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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-12
Dialogue and Demonstration.
you smoke thirty cigarettes

"You smoke thirty cigarettes a
day."
Eyes, on the average"
"You don't blame them for your
rundown condition.
mot in the least. I blame my hard
work"
The physician shook his head. He
smiled in veXed way. Then he took
a leech out of glass jar.
Let me show you something" he
said. Bare your arm"
The cigarette fiend barred his pale
arm, and the other laid the lean,
black leech upon it. The leech fell
to work busily. Its body began to
swell. Then, all of a sudden, a kind
of shudder convulsed it, and 1t fell
to the floor, dead.
'That is what your blood did to
that leech," said the physician. He
took up the little corpse between his
finger and thumb. Look at it," he
said. "Quite dead, you. see. You
poisoned it."
II guess it wasn't healthy leech
in the first place." said the cigarette
smoker, sullenly.
Wasn't healthy, Ell? Well, we'll
try again."
And the physician clapped two
leeches on the young mans thin
arm.
"If they both die" said the pat
lent, "I'll swear off--or, at least, I'll
cut down my daily allowance from
thirty cigarettes to ten"
Even as he spoke the smaller leech
shivered and dropped on his knee,
dead, and moment later the larger
one fell beside it.
"This is CHASTITY" said the young
man; II am worse than the pestilence
to these leeches."
at is the empyreumatic oil in your
blood" said the medical man. "All
cigarette fiends have it,"
"Doc,'' said the young man, re-
garding the three dead leeches,
thoughtfully, IT half believe you're
right. West Virginia School Jour-
nal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-12
CURRENT EVENT CLUB.

The last regular business meeting
of the Current Event club for the
year was held June 1.
The following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: Mrs. G. A.
Hoover, president; Mrs. f. w. Nit
chell and Mrs. d. r. Jones, vice
presidents; Mrs. John Millick, secre-
tary; Mrs. Jessie Woodin, treasurer.
The committee appointed to out
line the work Of the club for next
year report as follows: That there
shall be two departments, Economics
and Kensington, History and Litera-
ture.
Economics and Kensington to
meet the third Monday in each
month and History and Literature to
meet second and fourth Mondays and
a general meeting to be held the
first Monday in each month.
The program at the general meet
ing to be furnished by both depart
ments. At the close of these meet
ings shall be twenty-minute drill
in Parliamentary Law.
FoX's manual to be used.
1t shall be the duty of each men,
Der to sign the constitution and by
laws before the year books are is
sued. Names not appearing in con-
stitution will not be printed in the
year book.
1t shall be the duty of active mem
bers to attend club meetings and to
take parts assigned them on the pro-
gram, and If unable to comply, secure
substitute. Failure to comply
with this will be equivalent to with
drawal from the club.
Several changes were made in the
constitution and bylaws which will
appear in the new booklets.
A vote of thanks was rendered the
retiring officers for their faithful
work during the past year.
After the adjournment of the
meeting, delicious refreshments were
served by the retiring president.
JULIA A. BENNETT,
Reporter.
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NEW JERSEY.
What One WOman's Club Has Done
for Small Town.

Nine years ago the Pennington
Woman's club was formed, with %
active and five associate members.
In the preamble of it's constitution it
is stated: 1--WE, the undersigned,
women of Pennington, desiring a
broader basis for literary and social
improvement, agree to form our
selves into society for promoting
the intellectual and social life of it's
members, and to engage in such prac-
tical, philanthropical work as oppor-
tunity may present"
At first the work was purely liter
airy, but soon the philanthropic spirit
was aroused, and this small band of
women decided to open reading
room, as there was nothing of the
kind in the town. A suitable room
was obtained at cost of $3.50 per
year. This seemed large sum for
such a small band of women, but
with great courage they decided to
undertake it. To procure books, a
book social was held, at which each
member brought one or more books,
and induced her friends to do. the
same. Periodicals were solicited and
the room opened three evenings a
week, the club members taking turns
in giving out books and keeping Or
der. The money for the rent was OBJ
tanned in various ways, such as sub
letting the room, bazaars, luncheons,
etc. This continued for three years,
during which the club had steadily
gained, both in membership and in
no Of tho JIh1in th OH
at first it had been looked upon with
but little favor. Many now awaken
ed to the fact that they might "lend
a hand" in the good work, and in
1901 Library association was form
ed with two of the club members on
its official staff All books, periodi-
Gals, and library properties we're
transferred to the association. Thirty
women, not club members and not all
residents of the town, had just be-
fore this agreed each to give five dol
lars for books, and every year since
then the club has donated sum of
money for the same purpose, never
more than 800 or less than $25. 1t
also pays the Library association
$3.50 per year for the use of the
reading room for the club meetings
held during the year. The Library
now has more than four thousand
volumes and a regular librarian. A
fine building lot has been offered to
the town, and legacy fro mthe late
DR.. Bartles of $4,000 for build
ing, and the voters of the town will
be asked to vote for it's acceptance in
March.
In April, 1900, Village Improve
ment committee was appointed. 1t
Immediately wrote to the officials of
the three railroads that terminate in
the town about the untidy condition
of the grounds surrounding the sta
tions, with the result that consider
able money was expended upon them
and they have been kept in better or
der ever since. Covered tin cans
were put in different sections of the
town, and the children of the public
schools were instructed to put all
waste paper and refuse in them, thus
thus teaching the lesson that even
they could have part in keeping
the town neat and sightly-looking.
HANAH N. VAN LEER.
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REPORT FROM IDAHO FALLS.
L i i

We want Echoes to know of the
success of our V. I. s. in their cook
ed food sale given, for the benefit Of
the hospital. The ladies besides hav-
ing the cooked food for sale, served
luncheon at noon and cake and ice
cream in the afternoon. They clear
ed 500 and had about SIT worth of
fruit, jelly and groceries left for
hospital use.
The V. I. s. held its regular meet
ing Saturday. In response to the
request of Mrs. Morgan, chairman of
the district program committee, that
each club signify what it would like
to see made prominent on the pro-
gram, the matter was discussed.
Those present seemed to favor CIV
ing civic work a minor place, as it
was prominent last year, and MAX
ing legislative work more promi-
nent
On account of the small attendance
the same subject will be discussed
at the July meeting.
? There was general discussion
pro and con regarding using the
school grounds as public park.
Nothing definite was decided upon.
MRS. CRANDALL.
!. 4. I.
Mrs. A. L. Campbell has gone to
Missouri for months visit and va
cation. She greatly needed the rest
and promises an active campaign of
legislative work to begin Immediate
ly on her return.
Mrs. Reesor was glad of a visit
from Miss Nichols on her way to
Pocatello to make the award at the
Academy.
+ !. !.
Mrs. Rebecca Mitchell is slowly
creeping back to her former condi-
ton, after very serious collapse
during the last week.
+ 1. 1.
The Round Table club of Idaho
Falls voted to devote one day in its
next years work to the study of
Good Citizensip. They also favor the
submitted by the Ma
tional Consumers league.
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THE NEED OF RHETORICALS IN
OUR SCHOOLS.

Oral expression is one of the chief
occupations of mankind. 1t is the
chief factor in enabling man to eft
in" and to become part of his en-
viornment. 1t is the great means
whereby man influences man. Ever
since Ewes speech to Adam under
the apple tree; ever since Pericles
addressed the assembled Athenians
and led them to enter the Peloppone-
sian war-from the beginning until
now, along the line, 1t has been the
oral speech that has moved alike the
individual and the multitude. If we
were to eliminate from our history
the great orators of the past, where
would civilization be? 1t would be
thousands of years behind it's present
stage.
Aside from it's value in influencing
men, the ability for oral expression
give one an ease and poise among
men which greatly adds to his en-
joyment. 1t lis the man who can eX-
press this thoughts who Is the most
at home in the presence of his fell
lows and who can draw others out
so as to get the benefit of their socie-
ty.
In view of these facts it is very
obvious that the Rhetoricals should
occupy large place in our school
curricula. Most educators may ad-
NIT that this is true. These educa-
tors must also admit that there is
at present great lack of Oratoricals.
If one should doubt this statement,
let him visit some of the gather
ings of the young people of today.
Let him visit some of our G. e.
and Epworth league meetings and
let him note the amount of reading
done. Very few'of theeyoung people
seem to be able to get up and say a
few sentences orally. Many of these
young people are high school stud
ents and high school alumni. Go into
some of our w. G.. T. U. meetings of
today most of which are conducted
by educated women, and note the
lack of oral expression. The pro-
grams are readings from papers and
pamphlets.
think l can see old Socrates rise
from his grave and enter one of our
modern meetings of young people.
The old man has heard of the great
advancement made In educational
lines since his day. He has heard
of the great amounts of money ex-
pended in schools and school equip
ment since he, without books, with
out schoolhouse, and without equip
ment of any kind went around bare
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-12
WILL PRINT NEXT WEEK.

We expected to have communi-
cation from our state president, Mrs.
A. G. Butterfield for publication this
week, but 1t probably got delayed in
transit and will be in next weeks is
sue.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-12
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN
ua CITIES.

| CITIES.
By Mrs. w. A. Wilson, president of
Woman's Civic Club of Wheeling
West Virginia.
The season is over, and the time
has come to sum up the result of the
Years work. Have we gained or
lost? What word have we inscribed
upon our banner? Is it victory or
defeat? =
The Woman's Civic club of Wheel
ing started, the year so hopefully
like the Israelites of old, we were
just going up to possess the land,
but alas for the best laid plans! We
soon encountered thegiants in the
way, who daily defied us, and, as
no David came to our rescue, the
giants are still in the way.
We were so determined this year
to have new creamatory for the
consuming of garbage and other de-
bris, and to have the beautiful hill
top converted into a park. Oh, the
petitions we sent to council! We fair
ly grew eloquent, as we worded them,
but they were of no avail. We might
as well have shot an arrow into the
air. We then turned our attention to
improving the sanitary conditions of
our market-place. We made such an
aggressive campaign that when the
market-master would see the presi-
dent of the Civic club approaching,
he would Immediately turn and go in
the opposite direction. Another in
stance of "the wicked fleeth when no
man pursueth." However, decided
improvement Is seen in our market
house. Anticipating signs are in ev-
idence, and you seldom see a man
smoking during market hours.
At the request of the Woman's
Civic club our mayor issued procla-
nation appointing October 10th as
general cleaning-up day. How every
person worked. 80 father" and all!
Rats, mice, and germs of every varie-
ty that had been doing business at
the same old stand for years were
rudely told to move on to other quar-
ters, and now, If you wish to see the
original "Spotless Town." come to
Wheeling.
The Civic club urged the mayor to
place metal anti-spitting signs, with
the penalty attached, in all conspic-
uous planes in our city, but the coun-
Gil considered them too expensive, SO
we were thankful for the printed one.
Nevertheless, our free American citi-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
OLDEST SENATE EMPLoYE DEAD.
Charles s. Diapers Name on Record
as Far Back as 1852.

Charles S. Draper the oldest EN-
ploye Of the senate. is dead
Mr.. Draper spent his entire business
life in the capitol His name appears
on the records of the senate as far
back as 1852
When a young man he worked in
various Offices Of the senate. In the
early COS he was appointed to the
post of doorkeeper and messenger for
Sergeant alarms Brown, In this po'
sltion he became known to every sen
ator and official whose business car.
ried him TO the senate. Mr. Draper
finally became the confidential man OF
the sergeantat-arms.
He was looked upon by the senator's
comprising the district committee as
an ideal man to attend TO the affairs
concerning the city and district. Upon
the appointment OF Senator Mcmillan
as chairman of the district committee,
Mr. Draper was transferred to service
with the senator.
In this position he became widely
many business men in Washington. be.
sides gaining the confidence of the
senators on the committee.
Senator Mcmillan was succeeded BY
Senator Gallinger several years ago
as chairman Of the committee. Mr..
Draper was transferred to the impor-
tant post at the door OF the diplomatic
gallery. This was looked upon by
senators and employees alike as a dis.
tinct honor
Mr. Draper then began to form his
wide acquaintance with members Of
the diplomatic corps, and was as well
known by them as by senators and
other men Of national Importance. In
this last position he frequently enter
tanned diplomats with interesting
stories Of American political life and
was looked upon By them as a mine
OF Information on senatorial toDics-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
Two shes-50 cents and y1.ss.
Paul g. Schulz & Sons, Special Agents

cient funds to maintain and operate
pumping plants, together with neces
sary repairs of drains, bitches and
levees and for maintenance of said
District and doing Of certain work
mentioned in said Petition and pray
ing for Fifth Assessment for the
maintaining and operating pumping
plants, together with the necessary
repairs of drains, bitches and leyees
and for maintenance of said District
and doing of said work, and thereup
on by order of said Court said Petit
ton was filed in said Court and the
time set for hearing of same was aud
is Saturday, the 2lst day Of Noyem-
or A. d. 1908. at the hour of 10 o'clock
a. m, or as soon thereafter as the
Court can hear the same.
JESSE f. MILLER.
Clerk of the County Court.
Gilbert & Gilbert, Attorneys.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
Stocks =. Bonds* Cereals
ELECTION RESULTS GRAIN WAS STEADY
Later Part Of Wheat Session Was In
cIined to Drag, However,
Changes Only Fractional.

Chicago, Oct. 29--WHEAT The
market opened hmA to ga u
higher and the first hour prices
were well maintained on the active
demand from commission houses, but
the last part of the session trade was
inclined to drag and prices gradually
declined. The close was weak with
quotations unchanged. The strength
at the start was due to the advance
prices in wheat at the grain centers
iOf Europe. An advance OF nearly Id
at Liverpool is said to have been the
result of sensational reports from
Argentina regarding the damage by
FROST one report claiming that the in
jury amounts to 3G,000000 bushels.
The local market was also buoyed
lup by the brisk demand for flour and
cash wheat in the northwest. Min
IneapOls reported sales of cash wheat
lat 3H cent over December with the
wheat to arrive, all mills running full
capacity. No. 2 red 101A 61021a
No 3 red 1909 6101%; No, 2 hard
1o1h m1o2h No hard 10OA0
l01& December opened l00bM
1009s highest 1909 lowest 1875
closing 99%@100; May 1032s @1031a |
CORN-Trade was of moderate |
proportions, feeling rather steady, |
the close, however. showing but frac,
tional changes. Fine weather tended |
in & measure to offset the light in |
terror movement the strength in !
wheat and some betterment in the |
cash demand and the market made |
little headway. No. > 6715670 No. 2
yellow G7RMG91a; No. white 7112
December opened G3&4 highest ca
lowest G33s0G3%; closing G39
May G3
OATS-Firm with prices at the
close lsMA higher The buying of
December by cash houses was fac
tor Commission houses were fair
buyers and local shorts covered free
y. Better cash trade was reported
No. 3 white 4515@49I5; standard 81.
December opened 1875; highest 4Sas
lowest 1875; closing 1874; May so.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
Are Awaited BY Holders OF Large Ac.
foundations of Stock-Prices
Fluctuated Yesterday.

New York, Oct, 29-Today's desnl
tory fluctuations in prices of stocks
We're not a reflection of any new de
yelopments affecting individual prop
critics or the general situation, for
there were no such developments o!
Iany importance Wall Street is con
corning itself almost exclusively now
with the probable course of stocks as
a barometer of the condition of the
country after the election. The finan,
cial world realizes fully that very
large buying of stocks has taken place
and that skillful devices have been
used in the course OF these operations
to lift the level of prices.
| The source of doubt of the future
| is the demand which may develop on
| the part Of the general outside invest
ment or speculative public to serve
as medium for realizing profits OH
the present large speculative holdings
of millionaire capitalists. That these
Accommodations have been made most
ly with the purpose OF re.selling at
profit is not doubted. That such pro
fits might be secured by sales at an
average price level considerably be-
10 what now prevailing is accepted as
true. That the profit taking process
need not be urgent as long as money
supplies continue abundant and cheap
is obvious. Reliefs vary as to the eX
tent of the future demand for stocks
TO follow the elections and the con
sequent ability Of the holders of large
accumulations made during the past
summer to market their holdings. 1t |
is the variation of this belief tina; |
makes up the speculative sentiment |
of the market There was further |
selling of stocks early today by these |
representing the beiief that realizing |
sales after the election are likely to |
overbear the new demand. This was
the continuance of the cleaning up of
speculative accounts begun yesterday.
Prices receded while IL was in pro
gress, burt recovered easily after.
wards, giving notice that the force
back of the market had not relin
pushed control. Operations con
verged on the same limited group Of
securities as for some time past, with
Union Pacific an effective leader That
3toCE Southern Pacific, St. Paul
Reading. the Hin Stocks and the met
II industries made up large proper
ion Of he total dealings of the day.
Money on call leaned at q per cent
IS a symptom of preparations for No
'ember settlement, which do not,
however. call for arduous require
nents
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Cairo, ILL.,, October 81 1903.
Public notice is hereby given that
on the 10th day of November, 1908
at the usual hour and place Of meet
ing of the city council of the city OF
Cairo, Alexander county, Illinois, the
undersigned Cairo 4 st. Louis Rail
way company, will present petitions
and apply to said city council for the
grant to it, its successors or assigns.
by ordinance of the right to con
struct, maintain, lease and operate a
railway including or with sidings,
turnouts spurs, curves and connec-
tions poles and wires, and also all
necessary or convenient equipment
appliances or appurtenances for said
railway, in. upon. over and along the
following described highway or pub
lie place in said city, namely
Fourth street from the intersection
of Railroad street TO the intersection
of Commercial avenue, in said city
of Cairo, Illinois.
CAIRO & ST. LOUIS.
RAILWAY COMPANY.
By l.. +. Fischer. Vice President and
General Manager.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
DRAINAGE NOTICE.

state Of Illinois. County ot Alexander
S. IN the County Court
o. matter Of Samuel Stats Tavlor
and Edwin Parsons. Trustees of ths
Cairo Trust Property. Thomas "
Halliday Richard Fitzgerald an,
others.
Petition for formation Of Drain
age District 20 be called Cairo Drain
.aEe District
In ~ Petition of Commissioner
for Fifth Assessment
TO All Persons Interested.
Notice IS hereby given that the
Commissioners Of said Drainage Dis
trict on the zSih dsy of October a. T.
isas. presented to said County Cour.
their petition showing want OF sudi
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
LOST.
WAN ED.
WANTED-Room aud board, dowi
GLOBE TRoTTING BY LABEL.
How to Travel Round the World for
Fifty Cents.

II you wish to travel round the
world on so cents there is London
portmanteau maker who can enable
you to do it, For the small sum men
toned you can buy a ticket which en-
titles you to claim to have travelled
from Hongkong to Hobart, New Yea
land, or elsewhere, and you can visit.
en- route, Paris, Rome, Monte Carlo,
or any other mortal place Many
Americans going to England take ad.
vantage Of this marvellous system.
All you need in order TO accomplish
this marvellous journey is bunch of
labels, with the name of the various
cities to which you wish people to
think you have been. Paste these con
spicuously on your trunk, your grip
bag. your camera, hat box and on the
blanket OF your bull pup If you sport
one-and presto-you emerge before
the eyes of the public as full-iedged
globe trotter.
The selling of travelled labels" to
untraveled travellers is a thriving bust
ness i'm London, Paris and other of tie
big European centers. You can buy
whole set of labels covering a certain
route. II you wish your friends TO
think you have just come from the Ri
viera YOU can get plenty Of labels for
Monte Carlo. Nice. Cannes and other
resorts If YOU prefer a trip lawn the
Rhine you can be as easily and as
promptly accommodated.
Said a label vendor in the Strand:
Il let out portmanteaux fully labeled
for any trip you like to take. Some
people like TO stick on their own as
sortment of labels" continued my in
dormant while others prefer trunks,
eripbags and boxes plastered all over.
The more a trunk or a grip is worn
and belabeled. the better some folks
seem to like II. and much Of our trav-
eled stock that seems as IL il could
not stand another public appearance is
in great demand.
we have one fully labeled globe
trotting' bag that brings in $3.50 for
two weeks. but the usual charge Is
from so to Is cents a week. When our
customers take these bags away they
are always pretending to lose them
and doing other things that attract at
teniion toward them. In one way the
bags pay for themselves. That is. the
Iandladies and boarding house Keepers
Al the summer resorts are always i'm
pressed BY them. and they seem 10
give their possessOrs sort u pres
tlgs-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. Oct 29-CATTLE-Re.
ceipts 5000; steady to strong: steers
l46d 7G0; cows and heifers 25Od 500:
bulls 25Om i50: calves 3O0m 500:
stcekers and feeders 250d 4G5.
Receipts 10000: FIVE 10 ten
over, choice heavy shipping COCA
$40. butchers 5s5HG10. light mixed
J25n 500: choice 550n $50: hacking
j5l n $40: pigs 35Od iS5.
Receipts 10000: 1Od @
lower. sheep asa 500: lambs ASA
GOO. yearliugs 3S5T515.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
7he Great Whit. Way.

They we're on their honeymoon and
we're climbing the Schnupfelgspfen-
spitzent Peak. and she stood above
him some 20 feet What hoi" he
gasped. What do you see?"
Par. far below she cried, I see
A long. white streak. stretching Ike q
paper ribbon back almost 10 our
hotel"
"Ha. hatt~ he calculated. III bet
it's that blessed hotel bin overtaking
u.s. And they proceeded onward
and zpEzrd.--Sss Haven Register.