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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
Castles in the Air.

Wealthy American women have re-
Gently taken up ballooning and a
friendly observer is inspired to dilate
upon the inexpensiveness of the pas
time, and then to let his imagination
soar. A fine balloon, he says, costs
only $780, and one sailor" can run it,
whereas a yacht, or even an automo-
bile, may easily eat up modest for
tune every year. This is fact. Fancy
takes command as the author suggests
the charm of vacations spent in cap
tive balloons, or, better still, in kite
houses" moored anywhere from a
thousand to 10000 feet above the sur
face, In that pure and raref1ed at
mosphere which invalids go far to
find. Provisions would be sent up and
letters sent down in travelling has
ket; there could be telephone connec-
ton; and harsh sounds, unsightly
scenes and disagreeable odors would
all be cut off by distance. To be sure,
the wind and the kite house might
take a notion to fall simultaneously.
Then woman who had assembled to
escape the tension of business or so.
ciety or family affairs would have
fine chance to learn whether the ex
pertinent had strengthened her nerves.
But, says the Youths Companion,
granting that all went we'll above, and
granting that our women would con-
sent to flee-or fly-their responsible.
ties, such an undertaking would prob
ably be hampered from below. Unless
the occupant of an air castle arranged
to return to earth at frequent inter,
walls her husband or sweetheart would
get her back, even If he had to take
the risk of climbing up the cable.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

house-in which the farmer, his wife,
and two children were sleeping-was
torn off and thrown into a field so
yards away. The balcony of the
house was smashed to pieces, as were
the cooking range, table and cup
boards in the kitchen Neither the
farmer nor any of his family was
awakened by the lightning, and when
in the morning they found their home
wrecked, they could not, for time,
make out what had happened.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
MANDY WAS HARD TO CORNER.
CcIored Woman Surely Wanted to
Know All the Facts.

An East End lady has colored
maid who is clever worker when she
wants to work, but who has sudden
attacks of what would be called spring
fever If it came in April or May. And
she always has an excuse ready.
Use gwine to quit workin', Miss
Brown" she said the other day. Use
goin' to git married"
Indeed! Who is the MANI"
His name is Erastus Greenly."
The lady of the house didn't say
anything, but the next time Mandy's
chum came to call on Mandy she took
occasion to see her alone in the
kitchen.
Mandy says she's going to be mar
ried Do you know anything about 1t,
Ttlly?"
Mandy married! Who did she say
she was goin' to marry?"
"A man named Erastus Greenly."
"Erastus Greenly! Why, he's mar
ried already"
Perhaps there's another Erastus. :"
mo. dere amt but one"
So the mistress cornered Mandy.
"You can't marry Erastus Greenly
because he is already married"
who says so?"
"Tilly Jones'"
Mandy hesitated.
Cant dar be two Erastus Green
lys?"
"Tilly says there's only one"
Mandy was cornered. Then she
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
Thaekeray's Poets.

Thackeray's favorite poets were
Goldsmith and the sweet lyrick sing
ers," Prior, whom he thought the east
est. the richest, the most charmingly
humorous of English lyrical poets,
and Gay, the force of whose simple
melody and artless ringing laughter
he appreciated. He admired Pope.
too; but while admitting Millions
greatness, thought him such a bore
that no one could read him." It is not
surprising, therefore, that Thackeray
never essayed the big bowwow kind"
of poetry.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

To older graduates of American col
leges, and to most adults who have
not been to college, the solemnity of
the undergraduate youngster is naive,
ly funny. One college paper, In such
bitter style as might be appropriate to
some mighty moral or political issue.
chastises the entire undergraduate
body for not turning out to cheer the
football team at practice. All other
practice, say at penmanship on the
piano, can be carried on by the prac.
TIGERS with the requisite tools. Foot
ball, apparently. cannot be learned ex.
cept in presence of a mob. Another
college paper gravely protests against
the freshmens increasing habit of
walking on the prohibited side of a
certain street, and declares college
customs to sacred tradition, to be
reyerently observed by each young
batch of collegians.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
SOMETHING WE ALL DON'T KNOW
MANY Men Are Kionophlles or klono-
manlacs.

The round white missile was well
aimed, and with laugh the professor
dug the cold snow out Of his ear.
Il am a kionophile and SO are you,
he said. I'm fact, we are all kiono-
philes, while some of us are kiono-
maniacs.
"A kionophile is snow-lover," ne
explained. zone whose heart warns at
sight of the fresh white snow, one
who loves the snow as Beethoven
loved music. Yes, we are all kiono-
philes.
"A kionomaniac loves the snow to
madness. A snowfall makes him tenn
porarily insane. You have seen such
people-adults or children-everybo
has. Beside himself, the kionomaniac
bounds from the house, leaps yelling
into a great drift, rolls about madly,
kicks and founders In the deep snow
with shrieks Of joy.
There is about snow something
intoxicating. Some of us it intoxicates
only to kionophilism; others 1t drives
into stark raving kionomania. In this
last state people, rolling in the cold
white snow, have given themselves
pneumonia, and they have also severe
ly injured their frlends-broken their
ribs, and so forth, banging them about
in the drifts"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

One must pause to reflect that only
an artist could so cut and hang and
handle his stuffs as to get such per-
lection of line, and that for artist
work one must pay artist prices Our
model is an example of artistic work
and clever handling of cloth without
decoration. Note the effective ar
rangement of shaped pieces on skirt
and coat and the unique but stylish
vest front. on which is fastened a
band of black velvet, caught directly
in front with an old silver buckle.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
CARVED CHAIR $50 YEARS OLD.
Made of Oak Used In Time az
King Charles II.

Boston.-Here is an antique chat.
made of oak which was used in thu.
time Of Charles III.
A historical writer upon ancient
furniture says: The work of Grinlins
Gibbons, the master woodcarver, 1855
to 1885, consisted of foliage, birds and
cherubs heads"
In this chair will be seen the cher.
ubs supporting the crown of England.
at the top. The ''stretcher," which in
earlier days was of use to keep the
feet raised from wet or drafty floor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
PLAIN LINES GIVE BEAUTY.
Good Example of Artistic Simplicity
and Clever Handling.

Many of the new models owe their
charm solely to beauty of line, color
and material and, being almost devoid
of trimming, appeal to the uninitiated
as exceedingly simple and quite un-
worthy of the prices asked for them.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31
To Cut Waist from Short Material

In order to ascertain exactly the
amount of goods of a certain width it
will require for waist, cut news
paper the desired width, then lay your
pattern on the paper and cut out.
After practicing with several pieces of
the paper you will find that you can
get your waist out of smaller quaint.
ty of material than you at first sup.
posed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

looked up suddenly. A CLEAN of tri-
umph sparkled in her shining eyes.
'Wh-what was de middle name of
de Erastus Greenly dat lilly knows?"
she misunderstanding Plain
Dealer
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31


is deliberately carved, and has the
crown on the center.
The chair is over ESQ years old, and
has been direct descendant in the
Henderson family through all these
years, and the children Of six genera
lions have had the honor of sitting
in 1t.
The chair Is as sound as when first
made. It is put together with wooden
pegs and not a crack or crevice can be
found in it, although it had been used
as common chair by the grandpar-
ents Of the present owner.
The chair is now owned by Mrs.
George w. Neal of Maiden, Mass.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

The French military dirigible La
Faefle' "mch Is causing the govern.
ment some worry by running. or
ratner nylng away is said to be yellow.
Her owners will agree that she is be.
having In decidedly yellow manner.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

Modern improvements have their
dangers. a man whose barn is light
ed by electricity attempted to null
"lat ne thought was the cord which
turns on me current. Instead, he
pulled mules tail. A great light
daWned on him very suddenly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

Must Be Sound Sleepers.
Lightning recently struck farm
near Largentiere, France, with ex-
traordinary results. The roof Of the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

a brooklyn man died - days after
MS wedding. Nope, you lose. He
wasn't married On Friday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

A newspaper dispatch from Pekin
says the emperor of China is dead.
The emperor was peculiar person
age-suspicious and superstitious.
During his sickness he refused the SER
vices of eminent western physicians,
fearing they would poison him. He
placed implicit confidence, however,
in his Chinese quacks, who for years
dosed him with large quantities of des-
located snakes, ginseng tea, pulver-
ICED shark bones and miscellaneous
other nostrums. The heathen's death
was caused by stomachic and intes-
final disorders, says the dispatch.
His internal mechanism must have
been as strong as mortar mill to
withstand this treatment as long as it
did.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
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According to London press artic

According to London press article
a frightful condition of affairs is prev
alent in free-trade England. A, mil
lion men are out of work in London
alone, and they and those depending
upon them are on the verge of starva-
ton. The Salvation army is doing
its utmost to relieve the situations by
the introduction of portable soup
kitchens, but it cannot begin to cope
with the conditions. Thousands of men,
women and children are compelled to
sleep in the parks: the alleys, or
wheresoever they can find a place.
And amid all this poverty, this misery
and suffering, the rich are lavishly en-
tertaining in their mansions-squan.
dering and wasting every day more
than enough to feed these unfortunate
people whose only crime is their
poverty It is shame-a burning
shame.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Nabobs of the East Indies, whose
ambition has until recently been to
outshine one another with herds of be-
jeweled elephants, have now relegated
the pachyderms to the stables to await
emergency calls, and have replaced
them with automobiles Yankee auto
mobiles. Some of these copper
colored dignitaries have two or three
dozen machines apiece and they are
running them even faster than Taft
ran. The automobile in India will
not, however, put the elephant out OF
business any more than it did the
horse in America, for these big beasts
are constantly brought into requisition
in the case of breakdowns. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Rev. William Christie, missionary
who has recently returned to this
country from the orient, predicts that
young China will overthrow the
present pagan dynasty and eventually
declare war against Japan and
achieve victory. There is no reason
why the Chinese should not make as
good soldiers as the Japs when prop:
erly instructed, and the government is
now engaged in such instruction-the
best of European army officers are
drilling the chinks. Once placed on
an equal footing in military education
China will have the advantage, for il
will then tl7!9r outnumber Japan ten TO one
in the strength of it's army.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Postmaster General Meyer has an
nounced that the postal deficit for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,
amounts to SIG, 910,27 and that the re-
ceipts are s7,893,657 greater than those
of the preceding year. In his annual
report Mr.. Meyer will call the atten.
ton of congress to the fact that he is
firmly convinced that the establish
ment of a special local parcel post,
confined to rural routes, would tend to
wipe out the postal deficit, and would
finally make the rural delivery service
self-sustaining besides being OF con-
venience to the farmer and the retail
country merchant. This sort of parcel
post seems to be all right for the rea.
son that it would not be available for
the mail order houses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Rev. T. E. Oliver, an evangelist,
has written a letter to Mr.. Bryan urg-
ing him to drop politics and preach
the gospel. 81 am thoroughly con-
vinced," says Rev. Oliver, "that one
ambassador of Christ of your caliber
is worth more to this nation than ten
thousand presidents. The evangelist
further says that Mr.. Bryan would
become an equal of the Apostle Paul.
There is yet time for Mr.. Bryan to be-
come an eminent divine, whereas he is
merely wasting valuable time in re-
peatedly running for an Office he can
never attain.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Filthy suggestive postal cards are
now engaging the attention of post
Office department officials. The az
thorities are determined to make AZ
example Of persons who are sending
these beastly missives through the
mails and, if captured, they will be
vigorously prosecuted. On this sub
ject the law is very explicit. It pro-
vides for fine of not more. than S., 900
or Imprisonment for not more than
five years, or both. Dealers in these
Objectionable cards should also be
arrested and brought to Justice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
accept.

Mr.. George 81. Deans of FOrestOn is
an active candidate for sergeant-at-
arms of the house and is receiving
much encouragement, especially from
the old members. Mr.. Deans was as
legislature and his unfailing courtesy
and strict attention to the duties of the
position made him general favorite
with the members.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Albert T. Patrick, the attorney who
murdered W. M. Rice, wealthy New
Yorker, and whose death sentence
was committed to life imprisonment,
has appealed to the United States su-
preme court upon the grounds that the
communication increases his punish
ment and is consequently unwarranted
by law. Patrick should be handed a
rope with a moose at the end and told
to choose between hanging himself
and the alternative of life imprison-
ment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

DR.. H. Milliner, an electrician in
the Union Pacific shops at Omaha,
has equipped locomotive with a
wireless telegraph contrivance which
enables dispatchers and depot agents
to signal engineers between stations,
thus putting them in constant touch.
The general Introduction of this device
should have the effect of reducing the
number of collisions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
The Town to Be Born In,

In the German town of Klingenberg,
near Aschaffenberg, Bavaria, in addi-
ton to having no rates to pay for the
upkeep of the town, those actually
born in the parish receive from the
municipality a sum of f12 los. year.
This sum, if invested regularly at, say,
3 per cent, would entitle the owner to
receive about FL 800 at the age of sixty
"a very handsome old age pension.
Were it not necessary that the inhab-
itants should prove birth in the parish
before becoming entitled to this pay
ment the popularity Of Klingenberg as
a-place of residence would doubtless
he 4enormOus.-W Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

"Doc" Williams, coach of the
Gopher 'cripples,'' is engaged in a
strenuous effort to straighten them out
and with this end in view they are
being put through a series of hard
scrimmages. "Doc" is aware that the
Carlisle Indians are a tough and wiry
set-that it will take a splendid team
to defeat them. Hence he is up against
a hard proposition, and there is every
Indication that the Indians will wallor
the Gophers to frazzle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
DYNAMITE IN THE MAKING.
Workmen Who Are Encircled by Death
In Gallons and Tons. :.

"" MTG" VINO Arc cncIrcieo oy Oo1tn
In Gallons and Tons. 3
So thoroughly deceptive is dynamite
In the making that you are apt to be
disappointed on viewing the surface
OF things. You could more readily
fancy thunderbolts 'leaping and crash
ing from tender blue skies than that
the most fearful forces in creation are
hidden under such a peaceful exterior.
N1troglycerin, a cupful of which would
distribute you over square miles Of
landscape, is diligently mixing around
you in hundreds and thousands of gal
Ions.
It is making itself in big iron retorts.
cascading down leaden cutters and
merrily tumbling in minute Niagaras
into immense watts, where the deli
quescent yellow peril pursues it's Jour-
ney powderward. Out of one recep-
tacle it fares furiously through special
lead coils, driven only by cooling blasts
OF air, and is drawn off like draft ale
and piped on to the next perfecting
stage. Gaze with the nitroglycerin ex-
pert into one of those big caldrons.
The interior is brilliantly Illuminated
by electricity, the only Illuminating
agency permitted in or about the dan
ger houses.
Around you are other houses at uni
form distances apart and connected
by series of narrow gauge tracks
wherein workmen are railroading nj
troglycerin from here and pulp cotton
from there to be compounded into dy-
Mantle and blasting gelatin. Greatest
care is taken in rolling the product
from house to house. AS soon as a
loaded cart is ready to pass out of the
nitroglycerin house, for instance, a
semaphore signals from an adjoining
station, to which the consignment is
carefully hurried.
Around you are long storehouses
packed with pulp in tons Of innocent
whiteness. Presently this pulp will as
sumo tan color under the nitrating
process, and then, suddenly becoming
carbonite, red cross, hercules, judson
and giant powder, forcite or what you
order, it develops the quasi virtues Of
dynamite dynamite or blasting gela-
tin In which more natural forces are
condensed to the cubic inch than exist
anywhere else in creation. Death,
curbed and sleeping, encircles you in
gallons and tons. Annihilation threat
ems at every turn in the form of poten-
tial pulverizing forces. But the man
and the mercury are there also, alert,
responsive, reliable.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

One of the reasons urged for the
retention of labor commissioner W. q.
Williams in his present position is
that Hennepin county deserves the
recognition. That reason should
count. But to make it stronger Mr..
Williams friends should secure for
him the endorsement of Ell Torrance,
Judge Jamison, Collins and Van SAINT,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
School Report.

Report of district 81, Spencer
Brook, for month ending November
ID, 1908: Number of pupils enrolled,
80; total number of days attendance,
686; average daily attendance, 81:
average attendance by each pupil II.
Those perfect in Walter
Boden, Albin Juthe, Jennie Juthe,
Hartley johnson, Bruno Kranz, Elsie
Kranz, Phoebe Larson, Raymond
Melin, George Paul, Annie Paul,
Christine Peterson, Vera Peterson,
Flossie Tompkins. Winifred A. Mar.
get, teacher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
LIBRARY SLOW P0KEs.
Time Killing Methods Of Officials In
Continental Europe.

Americans who grumble about hay
ing to wait long time for books when
applying to public library" said a
Boston literary woman, SHOULD try to
work or. study in foreign library, par
ticularly in Germany ~
''The typical continental librarian
takes no account Of time. The reader,
worker or student must turn in his or
her application for books at least day
In advance. The men who search for
the books applied for are aged, totter-
ing creatures who have been shutting
around the dusty piles of books for
years, and the word hurry is not in
their vocabulary.
'"The most priceless books and man.
perfect fire traps, and disorder pre-
dominates in every department. When
you speak about the impossible meth
DDS employed the librarians tell you
that they are too poor to introduce any
modern indexes or catalogues. This is
to some extent so, but as a matter Of
fact they would not change if they
had all the money in the world at their
disposal.
"They do not wish to encourage the
common people to use books. The
learned are among the aristocracy, and
the spread of the knowledge which is
hidden in those wonderful literary mu-
seums is far from the purpose of the
men at the head of Europe's libraries.
''There may be some delay in our Ii
braries, but our people in the lower
walks of life are certainly ahead of
the common people of the old world in
the matter of getting books when they
want them, and generally free Of
charge. "-New York Telegram.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

Mr.. Rockefeller has promised to 20
on the witness stand, when the hearing
in the governments suit to dissolve
the Standard Oil company is resumed,
and give the history of the trust.
People do not care rap about the
history of this thieving combine. It
is the exorbitant prices they have to
pay for its products that worries them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

In consequence of the discontin.
uance of the postoffice at Rock Falls,
a Wisconsin village, Geo. E. Cham.
berlain, the Oldest postmaster in point
of service in the United States, has
been thrown out of job which he held
for over fifty years. It would be in.
teresting to know how many postal
cards Mr.. Chamberlain read during
that time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
219 Republicans, 172 Democrats.

The temporary roll call of the house
OF representatives for the sixty-frst
congress has been completed and pub
lished. 1t presents complete list OF
members of the new house as shown
by unofficial returns, and gives the
politics of all of them.
According to this publication, the
next house will consist of PIG republi-
cans and 172 democrats, total of 39l,
as against a totalof 3S9 in the house
during the last session, of whom .22a
were republicans and 166 democrats.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
Observation-Disclosures

Ross G. Goldsmith and Miss Mary
Mcmahon of Mora were married al
the parsonage of the Catholic church
by Rev. Father Levings yesterday
tmorning at 1l:30 O'Clock. The wit.
nesses we're John, u Forest and Miss
Bessie Goldsmith. Both bride and
bridesmaid were gQwned in white silh
and carried roses.!t .,.s,.~ - 49,. > !
Mr.. and Mrs. Goldsmith. returned tc
Mora, where they will make thei,
home, on last nights train. 1T
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19

The japanese horse racing season
has opened, but in Japan no betting
is permitted upon the race track. This
prohlbitory regulation is all right
from moral standpoint, perhaps,
but at the same time it removes the
most interesting feature of the races
from a general point of view.