The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-04
Wstchdoss and Their Bark.

uN aS oe night hLlCh YOU WANT 10 SletU
1t is then that you would like to hea
a shotgun bay deep mouthed welcom,
to the honest barker in question.-Em
poria Gazette.
The Absinth Tipper.
The symptoms of the effects Of thu
liquor in the case of the absinth tip
pier commence with muscular CULVER
lngs and decrease of physical strength
The hair begins to drop out, the face
assumes a melancholy aspect, and he
| becomes emaciated, wrinkled and sal
low. Lesion of the brain follows, nor
rible dreams and decisions haunt the
victim, and gradually paralysis over
takes him and leads him to the grave.
Early Croziers.
The earliest mention of the use of a
crozier is of one carried by Ataldus
archbishop of Reims, who died A. D.
933. An ancient Saxon or Norman
font In Winchester cathedral has q
very old representation of a bishop
with crozier, probably the earliest
example to be found in England A
crozier of rude shape is cut on the
tomb of Bartholomew, bishop of Ex-
eter from 1851 to 1884
Cause of the Unrest.
"In your opinion" asked the pompous
member of the investigating commit
tee, "what is the cause of the evident
unrest among the Indians?"
Comanche Pete, the noted scout, blew
a cloud of tobacco smoke into the at
mosphere.
Then he took his pipe out of his
mouth.
"Fleas," he answered. Chicago Trib-
une.
Eyes of Deep Sea Fish.
Few people know that when deep
sea fish are taken from the water
their eyes pop from their heads" said
a Mobile man. This is due to being
relieved Of the tremendous water pres
sure and coming in contact with air
On the gulf coast, where thousands of
fish are caught daily, one can see hun
dreds and hundreds of deep water fish
with eyes hanging from their sockets"
Nashville Tennesseean.
An Ancient Jest.
A Gentleman having lent a Guinea,
for two or three Days, to a Person
whose Promises he had not much
Faith in, was very much surprzd to
find he very punctually kept his Word
with him; the same Gentleman being
sometime after DESTROYS of borrowing
the like Sum, No, said the other, you
have deceived me once, and | am re-
solved you shan't do it second Time
Joe Miller's Jest Book, 1899.
Woman's Part In Commerce.
Americans are considered the most
highly civilized people on earth be-
cause The men are more completely en-
shaved by their women. The Spartan
women who made bowstrings of their
hair were no more potent factor in
the military achievements of the Spar
tan men than are the American wo-
men in the commercial achievements
of American man.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
A Wasted Sermon.
A good deacon was once meandering
along the docks on Sunday, and, motto
Ing a crowd of boys fishing, he com
menced to reprove them for breaking
the Sabbath. In the middle of his |
harangue he stopped suddenly to ejac-
ulate, Look out, bub, you've got a
bitter to small boy whose attention
had been distracted from his line. HUI
man nature was too strong for him.
st. James Gazette.
Washington's Estate.
When he died Washington possess
ed, including the land brought him by
his wife and the Mount Vernon estate
more than $4,000 acres. And this did
not include his city property. He was
indeed a landlord on a large scale. Be-
sides the lands he held personally
Washington was partner in various
and companies, though none Of these
appear to have survived the Revolu-
ion.
Vienna BARRIERS.
The BARRIERS and Wigmakers' union
n Vienna is very stringent in its ex-
mination before it will admit any
lew members to the society. Only
ully competent persons are allowed to
ractice and to prove their capabilities
aust first show that they thoroughly
Understand the disinfection of razors,
rushes, etc, used in their craft and
lso how to keep the razors sharp and
sc them to the best advantage. .
siciIian Vespers. 1
The Sicillan Vespers is a name given
, the massacre of the French In Sicily
n Easter Monday (March 3OD, 1882,
ne signal for the commencement of