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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14

brogans and he would laugh at his brother red
skin who took to wearing animals skins on his
feet. There are few tribes in the world to-day, ex
cept in the darkest portions of Africa, who still
spurn the wearing of shoes in some form or other
OF course, every nation has it's own special kind
of shoes, some of which consist of nothing more
than a fiat piece of board and a strap. That
sort are classed under the general caption OF
sandals"
Hundreds of years ago, when people wore no
shoes they never complained of rheumatism; they
never had ingrowing toenails, neither did they
cultivate corns and seldom could they boast of an
attack of govt. They called it "evil spirit then.
But the advance of civilization had it's drawbacks.
The feet were clothed, but at the same time the
wearing of the shoes brought on disease of these
supports and some authorities doubt whether
civilizations feet are any better off to-day than
they were a thousand years ago when they were
filled with slivers, brambles and the like, but
were not nearly as wide a topic for discussion as
they are to-day, for then people didn't mind the
little Inconvenience. To-day, great progress hav-
ing been made in that line. smaller ailments Of
the feet are a source of complaint.
The most civilized portions of the world have
developed a tenderness of the feet which has be-
come a tradition in the circles which have made
the greatest progress. People who wear pointed
shoes are compelled to suffer the same agonies
that would come if their toes were bound together
with adhesive tape and they were compelled to
walk about thus conditioned. Others who wear
shoes too small have swelling of the feet when
they take off their shoes. Shoes too large produce
corns, just as do small shoes.
Young ladies and some older ones who follow
the fashions with good intent, equip themselves
with French-heeled shoes, which raise the heels
into the air from three to six inches. This Of
course gives them a beautiful instep, they claim,
and it also keeps them walking on their toes. It
twists the spine and exerts pressure upon the
base Of the brain which brings on fearful head
aches if the practice is kept up for any length Of
time each day. Skeptical persons with set ideas
on shoes are talking of asking the next session
Of congress to put a tariff on French heels which
will effectively bar them from this country. But
there are SO many wives of congressman and SEN
ators who declare that French heels are far more
comfortable than half-inch heels, that the bill has
about Is much show as the traditional SNOWFALL.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
STertuIlia.v

This word was in the left-hand cor
ner of a card recently Sent out by a
society woman of Chicago to her
friends. 1t proved to be merely an
invitation to afternoon tea-the word
"tertullia" being the Spanish for that
form of entertainment.
The colors observed were the yellow
and red of Spain: the favors were tiny
Spanish flags, and the souvenir place
cards were postcards representing the
famous and beautiful places in that
country. Tea and chocolate (of which
Spanish women are fond, were
served, and there were figs and olives
in abundance.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
A Household Necessity.

l would almost as soon think OF
running my farm without implements
as without Hunts Lightning Oil. OF
all the liniments / have ever used,
for both man and beast, it is the quick
est in action and richest in results.
For burns and fresh cuts it is absolute.
ly wonderful. l regard it as a house.
hold necessity. Yours truly,
S. HARRISON,
Kosciusko, Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14

1t was from this queer style that the high heel
developed, only in those days the heel was sever
al inches higher than those now worn.
Of course, the smallest shoes of all are worn by
Chinese women. Some of these are only two
inches long. The present empress is trying to
break up the cruel custom of misshapening the
feet. Probably in another generation these di-
minutive shoes will be a curiosity, but up to a
few years ago, a Chinese girl whose feet were
four inches long found it a difficult proposition to
get married, while the parents of the girl with the
two-inch foot was overrun with applicants. AS
a compensation to these Chinese women for the
%tortures they underwent during the time their
feet were being maltreated they took great pride
in embroidering beautiful designs upon their
shoes. Very few shoes for women are on sale
in China, as nearly all women make their own.
In the northern countries, coarse leather boots
are the customary footwear, partly on account of
the cold, but principally because a low shoe is Of
too shallow draft to navigate the poor roads. A
large percentage of these boots are of home man
%ufacture, roughly stitched and crude in appear
ance.
Just why shoes for poor persons came into
vogue is a question that remains unanswered.
They originated in the Grecian sandal and have
developed with the increasing tenderness of feet to
the heavy leather affair we all know. Yet an
Irish lassie who goes about barefooted all her
days has a natural sole upon her foot from a
quarter to a half inch thick. And she does not
have cOrns, either.
But Americans need not complain of the in
%stitution. We made 242, 11O,O35 pairs of shoes
in 1905, or a pair for every inhabitant of America,
France, Germany, Austria, and a few of the small
er countries. The value of the industry was $780,
10, 458. All that was for one years output, or
more money than there was in the world when
the first sandal was made. The American shoe
is now walking the streets of every capital Of
the world; it is in the shops in every center of
trade: and even on the thresholds of far eastern
temples, the American shoe lies beside the crude
wooden sandals, and late Corners stop a moment
to examine it and try It on, If no one is looking.
One of the greatest problems which modern
civilization has had to face is the clothing Of is
feet. In the days centuries upon centuries ago,
when man was only q wild beast of the jungle,
he wore no shoes and therefore was not bothered
with corns. But to-day when every part Of the
body is covered except the hands and head, mans
wearing of shoes has become a necessity.
Thus some of the functions of modern civiliza-
tons "pedes" are. disappearing. Toenails, no
longer being an actual need among tribes which
wear shoes, are disappearing and a scientist a
few years ago declared that within 100 years
there will be no toenails.
Even the American Indian who, a hundred years
ago, wore moccasins, to-day clothes his feet in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
q shoemaker,

a shoemaker. Hans Sachs, the most eminent poet
OF Germany, was a cobbler. So was William Gift
ford, the famous editor of the Quarterly.
Shoes, as We know them, are purely a western
institution. But there is a reason and incidentally
a queer juxtaposition. A Christian takes his hat
OF when he enters a church or a house; an Asiatic
shows his reverence by taking his shoes off. OBJ
vlously it would be quite a nuisance to stoop down
and unlace your shoes every time you called on a
friend or went to church. So the Asiatics wear
shoes that can be kicked off as easily as we can
remove our hats.
Some are made with straw soles and sell for
about ten cents a pair; others are made of wood;
while still others are made of leather of various
kinds. When shoes are reduced to such simple
proportions, it is but natural to expect some rather
crude effects. Peasants often cut strips of wood,
fasten a thong about the big toe and the board
and trudge along as comfortably as the man who
buys the r~eady-made shoes of America, and in some
cases even more so. Another scheme is to use a
block of wood and stick a knob in it so it will rise
between the big toe and its ~neighbor and by a
deXterous and p~racticed use of the toe muscles, it
answers very we'll indeed.
In Brittany the making of shoes is a village oc-
%cupation. The whole family chips in on the work,
from the six year old child to the great grand
father, and between them they make the most
of the wooden shoes that are on the market. An
American boy would probably fall down and skin
his knees if he were to try to play in wooden shoes,
but the little Dutch and Belgian boys romp about
the streets to their hearts content in them and
never even drop them off.
We have been wearing practically the same kind
of shoes for so many years that we are liable to
forget that they varied in styles as radically as
womens hats do now. During the time of Edward
~. in England, the parliament had to pass a law
regulating the length of shoes. Some OF them
were made so long as to be dangerous. Princes
sometimes wore them even two feet in length,
with the ends stuffed out with straw. One worthy
Scotch king doubled his back and attached the
points to his belt. But of course that style was In
vogue before the days of trolley cars.
Then, II the next generation when the law pre-
vented long, pointed shoes, they began to broaden
and this continued until they had to pass another
law to stop the broadening. It was at about this
time and later that choppines came In! These
were high supports under the soles, lifting the
wearers some six or eight inches nearer the clouds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Public Creduiity.

After making full allowance for the
Increased spending power Of the
masses, figures prove ~conclusively that
Notwithstanding the wide diffusion OF
knowledge, the spread Of education
and the raising Of the standard Of in
telligence among the people, the ap-
peal of the quack and the charlatan
to the credulity of the public meets
with a reader response than ever
London Hospital.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Good Thinu to Know,

Those who traverse the alkali plains
Of the west and inhabit the sand blown
regions of Texas, find daily need for q
reliable eye salve. They never drug the
eye, but simply appl. externally, the
staple, DR.. Mitchell's Eye Salve. 1t is
we'll to know that Mitchell's Eye Salve
|. on sale here also. Price rs cents.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Don't BE Irritable.

IAN irritated skin makes an irri.
table person, and ar irritable person
gathers much trouble unto himself or
herself, as the case may be. Moral:
Use Hunts Cure, one box of which is
absolutely and unqualifedly guaran-
teed to cure any form of skin trouble.
Any kind of itching known is relieved
at once, and one box cures"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Poor Old Bird.

Pop docking up from the .paper)-
[ see there's a new baby hippOpotamus
at the zoo. What are you laughing
at, Johnnie?
Johnnie (who is almost as bright
as he looks)I was JUS laughin' to
think of the stork carryin' a %hipperpot-
amus!-Exchange.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Briduet's Beatitudes,

Blessed is the toast remaining from
breakfast. Cover it with hot mot boil
ing) water and flavor with sugar and
a bit of nutmeg. Serve in bowls for
the children's lunch.
Blessed is the clean apron always
kept handy for the guest who insists
upon helping with the dishes.
Blessed are the tiny inside leaves Of
orange peeling. For a change in fla
voring buildings, etc., CRATE them and
use instead of extracts.
Blessed are tiny inside leaves Of
cabbage; they take the place of let
tuce in garnishtng.
Blessed are the scraps of cookies
and broken bits Of cake. Line frappe
cups with them and fill with whipped
cream or the beaten while Of egg
Sweeten and serve for dessert.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Morninn Tonic.

The duty of the young man toward his future
self is the greatest duty that he has. It is greater
than his duty to parents, friends or society, for
it includes all these. We should so live that our
future selves shall have nothing to reproach us
for. Keep clean, keep the body clean from vice,
from drink, from drugs Keep the mind clean.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Succeeded in His Purnose.

Toni ate some Of the cake she
made just to make myself solid.
Dick-Did you succeed?
Toni couldn't feel any more solid
II 1 had eaten concrete or building
stone-Utica Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Snipe with Mushrooms,

Boil the livers of a brace of snipe
ten minutes. Chop with two ounces
butter, a dash of onion, and pep
per, a crate or two of nutmeg, an
ounce of bread crumbs and four large
mushrooms, minced.
Stuff the birds with this and roast,
basting often. Serve with mushroom
sauce.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
The fact remains-these

The fact remafns-thesl
meSSeS queer,
Aren't what they're all cracked up tt
be;
Now do you know what I prefer?
Plain noodle is the soup for me.
Take any stock; add onions. carrots,
And don't neglect to season well,
Put noodles in-your soup will have
Delicious SAVIOR. taste and smell.
So while my national sons shall be
America" and Yankee Doodle"
I'll fill the cup and drink it up
To that good sour we christen, noodle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
A PIERCING Motive.

THAT farmers wife certainly does
stick her boarders."
VERY likely; it's her pin money
Baltimore American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14

A farmer naturally wants the earth
In his business, for without it he
couldn't do q thing.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
FoR THE LADY OR the Aurn.

Expressman-I don't know whether
this comes here. The address is in
distinct.
Housemaid-I guess it's all right.
It's either a new tire for the auto, or
q new hat for the missus!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
|ZgKTfGHEN
II CAKE.

NFNH HE guests are gone-th'
GS church Is like
Ktd\ Some banquet hall de-
neXX/NI serted;
E.XNwN The rice is thrown, the
~GNSAA bridesmaids with
M!WAN The ushers July flirted.
TMdL "What did she wear? How
M IHI(O did she look?
NIX And oh, for PHYS sake
kV Do tell us how her mother
MIN made
NNMNC That lovely wedding
Ny On. . :.. .. butter. . >,
flour,
Cream them both to-
gether,
Then beat the whites of twelve fresh eggs
AS light as any feather
Three spoons of baking powder,
With a cup of cornstarch stirred,
To three cups more Of flour, and
Lastly, so I've heard.
While with the oven moderate
She slipped the brides cake in,
The bride herself was humming low
The strains of Lohengrin.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
Hicks capudine Cures Headache,

Whether from colds, heat, stomach OF
nervous roubles. No AcetaniIid or dam
gerous drugs. It's liquid and acts imme.
diately. Trial bottle loo. Regular 25c and
soc at all druggists. ~
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
T5NoE K@s%m
|HMSzzSM2xxA1gE

forth way back in the third century
preaching Christianity in the day
time and making shoes at night.
Some said he stole the leather, while
others declared that he got it from
heaven. The former assertion was
probably instigated by the less
sanity cObblers, for st. Crispin sold
his shoes very cheap.
The shoe trade had quite a high
station in the old days. George
EQY tho fret of tho OuaEorc uac
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14
HIS PREFERENCE.

BOUT his clear, strong
cOnSomme,
The F'renchman makes
a boaStful fuss;
lola Podrida" Spaniards
praise,
The Arabs call their
soup, "Cus-Cus."
Up in the bonnie High
lands, they
Are very fond of barley
broth,
But Sneer and call 1t
mutton stew"
Your canny Scotchman
will be wroth.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-14

OF many cobblers of the
present day know that they
have a patron saint, but
they have. Saint Crispin
was his name and he held
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-04-24

GERMAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH-Saobath school 10 a. M; Preach
ing service II a. M; Epworth League 1850 p.
M; Catechism, Saturdays. o'clock p. m.
Those who understand the German language
are cordially invited. g. S. ROeder, pastor.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-04-24
BUSINESS BRIEFS.

For Sale-Good gasoline boat,
practically new. Inquire of Henry
Reiniger, Rathdrum, Idaho. A17-24p.
For Sale-Good 2-seated top car
riage.-L. e. Kirkpatrick.
Complete line of garden Hose, noz-
zles and Sprinklers at Klopf's.
Anyone wanting stock pastured
call on or address Wan. Fisch. Rath-
drum, Ida. A3-24p.
For Sale-Hatching eggs, full
blood Plymouth Rock, $l.25 per
setting or plain eggs exchanged for
that amount. Mountain View Hotel.
APP. l-30p.
Home made sausages specially at
Seigloch's. Ham, bacon. and lard.
fish and game in season.
| Anyone having hauling to do or
gardens to pillow, remember the jot
wagon. Melvin Morris. 4 t +
For sale-Full-blooded Jersey bull,
subject to registry. L. J. Young,
Rathdrum. Ml3tf
For Sale-Lot and building In
Brownies addition, also driving mare
weight about 1000 lbs. Lester Harris
Mar27 A24 p
For all kinds of fresh meats call a.
y. A. Seigloch's-Rathdrum Mea
company.
For Sale-Hatching eggs from Sin
gle comb Black Minorcas, thorobred
SO cents setting. H. ions, 4 miles
east of Rathdrum, Ida. Apr3-M. lie
For Sale-Busipess corner lot OF
Main street, size 30x70. Inquire a
this office. t
For Sale Thoroughbred Barred
Plymoth Rock eggs $1.50 for Is.
Apr 10 tt Mrs. H. L. Bradley.
Fol Sale:-Full-blood Barred Ply
mouth Rock Matching Eggs, a settin,
soc. Gust Lange, Echo Ranch, Fisl
lake. A10.24]
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-04-24
Local PaIaQraphs.

vV"A "s)a"f"os
Rathdrum lodge No. Al. A. F.
& A. NJ, held a special meeting
last Wednesday evening.
The Easter supper served by
the Woman's Relief Corps last
Saturday evening was a success,
socially and financially. The re-
ceipts of the supper and apron sale
were $47.5o.
Rathdrum now has better mail
facilities than ever. Besides the
Northern Pacific, it now has two
mails day each way on the Idaho
& Washington Northern thus
afording very speedy mail COM
munication between here and Spo-
kane and Spirit Lake.
The rain last Friday prevented
the arbor day program from being
carried out at the city park as out
lined. A number of people were
present in the afternoon and
busted themselves setting posts
for the fence which is to enclose
the tract.
The Rathdrum team, with a
pickup nine, played its first base
ball game of the season at Hauser
last Sunday and lost by score Of
S tot. A lineup has been per-
fected this week and a game ar
ranged with Athol for Sunday
afternoon on the local diamond.
Sunday morning at the German
M. E. Church the pastor will
preach from the text: Eye have
not passed this way heretofore. !"
At 1890 in the evening program
consisting of Rotations, vocal and
instrumental music, etc. will be
rendered by the young people.
Easter exercises were held at
the churches by the Sunday
schools last Sunday. The pro-
gram at the Presbyterian church
was given in the morning, over 90
members of the Sunday school be-
ing present. The exercises in the
M. E. church took place in the
evening and were largely attended.
Over 1870 children were present
there. The day was also fittingly
observed by services at the Ger
man Methodist church and the
Roman Catholic church.
At a meeting of the school board
Monday evening Superintendent
G. w. Spoerry of the Rathdrum
schools was re. elected. The pro-
lessor has been here nearly four
years and his reelection is a re-
cognition of the high standard oil
of efficiency he has maintained
The board also elected two teach.
ers both for the primary depart
ment-Miss Lillian Pennington
of Ceur d'Alene and Miss Minnie
Berry of Rathdrum. 1t is under
stood that all places in the faculty
for next year will be filled in {
short time.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-04-24

J. G. Koch and family have moved
into their new home which is nearing
completion.
John w. Smith Of Allerton, Iowa,
father Of Deputy Assessor j. w.
Smith, arrived last Saturday morning
and will spend the summer In Rath-
drum.
Loren Garsage of Ohio, who re.
Gently came here with his family, has
purchased the farm OF J. G.. Thomas
near here, and is putting in crop.
The deal was made through Joseph
Shaner.
Philip Ssulen, professor in the
University Of Idaho, was 10 Rath-
drum last Saturday, in the interest
of the university. He was very
favorably impressed with the we'll
equipped laboratory and gymnasium
Of the local high school.
A. A. Sage Of Athol was 10 Rath-
drum Tuesday and made arrange
ments for giving treatments with the
Moorfleld Steam bath in the annex of
the Mountain View hotel three days
Of each week. Read his ad which
appears elsewhere in this paper.
Miss Minnie Baker of Spokane
Deaconess hospital will be at the NJ.
e. church Sunday morning and even
ing. In the evening she will use
stereoptican views illustrating her
work.
Mrs. Richard Ware and Mrs. Lake
received dispatch from Gooding,
southern Idaho, yesterday morning,
announcing the death at that place
of their sister, Mrs. f. L. Furcht,
who formerly resided in Rathdrum.
Mrs. Ware departed at once for Good
ing.
Wanted-Fresh Jersey mich cow
Inquire of L. A. Larsen, Ra thdrum
Rev. F. Oppermann of Spokane
WASH. will preach in German at the
Adventist church of Rathdrum, April
Goth at 1890 a. m. He represents
the German Evangelical Synod oil
Noble. America. 1t is the same
church as the state church of Ger.
many. All Germans are invited tt
come.
3. +. Bourn, of Rathdrum, secre
tary of the Silver-Lead Company, wa.
Metaline visitor the past week, re
turning from the Lead City Saturday
Mr.. Bourn reports considerable &C
, tivity at Metaline, and with tn
| development work that has beer
accomplished and the building o
concentrators this famous camp is a
last coming into its own.-Newpor
Miner.
e DR.. and Mrs. William Smedley o
: Denver, Colo, who have been TO
I some time in California, are tn
/. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Oh
ney and DR.. and Mrs. H. 1. Parr, /
= the Vallamont. DR.. and Mrs. Smed
, ley left this morning for days visi
to an old friend of the doctor j
Rathdrum, whom he had not seen fo
: 40 years, but with whom he ha
II corresponded during the whole G
d that time.-Spokane Chronicle, Apr
II.
D. W. Culp enjoyed a visit las
a week from DIR. VIM. Smedley.
Denver, Colo, an old friend whom b
had not seen for 40 years. The doc
'e tor and Mrs. Smedley were making
L tour of the northwest and stoppe
:. over In Rathdrum Friday and Satul
y day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Culp an
family. DR.. Smedley and Mr.. Gu
d crossed the great plains by ox-tea'
It from the east to the Pacific coast
d 1863, and together they recalle
5. many exciting incidents Of the lor