The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-13
An Object Lesson.

you are too good for us to keep any
length of time. Some man will come
along one of these days and induce
you to marry him.
"Oh, no, num-" answered Miranda
fervently. i've lived with you and
your husband too long to want ever to
get married"
There are two conclusions to be
drawn from the reply of the faithful
servant One is that she was loyal to
her employers; the other Is as 1t may
be.-Chicago Post
Not Mere Man.
1.-THE English aristocrat Is very
proud of his lineage, but not nearly so
proud as the German" said much
Travelled man. "a German once fell
from a Hamburg American liner into
the sea, and sailor, seeing him dis
appear with splash, shouted:
Man overheard
"The German as soon as he came up
yelled haughtily to the sailor:
"'What do you mean with your
man oyerboardY Graf Hermann Won
Finkenstein. Duke of Suabfa and
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, is
overheard"
Time to Move.
A teacher In a slum school was call
ing over the names of his scholars In
order to ascertain which of them were
likely to leave shortly.
"Please. sir" said one urchin, Il think
| shall leave soon"
"Why. Tommy" asked the teacher.
"Well, sir" he said. Il think we're
goin to leave our 'ouse, cause mother
burnt the coal house door an sold the
cubberd door, and farver's a chopin
down the stairs this mornin'. We allus
leave after we've burnt the stairs. ~
London Scraps
The Farmer.
Let us never forget that the cultlya-
ton of the earth Is the most important
labor of man Man may be civilized In
some degree without great progress in
manufactures and with little COM
merce with his distant neighbors, but
without the cultivation of the earth he
is, in all countries, savage. Until
he gives up the chase and likes him.
self in some place and seeks a living
ho ;e min hDrhq-
rian. When tillage begins other arts
follow. The karmers are the founders
of civilization. Daniel Webster
One of Disraels Epigrams.
Disraeli's epigrams were pointed and
double edged. and this one, given by
George Russell IN his diary, Is about
as sharp as Disrael could make 1t.
Some one had asked Disraeli If he
had read the Greyille memoirs. Now,
there never had been much amity be-
tween him and the Grevilles, and so
he said: Il do not feel attracted to
them. knew the author, and he was
the most conceited person with whom
| have been brought in contact, al
though | have read Cicero and known
Bulwer Lytton."
Who Was the Man?
While walking upon an unfrequented
path | met an aged man who was car
rying two lighted lanterns. Recognize
ing him, | cried:
"Ah, Diogenes, isn't it about time
you gave up your search for an hon
est MANI"
"Friend," answered he, Il am often
tempted to desist. But you mistake
the object of my quest. | found an
honest man several centuries ago. !
am hunting now for an absolutely
truthful woman"
And he passed on, weeping, for he
had far to go.-Life.
Eau de Cologne.
1t is stated in a foreign contempora-
ry that the chief condition to the
achievement of a perfect preparation
of eau de cologne is prolonged storage
The production of this world famous
article in its original home In Cologne
is carried on in the simplest manner
The ethereal oils are first mixed with
the wine spirits, and the mixture, aft
err two months digestion, is distilled
at gentle heat. The preparation is then
placed in kegs and removed to the Gel
lar, where it lies FIVE or six years, and
only then is placed on the market.
Animals and Music.
Tarantulas do not dance to the sound
of the violin, but let the people they
bite do the dancing. Scorpions, how
ever, enjoy fddling, according to the
Westminster Gazette, and lizards go
crazy for music of any kind. AS for
serpents, the boa constructor and py-
then are senseless to melody, but the
cobra Is fascinated by the flute and
still more by the fiddle. Polar bears
enjoy the violin; so do ostriches.
Wolves will stop In the chase to listen
to a cornet Elephants are fond of the
flute, especially the upper notes. II
gers, while approaching violin and
flute. cannot stand the harmonicon,
while the musical seal shows no emo
ton on hearing any instrument, not