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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
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Sympathetic
BY ISABEL BROOKE-ALDER.

chief support the harsh battle of life the easuTng
kind than corone But subsequ OBJ
evaton would undoubtedly prove that only few of them irwin
chilly dependable their line of excellence they profess be-
ieve and would have imagine
Many time and oft their associates, brought up with
sudden shock of discriminating surprise finding that their renowned
sympathy nearly comprehensive had charab onjectured
memorable instances of the failure of the credited ympa
person up privately erected standard must be fresh
the experience of every wordnen in fact they flock to the mind not
single spies baaons down from proud emnence that
too boastful ensign
instance the chairman of certain society for the bene
of the distressed whose eonce wealthy roges and
arrogant walks life unexpected benevoence
who-beong the of his unremng abors
behalf poor whom he pleased devote his
fail congratulate himself his fitness
the post he holds with such distinction incidentally with
solid emomen Surely he of all may bameesy pose the
human embodiment of sympathy
But apply his office undng his clerks paid at the lowest rate
practicable for their retention who of few days absence from
their desks through illness find their months salary locked of the
able for which they have not actually tod Small sympathy
there for the needy nvas difficulty paying for medical
and necessary emedes But is emineny typical of the manof
him who insists the constant of his meek little wife
evening whilst he obe his august by outspad newspapers
and almost mperab clouds of smoke spite of the fact that long
hours of silence bore her. and the smell of tobacco makes her head achs
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

owing to the limited space at the dis
posal of the engineer, merges into the
main roadway. Between the drive and
the bride path are grass plots in
closed in concrete curbing, and
throughout the entire length of the
extension these grass plots are to
have trees and shrubs planted alter
nately, % feet apart.
One of the most remarkable en-
cheering features of this extension Is
to be found in the two blocks of its
length between One Hundred and
Fifty-third and One Hundred and
Fifty-ffth streets, in the rear of the
Trinity cemetery The trustees of the
cemetery refused permission for the
new drive to be cut through their
property. To get around this point
without sacrificing any of the width
of the drive the engineer who designed
the extension built virtual shelf
bridge out over the tracks of the Cen
trail road below by using the cantilever
principle. This two blocks long stretch
of the drive probably has no parallel
anywhere. The anchorage of the
cantilever which supports the drive at
that point is built into solid con-
crete foundation.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
COSTLY EXTENSION OF RIVER
SIDE DRIVE, NEW YORK CITY.
Work viii Be Completed in Spring,
Making the Driveway One of
the Most Beautiful in
the World.

Scarcely a visitor to New York city
taken a drive out on Riverside drive,
and has been delighted with the charm
and beauty of the scenery. But the
extension of this driveway, which Is to
be completed in the spring, will pos.
sess even greater picturesqueness In
engineering maryels and In the varied
beauty of the scenery it will rival the
older section which Is held to be the
noblest and most majestic thorough
fare in the great city.
The extension Is from One Hundred
and Thirty-fifth street northward to
One Hundred and Sixty-second street.
For nearly four years small army of
masons and general workmen have
been employed ON the work. More
than $4,000 has been spent on the
construction, and, compared with the
cost of other city undertakings, there
does not seem to have been any graft
In it. Despite the litter and the UNI
completed state of the work, to-day
the new driveway impresses the Wis
itor strongly by it's magnificence, its
massiveness and its multitude of artis,
tic details.
Aside from It's beauty, this new
portion of Riverside drive is a remark.
able work owing to the engineering
features involved in its construction
Throughout its entire length, prac-
tically it consists of a made" road
that lies between three granite walls,
one at the extreme western side of
the width of the boulevard, which
serves both as foundation and a re-
tanning wall along the tracks of the
New York Central road; another high
above this, which serves to mark the
actual westerly limit of the drive
proper, and a third on the extreme
easterly side of the thoroughfare. Be-
meath the ornamental aspect of this
easterly wall is concealed one of the
finest things in the whole scheme of
the extension, for built directly above
its foundations are pipes for sewer,
water supply and electric light con-
Quits, these last being installed in a
gallery six feet high and four feet
wide, SO that men can walk through
the gallery the entire length of the
new drive to look after the electrical
service without STOPPING There are
manholes to reach these three sets
of pipes every $50 feet along the whole
length of the extension.
Most of the land taken for the new
drive was very low, in many places
being only few feet above the level
of the river at high tide. Some idea
Of the amount of labor and material
that was brought into use to bring
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
The Farmers Opportunities.

German ingenuity not long ago Gre
ated fiourishing industry based on
the substitution of mashed potatoes
for wood in the manufacture of lead
pencils. Consul Kehl, at Stettin, now
reports even more remarkable trans
formations of skim milk The milk is
dried yulcanized and pressed, when 1t
resembles yulcanized rubber or cellu
loid Fifteen gallons of skim milk will
produce Is ounces Of the new sub
stance, which can be made to initiate
ivory, tortoise shell, amber, marble,
or coral 1t can be pressed into any
desired shape, can be sawed, cut and
polished like natural horn and is not
affected by oils, grease, ether or ben
zine. 1t sells at from as to 80 cents
pound These are rosy days for the
farmer, remarks Golfers Weekly.
When his milk fails to pass inspection
he can transfer it into side combs or
billiard balls. When his potatoes are
not fit to eat he can take his choice
between turning them into alcohol to
run his automobile and lead pencils to
figure out his profits
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

A New York woman who was pining
for family tree-not pine tree
from which she could pick off few
kings for ancestors, hired a man to
look her up and see who she was.
When he searched through the dust
covered records and discovered that
King Alfred the Great was one of her
ancestors she refused to pay him the
$500 he charged for the work. So he
had to sue her for the bill or course
duke In the hand may be worth
more than king on the tree, but TO
people who feel that they are better
than their neighbors 1t looks as II
$500 was cheap enough for furnishing
them with an excuse for feeling that
way. or course there is the other
side to 1t. When one goes back as far
as King Alfred there is a possibility
of getting the wires crossed so that
the results are not always safe to bet
on. In fact, the skillful professor
doubtless could discover a kingly pedi-
gree for most of us for $500 II we al
lowed him to go back far enough.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
No Money Wasted.

Critics of the Salvation Army hav-
ing charged that the funds contrlbut-
ed by the public are wasted and mis-
applied, the chief disbursing officer OF
the organization points to the recent
annual statement and auditing sheet
which has just been issued and shows
exactly where the money goes. Plain
ly, says the Chicago Daily News, no
large part of 1t goes In salaries to the
officers of the army, as was insinuat-
ed Each captain of corps, for In.
stance, is paid eight dollars a week
II married he gets $40, The lieuten
ants receive seven dollars and other
minor workers must earn their living
as best they can and render their
services gratis. The high officials re.
ceive more, but 1t cannot be said that
their compensation Is extrayagant.
The disbursing officer himself, who
handles hundreds of thousands of dol
lars every year, gets but 500 week;
the chief bookkeeper, who could com
mand $35 a week from any auditing
house. was paid seven dollars until
recently, when he married and was
raised to $40 week. Enemies Of the
organization are not likely to harm 1t
by making attacks in this line.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
Ding-Dong.

would like to be one of those
story book farmers-the simple life
ideal, as it were.
The kind of farming | like en-
compasses broad fields, sleek horses,
lowing herds, babbling brooks, waving
fields and nothing to do but look at
EN-. like the kind of farming where
you go out in the morning, plant your
bird seed, harvest your birds and drive
back home in time to slip into your
dinner coat before the bell rings.
In the evening all the lords and
ladies call and to the music of the
harpsichord, you dance away the wee
small hours and have fresh milk for
breakfast.
Speaking of farming-this is the life
for me! | love the aroma of sweet
clover, the hum of bees the tasseled
waving of the corn, the quack of con-
tented geese, even the blatant song of
the jassack is music to my soul pro-
vided he doesn't get me out of bed be-
fore 10 in the morning.
The fact is. am born farmer. No
body loves to wander around a farm
and gaze into the face of bursting
plenty more than | do. | could sit
on the sunny side of a hay cock in hay
ing time for an hour at a time and
be truly happy with nothing but jug
of cider, new book and a straw be-
tween my teeth.
1t is the perfect life after all; the
real life, the natural life, the free and
untrammeled life, the health-giving.
spirit-eevating, close to-God life, and
as long as | can spend all the time on
a farm | want to and go to Europe
and other suburbs when fancy calls.
shall never-no, never-desert my
broad acre-and-an-eighth or sigh for a
city fiat at $50 per-because $50 is an
awful lot of money to raise every
month, some months!
No sir, no city life for me. Only the
undefiled and edifying footstool of
God, and the nearer can get to the
stool and keep out of the dirt, the bet
ter like it!
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
MORGAN'S SUBWAY

such as to excite curiosity. The little
Mr. Morgan's residence, the home of
his son, the library and art gallery and
the private property in the rear out
wardly has been as serene and undis-
turbed as usual but all the while
workmen have been burrowing be-
meath the surface, tunneling through
the soil like moles In q corn hillock
and removing the fresh earth so quiet
ly as to attract little attention. Prob
ably even the occupants of the houses
directly overlooking the Morgan plot
have not dreamed that anything so
mysterious was going on beneath the
sod of their distinguished neighbor.
The big banker intends to convert
the land in the middle of his plot into
an Italian garden. He has employed
an expert landscape gardener to trans
form the now bare spot into a thing
of beauty. He will lay it off into
squares and circles and set out rare
plants, flowers and shrubs. Naturally,
when this garden is completed and all
the plants are growing Mr., Morgan
doesn't want the servants who make
trips to and fro between his house
and that of his son and daughter,
both of which are on the same block,
and his art gallery, walking over his
garden and possibly trampling on the
plants.
AT the edge of the stable in the
rear of the home of J. P Morgan, Jr.,
on the Thirty-seventh street side, an
opening, covered by trap door, has
been cut into the ground. From this
opening the subway, which is about
Is feet beneath the surface of the
ground, leads diagonally across the
plot and energies in the laundry of the
Morgan residence, on the corner of
Madison avenue and Thirty-sixth
street. Two branch subways leave
the main line in the middle. One
leads into the underground engine
room, situated between Mr. Morgan's
home and his library building on the
Thirty.sixth street side. This engine
room Is equipped with the boilers that
supply the heat for the different Nor.
gan buildings. The other branch
starts toward Park avenue and
energies in the rear wing of the n.
brary and art building.
This subway must have cost Mr..
Morgan an immense amount of
money. Its lining and various fittings,
too, must have been very expensive.
but 1t has been constructed so far
without spelling the appearance of the
plot and without undue debris, and
that is the main point
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

As interpreted far provision the protects
cused if found guilty against second trial entirely regardless of the
which the decision the first trial brought about that
say the accused person through attorneys
guilty of the fragrant abuse of the most unfair methods indeed
bribery and corruption and nevertheless should he any
by hook crook obtain verdict of mot guilty he forever
protected against another trial for the ofense
would the part prudence shape the constitution and
the laws the construction if it be- in such that the
shall profit by his wrong the wrong his repre-
and that verdict his favor obtained by illegal should
readily displaced he turn have verdict displaced which,
by otherwise, improperly obtained
There another shall compelled
hmsetat is give testimony against himself which also originally
protection against tyranny nasmuc the victims subjected
until they would give testimony OF modern times
such thing such torture known and readily might dispense
provisions leaving the calm and fair judgment of
the extent which accused be nerogatd Here again the fall
lacy of the present situation recognized and have statutes whereby
right testify but should not be compelled do
The ostrich said to stick his head into the sand and then habor
the belief that him This provision of the law has
similar effect namueh with few EXCEPTIONS the Jurors trying
present the and observe that the defend
ants testify and others they do not From this they clearly learn the
defendant has the right testify if he do and consequently
when sitting the next which the defendant does not testify
jury knows well if told by the counsel that he did
have the right testify and failed to do and they will draw the same
inference from his silence above suggested Under this anomalous
would the part wisdom brush all this rubbish
aside and subject the defendant criminal he civil
the obligation eng should he be called upon by the prose-
cution so to do.
Many known in the where although guilt most
apparent conviction fails by of the absence of witnesses
some perhaps point the Commercial frauds especially,
all of financial confidence wildcat Insurance. fraud
un banks and guaranty companies aided by the condition
the law Our country and state lines that
ofen of this kind flourish by of the extreme difficulty
bringing from distance In of these and
few well directed questions the accused would suffice
absh beyond the shadow of doubt Fortunately
under present system much valuable information is obtained from
the commendae police method commonly called the wea box No
has been thereby while often has afforded
the conviction henous The interrogation of
the all the trial ITSELF should be allowed
is with much efficiency in continental Europe.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
Serious Error.

A Kansas newspaper tells the fol-
lowing on one of the young men of the
town:
young man who is very particular
about his washing, recently wrote a note
TO MS Washerwoman and one to his
sweetheart and by a strange fatality he
put the wrong address on each envelope
ana sent them off. The washerwoman
was sent the invitation to take ride the
next day, but when the Young Iadv road.
IF you tumble up my shirt bosom anv
more, as you did last time I'll go some
where else she cried all the evening
and declared she would never speak TO
him again
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

The dahlia rivals the hanson cab in
the matter of having smothered the
memory of the man after whom 1t was
named But persons who use them at
least pronounce hanson" as Joseph
Hanson pronounced his surname,
whereas probably most people call the
flower "daylia," thus getting hopeless.
ly remote from the Swedish DR.. Dahl,
the pupil of Lnnaeus, who brought
this Mexican plant into cultivation in
Europe. How many who know the
fuchsia ever heard of the sixteenth
century German botanist Leonard
Fuchs? Germany. by the way. calls
the dahlia "Georgine, in honor of an.
other bontanist, Georgi.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
Winter.

How calm the ruffled turnpike lies ahead,
Its roadbed sparkling white with gems,
And how the hedges hold aloft crown
All set with glistening diadems
Where oozy brooks sing softly through
the down
That lies beside it pure and white,
The hush of winter waves its jeweled
And stills the Autumns rustling flight.
The moaning wind that all night long
has walled
It's miserere, tuned to Woe
Has passed beyond to realms we know
not of
And left in peace the clinging snow.
The rich mosaics of the fallen leaves
Lie covered where they softly fell,
On naked limbs the russell ivy vine
Still quivers in the zephyr's swell
The hills, like monuments of opalesque,
Stand crystal-gowned in bridal white,
Beneath the dome of Heavens church to
wait
The soughing of the winters flight.
And as the breeze chants low the we'd
ding march,
The stars of night CLINT into place
Behold The moon comes up to light the
way
ana greet the lovers lace 10 ldCt'
And as the winter claims the blushng
hills
And clasps his waiting bride so fair,
Approving sleigh-bells ring a glad re-
frain
OF welcome to the bridal pair
And snug beside the fireplace, glowing
red,
We feel the thrill of nuptial bliss,
And poaching on the Winters glad do
main,
If love is there, we steal kiss!
Without is purity and hushed delight
The silent grandeur of the snow;
Within the ecstasy of clinging lips
Beside the warm CRATES rudy glow.
All, well you know, that by some freak
of Fate,
This sparkling world enchanted lies
A bit of Heaven here on lowly earth
With Love-and youth Paradise,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
MILLIONS FOR ROAD

the level of the extension up to that of
the older portion of the drive may
be gathered from the fact that in the
portion south of Trinity cemetery TO
One Hundred and Thirty fifth street 1t
required two years work at filing in
before the roadway reached its pres
ent height-70 feet above the Central
track at some places along its route
The new drive is 100 feet wide
There are two promenades, each Is
feet wide and tagged with squares Of
red concrete, that extend along the
easterly and westerly sides of the
drive throughout its entire length.
Next to the westerly walk is bride
path 20 feet wide, that occasionally.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

England has kindly sent us an apos.
tie of happiness who is going to teach
us how to cheer up, Before sending
such missionary to a nation famous
for Its keen sense of humor (which is
one great source of happiness), she
should have practiced on her sister
islanders. the Scotch, who are pro,
verbally never happy unless they are
miserable. As a matter Of fact.
Americans prefer to be happy in their
own way, and not in the ponderous
British fashion.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

We're a strict census
taken of the most gener-
al form of self-satisfac-
ton, the result would
probably show immense
preponderance of per-
sons pluming themselves
on being extraordinarily
sympathetic. 1t would
also be discovered that
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

j. Pierpont Morgan has fitted his resi-
Dental plot in New York city with an
underground passage, a subway of
elegant appointments, but with diff
ferent purpose than that which actu-
ated the builders of bygone days. He
wants his subway for the convenience
of himself, his family and his servants
and also that the plot OF vacant
ground may be free for an Italian gar
den which he has planned shall be in
stalled by his gardener next season.
This subway which Mr. Morgan has
80 quietly constructed that scarcely
anyone suspected what was going on,
has steps leading from the surface
underground, and when one gets be-
meath in the electric lighted passage
way he finds that 1t has two branches
springlng from the main line.
Persons passing by the Morgan
property have not noticed anything
unusual There have been workmen
around, but their actions were not
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

The natives of Formosa have little
in common with the people of Cali.
fornIa, but they can shake the spirit
hand of fellow feeling, clear across
the biggest ocean, when it comes to
the Japanese.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

A Massachusetts, Judge has granted
divorce to a man whose wife per-
sistently searched his pockets. No ex.
perienced husband needs to be told
that this practice on the part of a
wife constitutes extreme and repeated
cruelty.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
NEW YORK FiNANCIER BUILDS
PRIVATE UNDERGROUND WAY.
Like the Castles of Old with Their Sc
cret Hidden Passages, His
Buildings Are Joined by
Tunnel.

In the days of old no stately castle
was complete without its secret I'M
foreground passageway, built for the
purpose of providing refuge or a
way Of escape in case of danger. Mr.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
Jlama tn thle Galua That Alum
Grtmttttala tn Esrapr
By ANDREW j. HIRSCHL.

There is constant complaint of the failure of jus
tice in criminal cases Reforms have been attempted
but, for the most part, they have been Of minor
ture and have given but little relief Changes in the
constitution difficult to make but if deemed adj
ysable that they should be made the the steps
taken the better There is one proposition that
would require change in the constitution, although
strict analysis it might that Interpretation
of the constitution should suffice that is, that
shal! be placed twice in jeopardy for the same oense
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
Society News.

A grand wedding was solemnized last
Sunday. r, l.. PowePs oldest daupbter
Miss May, was married to Russell Dun,
can The road was filed with rigs. They
mad one end of the table in one house
and 1t extended clear to the barn. Rev
Coffelt tied the knot.
II; r. Hudson and wife attended the
wedding and they obeyed the scripture
by eating and asking no questions
Browns Chapel correspondence, Seoau-
chez Tenn.) News.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

Along the south shore of the Black
sea 100000 acres of land are de.
voted to raising brazil nuts or filberts,