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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
To Eat or Not to Eat?

That much mooted question, wheth-
er the wives of the members of the
cabinet shall serve refreshments on
their days at home crops up as sure
ly as the season comes around. The
pros. and cons are discussed and al.
ways the debate ends in a do as you
please 1t saves IN endless amount
of trouble to do without refreshments,
but the lack of seeming hospitality is
painful to some hostesses and they
are willing to undertake the eating"
of the crowd and so earn the right to
laugh at many amusing incidents that
always follow the rush to the re
remembers Washington "befo' the
wah" and through the Cleveland ad.
ministration will show open disapprov-
al at the offer of "a cup Of tea" in
stead of salad and punch.
But the capital has grown ever
since the days when the late William
c. Whitney vas secretary of the navy
and provided champagne and terra,
pin for Mrs. Whitney's callers on
Wednesdays, and when Mrs. John G,
Carlisle offered hot biscuits and home
made salad with the hospitality of
Kentucky. Such a provision of food
would be impossible now. 1t would
be like turning ones house into a res
taurant except for the receipts. So it
remains to be seen what January will
bring forth. for the official receptions
will not begin until after the new
year, although all of the m of the
cabinet circle and many of the wives
of senators will receive informally on
their days for their particular friends.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
And he told him to eat till he was
through.

And he told him to eat till he was
through.
And the tramp he ate, and stuffed and
stuffed,
And chewed and chanked and
stuffed some more;
And of cider he drank a bar'l or so,
And of goose he continued to eat
galore.
From morn till noon-from noon till
night
He ate and drank, and the cheer
was his;
He lost nc time in telling his yarn,
But strictly attended to what was
biz.
When night had come, with the hens
at roost,
The farmer old with the merciful
heart;
He threw out hints that twas time to
go,
And said he was sorry with friends
to part.
He limited some more-unheeded his
words
He rose and bent over his guest Of
the snow:
And he found him as dead as a nail
in the door.
He had gone in the way ev'ry
tramp wants to go.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Seek Proper Championship

Life's best school is living with PEG
pie. Living alone nourishes much
that is not good and beautiful In hu
man nature. 1t promotes selfishness
1t gives s~elf-conceit an undue oppor
tunity for growth and development
II permits us TO do too much as W,
please, which is bad training for any
one of us. One can never grow into
rue nobleness of character, sweetness!
Of disposition and beauty OF life livini
In solitude.-J. X. Miller.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Blaming the Teeth.

1t is to the teeth that the patholo
gist should first look for an explana
ton Of those emotional crises in the
lives of all Of us which assume now
the form of an exaggeration of the sen
timent of romantic love, again an in
classification Of insomnia, and some
times a development of religious sensi
bility to the boundary line of mania
If Current Literature may be trusted
Not only is toothache the cause, but
disease of a dental nature involving
no pain whatever to the victim works
its havoc and leads men and women
to Warehouses and domestic miseries
and every kind of excess.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
She Was There.

A New York man recently wrote to
a lawyer in another town asking for
information touching the standing Of
a person there who had owed him a
considerable sum OF money for a long
time. what property has he that |
could attach?" was n OF the ques-
ion asked. The lawyers reply was
to the roint. THE person 10 whom
O refer" he wrote. died a year
ago. He has left nothing subject to
attachment except a widow"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
A Break-D DOWN.

That dog of yours" said Tete de
Veau, "looks thoroughly tagged. Have
you had him out hunting?"
L'Oignon, shaking his head, patted
the animal compassionately.
NO" said he. my wife took him
on a Christmas shopping trip and he
has been off his feed ever since. He's
a young dog, you know, and not good
for more than forty or fifty miles a
day"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Thought u Time.

Emily (playing "house"0-Now. IN
be mamma and you'll be papa. and
little Ben and Bessie will be our ba.
bies.
Willie latter a moment, anxiously)
Amt 1t about time TO whip the chill
dren?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
They Stuck to II.

They were discussing the fragility
OF New Year swear-offs.
"And. yet" said L'Oignon. 81 know
personally eleven pampered million
aires who swore off at the beginning
OF 1908. and who are still firm 10
their oath"
Come. come" speered Tete de
Veau. impossible. And what did they
swear Off"
Their personal property tax" said
L'Oignon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
The U~nattainabie.

You never want the thing you can
afford with half the passionate long
Ing with which you yearn for that
which is beyond your means.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Not Clear.

Doctor latter examining baby
The child needs a mustard plaster"
- Young Mother-"Yes, doctor-ex-
ternally or internally"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31

No man can think we'll OF himself
who does not think we'll Of others.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
The Real Christmas Spirit,

The Real Christmas Spirit.
The real Christmas spirit Is pos
sessed by the man, woman or child
who. having received a poor little gift,
treasures 1t because it was all the
sender could afford to give.
The Washington times., 1908-06-28
Veteran of Valley Forge.

He was one Of those who passed
through the terrible experience of
the winter camp at Valley Forge.
While engaged at Yorktown, under
the immediate command of Cen
eral Washington. he was severely
wounded in an assault upon the
British works
The interest of the soldier in
military affairs did not end with
his discharge from the army, as is
shown by the fact that in 1893 he
was commissioned as a lieutenant
Of grenadiers.
Of all his service, however. the
veteran seemed to take the great
est pride in that Of his drummer
boy days. He had been permitted
TO retain the drum which he had
used, and which had sounded the
alarm or the charge on so many
fields, and only a few years before
his death had made from one Of
the heads a pocketbook, and this is
still in the possession of one of his
great-grandsons.
The soldier was first married to
Miss Hannah Perkins, on October
20, 1855, but she died February 6.
1900, and on June 10 following he
was married 10 Miss Rhoda Sperry.
who became the mother of Miss
Thompson The mother died on
August Is. 1928, and the soldier
himself on June 16. 1929, at the age
Of sixty-eight.
The Washington times., 1908-06-28

II of the Revolution. After
the lapse of so long a
time it seems almost incredible
that there are those living whose
fathers were active participants
with General Washington when the
young nation planted the flag on
the British works at Yorktown. 1t
is true, there are but few of them
left-only four-so far as the rec
ords of the General Government
disclose These four are in fact
as well as in name real daughters
of the Revolution, and they have
lived to see the development Of
the colonies for the independence
Of which their fathers fought into
the greatest Republic on earth, en-
bracing within its territory the ISL
ands Of the tropics and the frozen
waters Of the Arctic.
Miss Rhoda Augusta Thompson.
Of Woodbury.. Conn. is one of the
four surviving daughters of the
Revolution. She is now in her
eighty-seventh year. \ daughter
of Thad6eus and Rhoda Thompson,
she was born at Woodstock. Ulster
county. \. Y. Her parents were
married June 10, 1900 Her moth
er'S maiden name was Sperry, and
she is a relative of the Hon. n. D.
Sperry. a Representative in Con-
gress from Connecticut. Thaddeus
Thompson, the father, was born at
Woodbridge, then a parish of New
Haven. being q descendant Of An
thony Thompson, one of the first
settlers of New Haven, and a
signer OF the Davenport compact
IN 1887.
When a mere hoy Mr.. Thompson
cast his lot With the colonies in
their struggle for independence,
cnlisting in the American army as
a drummer boy. Later, May 20,
1777. he enlisted in Capt. Jonathan
Browns company, Second. or New
York Artillery, and served therein
until discharged as a ''bOmbardier"
in June, 1883. For his service he
wss awarded a certificate Of
The Washington times., 1908-06-28
Working for Fathers Memory.

Miss Thompson is a woman of
extensive reading. and has always
manifested much interest in all
matters pertaining to the Amer
lean Revolution, and besides being
a real daughter, she is a mem
Der of the D. \. Z. organization,
her membership being with the
Miliscant Chapter, of Waterbury,
Conn. She is also an honorary
The Washington times., 1908-06-28

member Of the Connecticut Sons
of the Revolution. At the present
tinse her interest and efforts are.
directed toward raising a fund,
with the hid of her nieees and
nephews, for the erection Of a me-
mortal tablet to her father, to be
placed IN the Washington Memo
rial Chapel at Valley Forge, he be-
ing entitled to this distinction.
Miss Thompson is a member OF
the Episcopal Church, and not Ta-
frequently Is taken in her chair TO
attend services. As might be ex-
pect7d, her manner of life is sim
pie. In April, 1905, she suffered
partial stroke of paralysis, but her
mental faculties are unimpaired,
The Washington times., 1908-06-28

honor and one of Miss Thomp-
sons most priced possessions is
his discharge, bearing the sigma
ture Of General Washington.
The Washington times., 1908-06-28
MS RhOda Augusta ThOmpson, Of W .odbuEy. conn

FTER 1872 years of\Amer-
lean independence, there
remain REAL daughters
Of the Revolution. After
The Washington times., 1908-06-28

, Signed by General wsshingtoa-
ard served as a private in Bliss
company Of Connecticut militia,
Colonel Ledyard's regiment He
enlisted July L, 1777. and was dis
Continued on Seventh Page)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-16
SIPS Black Taffeta Silk &c yard

Yard wide black tafeta silk, good heavy quality with
soft lustrous finish bargain at the regular price IN
For this sale every fourth yard ~
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-16
75c White Jap Silk &c yard

So inch white Jap Silk this is the best wash silk that
We have in stock, makes good dresses and waists. M
For this sale every 4th yard will be. ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24

Of wooden sidewalks and frame
houses-of oil lamps and can.
dies = of houses without gas
light and of street cars with
out cushions and without mod
ern straps for passengers. The
winters were severe and good
heat had been q long.felt want,
when John NJ. Smyth. Co., to
make everybody comfortable,
introduced tho Favorite Base
burner, tho above picture rep
resenting the 6rst car load con-
signmsnt to the old store On W. 1adi-
son Street. The demand for II became
q furore, like government land-grab-
bling. The mansions Of the present
loop district discarded their furnaces for
It, and It got to DO felt - q privation
for any dwelling to BE- without one.
Cottages were enlarged and one room
addition made to log cabins to lot It In.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24

forty succeeding years, 1t must
have been apretty good heater,
to have caught on that way,
otherwise, instead Of forty
years, such demand for II
wouldn't have lasted forty
days. Il 10 hard to deprive .
good thing Of a good name. and
II always had, and has to-day,
tho name Of being tho best
uss-heating device ever In
vented, whether for comfort
or for gorgeous ornamentation.
And among lingering homo memo
Tiss, how II fingers TO old settlers
and the last two generations Of
people who, In childhood, played
In IT. warmth and were dazzlsd BY
IT. splsndor, Ito associations blend
with those Of the ancestral portraits
on the wall, and win last while LIE
enduyes.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24

vided by John
M. Smyth Co.
was that Of q
good house heat
or. It was In
the Chicago Of a
former ago, when
conditions were
primitive-no
palaces, no gilt
tering bouie-
wards, no park
gardens, no tele-
phones-the age
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24

q Favortte along
tho avenues or
laboring through
quagmires and
over n q 70 W
turnpikes to tho
outlying homes,
was one of tho
familiar street
seen es of the
pc riod. And,
as a like scene
has continued
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24

Of furnishing over a mil
lion homes, one of the
home comforts early pro-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24
InTheir Worlds RecOrdFeat

The continuous autumn
spectacle of the old-style
Smyth wagons depositing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-24

sumption of fuel ant
are of the very pures|
absolutely air tight.
and very brilliant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
SHEEP IN THE ORCHARD.
One Farmer Who Thinks They Give
Him Good Crops of Apples.

Il think one great reason why my
orchard has done so well is because 1
have let my sheep run in it a good
deal"
The old man that said this always
has the best fruit and the most of it
of any man in his neighborhood. Many
years when his neighbors would al
most fail of having any fruit, his or
chard would have a plentiful supply.
Take it this year, for example.
Throughout the entire county there is
a marked scarcity of apples. But this
mans trees are well loaded. He will
have a little fortune from his fruit.
There is a great deal of sense in his
belief that the sheep have done his
orchard good, writes E. L. Vincent in
Farmers Review. All through the
spring and fall after the apples are
out of the way, he pastures the sheep
in the orchard. They pick up any small
or wormy fruit that may have been
left on the ground. They leave the
richest kind Of manure all over the
earth. They keep the weeds down and
altogether cultivate the orchard as it
could not otherwise be.
We fail, fellow farmers, by not Civ
ing our orchards better treatment.
They are starving. Take many or
chards and you will see great patches
of moss on the ground. The branches
are many of them dead or dying. The
earth is covered with grass or weeds
that provide the best possible harbor
for enemies of the trees. How can
we expect to get much fruit? The
wonder is that we get as much as
we do.
Sheep like to run under trees. The
orchard is almost the ideal place fol
them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE.
Practically understandable During Period
Of Missouri's History.

However scarce money may be at
times at the present." said an old Mis-
sourian, "the Oldest inhabitants will
recall when it was almost unobtain-
able and other commodities had to be
used as media of exchange. The
VOLTS scalp was worth a dollar be-
cause it was a state bounty upon the
death of a wolf, and venison hams
and deer skins also had a purchasing
value. Skins of the fur bearers were
likewise abundant and valuable. When
the first sheriff of Audrain county, in
1887, went to Jefferson City to deliver
the county revenue, he met an old
friend on the way who, needing
money, wanted to borrow the actual
coin part of the county's revenue. The
good-hearted sheriff lent it to him and
went on to the capital and delivered
only the scalps. By the time of the
next settlement the loan was repaid
and the sheriff made his next settle
ment complete. No note or other OBJ
legation than the mere word was
given. Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
FATTENINe HOGS.
Make Selections Early and Push the
Feeding as Rapidly as Possible.

The fattening Of hogs begins at the
time you decide which will be the
ones to 60 If they are we'll started
from birth, with plenty OF feed neces-
sary for the development of bone and
muscle building, then the fattening
process may be reserved until the
last eight weeks before selling. After
weaving they should be allowed milk
with middlings, and if confined, a cut
ting of germ clover % alfalfa while it
may be had. One of the family who
lives near a brewery has found that
warm separated milk mixed with malt
Is an excellent feed for the pigs dur
ing the growing season, and no grain
Is necessary until ready to finish for
the market With me, milk and mid
dlings and occasionally a little bran
mixed with green alfalfa has formed
the ration.
| keep salt and ashes before them,
as well as a box of charcoal. During
the winter when no green food is to
be had, says a writer in Orange Judd
Farmer, feed once a day some silage,
Just what they will eat up clean, and
they seem to relish it very much.
The value of alfalfa hay with the
corn feed the last six weeks is not
fully known, yet it will cause a gain
OF one and one-half pounds a day,
which is more than any other ration l
have ever known. The Nebraska ex-
pertinent station has made some very
interesting experiments along this
line, with remarkable results, and de-
clares in favor of alfalfa hay with corn
as the most economical and profitable
OF course, 1 have no other hay, but
know the hogs eat is greedily, either
dry or green, and 1t keeps them in
perfect condition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
aABYs ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re-
Ileve Hm-But Cuticura Remedies
a Speedy, Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each of
which gave us something different
every time, but nothing brought relief.
At last, one of our friends recommend
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. A few days afterwards i'm
provement could be noted. Since then
we have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured. All that we used was one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti-
cura Ointment, costing in all s1.25. G.
F. Kara, 94S East 65th Street, New
York, March 80, 1906"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
ash HORSES AND ATHLETICS.
climate Of Emerald Isle Seems to
Strengthen Strain.

The history of horses, especially Of
,boroughbreds, goes to prove that
.orts of Ireland and Australia are the
Sorv best cradles for horse breeding
,r either Europe or elsewhere, with
rroland as the second best, perhaps
The equal. The suggestion has been
thrown out that the secret lies in a
lime subsoil The reason for the sup
nosition is a little obscure. The pres
emf writer has found that cartridges
bred on such soil are heavier and
stronger and, it seems, fly faster than
others, but 1t is hardly an analogy
that can be applied to the horse
There are other curious anagolies. 1t
has long been noticed that the best
high Jumpers among human athletes,
even when the scene of their feats is
America. are of Irish descent. 1t is
not less certain that the best jumpers
among horses, especially a large per
centage at Continental concours, de
rive their origin from Ireland, with
Australia and England as occasional
rivals. From the statistics emerges
strong presumptive evidence that the
climate even more than the breeding
skili tends to strengthen the strain
London Outlook
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
ETIQUETTE OF THE PUNCH.
Matter That is Sometimes a Difficult
Thing to Decide.

To punch or not to punch is one OF
the most difficult questions in life.
There is an etiquette of punching, but
It does not always help man much
when the contingency arises and he
is forced to decide on the spur Of the
moment whether he will or not. When
the lie is given or certain opprobious
epithets are personally applied eli
quette calls for a punch. This is sup
posed to be the irreducible minimum
of punching, without the use of which
no man can go through life holding his
head erect. Beyond this irreducible
minimum a man may suit his taste,
his disposition and his temper In the
use of his fist, within certain limits,
without violating the proprieties or
mourning disapproval as bully. There
are many optional punches, SO to
speak, on which the world looks with
approval besides these two compul-
sorry punches. The punch chivalrous,
for instance, the weapon Of modern
knight errantry, in defense of the dis
tressed maids and matrons is of the
optional but approved sort.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
Pared and Baked AnpIes.

Peel and core large, firm apples,
Put in a baking pan, fill the centers
with sugar, put bit of butter in the
center Of the sugar, pour a cupful Of
boiling water about the apples, cover
and bake until tender, basting occa-
sionally If the fruit seems dry. I'm
cover and brown slightly. Transfer
to dish, put the pan of juice on the
top of the stove, add to it little gran
ulated sugar and a dash of cinnamon
and boil up once, then pour over the
apples. Set away until cool, then put
right on the ice. Serve very cold
with cream.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
PLEASANT SUMNER.
Right Food the Cause.

A Wis. woman says;
81 was run down and weak, troubled
with nervousness and headache lor INC
last six years. The least excitement
would make me nervous and cause
severe headache.
"This summer 1 have been eating
Grape-Nuts regularly and feel better
than for the six past years.
81 am not troubled with headacne
and nervousness, and weigh more than
ever have before in my life. gained
lbs. in one week.
Name given by Postum Co., Battie
crock Mich. Read the book, The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
"There's a Reason,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
MARK TWAIN's RENTED CAT.
Humorist Furnishes Something for
Scrbes to Puzzle Over.

Mark Twain, as is his custom, hides
himself during the summer from the
head hunters, those persons seeking
autographs, photographs, or inter-
views. This year he selected Tuxedo
Park as his retreat, renting an old
colonial house until the latter part of
September, when he returned to his
New York home. There, during the
heated days, Mr.. Clemens wandered
about the country byways or spent
the time in various shady hooks in
his grounds.
A visitor who succeeded in discov-
ering his whereabouts found the great
author in his famous suit of white
flannels, seated under a tree petting
kitten.
where did you get it?" queried the
friendly intruder.
For moment there was a twinkle
In the aged humorist's eyes; it was
succeeded by a solemn look as he re-
piled: 81 rent it from a neighbor.
You see, 1 cannot afford a cat--not
even young one"
Subsequent inquiry proved at least
the first part of Mr.. Clemens state.
ment to be true. He had actually
rented the kitten for the summer sea
son. What does he pay for it? No
body knows what Mark Twain pays
for anything. All the world is inter
ested only in what Mark Twain is
paid.-The Sunday Magazine.
.- Eni1r rIrn a. nIrnInr
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-07
THE FACULTIES OF JUSTICE.
Blind, Perhaps, But No Reasonable
Proof of Deafness Also.

Judge Harlan, who lives up on the
hill, was a passenger on a Fourteenth
street car the other day and was seat
ed next to a couple of clerks who were
deeply interested in some discussion,
which caused one of them to raise his
voice to quite high pitch, says the
Washington Star. This appeared to
make the other man rather cautious,
as he glanced warily around to see
If any one was listening to the talk
of his friend. At this moment he dis
covered the presence of the dignitied
Justice and turning hastily to his loud
talking comrade, he said: For
heavens sake, lower your voice; you
may have heard that justice is blind
but that doesn't necessarily mean
that it's deaf also" Whether Judge
Harlan heard the remark it is i'm
possible to state, yet, all the same, a
calm smile fitted over his face at
the conclusion of the young fellows
admonition to his friend.