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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20

The fat man with a sixty-two Inch
waist and chin like the steps Of st.
Paurs walked into the chemists shop
and mopped his face with blue silk
handkerchief.
Look here!" he grunted as he open
ed his waistcoat Look here! It's
flesh, solid man meat, every ounce of
1t, I've gained thirteen pounds In
weight this last fortnight. and you.
you miserable little pill FOUNDER, as
sured me that one jar Of your Anti.
Obese would give me the figure of a
Greek god There's the pot. Bring
your microscope out and examine 1t to
see | haven't shirked taking the beast
ly stuff" Then he paused for breath.
The chemist smiled. You've GER
tainly cleared the jar he agreed, but
the 'Anti-Obeso' was In blue pot.
That white one contained the stuff
guaranteed would keep your retriever's
coat from coming out"
The fat man gasped and held on to
the counter for support.
Great Scottw he said And Pse
just been writing to the papers asking
If they can explain why an eighty
pound retriever should suddenly
change into a two pound and half
iapdogw Ptarson's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
salutina tho Fox.

The custom of taking off the hat by
way of salutation to fox when you
are not hunting him is probably mere
Iy variation OF an act OF courtesy
exchanged between men In more war
like days than these. The invaluable
Brewer tells US that taking off the hat
In relic of the ancient custom of TAX
Ing or the helmet when no danger Is
nigh. "A man takes off his hat to
show that he dares to stand unarmed
In your presence" the naval salute of
discharging guns originally implied
that as no danger existed no guns
would be required. and the military
fashion OF presenting arms Is said to
be tantamount to offering to give them
up. The fox that is surprised by
pheasant shooters may not make his
retreat less expeditiously because the
shooters doff their hats to him, but this
10 how the custom arose. Manchester
Guardian.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
The Riviera of Portu aal.

"A picturesque village Of hotels and
villas grouped upon the slope OF hill
descending in semictrcle to the sea,
with pines and eucalyptus woods above
and palms everywhere below $50 and
with climate noticeably wagner than
that of Lisbon" This surely might be
a description of ones ideal winter re-
sort II so, 1t is an ideal easily realized.
The name Riviera is now so generally
applied to certain portions Of the
French and italian littoral that the pos
sibility of the existence of other RI
vieras is apt to be overlooked; but, In
the opinion of many travellers, the RI
viera of France and Italy is outclassed
by the Riviera of Portugal which is
briefly described in the above quota
ton. This Portuguese Riviera Is stu
nted at the mouth of the river Tagus
md is known as Mont Estoril. Its po-
sition. completely protected on the
north and east from cold winds by a
high range of hills and open to the sea
on the west and south. makes 1t just
the place to spend winter, and It is
easily accessible from England. The
thermometer through the winter months
shows, 1t is claimed. mean standard
Of eight to ten degrees higher at Nice.
London News
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
With One Eye Bandaoed.

IL had a great joke played on me
while shooting billiards ct hotel In
New York recently said a Milwaukee
man. Having little time on hand,
| sauntered into the billiard room. !
became engaged in conversation with
a fellow In the room, and proposed a
game, while he readily accepted. AT
first things went along splendidly. and
I had twenty to his ten. But soon he
forged ahead and beat me out by a
close score. Then a friend OF mine,
who was stopping at the same place,
said he was willing to wager that my
opponent could beat me with one eye
ibandaged. accepted his def and
placed So ON the result. He didn't give
me much Of chance, trimming me to
the tune of so to Is. After the game
was over paid my bet. when the
above mentioned friend loudly told me
the eye that he had bandaged was 9
glass one Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Knife Boys Of the Philippines.


In the Philippines the little knife
boys. toddlers OF five or six years, are
bound out by their needy parents to re-
main In slavery until they are old
enough to run away. which they gen
orally do by the time they are twelve
or fourteen The duties Of knife
boy are to scour the knives and other
kitchen utensils, empty the slops. lay
the table and fetch and carry for the
family. He is little scullion and re-
ceives in return only food and lodging
the food being the scraps left over
from his masters table and what he
can purloin as he carries the fish. rice
baked chicken and other dainties to
and fro and the lodging a ragged mat
spread out among the pots and pans
upon the hard earth floor of the kitch-
en-. His clothes are hardly worth men
tioning, being usually rags, with the
original color weather faded and lost
in dirt When the child Is furnished
with single garment Of potato
sack, made by merely cutting round
hole for the head and Sits for the
arms, the master feels that he has
lone his duty by way Of providing his
tny slave with a waaIrobe - New
York Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
United Commercial Travellers Con-
vention, Salt Lake, June 1890
Reduced rates via Oregon Short
Line. See agents for dates, rates
and limits You should be there.
1Q-h2
infant Wives.

Girl babies are often unwelcome In
China. A terrible witness to this Is a
stone standing near pool outside the
city of Foochow. On 1t is the inscrip-
ton, "Girls may not be drowned here"
Poor parents often sell or give away a
daughter when only a few weeks or
months old, to be the future wife of a
boy about her own age The child who
becomes a bride by rearing mar
riage" is taken home and brought up
by the family of her future husband.
An Englishwoman when visiting a
school observed bright boy about
eight years of age carrying a baby
girl. She asked If she were his sister,
whereupon the boy looked shy and did
not answer. His brother volunteered
the information, "She is his wife!'
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
The leelanders' Language.

How strange 1t would seem to us to-
day If there existed, say In Newfound-
land, colony of Anglo-Saxons, sent
there by King Alfred and speaking
still the pure old Saxon tongue OF
King Alfred's Wessex. Yet this would
exactly parallel the case of Iceland.
While Danes and Swedes have mod
ernlzed the ancient Scandinavian or
the sagas into the Danish and Swedish
of the present day the Ieelanders still
go on speaking the tongue OF their
forefathers pretty much as 1t was
spoken by Rolf the CANCER and Harold
Hardrada. They read the sagas In the
tongue of the old singers as easily as
our children can read Shakespeare and
the English Bible.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
The Lost Customer.

at was a rainy day" said the book
seller, and the wet shoes and dripping
umbrellas OF customers had made the
floor quite wet and slippery just inside
the store door All our clerks happen
ed to be in the back part of the place
when the door opened and large and
very stout woman hurried in Just as
the door swung shut behind her she
fell fiat upon the floor. Before any of
us could reach her she picked herself
up with surprising quickness for wo-
man of her size, gave a stony stare all
around the room, and then, without ut
tering word turned around, opened
the door and walked out In the most
dlgnifed manner. None Of us has ever
seen the woman since, and ! suppose
her pride will prevent her from ever
coming into the store where her first
appearance was so notifying. New
York Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
is Didn't Paint 1t.

One of the stories told about the ia
nous painter Meissonier is in regard
to his experience with new rich
gentleman who had erected a private
theater at bis chateau. MISSIONER was
Just then in the height Of his fame and
was spending months In painting little
pictures about II by Is inches and sell
ing them for 1000 francs an inch. The
rich man conceived the brilliant idea
that what his theater most needed was
a drop curtain painted by the famous
MISSIONER SO he went to the artists
studio and proposed the matter to him.
How large is this curtain to be,
monsieur" asked Meissonier.
ut will be ten meters high and thir-
teen meters wide"
"Ah, mon ami said Meissonier anna
bly,, 'it will take me thirty years to
paint it, and 1t will cost you 30,0o00OO
francs" The bargain was not com
pleted.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Banana Ink.

'.The banana furnishes us with Ink,
with handkerchiefs. with wax, with
backing, with excelsior, with oil, with
nour, with window cord with
brushes"
The speaker, \ banana planter from
Jamaica, paused and smiled.
you, don't believe me, do your he
said. Yet truly the banana tree Is a
wonderful thing. Every part of 1t
serves some good use. Thus the long
leaves make "a fine excelsior. The
Juice, being rich in tannin, furnishes
a good indelible Ink and a good shoe
polish The stems yield fine quality
OF hemp, and from this hemp there are
made lace handkerchiefs, cords and
ropes OF all kinds, mats and brushes
The oil is used In gliding or banana
four,. the -four ground from the dried
fruit, there is no use speaking you are
too familiar with 1t" - Los Angeles
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Leqend of the Mistietoe.

In the old Morse legends "Baldur, the
beautiful" was killed with branch OF
mistletoe by "Loki, the mischief
maker" who hated and envied him for
his popularity. The gods in sorrow
heaped curses upon the offending mis-
tletoe, Suddenly appeared the God OF
Love and begged them in future when
ever they saw piece of it to give each
other friendly kiss in token of love,
that his spirit might live. Since that
time and from this has come the Gus
tom of stealing kiss from any one
standing under branch Of mistletoe.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Only Marked It Out.

A lovelorn youth had quarreled with
his ladylove, and with bitter, angry
words they parted. and he decided that
life was no longer worth living. ABB
ruptly turning into a BARRIERS, he sat
In vacant chair and calmly requested
the barber TO cut his throat The bar
Der acquiesced and, tucking the cloth
round his neck. fixed the head rest so
that the customers chin was well ele-
waited. Then, drawing stout pin from
the corner of his waistcoat aud holding
1t firmly between his finger and thumb,
he drew the pin quickly across the
neck of the man. Immediately, with a
scream worthy of red Indian, the de-
spairing one leaped from the chair,
shouting:
Surely, surely you have not done
it?'
"Oh. no. slrr' said the barber. "Sit
down again. sir, I've only marked 1t
outW-Pearson' Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
An Acrohatie Horse.

Among some old anecdotes In manu-
script In the collection of the New Jer-
sey Historical society this one was I'M
earthed: Two Ir!shmen travelling
through the country. rather fatigued,
the one said to the other, "By me soul.
! Pat, II we could catch horse we
would not ride afoot." They present
ly caught horse. and league mount
cd, but Pat, supposing he would not
carry double. agreed to drive. The
horse being rather unruly and the
driver severe. the horse kicked Pat In
the face. Pat instantly seized great
stone and threw 1t violently at his an
tagonist. but missed him and gave bis
fellow traveller blow In the back.
league. astonished at the blow. turned
and inquired the matter. "Ah, by my
soul, honey, your, nag has Jumped me
In the face!" "Has he" said league
'''sure then he's just kicked me in the
bAAk toor
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Riaht to the Point,

1t was FIVE minutes before noon. The
mayor and the state superintendent
had spent an hour talking to the chill
dren in an Ohio school, and just be-
fore the stroke of the gong the chair
man of the local school committee was
called upon to follow them with an adj
dress.
children, he said, pointing toward
the window, 'as you go out from the
school In about two minutes you Will
see a gang of men who are now shovel
ing cinders into railway train They
are earning $35 month.
BESIDE them is Il timekeeper earn
ing 500.
"At the head of the train is an engl-
neer getting S100, and over him Is a
superintendent getting 5000.
s"What is the difference between
those men? Education. Get all you
can of it."-Youth's Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Democratic National Convention
Denver.

Excursions via the Oregon Shor'
Line and Overland Route. Tick ets
sold from Utah and Wyoming sta
tions July 3, 4 and 5. From othe
stations sta atoms July 3 and 4 Lin
it July 20 See agents for rates
and further particulars. 30 II
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
SEWERAGE ORDINANCE PASSED
Village Board Votes Bonds for $4O,-
900 reconstruct System.

The village board met in adj
journed session at the CONNER
cial club rooms Tuesday even
ing to take up the ordinance
providing for sewerage system
for Mountain Home. The Or
dinancelwas introduced and, on
motion of Eyster, seconded by
Rhoades, the rule requiring that
an ordinance be read at three
separate meetings before being
passed was suspended and the
roll call showed four votes for
and none against it, Trustee
Sitton being absent. Briefly
stated, the ordinance passed
provides for an issue of bonds
In the sum OF $4,000 and the
holding of a special election on
July 81, at which the qualified
electors of Mountain Home are
to vote for or against the pro
posed bond issue. The only
other business taken up by the
board was the appointment of
Fred Lavering as dog catcher
for the coming summer.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Excursions to Colorado.

Via Oregon Short Line and Ov
eeland route June IL, 10 and Is,
tinol limit October 81. Greatly
reduced rates TO Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and other points
See agents for rates and further
particulars. AZ "a
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
! Democratic National Convention
Denver.

Excursions via the Oregon Short
Line and Overland Route. Tickets
sold from Utah and Wyoming sta.
lions july 3, and 5. From 9th.
or stations July 3 and A, Limit
July 20. See agents for rates and
further particulars. Golf
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Sherman for Vice-President
CoNGREssMA AN IAMEs SCHOOL

CoNGREssM EsSoAooL
CRAFT SHERMAN, OF New York
was yesterday nominated for
he second place on the Re.
publican national ticket, the
vote being Sl6 out of the total
Of 500 votes cast The CON
vention then adjourned sine
die.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Wanted.

Gentlemen for rooms a d hoatl
House conveniently located Call
on or address Mrs. Il. m Hyland.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
United Commercial Travellers Con-
vention, Salt Lahe, June 1890

Reduced rates via Oregon Shot
Line See agents for dates rates
and limits You should be there
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20

$500 per ton, cash, Phone 70
J. d. Whitson.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
Condition Critical

ENGINEER r B CosGRovE
Of Glenns Ferry was taken to
Pocatello on No 6 last even.
ing to receive surgical atten-
ton for an abcess behind his
ear, which ia threatening his
life. On Thursday evening
his condition was go critical
hat II WAS lot expected that
h. would 1--we, but at last re-
uorts he was somewhat I'M
proved
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20

Excursions to Pacific Coast.
Daily June | to Septe nber Is
Ask agents for particulars. Al 48
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20
For Sale.

Tea moi orsps and WORK harness
,nnabout, farm impemen
So pd Fl G. HEALY.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20

Coal-Coal--Coal
SO 90 per ton, cash. Phone 70
J. D. Whi'son.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-20

harmony a. Extra lost.
''Of course" remarked the postofflce
clerk, lit is none of my business what
sort of notions rich people have, and
am here to sell postage stamps as
called for, but I'm goat If it doesn't
look kind Of funny to see one rich and
fashionable New York lady who al
ways uses lavender stationery buying
purple three cent stamps to go with 1t
instead Of using the pink two cent
kind. I'm not color blind. and know
that purple goes better with lavender
than pink does, but don't think I'd
spend cent extra on every letter l
sent just because wanted harmony
In colors. At least | don't think !
would. Maybe If had bushel of
money I'd think different Id like to
try 1t once and ee."-New York Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-05
RIVEROALE NOTES.
Circus Starts Small Riot.

There came near being a small rio
on the village green at Rlverdale
Monday evening, July ~, between the
employees OF travelling circus show
ing there and several young men anc
boys evidently inclined for trouble
On the afternoon OF the day in ques.
ton an assorted cavalcade of wagons
and what possibly were horses wound
its way up the dusty road into River
dale. On the village green the mot
ley array halted, and within a few
hours a small circus tent had been
erected, and it was duly announced
that a performance would be put on
in the evening.
In the evening, while the perform
ance was on, a number of men and
boys assembled outside the tent and
began throwing rife crackers under
the tent. One set fire to the tent and
another almost stampeded a tame
buffalo. The circus men Immediately
swarmed out of the tent, and after a
few hot words free-for-all fight was
on.
Just what the outcome was is not
known, but the trouble-makers evil
IDENTIFY got all they wanted, for they
skunk away. Some said afterwards
that the circus men used firearms, but
the report is not substantiated. The
affair is not very well received by
the citizens of Riverdale While the
show was only a vagrant one and
probably not much of show, the feel
ing is general that having been grant
ed permission TO show here, they
minded their own business and should
have been left alone.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-05
Farman Makes Three FLIGHTS.

Three successful flights in his aero
plane were made by Henri Farman
the aviator, at the Brighton Beach
IN " race course on Monday
afternoon, beginning at 1870 o'clock
Each was straight ahead. On his
first flight he covered about two thirds
or the distance at a height OF never
more than six feet. The second flight
was a little longer, and on the third
he traversed the entire distance.
about 500 yards. This last time the
machine was twenty feet above the
ground. The weather was ideal for
the exhibitions, and the aeroplane
skinned along ike a swallow. The
spectators. who included several local
aeronauts. were most enthusiastic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-05
ELM HALL NOTES.

Uncle Tim Bordwell is quite seri-
ously i'll.
Mrs. Marshall Smith is on the sick
list.
Chas. Mum went to rByan, O., last
week to attend the funeral of his
mother, who died there last week.
Mrs. Colburn and Mrs. Golden and
daughters, of Alma, visited at Mrs
Colburn's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Stroyer, last Sunday
Rev Mr.. Phillips preached his fare
we'll sermon last Sunday. He attend
ed the Free Methodist conference all
last week.
The ladies of this Aid Society clear.
ed SII on the ice cream social July rs.
Mrs. Maddox of Terre Haute, Ind,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Capen.
Misses Fanny and Ruth Toy have
gone to Lansing to visit relatives.
Larem Davis will teach the Sumner
Center school next year.
Ada Warner will teach at Cedar
Corners.
Mrs. F. c. Hyde, of Riverdale, Wis
tied her uncle, John Holly, last Sun
day.
Sumner township will hold its an
nual Sunday school rally at Elmhall
August 20.
The Ladies Aid Society met with
Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Long, July 20.
Mrs. Gladys Capen, of Riverdale,
was taken suddenly i'll while visiting
at the home OF her uncle, Timothy
B ordwell, last week
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-05

Mrs. Gladys Capen has been quite
i'll, but is improved. She was visiting
at the home of her uncle, Timothy
Bordwell, last Sunday, and was taken
suddenly i'll there.
Mrs. Davenport and children Wis
tied Vestaburg last week
Mr.. and Mrs. aPrtee visited friends
and relatives in Breckenridge last
week.
Mrs. Fiefeld, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. NJ. Rhodes, has
returned to her home at Reed City.
John Jacques, Chas. Green, John
Adams and several others were in
Winn last Thursday night installing
a new |. o. o. F. lodge.
Mrs. Arthur Wyeth and children
have returned home after visit with
her parents.
l.. Houck & Son have completed
several important changes in their
store
Thomas Neirell and wife. of Chi
cago, were in Riverdale last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Neirell were owners of
the Riverdale hotel property sold last
week. They were here to straighten
out several little details connected
with the sale.
Clinton Nelson and William Hoop
er, both Of Alma, were in this viii
lage last week on business.
Fred Rowland, cashier OF The Riv-
ardale bank, and wife. are visiting at
N. w. Struble's at Shepherd for a
week.
M. c. Guthrie, of Alma, was in town
on business Friday.
Misses Iva and Rhea Tollon, who
have been visiting al Wenona beach
Tor week, have returned home.
1. +. Hawkins, of Washington. ID
c, a government expert in agricu-
ture was in Riverdale several days
last week inspecting the cucumber
plants on local farms. Last summer
local pickel growers were greatly
bothered by a blight which appeared
on the plants early in August Fear
ing that there might be a possible
repetition of it this year, and anxious
to determine its cause. Mcneil, Libby
& Company asked the department. of
agriculture to send an expert here TO
Mr.. Hawkins was in the
lower part OF the state and was AT
once ordered to Riverdale. He made
an extensive investigation, but has
not reported on the matter yet.
Postmaster Bradley was in Green
vile Sunday. He found time to look
up several of his old political ac-
quaintances, and reports that Doods
is the'leading candidate there for con-
gress.
A camp meeting was onened ~
Dunn's bridge Friday night. J. z.
Palmer, a general missionary, is con-
Quoting the services.