomer
from "the world" might have some
where to lay their heads. Moreover
the seventeen families agreed to take
turns in supplying the Burrows with
meat, milk, potatoes and firewood, al
we'll as fish, butter and eggs wher
such luxuries were available.
The islander depends very largely
upon potatoes, but these often fail
owing to hot winds that blight the
crops. In one season nearly 400 Of
their cattle died Of starvation, owing
to lack of foresight in allowing the
land to be .overstocked.
The population remains practically
stationary, between seventy-five ant
eighty souls. Two recent additions
have recently been made in the form
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-10-18
MISSES AND CHILD's COATS.

MISSES AND CHILD'S COATS.
5 200 Grade, closing out price. .38
$50 Grade, closing out price. ......, 1877
1926 Grade, closing out price. ...... 2.18
400 Grade, closing out price. ...... 2.88
4.5O Grade, closing out price. ...... 200
500 Grade, closing out price. ...... 1928
$50 Grade, closing out price. ...... 1888
500 Grade, closing out price. ...... 3.97
$50 Grade, closing out price ....... 4.29
500 Grade, closing out price ...... $3.50 .
900 Grade, closing out price. ...... 6.O7
II 90 Grade, closing out price. ...... 7.54
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
CATASTROPHE IN A CHURCH.
Woman In Mourning Loses Her Hat,
with Awful Consequences.

From the Youth Companion
''The most embarrassing thing that
ever happened TO me- said Mrs. Peters
when the Ibsen Club was exchanging har-
rowing experiences, happened. Of course.
in church. while / was wearing black for
my father-in-law. 7 was leaning forward
during prayer one morning, when my
new. heavily trimmed hat fell off. and
dropped 10 the floor OF the pew ahead.
and rolled out Of sight.
Fortunately. Z had an umbrella Get
ting down as fat as ! could. ] reached
under tbe next pew, reached cut with
the umbrella handle. and fshed about for
the hat When my hand finally touched
it ] knelt in my place. closed my eyes-I
suppose ! reasoned as an ostrich does.
that II I could see nobody, nobody could
see mc-and tried 90 look as devout as IL
my mind had never been of the service
with my eyes still deyoutly closed
pinned that wrotched hat in place. using
a hairpin because tho hatpn was MISS
ing and feeling quite proud Of myself TO
think that / had managed the affair 50
well.
when we stood Up for the last hymn
suddenly became conscious that all the
women in the congregation were staring
at me and trying hard not to smile The
moment I got outside ] took that hat OF
and looked at IT, Ny dears. it wasn't my
Rat at alI I had helped myself to little
Flossie Siocums bright red sunshade
trimmed with infaRjile white daisies-and
me in black"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
PRACTICAL JOKERS OUTDONE
Effort to Lay Out" Governor of Ne.
vada Proves Dismal Failure.
He Takes to Champagne and His
Table, while He's sober.
From NIarf Tvaia's A1tob.. -raphy.

From Mark Twaias A1tob.t Taphy.
There were many practical j0kers in
the new territory. I do not take pleas
ure in exposing this fact. for I liked those
people. but what I am saying is true. ]
wish I could say kindIie- thing about
them instead-that they were burglars, or
hatrack thieves. or something like that.
that wouldn't be utterly uncomplimentary:
I would prefer it. but I can't say those
things; they would rot &c true
These people u ore practical jokers. ami
I will not try a. disguise it, In other rc-
spects they We're plenty good enough pep
pie; honest people: reputable and Hkeable.
They played practical jokes upon each
other with success. and got the admira-
tion and applause and also the envy OF
the rest Of the community Naturally.
they were eager to try their arts on big
game, and that was what the governor
was. They made several efforts. but the
governor defeated these efforts without
any trouble and went on smiling his
pleasant smile. as if nothing had hap
pened
Finally the joker chiefs of Carson CITY
and Virginia City cons5ired together to
see if their combined talents couldn't win
a victory. for the jollers were getting
into a very uncomfortable place; the peo-
pie were laughingsat them. instead Of az
their proposed victim They banded them
selves together to the number Of ten and
invited the governor to what was a most
extraordinary attention in those days
picked oyster stew and champagne-lux-
uries very seldom seen in that region. and
existing rather as fabrics of the imagi-
nation than as facts.>
The governor took me with him. He
said disparagingly:
It's a poor invention. It doesn't de-
ceive. Their idea is to get me drunk and
leave me under the table, and from their
standpoint this will be very funny. But
they don't know me. I am familiar with
champagne and have no prejudice against
it."
The fate of the joke was not decided
until O'Clock in the morning At cat
hour the governor was serene. genial.
comfortable. contented happy. and sober.
he was so full he couldn't laugh
without shedding champagne tears. Also
at that hour the last joker joined his COM
rades under the table drunk TO the last
perfection. The governor remarked:
This is dry place, Sam, lets go and
get something to drink and 90 TO bed"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

declared all clothing unsanitary. But hts
logic did not appeal 10 the authorities.
who promptly placed him In an asylum.
The Golden Rulers are a new sect.
led by a farefooted scantily clad Old man.
who appeared near Oklahoma City last
summer and declared himself the new
Adam" lie gathered forty men and
women about him. and they started for
the Pacific Coast 10 found new Eden
The leader, John Sharp. declared be
would never die, but would disappear from
the earth in a cloud Of fire Somehow
the promised Eden appealed not at all TO
some Of the converts, nor TO the authorl-
ties Of the towns traveFsed. Some OF the
men and women were arrested for va
grancy, and others deserted, caring moth
ing for the New Eden of the West, where
we shall go naked yet not ashamed"
can only briefly touch on the Holy
Jumpers" who have bought up the town
of Waukesha (Wisconsinl. and developed
a bellicose spirit; the Brotherhood OF
Light who have a thriving colony on
ranch 400 miles southwest of Denver.
Col, and live on apple sauce. dates, and
water
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
ARGENTINA AND ITS WEALTH.
Temperate Zone Where winter Never
Checks Growth OF Crops.

1HEthH 0FVNth VI tNOP@s
From the Reader Magazine.
! It is necessary to glance, at both heI
history and geography before We can
form q good idea OF Argentina. our active
rival IN South America. Argentina has
an area of 1.135,S40 square miles and
equals that part Of our country east Of
/ the Mississippi with the Dakotas, Mime
sofa. and Iowa thrown in. From north to
soluth the country measures 2.30e miles
and its widest part. only so miles. is not
maintained over the entire length The
| interior, excepting In the extreme north.
/ is all within the temperate zone and
forms an immense plain with its eastern
edge against the Parana River. the
Uruguay River. and the Atlantic Ocean.
/ its western edge ascends TO the summit
Of the Andes, 1000 feet
| Everything that the United States can
grow Argentina can grow, and cheaper;
yet to-day, although she exports wheat
to the Eastern world. the price OF bread
( is higher than when wheat was imported.
( Argentina has astonished and viii con
tinue to astOnlsh the world by her fertil-
/ ity, for her wheat. cattle. sheep, and
alfalfa multiply from one years end TO
( the other without taking any rest, because
there IS no snow, no winters cold, TO
check their growth.
She could feed 100000 persons on
wheat alone. and with her animal food
there would be nearly enough for the
whole Western world even if the United
states were wiped of the map. There are
magnificent estates of thousands upon
thousands OF acres where sheep and cat
tie and wheat cannot be estimated. but
whole estates are owned by one man and
the labOrers are South Europeans VINO
have no ambitions beyond earning their
daily bread, whose standard of living IS
satisfied by a mud hut and the nope Of
accommodating enough to pay their passage
back 70 Spain or Italy.
There are I2.500 miles OF as good rail-
ways as any in the world, with splendid
trains, luxurious cars. fine rock-balIasted
beds, and every modern comfort: yet
apart from the railways most OF the high
ways are only tracks beaten across the
plais by the Indians or by the later
cowboys These tenders of cattle and
growers of wheat are about the only in
habitants OF the primitive towns and
villages scattered throughout the land.
so that from one estate forty miles may
be Travelled before one sees more than
hut which gives merely shelter from the
wind and rain. bat on the next estate is
a palace flled with the products Of Euro
pean art.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
PAST MASTER OF HOPPING.
Unique Character Well known in
City of Philadelphia.
FTon the Philadeluhia Iedser.

FTom the Philadelphia Ledger.
A stranger in the city. who had Occa-
sion recently to pass along Lombard
street, near Seventh street, was passed
by a man hopping along on one leg, and
his curiosity was aroused. Upon question
'lg storekeeper in the neighborhood he
learned that he had just seen one of the
unique characters of Philadelphia, Tom
Scott.
Tom Scott, or Hop" as he is familiar
" known to many of his associates, is
a negro. He is forty-five years old, and
for thirty-eight years has been a familiar
figure on Lombard and South streets as
he hoped on one leg from place to place
When little child Scott was the victim
of an accident which caused his left leg
to wither and become helpless. He had
no crutch, but his boyish spirits drew
him to the playground and he got about
fairly well on his one good leg. When
afterward he was offered a crutch he had
become so expert in hopping and was
able TO get about so rapidly by his un-
usual method Of locomotion that he threw
away the offered crutch in scorn. Not
in all these years since has he changed
his mind. but continues to bob away. up
and down the streets. resting every half
square and outstripping the fastest pedes-
trian with two good legs
Scott lived for many years in Lombard
row. near Seventh and Lombard streets.
but recently moved TO place near Broad
and Lombard streets. He is supported
by a sister and makes no pretense at en-
ployment any more strenuous than hold
ing down store boxes. He is probably
the only man In the world who has
hoped for thirty-eight years.
Me use crutch?' said Tom 10
curious iDquisitor Not on yer life! I
can get around faster dis way I reckon
some Of desc heah brewers ought TO pen
sion me for my services in producing
hops"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

fanaticaL They have fought among
themselves for his approval They have
driven their shovels and their drills like
demons for the sake Of seeing him smile
down over their sections. and OF hearing
him say: "Good"' They have taught that
same blind loyalty 10 their subordinate
engineers and foTemen. 1t is inevitable,
now that they know that Stevens is going
home tired and disgusted. that some, If
not all of them, should turn from their
desks IN dumb dismay. The machine must
be rebuilt, and for the most part with
new human materials
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Youthful Detective.

From the Youth Companion.
BObby's mother had taken him to
church to hear the evening sermon. and
they occupied seats in the gallery, where
there was more room than on the main
floor BOBBY tried not to allow his atten-
tion to wander from the preacher, but 1t
did. He seemed to be particularly inter
ested in a family who sat in front OF him.
and when the sermon was about half
over. he whispered 10 his mother:
Mamma. I never saw these people be-
fore. but / know their name"
Hush. dear"
But I do" persisted Bobby Their
names Hill"
How do YOU knOw?"
Every time the preacher says his text,
I Will lift I'D mine eyes unto the hills
those two big girls look at each other
and smile
Subsequent inquiry proved that Bobby
was right in his guess.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Explaining a Proverb.

From the Boston Herald
A Methodist Of New York was praising
the late. Bishop c. c. McCabe.
When Bishop McCabe was secretary
of our missionary society" he said, he
added $4,000 to It's annual income.
I once heard the bishop ask a. mil
lionaire for d missionary contribution.
Who was it, said the millionaire.
smiling, that said that charity begins at
hOme?
1t was some one. I'll be bound he
answered. who was looking for an excuse
not to contribute.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
MiIa SIX.

Wild silk, 4" a product peculiar to this
region. should be described as animal
rather than agricultural 1t Is produced
by Antherea pornyi. which depends FOR
its sustenance on Mongolian oak ieavee
The climatic and physical conditions in
this part Of Manchuria are said to be al
most ideal for the cultivation of the CO.
coon, and, while It's products already
rank second in importance only 10 bean
oil and bean cake among the exports OF
S,enking, The industry offers opportun-
ity for greater expansion The chief cen
ters OF trade are Haicheng. Hsluyen. and
kaiping on the west and Antung and
kuantien on the east. The annual pro-
duction for the past few years IS said
TO have averaged 100000 cccOons. OF
this number 100000 70 100000 general
ly find their way TO ChuanghO. AntUng.
and Fakushan whence they are shipped
to Shantung and made into the we'll
known pongee of that province. The re-
mainder supplies the markets Of Kaiping
and Haicheng. where it is turned into
thread. The former is the great center
Of the reeling industry. with an annual
output OF about 5000 piculs (picul equals
lS3 ID pounds OF the manufactured prod
'f AtANtNt l'AetNN eElfis us bAiA1
some 1000 piculs
The price Of the reeled silk rises and
falls with changes In the seasons as
well as In the demand. The silk exchange
al Shanghai. where the larger part Of
the product is sent. is probably the chief
regulator Of the market prices They
are also said 60 rise just before the open
ing Of the rivers to navigation. and TO
fall just before their closing
Another industry of Importance and
to5sible expansion IN this part Of Man
churia Is stock raising. The conditions
are nOc ideal because of the uneven sea
sonal distribution Of rainfall and the
hilly character of the country, yet they
compare favorabIy with those In other
parts 0f Mauchuria, and the mountain
sides may be more proitably employed
as pastures for goats. sheep and cat
tie than for agricultural products. At
present breeders raise cattle here only 10
supply their oun wants. but the advent
of the railway will probably encourage
them 10 undertake this industry on "a
large scale. which viii probably place
Southeastern Shenking ia the front rank
as purveyor Of beef and mutton to the
markets of Japan, China. and probably
the Philippines
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
TRYING ONADIVORCE
Novel Experiment of a New
England Pastor and Wife.
TO LIVE APART THREE YEARS

If at the End of That TIsne They Are
of the Same Mind, They Are TO seek
n Legal Diyorce-SO Reason Given
for Their Marital DITerences-AIi-
mony Provided for Better Half.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

averaging some s060 cakes. The manu-
featured bean products exported from
Niuchwang derived from this region are
small
The total production Of hemp. tobacco.
and indigo, products OF Southeastern
Shenking, compared with those in other
parts Of Mapchuria Is inferior and quite
small. The opium poppy Is said TO be
grown here 20 a limited extent What
ever part OF these products reaches q
foreign market passes principally through
Antung and Niuchwang- 1t is doubtful
that any great stimulus can be given in
this region to these industries.
Practically all Of the arabic land IS al
n idy under cultivation. The valleys do
not contain an untitled spot and many
OF the mountain slopes where the sur
face soil is scarcely more than "a foot In
depth. are covered with small plats. end
ing only with the SUBMITS and reminding
one Of the ''box gardening" character
istic of Japan
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Agricultural Development.

Agriculturally Southeastern Shenking
stands far from the head of the list. as
compared with other parts of Manchuria
both in relative arabic area and in fer
tility of soil The principal products are
maize, millet and beans. and these seem
20 do scarcely more than supply the local
demand, as none of them, except a small
quantity Of beans in the form Of oil and
cakes, ever reaches the seaboard for ex-
port.
The export trade IN bean cake here is In
the hands Of a japanese firm, the Mitsui
Bussan Kaisha, which buys I'D the total
output Of the four principal Chinese com
panies in Antung, the monthly figure
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Machine Must De Rebuilt.

How great is to be the disaster to the
canal? 1t VIII be untrue 10 human ma
ture Il the machine. deprived Of the man
VINO built it up. does not for 2 while 20
to pieces. Stevens engineers have fol-
lowed Stevens with u devotion almost
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Comedy in This Sect.

All this IS tragic enough. but there is
comedy in the "Sanctifed Church of
Adam and Eve" It's founder was ar
rested while preaching on the main street
OF Rathdrum, Idaho. and was hailed off
10 the police station arrayed in a horse
blanket This man. Rev John =
Mattley the police thought. should have
al least some covering. The truth is he
vas preaching as Adam must have
pTeacbed-with0ut any clothing at all.
iaKen before a commission In lunacy, he
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08
ABERDEEN MONEY.
Aberdeen Timbermen Will Build q
Shingle Mill at RAYMOND.

RAYMOND. Aug. 6.--That two more
shingle mills will be built in Raymond
is now practically assured. Contracts
have been drawn up and signed by the
Cern-H Hamilton Lumber Company OF
this city, and Coates & Larkin, promi-
nent loggers and shingle manufacturers
of Grays Harbor, and the Raymond
Land Il Improvement company whereby
the former firm agrees to build shingle
mills on sites donated by the land COM
pany.
The shingle mill to be built by the
Clerin-l Hamilton Company, will be To-
Gated on the south side of Cutoff slough
a short distance from the company's big
sawmill. The capacity of the shngle
mill will be 250, 900 shingles per day.
The site secured by Coates & Larkin
is located on Ellis slough, above the
new mill now being erected by the Case
Shingle company. This mill, which
will be built at once, will have a capacity
OF l50,0 900 shingles a day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08
amending TAXROLLS COUNTY VALUATIONS
Attorney General Rules
that County COmmis-
SiOncrS Have no
Right to Strike
from Rolls.

OLYMPIA, Aug. 6.-Kitsap county prop.
erty owners who were assessed Illegally
on mortgages may have to pay the taxes
Tor Assistant Attorney General A. j.
Falknor, in an opinion, says the county
commissioners have not the power to
strike the tax from the rolls. The law
and the facts appear in an opinion ad-
dressed to g. ID. Sutton, prosecuting at.
torney of the county, who had asked for
the opinion propounding the following
query, based on incidents in tie Kitsap
assessment work:
"lf the assessment of mortgages was
erroneous, has the board of county COM
missioners, not sitting as county board
OF equalization, right to correct the
assessment roll by striking such assess
ments and the tax based thereon, there
from?"
Replying, the assistant attorney gen.
era said, in part:
"The representations of the assessor
were beyond his authority and if at this
time material would be 80 only in an ac-
tion in court as explaining failure TO APP
pear before the board OF equalization.
The duty of the county assessor is to as.
sess properly all the property of the
county not exempt that he may find.
"Ordinary mortgages were taxable,
but purchase-money mortgages were
exempt under the law in force prior to
1907.
AS to the power of county commits
sioners to strike purported erroneous
assessments and taxes from the assess
ment rolls after adjournment as board
OF equalization, the assistant attorney
genera! holds that the uniform opinion
OF his office has been, as given in instruc-
tlons to the comfy treasurer OF Chehalis
county in 1898, that "There is no auth
ority vested in the board of county COM
missioners to rebate taxes or in any way
vary the amount of a tax levy as it ap-
pears upon the assessment roll of the
county. The charter OF authority given
to commissioners in tax matters permits
them to sit as a board of equalization
and redress any wrong that may have
been done by the assessor. In case OF eX-
cesslve valuations, while sitting as such
board, they have the right to correct
and properly value. After they adjourn,
| however, as a board OF equalization, the
record is made up and may not be varied
by them thereafter. They are only per-
mitted to correct manifest clerical errors,
double assessments and matters OF that
kind. They cannot again enter upon
questions OF valuations and may not re-.
bate taHes as levied of record.
II have advised the treasurers OF sew
eral counties that il they issue tax re-.
ceipts upon the order of board of com
missoners for less amount than the
apparent tax due on the face of the rec
ord, the order OF the commissioners does
not protect them civilly but they are liz
able on their official bonds for the
amount OF the tax"