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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
$40 TO HOLD BABY A MINUTE.
Father Pays High for Caress and
Wife Later Has Him Arrested.

Pittsburg, Pa.--Forty dollars a min
ute was the price paid by Frederick
Leonard for the privilege OF holding
his own child in his arms, according
to a statement he made in court.
Leonard is the husband of Rev. Mrs.
Mary f. Leonard, of the Free Meth
odist church, and he was brought in
to court by his wife on charge OF
nonsupport.
I'VE have a little baby that |
haven't seen for months Leonard
said 81 got 80 hungry for a sight OF
the little fellow that one day trav'
eled to East Liverpool, o., where my
wife had gone to conduct services.
offered her all the money | had with
me, $40, If she would put the baby In
my arms. The child was brought
out, | paid over the money, the baby
was placed in my arms and In a min
ute's time 1t was snatched away again
by my Wife"
The court ordered Leonard to pay
his wife three dollars week.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
CHAPTER ".
A Voice from the Lake

y voice from the Lake.
ran to the window and peered out
into the night The wood through
which we had approached the house
seemed to encompass it. The branches
of a great tree brushed the panes.
was Juggling at the fastening of the
window when became aware of Bates
at my elbow.
Did something happen, sir?"
His unbroken calm angered me.
Some one had fired at me through a
window and | had narrowly escaped
being shot. / resented the unconcern
with which this servant accepted the
situation.
Nothing worth mentioning. Some
body tried to assassinate me, that s
all" | said, in voice that failed to be
calmly ironical | was still fumbling
at the catch of the window.
ALLOW me, sir,"-and he threw up
the sash with an ease that increased
my irritation.
| leaned out and tried to find some
clue to my assallant. Bates opened
another window and surveyed the dark
landscape with me.
at was a shot from without, was
it, sir?"
"Of course it was; you didn't sup
pose / shot at myself, did you?"
He examined the broken pane and
picked up the bullet from the table.
Its a rifle ball, | should say
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
AGED MAN A WElGHT-LlFTER.
Fitzpatrick, a Modern Samson, Has
Never Had His Hair Cut.

Maple Falls, Wash-rhe sporting
young men of Maple Falls are trying
to get up match for strong men, and
they want to back John Fitzpatrick, OF
this place, against all corners.
Fitzpatrick is rs years of age and
can handle a barrel of salt weighing
270 pounds with as much ease as he
would if it were kit of mackerel.
He plays with a 150-pound weight
tossing it up and catching 1t, and can
carry a good sized man about with the
ease of woman carrying a baby. One
of the latest feats of the old man was
at the Yakima county fair, when on a
wager he picked up from the ground .
granite boulder which tipped the
scales at $50 pounds, He carried the
oblong stone 40 feet to wagon and
placed it on the wagon unassisted.
Fitzpatrick thinks he is the strong.
est man living, and laughs when his
old age is referred to. He argues that
any man can be powerful and health
full if the hair be permitted to grow
He attributes his own great strength
and his health to early rising and the
fact that his hair has never been
shorn.
The old man says he would like tG
challenge any man to feats of strength
providing he does not have to leave
his homestead for more than day, as
he is trying to prove up on 16O-acrs
tract he has settled on.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
RANKS NAvfEs OF THE WORLD
Report Puts England First and Amer
lea Second in Tonnage.

Washington.-An interesting state
ment showing the relative order OF
warship tonnage Of the principal pow
ers has been compiled at the office OF
naval intelligence, which Is intended
as an answer to frequent inquiries OF
societies and persons throughout the
country, who have manifested an in.
terest In the maintenance Of the navy
and its relative strength and impor-
lance.
The statement shows that according
to the tonnage of to-day Great Britain
leads the world with a tonnage OF
1,633.116, the United States following
with a tonnage of ell ,616, France third
with a tonnage of 609,079, Germany
fourth with a tonnage OF 529,032,
Japan next with tonnage OF 374,7Ol,
and Russia Italy and Austria follow
ing in the order named.
However, were the war vessels
building by the various nations now
completed. the United States would be
third in the list with tonnage of 771,-
1858, following closely France, which
would be second with tonnage OF
S36.112 and Great Britain the leader
with tonnage of 1,S21,610, The other
naval powers would stand in the same
relative position as they do with their
tonnage of to-day, although each
would show very substantial III.
crease.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
TO SAVE HUDSON SCENERY.
National Park Nav Be Created tc
Take in Historic Places.

New York.-A movement has beer
started here to preserve the most pic.
turesque of the Hudson river scenery
by the creation of a national park.
The section which it is sought to in
clude is that known as the Highlands
of the Hudson and takes in the ia
nous mountains, Storm King Grove
Nest and Dunderberg.
The reasons for making this a ma
tional enterprise are that West Point
and Iona island with the large reser
yations controlled by the government
lie within the boundaries of the pro
posed park and that 1t is a region
which teens with historic interest
and revolutionary memories.
A number of the wealthy and inhu-
entail summer residents of the terri.
cory, which takes in the estates of j.
Pierpont Morgan, James Stillman,
5tuyyesant Fish and other million
aires. have interested themselves in
the project and ii has been brought tc
the attention of President Roosevelt.
who has given it his approval. If the
park is created it will put an end to
Ill possibility of defacing what many
writer's and travellers have declared
to be the most attractive river
scenery in the world. In the case of
the Palisades, farther down the river,
the spoliation had progressed so far
as to injure their beauty before the
state interviewed to prevent their de
| Strnctinn
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

open behind me. The respectful,
mournful voice of Bates announced:
There's a bite ready for you, sir
followed him through the hall to a
small high-walnscoted room where a
table was simply set.
This Is what Mr.. Glenarm caileu
the refectory. He took his own meais
here. The library was the main thlng
with him. He never lived to finish the
house,-more's the pity, sir. He would
have made something very handsome
of 1t If he'd had a few years more. But
he hoped, sir, that you'd see it com
pleted. The work was near his heart'
sir"
Yes, to be sure replied.
He brought cold fowl and salad
and produced bit of stilton OF I'M
mistakable authenticity.
Il trust the ale is cooled to your Tx
ing. It's your grandfathers faVorite'
if may say it, sir"
I liked the fellows HUMILITY he
served me with a grave Difference ana
an accustomed hand. Candles IN crys-
tai holders shed an agreeable hght
upon the table; the room was snug ana
comfortable. and hickory logs IN a
small fireplace cracked cheerily' II
my grandfather had designed 10 punish
me, with loneliness as his weapon, MS
shade, If it lurked near me, must nave
been grievously disappointed hau
often eaten my bread alone, and
found a pleasure in the quiet OF the
strange. unknown house. There stole
over me. too. the satisfaction that !
Eas at last obeying a wish OF my
fandfather's; that was doing some
fing he would have me do. | was
buched by the traces everywhere Oh
his interest in what was to him the
Art of arts: there was something quite
fine in his devotion to it. The little re-
fectory had its air of distinction,
though 1t was without decoration
There had been, we always said In the
family, something whimsical or even
morbid in my grandsire's devotion TO
architecture; but l felt that 1t had
really appealed to something dignineo
and noble In his own mind and cnar'
acter, and a gentler mood than l mao
known In years possessed my hearI'
fte had asked little OF me, ana ue
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
FIG J
Fig. 2-Comb-B Basket Rack for Holding
Sections in the Extractor.

made the attempt. | have always let
my bees do the eXtracting-thati is, any
unfinished sections which | reserved
for next seasons baitcombs | set out
for the bees to help themselves. This
is an easy way to get these sections
cleaned out; but it has the disadyan
tage that the colonies that don't need
any feeding get it all, or nearly all.
while those that are sorely in need of
stores get very little if any.
We may take it for granted that no
beekeeper would even think of eX-
tracing finished sections, or even such
unfinished sections as could be profit
ably disposed of as chunk honey, or
used otherwise to advantage, But
some seasons produce a certain kind
of unfinished sections that seemed to
be made for the extractor. According
to the peculiarities of different sea-
sons honey-fows, we have two distinct
types of unfinished sections. One kind
is partly built out, some not larger
than the inside of a hand, but all
drawn out, filled with honey, and every
cell capped over, while the other is
all built and drawn out, filled more
or less with honey, but little, if any,
capped The past season produced in
this locality. with the exception of
very little finished honey (where bait
combs had been supplied) the latter
kind.
During the five days of white-clover
honey-fow, lasting from the 26th until
the Both of June, honey was gathered
in such quantities that the comb
builders had all they could do to fur
nish storage for the incoming nectar;
and when the combs were built and
drawn out they were also filled with
honey, and about ready to be capped
Just then the honey-flow ceased; and
so complete was the following failure
that not the least progress was made
in sections for the remainder of the
season, although enough was gathered
most of the time for bees to live on
q
Der. This explains why the largest
share Of our crop consisted Of just
such unfinished sections as could be
extracted with very little trouble;
scarce, the little that those sections
contained looked big in my eyes, which
induced me to try the extractor.
AS | said before, / had no convent
ent way to extract sections; but being
anxious to try the experiment, few
minutes work solved the problem
The accompanying drawing, Fig. l.
represents a little adjustable shelf
that is suspended by wire hooks into
the upper part of the extractor basket,
as shown at Fig. 2. 1t Is made of half
inch lumber and fits loosely into the
comb-basket The dotted lines show
the position of the wires on the under
side of the shelf, where they are
fastened by two little staples clinched
above. The shelf should not be hung
too low If the sections project above
| the basket enough for a hold, 1t will
| make 1t all the more convenient. If
we use the precaution Of reversing
the basket twice, or, in other words
| II we reverse the basket after part of
| the contents is thrown out from one
side by moderate speed, before trying
to make a clean sweep, 1t is almost i'm
possible to detach the combs from the
II they are reasonably fastened to the
| gidaC
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
Eatten Duck on Corn.

Feed the ducks for market liberal
amount of corn to give an ample sup
ply of fat, but do not make the ration
entirely of corn. Keep up the prac
tice of giving green feed till they are
ready to sell II there is an old let
tuce bed in the garden In which
there is a great deal of that plant
which is too tough or bitter for the
table, cut a liberal amount Of 1t into
the grain feed. Ducks relish 1t anc
1t Is the best vegetable feed that car
be given them
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
DOES 1T PAY?
Wisdom of Extracting Sections from
Hive Called Into Question.

AS a rule, this question will have
TO be answered in the negative. 1t is
too much fussing for the little gain
derived from the operation. However
there are exceptional cases when it is
aot only desirable but in a small way
profitable.
During the many years of my bee.
keeping conditions have occasionally
been such that ! felt the desire to eX-
tract sections, writes G. c. Greiner in
Bee Culture; but as | thought it could
1ot be done without running too much
risk of breaking the combs from the
wood, and, besides, not having any
convenient rig TO do the job in salts
factory way have never, until lately
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
The Egg Carrying Box.

eggs which will be found very usefu
for those using trap-nests with large
number of pens.
The wells in the bottom Of the DO,
hold the egs in an upright position
on the little end. where the numbers
can easily be read. The eggs are gath
cred into the boxes and at night are
assembled in the egg room and re
corded.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

termined that IN that little l would not
fail.
Bates gave me my coffee, put
matches within reach and left tho
room. | drew out my cigarette case
and held ii half-opened in my hand,
when the glass in the window back of
me cracked sharply bullet whistled
over my head, struck opposite wall
and fell. hattened and married on the
table under my hand.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
Use the Whitewash Literally.

Whitewashing poultry houses two
or three times a year, with little car.
bolic acid and coal oil in the wash,
will largely prevent mites and lice.
Let the wash be hot and thin, and
put into all cracks.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
Relief In the Baby's Cries.

why doesn't your wife sing to the
baby when she cries?"
"She used to. until she discovered
that the neighbors preferred to hear
the baby. "-Cleveland Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
AN EGG CARRYING BOX,
Convenient Device for Use When Gath
erine Eggs from Trap-Nests.

Bulletin 248 on New Poultry Appli-
ances," lately issued by the agricul-
tural experiment station of Cornell
university, describes a box for carrying
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

Don't forget that green cut bone
is one OF the best obtainable foods to
induce reproduction and promote
growth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

The improvement of business af- fairs referred to in our previous ad- vices continues, says Banker Clews. Comparisons made with year ago just now would be misleading, but in numerous instances the volume of business transacted is as large us in 1906 at this time There is still much room for improvement, and all lines of industry have not yet shared equally in the recovery, yet the pro gress which has taken place since d year ago Is simply marvellous and be- yond all expectations. Fortunately, our bankers and our, great industrial leaders continue in conservative mood, and are firmly opposed to the creation of anything like specula- tive boom, which our unrestrained and mercurial spirit would no doubt welcome; and perhaps enjoy for a uilSl' SptIl. out cApoll tlouC Soh- tinues to lag behind in somewhat disappointing fashion. This was largely due to lessened shipments of cotton and other agricultural prod ucts. In October our exports were valued at SIP, 100000, or $S,200,- 900 less than a year ago. Meanwhile imports were only $102,100, 900, the smallest October since 1904 and $9,- SO0,OO0 below last years total. Ex- ports exceeded imports by s69,85O.- 900, against $6S,340,000 in 1907, so that the trade balance was regarded as satisfactory but our foreign trade is evidently still feeling the effect of business depression.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
ORDER OF NOTICE,

EMMA J. WALKER VS JOHN
 WALKER.
 State of Connecticut, New Haven
 County, ss, Waterbury, November
 19, A. D. 1908. Upon the complaint of the said Emma J. Walker praying for reasons therein set forth for divorce, made returnable before the superior court of Waterbury, in and for New Ha. ven county, to be held on the first Tuesday of January, A. D. 1908.
 It appearing to and being found by the subscribing authority that the said defendant formerly resided in the town of Ansonia and absent from the state; gone to parts unknown; therefore,
 Ordered, that notice of the pend ency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Water bury Evening Democrat, newspaper printed in Waterbury, in said New Haven county, three days, successive ly, commencing on or before. the Fist day of November, A. D. 1908. SAMUEL J. MARSH.
 Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court for New Haven County, at Wa. terbury.
 A true copy.
 Attest:
 MAURICE F. CARMoDY, 11-2O-S Constable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

ested as to making contracts and as a consequence the placing Of large raii orders Is expected soon. Neces- sity for equipment is bringing the steam roads moro frequently into the car market. Three lines closed for 5000 steel freight cars in the past
 several weeks, while two others are figuring upon 2,000 more. The Pennsylvania railroad has also con
 tracted for 77 all steel coaches. The effect Of the improved sentiment In
 the market has been manifested by heavy inquiry and an advance in pig iron prices. Furnace interests are now deVoting their attention to- ward insuring the permanency of the change of conditions by discouraging any excessive or artificial activity in the way of speculation by consumers. Exaggerated expectations of wide spread resumption of idle capacity immediately following the election have not been borne out and the mills are running at about their us- ual gait. -r
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

The petroleum production of the United States in 1907, says the geo. logical survey, was characterized by a total output far in excess of any previous year, and an unparalleled accumulation of stocks, in spite of which the price of all grades of oil was kept at a high level The sen sational developments were the great increase in the new Illinois field and the phenomenal yield in Oklahoma, together with increases in both quantity and price in California, The total product was 66,095, ,335 bar rels in 1907. an increase over 1906 of 39,601,399 barrels, or more han the total product of petroleum in any year up to 1889. The total value in- creased from S92,444,735 in 1906 to s12O,160,749 in 1907. The average price decreased only slightly, Dur ing 1907 a total of 1S,S55 ,691 bar rels of oil were consumed as fuel by the railroads of the United States. as against 15,537,6T7 barrels in 1906. Most of the oil consumed was crude oil
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

Forest fires have swept hundreds of acres of land in the Adirondacks and the Catskills, and, although the best timber had been cut from much of the land devastated, the losses are placed at $1,2OO,0O0 Parts of the state timber lands were burned. John K. Ward, counsel for the state for est, fish and game commission, ex- pressed the opinion that the fires were ignited by sparks from passing locomotives or through the careless ness of hunters who fail to extin-' guish camp fires. New York state has an excellent fire patrol system. Every town in the forest reserve counties is divided into districts. each of which has a fire warden wno has the power of law to draft every able bodied man or boy into service to assist in fighting forest fires. These men are paid by he state and town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
MANY STEEL SKY SGRATERS " sss.a. tNsA.Y
But Wood is. Still Principal Material
 Used in Building Construction.

USSu III DuuuiHS SoHsoiuSuoh'
 Great as the advance in fire-proof construction has been during the last ten years there has been no let-up in the use of lumber, and both ar chitects and builders find themselves so dependent on wood to-day that they are compelled to admit that the forests of the country are likely to be the chief sourees Of building ma terisI for many years to come.
 "The use of cement, terra cotta, brick and stone, with a framework of steel. will make it possible soon to do away with wood entirely is remark often heard, and, indeed when one stands on lower Broadway and looks up at the towering sky scrapers, the statement seems to contain much truth. As matter of fact, however, the popular idea that fire-proof materials will do away with the need of using lumber in a comparatively few years is, a very erroneous one. All of the various fire-proof materials going into the approved construction of the more substantial buildings are used Tn greater quantities now than the world dreamed of few years ago, yet the heavy demand for lumber continues.
 That wood predominates is shown by the annual building records. Of the permits used for buildings erect ed last year, approximately 6l per cent were constructed of wood, and the remaining 39 per cent of lire resisting material, according to a report issued by the Geological Sur vey on operations in forty-nine lead ing cities of the country. These figures are the more significant when it is realized that they only represent the building activities in the largest cities; they do not take into account the construction or dwellings. stores and other buildings in the thousands of small cities and towns scattered over and not ln- cluded in the forty-nine cities on which the reckoning is made.
 In towns and small cities wood is usually the predominating building material and it is safe to say that if tho statistics had included figures for all places of whatever size, the percentage of wooden construction would have been much greater. These figures, as a rule, are only for the corporate limits, and the suburbs of these cities have each very large amounts to be added. The cost. al so. is relatively higher in these cities than in towns nearer the base of the supply.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

It is pretty we'll understood that Secretary Root will be sent to the senate from New York after March the fourth next as successor to Sena- tor Platt, president of the United States Express Co on the floor of the senate and opposer of the parcels post and any programme in the post al service that will in any way in terfere with the exorbitant and op- pressive profits of the express com panies. What will Root do about it when he takes hold?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
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