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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

Mr. Herbert Knox Smith, whose zeal in the
cause of economic reform has been in no wise
abated by the panic which he and his kind did
so much to bring on, is out with an answer to
President Moffett, of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana. The publication of this an
swer, it is officially given out, was delayed sew
eral weeks for business reasons, because it
was not deemed advisable to further excite
the public mind, which was profoundly dis
turbed by the crisis. Now that the storm
clouds have rolled by, however, the Commits
sioner rushes again into the fray.
Our readers remember that the chief points
in the defence of the Standard Oil Company, as
presented by President Moffett, were CD that
the date of six cents oil from Whiting to
East st. Louis has been issued to the Standard
Oil Company as the lawful rate by employees
of the Alton ~ that the 18-cent rate on file
with the Interstate Commerce Commission was
class and not commodity rate, never being
intended to apply to oil, 90 that oil was
shipped In large quantities between Whiting
and East st. Louis over the Chicago e. East
ern Illinois at 6A cents per hundred pounds
which has been filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission as the lawful rate, and (4)
that the 18-cent rate on oil was entirely out OF
proportion to lawful rates on other commodi-
ties between these points of a similar char
acter and of greater value such, for example,
as 1inseed oil. the lawful rate on which was
eight cents. President Moffett also stated that
thousands of tons of freight had been sent by
other shippers between these points under
substantially the same conditions governed
the shipments of the Standard Oil Company.
This defence of the Standard Oil Company
was widely quoted and has undoubtedly exert
ed powe Aful influence upon the public mind.
Naturally the Administration, which has
staked the success of its campaign against
the trusts" upon the result of its attack upon
this company, endeavors to Offset this infiu.
ence, and hence the new deliverance of Com
missioner Smith.
We need hardly to point out that his rebp
tai argument is extremely weak, although as
strong, no doubt, the circumstances would
warrant He answers the points made by Presi
dent Moffett substantially follows: (D The
Standard Oil Company had traffic department
and should have known that the six-cent rate
had not been filed, CD no answer, CD the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois rate was secret rate
because it read. not from Whiting, but from
BOLTON, which is described as "a village OF
Its only claim to note is that it has been fol
many years the point of origin for this and
similar secret rates" The Commissioner ad
mits in describing this rate that there
note attached stating that the rate could also
be used from Whiting.
The press has quite generally hailed this
statement of the Commissioner of Corpora
lions as a conclusive refutation of what is evi
IDENTIFY recognized as the strongest rebutta
argument advanced by the Standard.
In fact, it is as weak and inconclusive tbs
remainder of his argument. The lines Of thu
Chicago Eastern Illinois do not run int
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
A Pet.

Bears, unless hungry or abused, are
good-natured animals, and make anus
sing pets when l was IN the revenue
service at Alaska" said lieutenant,
1--WE had a pet bear on the boat, and
we called him Wineska He used to
climb to the cross-trees, going up hand
over hand by the ratlines. One day he
ventured out on the yard-arm, and
there he stayed We had to get rope
and haul him down. Once he vaulted
over the head of our Chinese cook
and went into the lockers, where he
helped himself to sugar and butter.
We had a tackling made for him,
much the same as a harness Of pet
pug, and we would drop him over
board, with a rope attached, to take
his bath. Once he landed in a native
boat and nearly frightened the occu-
pants out of their wits. He was as
playful as a kitten and, althouh he
sometimes disobeyed. he Yves never
treaeherous or unkind. When he was
lost, or hid himself as he often did,
we would look in the dark till we saw
two little balls of fire. These were
his tyes and gave him away every
time"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
HAD LISTENED TO DADDY.
Force of Example Exemplified in Pre-
cocious Youngster.

There is a certain man living not
far from New York whose temper Is
not of the longest, and when he feels
that his rage is justifiable he is very
apt to indulge in fluent, versatile and
varied profanity.
And it is when using the telephone
that this talent of his is seen and
heard at it's maximum of speed and
endurance Central has but to say
wire busy now" or, Doesn't an
swer." to evoke a flood of language.
One day he had been having an I'M
usually stormy session, and did not
notice that his two-year-old son was
sitting in a corner of the room, his
face rapt and absorbed. A few hours
later the child's mother came in and
was Mortified beyond words to hear
her baby giving voice to stream OF
expletives, some of which began with
a very large capital D-the rest with
a variety of letters quite unmentioE-
able In this connection. She descended
upon him An righteous wrath.
Don't you ever let me hear you
use such Words again." she said in nc
uncertain tones.
why, mother" expostulated tht
baby in an injured voice, I'm tele
phoning!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
The Farmers Version.

Hiram exclaimed Mrs. Hardapple,
in great agitation, the bank that you
put the 5000 in the last time you went
to town has gone up higher than a
kite
"What?" roared Mr.. Hardapple,
dancing around with rage. Them thar
thieving high financiers should be
strung up to a telegraph pole, every
mothers son of them"
And Hiram?"
"WelI?"
DO you know that $1,000 you put
in the old stocking? Well, the rats
ate 1t up"
Did? Well, the ways of Providence
are mysterious. The Lord giveth and
the Lord taketh away"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
IN THE MATTER or DIET.
Case Where Individual Must 7e Law
Unto Himself.

There are very few of US who do
not delight in reading essays and dis
cussions on dietetics with the same in
terest that we scan directions on
How to make love-" but in either
case no one is guided by these disqui-
sitioDs, because SO much depends on
the individual in either affairs of the
heart or gastric affairs. One author
ity says Eat this" another, Don't
eat that" But who can follow any
others advice? One enthusiast pro-
poses that all the world make apples
part of their daily fare, whereas we
know of one instance in which an ap-
pie stirs up such an interior eruption
that apples should always be tabooed
SO far as he is concerned. DR.. H. s.
Gridley, professor of general chemis-
try at the University of Illinois, has
issued a paper in which he rehabili-
tates meat as continuous article OF
diet after 1t has been almost put on
the run by the vegetrians and the
semivegetarians. Vegetables, he says,
are always less digestible, while meats
offer no obstruction to the natural
conversion of food into products
capable of being absorbed by the
blood. While reluctant to talk in the
tone of the school physiology and even
to discuss UPWARDS" as a topic of
Night literature, we must protest
against classifying vegetables in one
gGeral category of indestibles. 1t all
dep&nds on the vegetable and on the
pers& who undertakes to assimilate
it h&nevolently or otherwise. Boiled
cabbage may STAY it's tens of thou
lrfdS. while others walk the earth to
| THree-ss ore-and-ten, their health unas
Il sailed by constant indulgence in boiled
Maabbages, FrieG onions killed Napo
non where raw ones might have pre-
+ Served him to scatter new terror II
EuropeA In exile on a barrel island
one may eat onions as he likes, ant
some who are too careless and to-
lacking in self-restraint may deserve
such Punishment Stewed peas CAV
a certain prominent Californian an at
tack of appendicitis every time he at
tempted them, and a young woman !
seized with fainting spells wheneve
she nibbles at almonds. So we Sc
that no general rules for dining can b
established any more than genera
rules for making love. Each must b
law unto himself and all direction
are value1ess.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
HOME RECIPE FOR COLDS.
VIII Break Up a Cold In "a Hours or
Cure Any Cough That Is Durable.

Mix half pint of good whisky with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated oil of pine.
The bottle is to be we'll shaken each
time and used in doses of a teaspoon
full to a tablespoonful every four
hours. The Concentrated oil of pine
comes in one-half ounce walls packed
securely in tin screw top cases which
are intended to protect it from light and
retain all the original ozone. 1t is a
product of the laboratories of the
Globe Pharmaceutical Co., of Dayton.
Ohio, and is guaranteed under the Ma
tional Pure Food and Drug Act. Don't
use bulk oil of pine or limitations of
Concentrated. They are insoluble and
work havoc to the kidneys. Any drug.
gist has the Concentrated oil Of pine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
Neatly put.

Homer Folks, the secretary of the
State Charity Aid society of New
York, referred in a recent address to
the awkwardness that charity work
ers feel in making public appeals for
funds.
And few charity workers. Mr..
Folks added, "can carry off that awk-
wardness with the neatness of the col.
ored preacher who reminded his con.
gregation that:
'Brudren, All KANT preach hyah
an board in heb'n.'"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
What Becomes of the coke2

A teacher was explaining to her
class the various ways in which gas
is obtained.
Much OF the gas we use is ex-
tracted from coal" she said, land
after the gas has been taken out, the
coal becomes coke. In some parts of
this country gas is obtained by
boring deep holes in the ground and
such gas is called natural gas"
Does the natural gas come from
the fires down in the bad placer" in
quired a boy eagerly. IF it does,
what does Satan do with all the coke
he has left?"
1t is needless to say that the
illustrated Magazine
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
object Lesson,

"Johnny," said Mrs. Blobbs. severe
ly, 81 am going to punish you Please
open the windows"
What fer?" asked Johnny, begin
ming to cry.
81 heard our next door neighbor say
I had no authority over my children,
and / want her to hear you getting a
spanking. Now, come here, sir!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
Moravian Barley and speitz,

tening hogs and cattle possible in Oak,
Mont Ida, Colo, yes, everywhere. and
add to above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass,
the IL ton Hay wonder Teosinte, which
produces 80 tons of green fodder per acre.
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN 1T
with l0c in stamps for packing, etc, to the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
and get their big catalog and lots of farm
seed samples K & w.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
aoratory Defined.

What am oratory. Brudder Jack
SOM
"Brudder Simmins, l will elucidate.
If you says black am white, dat am
foolish. But If you says black AM
white. and bellers like bull, an
hounds on a table wifi bofe fists, daI
am oratory, an some people will be-
leve Atlanta Constitution.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
shook his head sadly


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We the undersigned, have known #. j. Cheney
for the last is years and believe him perfectly hon
orabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his hrm
WALDING. KINNAN d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF tue
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 20 cents PEI
bottle. Sold by al Druggists
Take Halls Fam ly Pills for constipation.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
In the Lanquaue.

"Some one has said that kiss is
the language of love- remarked the
young man in the parlor scene.
WELL" rejoined the fair maid on
the far end of the sofa, why don't you
get busy and say something? ?"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

ter i began TO sur
fer with my kidneys
1 had pains in my
back and hips and
felt all worn out
Dizzy spells both
cred me and the
kidney secretions
were irregular. The
first box of Doan's
Kidney Pills brought
decided relief L am
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

Do good constantly, patiently and
wisely. and you will never have cause
to say that life was not worth living.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

sure they would do the same for any
other woman suffering as I did"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, NJ z.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
Sing at Your Work.

Whenever the baby at midnight
Is inclined to be noisy and fearful,
Whatever you do.
AS you tramp the house through,
oh, dc not forget to be cheerful.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
Not for Murphy.

Mr.. Murphy-oi want to buy pair
of gloves.
Clerk-Hege's something 1 pelieve
will. Just sudt you. It's suede glove.
Mr.. Munphy-Niver. begorrl OF
want Itkbs gloves. Swade gloves, in
dade!-kansas City Times.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

Don't wdt out your complexion :.
take CARTEL. - the Herb laxative and
blood-purifdof Improvement win be
seen in wee9@
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
Sad Memories.

The commuter handed the brake
man a five-cent cigar.
"Say, George" he said, "why does
the engine always let off such heart
rending howl just as we pass Long
Oak?"
George shook his head sadly.
"Ah," said he, ''it was here that the
engineer, poor fellow, first met his
wife"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE'
That q LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look 20
the signature of II. w. GROVE. Used the Worle
over to Cure Cold In One Day. zc.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
nammation, aays pain, cures wind collie Csc bottle
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

What a man thinks he knows about
women q woman knowsI he doesn't
know.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

This rs the law Of benefits 5etweenl
what he give fh@r ough
@ nessp sa f9 a. pas ''}'Nso''
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14
WORN OUT WOMEN
Win Find Encouragement In Mira Mer-
ritt's Advice.

Mrs. w. L. Merritt, GOT S. First
Ave, Anolxa, Mimi, says: Last win
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

It's easy for the average man to
make a bad break.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10
Glints.

A Detroit paper tells Of man that
burns off his whiskers instead of shaw
ing. The same man used to drive 'em
in, undoubtedly. Sandpaper is good,
too!
A New York poet says: TT was as
If Hope tried to sing duo with de-
spair!" In Chicago this Is sthe cue for
the small boy ''to git ak!
Every man. like every piece Of pot
terry, has his test If he rings true,
he has withstood it; If not, he is a
mere bit of ugly clay
The way to the stars Is upward. The
man makes no mistake whose ambi-
ton leads him the same way.
The Diogenes of to-day, hunting for
an honest man, would have his lantern
stolen.
Even an upright piano can be made
to belle Its name.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10
Philosophy,

Wild oats leaves dust in the bin
Prosperity does not abide in the bot
tom of whisky glass.
1t is easy to realize how happy you
were before you lost your leg:
Strong lungs are not necessary in
talking to Jesus.
A tramp may be gentleman in dis
,guise. bat the preponderance of opin-
ion Is against him.
A man that never gets angry does
things to his enemies.
Don't wait for something to turn up
it might be a rutabaga.
There is no hope for the fool who is
always right.
Nothing is as noble as pure
mother.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10
Life Sentence for This.

He was strapping six-footer.
She was a petite little lady coming
below his shoulder in stature.
But Cupid had willed it, they two
had said it, and the minister had
done the rest.
1t was night, and above their dove
cote the horse fiddle shrieked, the
tom-tom reiterated, the shelled corn
fell against the window panes and
pandemonium reigned, as the serenad-
ers called for the bride and groom.
Presently window was thrown up
and before 1t stood the prosecuted
pair.
"Gentlemasn," protested the hus-
band, his arm about his clinging wife,
here | am. Here is Mrs Jones, and
that's the long and short of it," Say
ing which he closed the window with
bang.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

If the coal bills were not so big. the
new coat would have longer tail.
An early spring means March to
the tailor.
1t is well that some people dress
gaudily; the peacock is not good for
much else.
The editors cuffs are always frayed
he must not disappoint the novel
lists.
The small boy that has a sweater
made from gunnysack, pair Of
trousers from Uncle Bills old ones,
a stone bruise of his own and a five
cent straw hat, is often happier than
Chauncey Depew with fifty pairs Of
pantaloens.
Lace does not look we'll on some
people, neither would one dress a pig
in white vest.
The rich should not be chided for
wearing fine clothes-the poor make
them.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

n S-&~SS
Join the don't worry club this year.
heterogeneous food for the sows that
are in pig.
Salt the cows every day rather than
at long and irregular intervals.
A steady man and a steady old
horse are needed to break the colt
right.
Don't let the flock run down in con-
dition. Well-fed poultry are poor sub
5ects for disease.
Feed regularly. The poultry will do
better and will show their apprecia-
ton in the fuller egg basket.
Profit by the mistakes made last
year. Don't fail second time in the
same way and on the same thing.
Better small farm clear of debt
and well worked than great big one
burdened- with debt and not half
worked.
The COW with the fnical appetite
will not prove the profitable COW. The
cow must be hearty feeder to give
a generous Weld.
Can't afford tank heater? Well,
you certainly can't afford to let your
cattle drink the water through the hole
cut in the ice in the tank.
OF course you cannot dip the sheep
now, but you can sift insect powder
into the wool and rub it well in. This
will knock the ticks and give relief to
the sheep.
What are you doing to make your
locality better? A good question to
ask yourself during these days when
you have time to think and leisure to
do the kindly deed.
| Have few nut trees on the place.
They are slow growers, but once es-
tablished they will provide your chill
dren and your childrens children with
reason for thanksgiving to the planter.
| The reason beef cattle are harder
than dairy cattle is that they have
more fat worked through the muscles.
The dairy cattle put the fat into the
milk or deposit 1t around their intes-
tines to be drawn upon when needed.
This country imports 100000, 600
worth Of tropical fruits each year.
Which leads us to ask how much of
this fruit hunger of our people might
be supplied by better fruit produc-
ton at home? Are you helping to sup
ply the need?
1t takes variety OF feed to keep the
| appetite keen and working to the full
| limit. Remember this in your feed
ing. When steers begin to fuss over
snapped corn give them a change once
a day of corn-and-cob meal, and along
toward the finish, deal out two pounds
Of oil meal once a. day to each steer.
II you haven't workshop in which
you can put a little stove to give you
comfortable temperature in which to
work while repairing and overhauling
the machinery provide one at once. 1t
may mean little outlay, but it will
more than come back to you in the
facility and ease with which you can
make yourerepairs.
The Book Farmer is generally the
progressive farmer. To be sure there
may be sometimes too much science
and theory and not enough practical,
good common sense, but the farmer
who has the rare grace of combining
| the two is the farmer who is raising
the average of farming and proving
that there is profit and pleasure in
J the vocation.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10
FriIls.

Ss
Tt is senseless, like Sisyphus, to roll
a stone uphill with no object in view.
Carry loads only for purpose.
Hindoo twins cut apart in Paris
were found to haveSa common liver.
Not being used to boarding house,
they died. Couldn't live on cut liver!
In the description of funeral, the
reporter noted that the deceased ''lay
quietly in his coffin Investigation
NAV have shown thet corpse to have
been nailed down.
The Salvation Army wants old
clothes. "Youse fellows8 who are not
wearing yours, dig up.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

Of them said it turned a we'll inside
out, cellar upside down, moved a
township line, blew the slaves out
of a whisky barrel and left nothing
but the bunghole, changed the day Of
the week, blew a mortgage off a farm,
blew all the cracks out Of fence, and
knocked the wind out Of politician.
---qagetown Tines
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

fssss~ess@-e----------.4.
Alfalfa is said to be good crop
with which to run out wild oats
Do ii. now is a good watchword to
keep before you during this new year.
Light soils and southern exposure
provide the ideal conditions for early
fruits.
The straw from the pig pen Is satu-
rated with liquid manure and is Gne
for the land.
Keep the cows Just on the verge of
hunger and they will put no surplus
in the milk pail.
Good stock cannot be raised from
scrubs any more than good fruit can
be grown on poor plants.
Some one suggests a rule of three
as follows by which to run the home:
Father, mother and forbearance.
A triple extraction of goodness
which will affect the milk pail favor
ably: Good care, good feed, good
shelter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10
Copyright: 1907: BY Byron Williams.

The Bride.
She is witty, she is pretty,
She's 1inguist, too they say.
She's so jolly, melancholy
Simply does not come her way.
All! at riding, and at gliding,
She is simply grace itself.
She has money, too, this "honey"
When it comes to bonds and pelf.
She's player and a slayer
At game of cards of chance.
Keeps you guessing at her dressing,
Does this maid of elegance!
And at singing! Zephyrs winging
With the pure Apollo note,
Cannot beat her, or unseat her,
When she opens wide her throat
AS Ginger, she's a ringer
She has also writ book
But though witty and SO pretty.
Can the new bride-er-um-COOK?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

Some newspapers are terrible liars.
In writing of a-cyclone out west one
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

Light soils and southern exposure
provide the ideal conditions for early
fruits.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

The Book Farmer" Is generally the
progressive farmer. To be sure there
may be sometimes too much science
and theory and not enough practical.
good common sense, but the farmer
who has the rare grace of combining
the two is the farmer who is raising
the average of farming and proving
that there is profit and pleasure in
the vocation.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

The straw from the pig pen Is satu
rated with liquid manure and is &n'
for the land.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-10

Do it now is a good watchword t
keep before you during this new veal