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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09

Il don't believe they do any shoot
ing, Mr.. Glenarm. It's pretty strict
school, | Judge, sir, from all accounts"
And the teachers-they are all
women"
They're the Sisters OF st. Agatha,
believe they call them. | sometimes
see tAem walking abroad They're
very quiet neighbors, and they go away
in the summer usually, except Sister
Theresa. The schools her regular
home, sir, And there's the little
chapel just beyond the wall; the young
minister airea there; and the garden
er's the only other man on the
grounds.
"Show me my CELL said, rising,
'and I'll go to bed"
lie brought from somewhere great
brass candelabrum that held a dozen
lights, and explained:
This was Mr. Glenarm's habit He
always used this one to go to bed with.
I'm sure he'd wish you to have 1t, sir. .
He led the way holding the cluster
of lights high for my guidance up the
broad stairway
The hall above shared the generous
lines of the whole house, but the walls
were white and hard to the eye. Rough
planks had been laid down for a floor,
and beyond the light of the candles lay
dark region that gave out ghostly
echoes as the loose boards ratified un-
der our feet.
Il hope you'll not be too much dis
appointed. sir" said Bates, pausing a
moment before opening a door TITS
all quite unfinished, but COM ortable,
should say, quite comfortable"
Open the door!"
He was not my host and | did not
relish his apology. | walked past him
into small sitting-room that was, in
way, miniature of the great library
below. Open shelves filled with books
lined the apartment to the ceiling on
every hand, save where small fire.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09

STOWAWAY HAS BEST THERE IS
Travels Like a First-Cabin Passenger
on an Atlantic Liner.

New York.--It Is rare indeed that a
stowaway travels like a first-cabin
passenger, but that Is the experience
which befell William Roseman, son Of
q New York jeweler. Roseman has
just arrived from London by the At
lantic transport steamer Minnetonka
The Minnetonka had been out ten
hours when Roseman introduced him
self to the purser and explained that
he was a stowaway and wished to be
looked after. The pursef took the
youth to Capt Cannons and the cap
tain learned from Roseman that he
went abroad on the liner Oceanic last
summer, had good time in Europe,
and spent all his money.
Roseman assured the captain that
his family would pay for Ills passage,
the result of which was the stowaway
was given a berth in the officers quar-
tiers and a seat at the officers mess
For five days Roseman had the run Of
the vessel, but after that he was
obliged to keep to the afterpart of the
main deck, and when the Minnetonka
left quarantine, by order of the immi.
grafton authorities, Roseman was
locked up in the vessels hospital. His
relatives secured his release.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09

l
a large question who did. I'll grant
you that, sir"
| stared at him. He met my gaze
without fiinching; nor was there any
thing insolent in his tone or attitude.
| He continued:
Il didn't do it, sir | was in the
pantry when | heard the crash in the
refectory window The bullet came
from out of doors, as should Judge,
sir"
The facts and conclusions were I'M
doubtedly with Bates, and felt that
had not acquitted myself creditably
in my effort to fix this crime on him.
My abuse of him had been tactless, to
say the least, and | now tried another
line of attack
"Of course, Bates, ] was merely jok-
ing What's your own theory of the
matter?"
Il have no theory, sir. Mr. Glenarm
always warned me against theories
He said--if you will pardon me-there
was great danger in the speculative
mind"
The man spoke with slight Irish
accent, which, in itself puzzled me. |
have always been attentive to the
peculiar1ties Of speech, and his was
not the brogue of the Irish servant
class. Larry Donovan, who was Eng
fish born, affected at times an exag-
gerated Irish dialect that was wholly
different from the smooth liquid tones
of Bates. Eat more things than his
speech were to puzzle me in this man.
The person in the canoe? How do
you account for herr" | asked.
Il haven't accounted for her, sir.
There's no women on these grounds,
or any sort of person except our
selves"
But there are neighbors,
people of some kind must live along
the lake"
"A few, sir; and then there's the
school quite a bit beyond your own
west wall"
His slight reference to my proprie-
torship, my own wall, as he put it,
pleased me.
ooh, yes; there is schoolgirls p
yes. Mr. Pickering mentioned 1t. But
he girls hardly paddle ON the lake at
hight, at this season-hunting ducks
should you say, Bates?"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09

finding an unimpeded right OF way
th-ough so dense 2 strip of wood. /
found It difficult to get rid of the idea
that some one had taken a pot shot
at me.
The woman's mocking voice from
the lake added to my perpleuty. It
was not, l reflected such voice as
one might expect to hear from coun-
trv girl; nor could | imagine any
errand that would justify a woman's
presence abroad on an October night
whose cool air inspired first conf
dences with fire and lamp. There was
something haunting in that last cry
across the water; it kept repeating it.
self over and over in my ears. 1t was
a voice of quality, of breeding and
charm.
Good night merry gentlemen!"
In Indiana, | reflected, rustics, young
or old, men or women, were probably
not greatly given to salutations of Just
this temper
Bates now appeared.
"Beg pardon, sir; but your rooms
ready whenever you wish to retire"
| looked about in search of clock.
There are no timepieces in the
house, Mr.. Glenarn. Your grandfather
was quite opposed to them. He had
a theory, sir, that they were conducive,
as he said, to idleness. He considered
that man should work by his con-
science, sir, and not by the clock,-the
one being more exacting than the
other"
smiled as | drew out my watch,--
as much at Bates solemn tone and
grim, lean visage as at his quotation
from my grandsire. But the fellow
puzzled and annoyed me. His unob-
trusive black clothes, his smoothly
brushed hair, his shaven face, awak-
ened an antagonism in me.
"Bates, if you didn't fire that shot
through the window, who did--will you
answer me that?"
Yes, sir; if | didn't do it, it's quite
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09
PECULIAR ENGINE WHISTLE.
Led to Wedding and Caused Widow to
Faint at Funeral.

Lawton, Okla Robert Stone, vet
eran engineer OF the Fort Worth q
Denver City Railway company, who
died at Wichita Falls, Tex, had Pc
culiar whistle on his engine. 1t dit.
fered In tone from any other on the
line, and he had way of blowing 1t
that distinguished his engine from
any other on the road. All the en-
gineers and trainmen of the system
knew Stones whistle, and many citi-
zens of towns along the road became
familiar with 1t.
Many years ago when Stone was
running on the M, X. & T. road he
fell In love with young woman in
one OF the towns on his run. She
learned his whistle and used to come
to the station to see him. They were
married. Stone still kept the whistle.
When funeral services for Stone
were in progress at Wichita Falls
some one slipped to Stones engine
that was steaming in the yards and
blew the whistle. Mrs. Stone, al
most Frustrated at the bier OF her
husband tainted when she heard the
familiar sound.
1t was decided the whistle should
be taken from the engine and pre-
scented to Mrs. Stone, but when rail-
road men went to get 1t, 1t was gone.
Some one had stolen 1t in the night.
The railroadmen declare that any man
who blows that whistle In the town
where Mrs. Stone resides shall be &C
cursed forever by all lovers of the
memory of Robert Stone.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09
Quicker Action,

Here's an article which says that
family jars eventually kill love-"
Family jugs kill 1t sooner than
that. Houston Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09

Phoebe! amt it about time we had
| mother here on a visit?'
Mrs, Penny paused in her washing
and looked back at him over her shout
| der, timidly.
Il suppose 1t is, Josiah she spoke
hesitatingly, and her face clouded. IF
| you say the word I'll send her an inyi-
tation at once
| Mr.. Penny was driving nail into
one of the kitchen chairs which had
for some time needed repairing. "'T
seems to me, Phoebe" said he, 'as II
| there never was time when it's real
| convenient for mother to come"
Mrs. Penny sighed, y know 1t,
JOSH" she replied; 1--we been awful
mean about that visit, but soon's the
milk's attended to I'll set right down
and ask her to come; and-and-I'N
give her the best room ard golfer
the piller cases purpose, ! can't dc
no more?'
NO" Mr.. Penny stammered, run.
ming his fingers through his long, red
dish hair in dazed kind of way.
Mothers a little peculiar likes pow
erful well to have her own way, You'll
humor her, Phoebe?"
Mrs Penny was hidden from sight
behind the door as she answered,
Eyes, JOSH"
Josiah, with his hands buried deep
in his pockets, went slowly down the
lane leading to the barn.
Phoebe watched him, shading her
eyes with one hand from the setting
sun, and then reentering the house be-
gan to prepare their early supper.
A knock at the door caused her to
start, and, as If caught in sin, she
wiped away from her flushed cheeks
the last traces of tears, then called
out cheerfully: Come in"
why, Mrs. Wigger!" exclaimed she,
frightening as the door opened to ad.
NIT an elderly woman. Her shrewd
black eyes were full of keen intelli-
gence.
IF | amt glad to see you!" cried
Phoebe. "a talk with you always
chirks me up when I'm blue. 1t seems
to me as if you was kind Of mother
to me-.
What pears to be the matter with
you, my dear?"
Mrs. Penny hesitated Mothers
comm to pay US visit" said she at
last, little irrelevantly, as it might
appear
You don't mean Josiah's mother,
ole Mis- Penny?"
Yes, | do" replied Phoebe Imply.
The elder woman relaxed her hold
on the arms of the chair and, throwing
her head back against the padded pill
low, began to rock yiolen !.
My lands!" she exclaimed. You
let me know when she's gone home,
and I'll come along and take up what's
left of you on dustpan. | know Ann
Eliza Penny well; there amt one thing
about her | amt pizen well acquaint-
ed with, and she's one of the cantan-
! rngest, interferingest, all round, all
tireddest old woman ever"
"Hush!" exclaimed Phoebe, with her
finger on her lips. The sound of her
husbands approaching footsteps upon
the gravel path had reached her ears.
Mrs. Wigger made long visit. She
took tea with Mr. Penny and his wife,
but no further opportunity for conf
Dental talk occurred between the two
women until, as she babe Phoebe
goodnight at the door, she managed,
In squeezing her hand, to whisper:
Il dunno as you'll set any great
store by my tellin' you of it, Phoebe,
but caraway seeds in cake always
brings on sick spell in Mis- Penny.
Y know it, because I've heard her say
them was the only times she ever had
a bilious attack, and when she had one
of them she's very partik'lar about
bein home"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-09

1t was the end of the second week
of Mrs. Penny's visit, and the effects
of it were already visible upon the
face of her daughter-in-law whose
worst fears were verified. Things
might easily have been better, but
they could not have been much worse
without an open declaration of war be-
tween the two women
Ungracious in manner, angular in
appearance, she sat bolt upright In the
cane rocker from early morning till
bedtime, criticising and interfering
with Phoebe. or nagging at Josiah,
who was showing wonderful agility
in disappearing Immediately after
meals.
On this particular morning Mrs.
Penny had tasted everything on the
neatly-spread breakfast table with ag-
gressive disapproyaL
The old woman took up her knit.
ting and sat down by the dining room
window. Phoebe saw that she was
comfortably settled, then left the
room, carrying with her a pile of
heavy dishes.
The tears trickled through Phoe-
be's fingers and dropped in 2 tiny
salt lake on the kitchen table. Sud
denly she looked up and fixed her
eyes meditatively on little closet, the
door Of which stood invitingly open.
revealing shelf after shelf of neatly
arranged dishes and glass jars con
laining preserves. She arose. and
walking to it, stood for some time ex.
aiming the labels on the jars, finally
pausing with her hand on one which
was marked "Caraway Seeds Taking
t down with hauf smile on her
lips, she glanced over her shoulder
through the door into the next room.
Then crossing the floor she noiselessly
closed it, and after rolling up her
sleeves opened all the draughts in the
stove.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
Catalogue peeep,ions.

mo. thank you. want what ask
ed for Good day This quotation
took the grand prize In a recent con
test held by magazine in the cam
palgn against substitution In trade
You do not always get what you ash
for when you order through cata
logue II is very easy to make an ar
ticle look better In picture than I
looks In reality, and this Is done fire.
quently In the catalogues. But thor,
is a still more insidious and contempti
bic way OF deceiylng the public which
some OF these concerns employ. They
print both a picture and the description
OF a piece OF furniture, for instance
According to the picture II is elegant
Suppose II is dining room table. The
picture win show handsome five inch
table legs The reader is attracted al
once. Even when he finds by perus'
Ing the description that the table has
two inch legs he is not altogether dis
enchanted. Quite often person or
ders an article through the influence OF
the picture.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
A Hint to the Wise.

The Paris (Mo) Appeal, referring t
the business done by mail order houses
throughout the various counties In Mis-
souri,, edltorlally says: Advertising 4
costing the merchants Of Monroe coun
ty thousands OF dollars every year-no
that our merchants actually pay on
thousands Of dollars each year for ad
yertising, but the great department
stores In the cities advertise every day
in the year, telling the public just wha
they have TO sell and what II will cost
The papers carrying these advertise
ments and thousands of price lists 81
all over the county, and people SET
what they need advertised and order
1t from the city stores. Who can blame
them? Merchants all over this county
have the same goods and often for less
money, but the buyer does not know
II, SO he sends off for his goods. Now
IL the merchants In this county were
to use the same methods that the city
merchants use the mail order houses
would get but few orders from old
Monroe"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
The BEST FeruIl.sr for Inc saraen.

There il probably no better fertsliael
for use GA Gardens. Lawns, shrabiavry,
clc., than Pure Raw Gpand Bone Il
Is excellent when used alone. bat i be.
eomes especially valuable when used
with Ashes, and such chemicals ~
Nitrate u Soda, Nitrate 81 Potash.
Acid Phosphate, etc.
Raw Ground Bone, guaranteed 50 be
absolutely pure and unauthorized. viii
b. furnished by & S. Page. Hyde Park
", At 800 per barrel Of 10 pounds,
freight prepaid 20 almost any railroad
station, he also furnishes The ehcni-
Gals above nsmed At reasonable prices.
Send him yonr maine on postal
card, mentioning this paper, and be
VIII send you free, postpaid, little
booklet giving directions for using Raw
Ground Bone. The booklet also con-
tains formulas for mixing complete
Fertilizers at home. both for the farm
and garden. as well as lot Of other
valuable information regarding the use
OF Fertilizers on lawns and for differ.
eut kinds Of plants and flowers.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
TheCaptain
of the
Kansas.
eovrrsrep IRON PACK osE.

'oh. ny. here comes joey That
means thar Captain Couftcnny has left
the bridge"
The girls Joyous exclamation. her
prelude TO a paean Of thanks that the
dreadful necessary staying q men had
ceased. was = strange commentary on
the shattered form stretched az the
commanders feet. Among the small
company on board II had been deerced
that one al least. after surviving 80
many periis. should never see home
and kin again.
He gave orders that the dead man
should be carried 70 the poop 10 await
a sailors burial Then be turled and.
with less sprightly step. descended
The main companion. In the salon be
found Elsie aud Christobal watching
the stairs expectantly. The girl had
the dog In her arms, and Courtenay
perceived for The FIRST time that Joey's
or fore paw had been cut by the broken
glass which Uttered the floor of the
chart house.
Then the attack has really failedr
was Elsle's greeting Il saw some Of
the canoes turn and scury away. That
was the nrst good sign, and then Joey
came"
"You saw themY repeated Courte-
nay, his bent brows emphasizing the
question
YES | was looking through one OF
the ports. Was that wrong?"
(Which oneT
She pointed. ''That one said she,
wondering that he bad never smile
for her.
Then you must obey orders more
faithfully next time. A man was shot
dead by a stray bullet not three feet
above your head"
she paled, and her eyes fell before
his stern gaze, which did not deceive
her az ell. for she read the unspoken
agony Of bis thought.
Il am sorry" she murmured, mot
so much on my own account, though ]
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
Estate Of MyrOn G. Taylor

Order Of Publication Of VIII.
STATE Of VERMONT, Distriet Of Manehest-
er, s..
BIZ IT REMEMBERED, that al a session d
the Probate Court holden 81 Manchester
within and for SAID District, on the igth day
OF Nay A. ID. i1es
Present; Hon. W b. ED0ERTON, Judge.
WHEREAS, a certain instrument IN writ
Ing, under Seal. pufpofting 10 be the last viii
ard testament VI Myron g. Taylor late u
Manchester. IN said District deceased. having
been this day presented 10 said Court Of Pro-
bate and duly filed IN the Register Ofhcc /.
Therefore, Il IS ordered that all persons inter-
ested in the estate Of said deceased be notified
% appear before said Court, al the Probate
Ofiice IN Manchester. 10 said Distfid. on the
yd Day In June A. d. fess. BY publication
" this order, three weeks suceessiyesy Prev
Gus thereto, IN The Manchester Journal. q
newspaper printed AZ Manchester Aforesaid TO
show cause, i any they may have, why SAID
instrument 10 writing should not be proved
and allowed as the last slil and testament
VI ne Ssil deceased
% EDOERToN. Judge.
a-sH
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
If uou undertake TO hold The dog, Miss

"It you undertake 10 hold The dog, Mis-,
Md1lcell, I ipilt bind his PAN"
shall be more careful In future, but
because some one has suffered. Who
Is it--not one OF our own people,
hopeT
"A fireman. | think his name Is
Cana. You have hardly seen him, |
fancy, but ] regret his loss exceeding
ly. 1t must have been tho merest ac-
cident."
The captain Of the Kansas was GER
tainly preoccupied or he would never
have failed TO inquire the extent Of
Joey's injury Nor would either he or
Elsie have forgotten that Christobal
was not zone of our own people"
though the girl might protest holly
against any inyldious twisting of the
phrase.
The Spanlard missed nothing Of Cour-
tenay's solicltude for Elsie's well be-
ing nor of her shy confusion. Chris
tobal was under no sort OF doubt that
unless another accident" interviewed
he had lost all chance Of winning this
woman's love
But he swallowed the bitter knowl-
edge and said:
IF you undertake to hold the dog,
Miss Maxwell, / will bind his paw"
"oh, my ducky darling little pet!
Did | actually forget all about bis
dear wounded little footf And be came
hopping In so bravely, too, carrying
himself with such a grand air. Come,
then, joey, dearl Let us see what has
happened. Yes, this Is the doctor, but
he won't hurt you, He Is so good and
kind TO little dogs. lie win wrap up
the bleedy part until II is quite nice
and comfy"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
SILVER ROCKS.

Don't forget the Golden Rule
When you're selling hens and cocks,
II you do. you'il play the fool
And be out the Golden Rocks.
Don't forget the Silver Rule
When you're mating hens and cocks.
or youli not be IN the pool
Where they coin the Silver Rocks,
Crossing Gold and Silver Dottcs.
You will mint pass OF brass:
Neither gold nor silver spots
And no Silver cocks amRss
IL you're mixing Rocks and Dottes,
Gold and Silver 10 one flock.
You will lose the Golden Dottes
And be out the Silver Rocks
II Free Silver Rocks you breed
Mating straigh, your hens and cocks,
Sixteen 70 ones the proper creed
To coin tons u Silver Rocks
G. NJ -
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
A Market for Your Hides, TallOW and
Bones.

Almost everybody knows that the
place to send Beef Hides, Horse Hides,
Calfskins, Sheep Pelts, Tallow and
Bones is to C. s. Page, Hyde Park,
VT, who pays highest prices; RENTS
the day following the arrival of goods
at Hyde Park; pays the freight on ship
ments of 200 pounds or more, and keeps
his customers at all times posted as to
market values.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21

| have sold over BOO, 600 square feet
of this Roofing in the last ten years t.
over 800 people and have yet to heal
the first kick. 1t will last at least ~
years. am selling this extra heavy
perfect roof for $3.50 for lOS square
feet with nails, patent rust proof
square caps and cement included. Al
so Neponset Roofing, good for iive
years, for $l.2O square, delivered
free for cash, within ten miles.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
About Fertilizers.

Farmers cannot do better than 10 in
vest cent in postal card 10 send ic
G. s. Page, Hyde Park, VT, with the
words written thereon, "Send fertilizer
formulas az advertised in the jour.
NAIL" II will bring them free, post.
paid much valuable information about
the preparation of homemade fertiliz-
oyx
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
The Niuht of Blindness.

The poets have taught us how full OF
wonders is the night, and the night OF
blindness has its wonders too. The
only lightless dark is the night OF
ignorance and insensibllity. We diff.
fer. blind and seeing, one from anoth-
err, not in our senses. but I'D the use we
make Of them. in the imagination and
courage with which we seek wisdom
beyond our senses.-Helen Keller In
Century.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21
tTo BE CONTINUED
Not TaetfuI.

Some one asked Archbishop Langley
u England once what tact was.
Well replied the archbishop, ut Is
difficult to say what II is. Here, how.
ever, is an instance OF what It is not:
Only this morning a clergyman In my
diocese wrote, 70 me, In consideration
o. your grace's many innrmities and
falling powers That was not tact.
fulw
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21

The common mole Is probably the
bravest member Of the animal king
dom. II VIII attack creatures much
larger than itself, and It has never
been known TO show the white feath'
err" under any conditions. In COMPARE
son with the mole the lion is sneak
and the tiger IL an arrant coward.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21

And am yet making those large
Photographs, four for sl.OO. Outside
or inside views and Portrait will
call il you ask me. All work guaran-
teed
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-21

To clean marble statues nothing Is
better than paste made of Spanish
whiting and a teaspoonful of washing
soda dissolved In water. Rub the mar
BILE well with this, using a flannel
cloth, and after allowing 1t to stand an
hour wash 1t of with warm water, dry
well and polish.